Bring back versus puzzles. This genre should’ve flourished with the rise of online multiplayer, but somehow that was when this genre started to fade out.
Today, nearly everything is dead. Dr. Mario and Puzzle Fighter both got turned into mobile gacha games and then shut down. Panel de Pon isn’t coming back because Intelligent Systems is too busy making dating sims. There was a brief moment where it looked like Puyo Puyo was set to make a comeback, but then Sega sold the game’s soul to sell more Tetris. And it feels like the only thing less likely than a proper main series game would be for a new IP to ever emerge today.
Bring back versus puzzles. This genre should’ve flourished with the rise of online multiplayer, but somehow that was when this genre started to fade out.
Today, nearly everything is dead. Dr. Mario and Puzzle Fighter both got turned into mobile gacha games and then shut down. Panel de Pon isn’t coming back because Intelligent Systems is too busy making dating sims. There was a brief moment where it looked like Puyo Puyo was set to make a comeback, but then Sega sold the game’s soul to sell more Tetris. And it feels like the only thing less likely than a proper main series game would be for a new IP to ever emerge today.