Ah; that level where the kremlin jump out of their seats to transform into segments of a robotic snake. A classic. (Also, the bad guy doesn't just have a base on the moon - not even on a second moon. No; he has a base on "Third Moon". That's dedication, that is.)
Excuse me, I'm distracted reading that and reminding myself of the wonderfully silly jumpy bouncy arcade game.
Which lead to me discovering some unfixed wiki slander (many of those ports rocked!)
Um, right. Ok. Back to magic. Among striders 'things' were: Most animation frames of any character at the time (he was VERY jumpy and twisty) a very very silly sword (its animation was, like, two or three times as long as he was tall) and an occasional robotic panther helper (official name? "tetrapodal mecha panther") for no adequately explained reason. (He's a ninja, fighting a robotic kremlin snake, to prevent a three-moon emperor from ruling; and he rides off into the credit sequence, into space, on a hang glider. Like he NEEDS a reason.)
Let's TRY and get back to mtg, shall we? Sword. Guy in the picture has a blue sword. Sword of Fire and Ice gives 'draw a card' for is ability. (Goes looking... Scroll Thief already exists)
There's "unblockable, draw card when it connects" too. So let's focus on the original strider source, and add swampwalk; as a lesser, but still colour appropriate evasion. SoF+I is +2/+2, so there's the stats (and reasonable for a lone warrior too)
Trying to find a name... the internet tells me that 'swamp' is yet another search term that ends in "Watch for free!" downloads (sure, riiiight) and the LOTR mmo tells me it's got a fell tortoise in it.
That didn't help at all. fine; back to the arcade game.
Cost-wise? Clearly blue-knight. More words than common; but not enough to warrant rare.
You got me Wiki-ing Strider. My first thought was "How come Capcom hasn't used this character." Then I remember they have. He's had three games, and appeared in Capcom vs. Namco and Marvel vs. Capcom 1,2 and 3. I like this quote by Travis Fahs:
"there's no denying the iconic appeal, but for all of his flashy moves and fashion sense, Capcom has never really known what to do with him."
Yeah. That's about right. It's also a shame that he's locked into Capcom. I'm pretty sure Nintendo could have made a killer new Strider game by now, if they had the chance to tackle the subject. In fact, I kind of wish this happened to all the iconic video game companies. I'd love to see how each companies take on their competitors iconic characters would look like.
For Challenge # 060: Well, since stream of conciousness was appreciated last time...
Reminds me of Lord of the Rings, for some reason. The bit with the dead in the swamp, perhaps. Strider. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strider_%28arcade_game%29 Strider!
Ah; that level where the kremlin jump out of their seats to transform into segments of a robotic snake. A classic. (Also, the bad guy doesn't just have a base on the moon - not even on a second moon. No; he has a base on "Third Moon". That's dedication, that is.) Excuse me, I'm distracted reading that and reminding myself of the wonderfully silly jumpy bouncy arcade game. Which lead to me discovering some unfixed wiki slander (many of those ports rocked!)
Um, right. Ok. Back to magic. Among striders 'things' were: Most animation frames of any character at the time (he was VERY jumpy and twisty) a very very silly sword (its animation was, like, two or three times as long as he was tall) and an occasional robotic panther helper (official name? "tetrapodal mecha panther") for no adequately explained reason. (He's a ninja, fighting a robotic kremlin snake, to prevent a three-moon emperor from ruling; and he rides off into the credit sequence, into space, on a hang glider. Like he NEEDS a reason.)
Let's TRY and get back to mtg, shall we? Sword. Guy in the picture has a blue sword. Sword of Fire and Ice gives 'draw a card' for is ability. (Goes looking... Scroll Thief already exists)
There's "unblockable, draw card when it connects" too. So let's focus on the original strider source, and add swampwalk; as a lesser, but still colour appropriate evasion. SoF+I is +2/+2, so there's the stats (and reasonable for a lone warrior too)
Trying to find a name... the internet tells me that 'swamp' is yet another search term that ends in "Watch for free!" downloads (sure, riiiight) and the LOTR mmo tells me it's got a fell tortoise in it. That didn't help at all. fine; back to the arcade game. Cost-wise? Clearly blue-knight. More words than common; but not enough to warrant rare.
You got me Wiki-ing Strider. My first thought was "How come Capcom hasn't used this character." Then I remember they have. He's had three games, and appeared in Capcom vs. Namco and Marvel vs. Capcom 1,2 and 3. I like this quote by Travis Fahs:
"there's no denying the iconic appeal, but for all of his flashy moves and fashion sense, Capcom has never really known what to do with him."
Yeah. That's about right. It's also a shame that he's locked into Capcom. I'm pretty sure Nintendo could have made a killer new Strider game by now, if they had the chance to tackle the subject. In fact, I kind of wish this happened to all the iconic video game companies. I'd love to see how each companies take on their competitors iconic characters would look like.