<- 1999 2000 2001 ->

Fantavision

underwhelming fireworks gameplay photo		 Firework matching PS2 launch title. My picture kind of sucks I need to take another one.
Release Date: March 9, 2000
Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Japan
Platforms: PS2, Mobile
Blocks are filling the world again. There's a two player competition mode now.
Release Date: July 2000
Developer: Namco
Platforms: Arcade, GBA, PC

Mr. Driller 2

driller 2 versus gameplay

Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura Eternal Heart

cardcaptor tetris gameplay with sakura and her animal		 Anime tie-in with a focus on its puzzle mode. Secret TGM relative.
Release Date: August 10, 2000
Developer: Arika
Platforms: PS1
Panel, but flavored very strongly with the Gen 2 Pokemon games. Has traces of a GBC Panel De Pon game in it that makes me feel very wistful.
Release Date: September 21, 2000
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Platforms: GBC

Pokémon Puzzle Challenge

lovely map pixelart with several pokemon at the bottom

Pokémon Puzzle League

awesome screen of ash getting the heart shaped Soul Badge		 Not to be confused with the above. Panel, but flavored very strongly with the Pokemon anime dub.
Release Date: September 25, 2000
Developer: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Software Technology
Platforms: N64
TGM returns with a more in-depth grading system and new modes.
Release Date: October 2000
Developer: Arika
Platforms: Arcade

Tetris: The Absolute: The Grand Master 2

tgm2 gameplay in cube world

Raku Jongg

gameplay with all your favorite mahjong tiles		 Mixes in the rules of Mahjong and is generally very chaotic.
Release Date: November 16, 2000
Developer: Enterbrain
Platforms: Windows, PSX, WonderSwan Color
Almost every Mario Party game has at least one puzzle minigame. Some have extended versions and have been remade in later games.
Release Date: December 7, 2000 to now
Developer: Hudson Soft, NDcube
Platforms: Various Nintendo

Mario Party puzzle minigames

the block minigame with thwomps

Puyo Puyo Box

Arle posing in an overworld town		 Compile's last Puyo game. Lets you pick mechanics from the first four games to play with and also has an RPG mode.
Release Date: December 21, 2000
Developer: Compile
Platforms: PSX
Play as a little nurse squishing diseases all throughout the body.
Release Date: 2000
Developer: Kaneko
Platforms: Arcade

Guts'n

little cartoon nurse with big syringe

Bejeweled

It's literally bejeweled gameplay		 The game that popularized the “match-three” style. Led to a huge shift towards more casual puzzle games.
Release Date: 2000
Developer: PopCap Games
Platforms: Browser, Windows, Mac, Mobile, Xbox
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Lip from Panel De Pon running gif