Jelly the Octopus is an unused boss who would have been one of the bosses for The Airship stages.
Description[]
Appearance[]
He is a yellow octopus with cyan, triangular eyebrows and white and lavender tentacles. He also has a ring of cyan spheres around his ‘neck’. He has a yellow antenna with a pink tip which can turn cyan when parried.
Battle[]
Jelly simply idles while looking at the player, before moving around. The only way to damage him is parrying his antenna; once parried, he will speed up a bit.
Legacy[]
The King's Leap utilizes the parry mechanic to defeat the minibosses, The Knight use a very similar mechanic to be defeated, that is parrying the top of his body.
Gallery[]
Animation of Jelly's intro
Jelly's movement
Jelly after parrying his antenna
Cloud sprites
The entrance to the level Jelly would have been in, as seen in old gameplay footage.
Jelly Knockout Animation
Trivia[]
- He is the only revealed boss of The Airship stage.
- Despite him and the Stork being listed in the debug menu, clicking on them softlocks the game due to the assets being removed.
Inspirations and Similarities[]
- This unused boss battle may have been inspired by the battle with Squid Baron from the Shantae series.
- Jelly the Octopus may have been inspired by other cartoons featuring an octopus; such as Frolicking Fish (1930), The Beach Party (1931), Plane Dumb (1933), or Merbabies (1938).