Queen of the Underworld: Vote for Medusa's Homecoming Party!

[Erotic&Heretic]

Now that you're the new owner @ Erotic&Heretic , I expect the OP to get a complete redesign.

With sideboobs!

It will maybe be not complete at first, but once I'll post it (I'm rewriting the OP right now), feel free to criticize it and suggest modifications!

 

[majora_787]

The thread is returning after 25 years accompanied by a festive bloodbath.

... Well okay it hasn't been 25 years, but this thread IS a couple of years old.

 

[Aurora Jenny]

Dang it. Put me down for support. It's a long shot on whether KI gets two reps but if it does, Medusa has it.

 

[DustyPumpkin]

Pre Sure Erotic&Heretic is Medusa

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

How dare you reveal my secret identity, you mere mortal!

(damn, this makes me want to change username, if it's possible)

 

[IsmaR]

You'd have to get Premium for that. And @Medusa is probably already taken.

Huh. Apparently it isn't.

 

[AncientTobacco]

Congrats to the new thread owner.

I hope the OP's transformation will be as drastic as Medusa's.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

OP changed! With an incomplete support list!

Edit: Planning to change the title to: ""What better way to celebrate my return than with a festive little Smash Bros?" Medusa's thread!", What do you think?

 

[AncientTobacco]

OP changed! With an incomplete support list!

Edit: Planning to change the title to: ""What better way to celebrate my return than with a festive little Smash Bros?" Medusa's thread!", What do you think?

Looks great! (Apart from a few spelling/grammar errors here and there). Nice job on the ability gifs and overall design.

Regarding the title... I think the current one is perfect. First the name of the character, then her titles. It gives you a pretty good idea on who she is and what she does.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Yes, I should re-read it and correct it. (not to sound narcissistic, but I think I did a great job as a frenchie )

Edit: corrected some words. There may be some more errors, though

Edit 2: I realise the Title I proposed would be better for the moment she is revealed.

Edit 3: Added a gif at the begining of the post, and two gifs about Medusa's abilities.

 

[majora_787]

Oh hey. Smashboards is actually working again. And hey, the OP is getting touched up. :D Lookin' good.

And yeah, Erotic&Heretic is definitely Medusa.

 

[Deleted member]

How dare you reveal my secret identity, you mere mortal!

(damn, this makes me want to change username, if it's possible)

Medusa, y u hate humanity so much?

 

[AncientTobacco]

I've been wondering... Does Medusa have her own theme?

It seems pretty much every main character in Uprising does, but there isn't anything explicitly called "Medusa's theme" at least. There's "Medusa's Final Battle" but for the most part it's basically the same song as "Lord of the Underworld". The boss theme that plays during the battle against Medusa also plays when you fight Palutena. So is there anything unique to Medusa?

 

[8-peacock-8]

I support Medusa.

I've been wondering... Does Medusa have her own theme?

 

[AncientTobacco]

There's the NES theme, yeah. But the rest of those aren't unique to Medusa. Boss Battle 2 plays during the Palutena battle as well and "Medusa appears" sounds like a remix of Hades's theme. When does that even play?

 

[8-peacock-8]

There's the NES theme, yeah. But the rest of those aren't unique to Medusa. Boss Battle 2 plays during the Palutena battle as well and "Medusa appears" sounds like a remix of Hades's theme. When does that even play?

Boss Battle 2 and the NES final boss theme are the closest you'll ever get.

 

[AncientTobacco]

Boss Battle 2 and the NES final boss theme are the closest you'll ever get.

I guess so.

It's just weird how there's a Palutena theme, Hades theme, Viridi theme, Dark Pit theme and even a Magnus theme but nothing for Medusa.

 

[majora_787]

Well, I dunno. I usually associate Boss 2 with Medusa since that's where it's first used.

 

[8-peacock-8]

It also sounds more like a Medusa theme.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Medusa is just too cool to have a theme

The boss battle theme 2 is really fine, as it is actually used during Medusa's Battle, but it also use an arrangement of the original Underworld theme (from 0:48 to 1:02). It's not the same melody, but you still recognize it.

