Carbuncle

From Puyo Nexus

Carbuncle is the ridiculously happy mascot of the Puyo Puyo games. Also known as Car-kun, Kaa-kun or Carby. He used to be the pet of Satan in Madou Monogatari 2 but stuck around with Arle ever since. He has a tendency to wander off in search of adventure, thus creating many wacky situations. His primary purpose is to dance around his little box on the playing field, pop the puyo that starts each match, and just generally be goofy. He's also usually a hidden playable character, and despite his size/cuteness, he can fire a laser from his forehead.

Carbuncle is also the secret boss of Puyo Puyo Fever, being part of Ms. Accord's super secret back-up plan should anyone discover who Popoi was and that her flying cane was never missing. He has the most massive piece set in the game, and his A.I. rivals that of even Accord and Popoi themselves! Carbuncle can usually score an all clear within his first 3-5 peices, depending on the number of colours.

He returns as a both solo character and a partner for Arle in Puyo Puyo 7. He accompanied Dark Arle throughout the game as well, as he has fun being evil. He also appears at the Bermuda Triangle, where he challenges Ringo, Amitie, and Suketoudara solo. He then appears with Dark Arle again, and then stays with Arle for the remainder of the story. Carbuncle is the only character (not counting Skeleton T.'s form of "henshin") who exhibits no change in either design or voice in henshin, he remains completely identical. However, he is one out of 3 whom hardly changes, with Dark Arle and Satan being the other two.

Despite everything, all three Carbuncles have a different appearance, and all three of them con be battling at the same time, provided three players pick Arle, Dark Arle and Carbuncle himself. In the Wii and PSP versions, the Carbuncle following Arle was modified to resemble the the retro design used for the solo Carbuncle, completely removing any reference to the fever design.

In Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, a Western adoption of Puyo Puyo, he is known as Has-Bean. He was dummied out of Kirby's Avalance, The western version of Super Puyo Puyo, and replaced with Kirby himself.

Appearances

• Madou Monogatari: 2-3
• Madou Monogatari: ARS
• Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Dai Youchienji
• Madoh Monogatari
• Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon
• Arle's Adventure
• Puyo Puyo
• Puyo Puyo TSU
• Puyo Puyo SUN
• Puyo Puyo~n
• Puyo Puyo Fever
• Puyo Puyo Fever 2
• Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
• Puyo Puyo 7
• Puyo Puyo Box
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
• Rulue's Spring Break

Character specific mechanics

Game	Dropset																Total				Total puyo over 16 drops
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pair	L	Double	Giant
Fever																	6	4	3	3	48
Puyo 7																	6	4	3	3	48

Characters
Ms. Accord • Amitie • Arle Nadja • Carbuncle • Draco Centauros • Feli • Harpy • Klug • Lemres • Ocean Prince • Popoi • Raffine • Rider • Rulue • Satan • Schezo Wegey • Seriri • Sig • Witch • Yu • Zoh Daimaoh