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Bird & Beans
Developer	Nintendo SPD Group No.1
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS
Release date	Nintendo DSi (DSiWare):; December 24, 2008[?]; April 2, 2009[?]; April 3, 2009[?]; April 5, 2009[?]; December 15, 2009[?]; April 15, 2010[?]; Nintendo 3DS (eShop):; June 6, 2011[?]; June 6, 2011[?]; June 6, 2011[?]; July 7, 2011[?]; May 14, 2014;
Language(s)	English (United Kingdom); English (United States); French (France); French (Canada); German; Spanish (Spain); Spanish (Latin America); Italian; Japanese; Simplified Chinese; Korean;
Genre	Action
ESRB:	- Everyone
PEGI:	- Three years and older
CERO:	- All ages
ACB:	- General
Mode(s)	Single player
Format	Nintendo DSi: Digital download Nintendo 3DS: Digital download
Input	Nintendo DS: Gamepad Nintendo 3DS: Gamepad
Serial code(s)	KP6J; KP6V; KP6E; KP6C; KP6K;

Latest revision as of 19:07, September 27, 2024

This article is about the DSiWare game. For the downloadable microgame in WarioWare: D.I.Y. and WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase of the same name, see Bird & Beans (microgame).

Bird & Beans, known as Pyoro in European languages, is a DSiWare game that is a remake of Pyoro and Pyoro 2 from WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. It was released in Japan on December 24, 2008, in Australia on April 2, in Europe on April 3, 2009, in North America on April 5, 2009, and in China on December 15, 2009, as a launch title for the price of 200 Nintendo Points. The game stars the bird Pyoro who either has to eat or shoot as many falling vegetables as possible in order to score points and to prevent himself from being hit by the vegetables.

The player can choose between both minigames which are nearly identical to the original ones. The main difference is that the playing area is bigger than it was in the original. Pyoro 2 is referred to as Bird & Beans 2 in the North American version and Tori to Mame 2 in the Japanese version.

Gameplay[edit]

Main article: Pyoro (minigame)

The gameplay of Bird & Beans is very similar from the original Pyoro. The default high score for Bird & Beans is 10000 points. If the player is able to obtain this much and last for as long as they can, Bird & Beans 2 will be added to the empty square in the main menu.

Gameplay differences[edit]

Most of the new changes are due to the DSi's larger screen resolution compared to the Game Boy Advance.

The number of bricks have increased from 20 to 30. In other words, the playfield has increased from 160 pixels to 240 pixels.
- Unlike the original Pyoro and Pyoro 2 minigames, the width of the bricks and the border cover the whole width of the DSi screen.
The height of the playfield has increased from 144 pixels to 176 pixels.
There are 2 new point bonuses where new sprites can appear in the background.
The maximum number of beans that can spawn has increased from 16 to 20
Since the Nintendo DSi has two screens, the user can choose if the gameplay is displayed on the top or bottom screen. The other screen will then be mostly blank, save for a sprite of a monochrome Pyoro that moves from time to time.

List of new point bonuses[edit]

All of the point bonuses in WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$! are present, with 2 new background elements added for both Bird & Beans and Bird & Beans 2 to fill the space introduced by the larger background:

Bird & Beans Background	Bird & Beans 2 Background	Points	Effect
		11,000	A planet with a ring (Bird & Beans) or with two rings (Bird & Beans 2) appears.
		12,000	A city on a floating hemisphere platform in the sky appears.

DSi Shop description[edit]

American English version[edit]

In Bird & Beans, control Pyoro, a small bird with an elastic tongue and an insatiable appetite for beans. Scramble to catch beans that fall from the sky, racking up points as you go. The farther away the bean, the more points it's worth. Beware any beans that are missed, though—they will leave a hole in the ground that can't be crossed, potentially trapping Pyoro. Bird & Beans also features a second version that enables Pyoro to spit seeds at high speed, bringing down more beans than ever before. This fun and fast-paced game requires skill and strategy to master and always leaves you wanting to play just one more time...

British English version[edit]

He’s a small bird with a very long tongue and an insatiable appetite for beans. Luckily for Pyoro, beans drop constantly from the sky. However, if Pyoro lets a bean fall, it breaks a hole in the ground that he can’t cross. This fast-paced action game requires skill and strategy to snatch all the beans you can, while dodging the ones you can’t and making sure you don't get trapped! The higher in the sky that you grab a bean, the more points it will be worth. Plus – if you master Pyoro, you can unlock the even faster-paced Pyoro 2! In this game, you can spit seeds at high speed to bring down more beans than ever before! Please note that elements of this software may have been featured in previously-released software.

