Minotauros

Minotauros
	Name
Kana	ミノタウロス
Romaji	Minotaurosu
Other Names	Minotaur; Max Minotaur
Birthday	February 24
	Notable Appearances
First appearance	Madou Monogatari III
Latest appearance	Minna de Puyo Puyo
	Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Nobuyuki Hiyama (Puyo Puyo CD); Hiromichi Tezuka (Quest)
	Puyo Puyo!! Quest information

Minotauros (interchangeably known as Minotaur) is Rulue's intimidating bodyguard; he secretly harbors a crush on her.

History

Madou Monogatari series

Minotauros debuted as a major antagonist in Madou Monogatari 3, where Rulue orders him to eliminate Arle. He is the final boss of the MSX2 and PC98 versions of the game.

Puyo Puyo

Minotauros is the eleventh opponent in Scenario mode. He threatens Arle while dangerously swinging his axe around. Arle asks him to settle it in a Puyo match, an offer which he happily accepts.

In the English version, he is known as Max Minotaur. Aside from the fact that he claims to work for the Dark Prince, the exchange is identical.

Puyo Puyo Tsu

Minotauros resides on the penultimate floor. He frightens Arle with his axe swings.

He appears as a non-playable character during the Arle vs. Rulue cutscene. He fans Rulue with a giant leaf and, on Rulue's orders, uses the leaf to blow Arle (and inadvertently Rulue) into the ocean. But he becomes a playable character in the GBC version.

Trivia

In Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche, Dragon Breath and Kracko use his AI strategy.
Minotauros's inconsistent English name is likely due to the fact that English generally drops the final syllable from the name of the mythological creature while other languages (including Japanese) do not. Draco Centauros has similar name issues.

Appearances

Puyo Puyo

Madou Monogatari

Spinoffs

Character-specific mechanics

Super attack

Pocket Puyo Puyo~n: 11-Come BIG Puyo: The player receives a Giant Puyo that, upon being placed, squashes everything below it.
Puyo Puyo Box: Cut: Erase everything above the player's bottom four rows.