Character of the Month #117: MOVE FASTER POKEY

[CaptHayfever]

PORKY MINCH

Source series: Mother
First appearance: Earthbound (1994) [First Smash appearance: Brawl (2008)]

STATS:
Weight class - Very heavy
Falling class - N/A
Running speed - N/A
Jump height - Hovers
Character class - Tank

MOVESET:
March Forward
Thrust Attack
Jump Press
What Did Porky Do?!
Crab Walk
Energy Ray
Porky Sprayed Something of Some Sort!
Plasma Attack
Mecha-Porkies
Rush Attack

HOME COURSES: The Ruined Zoo

TAUNT: Stick tongue out

SPECIAL TRAITS/TRIVIA:
--Has HP instead of damage %.
--The only two-phase SSE boss, since he was revealed to be operating the Pig King Statue.
--In the between-phase cutscene, Ness destroys the Pig King Statue with PK Flash, which is one of the only 2 ways to beat that boss in Mother 3.
--Porky is especially weak to darkness & aura attacks. Y'know, like the kind you won't have the first time you fight him with just Ness & Lucas?
--Due to his overuse of time travel after Earthbound, Porky's body stopped growing & he became immortal, but he still aged. He can no longer die of natural causes, but he's so frail that he poses no threat without the aid of machines.

I can't remember where it was--another forum or a review or what--but I once saw somebody say how horrifying it was to see that the spider-mech boss in Subspace Emissary had a screaming child trapped inside of it. Someone else had to clarify for the poor misguided soul that the child WAS the boss, & that he was a vile little scumwad who didn't deserve such pity.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

It's a bit debatable if Pokey deserves pity. Some analysis videos I've seen tried making the case for him as being somewhat pitiable, I suppose I can see it. The argument basically boiled down to that he was crazy and actually valued Ness as a "friend" in some sort of unhealthy way. The evidence was based on his Ness fixation present in New Pork City, and some other stuff.

Kind of an interesting subject, I think.

[CaptHayfever]

That was him looking back on his childhood through the nostalgia filter. He literally tried to kill Ness.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

That makes sense. It would actually more adequately explain the rest of the oddities in New Pork City too, such as his robot mother waitresses.