
Stun Him – A Pepper Panic will stun Mr. Whenever you make a move, he nabs all the grown and partially-grown peppers in a highlighted row. He moves his mechanical hand-contraption from row to row on the game board. Lives – If you fail to meet a level’s clearance requirements and you opt not to spend gold bars, you lose a life. Last Chance – When all your moves are spent, you’re offered the chance to buy more with gold bars. Buy More Moves – When your allotted number of moves begins to really tick down, you’re offered the chance to buy five more moves with gold bars. You can send moves to friends who are also playing the game, and they can send moves to you. Sometimes you’re granted a very small number of moves. Limited Moves – Clearing a level isn’t easy, since you only have a certain amount of moves to meet all a stage’s clearance requirements. Blow Up Peppers – Many levels require you to grow and blow up peppers of select colors, though there are some stages that let you blow up peppers of any color. Collect Peppers – Collecting peppers requires you to match up three or more specific peppers until you’ve gathered the requested amount. Achieve Pepper Panic – Sometimes you need to achieve one or more Pepper Panics before you’re allowed to move on. Stars are awarded when you score a certain number of points. Collect Stars – Most stages require you to earn at least one star. The conditions for victory are listed at the start of each stage, so pay attention to them. A Crop of Requirements – Each stage of Pepper Panic Saga requires you to perform one or more tasks in order to clear the level and move on.
Pepper Panics net big points, and are sometimes necessary to clear certain stages.
Pepper Panic! – When ten or more sizzling peppers blow up in a chain reaction, it triggers a Pepper Panic. When a pepper explodes, it sends out shockwaves that enlarges peppers that are the same color. Blow ’em Up – A sizzling pepper blows up the next time it’s matched with three or more same-colored peppers of any size. When a pepper sizzles, it’ll explode the next time it’s matched up. When you match same-colored peppers of any size, they grow bigger each time. Match and Grow – Match three or more peppers of the same color to make them grow. Gold bars also buy extra moves in any stage, and will let you keep on playing even if failure seems imminent. Gold bars are used to buy boosters (power-ups), which can help you get through a tough stage. Gold Bars – You begin Pepper Panic Saga with 50 gold bars.
Turn Music / Sound Effects On and Off – You can turn music and sound effects on and off from the map screen. You can replay levels you’ve already cleared, but if you fail, you still lose a life. The Map Screen – The map screen outlines Pepper’s journey. Clearing levels in Pepper Panic Saga means meeting different goals, each of which are defined at the start of a stage. Pepper goes on a cross-country journey to grow the finest peppers he can manage, though his journey is occasionally impeded by an evil cat named Mr. Objective – Pepper Panic Saga stars Pepper, a puppy who prefers farming and eating peppers instead of digging up the traditional bones.