Dr Robotniks Mean Bean Machine
Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is a video game within the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. The game is a modified version of the Japanese puzzle game Puyo Puyo and has characters from the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Dr. Robotnik has hatched a plan to ensure that no music or fun remains on Mobius. To do this, he kidnaps the citizens of Beanville and stuffs them into a giant robotising machine called the Mean Bean-Steaming Machine (hence the name, Mean Bean Machine), so that they become his robot slaves. The player must now defeat each of the robot guards and Robotnik himself to foil his evil plans.
Dr. Robotnik has hatched a plan to ensure that no music or fun remains on Mobius. To do this, he kidnaps the citizens of Beanville and stuffs them into a giant robotising machine called the Mean Bean-Steaming Machine (hence the name, Mean Bean Machine), so that they become his robot slaves. The player must now defeat each of the robot guards and Robotnik himself to foil his evil plans.
Publisher: Sega
Features
In the game, a player must group 4 or more different colored beans (or Puyos) together so that they erase, and send Refugee Beans (aka Garbage, and Ojyama) to the opponent. The more beans that link up, the more garbage is sent. Players may also activate step chains (aka Rensa) so that even more garbage is scored. The game is decided when the third column from the left is piled to the top. Each player plays on a 12 high by 6 wide grid, meaning that 72 beans can be seen on screen (including garbage). If garbage falls on the player's screen, they cannot be grouped like normal beans can (4 in a row will not erase), however, garbage is erased when a neighbouring group of beans erase next to them (for example, if a vertical line of 4 beans in column 2 forms adjacently next to a vertical line of 4 garbage beans in either column 1 or column 3, then that garbage disappears). However, one does not send additional garbage to the other player when they are erased with coloured beans.
It was also included in Sonic Adventure DX and in Sonic Mega Collection Plus. However, the Megadrive version of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine was featured as part of the Sonic Mega Collection for Nintendo GameCube and Sonic Mega Collection Plus for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
On December 11, 2006, Sega released the game on the Wii's Virtual Console, at a price of 800 Wii Points
It was also included in Sonic Adventure DX and in Sonic Mega Collection Plus. However, the Megadrive version of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine was featured as part of the Sonic Mega Collection for Nintendo GameCube and Sonic Mega Collection Plus for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
On December 11, 2006, Sega released the game on the Wii's Virtual Console, at a price of 800 Wii Points
