Arle Nadja

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Arle Nadja
Arle, as she appears in Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop.
Name
Kana	アルル・ナジャ
Romanization	Aruru Naja
IPA	/'ɑːrl ˌnɑdʒə/ (ARL NAH-djuh) /'ɑːrli/ (AR-lee) (Puyo Puyo Fever only)
Other Names	Silvana ('92EN) Arly (by Satan, Puyo Puyo Tetris English localization) 亚鲁鲁·娜嘉 (Yàlǔlǔ nàjiā) 亞魯魯 아르르 (Areureu) Арль (Arl')
Personal Info
Gender	Female
Birthday	July 22 (Cancer)
Blood type	AB
Age	4 (Madou Monogatari A) 6 (Madou Monogatari 1) 16 (Madou Monogatari (Saturn), Madou Monogatari 2)
Height	158 cm / 62 inches
Weight	53 kg / 116 pounds 46kg / 101lb
Notable Appearances
First appearance	Disc Station #7 (Trailer) Madou Monogatari 123 (Game)
Latest appearance	Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Reiko Kurusu (Madou Monogatari 123, Puyo Puyo, Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux) Kotono Mitsuishi (Puyo Puyo CD, Puyo Puyo CD Tsu, Madou Monogatari I Honoo No Sotsuenji) Mami Inoue (Puyo Puyo Tsu arcade/Saturn/SFC/WS, Madou Monogatari III Game Gear, Madou Monogatari A Game Gear, Madou Monogatari I Mega Drive) Minako Ozawa (Puyo Puyo Tsu PSX/PC, Puyo Puyo Sun, Madou Monogatari Saturn) Emi Motoi (Puyo Puyo~n, Puyo Puyo DA!) Hiromi Miura (Puyo Puyo Tsu PS2) Mie Sonozaki (Puyo Puyo Fever - present) Misako Uno (Puyo Puyo Chronicle DLC voice)
English	Unconfirmed Ali Johnston (Puyo Puyo Fever) Erica Mendez (Puyo Puyo Tetris - present)
Puyo Puyo!! Quest information

See also: Dark Arle, Doppelganger Arle

Arle Nadja is a young girl with magical powers. As she is the main protagonist in Madou Monogatari, she is also the main protagonist of the early Puyo Puyo games and is generally accepted to be the main protagonist of Puyo Puyo in general. She is described to be cheerful, but prone to making snarky comments. She attacks with elemental magic such as Fire, Ice Storm, and Thunder, but also knows some other magic such as Diacute, Heaven Ray and her signature Bayoen. Despite her design changing throughout the series, Arle states that she wears the same clothes 365 days a year. She has a pet, or creature friend named Carbuncle or its nickname, Carby. She is desired by Satan.

Biography

Personal History

In some early games set during her childhood, Arle has a mother and grandmother she lives with. It is unknown what has happened to her father, though his background is touched on in some continuities. This is most notable in True Madou Monogatari, where he went missing when she was 5 years old.

Arle's parents, as depicted in an issue of Compile Club.

Appearance

Arle's appearance between games have minor differences, but there are several details that are consistent between depictions. In the Compile games, both her hair and eyes were brown, while in the SEGA games starting with Puyo Puyo Fever 2 her hair is orange while her eyes are a golden brown (curiously, her eyes were blue in Puyo Puyo Fever). Regardless, her hair is constantly tied together with a blue band to form a ponytail. Her clothing always puts an emphasis on blue and white colors, commonly sporting a blue skirt, blue boots, a T-shirt, blue wristbands, and a blue breastplate. In True Madou Monogatari, it is said that she wears these colors in honor of her father, who went missing after an encounter with a necromancer. These pieces of accessories and clothing would receive minor changes in later games; for example, adding a white stripe to her wristbands and boots starting with Puyo Puyo Fever, and her breastplate covering her whole chest starting with Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary.

