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<h2>Overview</h2><p><strong>Pokémon Puzzle Challenge</strong> is a handheld companion piece to <a href="/pokemon-puzzle-league/3030-8052/" data-ref-id="3030-8052">Pokémon Puzzle League</a>. Whereas that version focuses on the Indigo League by way of the anime, this one is based on <a href="/pokemon-goldsilver/3030-8210/" data-ref-id="3030-8210">Pokémon Gold and Silver</a>.</p><p>Players move blocks horizontally to match them. Three or more in a row of the same kind causes them to disappear. In some cases, an enemy (<a href="/gym-leader/3015-3385/" data-ref-id="3015-3385">Gym Leader</a>/<a href="/elite-four/3015-3373/" data-ref-id="3015-3373">Elite Four</a>) <a href="/pokemon/3015-549/" data-ref-id="3015-549">Pokémon</a> may cause havoc on a player's field, dropping garbage blocks and other effects.</p><h2>Release History</h2><p>The game was released in Japan as Pokémon Pan de pon for <a href="/game-boy-color/3045-57/" data-ref-id="3045-57">Game Boy Color</a> on September 21, 2000. In December of that year, it released under its western title, Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, in the United States. The following year, it also released in Europe.</p><p>Throughout 2014, the game was released across the globe on <a href="/nintendo-3ds-eshop/3045-138/" data-ref-id="3045-138">Nintendo 3DS eShop</a>'s <a href="/virtual-console/3015-2925/" data-ref-id="3015-2925">Virtual Console</a>.</p><h2>Hidden Panel de Pon</h2><p>Using a button code, players can access an unfinished version of <a href="/tetris-attack/3030-13130/" data-ref-id="3030-13130">Panel de Pon</a>. The game has never been released in that form for Game Boy, so the best guess from researchers is that it was a port that was switched into a Pokémon themed version relatively early in development.</p>