reposting previous convo cause I had quite a story to tell about this undersea whacko

Had this theme bumping through my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ-JYgn-6-Q&list=PL-vD6rIjXrcLe0-9bgEvTNaesznd4-9Wj&index=20&t=0s

As such it made me recall the sea-bed area, a place where I (as atomic guy) and Justa (as super geon )descended into the murky depths avoiding landmines that for some strange reason has faces and when they get huffy they get puffy and EXPLODE on contact. Upon landing we'd explore the bottom area and get jumped by hungry giant bargain bin metroids and swimming over trenches to find this ugly fucker hiding in a rather obvious and conveniently shaped bolder.

Aqua Slug at first glance doesn't seem like such a fascinating beasty at least to me when I was a kid. Heck when I played the sega version he was one of the monsters I picked the least. Looking at him now, I love his design, the colors are fun, he defintely is memorable, plus he had this really silly ass attack that..upon thinking about is pretty horrifying (basically imagine being force fed pieces of himself...Also he can freeze you if you get grabbed. Did I mention how interesting his brain looks by the way? I also assumed he was the more idiotic of the band of ugly E.T kaiju. But seeing how complex his brain looks I imagine he's pretty damn smart (starting to make sense why you fight him after Beetle Master.)

Having played the Neo Geo version at long last I can say his fight isn't as smooth sailing as other bosses. Because for one if you knock him down you can't hit him as his shell stops your attack. Also the trenches as far as I know instakill if you fall off. He provides a pretty unique challenge. But those same cases of getting constantly frozen are one of the reasons why he's one of my least favorite bosses in the game. The other being Lavicus but we'll get to that minion spewing ass munch another time.

ALSO note: In the nintendo version he's called...pfft..SACK-EYES! XDD

Aqua Slug © to SNK