The " National Prefectural eSports Championship 2024 SAGA " will be held at SAGA Arena on December 14 (Sat.) and 15 (Sun.), 2024. One of the titles is "2024 SAGA", which was selected as one of the competition titles. Puyo Puyo eSports " has been selected as one of the titles for the competition, and the block representative finals will be held sequentially throughout Japan starting in September 2024, with the representatives who have won the qualifying rounds. The Kyushu/Okinawa block of the finals will be held on Sunday, November 3, 2024, and the representative players who will advance to the Saga Main Tournament have been selected!
The "Playoff Preliminary and Final for Kyushu and Okinawa Blocks" has begun!
The preliminary playoffs and finals to determine the representative players for the Kyushu/Okinawa block were held at the Aeon Mall Fukuoka! At the venue, players who won the online qualifying tournament and players who participated in the qualifying playoffs, which were held on the day of the event, gathered. In the Qualifying Playoffs, the top two players in the score tally will advance to the finals.
At the venue, merchandise sales are also available!
Puyopuyo manju" and "Puyopuyo yokan" were on sale!
There was also a game experience corner, where you could try Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.
The final competition will be held in two divisions, one for elementary school students and the other for the general public. Reime Harusame (@harusame_urame ), a VTuber from the VTuber group "Aogiri High School", who has been appointed as the official ambassador of "Puyopuyo eSports", appeared on the screen and gave a message of support. She gave us a message of support!
In the Kyushu/Okinawa block, commentary was provided by JeSU pro-licensee Oka-san (@oka_puyopuyo ) and MC Erika Ishitobi (@eririn959 ), who is a voice actress.
Elementary School Division Finals
In the finals, contestants will be chosen from among the 10 contestants who have qualified in the preliminary rounds!
- Shintaro (Fukuoka, Japan)
- YUSHI (Fukuoka)
- Ryuichi (Fukuoka)
- HISABO (Fukuoka)
- Ai☆(Kagoshima)
- Ryoji(Nagasaki)
- Gurun (Kumamoto)
- Yuu(Miyazaki)
- seiteko(Fukuoka)
- Gussy(Fukuoka)
- Yukun(Oita)
- Ibu(Oita)
The rules were a single elimination tournament format with a five-round first round. Each player moves to the called table and the game begins. The players, of course, are excited and the cheering from the audience is heating up!
The final of the elementary school tournament was a showdown between "☆Ai☆" and "ibu".
In the past few years, there have been many male representatives, but this year's tournament pitted two women against each other! This year's competition attracted more attention!
Ibu took the lead, but A☆A☆ quickly won one game to tie the game.
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Ibu's skillful manipulation sends a large number of Ojamama-Puyo.
In the final game, Ibu won the game by erasing all the Puyos on the field!
Ibu
I was happy because I was able to show what I have practiced so far in this tournament. I will continue to practice a lot and do my best to win.
Ai☆Ai☆A player
I am happy to go to Saga. I will do my best to win.
Sonic and Knuckle also took the stage at the award ceremony. Mr. Oka awarded Ibu and ☆Ai☆ the right to participate in this tournament.
General Division Finals
In the general division, the 12 players who made it through the qualifying rounds will compete in the finals.
- terusaHyuto(Okinawa)
- jig (Fukuoka, Japan)
- Torinu (Fukuoka)
- Ruta(Oita)
- Shierooru(Fukuoka)
- Metho(Fukuoka)
- MJM(Nagasaki)
- Sakue Minato (Miyazaki, Japan)
- Notchi (Nagasaki)
- Shiino (Fukuoka)
- Yuuya (Fukuoka)
- Yuma (Kumamoto, Japan)
In the general division, the rules were the same, a single elimination tournament format with a five-round first round. The finals are filled with strong qualifiers, but the unstoppable chain count continues.
In the General Division, "Shierol" and "Shiino", who had won the tournament, faced off in a showdown.
The Puyopuyo battle began with the raising of the Puyopuyo stick balloons! and the game began!
Shierol, who plays calmly and steadily, takes the first win.
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Shiino" also plays skillfully, and quickly gets the game back on the same level. Both players continue to build up their chain counts and give each other more and more Oyamapuyo.
In the seventh game, the score was 4-2. Shierol played calmly and was the first to win 5 games! Shierol showed his skillful planning and chaining techniques.
Player Shierol
I think I was able to win today because I have been practicing hard with Puyopuyo Puzzle Pop, the latest in the Puyopuyo series. I will do my best in the National Championships to show everyone how great PuyoPuyo Puzzle Pop is.
Mr. Shiino
I lost in the end, but I will do my best to win in Saga!
Kyushu/Okinawa block closed! The next round will be held in Hokkaido and Tohoku Bloc!
The four representatives from the Kyushu and Okinawa Blocks have been selected to participate in this year's tournament! We are looking forward to seeing their performances at the main competition to be held a month from now! The next round will be held on November 9, 2024 (Sat) at AEON MALL Shin-Rifu in Miyagi Prefecture for the "Hokkaido/Tohoku Bloc". Follow "Puyopuyo eSports" Official X (@EsportsSega ) for the latest information and match updates!
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