Puchi Puchi Virus

Puchi Puchi Virus (ぷちぷちウイルス, puchipuchi uirusu) is a video game developed by Nippon Ichi which was released in Japan on July 5, 2007 and in North America on May 19, 2009.

Developer(s)KeysFactory
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: July 5, 2007
  • NA: May 19, 2009
Genre(s)Puzzle video game
Mode(s)Single-player, Two-player

Story

In the game, a planet much like Earth has been affected by a horrible viral outbreak. Anybody infected turns into a weird monster with a pun for a name, such as the Flying Panduh, a panda with a jetpack, a frying pan and an aversion to country music. As the outbreak worsens, Dr. Kevin and his two assistants decide to take a stand against the disease using their newly invented vaccine.

Characters

Dr. Hemant

The main character of the game. A genius who spends most of his time working in his lab. He's kind, eccentric, and keeps a hottie and a chicken for company.

Honeydew

Dr. Kevin's assistant. She's smart, quiet, librarian-like and very cute. She'll speak her mind if she thinks it's important and loves to cook even though she's bad at it.

George the Chicken

Kevin's other assistant. George claims to be a girl, but nobody's sure. Kevin and Honeydew suspect she might be infected with the Puchirus.

Gameplay

Single player

The game challenges players to link geometric viruses together to erase them before they turn into stones. Links are created by linking three viruses together into a triangle; and then 'popping' this triangle to remove the viruses. Combos can be created by overlapping two triangles and then popping the first triangle created. There are 102 levels within the game, each having a different objective (a certain score, a certain number of combos etc. within a varying time limit).

Multiplayer

Multiplayer function of the game is head-to-head with single- and multi-card play.[1]

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic73/100[2]
gollark: You're taking active steps to worsen it. This is generally considered sabotage.
gollark: It is not better because you're """funny""" about it.
gollark: I consider this bad. I don't think you care, but you also don't have the right to stop it being fixed now.
gollark: And yet you try and hold it in reserve so you can feel smug and do stuff with it.
gollark: You're actively trying to stop an existing report. This is not fine.

References
  1. Tracy Erickson (2008-06-18). "Hands on with Puchi Puchi Virus on DS". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  2. "Puchi Puchi Virus". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-01-08.

Further reading
  • Gifford, Kevin (February 2008). "Puchi Puchi Virus". Newtype USA. Vol. 7 no. 2. p. 126. ISSN 1541-4817.
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