Puyo Puyo~n would give Arle several additional characteristics that would later be used in some later spin-offs or adapted in later SEGA games. She sports a heavier emphasis on armoring with bulkier shoulder padding and a breastplate that covers her chest and neck. Her blue band in her hair is replaced with what appears to be a type of tiara, however she still sports a ponytail. Puyo Puyo~n would start a trend of Arle wearing a type of cape, a red cape that reaches to her legs in this game. Later games would revive the characteristic of Arle wearing capes starting with Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, where she wears a blue cape with a white rim. Her boots would gain a golden band with blue socks, and her wristband changed to a type of fingerless glove that covers the top of her hand similar to a gauntlet.

In Puyo Puyo DA!, she receives a dramatic makeover. Her normal attire was replaced with a red and black hoodie with a long-sleeve shirt underneath, a grey beanie, black sweatpants with a chain, and a pair of red, grey, and white colored sneakers, overall giving her an appearance that invokes hiphop or rap. Her ponytail is also missing.

Personality

Between games her characteristics receives minor changes, but overall she's a cheery girl who's somewhat of a tomboy. In Puyo Puyo Tetris, it's been stated she hates proper etiquette such as hand sanitation and being told not to play with your food. Although she's normally optimistic, she has her limits and will start scolding others if irritated. She typically acts as the "straight man" of the cast, often being bewildered by the many weirdos and jerks she encounters. A common example is with Satan, who often comes up with out there schemes to marry her, which often causes Arle to respond with annoyance, anger, or disappointment. Because of this, she can sometimes come off as surprisingly mean-spirited, either intentionally ignoring her opponents or flat out mocking them. Regardless, she doesn't hold personal grudges towards anyone, even for her many enemies and rivals. However, starting with Puyo Puyo Fever, her mean attitude is heavily downplayed or ignored, focusing more on her being peppy with a love for playing Puyo Puyo. This mean attitude is touched up upon lightly in Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, where in her story, Arle gives some mildly-scolding remarks to her opponents before battling them. In the "Final Story" of the same game, she breaks down and scolds Satan for his actions, even physically attacking him before engaging in a Puyo battle with him.

Her tomboyish traits are occasionally touched upon, the leading trait being that she uses the masculine pronoun, "ボク (boku)" to refer to herself. It's implied occasionally that she's oblivious to typical feminine interests, or flat out has no interest in stereotypical feminine hobbies and behaviors. For example, in Puyo Puyo CD, she goes on a tangent about "not being ready for love", in certain versions of Puyo Puyo Tsu she panics when Draco challenges her to a swimsuit contest, and in Puyo Puyo Tetris she was upset when Zed tried to force her to do "prim and proper" tasks as she wasn't used to them.

Abilities

Arle's notable ability is that she's an expert at using various types of spells, even when she was in kindergarten. Throughout both Madou Monogatari and Puyo Puyo she's been shown using many kinds of spells each with their own properties. Her most common spells are Fire, Ice Storm, Diacute, Brain Dumbed, Jugem and her signature move Bayoen, commonly appearing as standard spells in both Madou Monogatari and Puyo Puyo. However, as revealed in Madou Monogatari III, she still has a limit on how often she can use these spells. On one occasion, her finger started bleeding after abusing Ice Storm too much. Other commonly used spells include Thunder and Heaven Ray.

In addition to the powers listed above and below, Arle can apparently also sense the feelings of Puyos, as stated in Arle no Bouken: Mahou no Jewel.

The full list of Arle's magical abilites can be seen here. Bold means it appears in a Puyo game (names are based on the English localization of Puyo Puyo Tetris/Puyo Puyo Champions), while italics means that's the old name, or direct translation of Japanese/English Puyo Pop Fever name.

