Suketoudara

Suketoudara
Suketoudara, as he appears in Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop.
Name
Kana	すけとうだら
Romanization	Suketōdara
Other Names	Alaska Pollock (Translation) Walleye (NGPC back cover) Goby Captain ('92EN) 스케토우다라 (Seuketoudara) Цукетудара (Tsuketudara)
Personal Info
Gender	Male
Birthday	April 29 (Taurus)
Blood type	Unknown
Notable Appearances
First appearance	Madou Monogatari 123
Latest appearance	Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese	Takeshi Aono (Puyo Puyo CD) Yasutoshi Akiyama SSS (Puyo Puyo Sun) Yuichi Nagashima (Puyo Puyo~n) Hisayoshi Suganuma (Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary - present)
English	Mick Wingert
Puyo Puyo!! Quest information

Suketoudara (すけとうだら Suketōdara, lit. "Alaska Pollock") is a fish with arms and legs. He always greets people with a loud "Fiiish!", and loves to show off his mad dancing skills. His love for singing could contribute to his huge crush on Serilly. In most Puyo Puyo games, he starts a match by immediately filling his bottom four rows.

Biography

Appearance

Suketoudara takes the appearance of a stylized fish with big lips, with the upper part of his body is red in color while the lower half ranges from a white to cream in color. He also has tan-colored human-like arms and feet, which are located in where his pelvic and pectoral fins should go.

Personality

Suketoudara is a very bold character, making his presence known wherever he goes. He thinks very highly of himself, as in the Japanese versions of Puyo, he uses the first-person pronoun ore-sama, which is often used as an overly confident way to refer to oneself. His favorite hobby is dancing, as he will often appear on a scene with a cry of "Let's Dancing!". In the English translation of Puyo Puyo Tetris, Suketoudara peppers his speech with fish-related puns. He also seems to lean towards the romantic side, as he has eyes for Serilly, who only sees him as a friend.

Abilities

Suketoudara's spells include Surf Beat, Ripple Turn, Funky Wave, Soul Dive and Dancin' All Night. These mostly combine water maneuvers and dance moves, which allude to his nature as a fish and his dancing abilities. They are rendered in English as Surfin' Beats, Bubble Time, Do the Wave, and Fish is the word! In older games, those released prior to Puyo Puyo Tetris, his final spell was Finish.

