I’m trying to remember if there was a Nintendo Direct a while back where someone from Nintendo Japan showed off a new blue character with wings and claws, maybe on a table, hinting it would be a new Nintendo character. But then I never saw that character appear in any game or other media. I’ve been digging through old Nintendo Directs to find this clip but can’t tell if I’m just imagining it or mixing it up with something else. Has anyone else heard about or seen this? Appreciate any info!
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I remember seeing a clip like that too. There was a weird little segment where some staff showed off this blue winged character on a table. It was super short and weirdly vague, so it makes sense it never went further. Maybe it was just an experimental idea Nintendo was testing but then scrapped.
I think you’re talking about the “Non Specific Action Figure” character! It was briefly teased in a Nintendo Direct but never ended up in any game. It’s kinda become a meme among fans who remember it as a cool character concept that never went anywhere.
It might actually be related to some projects like “Project Guard” or “Project Giant Robot” that Nintendo revealed around the Wii U era. Those had some really offbeat concepts, and parts of them ended up turning into things like Star Fox Guard or the Labo Robot Kit for Switch. So that character you saw could be from something similar that never made it past the prototype phase.
That’s really interesting! Didn’t know those projects existed. Makes sense that some experimental characters never see full release.
Yes! That’s exactly it, thanks for confirming I wasn’t losing it.