Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine[a] is a falling block puzzle game. Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine is a Westernized version of Puyo Puyo, and replaces its characters with those from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, primarily the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog animated series. The gameplay is reminiscent of puzzle games like Tetris, in which the player must organize different colored shapes as they fall down a board. The game received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the gameplay but criticizing the difficulty. Story: The game is set on the planet Mobius, which is inhabited by bean-like creatures. Doctor Robotnik conceives of a plan to bring terror to the world by kidnapping the citizens of Beanville and turning them into robot slaves, and eventually creating an army that will help him rid the planet of fun and joy. To achieve this, he creates the “Mean Bean-Steaming Machine” in order to transform the bean-like creatures into robots. Putting his plan into motion, Robotnik sends out his Henchbots to gather all the bean-like creatures and group them together in dark dungeons so they can be sent to the Mean Bean-Steaming Machine. The rest of the game’s story revolves around the player character, “Has Bean”, and their journey to stop Robotnik’s henchmen by breaking into the dungeons and freeing the bean-like creatures.