Eggplant Wizard

Eggplant Wizard

ナスビ使い

Nasubi Tsukai

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First Appearance: Kid Icarus (1986) Latest Appearance: Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012) Affiliation(s): Medusa, Orcos Enemy Type: Grounded

The Eggplant Wizard (ナスビ使い Nasubi Tsukai) is the one monster to truly strike fear into the heart of a Kid Icarus player. Plutons are nought but a minor nuisance compared to this fiend. The Eggplant Wizard garners as much hate from old-school gamers as the Red Arremer from the "Ghouls 'n Ghosts 'n Goblins" series, the birds from Ninja Gaiden, Metroids from Metroid, the Thief Bot from Descent II, and Death from Castlevania. It's one of the very few enemies to possess a projectile attack. However, it's not because the Eggplant Wizard has fierce attack power (it doesn't) or high evasion (it's trudgingly slow), though it is one of the few foes to have a high amount of health. No, this creature is feared for one reason:

It turns Pit into an ambulatory aubergine.

Pit's body becomes that of a purple eggplant with legs, disabling all forms of action and attack. Pit retains his ability to jump, climb, and move (moving while crouching is particularly hilarious), but all he can do is dodge. The Eggplant Wizard causes this status effect by hitting Pit with an arcing eggplant projectile; the Wizard is rather crafty at throwing these nasty little vegetables and two Wizards can provide excellent cover for each other. This condition can only be cured by getting to a Hospital, where a friendly Nurse will remove the curse. Being turned into an eggplant, no matter how painful it looks or the stomach-twistingly pathetic sound it makes when Pit is cursed, causes only minor damage.

Characteristics

The Wizard is perhaps a vegetative creature, like Holer and Daphne. Tall, cloaked, and wielding a staff, it's an imposing magic-user, but they are not agile by any means. Like so many other creatures in Angel Land, the Wizard has a single, large eye.

Appearances

Kid Icarus

"An inhabitant of the fortresses. It places a spell on Pit turn him into an eggplant. In order to break the spell, Pit must go to the fortress hospital."

Being lieutenants of Medusa, they guard Fortresses, becoming more numerous with each subsequent fortress, and often in deadly pairs. When Pit enters a room that they occupy, they will cast their eggplants in either high or low arcs. The duo will both throw in the same way and walking out of the room and back into it will most likely change the arc style, making it a bit easier to avoid being cursed.

Hit Points	Damage	Hearts	Score (Experience)
10	2	10	300

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Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters

Fortress bosses won't appear in their chambers if Pit's been cursed. Being cursed comes with one "small" advantage; since Pit is now at a reduced size, he can run underneath enclosures that he normally wouldn't be able to fit through.

Hit Points	Damage	Hearts	Score (Experience)
6		10

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Kid Icarus: Uprising

It was revealed in the E3 Trailer that the Eggplant Wizard will appear in the new Kid Icarus game. He will likely be a major enemy in the game and has a revamped appearance. He makes his first appearance in the fourth chapter: The Reaper's Line of Sight. The trailer also shows that he will still be able to turn Pit into an eggplant, although it is unknown whether the Nurses will return in this game to remove it. In addition, Pit will now be able to use the Eggplant Attack as a Power ability against opponents.

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Captain N: The Game Master

Eggplant Wizard was one of Mother Brain's lieutenants, next to King Hippo of Punch-Out fame in Captain N: The Game Master. He would immediately spout fruit and vegetables when agitated or hurt, and often used them for outlandish purposes (such as a banana-phone).

Gallery

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  The Eggplant Wizard in Uprising.

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  The Eggplant wizard in Captain N.

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  The Eggplant Wizard's chamber.

Trivia

• The Eggplant Wizard is truely one of the strangest and most puzzling characters in the Kid Icarus series. It is currently unknown what influenced its creation or if it is based on any mythological figures.
• However, there is a possibility that the Eggplant Wizard might be an underlying reference to the Eggplant Man from the Nintendo game, Wrecking Crew, which was released a year before Kid Icarus.