Staff[edit]

Main article: List of Bird & Beans and Paper Airplane Chase staff

Programming[edit]

Ken Kato
Ryusuke Niitani

Design[edit]

Kyohei Seki

Director[edit]

Hiroshi Momose

Concept[edit]

Kazuyoshi Osawa

North American Localization[edit]

Jon Blakeley
Bill Hutchens

Localization Management[edit]

Rich Amtower
Reiko Ninomiya
Tim O'Leary
Nate Bihldorff
Leslie Swan
Jeff Miller

Project Management[edit]

Kimiko Nakamichi

Producer[edit]

Teruki Murakawa

Executive Producer[edit]

Satoru Iwata

Gallery[edit]

Bird & Beans
Bird & Beans 2
Artwork of Pyoro.
Artwork of Pyoro eating a bean.
Artwork of Pyoro snuggling a doctor
Artwork of Pyoro in Bird & Beans 2
Artwork of a bean
Artwork of Tenshi
The logo.
The Simplified Chinese logo

Media[edit]

Title Screen theme	File infoMedia:PaperAirplaneChase Title.oga

Help:Media • Having trouble playing?

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	鳥とマメ^[?] Tori to mame	Bird and Beans
Chinese	鸟和豆^[?] Niǎo hé Dòu	Bird and Beans
Korean	새콩알콩^[?] Saekong-Alkong	Bird and Beans

References[edit]

^ Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo 3DS XL - 香港任天堂網站. Nintendo (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved June 27, 2024.

External links[edit]

Bird & Beans coverage on other NIWA wikis:

NintendoWiki

The Cutting Room Floor has an article on Bird & Beans.

[1] Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo 3DS XL - 香港任天堂網站. Nintendo (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved June 27, 2024.

