Pest on main menu's tongue attack should be added.

[CodyShaffer1025]

Just noticed the main menu screen has the pest with a long reaching tongue attack, would be neat if that is added at some point, maybe not to the early game ones, but maybe a possible later variant in a sector after hydroplants.

[MechWarden]

It was in the game at some point, right from the start, like in one of the play tests or the demo version, but it has quietly disappeared. It did explain how it could suddenly lunge towards after its jump (via assumed tongue grapple and pulling), and better connected it to the long tongued Carbuncle.

If I had to guess the tongue animation was removed because it didn't work or look good...? It didn't exactly grapple onto you; it more did an out of sight 'Spiderman web sling' onto an unseen object and was physics launched forward as if thrown.

I'm not sure if the tongue animation will ever come back, nor if the attack mechanics will be revised to match that concept; being a pull rather than a throw.

[dyra55]

Originally posted by MechWarden:

It was in the game at some point, right from the start, like in one of the play tests or the demo version, but it has quietly disappeared.

Can confirm, it was the attack animation for pests in playtests as well before the demo

I like them spinning more than that one

[Monokuma]

Originally posted by MechWarden:

If I had to guess the tongue animation was removed because it didn't work or look good...? It didn't exactly grapple onto you; it more did an out of sight 'Spiderman web sling' onto an unseen object and was physics launched forward as if thrown.

My guess was that it was changed to help differentiate it from Half-Life's headcrabs, alongside the identity with the pest wheel generator.

[XxXbonergirl69XxX]

they should have it be another exor variant line, where they have weird grapple barnacle arms instead of exor quills. Maybe the peccary spits carbuncles or grapple pests at you.

i think enemies that use more "progressive animations" and other graphical tricks would be neat