SegaNet version of Puyo Puyo Sun, online functionality now defunct. Beyond the obsolete network mode, identical to the standard version. Historical curiosity for collectors. The normal version remains the logical choice today.
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Category
Puzzle4 players3+
Description
Online version of Puyo Puyo Sun compatible with the SegaNet service. Published by Sega, released in Japan in 1998. Content identical to Puyo Puyo Sun with its Sun Puyo mechanics, enriched with a SegaNet online multiplayer mode for remote opponents. One of the first networked puzzle gaming experiences on Saturn.
Puyo Puyo Sun for SegaNet review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
The board and its grimacing star are carried over unchanged, and the visual contribution concentrates on everything surrounding the game: dialling screens, lists of connected opponents, result tables dressed in the series' colours. Seeing the franchise's round, childlike graphics applied to a matchmaking interface remains a curious object of its time.
The score carried over from the standard version changes function here: the same short, bright loops must also fill the waiting times peculiar to remote play, connecting, pairing, returning to the lobby. Written never to tire across dozens of rounds, they turn out to suit this new use, longer and more broken up, perfectly.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Lining up four blobs of the same colour to set off devastating chains: feeling a cascade run wild remains one of competitive puzzling's great thrills. The sun adds bonus blobs that spice up the strategy and rebalance the duels. Colourful, sparkling and fiercely tense, this entry hooks from the first chain to the last, ideal in group versus.
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾0,41 GB📅03/12/1998
Published by Compile
Puyo Puyo Sun for SegaNet (Saturn) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Is Puyo Puyo Sun for SegaNet still worth playing in 2026?
An online version of Compile's puzzler, Puyo Puyo Sun for SegaNet adds the Sun Puyo that boost chains to the cult chaining combat, with a network mode via the SegaNet service, bold for the time. The strategic depth of chains, the snappy pace and the joy of versus stay excellent, faithful to Compile's craft. The original online infrastructure is gone and the title stayed in Japan. A historical curiosity for fans of competitive retro puzzling and Puyo Puyo.
