Screen by screen comparisons of Kirby's Avalanche and Super Puyo. On the left is Super Puyo, on the right is Kirby's Avalanche.

The Hero Characters

Arle Nadja Carbuncle

Kirby

The Foes

There are 16 levels. This is the list of foes for each level in both games.

	Puyo Foe	Kirby Foe
1	Skeleton-T	Waddle Dee
2	Nasu Grave	Bronto Burt
3	Mummy	Waddle Doo
4	Draco Centauros	Poppy Bros. Senior
5	Suketoudara	Whispy Woods
6	Sukiyapotes	Kabu
7	Harpy	Bronto Burt
8	Sasoriman	Squishy
9	Panotty	Lololo and Lalala
10	Zombie	Bugzzy
11	Witch	Skainter
12	Zo-daimaoh	Heavy Mole
13	Schezo	Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright
14	Minotauros	Kracko
15	Rulue	Meta Knight
16	Satan	King Dedede

The Music

The music is all different, except the 'Out of room' theme, where you have almost filled the screen up with blobs.

The Title Screen

Opening both games, the title is bouncy and shiny. Also, the title stretches in both games.

The Title Screen Background

You can see that the backgrounds on the titles are both very similar... In fact they are virtually the same. The character in Puyo (whom I'll talk about later), is shown with the text Puyo over his head. There is also the developer's name, Compile, off to the right. In the Kirby version, the background is darker, the name above Kirby's head has been changed to Kirby... BUT you can see that whoever edited the sprites didn't take out the Puyo text below. It looks like they took out the Compile text, and only part of the first P in Puyo. This clearly indicates that the original Puyo game engine and style were used, and Kirby graphics and such were replaced.

Menu Screen

The menus are mildy different. The clouds scroll, a blob is the cursor, both are practically the same except the graphics.

The Competition Screen

Both very very similar.

The Levels

Beginning a challenge works the same way in both games. The main character runs into a foe, and short conversation is held. The only different obviously is the text, graphics and characters.

The Beginning Levels Taunt

In both games, after you have beaten the first three tutorial type levels, the final bosses of the game come and taunt you.

Game Over

The game over screen is exactly the same! The only thing besides the text difference, is the character Carbuncle has been taken out, Kirby has been put in Arle's place and a few of blobs have had their eyes edited to make so they look like they are looking at Kirby.

The Level Backgrounds and Box Mascot

All of the level backgrounds are different. The only one that is the same are the tutorial backgrounds. The only different is Puyo has blue blocks, and Kirby has a Kirby themed background. You can also see that Carbuncle is in the box as a mascot, while in the Kirby version it's Kirby.

Main Competition Strip

The competition is laid out like a strip, where you can see what boss is next. These are the same (test and everything) except for the characters and box background colors.

High Scores

The high score is the same, besides text and entries.

Earth Shakin' Moves

In Super Puyo the level 12 boss, Zo-daimaoh, causes an Earthquake on his side when he slams down the blobs. However, we don't see this is Kirby's Avalanche until the final level with King Dedede.

The Option Mode

This is exactly the same! Except when you go to the sound tests and such, the sounds are different.

The Ending

While I don't want to spoil the ending for those who have yet to beat Kirby's Avalanche, it is very similar, if not the same.