Tentacles

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.

Tentacles
Biographical information
AKA	The Swamp Guardian
Gender	Male
Gameplay information
MediEvil (1998 original)
Soul type	No soul
Health	180 HP
Damage dealt	All attacks: 8 HP 2 2 2 2
Damage taken	Standard (1x) Standard (1x) Standard (1x) Standard (1x)
MediEvil (2019 remake)
Health	100 HP
Damage dealt	All attacks: 20 HP
Behind the scenes information
Appears in	MediEvil (1998) Pools Of The Ancient Dead MediEvil (2019) Pools Of The Ancient Dead

"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. 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.

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.

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. 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. Dan also had to be careful not to fall off the guardian's head, as that would have cost him a life.

It is unknown whether the tentacles in the Pools of the Ancient Dead level were always intended to be the Swamp Guardian's or whether this is entirely the invention of the 2019 remake of the game.

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In other languages

Language	Name
Arabic	المجسات almijasaat
Bulgarian	Пипала Pipala
Croatian	Krakovi
Czech	Chapadla
Danish	Tentakler
Dutch	Tentakels
Finnish	Lonkerot
French (France)	Tentacules
German	Tentakel
Greek	Πλοκάμια Plokámia
Hungarian	Csápok
Italian	Tentacoli
Japanese	触手 Shokushu
Norwegian	Tentakler
Polish	Macki
Portuguese (Brazil)	Tentáculos
Portuguese (Portugal)	Tentáculos
Romanian	Tentacule
Russian	Щупальца Shchupal'tsa
Spanish (LatAm)	Tentáculos
Spanish (Spain)	Tentáculos
Swedish	Tentakler
Turkish	Dokunaçlar