Satan

Satan

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Satan
Satan, as he appears in Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop.
Name
Kana	サタン
Romanization	Satan
Other Names	Dark Prince (General English) Prince of Darkness (as his silhouette; 闇の貴公子, Yami no Kikōshi) Gatekeeper (N-Gage) Lucifer (True Madou Monogatari Chronology) 撒旦 (Sādàn) 사탄 (Satan) Prince des Ténèbres Príncipe Oscuro Dunkler Prinz Príncipe das Trevas Principe Oscuro Duistere Prins Тёмный Принц (Tyomnyy Prints) Karanlıkların Prensi
Personal Info
Gender	Male
Birthday	Unknown
Age	100,026 (All About Puyo Puyo) 100,025 (Madou Monogatari Fanbook) 10,025 (Puyo Puyo Sun Novelization)
Height	188 cm / 74 inches
Weight	76 kg / 167 pounds
Notable Appearances
First appearance	Disc Station #7 (Trailer) Madou Monogatari Episode 2 Carbuncle (Game)
Latest appearance	Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Kazuki Yao (Puyo Puyo CD, Tsu) Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani (Puyo Puyo Sun) Tasogare Tachibana (Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon, Madou Monogatari (SS)) Kenichi Ono (Puyo Puyo~n) Chikara Ousaka (Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary - present)
English	Xander Mobus (Puyo Puyo Tetris - present)
Puyo Puyo!! Quest information

The subject of this article is sometimes called Dark Prince.

See also: Masked Satan, Yellow Satan

The Prince of Darkness, Satan (known as just Dark Prince outside Japan) is often the main antagonist of the series. He's the former owner of Carbuncle and dotes on him frequently. He apparently has a liking to Hawaiian shirts. He is attracted to Arle Nadja and claims her as his 'fiancée', though she and everyone else disagrees, and wishes to be with her under the starry night sky. According to some Compile profiles, he planned to give Carbuncle to his fiance, as proof of his love. As Carbuncle is with Arle, he is constantly chasing after her.

More often than not, he is the final character one must face in most Puyo Puyo titles. He is usually a powerful opponent too. With the notable exceptions of Puyo Puyo~n and Puyo Puyo 7, the Puyo in his stages are always programmed to fall at very high speeds, making him even more difficult to defeat.

Biography

Appearance

Satan is a young adult with long green hair, who true to his name has some demonic characteristics. He sports yellow horns that slightly curl outwards, pointy ears, a pair of bat-like wings that can retract, and red eyes. His general color scheme would use a dark blue, but starting with Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary it would change to a dark red, with the exception of Puyo Puyo Tetris where it returns to blue.

In earlier games his outfit would resemble a robe with a yellow sash, shoulder pads, and a cape. Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary would drop the cape, while Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary would change his outfit to more resemble a jacket.

Personality

Satan, despite his name, is often portrayed as a hopeless lover and rarely outright evil. Throughout the series he tries many schemes to try and fall in love with Arle, but it often backfires spectacularly. He boasts about his plans, even when it's blatantly not working, but quickly falls apart once his plans fail. This often makes him act immature, even to the point where he acts childish with petty insults. Otherwise, he has low tolerance towards others, quickly getting agitated if mocked and likewise insults others with sarcastic or brutally honest comments. Despite this, he can make friends with others.

A recurring element is his obsession with Arle and Carbuncle. In particular his obsession with Carbuncle is so great, he collects Carbuncle themed merchandise, to the point of dressing up as him, and Carbuncle being with Arle is what motivates Satan to marry Arle.

Abilities

Being the ruler of Puyo Hell, he has demonic magic to match. His spells consist, but are not limited to "Disaster", "Juggernaut", "Catastrophe", "Cataclysm", and "Ascension". In Puyo Puyo~n, they're themed after the circus, and sometimes his spells are after natural disasters. He is also known to have the spell "Satan Cross".

He also has some unnamed attacks in the older games. In Puyo Puyo CD, he can use all of Arle's spells.

