The Living Raptor on Sesame Street....Big Bird!
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Man....it's been a long time since we have done anything for Big Bird. I did have a few ideas for animal/major holiday-themed Legacy Skins but since we did do a Legacy Skin for Ty Rux cosplaying as a bird character being Chica...why not do the opposite with Big Bird dressing up as his ancestors? Plus, this Legacy Skin also kind of references the
Between the Lions episode
Tweet, Tweet where Big Bird made a cameo in, and that
Between the Lions episode was all about dinosaurs! Big Bird gains dinosaur claws as well as more of a dinosaur-like skull. He will have orange feathers similar to the dinosaur Herb from
Sesame Street. The letters in his Light Up and Neutral Special have a more prehistoric look to them AND the letters are based on prehistoric dinosaurs/animals that begin with that letter so the A would be an apatosaurus, P for pterodactyl, T for tyrannosaurus, etc. The attack is not changed but the visual effect is different. After Big Bird gets a KO, Herb will appear and say "Nice job!" to you for a job well done! Overall, a fun Legacy Skin for the main bird himself.
My one legacy skin submission for this is tied to the animal/major holiday theme:
Christmas Cat and the Spirits of Nature Present & Nature Yet To Come
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This Legacy Skin is really one big reference to Nature Cat's Christmas Special episode,
A Nature Carol. In a dark alternate future, Nature Cat has become so obsessed with Christmas that he even stops caring about Nature, declaring himself "Christmas Cat"! As such, this skin contains many Christmas-themed effects replacing his original ones, such as swinging from Christmas tree lights rather than a vine for his up special. Even the stage hazards he controls are given Christmas flairs (instead of studying nature, he is now wondering how the area can be even more "Christmasy"). Accompanying him are the Spirits of Nature Present and Nature Yet To Come (who
swear that they
aren't Squeeks and Hal, respectively), hoping to set Fred back on the right path. Both have a green and purple glow respectively when they are summoned in the attacks that use them. For the lucky RNG "Shoryuken" attack, Squeeks will don a Santa outfit instead of a Ryu one. While using the outfit, the Easter Egg "Nature Analysis" also isn't available, but a Nature Cat in his normal outfit has a special conversation when playing against this version of him (making the Nature Cat mirror match the only singular character with two Nature Analysis conversations).
His victory animation is even completely different, and much more tragic: In a darker version of the victory stage, Fred wins the same comically-large trophy (now filled with a bunch of Christmas presents) and is excited at first, but then starts to become sad and lonely, as he has lost all his friends due to his obsession turning him into a jerk. Other characters' loss animations don't even play here; he is truly all alone now. His loss animation is also different though, and is opposite in tone: His loss in the match causes Fred to snap out of his obsession, and now realizing what he needs to do to make amends, quickly puts his original outfit back on and runs off confidently to set things right.
Legacy skin based on animal/holiday
Halloween Xavier Riddle
I only decided to settle with Xavier Riddle since he has yet to receive one, and Cyborg Sun submitted a Christmas legacy skin, so I figured I'd submit one for the other biggest well-known holiday, Halloween! For this one, it turn's Xavier's hoodie orange and his head becomes a Jack O'Lantern. He also emits an orange glow from time to time and some of his attacks can summon ghosts or bats!
I will close the Legacy Skin job now. The fifth website game will be Elinor Wonder Why: Soup's Up! Congrats to
Cyborg Sun
for that fun addition. Also, the three Legacy Skins I submitted besides the animal/major holiday one will join the Nature Cat update. We need to vote on an animal/major holiday skin now. Please vote for your top 2 Legacy Skins but you can only put your own in second!
Animal/Major Holiday Major Skins
The Living Raptor on Sesame Street....Big Bird!
AlteredBeast
Christmas Cat and the Spirits of Nature Present & Nature Yet To Come
Cyborg Sun
Halloween Xavier Riddle
PopCultureCorn
Now, onto the next two jobs!
Job 440:
Submit a multiplayer mode to join PBS Kids: Brawltime! to join the Nature Cat update. It has been a long time since we have added any sort of new multiplayer mode but I feel now would be an appropriate time to do so.
Side Job:
Submit a reveal trailer script for Nature Cat! He can be revealed in a PBS Kids: Brawltime! presentation or even at another gaming event.
Get submitting and use your imagination!
Legacy Skins Votes:
1. Christmas Cat and Christmas Spirits (I love how much has changed for Nature Cat to give him a "premium" style Legacy Skin here.)
2. Living Raptor Big Bird (Self-vote but Big Bird needs another Legacy Skin!)
All the Legacy Skin ideas are great as always.
Multiplayer Mode
Dash's Crazy Party
Inspired by
Smash Remix's Random Knockback mode and other special modes in
Super Smash Bros Melee comes Dash's Crazy Party. Here, you and three friends can play a fight but...some odd things happen. Events happening such as the knockback changing, everyone getting a little bit of damage throughout the battle, items spawning everywhere, etc. It's a crazy battle! You can play up to a number of wins such as (First to 5 wins, 7 wins, or 10 wins). Also, may I mention that you can switch the fighter throughout the Crazy Party so you're not locked to one fighter. The first player to get to the number of wins is the champion of Dash's Crazy Party!
