Antasma's Potential and Midbus ideas!

I have always wanted that twist in a way. It would be such a slap in the face, but so original!

I agree. The Shroobs are not too worthy of respect. They have simple drives, only wanting power. They would betray Antasma if he did not cut them loose after a while. I like that Antasma notices the similarities between Bowser and Midbus, but notices the good qualities in Midbus.

Bats are known to be a pollinating species? Wow, learn something new every day!

I also never noticed Dreambert resembling Magolor. I see it. Most of all I think it is cool you brought up Nightmare! I forgot all about him and I agree. His design will be very intricate. More so than most villains.

Did you play Triple Deluxe or just read about it? You already know a lot about the characters!

Yeah, I love the dimension and hands abilities! We need Antasma to regain a solid body somehow or his old body. He also needs to have way more potent abilities than those other villains, including his dimensional abilities.


I made a thread in general video games about Triple Deluxe. Hopefully you love it! I hope you get it soon. I'm still playing it. It is a great game.

Nice theme! I love it.

Yeah, I remember that. Floating hands would be a nice touch anyway.

PIT foreshadowed BIS with Fawful's shop, and BIS foreshadowed DT, as you said. So the designers like to foreshadow and use cameos, and nods to the other games. I could see Antasma growing in that fashion. Then at the end his body will be complete.

Yeah, I got my 3DS and no other new systems. I chose 3DS because I knew Dark Moon and Paper Mario would come to the system. One of those was really worth it! I'm not rich either dude. So I understand waiting. Thankfully, 3DS games are cheaper than console games so I can afford those. Laptop is number one priority though, I agree. That can cost a lot though.

Antasma would look so weird, I must admit.

Elder was the true evil after all, so it makes sense to have her traits. She was the main evil, even if only on screen for a short time.

Antasma could very well act as the elder, since he is calm, cunning, and controlled in his methods.

Black spandex actually works. It works on Fawful. It looked great. Atnasma could pull off the look.

Feminine is fine, as he is that type of villain and seem like a small frame anyway. Never thought about lipstick though. lol Shadow Queen vibe would feel very sinister. It might fit him in a way though, towards the end. Not before that though.

You think he is more physical? Yeah, I could see that maybe. I knew his magic would be more destructive and I guess having traits from Elder Shroob and Shadow Queen would make him physically strong.

True, he is a lot more physical. I still see him leaning toward mage, at least in his current state. Still, definitely more physical than Bleck, good point. He is more hands on and ready to fight his own battles and duels too, but can also still be a mastermind. He is just so complicated. He could be a fighter, or a mage. He could be a mastermind pulling the strings, or a main force. So deep, man.

You know that happened to Exdeath from Final Fantasy V. He harnessed the power of the void only to be sucked into it and transformed into a monstrous mixture of creatures. Antasma is already a mixture of sorts, but still. Would be cool if they can't beat him and he is only defeated by his own powers.

Yeah, that's a good way to give him the traits. A solid body would help make it look natural.

Now that i think about it, Antasma being an expy of Dark Matter's swordman form could work (they have a similar bodyframe)

Think about it, Antasma's gain side spikes which grow longer as he get more powerful, should he'd become complete, he would gain Dark matter-like hair with the younger shroob princess traits and an appearance akin to Count Bleck

It would give him a more battle hardened look than Bleck.

I would argue all those transformations would be transitional like in DT: Original backstory form (revealed next game) > cursed tiny bat > Current form after eating nightmares > Sealed form > Smoke form > Bat form > go back to true form > Battle form

Then in next game: true form but with traits of smoke form and battle form (like incomplete Dark Bowser) > complete himself midgame after stealing elder shroob princess's power (which is a mix of original backstory form and true form) > merge with vines > Complete form which has a power boost because of standing in a Timepoint.

And his battle form already has plates as well.

I could argue his final form would pull a Sectonia and rip himself out of the vines leaving only his torso which would give a nice nod to Count Bleck.

Hmmm:

Cackletta > Rage mode > Bowletta > Cackletta's soul = 4 forms

Fawful > Spandex mode > Dark Fawful > Dark Fawful bug = 4 forms

Elder shroob princess > Crown activated mode > Shrowser = 3 forms

Dark Star > Possible backstory humanoid form > Dark Bowser = 2-3 forms

Antasma > Tiny bat > Pillow form > Smoke form > Bat form > Battle form = 6 forms

Even without my help, Antasma has the most forms.

This would be pretty creepy but hey it's the RPG, the RPG tend to have some Kirby level darkness (specialy Paper Mario)

i didn't count the form where he merge with Bowser and the Mario nightmare in which he get a slighty larger battle form. And he did all those forms with minimal screen time, so i think he could pull off a few more ones if he got more screen time.

I was thinking also that a music like that would play when he reach complete form:
downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/wario-land-iv/29-wl4-diva-intro.mp3
He let a laugh, Dreambert attempt to attack him which do nothing, Antasma then casually blast him away.

Only the Luigi's mansion series could be a bit darker (i have heard that originaly the first Luigi's mansion was going to be rated T but they cut down the stuff to get a E rating) and since Antasma would be a Luigi's ennemy

Might be a call back to Antasma's quote:
"I haff changed Dreambert, you haff been varned"

Here he changed to the point that he no longer view dreambert as his arch-ennemy but a small pest in the scheme of his plans