FINAL FANTASY IV
PLAGUE PROJECT #604.1 CREATED: MAY 2018 REVISED: MARCH 2020 "Woe to those who seek to gain the Lance of White!" The Plague was one of the most difficult challenges faced by Cecil and his friends during their harrowing journey through the depths of the Moon. It guarded the rare and valuable Lance of White, the most powerful weapon available to Kain the Dragoon—but it would not be easy to acquire. The Plague had similar abilities to its lesser cousin, the FatalEye, who count initiate an inescapable ten-second countdown resulting in the instant death of a party member. The more powerful Plague, however, used the same attack on every single party member present, terminating all of their lives simultaneously following the end of the countdown. The only way for Cecil's group to defeat him was to unleash a volley of their most devastating attacks and destroy him before the ten-second countdown expired. Fortunately, there was only one known Plague in existence, and once Cecil and company defeated him, they would never be required to do so again. (The Plague was referred to as the Plague Horror in the PlayStation Portable version of Final Fantasy IV.) Of the four creatures in the Super Nintendo game who share this sprite design, the Plague is the one who looks the most like Mike Wazowski (they're both green), but I did use a different shade of paint. It's interesting to note that Final Fantasy IV was released in 1991, and Monsters, Inc. didn't come out until 2003. Pixar borrows from other sources all the time, so it wouldn't surprise me at all if the look for the Mike Wazowski character was inspired by the monsters in this game. |
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