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Team Draug matches - Oume: #3 Ella
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And so begins Oume's journey to train herself in spite to get her rematch against the leader of Team Crowbar, Jon Talbain, after her defeat in Seadragon's Cup.

And   more...she faces the last of the Aiduzzi trio: Ella.

Maybe because I know her better than Ubu and Kuando, this battle was easier and only took me one try. But don't let this fool you: Ella is one tough cookie. She's fast and her attacks are quite damaging. You better watch out for her supers, specially their level 2 versions.

Anyway, Ella is also my favourite character of the Aiduzzi Trio. Maybe because she's a parody of horror films... Maybe it's because of her intros... Maybe it's because she's so weird... Dunno why, but Ella rocks.

Stay tuned for the next "Oume's Quest" episode.

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Stage and music: Silent Hill school (you can get both from RandomSelect)  less

Another battle with Oume as the main star! Who's her opponent this time? Well, after fighting Ubu, I've decided to pit her against another Aiduzzi character.

This time Oume fights Kuando. And I must say   more...Kuando is even crazier than Ubu. In fact, this guy is quite messed up! But that makes him so special and interesting.

Kuando is a close fighter and his fists and kicks are specially strong. If you think projectile whores would be great against him, you're totally wrong, since he also has attacks that may affect the whole ground and even go fastforward and against you, even if you are in the other end of the screen.

Like other Aiduzzi characters, you better don't let him build enough energy up or he'll own you. Kuando's specials are quite powerful and I must say I needed a couple of tries before I could win him.

And yes, your guess is right: Oume's next opponent will be Ella. But I prefer to wait for that. Rasputin needs to show his skills too and also I want to get our Cheap Hunter going after his first bounty. That and Arina's new battle against a character people love and hate...

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Stage: Kuando's
Music: Gravity (Megaman Zero 2)  less

Oume's first battle as the president of Team Draug. And for this match, she fights an old geezer... No one but Ubu.

Ubu has been created by the same author as Kuando and Ella, Aiduzzi. And like them, Ubu   more...is a bizarre yet interesting character. Gotta love his intros and winposes.

But he is also a tough guy. He can be very aggressive, build up enough energy to use a Hyper Special on you - those hurt A LOT - and make you suffer with a hard and challenging battle.

The trick is being defensive and taking advantage on his openings after some of his attacks and when he's charging energy up.

And with a character like Oume, you have to be extremely careful, but projectiles - not abusing them, though - and Oume's aura once she completes an energy bar - this comes from the original Matrimelee game, guys - are good for taking advantage.

Besides that, once again I've been 'playing' with the screenpack. Now I'm using Power Instinct Matrimelee life and energy bars - in survival rounds, it restores way more life than the old EvE bars -, but I also have added some sounds, kept the ones I had before and you get this...

ROUND 1: "Let's fight like gentlemen" - Dudley.
ROUND 2: "Is that your best?" - Shao Kahn.
ROUND 3: "Brace yourself for immediate desintegration" - Marvin the Martian.
ROUND 4: "Eat my shorts, man!" - Bart Simpson.
ROUND 5: "That's it! You're history pal!" - Peter Griffin.
FIGHT: "Die" - Ganon from those CD-i games.
KO: "It's over 9000!!!" - Vegeta!!

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Stage: Mountainside Temple (KFM's stage)
Music: Sakura Sakura, Gokujyo Parodius version  less

Oume's initiation into Team Draug? Maybe the title says so, but this is no normal initiaton video...

Oume challenges all current five members of Team Draug to fight her in order to join their group...   more...as their president?! Anyway, this video has some sprite non-animated cutscenes. I'll be making this only in special vids like this one.

==First battle==

* I'm playing as Oume Goketsuji/Goketuji - both forms of her last name seem to be accepted, by the way, and so are Gouketsuji and Gouketuji... odd, really odd.
This old lady is one of the weirdest characters you can find in a fighting game. She comes from Power Instinct and this is her Matrimelee version. Overall she combines both her and Otane's moves from that game. Her attack, defense and specials are normal, but maybe her supers are a bit overpowered, specially the giant hand and ghost ones - although they deal more or less the same damage, they're unblockable and the ghost one has nearly no chance to be avoided if you aren't close to Oume to hit her before she releases it. Be careful if you play against her in CPU, since her AI tends to be too aggressive, although you can use this for your good, since she rarely blocks.

* First opponent is Mudman. He's pretty much AI-less, jumping around and occassionally using Mud Attack and Mud Launcher. Sometimes he will be quite defensive.

* Second one is Arina. I don't know if she really has an AI or not, but when computer controlled, she's very aggressive and quite a combo-whore. Strangely, even if she says in this video that Oume is too strong, she's the only one who presented a real fight.

* Dan is the third in the series. He's by far the hardest Dan in Mugen, since he's quite PotS-ish. But Dan isn't as far as hard as many people say. If you know Dan, you can predict his moves quite easily.

* Finally, Rasputin. Another quite AI-less character, or maybe his AI isn't that good. He plays with the fact that his attacks are strong, but he isn't a challenge at all.

==Second battle==

* Leona, as I said in the Mudman initiation video, has a competitive AI, even if she isn't a big challenge. Anyway, in both her normal and Orochi-controlled versions, she is a good opponent.

Next videos will show more of Oume's battles, since I want her to be in MKR's tournament along with Dan, both representing Team Draug. Rasputin and the rest of initiations will come later. But I already have a baldy as Lobo's first victim... :P

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Stage: King Leo's stage in Savage Reign
Music:
- Intro and middle cutscene: Heat Blur (remix of Desert Palace in Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Project Chaos)
- First battle: In spite of one's age (KOF 98 - Takuma, Saisyu and Heidern)
- Second battle: The Doomsday (remix of Doosmday Zone in Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Project Chaos)
- Ending: Momentary Standstill (remix of Azure Lake in Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Project Chaos)  less