Darbus

DARBUS

As Link and Midna journey to gather the pieces of the Fused Shadow, they naturally come to Death Mountain and visit the Gorons. While there, they learn that their patriarch has disappeared into the mines, while a monster called Fyrus has started to terrorize them.

Fyrus turns out to indeed be the Goron patriarch, Darbus. After an intense battle, Darbus is freed of the curse placed on him by the shadow and becomes an ally to Link once again, acting as the central Goron character of Twilight Princess.

As a fighter, he will act as an echo of his ancestor Darunia, pulling from the same movepool. He will have a much greater focus on brute strength however, owing to his talent as a wrestler.

Likelihood rating: Could happen.

Character Sheet: Darbus

DARBUS

And here's all the characters that I gave a definitive YES to during my second chance round. They are:

1.       Fierce Deity Link

2.       Kalin

3.       Darbus

4.       Ralis

5.       Gulley

6.       Osfala

7.       Irene

8.       Rosso

9.       Queen Oren

10.   Paya

11.   Rune

12.   Kanan

13.   Talon

14.   Ingo

15.   Gwonam

16.   Tetra’s Crew

17.   Kokiri

18.   Goron

19.   Zora

20.   Rito

21.   Korok

22.   Gerudo

23.   Stalchildren

24.   Ganon Blight

Next up, we have Darbus. Now, Mrs. Darbus is the homeroom teacher and theater director of High School Music--What? Oh, right. That's just who I think of every time I hear this character's name. Darbus is actually the main Goron character (not sage, as TP handles sages differently) of Twilight Princess, the chief of the Goron tribe who challenges Link to a wrestling match and then accepts him upon his defeat. He is a natural fit for an echo of fellow Goron chief Darunia.

Here is his moveset:

Standard B: Hammer Smash

Probably with that electrical magnetic effect seen around the mines in his game instead of an Earthquake.

Side B: Fire Hand

With a lot of power behind it.

Up B: Butt Bash

Down B: Flaming Boulder

I would say that if we wanted to vary at all on the moveset, here would be the place to do it, adding in the Sumo Grapple or something instead of the boulder.

Final Smash: Death Mountain

It would work, but if we wanted to, we could switch it out for his corrupted boss fight instead.

Entrance: He will do a sumo stomp

Taunts: Up, he will stand tall and cross his arms. Side, he will do another sumo stomp. Down, he will curl up into rock form.

Kirby Hat: His buzz-cut looking thing.

Kart: A magnetic mining vehicle.

Special Move: He can grapple with anyone who comes close and throw them off the course.

Spirit Battle: On Death Mountain, Omega Form.

Victory Screen: He will sumo stomp again, let out a victory yell, and point at the sky.

Losing Screen: He will fall into his corrupted state again.

Color Swaps: His normal state, a more reddish version, a more greenish version, a more blue version, a whiter version, a black version, a silvery version, and his corrupted version.

Thanks for reading! Next up, the main Zora from Twilight Princess!

Legend of Zelda Second Chance Round (Part 2)

LEGEND OF ZELDA

SECOND CHANCE ROUND

Next up, we have Tetra's crew: Gonzo, Niko, Mako, Zuko, Nudge, and Senza. They are mostly background characters, but also kind of important characters, returning for Phantom Hourglass and everything. The big thing here is that Tetra's moveset is heavily based on everything related to their ship and lives as pirates, so there's no reason they couldn't act, as a group, as her echo. So:

YES

Now, we have an interesting one. Malon has a moveset built around her farm and the animals and implements found there. It would be reasonable for her to have an echo, someone who lives on said farm, or a similar farm. Now we can go two directions here, one, go with Romani and Cremia, who used her same character model, or we could go with Talon or Ingo. I weighed the options, and I'm mostly fine with Romani and Cremia just being named color swaps for Malon, seeing as they are literally just her model re-used. Instead I will give the echo to Talon.

YES

As for Ingo, given the bandits that re-used his skin, his generally crueler nature and use of a whip and pitchfork, I actually think I could make a decent semi-clone out of him, so I'm going to say:

YES

Tarin, I think, will be just fine for now to be a color variant of Talon, as he's not quite as attached to the stuff Marin's moveset came from to warrant him as an echo for her, so:

NO

As for the Pirate Queen, she and "general Gerudo warrior" were both options that arose for Nabooru echoes. And I'm not sure I could quite justify using Urbosa or Riju for one of them. So I simply have to ask myself, which one do I care more about representing, and which one can just be a color variant for Nabooru. And well, the answer was the general Gerudo warrior. So, for the Pirate Queen, I say:

NO

And for Darbus, we technically already covered it. As an echo for Darunia, I say:

YES

And that's it for today! Come back next time for four more characters!