Mighty No. 9 And Balan Wonderworld Are Far From The Best Or Most Polished Games (I'm Well Aware That

Mighty no. 9 and Balan Wonderworld are far from the best or most polished games (I'm well aware that you can't even jump in Balan Wonderworld depending on power up), but I also can't help but adore the characters and come up with random bits of headcanons for em.

Don't really know why but I think I just like how these characters look? (Seriously, for as clunky as the gameplay for Balan Wonderworld was, you can't tell me that his design looked bad)

Mighty no. 9 also had the bosses show bits of personality and help Beck out depending on which Mighty Number you've defeated which I actually really liked. Not a hundred percent sure if we got that sort of thing in Megaman, but I thought it was nice. Makes the Mighty Numbers feel more like family members y'know? And I friggin LOVE family moments between robots. Their voices also had me laughing, they made me cringe and I loved em.

I can't get enough of the Balan Wonderworld art style either. It's so charming, I friggin love it. Not as much found family vibes, but they still got the loveable host that learns through observation vibes. That's enough for me to like the game, the characters at least.

(NOTE: Before anyone reads this, yes, it's out-dated. Especially my views on Balan. I'm allowed to like what I like. But this is not the way to go about it. You are allowed to like and dislike something based on your own opinion.. but at least give the games a try.)

(Another note: You're not obligated to read the sequel. But also, please do not harass anyone who likes or dislikes a game. That's petty.)

Me, who likes Balan Wonderworld and Mighty No. 9 AND is still a Gamer (albeit a Casual one): Yeah the game wasn't good, but it's still good to me.

Gamer who hates Balan Wonderworld: But it's bad tho??

Me: So? Go read Balan, if you want more story. *tosses book at the gamer who hates balan wonderworld*

Gamer who hates Mighty No. 9: What port did you play? Wii U? Wasn't that the worse port?

Me: Whilst I do agree with you that Mighty No. 9's Wii U port is the worst of the options available.. I still enjoy the game even after all these years.

Toxic Gamer: Fuck you then!! I'm gonna go back to my GTA!

Me: ...Okay? *sigh* Now, gamers, not all of you are like the three above. Only a fraction of you are. But like.. can a girl enjoy her games even if they are bad? Like, fuck, I LOVE Mega Man 8 unironically, and that (to most people) is the worst Mega Man game! And heck, I'll say it: I'll still be a Gamer, but I love to keep an open-mind about things! So I'll still be a Gamer, but I won't say I hate something just because of what everyone else says.. because that's stupid.

How hard do you think Rise Raph and maybe 2012 Leo relate to Luisa from Encanto?

Now that I think about it, isn't 2012 Leo kinda like a mix of Luisa and Isabella??

Like, y'all know Rise Raph is under some serious pressure from being the oldest brother. (Taking care of three VERY chaotic little bros is NOT an easy task. Luisa has it objectively worse since she goes out of her way to look after her ENTIRE family. How neither of them popped a blood vessel is beyond me but whatever.) 2012 Leo has the same issue but he's also under pressure when it comes to being perfect. (Isabella outright stated she was stuck being perfect her entire life which is similar to Leo) In the sense of being the perfect ninja I mean. I'm not sure if that's just a me thing or what, but now I'm thinking of those two meeting the older Madrigal's and them all meeting up just to vent and gossip. (Leo and Isabella at least. Raph and Luisa are probably lifting weights or just chilling like royalty)

It's wild how many characters there are in the Mutant Mashup au. Here's a list, plus some extra thoughts.

Rottmnt:

Splinter (Lou Hamato)

Raphael "Red" Hamato

Donatello "Purple" Hamato

Leonardo "Blue" Hamato

Michaelangelo "Orange" Hamato

April O'Neil

Carol O'Neil

Cassandra Jones

Casey Jones Junior

"Gram Gram" Karai

Sunita

Piebald

Hueso

Todd Capybara

Baron Draxum

Warren & Hypnopotamus

Meat Sweats

Repo Mantis

Sando Brothers

Ghost Bear

Baxter Stockboy

Ms. Cuddles

Foot lieutenants

Kendra

Jeremy

Jason

Big Mama

BM's Assistant (Frida)

Heinous Green

Loathsome Leonard

Dastardly Danny

Malicious Mickey

2012:

Splinter (Yoshi Hamato)

Leonardo "DaVinci" Hamato

Raphael "Sanzio" Hamato

Donatello "Niccolo" Hamato

Michaelangelo "Simoni" Hamato

April "May" O'Neil

Kirby O'Neil

Casey Jones

Karai (Miwa)

Tang Shen

Bishop

Mr. Murakami

Oroku Saki (Shredder)

Bebop & Rocksteady

Tiger Claw (Takeshi)

Fish Legs (Xever)

Rahzar (Chris Bradford)

Baxter Stockman

Alopex

Mona Lisa (Y'gythba)

Leatherhead

Slash (Spike)

Pigeon Pete (Nobody likes/talks about him)

Professor Rockwell

Mondo Gecko

Muckman (Garson Grunge)

Timothy

I told you. It's pretty crazy. Anyway, these are almost every character that has ever interacted with the turtles whether significantly or not. Now that I'm looking at the list, I'm really blown away by how different these interactions are. It's awesome! Seriously, it looks like the the only things that stayed the same was the turtles, Splinter, April, Casey, Shredder, and Karai. The Kraang too but I'll talk about that in a second.

