Character Sheet: Huey

 HUEY

Are you guys excited? I'm excited. You should be too. You know why? Cause today we get to cover all the freakin' amazing characters from Super Mario RPG and the Paper Mario (pre-TOK) series, and even the not so amazing ones too. Here's the full list:

1. Cheep Cheep

2. Bob-Omb

3. Spike

4. Tiny Mouser

5. Mouser

6. Paper Mario

7. Mr. L

8. Geno

9. Mallow

10. Flurrie

11. Tippi & Pixls

12. Kersti

13. Huey

14. Merlon

15. Star Spirits

16. Smithy

17. Kammy Koopa

18. Sir Grodus

19. Count Bleck

20. Dimentio

21. Yaridovich

22. Axem Rangers

23. Lord Crump

24. The Shadow Sirens

25. O'Chunks

26. Mimi

27. Croco

28. Booster

29. Jonathan Jones

30. Valentina

31. Jr. Troopa

32. Doopliss

33. Rawk Hawk

34. Francis

35. Culex

Today, let's cover Huey, basically your Kersti but for Color Splash. He is a living paint bucket and guardian of the Prisma Fountain in Port Prisma, who joins up with Mario after Bowser, possessed by the black paint, drains the fountain and captures the paint stars who inhabit it. Huey, being the source of a lot of Mario's paint-based moves in the game, functions well as a gimmick rep, not just for Mario's paint moves but all paint-based properties demonstrated in the game.

First up, we have Mario's basic move of smacking things with his hammer and making a paint splatter when he does so. By extension, we also have the whole Shy Guys sucking up paint through straws thing, which works well too. After that, we have his ability to squeeze paint out of an item to add to his totals. The paint totals in the game suggest a concept similar to Inklings. After that we do have the fountain itself and the rainbow road it can create, and all the properties of black paint. Last but not least, we do have the real-world items returning as well if we can incorporate them.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Paint Splatter

Basically the whole paint splatter with the hammer thing. Huey will smack a hammer forward which will splatter and leave paint on the stage or the player characters.

Side B: Straw

Huey will pull out a straw and stick it to an opponent, sucking them dry of color and filling up his own paint levels, which will have a little marker down by their face.

Up B: Paint Fountain

A small fountain plume will spurt up from the ground, launching Huey into the air and leaving a massive splatter across the stage.

Down B: Real World Item

This one will be exactly the same as Kersti's, however it will feature a different assortment of items than what Kersti had, probably ones more unique to Color Splash, like the Piggy Bank and the Disco Ball.

Final Smash: Black Paint Bomb

I mean, easily one of the most interesting parts of the whole game, and you think I wasn't going to do it? Basically, the giant Bullet Bill filled to the brim with black paint will fly in and slam into the stage, exploding and covering every single surface with black paint, which will deal heavy poison damage to the fighters.

Entrance: Huey will descend on the rainbow road from the end of the game.

Taunts: Huey will spin around and present himself. He'll smack a random white spot with a hammer. A paint star will come out and he's spin around them in awe.

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's move on to the wise sorcerer Merlon!