Thread by @gosokkyu

@zanverse what they need is another Fever-style reset: something that immediately and obviously indicates that this isn't Just Another Puyo, particularly w/r/t aesthetic

ofc the reason that won't happen is Quest, it's what brings in most of the money & they won't toss it for a reboot

@zanverse I think one solution would be a western-made game: they can position it as a gaiden or whatever, and in terms of dev politics, its success or failure needn't put any direct pressure on the JP side to produce a mega-hit or supplant the existing games

@zanverse I'd welcome a new & interesting game type to go alongside Tsu/Fever but coming up with one, especially after so long, is obviously easier said than done, and in terms of casual appeal, reskinning existing gimmicks is probably good enough tbh

@zanverse as far as growing the tournament scene, Sega IA has to literally do, like, anything more than just tossing out a game and telling ppl how swell it'd be if they ran tournaments for it

maybe with VF eSports coming, they can run joint events & justify the spend that way, iunno