Puyo Puyo Tetris was too good and now I’m getting invested in the older Puyo games. Starting with the original, I think it’s a cool history piece and I’m very glad this rerelease happened, but there’s really no reason to go back to it today other than just out of curiosity of how the series started. It’s cute to see some of the old names for characters that would go on to appear in future games as well, and it’s still a good game for sure, just not something really worth playing today. All you can really do is just go through the game’s arcade mode, with no free play option for single player really. As a result, if it weren't for the fact this rerelease has unlimited continues, it’d be a much more frustrating experience than a fun one. Thankfully this version doesn’t end up falling into that camp because of the continues, but that leads to the game being pretty barren. You blaze through the story mode in basically one go, and then you’re done with it. The core Puyo gameplay is still very solid, it’s not a surprise that it’s changed so little since this one, but the game as a whole isn’t really one worth revisiting. It is a very cool re-release though, which is what’s keeping it from 5 territory. There’s leaderboards, savestates, online support, replays, they added some very cool stuff to this and I fuck with that. The game itself isn’t anything super special though.