Spell	Description
Name	Effect	(Notable) Appearances	Element
Hot ホット	Flame-based magic that can be used for both offense and heating up water.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari 2 Madou Monogatari A Waku Puyo Series	Fire
Fireball Fire (Japanese, English Fever) ファイアー	Flame-based magic that can be used for offense. In most apperances, it shoots out fireballs.	All appearances of Arle, Except for Puyo Quest	Fire
Fire Arrow ファイヤーアロー	Flame-based magic that projects fire in the form of an arrow.	Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise	Fire
Fire Storm ファイアーストーム	Flame-based magic that projects fire in a more powerful attack. It creates a whirlpool of flame.	Waku Puyo Series	Fire
Fire Blast ファイヤーブラスト	Flame-based magic. However, the effect is unknown.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 2	Fire
Magma-tude マグマチュード	Earth and flame-based magic capable of bringing lava out from underground. Empowered by Yellow Puyo.	Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise	Fire Earth
Volcana ヴォルケナー	Flame-based magic capable of using lava as a bullet to shatter the enemy. Inherited from Lilith.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Fire
Cold コールド	Ice-based magic that can be used for offense as well as cooling down water.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari 2 Madou Monogatari A Waku Puyo Series	Ice
Ice アイス	Ice-based magic that serves as the ice counterpart to Fire.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari 2 Waku Puyo Series	Ice
Ice Storm アイスストーム	Ice-based magic that serves as the ice counterpart to Fireball. Often depicted as a snowflake attack. It appears as alternative effect variant of Fireball in Puyo Puyo 7.	All appearances of Arle Quest: Chronicle AS	Ice
Glacieria グラシェリア	Ice-based magic that serves as the ice counterpart to Volcana.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Ice
Winter Magic ウィンターマジック	Presumably Ice-based magic with no known animation. Adds 5 to trace capacity for 1 turn (same-time coefficient increases to 2×).	Quest: Winter Break AS	Ice(?)
Shock ショック	Electricity-based magic that stop foes.	Waku Puyo Series	Electric
Thunder サンダー	Electricity-based magic that serves as the electric counterpart to Fireball & Ice Storm. Depicted as a bolt of lightning.	Big Kindergarten Kids Waku Puyo Series Puyo Pop Fever	Electric
Lightning ライトニング	Electricity-based magic that strikes lightning over walls.	Game Gear Madou A Waku Puyo Series Saturn Madou Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop	Electric
Lightning Arrow ライトニングアロー	Electricity-based magic that serves as the electric counterpart to Fire Arrow.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Electric
Lightning Burst ライトニング・バースト	Electricity-based magic that shoots several smaller bolts that shoot the enemy and explode.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Electric
Stone ストーン	Earth-based magic that attacks with falling stones.	i-mode Madou Monogatari	Earth
Wind ウィンド	Wind-based magic that can be used to do things such as gather leaves.	Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise	Wind
Tornado トルネード	Wind-based magic that can be used to generate a large tornado. Empowered by Purple Puyo.	Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise	Wind
Sonic Ball ソニックボール	Non-elemental magic that can attack with a light pink orb.	Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise	Miscellaneous
Holy Laser ホーリーレーザー	Holy-based magic that can attack enemies with a ray of light. Cannot penetrate walls.	Waku Puyo Series	Holy
Heaven's Ray Heaven Ray (Japanese, English Fever) ヘブンレイ	Holy-based magic that causes Arle to be lifted in or by a beam of magic. Formerly, it was a bullet that exploded on contact with an obstacle. It appears as alternative effect variant of Mind Blast in Puyo Puyo 7. It shares the motion with Bayoen in Puyo Puyo Tetris, and Mind Blast in Puyo Puyo Chronicle.	Waku Puyo Series Fever 1 to Puyo 7, Tetris, Chronicle, Tetris 2 Quest: Valkyrie AS	Holy
Aurora アウローラ	Extremely powerful magic inherited from Lilith.	True Madou Monogatari Volume 8	Unknown
Blast ブラスト	Rudimentary attack magic. Fires bullets, which can cause explosions.	True Madou Monogatari Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise	Miscellaneous
Judgement Jugem (Japanese versions) ジュゲム/じゅげむ	Non-elemental attack magic that is extremely powerful. Often obtained late game, and not guaranteed to succeed in RPGs. In Puyo Puyo Tetris, it shares the motion with Ice Storm.	Madou Monogatari 1/2/3 Puyo 2 - Minna 20th Anniversary onwards Quest: Original ★4 AS	Miscellaneous
Magic Missile マジックミサイル	Attack magic that fires a semi-transparent arrow. Always hits due to tracking the target.	Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise	Miscellaneous
Holy Night Present 聖夜のプレゼント	Christmas magic(?). Deals colored explosive damage with 10× Attack centering one enemy at *6.	Quest: Santa AS	Misc./Ice(?)
Heedon ひーどん	Magic that can make enemies fall asleep.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari Madou Monogatari A Big Kindergarten Kids Unused in Puyo 2 Arcade	Status
Sleep スリープ	Magic that can make enemies fall asleep.	PC98 Madou Monogatari PCE Madou 1 Waku Puyo Series Unused in Puyo 2 Arcade	Status
