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Guano
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For M.U.G.E.N 1.0
(c) 2023 ToonPimp

This version updated: December 12, 2023

Guano huddled in a dark corner of Godenshauer, his purple body shimmering in the dim light. He despised the bright fluorescent bulbs that illuminated most arenas, preferring the cool embrace of darkness. He had always been sensitive to sunlight, ever since he was young, and he had learned to avoid it when possible.

But now, as a fighter of the Palace, he had to at least tolerate the bright lights and roaring crowd. He had learned to harness his fear and sharpen the anger, but the sun was still his enemy.

He longed for the old shadows, the irradiated caves where he had grown up. But those days were long gone. He was a warrior now, a gladiator in a never-ending battle for survival.

Guano grunted and flexed his muscles, readying himself for the next challenge. He had heard whispers of the next attendee, and another peon. Though, Guano was impressed by their skills, he could also sense their fear and uncertainty. They lack the killer instinct that he'd honed over his years of fighting. He wanted to show them what a true match was, to push them beyond limit.

As he waited for his turn in the arena, Guano thought back to his childhood, the days when he had first discovered his love of the fight. He had always been scrawny and gaunt, but he had a keen mind and a fierce determinism. His flatulent skill, though unlaudable, were also still unpalpable.

And now, as he stood in the arena, facing his opponent, Guano knew the time was here. He launched himself forth, swinging his sharp tail with deadly serpent-like precision. His opponent weaved in vain, and Guano was too quick for him. He lunged forward, driving his claws through the neck, and with a sickening crunch, he tore out his opponent's throat.

The crowd erupted into cheers, and Guano basked in their adorations. He had won, and finally now on his own terms, in the darkness he loved. Basking in this victory, Guano knew that he was truly the greatest fighter of the Fight Palace, and nothing could ever top this.

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Controls
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Basic Controls
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Guano's a 3 button character. Button X is his claw
attack, and button A his kick attack. B button delivers
a (maneuverable) tailwhip. His mace fart can be executed
via A+B while standing, or B while crouching. Down+Up will
enable you to fly freely around the arena.

Flight Controls:
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X to airclaw, A to airkick, and B to propel you to the other
side of the screen more quickly via fart power (cloud can
also hurt opponent).
In addition, Guano can airclaw and airkick during normal jumps.
Flying is no picnic! Aim your attacks well, and take advantage
of increased claw/kick attack power from mini-hops and fart-flying.

Legend:
D - down
F - forward
U - up
B - back
x - button X (weak claw)
a - button A (weak kick)
b - button B (strong tail)

DF means diagonally down-forwards, UB diagonally up-back,
etc. If you see ab it means press button A and button B
simultaneously. x/y means hit either x or y, and so on.

Use the direction keys to move Guano. Press down to crouch,
and up to jump. Hold the direction facing away from the opponent
to guard attacks during your idle, standing, crouching, or in air.

When falling in the air, hit buttons X and Y at the same
time to recover. Hold a directional key when recovering to
move a little bit in that direction. If you are near the
ground when you hit xy, you will do a ground-based recovery
instead.

Guano has a taunt. To do it, press the start button.


Standard Movement
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U              - Jump
UF             - Jump forwards
F              - Walk forwards
DF             - Crouch
D              - Crouch
DB             - Crouch or low guard
B              - Walk backwards or high guard
UB             - Jump back
F, F           - Forward mini-hop
B, B           - Back dash
xy             - Recovery (when falling)

Basic Standing Attacks
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x              - Claw
a              - Kick
b              - S. Tail

Basic Crouching Attacks
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x              - Low Claw
b              - Mace Fart

Basic Air Attacks
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x              - Air Claw
a              - Air Kick


Flying Attacks
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x              - Dagger/Air Claw
a              - Booster/Flying Kick
b              - Flying Mace Fart


Throws
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a + x - Flying throw

Special Attacks
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D, DB, B, a    - Rising Cartwheel Kick
Press button A or B during Flying Fart to add a boosted attack.

Hyper Attacks (uses 2 NRG bars)
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x+a+b  - Fartcopter (Can be angled!)


Combo notes
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Guano's strengths lie in his ability to chain moves into each
other. Here are his basic combo rules:

1.  You can combo from weaker basic attacks into stronger ones
    eg. light kick -> strong kick

2.  You can combo into special attacks from most basic attacks
    eg. stand kick -> stand tail

3.  Rest of his rules still TBA, I suppose.

These rules make it possible for you to do some damaging combos.
Experiment, and perfect your own Feralized Combos!
