PPPP  U   U Y   Y  OOO     PPPP  U   U Y   Y  OOO
P   P U   U  Y Y  O   O    P   P U   U  Y Y  O   O
PPPP  U   U   Y   O   O    PPPP  U   U   Y   O   O
P     U   U   Y   O   O    P     U   U   Y   O   O
P      UUU    Y    OOO     P      UUU    Y    OOO
                                                     FAQ by Seth0708

Puyo Puyo was released in Japan only. A slightly different version of this
game was available in North America under the name Doctor Robotnik's Mean
Bean Machine. Like most puzzle games, the objective seems simple, but becomes
more complicated as you (or you foe) utilize strategies to pummel the
competition.

To read through the rest of the BASICS, you need to understand the key I've
used.

 ______________________
|         KEY          |
|----------------------|
|  B  | Blue Bean      |
|  R  | Red Bean       |
|  G  | Green Bean     |
|  P  | Purple Bean    |
|  O  | Orange Bean    |
|  X  | Grey Bean      |
|  H  | Hasbean        |
|______________________|
In this, and all Puyo Pop! variations, two colored blobs fall from the top of
the screen in groups. Your goal is to line four or more of the same color up.
Your lines can be straight:

|      |    |R     |
|      |    |R     |
|      | OR |R     |
|RRRR  |    |R     |
--------------------
Or they can bend like this:

|      |    |      |    |      |
|      |    |R     |    |      |
|R     | OR |R     | OR |RRR   |
|RRR   |    |RR    |    |XXRR  |
--------------------------------
Or thet can be in a "box" shape:

|      |
|      |
|RR    |
|RR    |
--------
Of course every good competitive puzzle game has a catch. Puyo Puyo has Grey
Beans. Grey Beans drop on your foe's side whenever you make your beans
disappear (and vice-versa). Grey beans do not match up with any color and
only go away if another group of beans disappear that are touching them. Now
what determines the number of Grey Beans that fall you might ask? Well the
more beans you combo, the more Grey Beans that fall. What's a combo? Well
here is an example of one:

|      |
|RG    |
|RG    |
|RRGG  |
--------
The Red Beans will disappear, causing the Green Beans above them to fall
taking out more beans. Here are some bigger combos:

|B     |    |  ORGB|    |      |    |BGO   |
|BR    |    |  OGGB|    | O BG |    |PPPP  |
|BROO  | OR |  RRGB| OR | OOOB | OR |GGGP  |
|BBRROO|    |  ROOB|    | GGGBB|    |BBBOOO|
--------------------------------------------
Even Grey Beans can be used to make combos:

|G     |
|XB    |
|XBBB  |
|GGGX  |
--------
Just remember that anything you can do, the enemy cna do too. In the real
game, you'll have to screens going at once (one for you, the other for your
opponent, Hasbean will be in the middle doing who knows what):
        ____
|      |    |X     |
|      |    |XXXXXX|
|OOOXGG|____|XXXXXX|
|BBBRRR| H  |RRBBOX|
|PPPGGG|    |BBRROO|
--------------------
A winner is declared when someone's screen fills up with beans or more
specifically, when the spot from which the beans fall is blocked:

|   P |    |XXXXXX|
|   O |    |XXXXXX|
|   R | OR |XXXXXX|
|   B |    |XXXXXX|
-------------------
Experiment with different combinations and you may just surprise yourself.

PRACTICE MODE ONLY
In Practice mode sometimes a large green-colored bean will appear. This bean
destroys an entire column when placed.

SOUND TEST
After completing the game (on any difficulty level) you can access a Sound
Test in the Options Menu.

COPYRIGHTS
Puyo Puyo is (C) SEGA