Blind ブラインド	Magic that can blind the enemy.	Waku Puyo Series	Status
Spooky スプーキー	Magic that can intimidate the enemy. This lowers their magical power.	MSX2 DiscStation Madou Monogatari	Status
Mind Blast Brain Damned/Dumbed (Japanese versions) ブレインダムド	Magic that can induce stupidity into those who listen to the incantation. Takes many forms, and can either lower attack power, or even prevent the enemy from doing anything. In Puyo Puyo Tetris, it shares the motion with Ice Storm.	Most Madou Monogatari games Puyo 2 - Minna Fever 2 onwards Quest: Original ★3 AS	Status
Bayobayo ばよばよ	Magic that causes a feeling of distant aging. Weakens physical attack power.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari Madou Monogatari A Game Gear Madou 2	Status
Lwark Woid ルアク・ウォイド	Dark-based magic that drains the target's defense.	PC98 Madou Madou Monogatari A PCE Madou 1	Darkness
Speed Down スピードダウン	Magic that causes Arle's target to slow down.	Waku Puyo Series	Status
Speed Up スピードアッブ	Magic that causes Arle to move faster.	Waku Puyo Series	Status
Diacute Diamond Cutie (English Fever) ダイアキュート	Magic that when used, increases the power of any spells used after it. It also usually causes Arle to stutter the name of the spell. It using Mind Blast's motion when you playing Mega Puyo Rush/Mini Puyo Fever rules in Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary and Puyo Puyo Chronicle.	All appearances of Arle Quest: Celebration AS Unnamed in English Tetris ("Want more?")	Status
Eclipse イクリプス	Dark-based magic that enhances Arle's defense.	MSX2 DiscStation Madou Monogatari	Darkness Defensive
Shield シールド	Creates a shield to defend Arle from various attacks.	MSX2 DiscStation Madou Monogatari Waku Puyo Series Unnamed in 15th/20th (Good!よーし！) Unused in 15th	Defensive
Barrier バリアー	Magic that generates a barrier to protect Arle.	Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise	Defensive
Don'een どんえーん	Works similarly to Barrier, but Arle cannot attack with it up.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari	Defensive
Bayohihihi ばよひひひー	Magic that lessens the damage Arle takes. Usually also reflects damage.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari Big Kindergarten Kids Genesis Madou 1	Defensive
Revia リバイア	Magic that retaliates any damage Arle takes to whomever it was that attacked her. In Puyo Puyo Chronicle, it reusing the motion of Shield in the past games.	PC98 Madou Monogatari Big Kindergarten Kids Tetris & Chronicle Unnamed in English Tetris ("Counter!")	Defensive
Warp ワープ	Allows Arle to warp herself to the front of the current floor that she's on.	MSX2 DiscStation Madou Monogatari Game Gear Madou Monogatari PCE Madou Monogatari	Miscellaneous
Owanimo オワニモ	Magic that when used, allows transport of four being with the same color. This is used to power Puyo matches.	Michikusa Ibun Implicitly all Puyo games Explicitly mentioned in Fever 2	Miscellaneous
Illusion イリュージョン	Allows Arle to take the form of a dragon and get out of encountering enemies.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari Madou Monogatari ARS Rally Puyo 2	Miscellaneous
Light ライト	Lights up the surrounding area. Also, it makes Arle more likely to encounter enemies.	MSX2 Madou Monogatari Game Gear Madou Monogatari 2 PCE Madou Monogatari	Miscellaneous
Purifa ピュリファ	Allows Arle to cure her current condition. Occasionally, it can only heal certain statuses.	Waku Puyo Series Arle's Adventure	Healing
Dance おどる	A dance that rarely gains a very small amount of Experience.	Game Gear Madou Monogatari 3/A	Misc.
Condia コンディア	Allows Arle to cure her current condition, given that it is not poison.	Waku Puyo Series Saturn Madou Monogatari	Healing
Healing ヒーリング	Allows Arle to heal herself in battle.	Waku Puyo Series Saturn Madou Monogatari Quest: Tetris AS Unused in Puyo 4	Healing
Gaia Healing ガイアヒーリング	Allows Arle to heal herself in battle for more than what Healing can do.	Madou Monogatari A	Healing
"Buchi" Healing ブチヒーリング	Allows Arle to heal her team.	Daimadou Senryaku Monogatari Series	Healing
Ressurectia リザレクティア	Allows Arle to resurrect herself or her teammates.	Waku Puyo Series Saturn Madou Monogatari	Healing
"Arle Shield" Ruipanko るいぱんこ	A spell that has several, random effects. Best known for being able to prevent garbage Puyo from falling for 15 seconds.	Game Gear Madou Monogatari Genesis Madou 1 Puyo Puyo 4	Defensive (Puyo 4) Misc. (normally)
Summon 召喚	Allows Arle to summon people to fight for her. These include: Honey Bee, Kodomo Dragon, Archan and others.	Daimadou Senryaku Monogatari Series	Miscellaneous
Unlocking Magic 解錠の魔法	Allows Arle to unlock anything she desires.	Saturn Madou Monogatari.	Miscellaneous
Sing'arize シングアライズ	It is unknown what this spell is like. Attack of blue cards increases to 4× when attacking with blue color for 3 turns, but can be powered up to 5x.	Quest: Steam City AS	Unknown
Bayoen Cutie (English Fever) ばよえ～ん	Arle's most legendary move, and her signature ability. It rends the hearts of those nearby, allowing her to paralyze or otherwise distract them with flowers. Occasionally, it takes a more offensive form, being a collection of random objects such as planets and stars or lots of Puyo, and can even be used as a burst move.	All appearances of Arle Quest: Original ★5~ AS	Arle's Personal

