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Gameplay is simple. You have a screen full of differently colored blocks (also marked by different shapes). You can swap the blocks freely horizontally, but you cannot swap them vertically. Get three or more of the same block in a row, and they vanish. Get more than 3 in a row, clear multiple sets of 3 at once, or create a chain--the blocks that fall in to replace the ones that you just cleared form more sets of 3 or more--and you get more points. However, the stack of blocks is constantly growing, and if it reaches the top of the screen, you lose. While a simple formula, it lends itself well to many variants: Play until you lose, score as many points as possible in a limited time, clear all the blocks on screen with limited moves, face off against a CPU to see who loses first (with unclearable "garbage" to speed up the process)...
Gameplay is simple. You have a screen full of differently colored blocks (also marked by different shapes). You can swap the blocks freely horizontally, but you cannot swap them vertically. Get three or more of the same block in a row, and they vanish. Get more than 3 in a row, clear multiple sets of 3 at once, or create a chain--the blocks that fall in to replace the ones that you just cleared form more sets of 3 or more--and you get more points. However, the stack of blocks is constantly growing, and if it reaches the top of the screen, you lose. While a simple formula, it lends itself well to many variants: Play until you lose, score as many points as possible in a limited time, clear all the blocks on screen with limited moves, face off against a CPU to see who loses first (with unclearable "garbage" to speed up the process)...


The original ''Panel de Pon'' came out for the SNES in 1996, along with a Game Boy version. The plot ([[Excuse Plot|such as it was]]) starred a fairy named Lip trying to rescue her friends. Since no self-respecting gamer would buy a game featuring 'girly girls' in those days, Nintendo decided to do the infamous palette and name swap, the same way they did to ''[[Super Mario Bros 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 2]]''. The US version was [[Dolled-Up Installment]] as ''[[Tetris Attack]],'' with identical gameplay but with a ''[[Yoshis Island (Video Game)|Yoshi's Island]]'' theme, a few extra options and character profiles, and ''nothing to do with Tetris at all''. It later saw two ''[[Pokémon]]''-themed reskinnings: ''Pokémon Puzzle League,'' for the N64, introduced a "3D" mode with a cylinder of blocks instead of a stack, and ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge,'' which was almost a proto-''[[Puzzle Quest]].'' It had "battles" between Pokémon played out in puzzle matches, and some adventuring on the side. The name "Puzzle League" stuck: A Game Boy Advance compilation release (along with ''Dr. Mario'') simply entitled it "Puzzle League," as did the DS version.
The original ''Panel de Pon'' came out for the SNES in 1996, along with a Game Boy version. The plot ([[Excuse Plot|such as it was]]) starred a fairy named Lip trying to rescue her friends. Since no self-respecting gamer would buy a game featuring 'girly girls' in those days, Nintendo decided to do the infamous palette and name swap, the same way they did to ''[[Super Mario Bros 2]]''. The US version was [[Dolled-Up Installment]] as ''[[Tetris Attack]],'' with identical gameplay but with a ''[[Yoshis Island|Yoshi's Island]]'' theme, a few extra options and character profiles, and ''nothing to do with Tetris at all''. It later saw two ''[[Pokémon]]''-themed reskinnings: ''Pokémon Puzzle League,'' for the N64, introduced a "3D" mode with a cylinder of blocks instead of a stack, and ''Pokémon Puzzle Challenge,'' which was almost a proto-''[[Puzzle Quest]].'' It had "battles" between Pokémon played out in puzzle matches, and some adventuring on the side. The name "Puzzle League" stuck: A Game Boy Advance compilation release (along with ''Dr. Mario'') simply entitled it "Puzzle League," as did the DS version.


