It really seems like the Puyo Pop Fever translators were pretty confused about Arleās gender.
My curiosity started when I was playing Puyo Pop Fever in Spanish (as one does) and noticed that Arle introduces herself using the masculine form of ānice to meet youā (encantado) instead of the feminine form (encantada).
I figured it was just unique to the Spanish version, since the French version correctly uses the feminine form (enchantĆ©e) instead of the masculine form (enchantĆ©). (P.S.: I couldnāt find any gendered forms in the other language versions.)
But turns out, the English version also made that mistake. You see, the DS version of PPF has post-game win quotes like in PPF2, and Amitieās quote after beating Arle uses āheā for her.
All this confusion is probably due to the fact that, famously, Arle has used the first-person pronoun å (boku), which is usually reserved for men and boys. Klug and Lemres also use that pronoun. It also helps that itās probably the first time these translation teams have even heard of Puyo Puyo, because of its obscurity before Fever, as well as between Fever and Puyo Puyo Tetris.
The Feeble Western Mind cannot comprehend the bokukko. /j















