Play Pocket Puyo Puyo Tsuu (Japan) Online

Pocket Puyo Puyo Tsuu came out for the Game Boy in 1994, developed by Compile. It was one of those games you’d see people hunched over on the train, tapping away quietly. In an era full of platformers and RPGs, this was a different kind of portable time sink; no story, no overworld, just pure competitive puzzle action squeezed into a tiny cartridge.

You control falling pairs of colored puyo, rotating and placing them to create groups of four or more. The main goal is to clear your own board while sending garbage puyo to your opponent’s side. Key mechanics include setting up chain reactions, where one group pop triggers others, and the all-important offset counterattack, letting you cancel out incoming garbage if you’re quick. The pacing starts relaxed but soon becomes frantic, especially against crafty CPU opponents who punish sloppy placements. It feels like a battle of wits disguised as cute, chaotic fun.