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{{Infobox video game
|title         = Puzzle de Pon!
|image         = Puzzle de Pon! arcade flyer.jpg
|developer     = [[Company:Visco Corporation|Visco Corporation]]
|publisher     = [[Company:SNK|SNK]]
|director      = Don Gabacho
|producer      = Tetsuo Akiyama
|designer      = Hos Kuro<br />E‑Ayasu<br />Tajiman
|programmer    = Isao Teramachi
|composer      = Kenichi Kamio
|platforms     = [[Software:Arcade game|Arcade]]
|released      = {{vgrelease|WW|28 November 1995}}
|genre         = [[Software:Puzzle video game|Puzzle]]
|modes         = {{cslist|[[Software:Single-player video game|Single-player]]|[[Software:Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]}}
|arcade system = [[Engineering:Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo MVS]]
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Puzzle de Pon!'''''|パズルdeポン!|''Pazuru de Pon!''||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a puzzle [[Engineering:Video game|video game]] made by [[Company:Visco Corporation|Visco Corporation]] in 1995.<ref name="NEOGEOsnk">{{cite web|url=http://neogeomuseum.snk-corp.co.jp/english/catalogue/|title=Title Catalogue - NEOGEO MUSEUM|publisher=[[Company:SNK#2003–2016: SNK Playmore|SNK Playmore]]|date=2010|access-date=2020-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035857/http://neogeomuseum.snk-corp.co.jp/english/catalogue/|archive-date=2018-08-28|url-status=live}}</ref> It was initially released for the Neo Geo arcade platform.

The name ''Puzzle De Pon!'' is derived from the animations of bubbles popping in the original ''[[Software:Bubble Bobble|Bubble Bobble]]'' videogame, where a little onomatopoeic animation (through Japanese pronunciation) saying "Pon!" would appear once a bubble was popped.

== Gameplay ==
[[File:NEOGEO Puzzle de Pon!.png|thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot]]

The game plays similarly to the ''[[Software:Puzzle Bobble|Puzzle Bobble]]'' series, with the game's concept being used under license from [[Company:Taito|Taito]]. There are some gameplay differences however. Although the player clears the colored balls on the screen by firing balls against other balls of the same colour, the objective of the game is not to clear the screen of balls. It is instead to clear all the balls from around the level shape, referred to as the "drop token". Once this shape is freed, it explodes and the player travels onto the next level.

There are 39 levels in the game, divided in groups of three levels. In the first two levels, the shape is something generic; in the third level the shape is a Zodiac sign, up to level 36 (since there are 12 signs). Level 39's shape is the [[Astronomy:Solar symbol#Astronomical symbol|Sun sign]] ({{unichar|2609|Sun}}). Once you beat the game, it is stated that you became the Sun God, and the ending shows your character riding the Sun Chariot in the sky.

Levels in this style were later adopted by the ''Puzzle Bobble'' series.

==Legacy==
In 1997, a sequel to ''Puzzle De Pon!'' was released for the Neo Geo MVS system, entitled '''''Puzzle De Pon! R!'''''. The game concept is the same, but it has different stages.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/583611-puzzle-de-pon ''Puzzle de Pon!''] at [[GameFAQs]]
* [https://www.giantbomb.com/puzzle-de-pon/3030-49327/ ''Puzzle de Pon!''] at Giant Bomb
* [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9176 ''Puzzle de Pon!''] at [[Software:Killer List of Videogames|Killer List of Videogames]]
* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/puzzle-de-pon ''Puzzle de Pon!''] at [[Social:MobyGames|MobyGames]]

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