Tentacles

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This article is about the enemy from MediEvil. For the enemy from the second game, see Tentacles (MediEvil 2).

Tentacles were the touchy feelers of the Swamp Guardian, a giant creature that lived deep beneath the surface of the Pools Of The Ancient Dead.[2][2.1]

Tentacles
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Biographical information
AKA The Swamp Guardian
Gender Male
Gameplay information
MediEvil (1998 original)
Soul type No soul
Health 180 HP[1]
Damage dealt[1] All attacks: 8 HP
  • Sharpness 2
  • Weight 2
  • Fire 2
  • Magic 2
Damage taken[1] Sharpness Standard (1x)

Weight Standard (1x)

Fire Standard (1x)

Magic Standard (1x)

MediEvil (2019 remake)
Health 100 HP[1]
Damage dealt[1] All attacks: 20 HP
Behind the scenes information
Appears in
"Please escort me to the base of the ancient battlefield. Just be mindful of the Swamp Guardian. I beat him in a game of Tentacle Tag, and he's a sore loser."
Knight McKnight, about the Swamp Guardian.

Characteristics

Appearance

The Swamp Guardian's gigantic tentacles, which were the only visible part of him, were reminiscent of a squid's tentacles.

Personality

It was said that the Swamp Guardian was too timid to show his many faces.[2.1] He was also a sore loser according to the lost soul Knight McKnight.

Gameplay

Strategy

Tentacles will stretch out from the mud areas and reach towards Dan if he gets too close, though they can easily be defeated with ranged weapons, such as the crossbow.

MediEvil (2019 remake)

Book of Gallowmere entry

Touchy feelers of the Swamp Guardian, said to live deep below the water's surface.

Though too timid to show his many faces, he still likes to stay in touch. Sometimes, he stays in touch too hard.[2][2.1]

Behind the scenes

Development

PLEASE NOTE: This section refers to content that is not present in the final versions of the game due to being cut, removed or repurposed.
"A very silly looking monster. Children love funny monsters with lots of eyes and bum holes to make fart noises!"
Jason Wilson, about the Swamp Guardian.[3]
 
Concept art of the Swamp Guardian boss fight.

The Swamp Guardian was going to be a boss in one of the game's mud-themed levels.[3] Concept art reveals that the boss fight would have taken place on top of his head. Dan had to destroy all of the guardian's eyes in order to defeat him. This was complicated by tentacle tongues lashing out at Dan from the guardian's many mouths as well as the opening at the top of the guardian's head, which Dan could get sucked into. In that event, the guardian would have blown mud out of the opening, launching Dan into the air and injuring him.[4] Dan also had to be careful not to fall off the guardian's head, as that would have cost him a life.

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Original research by Dan's Friend.
  2. 2.0 2.1   MediEvil. Developed by Other Ocean Emeryville. Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment on October 25, 2019.
    1. 2.1.0 2.1.1 2.1.2 Tentacles entry in the Book of Gallowmere in   MediEvil. Developed by Other Ocean Emeryville. Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment on October 25, 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Art and Game Design - MediEvil on JASON WILSON - PORTFOLIO.
  4. "The weird creature in the middle was an abandoned design for the swamp boss, he was a gigantic creature that rose from the swamps, occasionally blowing a fountain of mud out from his blow hole and if Dan is not careful he would have been blown up into the air and injured." — Wilson, Jason, medievil_swamps_concept_design on atomic-city concept art and design of Jason Wilson (archived version). Published 2008.

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