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Dossun! Ganseki Battle

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Dossun! Ganseki Battle

Dec 16, 1994

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A falling block puzzle game in a pseudo-medieval fantasy setting that pits two characters against each other in an abstract form of combat that is quite similar to games like Columns. Combining at least three matching symbols in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line does not only clear them off the screen, but also deals damage to an opponent. This means that players do not only have to keep their game area clear, but also pay attention to their characters health bar. Once a block touches the top of the screen or the health bar is diminished the game ends. … More
A falling block puzzle game in a pseudo-medieval fantasy setting that pits two characters against each other in an abstract form of combat that is quite similar to games like Columns. Combining at least three matching symbols in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line does not only clear them off the screen, but also deals damage to an opponent. This means that players do not only have to keep their game area clear, but also pay attention to their characters health bar. Once a block touches the top of the screen or the health bar is diminished the game ends. There are four different icons that have different effects when combined: Books, swords and rocks deal damage to an opponent by attacking with fireballs, dragons or swords. Bottles heal a certain amount of health. Purple blocks have no effect, but clog up the screen nonetheless. Chain reactions result in particularly powerful attacks or place one or more grey blocks inside the opponents area. They can be destroyed just like ordinary blocks, but they always stay in the same spot and do not fall down. More complex chain reactions give access to special attacks, up to three of which can be held and activated with the shoulder buttons. Special attacks have different effects that include clearing all purple blocks, using all potions and clearing the bottom three lines. Less
Developers
I'Max
Publishers
I'Max
Platforms
Super Famicom
Genres
Puzzle
Themes
Historical
Release Dates
Dec 16, 1994 Full Release (Japan)
Super Famicom
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Chovus
Chovus updated their status Nov 1, 2020
Chovus updated their status Nov 1, 2020

Beat on Easy then Hard. At first I found the game very difficult and barely scraped through Easy mode as the elf girl. By the time I got to the final boss I had pretty much mastered the mechanics and breezed through Hard as the barbarian. Helped a lot that I lowered the speed to 10 frames per second. Even with that it seemed like when a battle went on too long my blocks would start falling too fast to properly deal with and I needed some save state scumming. I even won some matches on Hard because the AI blocked their screen. The final boss was different though because the limiting factor for defeat was health loss rather than your blocks piling up; that was the only time when I had to prioritize healing over block removal and was actively hoping for new healing blocks.

I found the game very engrossing despite not being much of a fan of puzzle games. Will keep this installed to play again. Maybe try Master difficulty.

8.0/10