From the pages of Physis: "The stage of the crust destroy ship with a giant drill which is diving deep into the ocean’s abyss. It will eventually self-destroy within the crust and seeks to create a huge earthquake and calamity. It’s an aggressive track, yet it makes you feel the abyss of the sea depths, although I remember that it was hard to make it… Kraken is a survivor of the Cutting Shadow Army but now that all of the 4 Heavenly Kings are gone, their armies and their ranks are gone too. He joined the Einherjar hoping to avenge Phantom, whom Zero defeated." From the Official Complete Works: "Previously the leader of a special group within the Cutting Shadow Squadron that took their orders directly from Phantom. Due to the fact that his main duty involved the investigation and elimination of traitors within their own ranks, his presence was always shrouded in mystery. After Phantom's defeat, he completely disappeared, only to emerge before Zero, seeking vengeance." "Tech Kraken, who uses ice-based attacks, is covered in ice from head to toe and constantly emits cold air." If there was ever any Reploid who reflected his faction's leader's ethos the most, it would have to be Tech Kraken. Just as Phantom was a shinobi willing to throw his very life on the line for the sole purpose of fulfilling his objective, Kraken here is undertaking a mission he *damn well knows* will result in his death. If you let him defeat you, his post-battle speech has him proclaim: "Tech Kraken: Now I only need to run this sub into the ground and cause a great earthquake! Are you prepared to sink with me to the bottom of the ocean? Phantom... I will be joining you soon!" ...sadly, this devotion to his master ultimately blinded Kraken to _why_ Phantom did what he did: he died in the belief he was stopping a threat that would harm his Master, Lord X, and thus harm humanity in the process. Phantom then had the fortune to meet the real X in Cyberspace upon his passing, and is implied to be why in Zero 3 he takes a role as a threshold guardian, challenging Zero to a duel in Cyberspace to give him a potentially game-breaking upgrade to serve him well against Omega, and testing his mettle as a warrior. Kraken never had that chance to reassess his beliefs. That said, Kraken was still aware to some extent that what he did would damn him, as his defeat line proves: "Hragh! I have lent my strength to Weil, and now I must pay. There's no way for me to save Phantom's soul... But... I did what I had to do! Phantom! Forgive me!" Perhaps this moment of mournful reflection is why instead of being confrontational with Zero during the rematches on Ragnarok, he instead encourages him to go and defeat him, the way he defeated Phantom. Channel 4 has some of my favorite parts in the song. It's got a very playful tune for a stage where you're confronting a cyber-ninja kraken mournfully avenging his master. Hearing Channel 5 solo actually subtly sells the ninja theme Kraken has, when I think about it: the pipes sound like they'd fit in a Japanese-themed stage from the older Mega Man Classic games.
I don't know why, but I love the remastered version of this music.
This is my favorite song in Z4 mainly because it's one of the few songs that doesn't have the Z4 guitar in it
From the pages of Physis:
"The stage of the crust destroy ship with a giant drill which is diving deep into the ocean’s abyss. It will eventually self-destroy within the crust and seeks to create a huge earthquake and calamity. It’s an aggressive track, yet it makes you feel the abyss of the sea depths, although I remember that it was hard to make it… Kraken is a survivor of the Cutting Shadow Army but now that all of the 4 Heavenly Kings are gone, their armies and their ranks are gone too. He joined the Einherjar hoping to avenge Phantom, whom Zero defeated."
From the Official Complete Works:
"Previously the leader of a special group within the Cutting Shadow Squadron that took their orders directly from Phantom. Due to the fact that his main duty involved the investigation and elimination of traitors within their own ranks, his presence was always shrouded in mystery. After Phantom's defeat, he completely disappeared, only to emerge before Zero, seeking vengeance."
"Tech Kraken, who uses ice-based attacks, is covered in ice from head to toe and constantly emits cold air."
If there was ever any Reploid who reflected his faction's leader's ethos the most, it would have to be Tech Kraken. Just as Phantom was a shinobi willing to throw his very life on the line for the sole purpose of fulfilling his objective, Kraken here is undertaking a mission he *damn well knows* will result in his death.
If you let him defeat you, his post-battle speech has him proclaim: "Tech Kraken: Now I only need to run this sub into the ground and cause a great earthquake! Are you prepared to sink with me to the bottom of the ocean? Phantom... I will be joining you soon!"
...sadly, this devotion to his master ultimately blinded Kraken to _why_ Phantom did what he did: he died in the belief he was stopping a threat that would harm his Master, Lord X, and thus harm humanity in the process. Phantom then had the fortune to meet the real X in Cyberspace upon his passing, and is implied to be why in Zero 3 he takes a role as a threshold guardian, challenging Zero to a duel in Cyberspace to give him a potentially game-breaking upgrade to serve him well against Omega, and testing his mettle as a warrior.
Kraken never had that chance to reassess his beliefs.
That said, Kraken was still aware to some extent that what he did would damn him, as his defeat line proves:
"Hragh! I have lent my strength to Weil, and now I must pay. There's no way for me to save Phantom's soul... But... I did what I had to do! Phantom! Forgive me!"
Perhaps this moment of mournful reflection is why instead of being confrontational with Zero during the rematches on Ragnarok, he instead encourages him to go and defeat him, the way he defeated Phantom.
Channel 4 has some of my favorite parts in the song. It's got a very playful tune for a stage where you're confronting a cyber-ninja kraken mournfully avenging his master. Hearing Channel 5 solo actually subtly sells the ninja theme Kraken has, when I think about it: the pipes sound like they'd fit in a Japanese-themed stage from the older Mega Man Classic games.
Very cool
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I have Area of Zero and Esperanto deconstructions if you're looking for them!