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A fun and addicting little puzzle game. It's not particularly difficult but it can challenge your ability to recognize patterns. The gameplay is simple: make squares/rectangles where all 4 corners are the same color blocks to clear them and gain points.

If you're looking for a simple pick up and play puzzle game akin to bejeweled this might be a good pick for you.

Another variant on the block puzzler genre, Yosumin! sees you play on a 9x9 grid of blocks where you have to click on four blocks of the same shape/colour to describe the corners of a square or rectangle, which transforms all blocks within that space into the same colour as the selected corner blocks before removing all those blocks then replacing them with another mix of blocks. BLOCKS!

Each stage sets you objectives, ranging from the simplistic, like removing a quota of specific coloured blocks, to the more challenging, such as clearing an entire board with one move (this move being where the game gets its name, in the same way Tetris is the name given to clearing the maximum of four lines in a single drop), with each stage being cleared by completing all of these objectives.

The whole things starts off at a very basic, and even mundane degree of difficulty as you breeze through the majority of the opening stages in the space of a couple of minutes, but by the final quarter or so of the game this is turned on its head as the ever strangling time limit can soon grind you down unless you have very sharp eyes or a lot of luck finding the right blocks to match. This deceptively high difficulty spike of the final stages seems very at odds with the über casual, child-friendly presentation of every aspect of the title and may see many quit before reaching the end, even with the extra added help of bonus unlocks which act as perks to aid in varying elements of play.

But even if you do quit by then, ultimately you're not really going to miss out on all that much. The opening few hours play much the same as the final hours save for some minor added elements and complications added to proceedings that actually change things very little of the game beyond its initial premise. So a pretty throwaway, repetitive, yet inoffensive title (except for maybe the audio, which you might want to mute) that might not stick with you too long after you play it, but which still holds some fun for those looking for their quick puzzle fix to dip in and out of. Pick it up when it's cheap, play it, enjoy it a little, forget about it, move on with your life. Yosumin!

one of the best puzzle games to waste hours on. extremely fun and addicting. i recommend turning off the hints because you'll probably become dependent on them and That's No Good

On a 16:9 monitor the game seems to run at 800x600 stretched in full screen, but with weird letterboxing on all sides. There are no scaling options, your only options are to play it in a tiny window at correct scale or full screen with odd stretching issues (jagged lines, text rendering off screen).

Happy game and happy music for the best board clearing game out there :D

The puzzle mechanic here is so simple and requires more luck than skill. There are so many better puzzlers out there.

Literally the cutest thing ever.

1 reason this game is great, KAWAII TILES.

I love the sounds the blocks make! So cute and very amusing~ I was never into the candy crush fever but I dig this one very much. I'm going to finish that stained glass!

The Yosumin are playful, cute little shapes, and they must be scoured from the Earth at all costs. Thousands upon thousands will be obliterated at your hands, and yet they will keep coming, for they are innumerable, and manic in the safety of their uncountability. Understanding of the labyrinthine plot and its implications for both the Yosumin and this world is not a requirement for enjoying this colourful little game, but it helps.

Like to puzzle a bit in between things? This is a fun little game to fill spaces of boredom when waiting for a dungeongroup in WoW or mining in EVE :)

Cute casual ♥♥♥♥ with grids and random colours.

Yosumin! is a distinctly Japanese puzzle game that delivers its own unique puzzle solving system. Rather than simply matching like colors, Yosumin! expands the idea to square regions on the game board. 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 cutesy Japanese artwork and voiceovers may be a turn off to some, but overall Yosumin! is a good investment for players looking for some slightly different puzzle solving.

Good game for puzzle game lovers. It has the same basic concept as most other puzzle games (making matches), but it's got a unique take on match-making. You have to find rectangular patterns on the game board. It's not a game that you'll blow through in an hour, so it's worth it at its regular price. The music is peppy and upbeat, and I haven't gotten sick of it, so that says something good. The graphics are bright and cheerful, and the little faces on each of the pieces are adorable.

New obstacles and game pieces show up at a decent pace. There's enough variety in objectives for each level (like matching a certain amount of certain colored pieces, making square matches, making small, standard, or large sets), but the objectives repeat a bit too much and start to feel samey. While this game isn't on the same level as Clash of Heroes and Critter Crunch, it's still a fun, lighthearted puzzle game that's worth your time.

Cute little matching game.

*Gnome Seal of Approval*
Fast paced arcade puzzle game. The idea is to create squares where the corners have the same color. Bigger square, more points. Make enough squares of each type to win the level. It starts out really slow so you can get used to the idea and ends in an adrenaline kick in the last few levels.

Great for the younger ones, but plenty of challenges for the adults as well. Not to mention the super cute japanese theme.

This was a fun little game. When Square-Enix steps out of their RPG comfort zone, I'm usually impressed.

There's not much story: a stained glass window of importance to the oddly-shaped creatures shatters, and it's up to Yellowmin and his friends to recover the fragments. To win puzzles, you must create squares using the same shape for all four corners of a square. Each level demands certain parameters for the square, ranging from squares made up of a particular color to Yosumins (using the entire board as a square).

The graphics are bright, colorful, and clear. There were no issues with how the game presented itself, and the tone stayed relatively consistent throughout the story mode. Music was... meh. There is one level with an atrocious fake rap, but the majority of background music was just that: background.

I would recommend this to puzzle gamers looking for a decent challenge. It's not the best puzzle game I've ever played, but it was worth playing.

Very simple arcade "matching" game. Somewhat funny, but not recommended for money.

Asian Candy Crush :) 10/10

Hnnnnnnnnnnggg...YOSUMIN!