Puyo Puyo

Puyo Puyo (ぷよぷよ) refers to a series of puzzle video games developed by Compile and later Sonic Team. Puyo Puyo was originally released by Compile for the MSX and Famicom Disk System in 1991, and it featured characters from Compile's Madō Monogatari (魔導物語 lit. Story of Sorcery) franchise. Puyos were enemy monsters in said franchise.

A sonic-themed localized version for western audiences, titled Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, was released by Sega for the Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Game Gear. Nintendo localized Super Puyo Puyo, a port of the arcade version of Puyo Puyo published by Banpresto, as a kirby game and called it Kirby's Ghost Trap/Kirby's Avalanche. Spectrum HoloByte also created a Puyo Puyo clone for the Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Macintosh in August 1995, under the name Qwirks.

Sonic Team continued development of the Puyo Puyo series after Compile sold all their Puyo Puyo rights to Sega. The original game produced sequels like Puyo Puyo Tsuu, Puyo Puyo Sun, Puyo Puyo~n, Puyo Puyo Fever, Puyo Puyo Fever 2, ''Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary, Puyo Puyo 7, Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, and Puyo Puyo Tetris''.