General Scales: The leader of the Sharpclaw army is as awesomely designed as he was an entertaining enemy. He constantly reminded Fox the planet was in peril, and he’s going to do bloody well everything in his power to prevent the globe’s savior from fixing it. From (probably) disposing of Krystal’s parents, trashing the temples, attacking the other peaceful Dinosaur tribes, and stealing crystals that held Dinosaur Planet together in a crazy power-lust to rule were just some of the more obvious examples of how bad a dude Scales was. At the end of the game, you finally get a chance to challenge the mighty Saurian Warrior- He draws his ornate sword and readies his stance on the battle field only to… Give up his Krazoa Spirit and go away for the floating ape-head from Star Fox 64 can die a quick death (again) and he’s never seen again. BIGGEST LETDOWN EVER RARE!
Putting this into context, imagine if at the end of Banjo-Kazooie Gruntilda was found out by the honey bear to have been a robot. A robot controlled by a four-story fire-breathing elephant named “Moe the Mauler” who’s been jealous of Banjo’s companion, as Moe’s ox picker bird friend is a grumpy chain smoker and just hangs about to pick ticks off Moe’s thick skull. Banjo & Kazooie fight Moe, Moe goes down, and you’re extremely confused and disappointed about not being able to lay down the smack on Grunty who’s tortured, egged you on, and completely turned Banjo’s adventure as tough as possible. Thankfully, I’m sure Rare wouldn’t do something like THAT ever again, right? I wonder why in the world they would completely ruin the ending to such a great game by doing that though?! The other thing that bugged me? Censoring the Great Mighty Poo’s Ballad in Conker: Live & Reloaded, but that’s been explained and made sense as to why they had to do so. Still- I don’t like to censor art… ;) See you lot on Friday!