Aside from a [[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros]] cameo, Lip has been nowhere to be seen in puzzle land for quite some time. She did, however, show up as a character in ''[[Captain Rainbow]].''
Aside from a [[Super Smash Bros]] cameo, Lip has been nowhere to be seen in puzzle land for quite some time. She did, however, show up as a character in ''[[Captain Rainbow]].''
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'''This series provides examples of:'''
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* [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]: In the story mode of the SNES games, for the first 8 stages the protagonist (Lip in ''PdP'', Yoshi in ''TA'') battles their friends who have been put under a spell. Winning against them breaks the spell.
* [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]: In the story mode of the SNES games, for the first 8 stages the protagonist (Lip in ''PdP'', Yoshi in ''TA'') battles their friends who have been put under a spell. Winning against them breaks the spell.
** Beating bonus trainers after [[Guide Dang It|fulfilling certain conditions]] in ''Pokemon Puzzle Challenge's'' Challenge mode unlocks their pokemon for you to use.
** Beating bonus trainers after [[Guide Dang It|fulfilling certain conditions]] in ''Pokemon Puzzle Challenge's'' Challenge mode unlocks their pokemon for you to use.
* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: The first game was released as ''Tetris Attack'' in the US, and featured characters from ''[[Yoshis Island (Video Game)|Super Mario World 2]]'', making it a ''double'' doll-up with both ''[[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]]'' and Mario. Some of which have undergone a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Then there was ''[[Pokémon]] Puzzle League'', localized by Nintendo Software Technology Corporation from the then cancelled ''Panel de Pon'' sequel, which gave the series' most recent entry its title after removing the license.
* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: The first game was released as ''Tetris Attack'' in the US, and featured characters from ''[[Yoshis Island|Super Mario World 2]]'', making it a ''double'' doll-up with both ''[[Tetris]]'' and Mario. Some of which have undergone a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Then there was ''[[Pokémon]] Puzzle League'', localized by Nintendo Software Technology Corporation from the then cancelled ''Panel de Pon'' sequel, which gave the series' most recent entry its title after removing the license.
* [[Dummied Out]]: [[Nostalgia Level|Lip's Stage]] from Planet Puzzle League is only unlockable in Japan. Other countries will have to access it via Action Replay.
* [[Dummied Out]]: [[Nostalgia Level|Lip's Stage]] from Planet Puzzle League is only unlockable in Japan. Other countries will have to access it via Action Replay.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: Lip's fairy friends/Yoshi's monster friends getting kidnapped. ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' featured Ash taking part in a "new kind" of Pokémon battling league.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: Lip's fairy friends/Yoshi's monster friends getting kidnapped. ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' featured Ash taking part in a "new kind" of Pokémon battling league.
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* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Hardest in the SNES version, Very Hard, Super Hard, and Intense in the later games. Generally only applies to 1-Player VS Mode, though.
* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Hardest in the SNES version, Very Hard, Super Hard, and Intense in the later games. Generally only applies to 1-Player VS Mode, though.
* [[Improbably-Female Cast]]: The original two Panepon games.
* [[Improbably-Female Cast]]: The original two Panepon games.
* [[In Name Only]]: There's nothing [[Tetris (Video Game)|Tetris]] about Tetris Attack.
* [[In Name Only]]: There's nothing [[Tetris]] about Tetris Attack.
* [[Regional Bonus|Japan Bonus]]: When the Panel de Pon sequel was finally released in Japan, it received the new feature of 4-player Vs., a feature that Pokémon Puzzle League didn't have.
* [[Regional Bonus|Japan Bonus]]: When the Panel de Pon sequel was finally released in Japan, it received the new feature of 4-player Vs., a feature that Pokémon Puzzle League didn't have.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Lip, I Am Your Mother]]: A bit of a [[Shocking Swerve]], really. We didn't even know her mother was missing!
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Lip, I Am Your Mother]]: A bit of a [[Shocking Swerve]], really. We didn't even know her mother was missing!
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** "Pokemon Puzzle League" is pretty much this with Mewtwo at the end.
** "Pokemon Puzzle League" is pretty much this with Mewtwo at the end.
* [[Sequel Difficulty Spike]]: The AI is ''much'' harder in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' (and probably other sequels) than the original game. The AI in "Planet Puzzle League" is also much harder than the AI in "Pokemon Puzzle League" too.
* [[Sequel Difficulty Spike]]: The AI is ''much'' harder in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'' (and probably other sequels) than the original game. The AI in "Planet Puzzle League" is also much harder than the AI in "Pokemon Puzzle League" too.
** According to [[Wikipedia (Wiki)|Wikipedia]], the AI in ''TA'' is also tougher than in ''Panel de Pon'' at the higher difficulty levels.
** According to [[Wikipedia]], the AI in ''TA'' is also tougher than in ''Panel de Pon'' at the higher difficulty levels.
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: Cordelia / Corderia.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Cordelia / Corderia.
* [[Villain Forgot to Level Grind]]: You can fight the final boss (or a minion with equal difficulty) halfway through the single-player campaign. They're exactly as tough as at the very end.
* [[Villain Forgot to Level Grind]]: You can fight the final boss (or a minion with equal difficulty) halfway through the single-player campaign. They're exactly as tough as at the very end.


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