SSE Enemy inspirations...

[rukifellth]

Well, some might have noticed that some SSE enemies feels a bit like some enemies from other games (I'm not saying that they are, just that they feel like some of them), Let's go through possible inspiration sources for the enemies:

Primid: Just a basic video-game beat-em-up enemy, they even got different weapons to boot...

Glire/Glice/Glunder: They look yucky, and very alien like, a bit like some enemis from the old Metroid games...hmm... Metroid inspired perhaps?

Poppant: Unique I think...

Bytan: Pokemon inspired I think, they look like one eyed Voltorbs if you ask me, could be inspired by Kirby aswell...

Roader: F-Zero or Mach-Rider inspired perhaps, I mean honeslty, a racer enemy seems fit for C-Falcon to Falcon-Puanch! F-Zero is more likely considering that he's in and not Mach Rider, altough his theme is in...

Bombed: Mario's Bob-Omb's perhaps? Or maiby inspired by the Bomb enemies in Kirby? Or maiby the Bombchus from Zelda? Hm...

Greap: Mario 64, they got the feel of those big enemies that threw you around, but not entirely... could be PIKMIN aswell...

Bucculus: Don't they look ALOT like an enemy from Kirby and the Amazing Mirror? Hmmm...

Towtow: Aw... it's so cuuuute-AAAAAAAARGH... I'd say that they remind me of some Mother enemies, but also Pokemon and the Kirby series. Hmmm...

Floow: MOTHER series offcourse, they face the screen, never changes their pose and damages you in a strange way. Very RPG like...

Auroros: Some of the early Zelda enemies perhaps?

Buckot: A bit like the Starfox enemies in the old games...

Jyk: GORDOS!!!

Gamyga: Either their inspired by Pikmin, or they are a mock on Rare's Viva-Pinata...

Feyesh: Very Metroid esque... but also a bit of Kid-Icarus...

Trowlon: hmm... the trow enemy from Mario 64 perhaps?

Roturret: Looks like a cross between Zelda and Mother3, why? Because it got parts made of wood and seems a bit like a Moblin weapon, but the pigface is more likely based on the Pigface Army of Porky's...

Spaak: Kracko huh? An artificiall Kracko, with a Mario cloud face...

Puppit: Skullkid's Puppet's anyone?

Shaydas: Very Zelda like...

Mites: Mr.Game & Watch...

Shellpod: Very Metroid esque, with the, "find the weakspot", stuff...

Nagagog: Kirby, Mario, Pokemon, Pikmin, who knows...

Ticken: Veeeery Sonic esque, I mean, big robot, which when broken, releases a small bird...

Armight: I don't have a clue, Punch-Out perhaps?

Borboras: Hmmm, I think of Megaman, but that possibility is IMPOSSIBLE!!!

Autolance: Might be a representation of Fire-Emblem...

Armank: Mother3 got an enemy that was very simhilair, but the creator inside it looks like the big blob from Yoshi's Island...

R.O.B.'s: Duh...

[kirbychu]

Most of these are barely even passing resemblences. I agree with one or two, like Bytan looking like Voltorb, but it seems like you're grasping at straws here.

[TV Eye]

kirbychu said:

Most of these are barely even passing resemblences. I agree with one or two, like Bytan looking like Voltorb, but it seems like you're grasping at straws here.

He's right, when I have time, I'll go through...

[Flip]

Some seem to have a basis, maybe. I remember we all thought the Glunders were Tros from Kid Icarus, for example. But by and large these are just generic "Nintendo-ish" enemies. Nothing else, really.

[Fryguy64]

Bytan might look like Electrode, but it isn't anything like it in terms of how it acts. They just split and split and split. Nothing to do with speed or electricity.

I actually think Sakurai just pulled a Kirby on them, and made a load of strange enemies.

[Spud]

The Gluffs remind me of that enemy you get the burning power from in Kirby.

The bomb-head thing seems to me to be a recreation of poppy bros jr. from Kirby

Those are my thoughts.

[Dasher Misire]

Mizzo is very obvious for Kirby fans. As is the room he's in, taken directly from random Kirby rooms. Not gonna ruin it but yeah, a Kirby fan probably will recognize it.

Gluffs remind me of the Burning copy power enemies, like Spudaki.

Towtow looks like something out of Jungle Beat, and the puppits always make me think of the Skull Kid's puppets in Twilight Princess.

[TV Eye]

Auroros are based on Dragoon.

Puppit's are probably based on the skull kids puppets in Twilight Princess.

Roader's are based on Wheelie's from Kirby.

Spaak's are based on Kracko from Kirby.

Poppant probably based on Bulky Vendor from Kingdom Hearts. (don't hit me!)

[Grandy02]

After I saw Bytan, I had to think of the Game Boy Camera mascot.

Coincidence or cameo?

[commanderflint]

Shellpof reminds me of the Armor Cannon Beetle from Pikmin.

[Fryguy64]

Apr 24, 2008 4:09:28 GMT -5 Grandy02 said:

After I saw Bytan, I had to think of the Game Boy Camera mascot.

Coincidence or cameo?

Hmm... you're full of surprises Grandy... you really are! ;D

[Boo Destroyer]

Apr 7, 2008 14:06:09 GMT -5 TV Eye said:

Poppant probably based on Bulky Vendor from Kingdom Hearts. (don't hit me!)

Don't worry, I wouldn't do that. I'll just threaten to post that Bugs Bunny picture again (You know which one I mean, right?).

But really, who IS it who created all these dudes? Sakurai himself?

[commanderflint]

I just noticed.....Taboo= Geist for the GCN!?

[Fryguy64]

I did notice that similarity. I'm fairly sure it's not intentional though