--//Gato Z2\\--
Source: Chrono Trigger
Sprite Source: Original!
By: Balthazar and Jango

Version: Ore wa Tsuyoi

CURRENT FEATURES:
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- A 100% custom spriteset by Balthazar!
- Totally accurate to Chrono Trigger's moveset

UPDATES:
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04/02/2013
- Changed name to his actual name, changed big port, and renamed all files to reflect that.
- Commented out Magus kill intro for now. If you still want it, the code is still there. In the future, I will provide a config.txt to enable it easily if you so prefer.
- Fixed a bug with the song lyrics not being on top.
- Fixed a bug with the silver points showing up behind taller characters.
- Fixed a bug where Gato's Song of Love gave power back.
- Reduced superpause time for Gato's Song of Love.

WHAT'S LEFT:
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- Adding more sounds
- Adding better system sparks
- Adding more transition frames
- Adding more palettes
- Cybot Mode
- JIB Mode (You may find out about it soon, hehehe)


BACKGROUND:
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This one actually has a long backstory.

Everyone knows that when I do an April Fool's joke char, I have a hyped up character get their shit wrecked by something else that nobody would download normally. So a few years ago, Iced and I were discussing what my next April Fool's joke would be, and what char I wanted to make. Originally, I was going to make Frog in the style ComboKyo made his old Chrono Trigger chars, but have him kill a CvS-sprited Magus for his intro. This was back when having CvS sprites was all the rage, and when CvS2 groove select was big. That was too much work, and that eventually evolved into my Scrooge McDuck char (he killed Goenitz in his intro).

So after disappearing for almost two years, I came back and found that Balthazar and Cybaster's DBZ chars were really popular, and for once, that popularity was deserved. The gameplay was really engrossing, and the animations were beautiful.

At one point, I was considering hiring Balthazar for a project, and was going to have him sprite Dave from Homestuck, but that plan fell through. Then I remembered my old April Fool's joke draft. I fired off a PM asking if he could sprite Magus in the Z2 style. After all, he already did an excellent job spriting DBZ characters, and since Akira Toriyama handled the art for Chrono Trigger, it should be second nature to him.

While this was happening, I kinda drifted away from Frog killing Magus, and decided Gato should be the one to do it. Because I was lazy, I was going to make Gato kill Magus and just sing until the engine crashed from infinite looping. Would be an easy enough joke and would require little effort on my part, but then I remembered I am not Jesuszilla.

That all changed when Balthazar sent me his Magus sprites. I was blown away at how professional and detailed they looked, and how he managed to translate the tiny sprites of the game into a detailed entity. At that point, I decided that this joke was going to be serious with a lot more effort put into it. I still went with Gato, but this time, I decided I was going to change my philosophy. Up until this point, most of my April Fool's jokes were meant to be simple diversions to disappoint the downloader. This time, the goal was to make something that the player would want to keep on their roster past 4/1.

Balthazar got all the sprites finished in roughly five days altogether (not counting an initial period where he almost forgot he had a deadline, heh), which gave me plenty of time to code. Gato accomplished a lot of "firsts." He was the first character I developed solely for MUGEN 1.0, was the first boss character I developed, and (until I removed the feature from the primary coding) he was the first to use unique to 1.0 state controllers (remappal if you were interested). I also studied a lot on things like Super Armor, overriding MUGEN's common states, and a bunch of other things I normally didn't worry about.

The end result is the char you hold in your hands. I hope you enjoy it and rack up those silver points!


STORY:
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Gato has metal joints, and he entered the MUGEN tournament to give silver points to anyone who defeats him.


GAMEPLAY:
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Technically, this char is more something you should fight against than fight as, but he's still quite playable. Just remember that you can't jump, block, or crouch. You will eat almost every attack someone throws at you, but you won't flinch.


DISCLAIMER:
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As always, you are free to use anything in this character.


SYSTEM:
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Forward: Walk Forward
Backward: Walk Backward
X: Multi-Punch
Y: Punching Glove
A: Gato's Song of Love (costs 1000 power)

Playing Tips:
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- Just punch stuff? I guess. And don't forget to sing when you have full meter. That's it really.


Q&A (READ THIS YOU FAT FUCK):
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Q: Wait, a collaboration between Balthazar and Jango?! Somebody shake me 'cuz I must be sleeping!
A: Now that we're here so far away, all the struggle we thought was in vain, all the mistakes one life contained, they all finally started to go away when we made this char.

Q: Rumor has it you're making another Chrono Trigger char with Balthazar. Is this true???
A: Maybe. Depends on how fat my wallet is, and if Balthazar is up to spriting a char from a game he's never played before. Balthazar, if you're reading this, hurry up and play it, dammit! You're missing out! >:(

Q: Are you gonna add the stuff he did in the OVA?
A: Movewise, probably not. That OVA was fucking terrible, and his moveset would probably make him even more of a pain in the ass than he is now. Aesthetically, his singing animation already references it, and I am currently looking for a VA to sing his songs. More info on it later.

Q: What's your next character going to be?
A: Well, I did promise the community I was going to make Pepe YEARS ago. I guess I should probably do that. I've got a bunch of other WIP's on the side too, so it's gonna be a busy year for me.


CREDITS:
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Balthazar: For all the sprites, and being my partner in crime in this venture.
Cyanide: For being my mercy angel and helping me fix my code.
Caddie: For being my other mercy angel and telling me to finish Pupa.
Iced: For telling me to add more shit to Gato so that I could promptly ignore him.
Jmorphman: For supporting the idea wholeheartedly.
Seravy: For the super armor code.
Kung_Fu_Man: For the code to keep Gato from jumping. Ironic, I used to make fun of him for that.
TyrannosaurusReich: No reason, he's just a cool dude.

AND YOU FOR DOWNLOADING MY SHIT