Pokémon Puzzle League = GC Panel de Pon?

ahuambachano · 06-20-2007, 04:32 PM

Have you ever had the thought that the GC vesion of Panel de Pon (Nintendo Puzzle Collection) could be the Japan equivalent of Pokémon Puzzle League? It has about the same features (especially 3D puzzle mode), the same number of stages, plus it could even be that it was originally planned for N64: one, because both games have the same resolution, but the gc version became upscaled; and second, some official GC Panepon artwork (BEFORE it was even released on GC) can be seen in a Nintendo Power article about Nintendo Software Technology Corp. (February 2000, Vol. 129, Pg. 46), beginning with Furil on the first page of the article. Besides, a japanese Wikipedia article compares both Panepon games. My theory is that Intelligent Systems cancelled the release of the Panel de Pon game (Panepon 64?) in Japan, but Nintendo Software Technology Corp. retouched it to release it as Pokémon Puzzle League in USA. Any thoughts?

Typhlame. Deal with it. · 06-20-2007, 10:32 PM

I heard it was like Tetris Attack.

Valigarmander · 06-20-2007, 10:34 PM

^ is right.

Frumie Bandy · 06-20-2007, 10:43 PM

Actually, Panel De Pon was before all of the others. PDP was on the SNES in Japan. When it was sent to America, they changed all of the characters from that game (faeries and dragons and stuff) into character's from SMW 2: Yoshi's Island. Pokemon Puzzle League was another clone of PDP for the Nintendo 64. Finally, we have Puzzle League for the GBA, which was a "double feature" with a remake of Dr. Mario, and had no characters whatsoever. The end.

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Frumie Bandy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet X Gender: Posts: 3,848 Thanks: 287 Thanked 205 Times in 136 Posts Points: 28,915.90 Bank: 38,921.15 Total Points: 67,837.05 Donate	Actually, Panel De Pon was before all of the others. PDP was on the SNES in Japan. When it was sent to America, they changed all of the characters from that game (faeries and dragons and stuff) into character's from SMW 2: Yoshi's Island. Pokemon Puzzle League was another clone of PDP for the Nintendo 64. Finally, we have Puzzle League for the GBA, which was a "double feature" with a remake of Dr. Mario, and had no characters whatsoever. The end.