Localization Quirks in Puyo Puyo games 

Dark Prince isn't too bad of a localization imo as that's basically just his title, although it is unfortunate that we never got the scene where they chant Satan's name over and over in PPT.

10:39 What I really find it funny is that the Sonic Runners collab was the only time they were not consistent with "Dark Prince". So you got Eggman saying "I'm very grateful for your help, Satan."

Funny thing to mention about Puyo Puyo Tetris 2: it seems Sega must've been aware of how Schezo's localized lines caused an uproar, so they did their research once again! Case in point: at the end of Puyo Puyo 15th Anniversary, Schezo makes a wish for people to stop calling him a pervert. It works, but he & Ms. Accord quickly discover a loophole - Schezo can still be called similar words (such as creeper). However, Ms. Accord says that Schezo can fix this if he works on not flubbing his vocabulary. So guess what Schezo reveals to Arle in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2?

I love how they had "fun" with schezo's voice

The Puyo Puyo Quest crossover event in Sonic Runners was perhaps the _only_ time Dark Prince was referred to as "Satan" in the in-game localizations. Not exactly surprised they missed that considering this was likely just a simple oversight due to how fast these events would've needed to have been translated into other languages.

Puyo Localizations were weird. From the bizarre renames to the poor voice acting, the Puyo series had a damn curse when it came to the west. Thank our lord and savior Arle "Silvanna" Nadja that we now get good localizations (as well as localizations at all.)

The removal of Satan's "frustrated" animation from the original game seems like unnecessary reprogramming and bad writing. Instead of mispronouncing "Satan" as "Santa", she could have similarly mispronounced "Dark Prince" as "Dork Prince".

Actually, considering the localization during and after Puyo Puyo Tetris, there's actually good voice acting.

We really gotta talk about them changing "Forêt Noire!" to "Cream Pies!" Like holy shit. I knew Lemres was fruity, but- SERIOUSLY!?

Imagine if they went in the opposite direction with the different language spells and gave the characters actors with accents from that language.

I wish we could go back in time to where Compile and Sega localized every Puyo Puyo game including the Madou Monotagari/Sorcery Saga games

I'm satisfied where we are in terms of localisation. The best and most new player friendly puyo games have been translated. What else do people really need? It'd be cool to get the mobile games, but other than that I'm happy. Puyo Puyo Tetris got me and my wife playing games together.

On the note of maguro and ecolo sharing a voice actor with shinji. In the original Japanese version ecolo shares a voice actor with kaworu so that's a fun fact.

incredible video as always, localization is always such a cool thing to learn about

Even though the 3DS and Switch ports of Puyo 2 are left untranslated, there is one very minor (but important) difference with these versions released outside of Japan. When fighting against Pakista, the opponent's name has been changed to "PAK". Because I guess they didn't want it to say "PAKI" to English-speaking players. Oh, and also it should be noted that Puyo Puyo SUN now has an official English version, available only on the Mega Drive Mini 2. I think there may be inconsistent character names in this new localisation too - might be worth checking it out.

Would like to see Doppelganger Arle return to the series as Silvana

This was a fantastic video! :D

Sig’s voice sounds a little crunchy in PPT2 as well

8:53 "Puyo Pop Fever is the first serious attempt from SEGA to make puyo successful outside of japan" which is their first and definetly not last mistake with this IP.

11:44 *_Shinji, crank that soulja boi_*

Aw you forgot to mention that in PPFever they messed up the lines and left a few german voices for Klug when he asks raffina if she is "cane searching" Also it would be pretty interesting seeing quirks from other languages aswell. Like, i think one of the available languages in champions has "karfunkel" for carbuncle

Never occurred to me that the elephants Japanese name is effectively demon king elephant. Just like Piccolo.

2:07 SCHEZO IS NOW DEVIOUS

Correction for the ports of Puyo Puyo Fever: The game received a GameCube and DS ports worldwide, as well as PS2 and XBOX versions in Europe and Japan, PC, PSP(later released in 2006) and GBA ports only in Europe, and a Dreamcast port exclusive to Japan ( the port, where you can unlock the "real" Dreamcast menu by saving the image? onto the VMU via the game options ( you may have to switch the menus to English to see what's all about)). It also received a Pocket PC port, as well as a Sony Walkman port. Yeah, a Sony Walkman port.

Not to mention that there's a typo in Puyo Pop Fever. Weird is just spelled as "Wierd" iirc, nothing wrong with it I just found it funny while playing lmao

the ending so true i need to be able to play the silly lagnus game in english without looking at a translated script in another window

"Elephant lord" and "Max Minotaur" The localization has decent character names!!?

Looking at that thumbnail, I was questioning if I had traveled back to 2011 somehow for a second.

