Hehe. Well, the Japanese love Tron. And pretty much everything that comes out of Disney. So it's actually not a surprise that they slip little homages like that in, whenever they can.

What the?...

*checks image again*

What?

I'm a big Nintendo fan, but, I can't tell who that guy is.

Apparently, this was part of a BIG leak that happened today. Lots of secret characters have been revealed as well as new levels.

KiaPurity Wrote:It's not Tron. That does not say Tron at all. (If the File Archives was working, I'd link you guys to the Japanese Tron poster and you can compare the obvious katakana character differences in that.) "Tabuu" (Looks like he's from a game called Tarot... might be Japan-Only) Tron uses "Torun" if I'm remembering right. And even if he was Tron, I'd be wondering why he's murky looking rather than very crisp-looking like he does in the movie and Kingdom Hearts 2. Sorry, guys. I don't think Nintendo would have made such a deal with Disney.

I don't think it's supposed to be , and I agree with TronFAQ. Here's some homages to in other video games:

Metroid Prime 2 has an area inspired by , including a computer terminal that says "End of line" when scanned.

Shadow the Hedgehog has a computer-themed stage, where you must steal permission keys from the enemy and gain access into a high security area.

The "Battlefeild" and "Final Destination" stages in Super Smash Bros. Melee have background videos that occasionally resemble the wormhole sequence from .

I've seen many references in video games, and to have one in Brawl as a character resembling (not neccessarily ) is good enough for me.

(of course, we all know that 's being in the game would be equally awesome )

KiaPurity Wrote:...I said the character was in a video game before. X_x He probably already looked like that in the previous game ("Tarot") and I have no idea if Tarot ever made it here. He really doesn't look very Tronish to me. Just like, a humanoid looking jelly/slime. I'm not even sure if it's an actual homage at all to be honest. I just really wanted to clear up any misconceptions here.

KiaPurity is right. He is from another game.

Taboo: The Sixth Sense
Apparently this "Taboo" dude is the FINAL boss in SSBB's Subspace Emissary adventure mode. I don't know if he's a playable character.

But what really makes this character interesting, is that this guy is from a game by former-Nintendo company RARE. Nintendo must have done a licensing deal with Rare or something to have him in the game.

But, after finding this information...I have one question:

Why?

Why the hell would Nintendo pick such an obscure character from a video game that's not even from Nintendo's library? let alone pick a character from a game that was considered controversial.

Besides, the guy doesn't even have circuitry on his body.

EDIT:

One thing has occurred to me though...

...what if this Taboo guy is a coincidence? I mean, maybe the guy's name just happened to be Taboo and people automatically thought he was from a game.

After all, all bosses from the entire SSB series are original characters, right?

I wouldn't say Rare was a third party in the past when that game came out in 1988, though.

They *may* be now... but still, all nintendo's characters that were in Rare games are still pretty much first party: Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong existed before in his own game in the 80's. Diddy Kong made his first appearance in Donkey Kong Country which was a Rare game.)

Also, um, inspirited by Tron... how? I said Taboo looked like a gelatinous being rather than electronic to me. ^^; Maybe it would be easier to tell if there was a clip of Taboo in action, perhaps?order abortion pill http://unclejohnsprojects.com/template/default.aspx?morning-after-pill-price where to buy abortion pill

In the second clip when Taboo's face is shown close up, there are lines swirling around in his face... that does look a bit electronic, yeah.

Still hard to tell though, augh. But that's alright, really.