Nature Cat Trailer
A Nature Quest in The Wild
We start with a montage of all the characters revealed fighting on the stages and what with then the PBS Kids: Brawltime! logo appearing with all the base game characters plus the two free bonus characters, all the Learner's Pass Vol. 1 fighters and Curious George.
Then, we cut to some sort of grassy plains similar to Hyrule Field in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and then we see Announcer Bunny dressed up as an elf of some form like you see in fantasy-based ARPGs in some sort of 3D style animation similar to ARPG games from the 2010s (think Skyrim, Breath of the Wild, etc.) The dialogue appears as subtitles on the bottom similar to modern-day ARPG games.
Announcer Bunny: Hear ye, hear ye! AAAAAAAA-nouncer Bunny hear to tell ye all, we have thy new fighter joining thy grand tournament of thy Brawltime Party! Ye are right now in thy game: Nature Quest: Fight for the Wild. Somewhere on thou grassy plains lies thy great warrior! Let us see whom shall encounter thou fighter!
Announcer Bunny sees some warriors coming.
Announcer Bunny: Oh look, here thy come now!
We see the Kratt Bros in more medieval-like garb, Arthur in some Renaissance-era-esque clothing with the crown he won at that medieval fair, and the wombats in their JRPG-inspired outfits.
Chris Kratt: Thine adventure shall not be long, your good bunny.
Announcer Bunny: It's dangerous for one warrior to go alone on ye wild adventure. Take thy map. Thou shall find thy warrior around here.
Martin Kratt: I thank thee as well.
Arthur: Hey, this feels like that one medieval fair I went to when I became the king at the medieval fair.
Chris Kratt: Arthur, thou must stick to thy old English dialogue.
Arthur: Right...sorry.
Malik: Hey, thou is just like that one quest where ye met thy brave warriors, Chris and Martin.
Zadie: You are right! But now...ye are in some...grassy plain.
Zeke: Well, what are ye waiting for? Tally-ho!
We see the party go across many plains and areas with other PBS Kids characters cheering them on in the back with medieval trumpet-like music. But then, we see something odd happen. The crew reaches some sort of medieval railway area where the warrior lies and it seems Thomas, James, and Percy are "dragons" (just them with dragon features and they aren't evil in this case, just testing the warriors' might).
Thomas: Not so fast, brave warriors!
James: Ye must prove yourselves worthy to meet thy strong warrior!
Percy: Ye must face us in thy duel of train dragons!
Malik: Who are ye trains even?
Thomas: Thou art I Thomas.
James: Thou art royal dragon King James.
Thomas: James...thy shall focus on the battle.
Percy: And...art thou Percy.
Chris: Well, Thomas, James, and Percy. Let us begin thy battle!
We see the characters duel out with various ARPG-style moves and we see the figure who appears to be a silhouette of a cat with Robin Hood-style clothes and his companions as well being silhouettes of a rabbit, dog, and mouse in medieval clothes, watching the battle.
As soon as Thomas, James and Percy are just about on their last legs, we see the cat and his team come in with a vine swing and then the mouse delivering a strong uppercut!
The cat: Well... all of ye have certainly been proven worthy to join me in thy grand adventure! Ye all are ready!
The rabbit in warrior clothes: I have assisted thou fighters and am proud to say....
Thomas: Yes, ye are all strong but thy cat is thy newest fighter in thy Brawltime Party!
Chris then sees what Nature Cat is holding, a green envelope with the PBS Kids logo on it.
Chris: Oh, it's thy green envelope!
Hal: Say, it's thou time now!
Squeeks: It seems like it!
Nature Cat pulls out the invite.
Nature Cat: Well, it is time for thy Brawltime Tournament to commence! Thou am Fred but ye can call me Nature Cat and I am in thy Brawltime Party!
Introducing Nature Cat! (We see Nature Cat next to the text in the PBS Kids-style font while Announcer Bunny says "Nature Cat!")
We then see Nature Cat fight against Arthur, the Kratt Bros and the wombats on Bobsville Castle with a remix of the Nature Cat theme playing in the background. We see Nature Cat use his Light Moves on all of his opponents across a variety of stages.
Hal: Boy, am I happy we get to join this tournament of amazing fighters?
Squeeks: An excellent time to join with my KA-RAH-TAY moves!
We then see Nature Cat use his Vine Swing on the Zobooland stage. Then, we cut to footage of the Fred's Backyard and Nature Adventures stage with Nature Cat with Daisy as his assist fighting against the Kratt Brothers there showcasing the different areas of the stage.
Chris: Hey, I remember that backyard!
Martin: Weren't we bats there once?
Chris: Maybe....
We then see Nature Cat with the Ronald assist on The Secret House and Donkey's Shed stage fighting against, Donkey, Lionel and Ms. Frizzle.
