Puyo Puyo Chronicle: new gameplay video, info on “Skill Battle” rule and new characters
SEGA released some extensive new gameplay footage of Puyo Puyo Chronicle today:
The folks at Gematsu have also translated some new info that was released at gamer.ne.jp today.
A new feature of Puyo Puyo Chronicle is the new “Skill Battle” rule. Players form a team of up to three characters and have to make good use of the skills that each character has. There are two types of skills – “Auto Skills” are triggered automatically under certain conditions, whereas “Special Skills” have to be manually activated by pressing the X button and cost MP.
Skills can have a variety of effects – changing the state of the puzzle field, recovering HP and so on. Each character has a variety of skills to choose from, and they also get more powerful the more you use them. Skills can help you beat the game even if you aren’t that good at puzzle games.
Head past the break for some new characters and the skills they possess:
Rider (voiced by Noriko Namiki)
An extremely shy girl who is ashamed of the horns on her head, so she rolls them up into buns to hide them.
Auto Skill: Shy Girl (increases HP)
Special Skill: Sereno (increases all allies’ defense)
Sig (voiced by Yuriko Fuchizaki)
An absentminded and kinda strange student of Primp Magic School. His left arm and eye look pretty peculiar, but he only cares about his favorite bugs.
Auto Skill: My Pace (increases Recovery)
Special Skill: Smart (decreases defense of all enemies)
Suketoudara (voiced by Hisayoshi Suganuma)
A huge fish who grew limbs. He is always dancing, no matter the situation. It is somehow impossible to hate him.
Auto Skill: Rising Power (increases HP)
Special Skill: Fire Spin (decreases attack of all enemies)
