

When four or more blobs join together they disappear with a pop, allowing the blobs above to cascade down and (hopefully) meet more of the same coloured blobs below, resulting in a chain. Tetris you’re probably familiar with, while Puyo Puyo is a variant of the classic match-three puzzler, where couples of coloured sentient blobs rain from the top of the board and can be rotated before they hit each other and form stacks.

For a start, it takes two of the oldest puzzle games out there and smashes them together, creating a selection of weird hybrid modes. How? By going bigger and further than any puzzle game before. Pre-order Puyo Puyo Tetris from Amazon UK | If that’s what you think – and I don’t entirely blame you – Puyo Puyo Tetris is on a mission to change your mind. The smartphone you carry in your pocket is probably crawling with the things – perfectly good puzzlers, many of them free. Do you really want to splash out on an old-fashioned arcade puzzle game, even with if mashes up two of the best-loved puzzlers out there? After all, it’s not as if it’s a genre that needs the latest graphics or to be played on the big screen. So, you’ve got yourself a PS4 or a brand spanking new Nintendo Switch. Available on Nintendo Switch (version tested), PS4
