Ask Guru Gobbo #29

As was said before, she was meant to be female originally. I don't quite remember what the English version had Vee as, but the source I had listed Vee as Princess Rona's "lady-in-waiting". Now, I don't know what type of guy takes on that role, but it would probably put the network in the same boat as the questioned situation. And, again, that's just what my source said. I've only seen the American version and loosely paid attention to it at that.

However, this type of stunt has happened before, and even in a children's show. A Pokémon OVA, Legend of Thunder with Raikou. In it, there were two members of Team Rocket who were actually threats. One was the strong man, the other was the girly man! Very girly, in fact. Too girly for the English dub to allow. Thus, they changed him to a her, which you really couldn't even tell as he was that feminine. This switch turned a lot of the dialogue with his teammate, um, more family friendly?

So, that's the shake down. I know we were led to believe Vee was a male in the dub, but from what I can tell from sources on-line (which I really wish some of them were Ivy), the original was a chick. But, also as stated in the progenitor of this question, I don't really know if Tiff/Fumu was in love with Vee or just very taken with her. People do like to read too much into things and see everything as "love". In fact, most descriptions I see just say that Fumu/Tiff "befriends" Vee.

This answer is corrected in Session #32.

1) She wasn't a Star Warrior because that is an elite class of fighter that few are called into the role of. There's some lofty criteria there, a lot of which I would say is martial related, which she falls short of. I guess she could have gotten into the Galaxy Soldier Army to fight against Nightmare, but, again, not much combat training.

2) I know Fumu was kidnapped at least once. In the Air Ride episode, a hypnotized King Dedede and Escargoon took her away to Nightmare Enterprises, or something like that. That's not important. The point is that she was kidnapped. The unfortunate thing is that she came back.

3) One of those three titles listed isn't even out yet and there for cannot be rated, and I don't even own the other two to offer a comparison. Sooo... Canvas Curse since it is a unique game that stands out from the rest of the other Kirby titles, not even counting the DS library.

4) There are plenty differences between Lololo & Lalala and the Ice Climbers. Really, the only likenesses between the two duos is the boy/girl, blue/pink matching.

"Grasping at straws" is an idiom that means trying despite certain failure. I mentioned it before, but Sonic couldn't keep his old game styles as he progressed up the platform ladder. They introduced too much changes and alienated old fans. At least, that's what I hear old fans saying. I dunno. The last Sonic game I played was Hedgehog 2 or maybe a which demo of Knuckles at the toy store some time.

1) My favorite stage in all of the series is Butter Building. I love how it has a real theme to it. You get plenty of vertical travel. There are those nice looking winding scenes for those of us who have the NES version, that is. Nightmare in Dream Land totally flaked on this aspect. Additionally, it contains the first appearance of Bugzzy and is topped by Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright. Those are just icing to my already tasty reason cake.

2) If there is one thing that the game series has made obvious, its that you can always tell a female from their big, pretty bows! Every time, it's there. Lips and eyelashes are another good source, too. But, physically, I don't think there's much to set them apart. Much like Lololo & Lalala, they would be about identical.

3) Part two seems to answer itself: Glutton? Bulimic? Why not both! Eat like a hog and spew like a hose! It's a winning combination, kids. Especially for you, princess porker! * points to some reader * Yeah, you thought you had issues before, didn't you?

It is no such thing, Tripp. "Mirror Labyrinth" is the real name of Amazing Mirror, by which I mean Japanese. But, no, such a title was too much for Americans to handle, so they took up the cheesiest pun ever. "Hey, I know, it's a giant maze, right? So, let's make it the 'Amaze-ing Mirror'! Hrhr!" It was so bad, the second the name came out, all Kirby fans on this side of the Pacific said, "Oh, please, don't call it A-Maze-ing Mirror over here." Luckily, they at least took out the hyphens.

That alluded wretch would be the Sonic fan that drew much ire upon himself. 1337 5P34|<, by the way, is a method of comprising letters and words out of numerical and special characters that closely resemble them. Back in the days of internets booming infancy, it was the pseudo-language or code that "elite" computer users communicated by to show their prowess at computer related things. However, once the mainstream got wind of it, it was quickly relegated to use by lower forms of newbies and other dregs who thought they were cool.

Punching people in the face is my job, but on to the battle question, the outcome would be as this: Sword Knight and Blade Knight would kiss each other's butts good bye as the more skilled and trained team worked together to eliminate the unworthy competition. Four versus two, assuming they did decide to work together, is not good odds. The mercenaries of Meta Knight would break their steel and send them running. Then, it would come down to the real Knights to determine the outcome.

They would spring into action! Mace Knight would charge forward, swinging his chain over head. Axe Knight would toss his spinning cleavers forward. Javelin Knight would ... kinda spin around like a malfunctioning droid. It would take Mace Knight just a little too long to realize that he was stampeding on a platform that no one else was on. Much the same, the fright faced fighter wouldn't realize that no one was coming into range of his thrown axes. This leaves the real warrior, Trident Knight.

From his position, his electrified prongs would sail out and hit any mark. Crack! A surge of power would overload the aimless android. With any luck, the plummeting robot would take out some more of the moon mounted mercenaries adversaries. If not, it would just mean a few more shots were needed. Regardless of the path, the same results are met in the end. Winner: Trident Knight, and what do you mean "favorite bias"? That's madness!

There is about three-hundred fifty, just counting the regularly found foes. I'm not counting them all, but a quick zip to the Regular Enemies index at the Kirbypedia shows about 225 entries. Mini-bosses are around 40, bosses range near 70, so that rounds off to about 350. I would say, to compensate for error in the listings, that 300 would be a safer number, however. Regardless, I ain't actually going to count. That'd be madness!

You left out the most obvious similarity where they both roll up into balls! C'mon! But, anyways, I don't really know which one that is. None of the music really stood out to me from Amazing Mirror, so I'd probably rank it at mediocre.