Source: http://suwa3.web.fc2.com/data-kan/magic/magic1.html

Relationships

Amitie

From Puyo Puyo Fever 2 onwards, Amitie and Arle are friends who frequently hang out with each other and play Puyo together. They trust each other and rely on one another when the situation calls for it, though Arle sometimes struggles to follow Amitie's zany behavior.

Carbuncle

Out of every character, the strongest relationship Arle has is with Carbuncle. Ever since Arle met Carbuncle in Madou Monogatari, they have been the best of friends, and when he isn't off on his own adventure, he is with Arle. Despite Carbuncle going off on his own in Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary, Arle states that she'd be devastated if Carbuncle ever went away. In Puyo Puyo! 20th Anniversary, Arle's story begins with her happily exclaiming that she finally gets to take a relaxing walk with Carbuncle. She also says that when she's with Carbuncle, everything is fun.

Draco Centauros

Draco Centauros is another one of Arle's rivals, though this is mostly for competitive reasons such as beauty contests. Arle expects to be challenged in a beauty contest by Draco so much that she sarcastically shows concern when she was denied a beauty contest in Minna de Puyo Puyo and switches roles with Draco by being vain in Puyo Puyo Tsu.

Ecolo

Arle was possessed by Ecolo during the events of Puyo Puyo 7. She seems to find them troublesome and annoying, similar to how she sees Satan.

Ringo

Arle and Ringo first meet in Puyo Puyo 7 where Arle explains how Ringo has the power to pop Puyo because she was affected by the otherworldly light before being possessed by Ecolo. Ringo seems to envy Arle's adventurous lifestyle and wishes to go on adventures as she does.

Rulue

Rulue considers herself to be Arle's rival in gaining Satan's affection. In spite of this rivalry, she accompanies Arle to her magic school so she may learn how to use magic in Madou Monogatari III. Generally speaking, while Rulue sees Arle as a rival, Arle doesn't reciprocate the rivalry and sees her more as a friend. They are at least reasonable enough to rarely team up together for a similar goal. Arle worried about Rulue's well-being after being told she and Schezo were in danger in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.

