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

[majora_787]

They could probably just shorten the dress somewhat and possibly have her do partial snake transforming stuff to move. Though that'd be pretty crazy.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

The Medusa wall would mostly only be awesome if it was literally the 8-bit wall sprite with retro sound effects. It'd be like those stars from Super Paper Mario or something. But yeah.

At the very least I think a classic Medusa color scheme would be kind of obligatory. As weird as it would be to see the modern Medusa with green skin and hair and wearing white.

Absolutely, no retro color scheme would be a shame!

Or just have the face more humanoid like her NES sprite. If you can incorporate non-canon material, pre-banishment Medusa from the anime (obviously with the snake hairs intact) would be nice.

With a character like Medusa, it would difficult finding the right outfit for her due to limited appearances.

There's also a really early design from a beta footage from... The wii?

They could probably just shorten the dress somewhat and possibly have her do partial snake transforming stuff to move. Though that'd be pretty crazy.

You make me think that if she doesn't transform into a snake to move, I'd like to see her barefeet, with her feets similar to her hands. That would be neat!

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

There's also a really early design from a beta footage from... The wii?

The beta footage looks very interesting, almost close enough to an HD version of her NES design (minus the darker colors). Sakurai must have felt that she needed to look more flashier with the colored, snarling snakes and slightly Gothic appearance in the final game. The beta design would be an interesting alternate costume.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

The beta footage looks very interesting, almost close enough to an HD version of her NES design (minus the darker colors). Sakurai must have felt that she needed to look more flashier with the colored, snarling snakes and slightly Gothic appearance in the final game. The beta design would be an interesting alternate costume.

It's just some kind of shadow, but I suppose Medusa's Design here was pretty simple. Maybe they thought it should have the same amount of details of Palutena's design.

 

[majora_787]

I dunno. All I know is her dress is at least probably going to have to be shortened for ease of animation instead of having it drag along the ground and having it animate properly in the air.

 

[IsmaR]

Whatever you guys are doing, it's working.

 

[DustyPumpkin]

Whatever you guys are doing, it's working.

We are simply praising the almighty Medusa.
As everyone should.
I wanted a Medusa's Room in Kid Icarus it's not fair cries

 

[Shorts]

What KI stages are confirmed so far?

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

What KI stages are confirmed so far?

So far, we have a battlefield from the Chapter 11 of Uprsing on 3DS, and Palutena's Temple, probably from the Original Kid Icarus (with an Updated Uprising look for Palutena's statue) for the WiiU.

 

[majora_787]

I wish we got one. Like for clearing all of the challenge boards or something. But alas.

EDIT: I still think the stages are awkward. Chapter 11 is just such a... I don't know. Bizarre choice for a stage. I am pretty sure there are more noteworthy places in Medusa's castle than "a structure in the war during chapter 11 near where the reset bomb goes off". Though Palutena's Temple works fine since it would make sense for Pit, Palutena, and Medusa to be there at all. Chapter 11, not so much.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

I wish we got one. Like for clearing all of the challenge boards or something. But alas.

EDIT: I still think the stages are awkward. Chapter 11 is just such a... I don't know. Bizarre choice for a stage. I am pretty sure there are more noteworthy places in Medusa's castle than "a structure in the war during chapter 11 near where the reset bomb goes off". Though Palutena's Temple works fine since it would make sense for Pit, Palutena, and Medusa to be there at all. Chapter 11, not so much.

Well, there's some stages like that. Like DK's stage in Brawl, or the Fire Emblem one wich is just "generic castle". Also, Pokéfloats
Again, I think it's to give Viridi an appearance in the game, and to have a nice hazard (the reset bomb). Having this stage doesn't lock it for being the only 3DS Kid Icarus stage!

 

[majora_787]

I guess that's true, but I just think it's a weird choice. Though Viridi showing up in the background is interesting. I kind of hope we see Cragalanche making a cameo, but that all has nothing to do with Medusa. Unless it's like a Star Fox stage where characters like Viridi, Hades, or Medusa show up in the background for conversations triggered by Kid Icarus characters.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Considering that Sakurai has a severe fetish for Viridi, the 3DS stage's choice wasn't that surprising.

 

[majora_787]

Well we're not much better if the thread keeps making Medusa sideboob jokes every page or two.

 

[IsmaR]

The sideboob giveth, and the sideboob taketh.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

The sideboob giveth, and the sideboob taketh.

Well, that explains why the game was given an E+10 rating along with a few other factors (Hades saying hell, more suggestive females, Pit talking about steaming buns, ect).

 

[majora_787]

It's still kind of weird to realize that Medusa seems to be the only serious character in a mythology full of dorks. I mean okay Magnus is serious-ish, but he's used usually for comedy with Pit. Dark Pit as well. Medusa is just going to be the Diana of Smash Bros. I imagine.

 

[Deleted member]

Did someone say.....sideboob?

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Did someone say.....sideboob?

*Raise hand*

It's still kind of weird to realize that Medusa seems to be the only serious character in a mythology full of dorks. I mean okay Magnus is serious-ish, but he's used usually for comedy with Pit. Dark Pit as well. Medusa is just going to be the Diana of Smash Bros. I imagine.

Well I guess at least a serious character was something needed! (also, who is Diana?)

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Did someone say.....sideboob?

Is it wrong that I've read this in Peter Griffin's voice?

