Line #15 Trivia/PanelDePon


1	* CreatorBacklash: Henk Rogers, founder of The VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Company, [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140226074743/http://www.destructoid.com:80/e3-09-tetris-ceo-regrets-tetris-attack--134733.phtml regrets]] allowing Nintendo to use the ''Tetris'' trademark to market the original ''Panel de Pon'' [[DolledUpInstallment as]] ''Tetris Attack'', since ''Panel de Pon'' and ''Tetris'' have very little in common besides being falling block games. Not because he dislikes ''Panel de Pon'' -- both he and Alexey Pajitnov enjoy the game -- but because he prevented another puzzle series from having its own identity just to make some extra money.
2	* DummiedOut:
3	** [[NostalgiaLevel Lip's Stage]] from ''Planet Puzzle League'' is only unlockable in Japan. Other countries will have to access it via Action Replay.
4	** In ''Panel De Pon'', but not ''Tetris Attack'', the ''options menu''. Within the options menu is an, uh, option, to read the character bios -- since the bios for the two last bosses don't appear in the AttractMode, they are dummied out as well. This version of the menu contains a submenu allowing players to change the game level of story mode matches; the submenu was removed during localization, making it unavailable anywhere.
5	* FanTranslation: The SFC ''Panel de Pon'' has been translated to English by a fan named Zuqkeo.
6	* FollowTheLeader: The original ''Panel de Pon'' is one of the numerous cutesy competitive puzzle games released in the immediate aftermath of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo2'''s success, though the tile-swapping mechanics of ''Panel de Pon'' (as opposed to the FallingBlocks gameplay of most ''Puyo'' clones) makes it one of the more unique entries in the subgenre.
7	* LateExportForYou: In May 2020, the original ''Panel de Pon'' got an international release for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online, after almost 25 years. However, it is untranslated, similar to ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo2 Super Puyo Puyo 2]]'' (which got an international release on the first bundle of games as opposed to DolledUpInstallment Kirby's Avalanche, which would see a release later on).
8	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
9	** Neither version of ''Tetris Attack'' has ever been re-released due to their use of the Tetris branding (as noted in Screwed By the Lawyers below). This does not affect their respective Japanese releases, ''Panel de Pon'' and ''Yoshi no Panepon'', respectively, both of which have been re-released (though the latter has [[NoExportForYou never been released outside Japan]]).
10	** For unknown reasons, neither ''Dr. Mario & Puzzle League'' nor ''Planet Puzzle League'' have ever been re-released, despite their respective platforms of origin (Game Boy Advance and DS) being represented on Wii U's virtual console.
11	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' was the western video game debut of Togepi and Marill. As for ''Panel De Pon'' itself, Lip's Stick has been an item in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' since ''Melee''.
12	* NoDubForYou: The Japanese version was released completely unaltered on Nintendo Switch Online. Thankfully the basic gameplay and menus don’t have too much of a language barrier, but good luck trying to understand the story.
13	* NoExportForYou:
14	** The ''Panel de Pon'' sequel in ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'' never saw release outside of Japan.
15	** The Nintendo 64 version of ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' was never released in Japan, inverting this trope. As a result, 4Kids provided the entirety of the voice acting and music, with half of the music comprised of instrumental versions of tracks from ''Music/Pokemon2BAMaster''.
16	** In fact, it even applies to rereleases in terms of the Super Nintendo version. While ''Panel de Pon'' has been rereleased on the Wii Virtual Console, the New [=3DS=] Virtual Console, and even the Super Famicom Classic in Japan, ''Tetris Attack'' hasn't received any of those (not even on the Super Nintendo Classic, despite being a well received game). However, the American Wii Virtual Console does have ''Pokémon Puzzle League'', and it is possible to download ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge'' on the [=3DS=] Virtual Console, while Tetris Attack itself is generally added on most modded Super Nintendo Classics for most fans.
17	* RecursiveImport: ''Tetris Attack'' was later released in Japan as ''Yoshi no Panepon'' for Game Boy and the Satellaview.
18	* ReferencedBy: ''Super Game Pretty Cure'': Chapter 7 has Miyuki and Hikaru playing a Vs. Round as Ruby and Seren (referred to by her original Japanese name rather than Selena).
19	* RemadeForTheExport: Also Uncanceled for the Export, in the case of ''Pokémon Puzzle League''. The original game, a successor to the original game, never saw a Japanese release on the N64... until it was finally included in ''[[NoExportForYou Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]'' years later.
20	* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Due to the CreatorBacklash with the Tetris Company as mentioned above, Nintendo cannot re-release the ''Yoshi''-themed SNES installment anywhere in the world. The original SFC version with the fairies is apparently safe nowadays, having been released on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online (though with no translation), but several earlier rereleases remained exclusive to Japan, with the rest of the world getting ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' for the [=N64=].
21	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Everything having to do with the original fairies has suffered this fate. The Japanese [=N64=] entry suffered cancellation and was revived by one of Nintendo's American studios as ''Pokémon Puzzle League''. A GBC iteration featuring the fairies was going to be made, but partway through development it was switched to another ''Pokémon''-themed version (this time released in Japan). The [=N64=] version was revived ''again'' by the original studio and released as part of the ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'', which didn't make it outside Japan. The ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'' downloadable version of ''Panel de Pon'' for the GBA was incorporated into the ''Dr. Mario & Puzzle League'' compilation which was released worldwide, but had no characters at all. ''Planet Puzzle League'' also featured no characters in favor of a futuristic computer theme, but had a Lip theme as a very difficult-to-unlock secret... only in the Japanese version. It was inexplicably locked outside of Japan.
22	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It appears that ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge'' (GBC) was also going to be an [[http://tcrf.net/Pokemon_Puzzle_Challenge original Panepon game]]. At least the N64 version got luckier when the Japanese version was finished and released in the GCN ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''. If the unused portraits aren't placeholders, it was also planned to contain fairies from both the SFC and GCN titles.
23	* WordOfDante: The new fairies in the ''Nintendo Puzzle Collection'' are never truly connected to the original fairies. Most who have played it just assume that they are the daughters of the original fairies.

Context Trivia / PanelDePon