"In addition to the thrilling feeling when you erase the PUYO PUYOs, the action of sending them to your adversary's side to obstruct him in this highly competitive videogame further increases the excitement." Like many of Sega's early '90s bilingual arcade flyers, the English text on the first game's flyers vary from overly literal to nearly gibberish.Garbage Puyos drop in sets of 30 because 30 Puyos was the original garbage cap in the MSX2 and Famicom Disk System versions of the game.Rulue does not have a vocal catchphrase in any version except Puyo Puyo CD (which features new voice work across the board) because she is not actually a boss encounter in the original versions of Madou Monogatari 1-2-3, where almost all of the vocal samples come from.
Aside from that and a few added features (counter-clockwise rotation, difficulty levels in 2P mode, Endless mode) everything else about the Mega Drive port is the same as it was in the initial release, down to an AI glitch involving a second controller that had required an arcade revision to fix.
Almost all of the voice acting had to be cut as it was made possible by the extra sound hardware in the Sega System C-2. Arcade-Perfect Port: The Mega Drive version just misses the mark.American Kirby Is Hardcore: The English version has this in spades, changing the loose plot to Silvana protecting her home from the forces of the Black Kingdom, making Silvana have a lot more Badass Boasting, and changing several of the characters to become more Obviously Evil.Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, where Sega's American branch decided to have the game redone with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog villains, and Kirby's Avalanche, where Nintendo had the game fitted with Kirby characters. This game is the source of two Dolled Up Installments: Dr. Curiously, the Game Gear port has an English version named Puzlow Kids that appears when the game is loaded into a non-Japanese system, despite the game never officially being released outside of Japan. The only lasting impact of this version is the Bowdlerization of Satan to Dark Prince, which extends to most other English releases the next localized Puyo Puyo game, the Neo Geo Pocket Color port of Tsu, uses every other characters' original names. This English version changes almost all of the character names, replaces the original Madou Monogatari 1-2-3 voice acting with English equivalents, censors Harpy ("Dark Elf" in this version) by removing her angelic wings, and adds a different story where Arle Nadja (now Silvana), battles the Dark Prince (Satan) and his Black Kingdom. More importantly, it would set the stage for a sequel, Puyo Puyo Tsu, that would put the competitive puzzle sub-genre on the map.Īn English version was produced for the European market, but was so obscure that almost all information regarding its release was lost to time in fact, when MAME's contributors first discovered and dumped the game from bootleg hardware, fans assumed that the localization itself was a bootleg, a misconception that lasted all the way until the release of Sega Ages Puyo Puyo for the Nintendo Switch. However, Agatha's maintain ties to Wanda throughout her life.The game would become a hit, especially once it was ported to the Mega Drive and Super Famicom, and completely supplanted the 1991 game as the one commonly referred to as the "first" game. According to Marvel, Agatha continued to mentor Wanda until her courtship and marriage to Vision. Agatha's mentorship of Wanda is rooted in the witch's desire to help her charge deal with the unstable nature of her powers. She performs the function of nanny to Franklin Richards. Agatha is also a governess, mentor, and instructor in the practice of magic. However, Agatha is more than merely a witch. This is only the beginning of her story.Īccording to Marvel, Agatha's powers include casting precognitive, communicative, analytical, or manipulative spells.
In her departure from Salem, a group of witches follows, and they eventually form their own coven and build the city of New Salem. Firestar plays an essential role in Agatha's decision to leave Salem, Massachusetts, starting her own coven and town. However, a time traveler named Firestar enters Agatha's life and becomes pivotal to her arc. However, she is said to have ties with the Witches of Salem. She is ageless as there is no pinpoint to her beginnings. Agatha has been penned as one of Earth's most powerful witches in the Marvel Universe.