Well if Nintendo love Bowser this much why don't they give him a main game ? Oh ! wait it would mean Bowser wouldn't be the villain.
Irregardless back to the topic, i think a nice nod to Nightmare and SPM would be that you fight Antasma in a Shmup-like level (kind of like the Brobot & Nightmare orb)
Maybe they should have a game where Bowser has to rescue Bowser from Bowser, but every time he beats a castle, a Bowser tells him that his Bowser is in another castle. *explodes*
Bowser was kidnaped by Bowser, Bowser must save Bowser from the evil clutches of Bowser while rescuing Bowser who tell him that Bowser is in another castle, in the end Bowser fight Bowser which then transform into Giant Bowser (obligatory), despite that Giant Bowser is defeated and Bowser rescue Bowser and all his good in the Bowser kingdom.
It would help cementing Antasma has the "darker Luigi" by using some Mr.L trick like the Shmup.
Funnily enough i've tried to see a bit with a crappy ms paint, if the "Bowletta" idea could work, well as i said it depend of the character, i could try to PM the first result if you want.
I was hoping Antasma was either the "dark secret" Luigi was hiding (hence why he ressembled all antagonists) or was searching said dark secret (considering Luigi's dark secret enabled him to be a perfect host for the Chaos heart...)
I could see Antasma in the next game being a mix of Haunter and darkrai with his face ressembling a haunter and his body being all shadowy and ghostly
Antasma bat form ressemble a crobat, his smoke form could be a ghastly, his true form is a haunter merged with Crobat
Also for the dark secret in Partner in time the Star gate refused to let luigi pass because he had a secret which made him unworthy, in SPM you have the whole prophecy about him ending the world and in brawl you have mention that he got the negative zone "by embrassing the darkness in his brother's shadow
Yes darkrai and haunter in a dracula costume work perfectly
Remind of this:
I think Dream Deep gave us a hint, Luigi love his brother more than anything but he is sick of staying in his shadow and want recognition, i think this why he was the perfect host for the Chaos heart because his love and jealousy make his heart very chaotic and thus a perfect vessel.
Also would be funny if Antasma's hurt face would be essentially this but with Bleck's spasms (when you hurt him):
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Haha, love the evolution chart. Dream Stone needed to evolve further! Or level up at night. ^_^
True, Luigi is sick of being in Mario's shadow. Mr. L was arrogant, showing off Luigi's worst qualities. I could see that being why he was needed as a vessel. Funny that Luigi made a better vessel than Bowser.
That expression. Goodness, that would be too funny.
Midbus is totally a chimera from mother 3 (heck he has pigmask tattoo)
But yeah Antasma as member of Bleck's clan would have a face very similar to Haunter (abeilt slighty more humanoid-like) which given the pics i see might actually make him even more creepy.
I'm kind of debating about changing Antasma's appearance because admitelly, as awesome his current design is, it scream "homage" and red herring (he look all the Mario & Luigi villains because of the game being released on 10th anniversary and he is supposed to look all evil so Bowser betraying would look awesome).
that's why i'm thinking they should redesign Antasma, so he would have a more unique appearance rather than a match up of all villain.
Remove or tone down the ressemblence to other antagonists, emphasis on the Dracula appearance, make him more like those stereotypical vampires we see in cartoon but give him ghostly vibe like a haunter and a Boo and a nightmare vibe like darkrai.
Also the screeching tic only appear when he is transformed into a bat, if he is in normal form, he speak normaly but with a slavic accent with some grammar nazi thrown in.
Another inspiration could be from Vaati as well considering he is a from nobody to nightmare bat associed mage who got hijacked by the series main villain, heck he even live in a castle in the sky.
Vaati could be okay. Maybe. If we don't won't him to resemble previous Mario villains though, maybe we should not want him to follow other villain either in terms of anything.
Like i said something like The exterminator from Mario bros Super show (who is stereotypical vampire) but in more ghostly and nightmarish with a blue color sheme
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