Satan

The original antagonist of the series, Satan, is in love with Arle and does various things in order to be with her. In Puyo Puyo Tsu, he wants to have a date with Arle under the starry night sky. In Puyo Puyo Box, Arle meets Satan, who is wearing a tuxedo, in a Carbuncle-themed room in his castle. In Minna de Puyo Puyo, he wants to have a date with Arle, this time being a three-day two-night stay for two at the Love Springs. However, Arle normally expresses embarrassment or disappointment at Satan's attempts at trying to marry her. In spite of this, Arle does not hate Satan, and occasionally shows concern when he's in peril.

Schezo Wegey

Her relationship with Schezo Wegey is rather ambiguous, as Schezo's poor choice of words allow for romantic subtext rather than directly telling her he wants her power. She often calls him a pervert for this, and sometimes corrects his sentences for him. Sometimes she intentionally messes with him, for example ignoring one of his boasts in order to irritate him, or comparing Schezo to fungus and moss in Puyo Puyo Sun. She is somewhat able to tolerate him accompanying her whenever they share the goal of foiling Satan's schemes. She is later friends with him. Arle worried about Schezo's well-being after being told he and Rulue were in danger in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.

Witch

Similarly, Witch is a competitive rival over having the strongest magic, occasionally going so far as to try and land a cheap shot while Arle is distracted. In Puyo Puyo Sun, she is seen assaulting Arle while in her sleep, proclaiming "I love you" and implications of molestation. However, due to the ambiguous nature of the cutscene, it's unknown if Witch genuinely loves Arle or if she was thinking of someone else, (in the Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary/Trivia, it is said that "Witch has a crush with a prince, and often dreams that she dances with him").

Trivia

• Arle is named after Arles, a city in France, via the music "The Girl from Arles" by Georges Bizet.
  • Her surname, Nadja, is named after the titular femme fatale from the novel "Nadja" by André Breton.
• Arle is the first and one of the few characters with an asymmetrical design (though it's her clothing rather than a physical feature). She is also one of the only asymmetrical characters not to have a second set of art.
• Arle's theme is 時空を超えて久しぶり! (Jikū o koete hisashiburi! lit. Long Time No See Across Time and Space!)
  • Originally, this song was the stages 1-8 theme of Puyo Puyo (1992).
• Arle's ★5 form in Puyo Puyo!! Quest was redrawn in Version 3.0.0, along with Ringo's ★5 form.
• Her alternate costume Magnificent Curry Arle was designed by Twitter user えたぱにこ as part of a design contest Sega held to commemorate Puyo Puyo!! Quest's tenth anniversary.
• Her signature spell, Bayoen, is based on a specific performance of the song "Boyoyon Rock" by the comedian Hikaru Ijuuin.
• One of Arle's spells, Ru-i-pa-n-ko (るいぱんこ), is the reverse spelling of Japanese kana, Ko-n-pa-i-ru (コンパイル, Compile).
• Amitie shares many traits with Arle; namely, she is a primary protagonist and uses similar (or, in the case of Bayoen, outright identical) spells.
• In SEGA's Puyo Puyo games, Arle's chants have a unique quality in that her repeater, Diacute, will cause the chant for whichever spell follows its conclusion to have a stuttering effect. This reference's Diacute's function in Madou Monogatari, where the spell following its use will have the same stuttering effect to emphasize its increased power.
• In the English version of Puyo Pop Fever, her name is pronounced "Are-lee". The English version of Puyo Puyo Tetris changed to "Are-ll" (as in "R"), which is similar pronunciation with Arles above, make sounds more accurate than "Are-lee". However, Satan exclusively uses "Are-lee" as the pronunciation of his pet name for her, "Arly" in the English version of Puyo Puyo Tetris.
• As Fire, Bayoen and Diacute have all been called something else (Fireball, Cutie, Diamond Cutie), Ice Storm remains Arle's only spell to stay consistent between not only every game she appears in, but also between English and Japanese.
• The intro of Madou Monogatari: ARS associates each of its three main characters with a type of flower. Arle's flower is the sunflower, which is featured prominently in the artwork for Madou Monogatari A: Doki Doki Vacation.

