Knowing that Wario's Woods's most immediate design predecessor is Dr. Mario is understandable, but still so baffling when you glance at both games.
On the same page: I'm fascinated the main concern of the Puyo Puyo developers was being seen as a "Dr. Mario clone", which is almost unbelievable today. But, it's scary to realise they're both "drop 2, match 4" games. Dr. Mario really did get so frustratingly close to being Puyo.