Spell	Description
Name	Effect	(Notable) Appearances	Element
Angry Iron Fist 怒りの鉄拳	Despite the name, it is a blue fireball attack.	Game Gear Madou A	Fire
Fire ファイヤー	Attack a single enemy with fire bullets.	Arle's Adventure Puyo Puyo CD	Fire
Flame フレイム	Attacks the enemy with a flame pillar. Has better reach than Fire.	Arle's Adventure	Fire
Black Flare ブラックフレア	Flames encase the target.	Saturn Madou Monogatari	Fire
Inferno インフェルノ	An extremely powerful flame attack that also hits all enemies.	Arle's Adventure	Fire
Volcano ボルケーノ	Presumably a volcano attack, possibly an eruption.	Pocket Puyo 4	Fire
Freeze フリーズ	Freezes the enemy, then damages them.	Arle's Adventure	Ice
Dark Blizzard ダークブリザード	Covers the enemy with cold air.	Genesis Madou Monogatari	Ice
Crystal Dust クリスタルダスト	An ice attack that deals lots of damage to all targets it can.	Arle's Adventure	Ice
Snow Slide スノースライド	Presumably an attack involving an avalanche.	Pocket Puyo 4	Ice
Dark Lightning ダークライトニング	A lightning attack that strikes through walls and extends in a linear fashion. In Sugoroku, it adds a die to Satan's rolls.	Waku Puyo Series Madou Sugoroku	Electricity
Thunderbolt サンダーボルト	An attack presumably based around striking with a bolt of lightning.	Pocket Puyo 4	Electricity
Judgement ジャッジメント	Strikes 2 enemies with lightning randomly.	Arle's Adventure	Electricity
Disaster ディザスター	Satan holds out some dark energy in his hand. Exclusively used in Puyo matches.	All SEGA appearances in the main games	Darkness
Typhoon タイフーン	Presumably an attack involving a typhoon.	Pocket Puyo 4	Water Wind
Tempest テンペスト	Presumably an attack where a storm is summoned.	Puyo Puyo Sun Minna de Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop	Water Wind
Devil Twister デビルツイスター	Presumably a maneuver in which Satan creates a tornado.	Pocket Puyo 4	Wind Darkness(?)
Gaia Crash ガイアクラッシュ	Satan stabs a sword into the ground. The sword splits the earth below in two with its shockwave.	Puyo Puyo Sun Novelization	Earth
Cataclysm カタクリズム	An attack themed around disasters. Depicted as an enhanced version of Devastation. In Puyo Puyo Tetris, it shares the motion with Devastation.	All SEGA appearances in the main games	Darkness
Devastation Catastrophe カタストロフ	Satan releases blasts from above his head. Can be one or two-handed.	Puyo Sun, Minna All SEGA appearances in the main games	Darkness
Calamity Juggernaut ジャガーノート	Satan fires blasts of shadow down towards the ground. In Puyo Puyo Tetris, it shares the motion with Disaster.	Puyo Sun, Minna All SEGA appearances in the main games	Darkness
Satan Blade サタンブレード	Creates a sword of light in his hand. Can be used as a regular sword, or shattered.	Game Gear Madou 2 Waku Puyo Series Saturn Madou Monogatari	Misc.
Kaiser Judgement カイザージャッジメント	Envelops the foe in light and bombards them AND the light.	Waku Puyo Series	Light (Holy?)
Punish パニッシュ	Satan sends dark energy from his arm.	Puyo Puyo Sun Minna de Puyo Puyo	Darkness
Ascension アセンション	Satan flies into the sky, where the clouds part to reveal the heavens above. A Puyo match attack, he only uses it then.	All SEGA appearances in the main games	Light
Satan Cross サタンクロース (Puyo Puyo SUN) サタンクロス	One of Satan's most recurring moves, though he does not have a "signature" move. Satan generates a large cross to attack with. It is also able to be used defensively to remove garbage Puyo. It's name is likely a play on Santa Claus.	Puyo SUN, Puyo 4, Minna Quest: Santa Satan AS	Light
Grand Saber グランドセイバー	A huge guillotine-like magic blade emerges and swings like a pendulum, slicing the enemy all the while. Possibly an enhanced Satan Blade	Saturn Madou Monogatari	Misc.
Darkness ダークネス	Satan, continuing from Punish, sends another wave of darkness at the foe.	Puyo Puyo Sun Minna de Puyo Puyo	Darkness
