Sprite Duel -- STARPOWER vs RIDGE TROOPA: "M&L3 Showdown"

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bump plz

(USER WAS WARNED FOR THIS POST: Do not bump a topic that is most likely to be bumped on it's on by the participants of the duel soon, anyway! -Dex)

Haha I am laughing irl over this. Dex, you crazy rascal!




@CeeY: Thanks, buddy.

Well, got carried away with other things and I didn't realise it til just a while ago that there's only 3 days left to this duel. I am lucky if I get one animation done.
I started working on his "awakening" animation til I decide to work on his idle again. As for his left hand on the idle...ignore it, it's just a doodle. His hand will be different from that.
If you're wondering why he's in chains, I thought of this concept of how you would meet Smithy in M&L3. The concept is here but it contains spoilers of M&L3...

Spoiler

Inside Bowser's Castle, Mario and Luigi find another secret room, just like they did with the shroobs. This explains where Fawful's minions like the FawBot(Idk it's real name)and his flying saucer robot came from, Smithy was brainwashed to do Fawful's bidding. The only reason he was even lucky enough to capture him is that he was weak from his fight with Mario and his friends in SMRPG. After all of his hardwork, he is chained up(before the brainwash effects go away) and has made himself go into a deep sleep(side effect of the brainwash). When awaken by Mario and Luigi, he goes on a rage, breaking the chains that hold him captive..

I'm startin to like Smithy though, he's an interesting character. Wish I could've done more with him in this duel like his Tank attack and so on.