 

[Dinoman96]

Chronobound recently did an anaylsis on KI newcomers, and he said this about Medusa:

http://smashboards.com/threads/the-...-series-analysis-are-up.336325/#post-15506095

Medusa is the goddess of darkness in the universe of Kid Icarus. She was the main villain in the first installment to the series, and returned as a major antagonist in Uprising. Like Pit and Palutena, she also received a major re-design from her original appearance. She is probably the most wanted Kid Icarus newcomer outside of Palutena, however, despite this, her chances are much less than that of Palutena. She has far less prominence in Uprising, and the series in general, than Palutena does. Medusa’s only chance for playable status is if Sakurai likes Palutena’s moveset so much he decides to make Medusa into a luigi-fied clone based off of her. Other than that, other possible roles for Medusa in Smash 4 include a boss fight, an Assist Trophy, a trophy, and a sticker.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Chronobound recently did an anaylsis on KI newcomers, and he said this about Medusa:

http://smashboards.com/threads/the-...-series-analysis-are-up.336325/#post-15506095

Medusa? A Luigified Palutena?

 

[majora_787]

Diana is a female antagonistic character from League of Legends who is so serious that even when she tells a joke, it's something along the lines of... "A man, a woman and a yordle walk into the sun. They die! Because it burns them alive?" and "Knock, knock. Who's there? The moon. ... it's far away! You were alone the whole time!" Pinnacle of comedy right there.

I dunno how we're deciding prominence here. "In general"? Was Peach more prominent than Bowser in the original Mario Bros. game? Just wondering. And really, Medusa has more unique thematic capabilities from the rest of the roster that she is less likely to be a luigified clone of anything than Palutena is. So that's silly.

And really, as I've said before, whether Palutena is a more major component in Uprising nearly depends on if you think Navi is a more major character than Zant. A "helper" character who at some point after beating a major antagonist leaves to be replaced by another "helper" who does the exact same job just as well while they go be a damsel in distress, and the first arc antagonist who has the biggest chunk of the story who then shows up again to punch Hades' head off in the final battle.

The 'prominence' and 'importance' thing are a little shaky, especially when you say one is "WAAAAY more prominent or important than the other".

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Medusa? A Luigified Palutena?

Isn't because share similar body proportions with Palutena like the Ganondorf situation?

But all jokes aside, it shouldn't be that hard for Medusa to have mostly original attacks and motions.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Isn't because share similar body proportions with Palutena like the Ganondorf situation?

But all jokes aside, it shouldn't be that hard for Medusa to have mostly original attacks and motions.

In that case, Snake is a Luigified Link, as they both throw explosives

 

[majora_787]

Medusa is obviously going to be a luigified Snake, of anything.

geddit

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

Medusa is obviously going to be a luigified Snake, of anything.

geddit

So... Medusa using grenades and bazookas with tiny Luigi caps on every snakes head?

 

[DustyPumpkin]

It's still kind of weird to realize that Medusa seems to be the only serious character in a mythology full of dorks. I mean okay Magnus is serious-ish, but he's used usually for comedy with Pit. Dark Pit as well. Medusa is just going to be the Diana of Smash Bros. I imagine.

Diana?

 

[majora_787]

I explained it a few posts up, but I'll quote myself here.

Diana is a female antagonistic character from League of Legends who is so serious that even when she tells a joke, it's something along the lines of... "A man, a woman and a yordle walk into the sun. They die! Because it burns them alive?" and "Knock, knock. Who's there? The moon. ... it's far away! You were alone the whole time!" Pinnacle of comedy right there.

Also the joke was Snake is called Snake, and Medusa has... yeah. On second thought it's a bit of a stretch and is just going to lead to "Naked Medusa" jokes inevitably so let's not.

 

[Erotic&Heretic]

I forgot there was a character named "Naked Snake" actually. But let's stick to the sideboob running gag

Oh, just a question about Medusa as a playable character: As a grab, do you prefer a classic grab or a grab similar to Link, but with a Snake? I guess the idea is a bit farfetched, but can be fun.

 

[DustyPumpkin]

Oooh, and here we were talking about her putting tiny hats on her Snakes.

Edit: I'd actually really like it if one of her snakes extended forward for her grab.

 

[IsmaR]

Lucas already has the Rope Snake Grab. If she held them in place with either her staff or hair to differentiate, it'd be neat.

Also, speaking of Snakes.

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[Erotic&Heretic]

Lucas already has the Rope Snake Grab. If she held them in place with either her staff or hair to differentiate, it'd be neat.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about Lucas' grab. Proof that I never play him ._.

Also, speaking of Snakes.

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I'll take the white skinned ones

 

[DustyPumpkin]

Oh, yeah, I forgot about Lucas' grab. Proof that I never play him ._.

How about she pulls them in with her staff and then the snakes grab hold of them?

 

[majora_787]

To a point I think it would be cooler to see not even necessarily a snake grab but more of a magic bind grab, and maybe using snakes in her throws.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Lucas already has the Rope Snake Grab. If she held them in place with either her staff or hair to differentiate, it'd be neat.

Also, speaking of Snakes.

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I loved the Year of the Snake. Too bad it's the Year of the Bronies Horse this year. Good thing there aren't that many horse themed Kid Icarus characters.

 

[majora_787]

Dyntos could probably make a horse. And if we get the right newcomers, Medusa could ride on Ridley's back like he's a horse.

 

[TeamFlareZakk]

Well, I found a cute Medusa.

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I was also thinking Pandora would make a good Assist Trophy.

 

[Welshy91]

Lucas already has the Rope Snake Grab. If she held them in place with either her staff or hair to differentiate, it'd be neat.

Also, speaking of Snakes.

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The one on the right with the two x chromosomes, whodat?

 

[IsmaR]

The one on the right with the two x chromosomes, whodat?

Ekans.

Alisfieze Fateburn the XVI.​