Back in 2022, I played Dr Robotniks Mean Bean Machine. I knew it was Puyo Puyo with Sonic characters, but I wanted to give it a try since I was playing a lot of Sonic games around that time. Turns out I sucked at it! Only got to like stage 6 before I gave up, and even then I'm surprised I got that far lol.

Kirby's Avalanche is Puyo Puyo again, only Kirby themed. This time around I only got to stage 3 before I quit(if were not counting the starter stages which I did complete). Idk man, my brain just melts sometimes whenever I'm playing. I'm way more of a Tetris guy than a Puyo Puyo guy, but those early stages were somewhat fun I'd say.

Besides me liking Kirby more than Sonic, something I definitely thought put this over Mean Bean Machije was the dialogue before each stage. Goddamn, Kirby is savage in this one. Maybe feels a little out of character, especially for how he is nowadays but it was very entertaining. Had to look up all the scenes cuz I knew I didn't want to miss them. If anything, its worth it to see them alone cuz they're hilarious.

Considering how short this game is too, the length of the OST is super short as well but the couple stage themes being remixes of Kirby's Adventure songs was nice.

Yeah, as you can see, I don't have much to say about this one. It's Puyo Puyo but Kirby themed like I said and I got filtered by Puyo Puyo yet again 😢. Guess that series just isn't for me haha. Kinda stinks this is another Kirby game I ended up not beating but it will probably be the last (unless one of the future spinoffs filter me as well). Either way, next Kirby game is Dreamland 2 so I'm happy to finally get to another mainline again.

Reviewed on Apr 16, 2024


10 Comments


13 days ago

puyo puyo is the fucking devil for me so ur not alone on this lmao
@imshitting420 that's good to hear lol
I was never a big Puyo Puyo fan either, though I'm not much of a Tetris fan either. The aesthetic and music of Avalanche seems good, though Kirby talking always felt too odd and uncanny for me, even if it's pretty funny sometimes. Hope Dreamland 2 is good!

12 days ago

Only reason I've got it higher is for nostalgia. I grew up on this and found out about Puyo Puyo later.

12 days ago

play puyo tetris it has tutorials. setting up chains n shit isnt hard - the pieces are designed for it to be easy
@chandler ik it's not that bad, I can even do basic chains but it still melts my brain. Happened with Mean Bean Machine too
@aturkishhippo that's very fair, this is definitely a me thing
Hey, you offered me to join the backloggd server, and that sounds really fun, but I'm trying to distance myself from social medias like discord a bit, so I won't join as of this moment. Hope you understand!
@GuyCalledAhmad thats very understandable and no problem at all!
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