History Trivia / PuyoPuyoFever

* FranchiseKiller: While it didn't kill the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' franchise entirely, the game's poor sales (thanks to a [[InvisibleAdvertising lack of advertising]]) would kill the series' presence in the West for ''14'' years, with subsequent entries -- including the game's direct sequel -- remaining only in Japan. It wasn't until 2017 that Sega finally started localizing the ''Puyo Puyo'' games again, beginning with ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris''.

* FranchiseKiller: While it thankfully didn't kill the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' franchise entirely, the game's poor sales in the West (thanks to a lack of advertising from Sega of America) would kill its presence in the West for ''14'' years, with subsequent entries -- including the game's direct sequel -- remaining only in Japan. It wasn't until 2017 that Sega finally started localizing the ''Puyo Puyo'' games again, beginning with ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris''.

* DummiedOut: The Dreamcast version has graphical assets that are used in the arcade version's main menu, alongside completely-unused English equivalents.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Fever'' has never seen a re-release in any capacity, and while Japanese copies are easy to come by, the same cannot be said for the American or European versions. The mobile-exclusive ''[[https://puyonexus.com/wiki/Puyo_Puyo_Fever_Habanero Habanero]]'' edition gets this the worst, being classified as lost media with only two screenshots of its existence due to it being restricted to the Sega Café live service.

* PortOverdosed: Started as an arcade game, then followed a port for the Playstation 2, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, (making it one of four games to be released on all four sixth-generation consoles, including ''[[VideoGame/{{NBA2K}} NBA 2K2]]'', ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium'', and ''[[VideoGame/CastleOfShikigami Castle Shikigami 2]]'') Xbox 360, Mac, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Pocket PC, Palm OS, Nintendo DS, and PSP. If we count the budget rereleases on the Playstation 2, Dreamcast, and Gamecube, that's exactly twelve ports in its lifetime.
* SwanSong: ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' was the last first-party title to be released on the{{Platform/Dreamcast}}, and by extension the last game Sega would ever publish on one of their own consoles (barring mini consoles). It's been speculated that Sega deliberately chose the Sega NAOMI arcade hardware despite being weaker than the [[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] (which was intended to be the lead platform) because they wanted one final Dreamcast port.

* SwanSong: ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' was the last first-party title to be released on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, and by extension the last game Sega would ever publish on one of their own consoles (barring mini consoles). It's been speculated that Sega deliberately chose the Sega NAOMI arcade hardware despite being weaker than the Gamecube (which was intended to be the lead platform) because they wanted one final Dreamcast port.

** The Gamecube version was the lead version of the game, but took long enough that the arcade development team had to start early, ended up deciding numerous parts of the code on their own, and made it to release well before the GC team.

* PortOverdosed: Started as an arcade game, then followed a port for the Playstation 2, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, (making it one of three games to be released on all four sixth-generation consoles, including ''[[VideoGame/{{NBA2K}} NBA 2K2]]'' and ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium'') Xbox 360, Mac, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Pocket PC, Palm OS, Nintendo DS, and PSP. If we count the budget rereleases on the Playstation 2, Dreamcast, and Gamecube, that's exactly twelve ports in its lifetime.

* SwanSong: ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' was the last first-party title to be released on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, and by extension the last game Sega would ever publish on one of their own consoles. It's been speculated that Sega deliberately chose the Sega NAOMI arcade hardware despite being weaker than the Gamecube (which was intended to be the lead platform) because they wanted one final Dreamcast port.

* PortOverdosed: Started as an arcade game, then followed a port for the Playstation 2, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mac, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Pocket PC, Palm OS, Nintendo DS, and PSP. If we count the budget rereleases on the Playstation 2, Dreamcast, and Gamecube, that's exactly twelve ports in its lifetime.

* SwanSong: ''Puyo Puyo Fever'' was the last first-party title to be released on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, and by extension the last game Sega would ever publish on one of their own consoles.

* PortOverdose: Started as an arcade game, then followed a port for the Playstation 2, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Mac, Game Boy Advance, Windows, Pocket PC, Palm OS, Nintendo DS, and PSP. If we count the budget rereleases on the Playstation 2, Dreamcast, and Gamecube, that's exactly twelve ports in its lifetime.