Puyo Puyo 4 Dreamcast Version 1.0 ASCII Only Version Instruction Manual Page 1 ----------------------------------------------- Contents Prologue Page 2 Operation Method Page 3 Game Start Page 4 Rule Explanation Page 5 Mode Explanantion Page 10 Character Introduction Page 18 Page 3 - Operation Method ------------------------------------------------ This page details the modes and number of players on the top right corner. In the middle of the screen is the explanation of what the buttons do. It also has a chart describing the difference between the dreamcast controller and the arcade stick. English Mode Controller Port ----------------------------------------------- One Player A ----------------------------------------------- ???????? A ------------------------------------------------ Puzzle Mode A ------------------------------------------------ Two Player AB ------------------------------------------------ Three Player ABC ------------------------------------------------ Four Player ABCD ------------------------------------------------ Here is chart 2 English Chart Dreamcast Controller Arcade Stick Corresponding Action ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start Button Start Button Game Start/Pause ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Directional Button Joystick Item Selection/Puyo Removal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Button A Button Item Decision/Puyo Rotation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B Button B Button Item Cancel/Puyo Rotation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Y Button C Button Employ Special Skill ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Button, L Trigger, R Trigger X Button, Y Button, Employ Z Button ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 4 - Game Start ------------------- Really, the only important thing on this page is the the memory card information. For saved games, 6 blocks need to be free on the memory card. Page 5 - Rule Explanantion -------------------------- The rules for Puyo Puyo are quite simple. I will briefly explain them here for first time players. 1) In order to clear the blobs from the screen you must connect 4 of the same color together vertically, horizontally or a combination of both. Diagonals do not count. 2) If the blobs reach the top of the screen, you loose. 3) When you clear a certain number of blobs from the screen, the other player is penalized with neutral blobs that can only be cleared when colored blobs next to them are cleared. 4) You can neutralize blobs sent to your side of the screen by using the method described in number 3 above. 5) Chain reactions cause more neutral blobs to be sent to the opponents side. Page 8 - Explanation of Symbols ------------------------------- This small chart shows symbols that will appear at the top of the screen when the neutral blobs will be dropped. The chart below goes from left to right, top to bottom which matches the manual. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Small Puyo Medium Puyo Meteorite Puyo Star Puyo Moon Puyo 1 blob 6 blobs 30 blobs 90 blobs 180 blobs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comet Puyo Saturn Puyo 360 blobs 720 blobs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 10 - Mode Explanantion One player Puyo Puyo Practice(3 stages) Story Free Competition Page 16 - Option Screen Option Button Establishment Computer Difficulty Versus Mode Number Comic Dialogue Demo(yes,no) Sound Output Demo ???(Rules,Skeleton T) Ranking Backup(save, load) Mode (return to the mode screen) Still to come - translations of page 14 and 15 from the manual. This is my first FAQ. I hope that it is useful. This is a partial manual and screen translation for the Puyo Puyon(Puyo Puyo 4) for Dreamcast. I am still learning how to read Japanese, so some of the translations may not be 100% accurate. There are 2 versions of the FAQ. 1 will be in ascii w/o the Japanese and the other will be straight ascii text. Please send any constructive criticism and corrections to Andrew Livelsberger at andkiich@hotmail.com Creation date = March 14, 1999 This FAQ is copyright of the author. It should not be changed, modified, or otherwise diplicated in whole or in part without the authors express permission. In other words, if you want to post this somewhere else on the internet other than GameFAQS, ask me first!!