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Game Review: Puzzle Fighter HD - Solving colored cubes never looked so good.
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Who hasn't played Street Fighter in their gaming days? If you answered this with anything other than "I have", please seek out any of the 47 versions of Street Fighter II and return to this article in roughly two weeks, that way you'll at least understand why this game is so cool.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, which may win the title of "Longest Game Name Ever", is more than just a mouthful to say. It's a simple, yet challenging, game that will test out your problem solving abilities as well as how quickly you can punish the competition at the same time.

The game itself is a mixture of Street Fighter characters and a combination of Columns and Sega Swirl. At the beginning, you will choose your character. Just like in the Street Fighter games, your character will be unique, although instead of having different moves, they will have a different way of dropping down blocks on your opponent. Remembering how each character drops blocks down on you will prove to be vital in surviving attacks, but more on that later.

The game begins with a side by side view and the two opponents characters faced off against each other. The blocks will then begin to fall at a fairly slow pace. The object of the game is to link up as many blocks of the same colors as possible. The way you get rid of the blocks is to drop a gem of the same color on top of them, thus breaking the link. The more you pair up, the more you drop on your opponent. Just like other puzzle games, doubling up breaks will give you combos, which will drop even more blocks on the opponent. If you don't happen to come across one of these blocks, a diamond dropped anywhere on the screen will instantly break every color block on your side. This will not result in as many blocks dropping on your opponent, but it helps your cause.

Visually, the game is gorgeous. This was a game that was ported from the Sega Dreamcast, but it never looked this good, thanks to the upgrade it received on the Xbox 360. The visuals are nice and clean, and the characters themselves are also slick. The game, itself, is a great time waster. You find yourself playing game after game quite a bit, and taking on opponents on Xbox Live is relatively laid back, although it can get competitive.

Cost to download this is 800 MS Points, and it's worth every last one of them. You'll find yourself losing hours at a time if you let yourself get hooked. And, let's face it, maybe you need a change up from Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4.

Final Score: 8.0/10
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loved this game on ps1, loved this game on gba, love this game on 360, though i need to play it more. :p
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It is definitely fun and the competition online can be scathing!
I do wish they had cleaned up the character sprites and given them the same nice spite-shine they gave the gems & the rest of the game though.
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I agree with Reverend. I'm suprised that they didn't include Street Mode and Sakura's song.
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