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Nazo Puyo Arle no Roux
System(s): Sega Game Gear, Virtual Console
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Developer:
Genre: Puzzle[2][3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥3,8003,800 G-3357
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console
JP ▼ 		¥381 (400)381 (400)[4]
CERO: A

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Nazo Puyo Arle no Roux (なぞぷよ アルルのルー) is a puzzle game developed by Compile for the Sega Game Gear and released exclusively in Japan in 1994. Despite being the third game in the Nazo Puyo subseries, it is drastically different from the previous games, taking a combined RPG/puzzle approach to its (now existent) storyline. This game would itself receive two sequels, both on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux, combining a retooled version of this game with a new story mode focusing on Rulue, and Super Nazo Puyo Tsu: Rulue no Tetsuwan Hanjouki, a new game focusing exclusively on Rulue.

Gameplay

There are two game modes: Nazo Puyo, which is the main game, and Toko Puyo, which is merely an endless mode as in Puyo Puyo.

Nazo Puyo

The story is simple: Arle Nadja wants to make rice for dinner and decides to go to town to get the ingredients; the townsfolk will only give her the ingredients if she completes Nazo Puyo challenges.

Arle travels around the town, talking to people on the street who put her in Nazo Puyo matches. Simply use the D-pad to move and 1 to talk.

In a Nazo Puyo match, you must complete the mission with no more than the beans provided — the top of the screen either shows you a list of available puyo or one puyo that will be repeated a given number of times.  START  allows you either to retry the mission or give up. Otherwise, controls are the same as in Puyo Puyo.

The RPG part comes in that Madou Monogatari's health system is applied to the missions. Arle's health isn't shown numerically, but rather must be guessed through Arle's facial expression on the right side of the screen. Failing a mission lowers Arle's health. The game ends when Arle "dies." Each completed mission will add a bunch of jewels to spaces on the screen; filling all the spaces will level you up, restoring health. Health is also restored after completing all of one person's missions.

Toko Puyo

Toko Puyo is the Endless mode of Puyo Puyo, with two main differences:

  • Nuisance will fall at random in random amounts; likely depending on your performance.
  • As in the Madou Monogatari RPGs, jewels will appear in spaces around the screen depending on how many rensa you get; filling all the spaces with jewels will level you up, making the puyo fall faster.

History

Legacy

The game was later re-released as one of the four games pre-installed on the yellow model Game Gear Micro.

Magazine articles

Main article: Nazo Puyo Arle no Roux/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[5]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[6]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
84
[7]
Sega Game Gear
 69
Based on
3 reviews

Nazo Puyo Arle no Roux

Game Gear, JP
NazoPuyoAnR GG JP Box Back.jpgNazoPuyoAnR GG JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
NazoPuyoAnR GG JP Cart.jpg
Cart
NazoPuyoAnR GG JP Manual.pdf
Manual
NazoPuyoAnR GG JP RegCard.pdf
Reg Card

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 54ab42a4
MD5 d207c9aca1cc848c363b9f367dd9df3b
SHA-1 20308b7389a9e860697a66510d4925d1af3b769a
256kB Cartridge (JP)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 4c874466
MD5 44477031655b578bebccc1fc3871c377
SHA-1 23d51aa54d04a145a9df457135b088eef359d46a
256kB EPROM cartridge Page

External links

  • Sega of Japan 3DS VC catalogue pages: Game Gear
  • Nintendo catalogue pages: JP

References

  1. ↑ https://www.mtwo.co.jp/development/retrogame-2/#tab-4
  2. ↑ File:NazoPuyoAnR GG JP Box Front.jpg
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://vc.sega.jp/3ds/nazopuyo3/ (Wayback Machine: 2013-12-31 07:40)
  5. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1994" (JP; 1994-07-08), page 23
  6. ↑ Famitsu, "1994-08-05" (JP; 1994-07-22), page 41
  7. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88