Shadow Drive シャドウドライブ	A dark sphere approaches the target. Once it has hit, it expands. It's powerful, but slow and easy to dodge.	Genesis Madou Monogatari	Darkness
Silhouette Beast シルエットビースト	A silhouette of a beast appears and attacks the target with the power of darkness.	Saturn Madou Monogatari	Darkness
Magic Snatch マジックスナッチ	Absorb the magic of the target.	Waku Puyo Series	Status
Meteor メテオ	Sends countless meteoroids at the target to attack.	Genesis Madou Monogatari	Cosmic
Punishment of Love: Love-Love Bunch 愛のおしおき　ラブラブバンチ	It's nice to love Arle, isn't it?	Final Exam	Love
Precise Assault 積極直突撃	An extremely powerful physical attack. Satan rushes at the foe and decks them in their chest, very forcefully.	Game Gear Madou A	Physical
Chaotic Eye カオティックアイ	Glare at an enemy, which can inflict paralysis, confusion, magic seal, curse, or any combination of the four.	Arle's Adventure	Status
Sleep スリープ	A spell that induces the target to fall asleep.	Waku Puyo Series	Status
Blind ブラインド	Inflicts blindness on the target, disabling sight.	Final Exam Waku Puyo Series	Status
Mind Blast Brain Dumbed ブレインダムド	Temporarily decrease the intellect of the enemy.	Waku Puyo Series	Status
Love's Whisper, From Satan 恋のささやき　ふろむサタン	This ability's effect cannot be provided at this time.	Final Exam	Love
Knight Illusion ナイトイリュージョン	Replaces the enemy's ability meter with an illusion that has less progress than displayed.	Madou Sugoroku	Status
Speed Down スピードダウン	Decreases the speed of the target for some time.	Waku Puyo Series	Status
Sutra Woid ストラウォイド	Drains the attack power of his target.	Waku Puyo Series	Darkness Status
Lwark Woid ルアクウォイド	Drains the defense of his target.	Waku Puyo Series	Darkness Status
Resist レジスト	Satan folds his wings against himself. This allows him to reflect garbage Puyo.	Unnamed in SEGA games Unused in 15th	Defensive
Energy Drain エナジードレイン	Decreases the level of anybody it hits.	Madou Monogatari ARS	Status
Lost Energy ロストエナジー	A red magic circle with an inverted triangle appears and weaken every enemy's abilites.	Saturn Madou	Status
Dispel ディスペル	Disables the effects of anybody on the field. Does not discern friend from foe.	Arle's Adventure	Status
Revia リバイア	Magic that disables magical attacks from being used against Satan.	Waku Puyo Series	Defensive
Kaiser Shield カイザーシールド	In Sugoroku, it applies Dispel to Satan, allowing him to ignore effects applied to the enemy. In Waku Puyo, it makes him invincible for some time.	Madou Sugoroku Waku Puyo Series	Defensive
Teleport テレポート	Allows Satan to warp anywhere he desires.	Puyo Puyo Sun Novelization	Misc.
Lord of Darkness ロードオブダークネス	Any item that is being carried by him or his allies turns into Liquor All instantly. Ambiguously magic.	Madou Sugoroku	Status
Super Recovery 超回復	Satan recovers his strength. Suprisingly, this isn't a magical technique?	Game Gear Madou A Final Exam	Healing
Healing ヒーリング	A basic healing spell. Satan can choose if he wants to heal himself or an ally.	Arle's Adventure	Healing
Gaia Healing ガイアヒーリング	An extremely powerful healing spell. The healing effect spreads to allies around Satan.	Waku Puyo Series	Healing
Magic of the Hero 英雄の魔法	This is the magic used in Arle's Adventure. Transforms Puyo into cards and crystals, making the game as it exists possible.	Arle's Adventure	Story
Hexing 呪い	This is the magic that Satan used to curse Ragnus, making him switch between ages. The spell is extremely long and takes five minutes to be recited.	Puyo Puyo Sun Novelisation	Story
Unsealing 開封	This is the magic that Satan used to unseal the gigantic Sun Puyo and initiate the primary storyline.	Puyo Puyo Sun Novelization	Story