Devious schezo😈😈

When I played champions I immediately noticed the difference in the voice lines compared to tetris

13:47 “Bring in the next game-” Tris 2! “-Puyo Puyo Champions.” Ah, yes. The bargain-bin version I won’t acknowledge as a real game.

15:40 You might be right about them potentially rushing the voice actors. Bad direction can make even the best voice actors sound like crap.

I actually don't mind Sig's english in either PPT or Champions. I think they were just trying to make him sound eternally bored and... yeah, that's what he comes off as. I love Sig. He is my spirit animal.

Sig: Rahēna English localization: Ragamuffin

Missed opportunity to call it localization qwirks

I guess Puyo's fan translation has its quirks but the localization is hilarious at some point.

Good video about Witch's games

Actually PPT and PPC has the same voice cast but they sound like they were phoned in.

I would say that Susan being Dark Prince is more of a happy coincidence than anything, since Puzlow Kids has Harpy with Wings while Puyo Puyo 1 removes them and renames her to Dark Elf

Segas Dr.Robotniks Mean Bean Machine is a reskin of Puyo Puyo pop aswell

MAKE A VIDEO ON THE PUYO TETRIS 1 LOCALIZATION also wow thats My art at the End !!! (Age 22)

"Dark Prince" sounds way frickin' cooler imo, it sounds like an RPG or High Fantasy character name, i mean, the series Puyo was a spinoff was technically an RPG/Dungeon Crawler (Madō Monogatari for those not in the know). Also, Schezo... what a character, the total ignorance he has for the stuff he says makes for some funny moments.

Maybe "Satan" is changed into "Dark Prince" due to religious reasons

15:59 JUDGEMENT ULTRAKILL

😂 goby captin that sounds funny

i agree with the ending

No Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine? Come on!

Yes, we need to make a patch for Madou Monogatari... 1-2-3 and ARS FOR PC98 LMAO

This is a very awesome video jonathan

Admit it, we all discovered Puyo Puyo after playing Mean Bean Machine or Avalanche/Ghost Trap.

I love how some Japanese media just does not go to the actual names for characters that have religious conotations to their names. Like Satan being called 'Dark Prince' still in the modern years reminds me of how a lot of English DBZ media still refers to Mr. Satan as Hercule. Its ok guys... you can call them by their Japanese names now, nobody is offended by references to demons and Satan anymore, you can let go of the tradition.

They got rid of harpy's wings?

I still don't understand why Ringo's Sine and Cosine were changed to whatever she says in the localization in ppt

Nice video

I can't help but notice that you didn't mention one remaining character alt from 20th Anniversary. While it is a play on words, Alter Ecolo's name makes no sense, not when it comes to the original japanese name or Ecolo's original character.

So there was something positive that came out of PPT2's existence. If only the rest of the release had had any inkling of quality control. Was quite the mess at launch, so it's no surprise the translation wasn't much better in that regard- you only had two versions of PPT to deal with (the 3DS version's online was discontinued before the release of the Switch version, much less PC which took nearly an extra year) if you wanted to match against someone (edit: three JP versions, I knew the PS4 version existed and I had heard faint mention of the 3DS one, but I genuinely never knew the XB1 version existed in Japan until this video caused me to search up the Wikia since I'd memoryholed the 3DS version's existence and the video got me curious to search up the wiki for release dates.). In the sequel you had six, two of which were compatible (XBox Series S and X use the same online for each other), four of which could not play with each other. Sega has a history of treating the Puyo games awful, but that release was on a whole other level, to say nothing of *groan* the unfinished launch status that meant they released the rest of the finished product in three waves over the course of a year. 'What a mess' would be an understatement. PS: Modern RU-vid mobile is hell to type comments on, paired with awful phone typing that shows two, sometimes four tiny lines at a time. Please forgive any messiness in the comment due to editing.

DaEgg, do you know which or how many of the RPG series feat. Arle are actually translated as of now? Cuz I'd like to play some ofthem but have litte clues about it.

You forgot squishy splats but I understand why it has little connection to the puyo puyo franchise and is very different.

Woah.

Lulu is one of the only localized names that should've stayed from the original Like that's such a mindlessly easy change from "ruru" but instead they decide on RULUE LMAO

Shigu

Great video, but you're a bit too quiet

not true

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WHAT THE HECK THAT S ME ON THE LEFT AT 0:33 im famous now 😎

Hey uh??? Did you know that Puyo Puyo is a spinoff of a American Franchise known as Kitsy Cat? I use to make a crap ton of Kitsy Cat (And also Mighty Mouse) RU-vid Poops it was just funny. Also I had no idea Kitsy Cat had some weird Japanese spinoff until 2023.

okay puzzel games are not as succesfull in the west like how they are in the east and having all puyo games relase would make people scrub it off as another tetris and that is not profitble

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i hate puyo i wish they would westernize it where they would get rid of all the japanese characters and influences like mean bean machine but as a running series