Kousagi Zayats: Puyo Puyo Daisōdō

**Kousagi Zayats: Puyo Puyo Daisōdō** (*Kanji: 子兎ザヤツ　ぷよぷよ大騒動*) is a 1999 puzzle video game published by Bandai, developed by Compile and featuring FMV cutscenes animated by Studio XYZ.

## Gameplay

Puyo fall from the top of the screen in pairs, can be moved left and right, and can be rotated clockwise and counter-clockwise by 90°; if the third column from the left fills up to the top, the game is over.

## Single Mode

In Single Mode, the player selects from any of the main characters and follows a story taking down a variety of opponents.

### Easy Mode

**マーノとルシールの休日** (Mano and Lucille's Holiday)

Mano and Lucille are on a vacation. They find what they think is a stray dog, before realizing that not only can he walk on two legs, but is also fully clothed and able to talk. The dog now wants to play a Puyo Puyo match with them, to which both Mano and Lucille accept.

Following that, Mano, Lucille and the dog are resting in the forest. When Lucille tries to find food in her backpack, she realizes there's no food left. This is where the three meet a monkey with a bag of chips in his hand, which Mano recognizes as his and angrily demands the monkey to give their food supply back. The monkey agrees under one condition: they must beat him in a Puyo Puyo match.

Afterwards, as they head out of the forest, a pheasant freaks Mano and Lucille out, but the dog and the monkey instead say hello to him. The pheasant forbids them from leaving the forest unless they beat him in a Puyo Puyo match.

Upon being defeated, the pheasant leads them to Momotarō, who upon laying eyes on Lucille, he asks her to be his girlfriend. However, Mano walks into the scene and holds Lucille's hand. Momotarō misinterprets this act as a display of affection. Lucille politely declines his confession as she and Mano head off, leaving Momotarō yelling out her name, heartbroken.

### Normal Mode

**うさぎのハイキング** (Hiking Rabbit)

The scene starts with Momotarō sitting in a rock, upset that Lucille rejected his advances as his animal friends attempt to comfort him. From the distance, they overhear Zayats, who just came because he wanted to go hiking. Regardless, Momotarō wants to forget his crush by sparring with someone. Zayats recognizes him as the fairy tale hero he's always been told about, and asks him for an autograph. Feeling mocked, Momotarō decides to retort by challenging him to a Puyo Puyo match.

After defeating Momotarō, Zayats overhears cackling in the distance and goes to investigate. He finds a ninetailed fox named Kitsune. Naturally, Zayats is frightened, but Kitsune tries to calm him down and challenge him to a Puyo Puyo match, but it only causes Zayats to scream each time, until he kicks Kitsune right in the nose, angering him to a point where he exclaims he won't be nice on him anymore.

Kitsune is defeated and Zayats runs away from him, relieved that he's away from his biggest fear. He is then sucked by a Tornado, wherein he meets his next opponent: Tengu. The two challenge each other to a Puyo Puyo match.

Upon Tengu's defeat, Zayats sees a Tanuki and decides to pull a prank on him. Zayats crossdresses as a stereotypical schoolgirl and pretends to be lost, he successfully catches Tanuki's attention. Tanuki, now transformed into a young man, leads "her" to a cabin in the woods. Once the two are there, Tanuki immediately detransforms, believing "she" fell into his trap, but he ends up being the one who fell into a trap, as the "girl" quickly reveals "herself" to be Zayats. This infuriates Tanuki, and he challenges Zayats to a Puyo Puyo match.

### Levels

Easy Mode: Mano and Lucille's Holiday
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