Arcade puzzle game energy meets dating sim melodies and it absolutely should not work but it does. Tokimeki Memorial Taisen Puzzle-dama takes the series' character themes and cranks them through 1996 arcade hardware with this punchy, competitive edge.
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"Time Reflected in Your Eyes" goes from gentle romance track to tense puzzle battle music. "More! More! Tokimeki" in confession mode has this frantic sweetness to it. The danger theme "Please, Stop!" is genuinely stressful in the best way.
Even the map movement track "Fun! Fun! Summer Vacation" keeps things upbeat without getting repetitive. A puzzle-dama spinoff having this much personality in its soundtrack. If you like competitive puzzle games with character, throw this on during your next Puyo session.