№ 40: Poto Poto (1994, Sega) — Arcade Apocalypse Ochimonogatari
Channel: bedsores
Date: 27/11/2023

imagine the most evilest little girl you can imagine. plus, my thoughts on the river severn. streamed 10/25/23

if it's not clear: clearing pieces does nothing; the number of pieces released into lava when you clear a group gets sent to your opponent. blocks fall from the top in random locations, and must be guided with the joystick into a group of four. though simple, this game elegantly designs a flow of greed and punishment into its board states: tyou can build further down the board to build a bigger attack, but lines advancing from the top orgarbage randomly placed on the field might push you over the edge. and the random start positions make your own board state out of your control, even without garbage. that said, these are the kinds of wise design spaces already built into, say, puzzle pobble. i'm laying down my declaration: not ochimono. this plays way more like puzzle pobble or puzzli than anything else. i enjoy the joystick-only controls and the cruelty of random piece horizontal position, but i'm just not able to get into it. 6.0

art of me by Minasheep! (minasheep on cohost, itch, twitch, and patreon.) next up is № 41: Puyo Puyo Tsu (1994, Compile). i hope you'll join us!