CPU's difficulty somehow related to the characters?

[Lumios]

(I don't have the game on Steam, but I do have it on my Nintendo Switch if there is a difference to the Steam version, then feel free to tell me)

I quickly noticed on solo arcade mode that you could not select a CPU difficulty unlike on other games (such as Mario Party), you could only select a handicap (which thus far has only shown to add more different varieties of Puyos) and other customizations.

After playing said arcade mode for a while I noticed that the intelligence of the CPU is related to the character you pick as opponent, for instance I noticed that Risukuma, Suketoudra and Schezo are rather smart and have specific tactics to win for each of them, in the other hand Ringo, Tee and Arle are insanely mediocre, they also play a bit randomly and I can easily beat them 3/0 even though it's the first Puyo Puyo title I've played by far, so yeah I am a newbie and that shows when I get myself rekt by Schezo on 0/3.

The question is, is there any documentation on each characters that specifies what are their tactics because if I know their tactics I can properly train on a specific tactic and get better at the game and simply not pick a random character based on "that guy will beat me, but that other guy will not".

Thanks for the help.

[Green.Sliche]

I believe there are two factors : personality and difficulty ( sweet/spicy, also known as Yellow/Orange/Red ). You can make game easier/harder by picking color-based option while personality-based difficulty is related to how each of them were made. As you said, some are good, others are average and some are quite simple. Doubt the list exists but you can experiment with picks and figure out which is good and which is less.

[Ka'shurio]

For Puyo, Schezo, Ecolo, Dark Prince and Ex are amongst the best players. Turning on core AI (by pressing the L1 left bumper) makes them even more powerful, and can do up to 12 chains occasionally.

For Tetris, the AI is comparatively mediocre, since the AI doesn't know how to do T-spins, but they are very good at Tetrises, downstacking, garbage management, and perfect clears, and also combos, so they can still provide a decent challenge, especially if you turn on core AI.

The most powerful AI Tetris players are Feli, Dark Prince, Ex, and Ecolo, although Rurue can give quite a decent whopping at times, just not as powerful as the first 4.

I think, if I had to rate the AI opponents, Dark Prince's Tetris, with core AI enabled is around a 7000-rated human's skill. So ya, they will provide you with enough practice until you are ready to face skilled human opponents. Core AI for Ecolo Puyo is about a 10000-13000 rated human player's skill, maybe more.

[Laptophiro]

..Okay wow. I had no idea about the L1 thing. I really ramps up the difficulty.

[Augustus]

IS there a way to activate core AI for PC?

[nintenchris5963]

Originally posted by Crimson_Lotus:

The most powerful AI Tetris players are Feli, Dark Prince, Ex, and Ecolo, although Rurue can give quite a decent whopping at times, just not as powerful as the first 4.

Lemres is also the most powerful AI Tetris player, so that makes a total of 5.