Translation Notes:

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     The word "Puyo" (the blob like creatures in the game) use to be the plural form to
describe more than one. Starting with "Puyo Puyo Tetris", this was changed to "Puyos". The
translation team decided that since the older Puyo games that were officially translated
into English used the "Puyo" plural form, it made sense to stick with that.

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     The "Gray Puyo" have been called "Nuisance Puyo" or "Garbage Puyo" in official and fan
English translations. The translation team decided to use "Garbage Puyo" since it was easier
to say, and seems to be the most common term to use.   

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     The Japanese voice clips "FIRE!", "YATTA NA!", and "PUYO PUYO!" have not been changed.
While it would be possible to replace them with English voice clips, it was agreed by the
translation team to keep them as they are in order to preserve the original voice clips.

To summarize what is being said:

        - "Fire (ファイヤー)" is said by Arle during a 2-chain. This is one of Arle's spells
          that she learned from the "Madō Monogatari" series.
        - "Yatta Na (やったな～)" is said by the opponent during a 2-chain. This Japanese
          phase is used to express excitement, which roughly translates to "I did it!".
        - "Puyo Puyo (ぷよぷよ)" is said by Arle during the title screen. It is her saying
          the name of the game.

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     The kanji character "茶 (Cha)" can be seen on Skelton-T's cup (LESSON 1). This translates
to "Tea". While it would be possible to edit this graphic, the translation team decided that
changing this would lose the charm and personality of the character, and since the player would
not need to know what the kanji character means, this has been left untranslated.

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     The character Satan (STAGE 13) goes by the name "Dark Prince" in the Puyo games that
have been officially translated into English. This is most likely done to avoid any religious
references. The translation team preferred to use his original name since there is no reason
to worry about censorship, along with the fact other fan translation have also used his
original name.

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     The name of Skyapodes (STAGE 3) was originally called "Sukiyapodes". A few notes on
his original name:
        - The CAST in the original game displayed his name as "Sukiyapotes". This was likely
          a romanization error as the Japanese kana for "t" sounds and "d" sounds are nearly
          identical.
        - The "Sukiya Podes" on this wiki (https://puyonexus.com/wiki/Sukiya_Podes) is
          ABOSOLETLY WRONG! My guess is that "Puyo Puyo 2" had to split the word due to
          amount of space on the text box, so some websites write it out like this.
        - Fan translations prefer to leave it as "Sukiyapodes".

     Since this is a transliteration of the Greek word "skiapods" (the mythical one-foot
creatures), it made more sense to translate "スキヤポデス (Sukiyapodes)" as "Skyapodes".

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     So Schezo Wegey (STAGE 10) refers to himself as a "魔導師 (Madoushi)". This term is
used when referring to a person with magical powers. This can be translated to one of the
following in English:
        - Wizard/Witch
        - Mage
        - Sorcerer
        - Magician

     It is really up to the translator on which one to use. The thing is, the Puyo games that
have been officially translated (or just the manuals) are not consistent, and refer to him as
a Wizard, Mage, or Magician (https://puyonexus.com/wiki/Schezo_Wegey#Character_profiles).

     The translation team felt that "Mage" would be the best term to use since Puyo Puyo is
set in a fantasy medieval world, so it would make more sense to use Mage when talking about
someone with magical powers.

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     The HOW TO PLAY/TUTOTIAL section is exactly the same as the Arcade version. This means
the text talks about using the joystick and one button, despite the fact you are using a 
controller with a d-pad and three main buttons.

     While the text could have been altered to reflect these changes, the translation team
felt that if the original team couldn't be bothered to make the changes, then we didn't need
to either.

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     The translators Lost in Localization mentioned that some of the names from the Original
Staff should be updated to stick with the Western name order (first name, then the surname).

     Here are the ones that were updated:
        - M・TSUKAMOTO > M. TSUKAMOTO
        - HYOHJU MU- > MU-HYOUJU
        - TOKIFURU MORITA(21) > TOKIFURU MORITA (21)
        - SONCHOH-SAWA> SAWA SONCHOU
        - K・YOSHINAKA > K. YOSHINAKA
        - M・TSUKAMOTO(MATS) > M. TSUKAMOTO (MATS)

     Cases where the ・ (interpunct) are used, these have been replaced with a period and
a space. This was also done in "Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine", so those changes make
sense.

     A space has been put before the open bracket to separate them from the surname.

     With "SAWA SONCHOU", Sawa is her first name, and Sonchou is her surname.

     With "MU-HYOUJU", later games like "Knights in the Nightmare" display her name
like this, so it made sense to do the same.

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