Category Archives: ♘ whale

The predator has characteristics of whales, large finned aquatic mammals.

The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One [CA, PC] – Whale / Brandon (Wisp)

Media: video game: “The Legend of Kyrandia: Book One”
Developer: Westwood Studios
Platform: Commodore Amiga, Computer

Description: 

In Chapter 4, after collecting Blueberries for Zanthia, her cellar door can be opened to access the areas behind her house. One beach features golden Pegasus statues with a castle visible on the horizon. If Brandon attempts to reach the castle using the Will-o’-Wisp spell instead of the Pegasus potion, a whale will emerge from the water to swallow Brandon for a game over.

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Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening [NS, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, XB360, XBO] – Leviathan / Dante

Media: video game: “Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening”
Developer: Capcom Production Studio 1
Platform: Computer, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Note: The game was later re-released as Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition, with extra features.

Description: 

Mission 8, A Renewed Fear, begins with an action cinematic in which Dante runs down the side of the Temen-ni-gru tower while destroying demons. At the end of the cinematic, a giant airborne while-like creature known as Leviathan appears and swallows Dante whole.

The subsequent level takes place within Leviathan’s body, in which large structures and vehicles Leviathan had previously swallowed can be seen, including ships, cars and buildings. Stepping in pools of acid will cause Dante digestion damage.

Once the Heart of Leviathan has been destroyed, Dante will cut his way out of its body in a cinematic in the following mission.

Even if Dante’s costume is changed, he will be seen wearing the default costume in cinematics, as they are not dynamically generated. If playing as Vergil in the Special Edition of the game, Vergil will still go through the same levels as Dante, but cinematics that normally involve Dante will not play at all.

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Psycho Pinball [SG] – Whale / Psycho

Media: video game: “Psycho Pinball”
Developer: Codemasters
Platform: Sega Genesis

Note: The following only applies to the Sega Genesis version of the game. The PC/MS-DOS version of the game features different content.

Description: 

The Abyss stage features a pink whale at the very top of the pinball table. When all the ‘TAIL’ letters are activated, this opens a section that allows the ball to reach the whale’s mouth, which triggers the Whale’s Belly mini game. In said game, the player controls Psycho the armadillo directly, in a mini platforming challenge. The goal is to stay on the floating platforms, while trying to grab and throw crabs at stomach ulcers, that triggers an influx of water (acid?) to eventually reach a power-up, symbolized by a question mark icon. Falling into the water will end the mini game. Similarly, if the player takes too long, the whale will sneeze, causing Psycho to fall into the water.

In the PC/MS-DOS version of the game, the Whale’s Belly mini game is not present; shooting the ball into the whale’s mouth will trigger a mini roulette-like event to receive a power-up.

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The NewZealand Story [Arc, AST, C64, CA, NES, SG, SMS, TG16, Wii] – Whale / Tiki

Media: video game: “The NewZealand Story”
Developer: Taito
Platform:
Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Wii, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, TurboGrafx-16

Note: The game also exists as a compilation of games; Taito Legends [PC, PS2, PSP, XB] and features the emulated arcade version of the game.

Description: 

The first boss of the game is fought in Round 1-4 and is a flying whale encased in ice, making it impervious to Tiki’s arrows. After a short while, the whale will approach Tiki to swallow him, where he must continue the boss fight within its belly. Its stomach lining is vulnerable to attack, however Tiki must do so while avoiding the drops of acid in the claustrophobic space.

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Omori [NS, PC, PS4, XBO, XBXS] – Humphrey / Various

Media: video game: “Omori”
Developer: Omocat
Platform: Computer, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One

Note: As always, support your indie developers. Purchase a physical copy of the game here, or visit the Steam page here.

Description: 

During the Headspace portion when the game is Two Days Left, the party will travel to Deeper Well, and meet the whale known as Humphrey. He will mention that Sweetheart, one of the game’s antagonists, has entered his body to meet with the sea witches that live in his stomach, and welcomes Omori and friends to enter his mouth, too.

Inside, Humphrey demonstrates the ability to shift his insides to manifest villi-like protrusions that bizarrely, have faces, are sentient, share his awareness and are all also known as Humphrey.

Omori and friends navigate through Humphrey’s innards and stomach acids to catch up with Sweetheart, and at certain points, can witness named NPCs falling into acid – specifically, a named Sprout Mole NPC called Big Molio who if not rescued, will simply disappear, and a recurring NPC known as Snaley jumping into acid, believing it to be an inviting pool of water. After witnessing Sweetheart meet with all three sea witches, later known as Slime Girls, the party is able to access the lower floor of Humphrey’s gut, and are transported there by being swallowed by one of Humphrey’s large buds, as if it was an elevator.

In the lower levels, the Slime Girls are fought as a boss, and once defeated, Humphrey will complain of overwhelming hunger. With nothing with which to feed him, the Slime Girls fall prey to a giant Humphrey bud that forms under them, chewing and devouring them.