Alternate Voices

• In Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, her voice becomes lower-pitched, and more reminiscent of Doppelganger Arle.
• In Puyo Puyo Tetris, she is whispering. Many lines of dialogue are also changed.
  • In the English version, she speaks with a bit of a more serious tone.
• In Puyo Puyo Chronicle, The end of the sentence is raised and there is more emphasis on the pronunciations. She has an atmosphere with heart mark attached to the end. Like Puyo Puyo Tetris, there are many changes to her dialogue.
  • Puyo Puyo Chronicle also features a special guest voice for her, which has the exact same dialogue as her regular voice. The same applies to Ally.
• In Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, Arle sounds drowsy, akin to Rulue in Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, Raffina in the original Puyo Puyo Tetris, and Ecolo in Puyo Puyo Chronicle.
  • In the English version, she speaks with a more "villainous" tone, somewhat reminiscent of Dark Arle.
• In Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop, she speaks with a bit of a more serious tone.
  • In the English version, she speaks with a tomboyish tone.

Appearances

Being the most important character in the series, Arle has appeared in all Puyo Puyo except for some spin-offs.

Puyo Puyo

• Puyo Puyo (1991)
• Puyo Puyo (1992)
• Puyo Puyo Tsu
• Puyo Puyo Sun
• Puyo Puyo~n
• Puyo Puyo Box
• Minna de Puyo Puyo
• Puyo Puyo Fever
• Puyo Puyo Fever 2
• Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
• Puyo Puyo 7
• Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest
• Puyo Puyo Tetris
• Puyo Puyo Chronicle
• Puyo Puyo Champions
• Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
• Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop

Puyo Puyo Spinoffs

• Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux
• Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux
• Super Nazo Puyo Tsu: Rulue no Tetsuwan Hanjouki
• Puyo Puyo Gaiden: Puyo Wars (Cameo Appearance in a flashback sequence)
• Puyo Puyo DA!
• Arle no Bouken: Mahou no Jewel
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade
• Puyo Puyo Fever Rhythm
• Puyo Puyo!! Touch

Madou Monogatari

• Madou Monogatari 123
• Madou Monogatari: ARS
• Madou Monogatari I (Mega Drive)
• Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Dai Youchienji
• Madou Monogatari I Honoo No Sotsuenji
• Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon
• Madou Monogatari: Michikusa Ibun
• Madou Monogatari: Chaotic Final Exam
• Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician
• Madou Monogatari: Secret of Elysium
• Madou Monogatari (Saturn)
• Madou Monogatari Mobile

Character profiles

See the respective PPQ-namespace card pages of Arle for the character's in-game description in Puyo Puyo!! Quest.

Game	Profile
	"A very energetic young mageling. She often gets into trouble." (Nintendo Switch Sega Ages)
	"The apprentice mage and her sidekick. She and Carbuncle are always getting into wild misadventures!" (as Arle & Carbuncle)
	"A girl from an alternate world full of Puyos. A bright and energetic young magician who loves adventure."
	"The apprentice mage. She and her sidekick, Carbuncle, are always getting into wild misadventures!"
	"A young girl from another world. A bright and energetic magician who loves playing Puyo Puyo!" (Character Select) "A young mage who loves adventure!" (Adventure Mode Intro)

Character-specific attributes

Puyo Puyo/Tetris

Game	Mode

Puyo Popping Effect

In all of her appearances, Arle has the series standard Puyo popping effect.

Puyo Puyo 2

Standard effect.

Puyo Puyo SUN

Standard effect.

Puyo Puyo~n (all consoles)

Standard effect.

Super Attack/Skills

Puyo Puyo~n

Ruipanko (Arle Shield): Prevents Nuisance Puyo from falling for 15 seconds.

Pocket Puyo Puyo~n

01-Nuisance Barrier: A wall is built across the player's entire top row. Nuisance Puyo can still drop into the hidden row.

Puyo Puyo Box

Barrier: Nuisance Puyo do not fall into the player's field for 5 seconds.

