Name: Corn Critter
Debut: The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave
If you know about The Denpa Men, you know it is a weird game/series! And if you havenât played it, you probably do not know much more about it other than âit is weirdâ and âit is about some weird guysâ and âit had a weird live-action commercialâ and stuff like that. That is all surface-level stuff! It is so easy to look at a game and say âthat looks weirdâ and go on your merry way. But the truth is, that way is not actually very merry at all. The merry way is to play the weird game and experience the weirdness and fun and silliness for yourself! The merry way is the one that leads you to Corn Critter!
Corn Critter is an absolutely incredible little creature, and you can see that just from looking at it! It has a perfect Eyes-In-A-Void Face, with eyes that look even more like binder reinforcement ring stickers than such eyes often do. Quite a simple face. But itâs the context of the face that makes it so incredible! It is within CORN! Within this corn cob is naught but darkness, and two eyes, watching you. Could this get any better?
It could! This isnât even just a void face within a corn cob, but the eyes are situated within the creatureâs MOUTH! Corn Critterâs method of attack is a bite, and I SO love how well it works with the typical bite animation. That is definitely meant to represent some blocky teeth, but it works just as well, if not better, for our Critterâs tooth-adjacent kernels!
Speaking of those kernels, they donât seem to have much depth to them. It makes me think this isnât as much a creature inhabiting a corn cob, as it is a mimic! It could very easily disguise itself as a big olâ normal cob and wait to chomp anyone who tries to eat it. Except it doesnât do that, because its face is open as its default state. But it could if it wanted to! If it was allowed to, if they programmed the capability into it. It has no free will :(
Corn Critter just keeps on winning, because while we have discussed its incredible design, just as perfect is its name! It is named after corn fritters! My preferred vessel for corn is Muffin, but fritters are still incredibly delicious! They are also a deep fried Heart Attack On A Bun. But thatâs ok. They are Yum-A-Liciousâ˘!