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-'''''Bird & Beans''''', known as '''''Pyoro''''' in European languages, is a [[DSiWare]] game for the [[Nintendo DSi]], and is a [[Reissue#Remakes|remake]] of the minigames "[[Pyoro (minigame)|Pyoro]]" and "[[Pyoro 2]]" from ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]''. It was released in Japan on December 24, 2008, in Australia on April 2, in Europe on April 3, 2009, in North America on April 5, 2009, and in China on December 15, 2009, as a launch title for the price of 200 Nintendo Points. The game stars the bird [[Pyoro]] who either has to eat or shoot as many falling vegetables as possible in order to score points and to prevent himself from being hit by the vegetables.
+'''''Bird & Beans''''', known as '''''Pyoro''''' in European languages, is a [[DSiWare]] game that is a [[Reissue#Remakes|remake]] of [[Pyoro (minigame)|Pyoro]] and [[Pyoro 2]] from ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]''. It was released in Japan on December 24, 2008, in Australia on April 2, in Europe on April 3, 2009, in North America on April 5, 2009, and in China on December 15, 2009, as a launch title for the price of 200 Nintendo Points. The game stars the bird [[Pyoro]] who either has to eat or shoot as many falling vegetables as possible in order to score points and to prevent himself from being hit by the vegetables.
-The player can choose between both minigames which are nearly identical to the original ones. The main difference is that the playing area has been extended to 30 blocks, while it lasted 20 blocks in the original. ''Pyoro 2'' is referred to as ''Bird & Beans 2'' in the English version and ''Tori to Mame 2'' in the Japanese version.
+The player can choose between both minigames which are nearly identical to the original ones. The main difference is that the playing area is bigger than it was in the original. ''Pyoro 2'' is referred to as ''Bird & Beans 2'' in the North American version and ''Tori to Mame 2'' in the Japanese version.
 ==Gameplay==
-The gameplay of ''Bird & Beans'' is not very different from the original Pyoro. Some things are improved though like the amount of blocks in the playing area. The main objective of this game is to eat as many vegetables as the player can. Pyoro has to prevent vegetables from hitting the ground and he has to avoid getting hit by them. To eat falling vegetables, the player just has to simply push the {{button|ds|A}} button. To extend Pyoro's tongue longer, players can hold {{button|ds|A}} longer. When the player gets a certain amount of points, the game will speed up and the background will change.
+{{main|Pyoro (minigame)}}
+The gameplay of ''Bird & Beans'' is very similar from the original Pyoro. The default high score for ''Bird & Beans'' is 10000 points. If the player is able to obtain this much and last for as long as they can, ''Bird & Beans 2'' will be added to the empty square in the main menu.
+===Gameplay differences===
+Most of the new changes are due to the ''[[Nintendo DSi|DSi's]]'' larger screen resolution compared to the ''[[Game Boy Advance]]''.
+*The number of bricks have increased from 20 to 30. In other words, the playfield has increased from 160 pixels to 240 pixels.
+** Unlike the original ''Pyoro'' and ''Pyoro 2'' minigames, the width of the bricks and the border cover the whole width of the ''DSi'' screen.
+*The height of the playfield has increased from 144 pixels to 176 pixels.
+*There are 2 new point bonuses where new sprites can appear in the background.
+*The maximum number of beans that can spawn has increased from 16 to 20
+*Since the ''Nintendo DSi'' has two screens, the user can choose if the gameplay is displayed on the top or bottom screen. The other screen will then be mostly blank, save for a sprite of a monochrome Pyoro that moves from time to time.
-There are three types of vegetables. A green one, a white one, and a glowing one. Green vegetables are the most common while the glowing ones are the rarest. Eating a green vegetable will give the player points (Like any other vegetable), eating a white vegetable will repair one of the broken pieces of the floor, and eating the new glowing vegetable will make all of the broken pieces of the floor get repaired. All of the vegetables on the screen at that time will also turn into 50 points each. The first glowing vegetable falls when a player obtains 5000 points.
+===List of new point bonuses===
+All of the [[Pyoro (minigame)#List of Point Bonuses in Mega Microgame$!|point bonuses]] in ''WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$!'' are present, with 2 new background elements added for both ''Bird & Beans'' and ''Bird & Beans 2'' to fill the space introduced by the larger background:
-The background is divided into five different layers. The first layer is the highest and the fifth layer is the lowest. Depending on which layer Pyoro catches the vegetable in, his points will differ. If Pyoro eats a vegetable from the top layer, the player will get 1000 points, eating vegetables in the second layer will give the player 300 points, eating fruits in the third layer will give the player 100 points, eating fruits in the fourth layer will give the player 50 points and finally eating vegetables on the fifth layer (really close to the floor), will give the player 10 points. Like the old games, if Pyoro gets hit by a vegetable, he will die and the game will end.
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Bird & Beans Background
-The high score for this game is 10000 points. If the player is able to obtain this much and last for as long as they can, ''Bird & Beans 2'' will be added to the empty square in the main menu.
+!Bird & Beans 2 Background
+!Points
+!Effect
+|-
+|align="center"|[[File:PyoroDSi11000Points.png]]
+|align="center"|[[File:Pyoro2DSi11000Points.png]]
+|11,000
+|A planet with a ring (''Bird & Beans'') or with two rings (''Bird & Beans 2'') appears.
+|-
+|align="center"|[[File:PyoroDSi12000Points.png]]
+|align="center"|[[File:Pyoro2DSi12000Points.png]]
+|12,000
+|A city on a floating hemisphere platform in the sky appears.
+|}
 ==DSi Shop description==
@@ Line 34: / Line 58: @@
 ==Staff==
+{{main|List of Bird & Beans and Paper Airplane Chase staff}}
+===Programming===
+*Ken Kato
+*Ryusuke Niitani
+===Design===
+*Kyohei Seki
+===Director===
 *Hiroshi Momose
+===Concept===
 *Kazuyoshi Osawa
-*Kyohei Seki
+===North American Localization===
-*Ken Kato
+*Jon Blakeley
+*Bill Hutchens
+===Localization Management===
+*Rich Amtower
+*Reiko Ninomiya
+*Tim O'Leary
+*Nate Bihldorff
+*Leslie Swan
+*Jeff Miller
+===Project Management===
+*Kimiko Nakamichi
+===Producer===
+*Teruki Murakawa
+===Executive Producer===
+*Satoru Iwata
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
@@ Line 47: / Line 92: @@
 B&B Pyoro Snuggling Doctor Artwork.jpg||Artwork of Pyoro snuggling a doctor
 B&B2 Pyoro Artwork.jpg|Artwork of Pyoro in ''Bird & Beans 2''
+Pyoro-Fruit.png|Artwork of a bean
+Angel.png|Artwork of [[Tenshi]]
 LogoPyoro.png|The logo.
 B&B SCN Logo.jpg|The Simplified Chinese logo
@@ Line 52: / Line 99: @@
 ==Media==
-{{more media|section=yes}}
+{{media table
+|file1=PaperAirplaneChase Title.oga
+|title1=Title Screen theme
+}}
 ==Names in other languages==
 {{foreign names
 |Jap=鳥とマメ
-|JapR=tori to mame
+|JapR=Tori to mame
 |JapM=Bird and Beans
 |Kor=새콩알콩
@@ Line 66: / Line 116: @@
 |ChiM=Bird and Beans
 }}
+==References==
+<references/>
 ==External links==
 {{NIWA|NWiki=1}}
-*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsiware/kp6j/index.html Official Japanese Website]
+{{TCRF}}
-*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-DSiWare/Pyoro-264908.html Official European Website]
+*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsiware/kp6j/index.html Official website]
-*[http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/TNC4Veo0ow3qKR-HCPdZzMbCsct2i7qj Official American Website]
+*[https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-DSiWare/Pyoro-264908.html Official British English website]
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091207083524/http://www.ique.com/DSi/DSiWare/birdbeans/index.html Official Chinese Website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160311041140/http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/TNC4Veo0ow3qKR-HCPdZzMbCsct2i7qj Official American English website]
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191024200907/http://www.nintendo.co.kr/DS/soft/DSiWare/birdbean/index.php Official Korean Website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091207083524/http://www.ique.com/DSi/DSiWare/birdbeans/index.html Official Chinese website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191024200907/http://www.nintendo.co.kr/DS/soft/DSiWare/birdbean/index.php Official Korean website]
-==References==
-<references/>
-{{WarioGames}}
+{{Wario games}}
 {{DS}}
+{{B&B}}
+[[Category:Bird & Beans|*]]
 [[Category:Games]]
 [[Category:Nintendo DS games]]

