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Yosumin!

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64%Game Brain Score
music, story
gameplay, grinding
63% User Score Based on 143 reviews
Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

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Yosumin! is a single player casual action adventure game. It was developed by Square Enix and was released on May 26, 2009. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

Make rectangles of the same type of yosumin to make them disappear in this mind-bending puzzle game. The more you get, the better you'll feel! Yosumin!, Square Enix's puzzle masterpiece, is here! Simply select rectangles of the same type of yosumin to make them disappear in this simple yet challenging puzzle game.

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63%
Audience ScoreBased on 143 reviews
music9 positive mentions
gameplay6 negative mentions
  • Cute and charming art style with colorful and adorable characters.
  • Simple and easy to pick up puzzle gameplay that offers a relaxing casual experience.
  • Engaging soundtrack and satisfying sound effects that enhance the enjoyable atmosphere.
  • Gameplay is repetitive and lacks depth, leading to boredom after a short time.
  • Randomness and short timers cause frustrating difficulty spikes and reliance on luck.
  • Limited resolution options and technical issues like lag, fullscreen problems, and inconvenient controls.
  • gameplay
    31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is centered on a simple yet unique puzzle mechanic involving forming colored squares, but it quickly becomes repetitive, with a poor difficulty curve and frustrating reliance on luck. While controls are smooth and the concept creative, the lack of depth and variation causes the gameplay to grow stale and diminishes long-term engagement. Overall, it offers a brief, casual experience that may appeal to some but lacks lasting challenge and complexity.

    • “Interesting puzzle game with a unique mechanic that I don't believe I've seen elsewhere.”
    • “Initially the gameplay can feel overly easy, but the difficulty ramps up quickly as each stage demands a slightly different type of square size or special blocks to complete in a given timeframe.”
    • “The menus are responsive and easy to navigate, the control in game is smooth and fluid, offering different styles of selecting yosumin to fit multiple gameplay styles, and the aesthetic is great.”
    • “The puzzle gameplay is quite simple and straightforward, and lacks depth, which makes the difficulty curve poor. As a result, the game shifts between laughably easy to annoyingly difficult, especially at the last levels.”
    • “Creative idea, however actual gameplay on certain boards (in adventure mode) is very heavily luck-based, and there's just not enough charm to make replaying the same boards fun, rewarding, or interesting beyond 2-3 attempts.”
    • “Unfortunately, the difficulty imposed by the timer, the randomness, and the simple gameplay makes this game short-lived and a little too frustrating.”
  • music
    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is generally described as cute, upbeat, and reminiscent of classic titles like Kirby and Katamari Damacy, with a fun and quirky soundtrack that enhances the overall charm. However, some players found the time-running-out music anxiety-inducing or annoying, and the soundtrack can feel repetitive and unmemorable at times. Despite this, many appreciate the music as a positive aspect that adds to the game's playful atmosphere.

    • “Music is great (I love the warning music that you are almost out of time) and the design is cute.”
    • “The best part in the game is the soundtrack though; the music is wonderful, reminding me of classic games like Katamari Damacy, and while it doesn't seem to have that many tracks, I found myself playing just to listen to the music.”
    • “The music is peppy and upbeat, and I haven't gotten sick of it, so that says something good.”
    • “I ended up turning the music entirely off because the way it sped up as time ran out made me too anxious.”
    • “Not only that, but as your timer runs low, they give you that panic-inducing sped up music to really help stress you out.”
    • “The music, while adding to the cute theme of the game, doesn't really have any memorable traits to it, and the music for when time is running out is kind of annoying more than adding to the rush factor.”
  • story
    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is simple and charming, centered around collecting shards of a shattered stained glass window, providing a light narrative that adds a cute touch to the puzzle gameplay. While some find it engaging and a nice complement to the game, others feel the story is minimal and slow to progress, serving more as a backdrop than a core experience. Overall, it offers a pleasant but modest narrative suited for casual puzzle fans.

    • “The story is some beautiful glass mirror or painting has been shattered and you have to collect the shards to fix it.”
    • “One of my favorite puzzle games on here, the story mode is fun and challenging in its own little way.”
    • “It's pretty darn cute and even has a nice light story to go along with its adventure mode.”
    • “There's barely a semblance of story [though not most puzzle games have such], and it only progresses after you've played about 40 matches for each stage.”
    • “This adds to the feeling of slow progress, as well as the 40 rounds one must go through in order to see the next piece of the 'story' that is meant to tie the game together.”
    • “Since it's a puzzle game, I won't go on about the little bit of story that I've played through, other than that it's just there for show and doesn't add to the game experience.”
  • graphics
    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are generally praised for being bright, colorful, and adorable, featuring cute and vibrant artwork that enhances the relaxing, casual gameplay experience. While visually charming and clear, some note the lack of graphical options and that the default resolution is quite low. Overall, the aesthetic is appealing and complements the game's lighthearted tone.

    • “The graphics are bright, colorful, and clear.”
    • “The graphics are bright and cheerful, and the little faces on each of the pieces are adorable.”
    • “Adorable and brightly colored artwork.”
    • “No real graphical options (and it chose a ridiculously low resolution by default).”
    • “The cutesy Japanese artwork and voiceovers may be a turn off to some.”
    • “™ doesn't do much to challenge the player but offers a relaxing casual game with vibrant visuals and saccharin audio and visuals flair that cement the experience as a resounding 'well this is nice'.”
  • grinding
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The grinding in the game is manageable but tends to feel tedious due to a slower sense of progress compared to other matching puzzle games.

    • “Because of this lack of progress being felt, it gets more tedious than other matching puzzle games do.”
    • “It's grindy, but in working order and is manageable.”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's humor, highlighted by amusing elements like the final boss's terrible rap and quirky music, provides some laughs but may not be enough to justify a purchase.

    • “I would find myself losing levels on purpose to listen to the running out of time music, and the terrible rap sung by the final boss had me laughing for a while.”
  • optimization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from slow loading times and sluggish screen transitions, indicating poor optimization overall.

    • “Additionally, the game has loading bars and the transition from screen to screen is slow, making it feel seriously unoptimized.”
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Yosumin! is a casual action adventure game.

Yosumin! is available on PC, Web Browser, Windows, Xbox 360 and others.

Yosumin! was released on May 26, 2009.

Yosumin! was developed by Square Enix.

Yosumin! has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked Yosumin! for its music but disliked it for its gameplay.

Yosumin! is a single player game.

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