In the Au, Stockman might've gone to the store Stockboy works at and chatted about machines and whatnot. Tang Shen and Gram Gram Karai would also have gotten along pretty well I think (they share the same voice actor too so that's a nice touch). I don't think Draxum would've worked together with Shredder. Saki tends to boss others around and Draxum's pride wouldn't have liked that. It's possible that Shredder tricked Draxum into wearing the armor, but the chance of finally gaining the power necessary to achieve his goal would've been too good to pass up. Saki isn't above using enhancers as a last resort. He would've worn the Dark Armor on his own and become the 'Super' Shredder. One last thing to note is that technically speaking and looking back at Rise canon, the Hamato clan originally was a part of the foot clan. It's weird right?? The split happened when the leader of the Foot clan at the time wore the Dark Armor and went on a rampage. He had done so with the best of intentions but he couldn't control the armor's need to destroy. The man (who happens to also be called Oroku Saki, might name change in this au) had a daughter whose name was Karai. She would go on to create the Hamato clan and seal away the Shredder and herself. That's what happens in this Au at least and aligns closely with canon for the most part. 2012 didn't have much lore when it comes to the Hamato clan, aside from what happened to Tang Shen, so that's why I chose Rise canon as a building point.

Now the Krang is in a weird spot. In canon the 2012 Kraang are brainwashed by Kraang Prime with only a few that managed to break free of his control, calling themselves Utrom. Rise canon sees something similar to this in that the Krang are invaders that can take control of both machines and organic beings. Rise fans also know that Krang are actually the reason for Yokai in the first place through the Empyrean they brought and that they created the Dark Armor. In terms of the Au, the 2012 Kraang only want to free Krang Prime which is Rise Krang. (Brother and Sister Krang are also there but we don't see a lot of love for them so.) There were a few 2012 Kraang that decided to rebel and called themselves the Utrom. The creation of Yokai through the Empyrean and the banishment of Krang Prime and his siblings happened long ago, just like Rise canon.

No one really knows who sealed them away, time had eroded the knowledge away to the point of meaninglessness. There are definitely several legends about it that try to explain what exactly happened but it's never explained. Maybe it was the Utrom trying to atone for the sins of their past, or maybe, just maybe, it was a group of great warriors?

I think that along with ballet, Simoni knows how to break dance and incorporates that into his fighting style. Unlike Orange (and possibly canon Rise Mikey) who uses razzmatazz as a way to prove that he doesn't need to be babied, Simoni just does this because he gets too bored and likes to spice up his attacks. Makes him unpredictable y'know?

Now that I think about it, Blue would probably be more proficient in fighting right? Since he's in a family full of incredibly talented people, Blue feels incredibly insecure and downplays achievements even when they were well earned. In this Au, he would probably train a lot more to "compensate" for his "lackluster" abilities. Similar to canon Rise Leo, he's a great strategist and can smooth talk his way out of most problems but Blue doesn't value this skill a whole lot.

Because of this extra training, Blue probably rivals DaVinci in combat proficiency. Vinnie isn't a slouch either and despite the more calm and maybe even playful demeanor in this Au, DaVinci is just as committed to training as his canon counterpart.

You have inspired me to make my own version of Abel! Prepare yourself for a mention in a post really soon. (I'm so sorry for the sudden repost I just REALLY like this idea)

⚠️TW⚠️: 🩸. I always wonder what would Abel/Able looks like in the amazing digital circus . So I made my version of able of what he looked like. I headcanon that Caine the the younger brother of able and my theory that Caine might k.o. His brother out of jealousy similar to the cain and Abel.

What’s is Caine hiding from them you can’t hide from the truth. Edit. Miss one glove.

Random idea for Mutant Mashup: Red might be more anxious about being left alone than canon.

Canon Rise Raph had his bros, April, and his dad. A limited group of people, but that combined with the isolation meant that Raph only had his family as people he could trust. However, I think Raph got too reliant, being around his family to the point where if any of them leave Raph alone with his thoughts, he starts to panic.

I might be reading too far into this but that's just my reasoning for why Raph goes savage in Rise canon and I'll be extending that headcanon to Red in Mutant Mashup for now. Might change later.

The reason Red would be quicker to go savage when alone is because he has even more family which meant that Red was never really left alone. He was pulled in all directions by both his brother's and his cousin's and while he did have DaVinci there to shoulder some of the weight, at the end of the day Red didn't get a lot of time to himself. Red didn't mind that though and was happy to spend time with his family, he just needed to make sure that DaVinci was there to make sure nothing hurt the family while Red was gone.

Savage Raph in this au largely acts the same as in canon but calms down immensely once DaVinci inserts himself into the situation. Vin likes to keep clean and his wears his signature blue often so while Red won't recognize Vinnie immediately, he does recognize the color and feels safer as a result. LaceFace is still the main thing that snaps Red out of his savage mode.

I still want to think about this a bit more, not confident in enough with Red's reason to go savage mode when left alone. For now though, this is just an idea that doesn't have to be added into the Au rn.