[Edit] Wario games
WarioWare series	Main		WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003, GBA) (Bird & Beans [2008, DSiWare] • Paper Airplane Chase [2008, DSiWare]) • WarioWare: Twisted! (2004, GBA) • WarioWare: Touched! (2004, DS) • WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006, Wii) • WarioWare: Snapped! (2008, DSiWare) • WarioWare: D.I.Y. (2009, DS) • WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase (2009, WiiWare) • Game & Wario (2013, Wii U) • WarioWare Gold (2018, 3DS) • WarioWare: Get It Together! (2021, Switch) • WarioWare: Move It! (2023, Switch)
WarioWare series	Ports		WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003, GCN)
Wario Land series	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994, GB) • Virtual Boy Wario Land (1995, VB) • Wario Land II (1998, GB/GBC) • Wario Land 3 (2000, GBC) • Wario Land 4 (2001, GBA) • Wario Land: Shake It! (2008, Wii)
Other			Mario & Wario (1993, SNES) • Wario's Woods (1994, NES) • Wario's Woods (1994, SNES) • Wario's Whack Attack (1998, Adobe Shockwave) • Picross NP Vol. 7 (2000, SFC) • Welcome to Greedville (Wario's Grab Bag • Wario's Crazy Caps • Wario's Dunk Tank • Greed $chool Test) (2001, Adobe Flash) • Wario World (2003, GCN) • WarioWare Twisted Marble Maze Game (2004, Adobe Shockwave) • Wario: Master of Disguise (2007, DS) • Play Nintendo activities (2014–present)
Pitches			Wario Pool (GBC)
Crossovers	Super Smash Bros. series		Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001, GCN) • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014, 3DS) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014, Wii U) • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Switch)
	Rhythm Heaven series		Rhythm Heaven Fever (2011, Wii) • Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015, 3DS)
	NES Remix series	Main	NES Remix 2 (2014, Wii U)
	NES Remix series	Reissues	NES Remix Pack (2014, Wii U)
	Other		Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (1994, GB)

[Edit] Nintendo DS games
Super Mario franchise	Super Mario 64 DS (2004) • Mario Kart DS (2005) • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) • New Super Mario Bros. (2006) • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006) • Mario Party DS (2007) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2008) • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010)
Donkey Kong franchise	Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007) • DK: Jungle Climber (2007)
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi Touch & Go (2005) • Yoshi's Island DS (2006)
Wario franchise	WarioWare: Touched! (2004) • Wario: Master of Disguise (2007) • WarioWare: D.I.Y. (2009)
DSiWare	Bird & Beans (2008) • Dr. Mario Express (2008) • Paper Airplane Chase (2008) • WarioWare: Snapped! (2008) • Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (2009) • Mario Calculator (2009) • Mario Clock (2009) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009) • Donkey Kong Jr. (2009) • Mario's Cement Factory (2009)
Other	Yakuman DS (2005) • Super Princess Peach (2005) • Tetris DS (2006) • Game & Watch Collection (2006) • Itadaki Street DS (2007)

[Edit] Bird & Beans
Characters		Pyoro • Tenshi
Objects		Bean (White bean · Flashing bean) • Block
Other		Staff • Pyoro • Pyoro 2 • Bird • Super Pyoro