This was originally uploaded to DeviantART on August 5, 2021.



🟣 Purple is in! 🟣

Like this Rex form is! This is just something I whipped up not too long ago, while still in a mood for Rexes, an enemy that first appeared in Super Mario World, and then periodically returned in games throughout the series, its most recent being Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. Gotta give some more love for these guys!

As a Rex, Doughshi's compression state is affected. On Ioa, Rexes are considered Natural Softies, meaning that they are born with malleable properties (this is referring to how you interact with them in Super Mario World, as they are not defeated by landing on them once, they can keep moving; you need to strike them twice to eliminate them). This means that it takes more effort to compress or flatten a Rex, so in the event that Doughshi is being pressed down, he's more likely to spring back as he needs more weight and force to flatten him. On the flip side, it means that Ioan Rexes take longer to reform even with Reform Potion, depending on how flat the Rex is. What is instantaneous for any Softie with Reform Potion takes a few minutes or hours with an Ioan Rex, purely because of how their bodies deal with transforming.

Anyway, that's it! Thanks for looking!