Bossa Nova Monday: I-No

Bewitched

For our second installment of Bossa Nova Mondays, we have a much more credible entry, the notorious I-No from Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival. She is the servant of That Man, the mostly unseen antagonist of the series. Though all of her actions in GGXX are meant to protect That Man, it is without his consent, and he tries to repair the damage she has done in most of the story sequences in which he appears. Her design is based largely on Japanese musician Ringo Shiina, and, like most Guilty Gear characters, her name is a musical reference, in this case to ambient pioneer Brian Eno.

She appears as the boss of GGXX in a somewhat more powerful incarnation than the selectable I-No. She is the bane of many newbies, as she is the first CPU opponent to possess decent AI, and she is undoubtedly the best character in the air, making the obvious jump-in attack a suicidal plunge. Once n00bz learn that this encounter is an (I-)No Fly Zone, they can begin to really learn the game's intricacies.

Weapon:	Duesenberg Starplayer TV guitar
Signature Moves:	Fortissimo, Megalomania
Weakness:	A solid ground game
Distinguishing Features:	Animated witch hat; mole on left cheek
Difficulty:	8.5/10
Win Quote:	After defeating Dizzy, "Those are some nice wings. If I plucked and fried them, would they taste like chicken?"
Similar Characters:	Nevan (DMC3), Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers), Ultimecia (FFVIII), Twinrova (LoZ:OoT)