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Yupo Yupo Guide

Yupo Yupo can take a while to get used to. Unlike many puzzle games, quickly making single matches doesn't really get you very far, and you will need a lot of practice and strategy to get the chain matches you need to win. This quick guide should help you get started.

Controls

• Single Player (versus AI, and games over network) - Use the arrow keys to move, and Z and X to rotate.
• Two Player Local, First Player - Use the keys W, A, S and D to move, and F and G to rotate.
• Two Player Local, Second Player - Use the arrow keys to move, and number pad keys 1 and 2 to rotate.

Rules

• Try to get sets of four Yupos (beans) of the same colour to touch. You can tell if beans are touching, since they will join together. When four or more beans of the same colour join up, they will pop and disappear.
• Popping yupos will cause clear nuisance yupos to appear in your opponent's grid. They will appear as icons at the top of the grid to show how many are waiting, and will drop down when your opponent places their next set of yupos.
• Clear nuisance yupos by popping coloured yupos next to them.
• If you have a lot of nuisance yupos about to drop on you, try to start a match immediately to cancel some of them before they drop. You might not cause any nuisance yupos for your opponent, but you will get rid of the ones they sent you. You can cancel more nuisance yupos than you would actually create so defending is easier than attacking, if you time it right. If you make a really good match, you will cancel their nuisances, AND make more to send them.
• To win, try to set up chain reactions. When yupos pop, the yupos above them will drop down - try to place yupos so that when this happens, new matches will occur. Here is a picture showing a chain about to start:
  
  
  
  When the green yupo is placed, the four green yupos will make a match, and disappear. The 2 yellow yupos above will then drop and match up, then 4 red yupos, then finally the blue yupo near the top will drop and match up with the 3 at the bottom, giving a chain. This is a "4-chain" because there are 4 matches, with the yupos "settling" between each match. This will give a good number of nuisance yupos to smite your enemy. The more yupos you match, and the more stages in the chain, the more nuisance yupos you will make. This is the basis of advanced tactics.