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Sega Game Gear
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Puyo Puyo games (and spin-offs) for Sega systems/developed by Sega
Puyo Puyo (1992) | Tsu (1994) | Sun (1996) | Yon (1999) | Fever (2003) | Fever 2 (2005) | Puyo Puyo! (15th Anniversary — 2006) | 7 (2009) | Puyo Puyo!! (20th Anniversary — 2011) | Puyo Puyo Tetris (2014) | Chronicle (25th Anniversary — 2016) | Champions (2018) | Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (2020) | Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop (2024)
Sega Mega Drive
 VS Puyo Puyo Sun (2022)
Sega Game Gear
 Nazo Puyo (1993) | Nazo Puyo 2 (1993) | Arle no Roux (1994)
Sega Saturn
 Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon (1997) | Puyo Korogashi (unreleased)
PlayStation
 Waku Puyo Dungeon Ketteiban (1999) | Puyo Puyo~n: Car-kun to Issho (1999) | Puyo Puyo Box (2000)
Nintendo 64
 Puyo Puyo~n Party (1999)
Game Boy Color
 Puyo Puyo Gaiden: Puyo Wars (1999) | Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun (1999) | Arle no Bouken: Mahou no Jewel (2000) | Pocket Puyo Puyo Tsuu (2000) | Pocket Puyo Puyo~n (2000)
Arcade
 Puyo Puyo Da! (1999) | Pachislot Puyo Puyo! (2011) | Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade (2013) | Pachinko CR Puyo Puyo (2017)
Game Boy Advance
 Minna de Puyo Puyo/Puyo Pop (2001) | Kidou Gekidan Haro Ichiza: Haro no Puyo Puyo (2005)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 12: Puyo Puyo Tsuu Perfect Set (2004)
i-mode 503i
 Puyo Puyo (2001) | Hitori de Puyo Puyo (2001) | Futari de Puyo Puyo (2001) | Puyo Puyo Task Mode (2001) | Tokoton Puyo Puyo (2002) | Puyo Puyo DX (2002) | Futari de Puyo Puyo (2002) | Puyo Puyo Task Mode (2002) | Puyo Puyo DX Christmas Ver. | Puyo Puyo Fever (2004) | Saka Puyo DX (2004) | Puyo Puyo Fever N (2005) | Nazo Puyo (2006) | Puyo Puyo Fever DX (2006) | Puyo Puyo Tsuu (2006) | Puyo Puyo Zurashi (2006) | Puyo Puyo Sun {2006) | Nazo Puyo 2 (2006) | Puyo Puyo Fever Habanero (2007) | Taisen Puyo Puyo Fever (2007) | Puyo Puyo~n & Columns (2007) | Taisen Puyo Puyo Tsuu DX | Puyo Puyo Solitaire {2008} | Taisen Puyo Puyo Fever DX (2008) | Puyo Puyo! (2009) | Puyo Puyo Tsuu DX Ketteiban (2011)
J-Sky (50KB)
 Puyo Puyo (2001) | Hitori de Puyo Puyo (2001) | Nazo Puyo (2003) | Futari de Puyo Puyo (2003) | Puyo Puyo Tsuu (2003) | Puyo Puyo Fever (2004)
Vodafone Live! (256KB)
 Puyo Puyo (2001) | Puyo Puyo Tsuu (2003) | Puyo Puyo Fever (2004) | Puyo Puyo Fever Xmas Ver. (2005) | Puyo Puyo Fever DX (2006) | Puyo Puyo Sun {2006) | Nazo Puyo 2 (2006) | Puyo Puyo Zurashi (2006) | Puyo Puyo Fever Habanero (2007) | Puyo Puyo~n & Columns (2007) | Puyo Puyo Solitaire (2008) | Taisen Puyo Puyo Tsuu DX (2008) | Puyo Puyo 7 Gakkou Mode (20XX) | Puyo Puyo! (2009) | Puyo Puyo Tsuu DX Ketteiban (2011)
EZweb (Java Phase 2/2.5)
 Puyo Puyo (2002) | Futari de Puyo Puyo (2002) | Hitori de Puyo Puyo Gouka Ban (2003) | Hitori de Puyo Puyo (2004) | Puyo Puyo Tsuu (2004) | Nazo Puyo (2004) | Puyo Puyo Tsuu Gouka Ban (2004) | Puyo Puyo Fever (2005) | Puyo Puyo Sun {2006) | Puyo Puyo Fever Habanero (2007) | Nazo Puyo 2 (2007) | Puyo Puyo Fever DX (2007) | Puyo Puyo Zurashi (2008) | Taisen Puyo Puyo Tsuu DX (2008) | Puyo Puyo Solitaire {2008} | Puyo Puyo 7 Gakkou Mode (2009) | Puyo Puyo! (2009) Puyo Puyo Tsuu DX Ketteiban (2011)