Puyo Puyo Chronicle

Special Skill	Heaven Ray (ヘブンレイ)	MP 30
	Lv. 1	2	3	4	5
	Change bottom 2 rows into blue puyos Defense of red enemies -???%	-25%	-30%	-35%	-40%
Auto Skill	Magic User In The Making (魔導師のタマゴ)	Anytime
	Lv. 1	2	3	4	5
	Attack of allies +10%	+12%	+15%	+20%	+25%

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

	Type	Skill	Parameters	Lv. 1	Lv. 2	Lv. 3
Auto Skill		Attack Up (こうげきアップ)	Rate	10%	15%	30%
Special Skill 1		Fighting Spirit (とうこん注入) Self Attack up	MP cost	30	50	70
			Duration	30s	20s	15s
			Rate	20%	30%	40%
Special Skill 2		Recycle (ばけおじゃま) Transform →	MP cost	30	50	70
			Cooldown	5s
			Number	10	16	24
Special Skill 3		Power Reserve (???) Self Defense/Recovery up	MP cost	30	50	70
			Duration	30s	20s	15s
			Rate	10%	20%	30%

Dropset

Character type: Strongly Balanced! (Fever 1)→Uses Small Chain! (Fever 2 - present) / Throws Garbage! (Party)

Arle's dropset contains only pair pieces, like that of the Madou-era Puyo Puyo games and rules. Because of this, Arle has the smallest dropset in every game she appears in.

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16					Puyo
																16	0	0	0	32

Quartet

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16						Puyo
																3	4	2	4	3	64

Fusion

Puyo Pieces						Tetrimino
1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	SP
								or or

Fever Chaining Power

Outside Fever

Character	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19+	Tier
Puyo Puyo Fever	4	12	24	33	50	101	169	254	341	428	538	648	763	876	990	999	999	999	999	-
Puyo Puyo Fever 2	4	13	27	36	55	110	185	278	373	468	588	708	833	956	999	999	999	999	999	-
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary	4	12	24	33	50	101	169	254	341	428	538	648	763	876	990	999	999	999	999	-
Puyo Puyo 7, Arle	4	12	24	33	50	101	169	254	341	428	538	648	763	876	990	999	999	999	999	-
Puyo Puyo 7, Dark Arle	4	11	23	30	45	96	162	252	336	420	526	632	743	852	968	999	999	999	999	-
Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary	0	8	17	23	35	71	118	178	239	300	377	454	534	613	693	699	699	699	699	-
Puyo Puyo Chronicle	0	8	17	23	35	71	118	178	239	300	377	454	534	613	693	699	699	699	699	-

Inside Fever

Character	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24+	Tier
Puyo Puyo Fever	4	10	18	21	29	46	76	113	150	223	259	266	313	364	398	432	468	504	540	576	612	648	684	720	-
Puyo Puyo Fever 2	4	10	18	22	30	48	80	120	160	240	280	288	342	400	440	480	520	560	600	640	680	720	760	800	-
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary	4	9	16	20	27	43	72	108	144	216	252	259	308	360	396	432	468	504	540	576	612	648	684	720	-
Puyo Puyo 7 (Arle!Fever Mode)	4	9	16	20	27	43	72	108	144	216	252	259	308	360	396	432	468	504	540	576	612	648	684	720	-
Puyo Puyo 7 (Dark!Fever Mode)	4	9	17	22	29	46	75	112	150	228	267	279	326	378	412	450	488	530	564	608	644	672	698	720	-
Puyo Puyo 7 (Arle!Mega Puyo Rush)	1	7	13	19	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	42	44	46	48	49	51	53	55	59	65	71	76	-
Puyo Puyo 7 (Dark!Mega Puyo Rush)	1	7	13	19	27	29	31	33	35	37	39	41	43	45	47	49	50	52	54	56	60	66	72	78	-
Puyo Puyo 7 (Mini Puyo Fever)	1	2	3	5	7	9	11	13	15	19	23	27	31	39	47	54	62	70	78	86	94	101	109	117	-
Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary	0	6	11	14	19	30	50	76	101	151	176	181	216	252	277	302	328	353	378	403	428	454	479	504	-
Puyo Puyo Chronicle	0	6	11	14	19	30	50	76	101	151	176	181	216	252	277	302	328	353	378	403	428	454	479	504	-

Ice Blocks Nuisance Pattern

Pieces