Character Sheet: Valentina

 VALENTINA

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, we will finish up our Super Mario RPG bosses with Valentina and her sidekick Dodo, the bosses of Nimbus Land. In the game, Valentina attempts to usurp the throne of Nimbus Land by passing off her partner Dodo as the missing Prince Mallow, locking up the king and queen, and then announcing her phony engagement to Mallow. This is all thrown out of whack, however, when the real Mallow and his companions arrive and chase her out. This character will be a bit more of a tag team between Valentina and Dodo, with Dodo making up a hefty portion of her moveset.

Valentina uses primarily magic attacks in battle herself, being not much of a physical fighter. Her moves include Petal Blast, Diamond Saw, Blizzard, Water Blast, Aurora Flash, Light Beam, and Solidify, all of which tend to follow Mallow's lead of being nature and weather-based. Dodo can carry around Valentina by flying outside of battle, and in battle, he attacks with a series of pecks or by cancelling out the moves of another player. In your final battle with Valentina, he will also carry off one of your party members to fight one-on-one.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Petal Blast

This will work very similarly to how it works in-game, but as a bit more of a straight projectile, with her sending out a burst of petals that blast an opponent in the face.

Side B: Multistrike

This is Dodo's pecking attack. Valentina will point forward and Dodo will lunge out, pecking furiously at anyone in front of her.

Up B: Carry Away

Basically Valentina will take hold of Dodo's feet and he will carry her into the air for a short distance.

Down B: Flutter Hush OR Blizzard

Flutter Hush is the more iconic, with it being Dodo's move to remove one move from play, but I'm not certain how to make it work in game, somehow cancelling out a certain move for a short time, so if I can't make it work, I figure Valentina whipping up a Blizzard works as a suitable placeholder.

Final Smash: Aurora Flash OR Megasmilax

I feel like we've had a few now where the character has a bigger boss as their Final Smash, with Booster having the Bundt and Johnny having King Calamari, so I don't know if I want Megasmilax to do the same for her, and if we don't, I think Aurora Flash works just fine for it too.

Entrance: Dodo will carry her in.

Taunts: Her little hip dance she does when attacking. Dodo scratching his beak and trying to figure something out. Valentina bossing Dodo around. So on.

Thanks for reading! Next up, we'll cover the recurring boss of the first Paper Mario, Jr. Troopa!