Spell	Description
Name	Effect	(Notable) Appearances	Element
Rhythmic Beat リズミックビート	Suketoudara rushes forwards and performs a series of punches and kicks, ending with a fin slap.	Saturn Madou, Yo~n	Water
Big Wave ビッグウェーブ	Suketoudara swings his fin to fire a wave of water.	Saturn Madou, Yo~n	Water
Dance Fever ダンスフィーバー	Suketoudara rushes forwards and performs a series of punches and kicks, ending with a rising spin punch.	Saturn Madou, Yo~n	Physical
Blessing Bubble 恵のみバブル	Suketoudara fires bubbles that heal himself or his teammates.	Saturn Madou	Healing
Sleep Dance スリープダンス	Suketoudara puts his target to sleep.	Saturn Madou	Status
Speed Dance スピードダンス	Suketoudara raises the party's agility.	Saturn Madou	Status
Hey Hey Hey! ヘイヘイヘイ！	Suketoudara's repeater, which boots the power of his spells. Appears in Champions as his 6-8 chain attack, which does not animate the move.	Puyo Puyo Series	Status
Hop ホップ	Suketoudara jumps and strikes a pose before diving into the ground.	Puyo Sun & Minna	Physical
Step ステップ	Suketoudara performs a short dance before diving into the ground.	Puyo Sun & Minna	Physical
Dancin' ダンシン	Suketoudara performs a longer dance before diving into the ground.	Puyo Sun & Minna	Physical
Rollin' ローリン	Suketoudara performs a spinning headspin before diving into the ground. In titles such as 15th and Tetris, this is Suketoudara's 3 chain attack, which does not animate the move.	Puyo Sun & Minna	Physical
Jumpin' ジャンピン	Suketoudara jumps high into the air before diving into the ground. In titles such as 15th and Tetris, this is Suketoudara's 4 chain attack, which does not animate the move.	Puyo Sun & Minna	Physical
Finish フィニーッシュ	In Sun, Suketoudara rides a giant wave forwards. In Yo~n, Suketoudara changes all Puyos (excluding nuisance puyo) of the most numerous color into the second-most numerous color is. In 15th and 7, Suketoudara jumps high while pointing with a flashing rainbow backdrop behind him. In 20th, Suketoudara strikes a dynamic pose while under a disco ball.	Puyo Sun, Yo~n, 15th, 7, 20th	Physical
Soulful ソウルフル	Suketoudara strikes a pose while pointing his finger to the sky underneath a spotlight.	Yo~n Unnamed in English (Music to my ears!)	Physical
Danceable ダンサブル	Suketoudara takes a bow underneath a spotlight.	Yo~n	Physical
Rhythmical リズミカル	Suketoudara performs a short dance based on Soulful and Danceable.	Yo~n	Physical
Look, look, look! 見て見て見て	Suketoudara performs a short dance that fires out water from his fingertips.	Yo~n	Water
Surfin' Beats Surf Beat サーフビート	Suketoudara swings his arms around, creating waves of water.	15th onwards except Champions	Water
Bubble Time Ripple Turn リップルターン	In 15th & 7, Suketoudara rises upwards while spinning. In Puyo Puyo Tetris, it shares the animation with Surfin' Beats.	15th onwards except Champions	Water
Do the Wave Funky Wave ファンキーウェーブ	Suketoudara rides a wave, then jumps off of it. In Puyo Puyo Tetris, its animation is based on Bubble Time, although he moves sideways instead of upwards or downwards.	15th onwards except Champions	Water
Fish is the Word Soul Dive ソウルダイブ	In 15th & 7, Suketoudara performs a high jump before diving into the ground. In 20th, Chronicle and Puzzle Pop, Suketoudara jumps from the ground and performs a high jump, with silhouettes of himself behind him. In Puyo Puyo Tetris, its animation is based on Bubble Time, although he moves sideways instead of upwards or downwards.	15th onwards except Champions	Water
Dancin' All Night ダンシングオールナイト	Suketoudara strikes a dynamic pose while under a disco ball. As of Puyo Puyo Tetris, this replaces Finish as Suketoudara's strongest attack.	Puyo Puyo Tetris onwards except Champions	Status?
Groovy グルービー	Suketoudara creates a barrier of water. Starting with 20th, Suketoudara performs a flying kick.	15th onwards except Champions	Defense Water
Dancing Chance ダンシングチャンス	A technique with no known feats. Suketoudara's 4 chain attack in Champions, which does not animate the move.	Champions	Unknown
C'mon Baby カモンベイビー	A technique with no known feats. Suketoudara's 5 chain attack in Champions, which does not animate the move.	Champions	Unknown
Spinning Spin Turn スピンターン	A technique with no known feats. Suketoudara's 9 chain attack in Champions, which does not animate the move.	Champions	Unknown
Selfish セルフィシュ	Allows Draco to cure allies or herself of statuses.	Unused in Yon	Unknown

Relationships

Serilly

Suketoudara harbors an infatuation with fellow sea creature Serilly, and while she likes him as well, only he has a romantic view of her.

History

Madou Monogatari series

Suketoudara debuted as a random enemy in Madou Monogatari 123.

Puyo Puyo (1992)

Suketoudara is the second opponent in Scenario mode. As Suketoudara dances, Arle repeatedly tries to talk to him. He eventually gets fed up and starts yelling.

In the English version, he is known as Goby Captain. Silvana claims that he is the weirdest thing that she has ever seen. Goby Captain concludes that Silvana is probably not an intelligent lifeform, and she replies by saying the same about him.

Puyo Puyo Tsu

Suketoudara resides on the fourth floor. He gets offended when Arle calls him ugly and brags on his human legs.

Puyo Puyo Sun

Suketoudara only appears in Arle's story. He hogs an oasis all to himself; however, the other sea creatures object to this and eventually swarm him.

Minna de Puyo Puyo

Whenever Suketoudara talks to Arle, Arle states that she has a sudden craving for seafood.

Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary

His wish is to give everyone the ability to do a solo dance at a dance party.

Puyo Puyo 7

Suketoudara appears in the Himalayas stage in Act 3. As Ringo and Amitie comment on the cold conditions, Ringo notices him, and is shocked at his strangeness. After he is beaten in a Puyo match, he joins Ringo and Amitie on their main quest, accompanying them until the Stonehenge stage.

