Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
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 Sega Compile |
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Sega
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| Senior Developer |
Yoji Ishii Noriyoshi Ohba Moo Niitani |
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| composer |
Masanori Hikichi |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Sega Mega Drive : November 26, 1993 January 14, 1994 Sega Game Gear : December 9, 1993 January 14, 1994 Sega Master System : July 26, 1994 Wii Shop Channel : December 11, 2006 December 15, 2006 Steam : September 13 2010 Nintendo 3DS eShop : June 13, 2013 Sega Mega Drive Mini : September 19, 2019 October 4, 2019  |
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| platform | Sega Mega Drive , Sega Game Gear , Sega Master System , Nintendo GameCube , PlayStation 2 , Xbox , Windows , Wii , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , Nintendo 3DS , PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , Nintendo Switch , Sega Mega Drive Mini | ||
| genre | puzzle | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| language | English | ||
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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a puzzle - computer game , that of Sega and Compile developed by Sega for the first time in the US on 23 November 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive was released. It is a clone of Puyo Puyo 2 , as is Kirby's Ghost Trap for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . It counts as a spin-off of the Sonic game series , although Sonic does not appear in that game.
action
The action takes place in the universe of the TV series Sonic - Der irre Igel (English original title Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog ). Dr. Robotnik uses the Mean Bean Machine to transform bean-like beings into robots to expand its army. The protagonist of the game is called Has Been , was able to escape processing inside the machines and manages and sabotage the fate of the machine. This results in real fights between the individual robots, such as the Scratch , Grounder or Coconuts known from the series , before Dr. Robotnik competes against Has Been himself , but also loses, whereupon the Mean Bean Machine no longer works.
Gameplay
The gameplay is identical to the series Puyo Puyo or Puyo Pop , even the graphic sprites are exactly the same as from the prototype Puyo Puyo 2 and the other clone Kirby's Ghost Trap for the SNES . Falling beans dissolve as soon as four of the same color are lined up. Combos are possible with a clever approach. Depending on the amount of resolution or the combo, the direct opponent gets additional obstacles, but the player himself also occasionally receives obstacles from his opponent. Regardless of the choice of difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, Hardest), the 13 opponents Arms , Frankly , Humpty , Coconuts , Davy Sprocket , Skweel , Dynamight , Grounder , Spike , Sir Ffuzzy logic appear one after the other in single player mode , Dragon Breath , Scratch and Dr. Robotnik. In the multiplayer mode, the two players compete directly against each other.
8-bit version
Unlike the jump-'n'-runs , in which the 8-bit variants have to be viewed as completely separate games, the Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System versions by Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine make copies that are as detailed as possible with weaker graphics and sound, but have an additional puzzle mode in which you have to solve the entire bean within a given time. In Japan, neither the Game Gear nor the Master System version was ever published, and the USA also waived the Master System version.
development
After Sega was of the opinion that the Puyo-Puyo series would not establish itself in the western market, they decided on a version with characters from the Sonic universe. Masanobu Tsukamoto's original Puyo Puyo soundtrack was modified and adapted by Masanori Hikichi.
In Sonic Mania , released in 2017, a boss was programmed into the Chemical Plant Zone who played a simple game of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine as a tribute.
New releases
New releases 16-bit version
The 16-bit version of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the Sega Mega Drive was included on the 1995 Sonic Compilation for the Sega Mega Drive . This version was also on the Sonic Mega Collection (2003 Nintendo GameCube ) and Sonic Mega Collection Plus (2004 PlayStation 2 , Xbox , PC ) before it reappeared on the Virtual Console of the Nintendo Wii . It was also part of the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (2009 PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 ), Sonic PC Collection (2009, PC ), Sega Mega Drive Classics (2010 for PC, 2018 for PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , Nintendo Switch ) Released on Steam in 2010 and was included on the Sega Mega Drive Mini .
New releases 8-bit version
The Sega Game Gear version by Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the Sega Game Gear was included again on Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003, Nintendo GameCube, PC) and Sonic PC Collection (2009, PC). On June 13, 2013, a virtual console version for the Nintendo 3DS was released in the USA and Europe . The Sega Master System version was not implemented again.
reception
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Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine received mixed ratings. The fun gameplay was praised, there was criticism primarily for the relatively unimaginative implementation and the high level of difficulty. The ratings for the new releases for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo 3DS tended to be lower. In 1997, the game was ranked 84th among the best games of all time in the Electronic Gaming Monthly .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine aggregate score . In: GameRankings . CBS Interactive .
- ↑ Lucas Thomas: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine review - The Genesis take on the classic puzzler, Puyo Puyo . In: IGN . Point Davis . December 11, 2006. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved on February 9, 2017.
- ↑ Neal Ronaghan: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine . In: Nintendo World Report . June 18, 2013. Accessed March 16, 2018.
- ↑ Sackenheim, Shawn: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine Review . AllGame . Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ↑ Kristan Reed: Virtual Console: SEGA Mega Drive ( en-UK ) Eurogamer Network. January 23, 2007. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved on February 10, 2017.
- ↑ Aaron Thomas: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine Review . In: GameSpot . CBS Interactive . January 9, 2007. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved on February 9, 2017.
- ↑ Damien McFerran: Review: Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (MD) . In: Nintendolife . December 12, 2006. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
- ↑ Ron DelVillano: Review: Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (3DS eShop / Game Gear) . In: Nintendolife . January 18, 2013.