History YMMV / PuyoPuyo

* HilariousInHindsight: ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'', considering that Sega published the version of ''Tetris'' that popularized arcade puzzle games, which paved the way for ''Puyo Puyo'' to eventually become a big hit.
** There's even a Jinnai Tomonori skit that pokes fun at this long before the crossover was established.

** High-level Tsu matches. Given the gigantic chains that high level players can build, get ready to hear "Bayoeen!" or "Uwaaaaaaaa!" a half-dozen times per round.

* ToughActToFollow: In terms of gameplay rules, Tsu rule has been the competitive standard for 20 years. Fever is the only other rule that gets ''any'' sort of attention, and even then it's not that much
** In terms of overall game packages, the more experimental, feature-light games (''7'', ''Tetris'') are inevitably compared to the feature-packed ''Anniversary'' titles.

* {{Narm}}: The voice acting in the English arcade game. On one hand, the woman that voices Arle speaks with virtually no enthusiasm. On the other hand, many of the other characters' intro quotes are easily more hammy than their Japanese counterparts. Skeleton-T's simple "Ocha!" becomes a low "Ohhhhh...cha!", Nasu Grave's "Otankonasu!"[[note]]"Fool!"[[/note]] is changed to "Mooooron!", Draco's cute little "Gau!" becomes a thunderous "Gaaaooooooaoaoh!", and it's hard not to grin when Schezo screams "Ariaaaa-duh!" with a horrible fake accent.

--> '''Oshare:''' I would be madly in love with you. That is, if hadn't already met someone else before.
--> '''Lemres:''' Guess someone beat me to you long ago. What a shame. I wanted to meet you while you still had long blonde hair.

* And then there's Lemres to [[CampGay Oshare]] in this exchange.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Lemres.

* {{Narm}}: The voice acting in the English arcade game. On one hand, the woman that voices Arle speaks with virtually no enthusiasm. On the other hand, many of the other characters' intro quotes are easily more hammy than their Japanese counterparts. Skeleton-T's simple "Ocha!" becomes a low "Ohhhhh...cha!", Nasu Grave's "Otankonasu!"[[hottip:*:"Fool!"]] is changed to "Mooooron!", Draco's cute little "Gau!" becomes a thunderous "Gaaaooooooaoaoh!", and it's hard not to grin when Schezo screams "Ariaaaa-duh!" with a horrible fake accent.

** Bigger drop sets, however, can bring balance due to having more puyo on the field quickly and thus having material to harass the opponent with small chains or having an easier time getting into fever/henshin.

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Puyo Puyo~n'', since it took its ''Madou Monogatari'' roots a little more seriously.

** The English version of questionable origin, on the other hand, has plenty more examples: not only did they retain Rulue's silent treatment (despite recording new voices for the other characters), the "Puyo Puyo!!" voice clip from the title screen is used in place of the "Bayoen" spell, the voice clip that plays when "Silvana" loses is recycled from the clips that play when the opponent is building a chain, and they try to pass off Harpy as a "Dark Elf" by removing her wings and changing the color of her clothes. And that's before getting into some of the more ridiculous [[DubNameChange Dub Name Changes]]...

* TheyJustDidntCare: A small example from the first ''Puyo Puyo''. In the arcade game and many of its home ports, each opponent greets the player with a voice clip before the battle begins. These voice clips are recycled from ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'', which doesn't seem like an issue until one realizes that Rulue is only fought in the Game Gear version of ''III'' (released long after the original ''Puyo Puyo'') and thus does not have a voice clip. Instead of recording a catchphrase for her, Compile simply plugged in one of the game's sound effects and called it a day.
** The English version of questionable origin, on the other hand, has plenty more examples: the "Puyo Puyo!!" voice clip from the title screen is used in place of the "Bayoen" spell, the voice clip that plays when "Silvana" loses is recycled from the clips that play when the opponent is building a chain, and they try to pass off Harpy as a "Dark Elf" by removing her wings and changing the color of her clothes. And that's before getting into some of the more ridiculous [[DubNameChange Dub Name Changes]]...

* TheyJustDidntCare: A minor example from the first ''Puyo Puyo''. In the arcade game and many of its home ports, each opponent greets the player with a voice clip before the battle begins. These voice clips are reused from ''Madou Monogatari 1-2-3'', which doesn't seem like an issue until one realizes that Rulue is only fought in the Game Gear version (released long after the original ''Puyo Puyo'') and thus does not have a voice clip. Instead of recording a new clip for her, they simply reused one of the game's sound effects and called it a day.

** Ekoro's ACI is simple. Was he a CompleteMonster, a creature that loved Ringo, or a {{Yandere}} that loved Ringo?

* MostAnnoyingSound: Harpy's voice, ESPECIALLY if you're playing the Sega Genesis versions.

* ExcusePlot: The latest game has something along the lines of, "The 7 wonders of the world, to play Puyo with 7 players."

* MostAnnoyingSound: Harpy's voice, ESPECIALLY if you're playing the Sega Genesis version.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[CrowningMusic/PuyoPuyo Here.]]

* ViewerGenderConfusion: The Prince of the Ocean's human form looks like [[http://puyonexus.net/images/wiki/chars/princesalde-ppf2-thumb.png this]].

* JustOneMoreLevel: ''Easily'' just as addictive as Tetris. Add a partner and feel the hours drain out of your life.

:: And Ms. Accord for Rulue in 15th Anniversary.
-->'''Ms. Accord''': She's very sexy and quite wonderful.

** The English dub voices for Puyo Pop Fever... actually, the Japanese voices in that game were pretty bad too.