If Amitie is chosen, Amitie shivers at the cold, and Suketoudara offers her to dance as a way to heat things up, and have a Puyo match. When encountering Rulue he accidentally enrages her by threatening to tell Satan about her violent tendencies. At Area 51, he doubts that Satan changes when he Transforms, Satan responds by initiating a Puyo Battle as “Demonstration”. As he marvels about the Bermuda Triangle, he sees Carbuncle. He notes that it’s unusual that he’s alone, they both have a Puyo Battle. Finally, they all reach Stonehenge, he sees Arle but says something about her seems off. “Arle” tries to convince him that she’s fine with a Puyo Battle. After this stage Ringo is warped away from him and Amitie, however he later reappears before the final battle with Ecolo.

Puyo Puyo!! Quest

For this character's stats in Puyo Puyo!! Quest, see PPQ:Suketoudara and PPQ:Flame Suketoudara.

Suketoudara is available as a red card in this game. He is in the same series with Fufufu and Ocean Prince, having similarly distributed skills and stats.

An identically designed alt, named Flame Suketoudara (炎のすけとうだら) is included as a special grant reward, obtainable from Famitsu App Android No.007.

Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade

Suketoudara is available as a playable character in this game. He is an Attack Type character.

Trivia

• His birthday, April 29th, is International Dance Day.
• In Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche, Frankly and Wispy Woods use his AI strategy.
• He is referred to as Walleye on the back cover of the Neo Geo Pocket Color Puyo Pop.
• Suketoudara appears in every Puyo Puyo game that contains Madou Monogatari's primary antagonists. (Schezo, Rulue, Satan) Thus, he has more appearances than any other Madou Monogatari random enemy excluding the Puyos themselves.
• During the pre-release promotion of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, the English Puyo Puyo Official Twitter account initially claimed that Suketoudara was "a powerful dark magician" in his character spotlight. The tweet was later deleted and reposted, replacing this detail with one about his "powerful dance moves."
• Although Suketoudara debuted as an enemy in Madou Monogatari 123, later Compile games such as Madou Monogatari (Saturn) disregarded the notion that there are more of his kind, presenting him as only an individual character. Beginning with Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, SEGA games have depicted multiple Suketoudara in his cut-in for Funky Wave, as well as appearing in groups as the final battle in stages of Puyo Puyo!! Quest.

Alternate Voices

• • In Puyo Puyo Tetris, his voice becomes higher-pitched, and more reminiscent of Gogotte or Otomo.
    • In the English version, his voice becomes deeper and more suave.
  • In Puyo Puyo Chronicle, his voice becomes lower-pitched. It resembles his Mega Puyo Rush voice in Puyo Puyo 7, but it sounds closer to his regular voice in Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary onwards than that.
  • In Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, Suketoudara's alternate voice is similar to the one heard in the original Puyo Puyo Tetris, though he speaks in a more softer, smoother tone.
    • In the English version, he sounds more gallant and sophisticated.
  • In Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop, Suketoudara's alternate voice is similar to the one heard in the Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, with the more softer, smoother tone.
    • In the English version, his voice becomes deeper and gains a Southern American accent.

Appearances

Puyo Puyo

• Puyo Puyo (1992)
• Puyo Puyo Tsu
• Puyo Puyo Sun
• Puyo Puyo~n
• Puyo Puyo Box
• Minna de Puyo Puyo
• 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 1
• Madou Monogatari: ARS
• Madou Monogatari I (Mega Drive)
• Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Dai Youchienji
• Madou Monogatari (Saturn)

Spinoffs

• Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon
• Puyo Puyo DA!
• Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade

Character profiles

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

Games	Description
	"This fish has the arms and legs of a man, and the intense, unstoppable passion of a dancing maniac." (Sega 3D Classics Collection Manual) "Loves dancing. A fish dancer that is proud of his legs." (Nintendo Switch Sega Ages)
	"A movin', groovin' fish. He brightens everyone's day with his dances and his big personality!"
	"A large fish with arms and legs. Slick moves and cool grooves, 24-7. A little over the top, but you know you love it."
	"A movin’, groovin’ fish with feet. He brightens everyone’s day with his stunning moves!" (Character Select) "The leggiest fish alive! He just loves to dance! " (Adventure Mode Intro)

Character specific mechanics

Puyo Puyo/Tetris

Game	Mode

Super attack

Puyo Puyo~n

Finish: All puyos (excluding nuisance puyo) of the most numerous color will be turned into whatever the second-most numerous color is.

Pocket Puyo Puyo~n

26-Buildup: The opponent's bottom three rows become walls.

Dropset

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16					Puyo
																10	4	2	0	40

Quartet

Pieces																Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16						Puyo
																3	3	3	4	3	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 Suketoudara, the full list is moved to a separate page. See Suketoudara/Chants.

Gallery

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