Ronald: Well Fred, am I surprised to see YOU at this party?
Nature Cat: Ronald?! That nonsense maker! What are you doing here anyway?
Ronald: I heard you got invited out of all cats but...I guess I might as well help you.
We see Ronald's assist function on various fighters.
Then, we see the Harold disc item on Thomas on the Island of Sodor stage with Nature Cat picking it up with Hal.
Hal: Oh look, it's Harold!
Thomas: Do you mean my helicopter friend named Harold?
Nature Cat: No! I'm talking about Hal's flying disc!
We see Harold's item function on Barney, Elmo, and Marvin on the Island of Sodor stage with Nature Cat demonstrating its useful use for combos.
Finally, we cut to Nature Cat showcasing his Neutral Special on PTV Park with Dash, WordGirl, and Curious George fighting against him which is Nature Cat's main gimmick.
Nature Cat: Studying this unfamiliar environment is REALLY going to help me win!
We see the various natural hazards he can summon being used on his opponents.
Daisy: That's our Fred! He has a way with nature!
Finally, we see Nature Cat use his Down Special on Arthur on Buster's Video Postcards and copy Arthur's Neutral Special and use it on him, another one of his gimmicks.
Nature Cat: Lots of new creatures here make me want to study them too! I want to do it for all of these fun warriors! After all, this is a platform fighter that we are in!
We see him copy a variety of characters and their Neutral Specials across various stages.
Then, we cut to other footage of Nature Cat in PBS Kids: Brawltime:
We see:
- Him posing alongside Chris and Martin Kratt on Tortuga HQ
- Him exploring nature-based stages like The Magic School Bus in the dinosaur section, Cliff's Cliff, Zobooland, The Treeborhood, etc.
- Footage of his Story Mode chapter where he fights against the dummies in his backyard.
- Footage of him fighting against Anomaly monsters on the cave part of Fred's Backyard and Nature Adventures stage in his event match A Big Cave Conundrum
- Him using his taunt with Barney dancing on The Treehouse stage
We then cut back to the CGI footage with him and his friends, Arthur, the Kratt Bros, Malik, Zadie and Zeke, Thomas, James and Percy as they then head off to adventure.
Nature Cat: So, let's head off to thy Brawltime Party! Onward and yonward!
Everyone then moves forward with them boarding the engines and then puffing off onto the next world of fun.
We then cut to the PBS Kids: Brawltime! logo as Nature Cat's theme hits the last note with Nature Cat being added to the logo with the other 30 fighters making the total number of fighters, 31!
The final scene of the trailer would be Nature Cat on his homestage with Daisy as his assist with Big Bird as his opponent and Nature Cat uses his Down Special. We then see Nature Cat appear on the bottom of the screen with a dialogue box with him saying "Well, this bird is surely a...BIG BIRD!" hinting at an Easter Egg on his homestage if you use him.
It fades to a black screen with the copyright info.
We cut back to Announcer Bunny in his regular setting.
Announcer Bunny: Well...that certainly was one epic adventure with those train "dragons" of course! Nature Cat is our second fighter for Learner's Pass Vol. 2! His Meet the Fighters video will come out after this presentation as well and the update containing him will be coming out right after this presentation as well!!!
The presentation continues.
This trailer introduces:
- Nature Cat as a fighter, his moveset and main gimmick alongside his taunt
- His home stage, Fred's Backyard and Nature Adventures, its hazards and gimmicks
- Ronald as an assist and his function
- Harold (Hal's Flying Disc) item and its function
- Footage of Nature Cat's Story Mode chapter that doesn't spoil too much of the plot
- The event match "A Big Cave Conundrum"
- Hints at an Easter Egg for Nature Cat on his home stage if you have Daisy as Nature Cat's assist
- Hints a bit vaguely at the Kratt Bros playing a role in Nature Cat's Story Mode chapter
Notes:
- The video game Nature Quest: Fight of the Wild is based on more 2010s ARPGs made by western developers such as Skyrim, Elden Ring, and the game itself was influenced by Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I vaguely also added Old English to make the setting more Renaissance/Old England-esque given Nature Cat's outfit is much similar to Robin Hood's
- Thomas, Percy, and James as "bosses" in the game are references to the famous Skyrim mod with Thomas as a dragon as well as to the 2013 Thomas and Friends special, King of the Railway where Thomas, James, and Percy helped restore a castle on Sodor. That was the inspiration behind them being on some sort of magical, medieval castle railway.
- Chris and Martin Kratt mentioning that they were bats in a Nature Cat episode is a reference to the Nature Cat crossover episode, Wild Batts.
- Thomas vaguely asking if Harold was his helicopter friend is an obvious reference to the helicopter himself.
- Arthur mentioning a medieval fair where he became a king was a reference to the Arthur episode The Return of the King.
- Malik, Zadie, and Zeke wearing their JRPG-inspired outfits is a reference to their reveal trailer and their Legacy Skins alongside them mentioning the events of the reveal trailer when they met Chris and Martin Kratt.
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