Editing Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (section)

==Development==
:''See also: {{Plain link|https://puyonexus.com/wiki/Puyo_Puyo|Puyo Puyo}}''
[[File:Puyo-Puyo-Mega-Drive-Box-Art.png|thumb|150px|left|The Japanese cover for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] port of ''Puyo Puyo'', featuring the main characters {{Plain link|https://puyonexus.com/wiki/Arle_Nadja|Arle Nadja}} and [[Has Bean|Carbuncle]].]]
Back in October 1992, the arcade version of {{Nihongo|'''Puyo Puyo'''|ぷよぷよ|Puyo Puyo}} was developed by Compile and [[Sega|Sega AM1]] in Japan, which used characters from Compile's ''{{Plain link|https://puyonexus.com/wiki/Madou_Monogatari_123|Madou Monogatari}}'' video game series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sega-interactive.co.jp/special/history/title/puyopuyo.html|title=SEGA ARCADE GAME HISTORY - ぷよぷよ|publisher=[[Sega|Sega Interactive]]|accessdate=2 September 2016|language=Japanese}}</ref> The [[Sega Mega Drive]] port for the original arcade game was released exclusively in Japan on 18 December 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sega.jp/archive/segahard/md/soft.html|title=[セガハード大百科] メガドライブ対応ソフトウェア（セガ発売）|publisher=[[Sega]]|accessdate=2 September 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523211044/http://sega.jp/archive/segahard/md/soft.html|archivedate=23 May 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref> However, the game did not receive an international release until a year later, where it was released under the title ''Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine'' for the Sega Mega Drive.

The international version of the game was a conversion of the Mega Drive version of ''Puyo Puyo''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[Sonic the Comic]]|chapter=Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine|chapterurl=http://sost.emulationzone.org/dr_rmbm/scans/MeanBeanKnuxprower-111293-Preview.jpg|date=11 December 1993}}</ref> The game was localized, but also completely overhauled in terms of graphics and setting, and had nearly the entire cast from ''Puyo Puyo'' replaced with characters from the ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' television series. Most of the music tracks in ''Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine'' are also reused tracks from Masanobu Tsukamoto's and Einosuke Nagao's original composition for ''Puyo Puyo''. Many of these tracks were rearranged by Masanori Hikichi of Cube Corp. and [[Naofumi Hataya]].