Squares

Squares
Squares as he appears in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Name
Kana	スクエアス
Romanization	Sukueasu
Other Names	Stairs (by Ecolo) Watcher of the Worlds The Dimensional Parasite (by Amitie) JP: 時空のバグ (Jikuu no Bagu) Mr. Sleepyhead (by Ecolo) 史奎亞斯 스퀘어스
Personal Info
Gender	Male
Notable Appearances
First appearance	Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Latest appearance	Puyo Puyo!! Quest
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Makoto Sahara
English	Zeno Robinson
Puyo Puyo!! Quest information

Squares is the true antagonist and final boss of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 who brainwashed Marle and had her amass power for him. He was created by Marle after she felt lonely watching over the worlds on her own, and she sees him as a younger brother.

He was tasked with ensuring that the universes were right and orderly, but when he sees Marle obsess over the Puyo and Tetris universes being merged, he chose to make everything "right", by his definition, once more. Squares brainwashed and absorbed Marle's power. He only stopped once Marle showed him a 'fun and orderly' battle, having explained that his original vision of the worlds could never come to fruition, as the worlds are ever-changing.

Biography

Appearance

Squares appears to be a pale-skinned young man with dark blue hair, gold eyes, and a cyan-tipped cowlick. He wears black gloves, white pants, heeled shoes, and a black robe which appears to separate into several smaller squares towards the bottom, and the inner part of his robe is red.

While using his powers, Squares’ appearance changes in a few ways. His hair grows longer and begins to flow freely, the cyan tip takes up more of his cowlick as it assumes a lightning bolt shape, and - if his power is strong enough - rings will appear in his eyes. During the animation for Cosmic Rectangle, his hair gains a purple gradient at the ends and begins to spin, and his cowlick is completely cyan.

Personality

On the surface, Squares appears to be a cold and pragmatic person who cares about little else besides ensuring that the order of the universes is upheld. In reality, he is rather immature, narrow-minded, and hates change. He only cares about keeping order because he feels like that is what he is meant to do and what will make Marle happy.

Despite his appearance, Squares still has the mentality of a child, as he has not existed for nearly as long as Marle. His childish behavior manifests in him being very close-minded, clingy towards Marle, opposed to change, and prone to emotional outbursts. Despite his actions and behavior, Squares has a positive relationship with Marle and regrets what he did to her and to the rest of the cast, acknowledging that his actions were the result of his confusion and inexperience.

Abilities

As one of the watchers of the worlds, Squares has similar powers to his older sister and creator Marle. The two of them watch over the worlds together, and Marle mentions that the two of them were responsible for separating the Puyo and Tetris worlds in Puyo Puyo Tetris. He is powerful enough to take hold of Marle's mind and wipe her memories, and was able to steal the power she had amassed during the early chapters of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. However, the extent to which he could have used this power was not seen in game, though he threatened to erase the main characters from existence several times.

In contrast to Marle's circular-themed spells, Squares' spells are named after parallelograms or related concepts. During battle, his spells are Tetrahedron, Harmonic Box, Adamantine Cube, Dark Rhombus, and Cosmic Rectangle.

Relationships

Marle

Marle is Squares' creator and older sister. Despite everything he's done, he cares deeply for her and simply wishes to make her happy.

Ex

Ex sees his own past in Squares and cares for him as seen in the extra scenario of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. Ex comes to Squares's aid when he is given visions of his past by Ecolo. Ex advises Squares to make peace with his past and to accept his mistakes, lest Ecolo take advantage of Squares's past regrets.

