Another very solid entry in the Panel de Pon series. Despite me not being very good at it, I love Panel de Pon and the act of playing makes me feel very good in my brain, and this entry does that just right. Has all of the modes and features you would want from this series, but now with the very charming and nostalgic wrapper of the Pokemon anime in the late 90's, basically the height of Pokemania in the west. The voice clips, the midis, the appearance of all these different characters and just the aesthetic in general, it is so of this very specific era of Pokemon marketing in the west and I love it.

Stuff like puzzle mode and line clear mode are all really good here, and the usual endless and timed modes are here as well as the good single player "story mode" (various VS games against AI with bits of dialogue in the middle). 3D mode is the big new addition here, which is probably the only thing here I would call bad, since it's just way too overwhelming, and basically makes this a completely different game, one I'm not nearly as interested in.

Outside of that, there's also the added difficulties and the fact that this game is much faster and allows for more precision than the previous game, Tetris Attack, but as someone who, like I said, is not great at this, it doesn't do much for me. Overall, I think I would still play the SNES version over this one. I find the Yoshi pixel art theming of Tetris Attack very delightful and more aesthetically appealing, and as good as this game is it doesn't add THAT much more. Not to say this game isn't delightful and I wouldn't revisit it though. I don't know, the margin is very thing between them, this could easily be 4.5/5 as well. It's very good, I love Panel de Pon, why must it be ignored by Nintendo.

I'm not saying this is the best N64 game. But I'm not saying it's not.

Sadly it takes the cartoon route by having the Pokemon be voiced, although something can definitely be said about hearing the VAs do their best full cringe freakout while a big combo is happening. Adds a certain energy to the gameplay for what it's worth.

The 3D mode is insane and it's a shame it has never been done again in later Panel Pon games, even though you basically can not lose in it. Although the same technically applies to Player 2. Irresistible force paradox, as told by shrieking Pokemon and colored blocks.

Puzzle League/ Panel de Pon is a fun, easy-to-understand puzzle game with a high skill ceiling and fast-paced yet occasionally tactical play. The way the blocks look and the sound the cursor makes are pleasing, but the anime art is cheap and aliased. As far as speed goes, Pokemon is a little on the fast side, but, thankfully, in intense moments, the Virtual Console might lag and give you an extra second to think. 3D Cylinder mode is fun and makes chains easier than ever. The sound pokemon make when they get chains ranges from grating to funny. Makes me wish I could play a Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart version of Puzzle League with endless, easy-to-implement custom characters. I don't think one version of Puzzle League is the "definitive version," and Ninty haven't made a new one in years, so, there's potential here.

Gotta stack em all!

Pokemon puzzle league brings the fun and adds more to the puzzle style game. The game just like Tetris attack has a story mode where you challenge the Kanto Gym leaders and many others to battle against the puzzle champion. the choice of pokemon doesn't make a difference at the start of the battle. just pick your favorite and keep stacking.

The music is possibly the huge nostalgia for a lot of pokemon fans including myself. most of the songs are from the 2.B.A master soundtrack and others from the pokemon orange league anime.

If your new pokemon fan that started further in the series, I recommend you give this a game a try as the old fans who never played tetris attack to try this as well.