Relationships

Arle

Because Carbuncle is with her, he firmly believes Arle is his fiancé, and is adamant in trying to have her as his wife. She is often the driving force of Satan's plans. Arle, however, does not share the sentiment, seeing it as incredibly annoying. Additionally, he admits in Rulue's Spring Break of Fists, that his interest in Arle isn't physical or romantic so much as that she brings him a sense of nostalgia, suggesting she subconsciously reminds him of Lilith.

Carbuncle

Satan is Carbuncle's previous owner, and he dotes on it to an obsessively high degree. Prior to Arle taking it in, he planned to give Carbuncle to his future wife as his proof of love.

Lemres

In Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, he meets up with Lemres and Ecolo to stop Marle. He requested Lemres to go find Arle and the others and help them out. Lemres also offered Satan some sweets, which he took.

Ringo

He & Ringo seem rather relaxed around each other despite their first interaction in Puyo Puyo 7 being on more unfriendly terms. In Act 4 of Puyo Puyo 7, Satan revealed to Ringo that he was actually the headmaster of Arle's magic school when the two of them arrived at Primp Town's magic school. The only times Ringo considers Satan an enemy is if he's doing anything "nasty" or "cruel."

Rulue

Rulue became loyal to Satan after meeting him at the end of Madou Monogatari: ARS. She often sings his praises and wants to do whatever she can to become nearer with Satan, though, he fears her cooking and at times, her physical prowess that rivals the power of magic. In issue 4 of the "Tottemo! Puyo Puyo" (とっても！ぷよぷよ) Manga, it seems they start hanging out more after he accidentally hurt her feelings. In Madou Monogatari Saturn, he is rather sensitive to her feelings when she starts doubting his innocence if he were behind the Yoggus attacking their world. He ensures especially to her that it wasn't him in this scene being that he enjoys their friendship with one another.

Schezo Wegey

Satan and Schezo have an antagonistic relationship as they both pursue Arle for their own purposes. He is quick to call Schezo a pervert whenever he misspeaks and doesn't hesitate to subdue him when he interferes with his plans.

Name Change

While in the original Japanese version of the games, Satan usually insists that his full name and title is "The Prince of Darkness, Satan", characters (other than Rulue) rarely refer to him by his full title and prefer to default to his given name. Meanwhile, the English localization has consistently obscured all mention of his given name, referring to him exclusively by his title. Satan is referred to as the "Dark Prince" in almost all English localizations, including the English translation of the first arcade game, the Neo Geo Pocket Color Puyo Pop, the Game Boy Advance Puyo Pop, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Puyo Puyo Champions, and Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.

While not directly named in the Puzlow Kids version of the first game, he is alluded to as the Dark Prince in its ending. The digital instruction manual for 3D Puyo Puyo Tsu calls him Satan in one instance (as this version is an unlocalized port of the Japanese arcade game), but uses Dark Prince everywhere else in the manual.

The unlockable costume based on him in Puyo Puyo 39! also carries the Dark Prince name in the English version. The Puyo Puyo crossover event in Sonic Runners and the manual of SEGA AGES Puyo Puyo 2 are the only instances in which Satan is used without also referring to him as the Dark Prince.

In keeping consistent with this change, Masked Satan becomes Masked Prince in the Neo Geo Pocket Color Puyo Pop, the G Satan Castle becomes the Dark Prince Castle in the GBA Puyo Pop, and Yellow Satan becomes Onesie Prince in Puyo Puyo Champions.