Trivia

• He has a cubic motif, representing Tetris. In contrast, his creator and sister Marle has a circular motif, representing Puyo Puyo.
• According to Utako Yoshino, the writer of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, Squares looks older than Marle because Marle subconsciously desired a friend who could support her when she felt discouraged.
• Squares’ alternate voice in both English and Japanese has him sounds more youthful and energetic, with the former bearing resemblance to Tee's English voice.
  • His alternate voice is used for the opponent in stage EX-5 of Adventure Mode.
• Squares was not revealed in official Japanese Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 media until the game's Japanese release (December 10, 2020), likely to avoid spoilers. However, the Western release date (December 8, equivalent to December 8-9 in Japan Standard Time) and Squares' appearance in the collaboration campaign with Puyo Puyo!! Quest (begins December 10 with preview announcement on December 9) defeats the spoilers prevention purpose.
• Squares is one of the only characters where one of their cut-in’s are missing part of their design, namely his “heavy damage” cut-in is missing his cowlick. However, on all the games files related to that cut-in, the cowlick is visible.
• Squares, like Lemres, has an asymmetrical design, but throughout all games he appears in, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 and Puyo Puyo Quest, he does not get additional artwork.
• Squares used to have spell cut-in animations that lagged the game, however this is no longer present in the current version of the game.
  • The same was true for Ally, Jay & Elle, Sig, Klug, Satan, Ai, Risukuma, Maguro Sasaki, Lidelle, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Ocean Prince.

Character Profiles

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

Game	Profile
	"A watcher of the worlds. Ensure all battles in the cosmos are orderly. He's a firm believer of what's right."

Character Specific Attributes

Puyo Puyo/Tetris

Game	Default mode

Dropset

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16					Puyo
																10	4	1	1	40

Fusion

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

Chants

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

Player Chain

Chain	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
Chain 1	ふん	Fun.	Hmph.
Chain 2	どうだ？	Dou da?	How's that?
Chain 3	まだまだ行くぞ	Madamada iku zo.	I'm still going.	I'm not through yet.
Chain 4	油断するな	Yudan suru na.	Don't let your guard down.	Stay focused.
Repeater	及ばない	Oyobanai.	Not even close.
Counter	オレが正しい	Ore-ga tadashii.	I'm the one who's right!
Spell 1	テトラゴン	Tetoragon	Tetragon	Tetrahedron
Spell 2	シンク・ボックス	Shinku bokkusu	Sync Box	Harmonic Box
Spell 3	ソリッド・キューブ	Soriddo kyūbu	Solid Cube	Adamantine Cube
Spell 4	ダークネス・ブリック	Dākunesu burikku	Darkness Brick	Dark Rhombus
Spell 5	コスモス・レクタングル	Kosumosu rekutanguru	Cosmos Rectangle	Cosmic Rectangle
Tetris Line Clear	テトリスだ	Tetorisu da.	It's a Tetris.	Tetris!

Enemy Attack

Damage	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
Light	ぬっ！	Nu!	Nngh!
Heavy	こんなはずは...！	Konna hazu-wa...!	This can't be...!	No... Impossible!

Character Select/Match Result

Results	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
Character Select	正しい選択だ	Tadashii sentaku da.	Right choice.
Win	正しい結末だ	Tadashii ketsumatsu da.	This is the right outcome.
Lose	少しはやるな...	Sukoshi wa yaruna...	You aren't the worst...

Big Bang, Endless Fever

Results	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
Entered	行くぞ！	Iku zo!	Let's go! Let's do this. (English Alt. Voice)
Success	当たり前だ	Atarimae da.	Hardly surprising.
Failed	間違いなど...	Machigai nado...	Was I wrong?
Big Bang	正しい世界へ	Tadashii sekai-e.	Towards the right world...	To build a world of order...!
Light attack	よし	Yoshi.	Good.
Severe attack	くらえ！	Kurae!	Take that!
Win	降参か？	Kousan ka?	Do you surrender?(!)
Light damage	クソッ	Kuso...!	Dang it!	Ngh... No!
Severe damage	ばかな！	Baka-na...!	This can't be!
Lose	正しくない…	Tadashiku nai!	This... isn't right...!

Swap

Results	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
Match start	ぷよぷよだな テトリスだな	Puyo Puyo dana. Tetorisu dana.	Puyo Puyo. Tetris.
Swap	どちらも同じだ	Dochira-mo onaji da.	It's all the same to me.
Swap while in disadvantage	問題ない…	Mondai nai...	Not a problem...!