Personally, I always associate Medusa to this theme, though it's more a galvanizing theme for Pit as it is his (presumably) final battle. The only downside is the Dark Pit's theme part (I do like Dark Pit's Theme, but I think his musical leitmotif is heard a bit too much in the game)
The first part of the theme is also heard during chapter 23.

 

[majora_787]

If only it had a space jam remix.

Well, either way. A lot of characters in Uprising go without their own themes, or at the very least themes are re-used a lot. Boss 2 is probably one of the closest we'll get, with Medusa's Final Battle and Medusa Appears honorable mentions.

 

[IsmaR]

OP changed! With an incomplete support list!

Fantastic job. See I trusted the thread to the right person.

Edit: Planning to change the title to: ""What better way to celebrate my return than with a festive little Smash Bros?" Medusa's thread!", What do you think?

Well it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. As @ AncientTobacco said, the titles seem good to reinforce her importance. Maybe add something about the "Kid Icarus Triforce" in place of the 2nd one?

 

[BombKirby]

If they need another villain for smash, I was betting for Medusa. If they have room I won't be surprised if she's included.

 

[majora_787]

There's always more room for characters who get called 'too big'.

 

[Popo Nana Power]

Hmm, I'm betting Palutena will be chosen. While Medusa would certainly be the #2 choice for a another KI rep, it doesn't seem likely they'd add 2 more when the last game was the first Kid Icarus game in 20 years.

I would like her added though, she's pretty cool and she's be the first female villain. Also the first goth...

If they get any new Kid Icarus games in the meantime though, I could certainly see her being added for a possible SSB6.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Added 8-Peacock-8 to the support list, as I forgot him twice like an idiot, and corrected three dead links in the pictures.

It should be time that I try making a moveset... Or should I say, translate it from French.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Added 8-Peacock-8 to the support list, as I forgot him twice like an idiot, and corrected three dead links in the pictures.

It should be time that I try making a moveset... Or should I say, translate it from French.

Feel free to have it in a language that most users read or type here.

Also, the new OP is just as seductive as our favorite gorgon goddess.

 

[majora_787]

Hmm, I'm betting Palutena will be chosen. While Medusa would certainly be the #2 choice for a another KI rep, it doesn't seem likely they'd add 2 more when the last game was the first Kid Icarus game in 20 years.

I would like her added though, she's pretty cool and she's be the first female villain. Also the first goth...

If they get any new Kid Icarus games in the meantime though, I could certainly see her being added for a possible SSB6.

If they didn't care for Kid Icarus due to the fast that it only had two games in 20 years, I don't know why they would put it out there with the rest of the Original 8 franchises excluding Yoshi, and and I definitely don't know why they would give Kid Icarus such an amount of incoming content like they have been. Even though I think Medusa could be the first pick as well as Palutena could due to her "surprise" factor and the fact that she's just better suited to being in the game when it comes down to it, there's no reason why we can't get two newcomers.

And also, if number of games mattered, we wouldn't have Ness and Lucas.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

In theory, it's the Ice Climbers game that is "over represented", with 2 characters for one game

But does "over representation" exist? In Melee, we had 4 new characters for the Zelda franchise (well, two clones among them... ), and the serie had only 6 games at that time. And 3 of them are represented: OoT, M'sM and Zelda 2. We also had 2 Starfox characters for 2 games, 4 pokémons for 2 generations of games...

Obviously, I know the context was different back in 2001...

 

[Arcadenik]

Have anyone considered Medusa's fighting style to be based on Snake Kung Fu?

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Considering Kid Icarus is mainly based on Greek Mythology, it would look very weird.

 

[majora_787]

In theory, it's the Ice Climbers game that is "over represented", with 2 characters for one game

But does "over representation" exist? In Melee, we had 4 new characters for the Zelda franchise (well, two clones among them... ), and the serie had only 6 games at that time. And 3 of them are represented: OoT, M'sM and Zelda 2. We also had 2 Starfox characters for 2 games, 4 pokémons for 2 generations of games...

Obviously, I know the context was different back in 2001...

I never even noticed that. Wow.

