Wahoo! Okay, back to that sequel idea I had way back when. This character was originally named Klaina as an offshoot of Klonoa. She was almost identical to Klonoa, save for the red fur and the purples used in her attire. Today, I gave her a bit of a revamp. I changed her ears, tail, cap, and boots. The leaves on her wind ring used to coil around the wind stone. Now, they sort of have the wind stone blossom in between them. The suspender straps are also an addition to her outfit. I also wanted to make her fur a little more exotic. So, I added some stripes. The closed mouth Pac-man pin was replaced by the cherries from the same game. The last thing to change was her name. I thought "Klaina" was a little too derivative. I wanted something that had a 'Tal' or 'Tael' in it. At first, her name changed to 'Taelina'. Then I thought I have too many names that follow that structure. Days later, 'Talico' came to mind. The more I used it in reference to her, the more it stuck.
The idea behind Talico is that she's another dream traveler, but she's very new to the experience. When she's summoned to the same dream as Klonoa, it's her second time out. When she meets her hero for the first time, she's somewhat smitten with him and delighted to join his quest. The younger Klonoa is skeptical of her, though. Regardless, she has some things she can learn from the more experienced dream traveler...despite the mysterious memory problems he has. He can help her learn, but she feels like there's something she needs to help him with. She's afraid of what might happen if she does, though.
As for how she plays, she would handle differently than Klonoa. The wind bullet would still be a basic attack with her, but she'd have other tricks. In fact, I wanted the dream travelers to do other neat little tricks with their rings and with each other. That's all I've got for now.
I'd be curious to know what you all think.