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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)

Remake of Puyo Puyo

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Wii

3.18 from 232 ratings

530 members have it in their collection · 7 playing now · 83 backlogged · 30 wish listed

How long? Main story 7h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Dr. Robotnik is changing the jolly folk of Beanville into devious little robots that will help rid Planet Mobius of music and fun forever. Group the beans together to help them escape, and compete against Robotnik’s wily henchbots!

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Details

Developers: Compile
Publishers: Sega, Sega Corporation, Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Tec Toy
Genres: Arcade, Puzzle, Strategy
Themes: Action, Comedy, Science fiction
Franchises: Sonic The Hedgehog
Series: Puyo Puyo, Sonic the Hedgehog
Steam: View on Steam

Release dates

Nov 26, 1993 (North_America) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
1993 (Brazil) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Q1 1994 (Europe) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Dec 11, 2006 (North_America) Wii
Dec 15, 2006 (Europe) Wii
Sep 13, 2010 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Bundled in

Sonic Classics (Feb 1997) · GEN
Sega Puzzle Pack (Dec 1999) · PC
Sonic Mega Collection (Nov 2002) · GCN, PC, PS2, XBOX
Arcade Legends: Sega Genesis (Sep 2004) · Plug & Play
Sonic Mega Collection Plus (Nov 2004) · PC, PS2, XBOX
Arcade Portable (Dec 2007) · Handheld Electronic LCD

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Childhood by tylerisrandom · 92 games · 0

NSO Collection - Sega Genesis + Mega Drive by Roach · 50 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars

21

4 stars

60

3 stars

100

2 stars

41

1 star

10

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Community All Reviews Statuses

Review Normalcy1 2/5 · Mar 5, 2023

Game #7/200 Really no different than my feelings about Kirby's Avalanche. Same game - slightly less interesting visuals. Different music (not worse necessarily). Maybe a tad more difficult?

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Review Capt.ACAB 4/5 · Feb 20, 2023

This game slaps

Why isn't sonic in it tho 🤔 Has Bean is cute though

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Review BadBoyBule 3/5 · Jul 27, 2021

Kuinka lujaa annat tekoälyn potkia kiveksillesi?

Tämä peli on Puyo Puyon uudelleennahoitus. Puyo Puyo on nerokas peli, etenkin vastakkain. Puyo Puyo tekoälyä vastaan ei kuitenkaan ole niin hehkeää. En tiedä, miten tämäkin pitäisi arvostella, sillä moninpelimahikset yms. endless modet tästäkin löytyy, mutta yksinpeli on aika raivostuttavaa kamaa. Musiikit ovat sitten taas aika tarttuvat. Sekalaista settiä. Ehkä 3 tähteä on sovinnollinen ratkaisu.

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Review Westane 3/5 · Nov 13, 2015

Review / Playthrough

Gameplay, Story and Value:

Well... It's Puyo Pop, a game I'm not even remotely good at. In this type of puzzle game you attempt to match at least four connecting jelly colors, which count as connecting so long as they're touching on the sides. As you and your opponent progress, you will send garbage over to the other's field, which …

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Gameplay, Story and Value:

Well... It's Puyo Pop, a game I'm not even remotely good at. In this type of puzzle game you attempt to match at least four connecting jelly colors, which count as connecting so long as they're touching on the sides. As you and your opponent progress, you will send garbage over to the other's field, which they must clear in order to continue playing. When you run out of room, you lose.

What adds an extra layer of difficulty to the game, is that "attacks" are only made with a combo. This means that playing the game is not as simple as matching colors, but you must set up additional matches that will trigger from the first. The more matches in a combo, the bigger the attack, and the more garbage that will fall on your opponent.

Single player mode consists of a number of versus matches against the computer, each round having increasingly tougher AI. Your other options are limited to single matches against the CPU, or head to head multiplayer with a friend. Admittedly, with a game like this, that's really all you need!

Controls are simple enough: each face button rotates your falling jelly!

Presentation, Music and Sound:

The game looks great, though not very inspired by its Sonic source material. I think that's fine, though. The jellies are adorable and everything just has this sense of cute "fun" to it. The UI does its job and, well, there's really not much to say in this department.

The music is catchy while you're playing and never in the way, though to be honest I can't recall a single track as I'm writing this review. The sound effects all work fine and the occasional nods to Sonic are noticeable and appreciated.

Afterthoughts:

Again, I am just terrible at this brand of puzzle game, but I still had a good time. It's not a game I see myself playing often, and to be honest if I were itching to play a console-specific version of Puyo Pop I'd rather be playing Kirby's Avalanche, but it's still a fun enough entry in the series.

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