Club Air-Edge
 Puyo Puyo (2006) | Nazo Puyo (2006) | Puyo Puyo Tsuu (2006) | Nazo Puyo 2 (2006) | Puyo Puyo Fever DX (2007) | Puyo Puyo Fever Habanero (2008) | Puyo Puyo Solitaire (2009) | Puyo Puyo Zurashi (2010) | Puyo Puyo~n & Columns (2010)
Emobile
 Puyo Puyo Fever DX (2008) | Tokoton Puyo Puyo (2009)
Google Android OS
iOS
 Puyo Puyo Fever Touch (2010) | Puyo Puyo Fever Touch Lite (2011) | Puyo Puyo Solitaire (2011) | Puyo Puyo Narabe (2012) | Puyo Puyo Fever: Minna de Nazo Puyo (2013) | Minna de Taisen! Puyo Puyo Fever (2013) | Puyo Puyo!! Quest (2013) | Puyo Puyo Fever Rhythm (2014) | Puyo Puyo Lock App (2014) | Puyo Puyo!! Live Kabegami (201x) | "Puyo Puyo" Manga (201x) | Puyo Puyo!! Touch (2015)
Nintendo Switch
 Sega Ages Puyo Puyo (2019) | Super Puyo Puyo 2 (2019) | Sega Ages Puyo Puyo 2 (2020)
Project Egg
 Puyo Puyo (2024)
Export: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993) | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (8-bit) (1994) | Puyo Pop (N-Gage) (2003) | Kirby's Avalanche (2007) | Columns Deluxe (2008)
Puyo Puyo related media
Music
 Puyo Puyo! Original Sound Track (2007) | Puyo Puyo Fever 1 & 2 Sound Track (2007) | Puyo Puyo no Uta (2009) | Puyo Puyo 7 Original Soundtrack (2009) | Puyo Puyo!! Anniversary Sound Collection (2011) | Puyo Puyo!! Original Soundtrack (2012) | Puyo Puyo Vocal Tracks (2012) | Puyo Puyo Vocal Tracks Vol. 2 (2013) | Puyo Puyo Vocal Tracks Vol. 3 (2015) | Puyo Puyo Chronicle 25-shuunen Anniversary CD (2016) | Pachinko CR Puyo Puyo Soundtrack (2017) | Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 & 2 Original Soundtrack (2020) | Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop - Original Sound Track - (2024)
Audiobook
 Drama CD Puyo Puyo (2012) | Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 2 (2012) | Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 3 (2013) | Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 4 (2013) | Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 5 (2014) | Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 6 (2016) | Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 7 (2016) | Drama CD Puyo Puyo Vol. 8 (2016)
Book
 Puyo Puyo Fever 4-koma Kings (2004) | Puyo Puyo!! Quest Character Zukan (2014) | Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade Kou Ryaku Guide Book (2014) | Puyo Puyo!! Quest Official Fan Book (2014) | Puyo Puyo!! Quest Character Zukan Vol. 2 (2015) | Puyo Puyo!! Quest Character Zukan Vol. 3 (2016)
Book
 Mega Drive & Game Gear Koushiki Guide Book Puyo Puyo (1993) | Puyo Puyo Sun Koushiki Guide Book (1997) | Puyo Puyo Amitie to Fushigina Tamago (2014) | Puyo Puyo Minna no Yume, Kanaeru Yo!? (2014) | Puyo Puyo Sig no Himitsu (2015) | Puyo Puyo Satan no Space Yuenchi (2016) | Puyo Puyo 25-shuunen Anniversary Book (2016) | Puyo Puyo Chronicle Kanpeki Kouryaku Guide (2016) | Puyo Puyo Amitie to Ai no Shoujo!? (2017)
Other List of Puyo Puyo merchandise
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