Category Archives: Focus on the Foes

Bringing Ganon Back

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

Ganon is defeated at the end of pretty much every Zelda game, yet somehow he always comes back to fight another day. Usually the games are silent on how he keeps returning, but both the Oracle games and The Adventure … Continue reading →

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Who’s the Miniboss?

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

They had New Super Mario Bros. 2 on display at Walmart, so I played it up through the first fortress, and already I noticed the focus on collecting coins. It makes it easy to get extra lives, but I can’t … Continue reading →

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Mildly Vile

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

The thing about writing villains for children’s media is that much of the villainy is often implied. Villains make violent threats, but are rarely able to carry them out, for whatever reason. That way they can be seen as evil … Continue reading →

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Weapons-Grade Blutonium

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

While not every Popeye cartoon uses Bluto, the big bully is an integral part of the series, which usually focuses on the love triangle between the two of them and Olive Oyl. Why they both want her I’m not sure, … Continue reading →

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Weapons vs. Wishes

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Role-playing games featuring Mario have a tendency of using someone other than the old standby Bowser as the main villain. In fact, King Koopa occasionally joins the good guys temporarily in order to fight off an even greater threat, or … Continue reading →

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Dalton Fink

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Anyone else who reads Captain SNES will have noticed that Dalton from Chrono Trigger recently made an appearance, and I thought he might be an interesting enough character to use as the focus of a post. Dalton is the head … Continue reading →

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Habeas Corvus

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

I think it might be about time to post on update on my post about Dragon Quest villains that incorporates Dragon Quest IX. As I indicated in a post last week, I still haven’t beaten the main boss, but I … Continue reading →

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Hyrule’s Greatest Monsters

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

I write a lot about Mario, but not quite so much about Nintendo’s other long-lived franchise, the Legend of Zelda series. My wife is a Zelda fan, but even though she has most of the games, she hasn’t been playing … Continue reading →

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Wart’s Dream Team

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

I’ve written about Wart, the main villain from Super Mario Bros. 2, a few times, including here and here. From what I’ve heard, although the original stars of Doki Doki Panic were essentially commercial mascots, all of the enemies were … Continue reading →

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Eggman Over Easy

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Most of the great video game heroes have their own enemies they have to face over and over again, trying to foil their dastardly plans. And when the hero in question is a blue hedgehog who’s apparently amped up on … Continue reading →

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