Trivia

• Although Satan's birthday is unknown, Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop celebrates May 20th as the day he first met Arle. May 20th is also the release date of Madou Monogatari II: Arle 16-Sai , a remake of Madou Monogatari II.
• Satan is replaced by Dr. Robotnik in Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, King Dedede in Kirby's Avalanche, and Spirtl in Qwirks.
• According to Kazunari Yonemitsu, director of Madou Monogatari 123 and one of the creators of Puyo Puyo, Satan and Schezo Wegey were modeled after characters from the novel Night's Master. While not explicitly confirmed, Satan was almost certainly based on Azhrarn, the Prince of Demons. Coincidentally, one potential translation of the book's Japanese title is "The Dark Prince".
• In early games, it was inconsistent whether Satan was more in love with Arle or “Carbunny”, Compile-era games such as Madou Monogatari SS, Puyo Puyo~n or Hasamuncho portraying him as primarily obsessed with Carbuncle, having his castle decorated with Carbuncle goods everywhere and owning countless Carbuncle dolls and some games had him being distracted by Carbuncle rather than Arle (Arle's Adventure, Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon) or wanting nothing from her but that she return his pet to him (Arle Manyuuki). At the same time, other games such as , Puyo Puyo Tsu, Puyo Puyo Box or Super Nazo Puyo focus on his obsession with marrying Arle, barely mentioning Carbuncle. The streamlined version of the lore used by SEGA portrays Satan as equally obsessed with both of them, frequently still portraying him with merchandise of Carbuncle in his possession, while having him near constantly talk about his love for Arle.
• It is mentioned in Puyo Puyo!! Quest that Satan has a collection of aloha shirts.

Alternate Voices

• In Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, his voice become a bright and strong tone.
• In Puyo Puyo Tetris, his voice become a high, calm voice. There are a lot of changes in chants compared to other characters.
  • In the English version, he speaks in falsetto.
• In Puyo Puyo Chronicle, he is whispering.
• In Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, his voice is similar to the one heard in the original Puyo Puyo Tetris, though he sounds slightly more energetic.
  • In the English version, most of his alternate voice clips are reused from the original Puyo Puyo Tetris, and his new voice clips retain the same tone.
• In Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop, his voice is more youthful.
  • In the English version, his voice is much deeper and has a more harsher tone.

Appearances

Puyo Puyo

• Puyo Puyo (1992)
• Puyo Puyo Tsu
• Puyo Puyo Sun
• Puyo Puyo~n
• Puyo Puyo Box
• Minna de Puyo Puyo
• Puyo Puyo Fever (Carnival Edition) (unplayable)
• 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

Madou Monogatari

• Madou Monogatari 2
• Madou Monogatari I (Mega Drive)
• Madou Monogatari (Saturn)

Spinoffs

• Nazo Puyo: Arle no Roux
• Super Nazo Puyo: Rulue no Roux
• Super Nazo Puyo Tsu: Rulue no Tetsuwan Hanjouki
• Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon
• Puyo Puyo DA!
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade

Character profiles

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

Game	Description
	"Known as the Dark Prince in previous English releases, this being is the main villian of the Puyo Puyo series. All he truly desires in life is to gaze upon the starry night sky with Arle by his side." (Sega 3D Classics Collection Manual) "A draconic-looking man with horns, fangs, and wings. It seems he doesn't have a tail though. The final enemy of this tower." (Nintendo Switch Sega Ages)
	"The lord of the Underworld. He is captivated by Arle and would do anything to win her affections..."
	"Creator of the Puyo Underworld. He wields diabolical power, but mostly for trivial purposes--leaving chaos in his wake."
	"The mighty creator of the Puyo Underworld. Has great affection for both Carbuncle and Arle." (Character Select) "Creator and ruler of the Puyo Underworld!" (Adventure Mode Intro)

Character specific mechanics

Puyo Puyo/Tetris

Game	Mode

Puyo Puyo~n Super Attack

Puyo Puyo~n

Satan Cross: All Puyo in columns 3-4, and rows 6-9 are removed.

Pocket Puyo Puyo~n

03-Banish: Up to 18 Nuisance Puyo are removed from the player's field. The bottom of the field seems to be prioritized.

Puyo Puyo Box

Transfer: The top two color Puyo of each of the player's columns are sent to the opponent. Any Nuisance Puyo above the second-highest color Puyo of each column is erased.

Dropset

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16					Puyo
																12	1	2	1	39

Puyo Puyo Fever: Carnival Editon only

Identical to Arle's dropset.

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	3	3	3	4	64

Fusion

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

Ice Blocks Nuisance Pattern

Pieces

Chants

Due to the large number of chants for Satan, the full list is moved to a separate page. See Satan/Chants.

Gallery

Due to the large number of images for Satan, the gallery is moved to a separate page. See Satan/Gallery.