The party then must fight Humphrey in a series of boss fights. The second of Humphrey’s battles is against Humphrey Grande – an amalgamation of Humphrey buds that when near-defeat, will swallow the party and initiate the third phase of the boss fight, against Humphrey (Face), the backdrop of which shows bones of previous prey. Bizarrely, in this phase, Humphrey will continue to swallow the party, a group attack showing a large mouth advancing toward the fourth wall, as the party is sent deeper and deeper into the gut of the whale each time he does this.

Once defeated, the party is swallowed again and wind up in a photorealistic mouth – a deeper mouth than Humphrey the whale’s actual mouth, where they will initiate a fight against the fourth phase, Humphrey (Uvula), who can be defeated in a single hit. After doing so, the party is then regurgitated out of every mouth that swallowed them, demonstrating the bizarre, bizarre anatomy that is Humphrey, and are eventually ejected out of his blowhole.

If playing the Omori route during One Day Left, it is possible to re-enter Humphrey by first feeding him a Giant Check, acquired from Mr. Jawsum. The Slime Girls can be found inside, and side quests to restore their bodies can be completed.

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Legend of Mana [And, iOS, NS, PC, PS1, PS4] – Lord of Jewels 1000 / Various

Media: video game: “Legend of Mana”
Developer: Squaresoft
Platform: Android, Apple iOS, Computer, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 1, PlayStation 4

Description:

Lord of Jewels is the final boss of the Jumi line of quests, and has two forms, Lord of Jewels 999 and Lord of Jewels 1000 once the former is defeated. He has a bizarre, vaguely whale-like monstrous form. He will rarely use an ability where player characters are sucked into a black hole, scooping the black hole into his mouth, before spitting out the player characters, crystallized in jewels.

The party’s second character is fixed to either Elazul or Blackpearl, depending on who the player chose to accompany, while the pet has no restrictions.

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Skylanders: Swap Force [3DS, PS3, PS4, Wii, Wii U, XB360, XBO] – Thumpback / Various

Media: video game: “Skylanders: Swap Force”
Developer: Beenox, Vicarious Visions, n-Space
Platform: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Note: Playing as Thumpback requires the Thumpback Skylander figurine.

Description:

Thumpback is a Giant whale type Skylander. If the ‘Up Close and Personal’ skill path is selected when upgrading, Thumpback is capable of an ability called Breakfast in Bed, chomping at his enemies while sliding on his belly, and will occasionally restore health doing this. Although enemies do seem to disappear into his mouth sometimes, this might be more incidental, as at other times they are simply knocked away, or their character models are still sometimes visible when Thumpback moves away. Thumpback is also capable of biting his enemies while simply standing, once this ability is unlocked, but does not devour any enemies in this way.

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Skylanders: Giants [3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U, XB360] – Thumpback / Various

Media: video game: “Skylanders: Giants”
Developer: Toys for Bob, Vicarious Visions, n-Space
Platform: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Note: Playing as Thumpback requires the Thumpback Skylander figurine.

Description:

Thumpback is one of the Giants introduced, and is a large whale type Skylander. If the ‘Up Close and Personal’ skill path is selected when upgrading, Thumpback is capable of an ability called Breakfast in Bed, chomping at his enemies while sliding on his belly, and will occasionally restore health doing this. Although enemies do seem to disappear into his mouth sometimes, this might be more incidental, as at other times they are simply knocked away, or their character models are still sometimes visible when Thumpback moves away. Thumpback is also capable of biting his enemies while simply standing, once this ability is unlocked, but does not devour any enemies in this way.

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Puppeteer [PS3] – Moby / General Pig, General Sheep, Kutaro, Pikarina

Media: video game: “Puppeteer”
Developer: Japan Studio
Platform: PlayStation 3

Description: 

The upon completing Act 3, Curtain 1, Captain Pig and Captain Sheep flee from the fight by calling their whale ship, Moby. It appears from the ocean and swallows the two, before swimming away.

The opening cinematic of Act 3, Curtain 3 has Kutaro riding on a squid, accompanied by Pikarina, as Moby emerges once more from the waters to swallow the group. The level continues in Moby’s insides, which are mechanical with purple goo. Completing the level has Kutaro and Pikarina ejected from the blowhole.

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Zig & Sharko; 1x10a ‘Moby Zig’ – Whale / Zig, Shrimp, Pinocchio

Media: animated series: “Zig & Sharko”
Producer: Xilam Animation
Episode: 1x10a: “Moby Zig”

In this episode, a pod of whales crowds the island. Zig tries to use them as a bridge to get to Marina, but is swallowed by a whale. Inside its stomach, Zig finds a large pool of shrimp, and even tries to eat them, but they (and Zig, partially,) are digested quickly. After meeting Pinocchio, Zig tries various plans to escape the whale’s blowhole.

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