YMMV / Puyo Puyo Chronicle

• Broken Base: The 3D visuals have fans split; one side enjoys them and the more lively presentation compared to earlier installments, while others find the usual 2D art more appealing and don't care for the chibi approach to the character models.
• Casual-Competitive Conflict: For a couple of years, there was a fierce inner-franchise Fandom Rivalry between the "competitive" Chronicle, which is a pure Puyo Puyo game, and the "casual" Puyo Puyo Tetris, which is a crossover with questionable balanace. This lasted until the even more divisive Puyo Puyo Champions came around and took Chronicle's place as the "competitive" option.
• Older Than They Think: This is not the first game in the franchise to have an RPG mode. Several of the Nazo Puyo games borrow elements of RPGs, while Puyo Puyo BOX had a similar Quest mode. Also technically the series was originally an RPG series with Madou Monogatari before Puyo Puyo eventually overshadowed it. It's also not the first time characters are shown as 3D models, with Puyo Puyo DA! being the first to do so, and there was a manga that depicted Arle and Draco as low polygon models as part of a Shout-Out to Virtua Fighter.
• Play the Game, Skip the Story: One of Chronicle's biggest complaints revolves around the writing in its story mode, with many fans finding the characterization and interactions to be below the series' standard.
• Spiritual Successor: On several levels.
  • The game is effectively Puyo Puyo 25th Anniversary, but is not named as such due to its graphics and RPG focus.
  • Of all things, the Puyo Puyo 39! mini-game featured in Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX. The game's models are in nearly the exact same style as that of the 3DS Hatsune Miku games.
  • The RPG mode is a much more developed version of the Quest mode featured in Puyo Puyo Box, which itself took inspiration from the "Roux" sub-series of Nazo Puyo games.
  • Skill Battle mode takes obvious cues from Yon rules, especially since Puyo Puyo~n is the only Compile game that doesn't have a ruleset based on it in the Anniversary games.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Many fans were not happy with the change in art style or implementation of Downloadable Content and preferred 20th Anniversary as a result.

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