Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

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Description

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a version of Puyo Puyo with a storyline involving characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog games. The evil Dr. Robotnik decides to turn the citizens of Beanville into robots. It's up to the player to save them from their doom. The player drops pairs of beans into the dungeons, trying to create groups of four in matching colors. He or she must challenge Dr. Robotnik's robots to a battle and defeat them, and eventually face the Eggman himself.

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Alternate Titles

• "Dr. Robotnik and his Mean Bean Machine" -- French Genesis title
• "동글이 퇴치작전 (뿌요뿌요)" -- Korean spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Puyo Puyo variants
• Sonic the Hedgehog universe

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Critic Reviews

The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Oct 19, 1999	A-	91
MEGA	Genesis	Jan, 1994	90 out of 100	90
Player One	SEGA Master System	Apr, 1994	88 out of 100	88
Joypad	Game Gear	Feb, 1994	87 out of 100	87
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Genesis	Jun, 1994	10 out of 12	83
Video Games	SEGA Master System	Aug, 1994	80 out of 100	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Genesis	Jan 21, 2011	15 out of 20	75
Megablast	Genesis	Jun, 1994	70 out of 100	70
Eurogamer.de	Wii	Jan 26, 2007	3 out of 5	60
GameZebo	Windows	Oct 08, 2010		60

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Development

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is actually a conversion by Compile of their game Puyo Puyo for the U.S. market. In 1995 there was also a Puyo Puyo conversion released for the SNES called Kirby's Avalanche.