Party

Results	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
Power-up item	受けとろう	Uketorou.	I'll take that.
Offensive item	くれてやる	Kurete yaru.	Take it!
Getting multiple items at once	これで終わりだ！	Kore-de owari da!	It's over!
Topped out	勝ったつもりか？	Katta tsumori ka?	Thought you had me?
Win	オレの敵ではないな	Ore-no teki-de-wa nai na.	You were no match for me.
Be a runner-up	次は本気で行くぞ	Tsugi-wa honki-de iku zo.	I won't go easy on you next time.
Lose	認めはしない…	Mitome-wa shinai...	(Fools...) I won't accept this!

Fusion

Results	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
Mix Chain	ミックス連鎖だ！	Mikkusu Rensa da!	Mix Chain!
Tetris Plus	テトリスプラス！	Tetorisu Purasu!	Tetris Plus!
Chaining by a Tetrimino crushing Puyo	これも計算のうち	Kore-mo keisan-no uchi.	All part of my plan.

Skill Battle

Activated Skill	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
Assemble!	導いてやる	Michibiite yaru.	I'll guide you.
Color Change	終わらせてやれ	Owarasete yare.	End this!
Terraformer	力をやろう	Chikara-o yarou.	I'll lend you my power.	This is my power!
Unused	正しい方へ	Tadashii hou-e.	For the right way!	This is the right way!

System Startup

Result	Dialogue
	Japanese	Romanization	Translation
Boot Up 1	セガ!	Sega!
Boot Up 2	テトリス！	Tetorisu!	Tetris!
Title Screen	ぷよぷよテトリス2！	Puyo Puyo Tetorisu 2!	Puyo Puyo Tetris 2!

Online Greetings

Dialogue
Japanese	Romanization	Translation	Localization
正しい方が勝つ！	Tadashii hou-ga katsu!	Order will prevail.
どうした？やらないのか？	Dou shita? Yaranai no ka?	What's the matter? Aren't you doing it?	Well, what are you waiting for?
オレの力には、誰も、敵わない。	Ore-no chikara-ni-wa, dare-mo, kanawanai.	No one stands a chance against me.
世界を…正しく。	Sekai-o...tadashiku.	The world must be made right...
勝負をすればいいんだな？	Shoubu-o sureba ii n dana?	You want to battle, right?

Gallery

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

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  Character select
  Quest: [★6] Squares

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  Manzai - Idle

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  Manzai - Idle/Sad

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  Manzai - Idle/Suprised

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  Manzai - Idle/Angry

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  Manzai - Idle/Irritated

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  Manzai - Possessed

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  Manzai - Possessed/Eyes closed

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  Manzai - Agony

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  Manzai - Stressed

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  Manzai - Thinking

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  Manzai - Blushing

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  Chain cut-in (Spell 1/Tetrahedron)

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  Chain cut-in (Spell 2/Harmonic Box)

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  Chain cut-in (Spell 3/Adamantine Cube)

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  Chain cut-in (Spell 4/Dark Rhombus)

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  Chain cut-in (Spell 5/Cosmic Rectangle)

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  Heavy Damage cut-in

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  Lose cut-in

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  Win cut-in

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  Counter/Skill Use cut-in

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  CPU Icon (from Spell 2 cut-in)

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  Blank Player Icon (from Spell 2 cut-in)

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  Field Background (from Character select art)

Puyo Puyo!! Quest

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  [★7] Squares

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  [★6] Sharp Suited Squares

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  [★6] Sharp Suited Squares Cross Ability Ver.

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  [★7] Sharp Suited Squares

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  [★7] Sharp Suited Squares Cross Ability Ver.

Other Media

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  Signed Illustration by Akira Mikame

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  Concept Art of Marle and Squares

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  Concept Art of Marle and Squares

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  Concept Art of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2's Character Select Renders

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  Concept Art of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2's Character Select Renders

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  Wallpaper created for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2.

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  Wallpaper created for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Mobile Device)

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  30th Anniversary Celebration from the Puyo Puyo Artwork Collection

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  Puyo Puyo!! Quest 9th Anniversary