Boktai Retrospective: 6 Days
Day 2: Enemies, naming, Bosses 1
In Boktai and Boktai 2, many enemies were the same. There were a few ranks of zombies, golems, and mummies in both, with crimson rank being the most powerful for each monster. In Boktai, there were some bats, spiders, octopi, kraken, and cockatrices. They came back in Boktai 2, but there were many more small creatures, additional ranks for cockatrices, skeletons, floating weapons, blobs of jelly, ghosts, and a couple types of hounds.
Naming is based on other sources (mainly norse mythology), and rarely ever original. For example, the bosses. The two guardians in boktai are Muspel and Garmr, both from Norse Mythology. The female vampire Carmilla is taken from a vampire novella of the same name. Hel, the main antagonist, is named after Hel, the Norse version of the ruler of the underworld. In Boktai 2, the Immortals (Daine, Dvalinn, Durathror, Duneyrr) were four stags said to live in a tree from norse mythology. You also had to Seal away Jormungandr, the Midgard serpent from Norse Mythology. Many of the weapons were also from mythology. Gram, Gungnir, and Mjollnir were weapons from Norse mythology. There is also a Vorpal sword, from Jabberwocky. I'm sure I've missed so many, but I have made my point well enough.
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