But really yeah I don't think Sakurai thinks that way. People just divulge their roster preferences that way. Although, I imagine Sakurai sees problems with doing things like he did for Metroid where it has two characters who are the same character in different outfits but MARKETED as different characters, OR the problem with neglecting classic franchise antagonists like K. Rool, Ridley, and Medusa even though that adds a LOT to the entire point of Smash Bros. as a Nintendo history crossover fighter whatever you call it.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

I never even noticed that. Wow.

But really yeah I don't think Sakurai thinks that way. People just divulge their roster preferences that way. Although, I imagine Sakurai sees problems with doing things like he did for Metroid where it has two characters who are the same character in different outfits but MARKETED as different characters, OR the problem with neglecting classic franchise antagonists like K. Rool, Ridley, and Medusa even though that adds a LOT to the entire point of Smash Bros. as a Nintendo history crossover fighter whatever you call it.

Sure, I may think too much about it. Not saying it actually have meanings, it's just a statement.

Also, for a Metroid interlude, with Ridley appearing as a boss character on the pyrosphere, and 3 legendary assist trophies (the Metroid, Mother Brain and Dark Samus), I think Sakurai is trying to compensate Metroid's lack of representation in previous games (though it was not that bad: two Ridley bosses, Kraid as a stage hazard...). That's the problem with Metroid: the lack of adaptable, unique, important characters. It's quite hard to find those 3 traits in Metroid Characters, except for Samus of course. (I do think Ridley is better as a boss, like Hades for example. But we are not here to debate if Ridley should be playable or not.)

That was the Metroid interlude :D

Edit: I'm still searching an idea for the thread's title. Sure it says who is Medusa, but I think it lack some punch. Not to mention a particular uppercut...

 

[majora_787]

We obviously need a gif of the uppercut with the word "FATALITY" plastered over it.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Well, I do have made a gif of the said uppercut... Now, we just need to add the "Fatality"

Spoiler

 

[8-peacock-8]

Personally, I hope we get another Kirby situation with Kid Icarus. (Get two more characters just because.)

 

[majora_787]

Personally, I hope we get another Kirby situation with Kid Icarus. (Get two more characters just because.)

With the way Kid Icarus has been showcased with the rest of the original 8 minus Yoshi, I wouldn't be surprised if we did. Not to mention, Kid Icarus ended up in Sakurai's hands just like Kirby did, and the revival is all because of him and Smash Bros.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Personally, I hope we get another Kirby situation with Kid Icarus. (Get two more characters just because.)

Well, there's no evidences, but as Majora said, Kid Icarus is now part of the "G8" of Smash Bros, Kid Icarus seems well represented in every aspects (stages, items, ennemies in Smash Run...), and also Kirby and Mother (2 games Hal Laboratory worked on) have good representation in Smash already. So we can clearly hope.

Also, only series in the original 8 had 3 or more characters so far (not all of them).

With the way Kid Icarus has been showcased with the rest of the original 8 minus Yoshi, I wouldn't be surprised if we did. Not to mention, Kid Icarus ended up in Sakurai's hands just like Kirby did, and the revival is all because of him and Smash Bros.

And if the revival is because of Smash, it would be bad to not celebrate that with a festive little bloodbath

 

[Popo Nana Power]

If they didn't care for Kid Icarus due to the fast that it only had two games in 20 years, I don't know why they would put it out there with the rest of the Original 8 franchises excluding Yoshi, and and I definitely don't know why they would give Kid Icarus such an amount of incoming content like they have been. Even though I think Medusa could be the first pick as well as Palutena could due to her "surprise" factor and the fact that she's just better suited to being in the game when it comes down to it, there's no reason why we can't get two newcomers.

And also, if number of games mattered, we wouldn't have Ness and Lucas.

Hmm...Those're pretty good points, I guess. I guess I could see that happening. I'd honestly prefer her over Palutena because she's a villain...

 

[majora_787]

Hmm...Those're pretty good points, I guess. I guess I could see that happening. I'd honestly prefer her over Palutena because she's a villain...

Classic villains are always good for a crossover like this. But hey, if we're lucky we'll get both.