Mean Bean Machine is pretty much a westernized port of Puyo Puyo, which was itself a Tetris clone. The developer initially felt Puyo Puyo wouldn't be a hit with western gamers, so they replaced the characters with Sonic universe characters (or made new ones up).
I played Mean Bean quite a bit as a kid, but one of my brother's friends stole it along with a few other games.
it's also on the snes as "kirby's avalanche" if you are a kirby fan. similar game
also puyo puyo on the genesis has different instruments compared to mean bean machine, mean bean's drums are more punchy and the bass is much different. differences video
unlike mean bean, puyo puyo actually stops the music for the digitized voicelines for arle and co, which is a bit jarring
oh man Puyo Puyo what a DEEP cut.
That's so lame it got stolen; I remember when I realized that someone had stolen my GBA and all my games for it. Really sucked
Mean Bean Machine is pretty much a westernized port of Puyo Puyo, which was itself a Tetris clone. The developer initially felt Puyo Puyo wouldn't be a hit with western gamers, so they replaced the characters with Sonic universe characters (or made new ones up).
I played Mean Bean quite a bit as a kid, but one of my brother's friends stole it along with a few other games.
it's also on the snes as "kirby's avalanche" if you are a kirby fan. similar game
also puyo puyo on the genesis has different instruments compared to mean bean machine, mean bean's drums are more punchy and the bass is much different. differences video
unlike mean bean, puyo puyo actually stops the music for the digitized voicelines for arle and co, which is a bit jarring
the music in mean bean is basically based on kraftwerk (there's a hidden song in the game's files that sounds very similar to "Home Computer" and was used at one point in betas! i don't know much about music)
oh man Puyo Puyo what a DEEP cut.
That's so lame it got stolen; I remember when I realized that someone had stolen my GBA and all my games for it. Really sucked