Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary (Nintendo DS)

Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: December 14, 2006, June 19, 2008 (Special Price) This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has unused graphics. This game has revisional differences.

This game/console's online features are no longer supported. While this game/console's online features were once accessible, they are (as of May 20, 2014) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

It's the fifteenth anniversary of a game where you line up blobs in chains of four, now with more rulesets and some characters from the Compile-era games returning.

Puyo Puyo Sniper

There is an unused game mode in the "Special Price" version called "Puyo Puyo Sniper". Use this Action Replay code to unlock everything and beat the game. It is the third menu in options.

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Leftover/Test Graphics

This game is full of unused and leftover files, many of which contain leftover and test graphics in them.

staffroll/staff_puz_bace_g.ntft

staffroll/staff_puz_parts00.ntft

staffroll/staff_puz_finish00_map_bmp.dat

staffroll/staff_puz_white_g.ntft

Graphics that depict a slide puzzle. They're found in the staff roll folder, so this puzzle was going to be played during the credits, but was scrapped in the end.

staffroll/test_bmp.a

A test graphic of some sorts.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_000

test/TestData.narc/TestData_093

Leftover graphics from the DS version of Puyo Puyo Fever.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_002

A screenshot of a battle using a placeholder background field.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_009

test/TestData.narc/TestData_010

test/TestData.narc/TestData_012

test/TestData.narc/TestData_014

test/TestData.narc/TestData_016

test/TestData.narc/TestData_018

Various test textures.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_074

Placeholder background for a multiplayer menu.

test/TestData.narc/TestData_023

test/TestData.narc/TestData_020

Screenshots of a prototype character select screen. Carbuncle was selectable here, and Amitie oddly has Baldanders' dropset and power type.

ingame/Ingame.narc/Ingame_192

ingame/Ingame.narc/Ingame_193_198

Placeholder field backgrounds. The former is seen in the previous battle screenshot and the graphic for it is present in the other versions of 15th as well, while the latter is used in Sniper Puyo.

mainmenu/LessonMenu/lesson_menu.narc/lesson_menu_01

A screenshot from the Xbox 360 game Dead or Alive Xtreme 2.

mainmenu/LessonMenu/lesson_menu.narc/lesson_menu_04

Photo of Yuji Naka.

objcse/testcse.narc/testcse_0, testcse_1, testcse_2, testcse_3

objcse/testcse.narc/testcse_4, testcse_6

Unused and unique artwork for Ms. Accord during drills and lessons. She seemed to be able to swing her arm. The final game opts to use her cutscene sprites and animations instead.

title/TitleData.narc/TitleData_2

title/TitleData.narc/TitleData_0

Title screen of "Puyo Puyo ABC". This seems to be the original concept of this game.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_000

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_012

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_015

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_018

Some character selection screens of Puyo Puyo ABC. In the textbox is the name of the character's ability.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_03

Dongurigaeru's ability description, "Great Spinner", it has the same name as the 15th's mode Spinner, and the description shows that this ability was supposed to work the same way.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_06

Raffina's ability description, "Treasure Hunt", which is supposed to work like 15th's Excavation, just that instead of a star, it says to dig for the treasure.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_09

(This graphic has a broken tilemap. Its tiles were assembled manually)

Gogotte's ability description, "Time Bomb", unlike 15th's Bombs mode, it seems to have worked differently than the final mode. Here's its translation:

"Gogotte's Time Bomb"

"Lower the timer by the amount of your chain while clearing the bombs on the field with your Puyo. That will pass it to the next person! If you take too much time, it will explode on your field. Any chain higher than two can lower the timer on a held bomb!"

(credit to Nenilein)

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_21

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_24

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_27

Puyo Puyo ABC textboxes with wireless play-related texts.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_45

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_48

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_51

(The latter two graphics have broken tilemaps as well. Their tiles were assembled manually)

Puyo Puyo ABC descriptions for Single Puyo, Multi Puyo and a description about selecting the number of players for a match. The game here refers to the mode as Battle Royale.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_30

Possible Puyo Puyo ABC pause menu graphics.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_34

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_37

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_38

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_41

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_43

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_54

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_57

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_58

All palettes for this font.

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_60

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_65

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_68

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_71

inline/Inline.narc/Inline_76

Leftovers from the DS versions of Puyo Puyo Fever or Fever 2.

thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_00

A placeholder background for the Endless modes selection. It says "Tokoton" (endless).

thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_04

thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_06

thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_08

thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_10

thoroughly/thoroughly_test.narc/thoroughly_test_12

Placeholder buttons for Endless modes, oddly in different colors. They say, respectively: Endless Battle, Endless Puyo, Endless Fever and Endless Mission.

Other Leftovers

Across the files, several .bat files that were used to build the .narc archives can be found. Some source code related files can also be found, such as strings or text files of repositories.

roulette/bg_puyo_icon.narc/bg_puyo_icon_53

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     last-author="tanaka_hitoshi"
     kind="dir"
     revision="2533"/>
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     committed-rev="1312"
     name="arc.bat"
     text-time="2006-06-28T12:34:41.359375Z"
     committed-date="2006-07-31T01:31:39.115267Z"
     checksum="fad7fd988ce57b631ee4f5ba6466cf9b"
     last-author="tanaka_hitoshi"
     kind="file"/>
  <entry
     committed-rev="1312"
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     text-time="2006-06-28T12:40:02.015625Z"
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     last-author="tanaka_hitoshi"
     kind="file"/>
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     text-time="2006-06-28T16:09:22.187500Z"
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This XML file seems to have information of a developer who uploaded some files to a repository, in this case some .bat files.

Revisional Differences

The Rev 1 version fixes a bug present in the original revision, where the game would stop saving after 255 times. The "Special Price" version adds the aforementioned unused minigame.