Imposter
| Imposter | |
|---|---|
 Imposters of Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Tails surroundCream the Rabbit | |
| Appears in | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS) (2012) |
Imposters (also once referred to asphantoms byKing Boo,copies byRouge, anddecoys byDr. Eggman) are enemies that appear in the Story Mode of theNintendo 3DS version ofMario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, used byBowser and Dr. Eggman to attempt to help them prevent the Olympic Games from happening. They are villainous copies of playable characters formed from thePhantasmal Fog and are able to imitate the real characters, though they are less skilled in Olympic events.
History[edit]
Imposters appear throughout the Story Mode, where they appear in various episodes as opponents in OlympicEvents. Imposters first appear in The Night Before, where a pair of blueMario andSonic imposters appear and scareToad andOmochao, who initially mistake them for the actual characters.
In Stadium Blues, a pair of blue Sonic andTails imposters appear and challenge Mario and Luigi, who defeat them, causing them to disappear and the Phantasmal Fog to thin. After this, Omochao arrives and explains that they were imposters, and that the ones that he and Toad had seen last night had gone on to scare other people, and after encounteringDry Bones andDry Bowser inFoggy Foes, who are protecting thefog machine, hypothesize that Bowser has something to do with them.
A pair of pinkPeach andBlaze imposters appear and challengeDaisy andAmy Rose at the beginning ofMorning in Hyde Park, and after being defeated disappear, only for another six to appear and chase Daisy and Amy, eventually causing them to collapse.
Six more Peach and Blaze imposters appear at the start ofPeach in a Pinch attacking Peach, Blaze and the blue, yellow and purpleToads, and are once again defeated and disappear. After finding out thatRouge has been seen around, they believe that she may be responsible for the imposters, though later find out when her memory has recovered inThe Mysterious Thief that they are the work of Dr. Eggman.
Sonic and Tails encounter red Mario and Luigi imposters inSonic Arrives, and come to the same conclusions as Mario, Luigi, Toad and Omochao when they defeat them and findKing Boo andBoo protecting a fog machine inThe Ghostly Tower.
Sonic and Tails along withYoshi encounter a pair of orangeShadow andSilver imposters inThe Blocked Bridge, who are once again defeated and disappear. Sonic and Tails explain the situation to Yoshi, and are overheard by Shadow and Silver who explain that they have also defeated some more imposters. After findingJet in the area, they incorrectly believe that he may have something to do with it, though also later find out from Bowser Jr. that it is instead Dr. Eggman. Mario, Luigi, Toad, Sonic and Tails meet up inMario and Sonic, where they find that they have all found the same information, before defeating a purple imposter each of the four hero characters.
InA Rainbow In Fog, another four hero imposters are defeated, although this time the imposters are stronger due to the more powerful rainbow-colored fog. Another four rainbow Hero imposters are then defeated inThe Promise to Toad. Upon initially seeing Bowser and Dr. Eggman when powered up by the Phantasmal Fog inThe Grand Showdown, Tails mistakes them for imposters.
Dr. Eggman creates and defeats a single grey Sonic imposter using thefog urn inThe Fog Returns, where it is explained that they are created when the holder of the urn thinks of someone, originally as a curse to deter looters of the ruins it was found in.
General information[edit]
Imposters take the form of several different characters, though lack some more specific details, most notably irises. They appear in various shades of the color of fog that they are formed from, and will change through multiple different colors when formed from the more powerful rainbow-colored fog. Imposters are silent and unable to talk in any way, though some do have speech bubbles which consist entirely of ellipses.
The imposters take the form of whoever the person holding the fog urn is thinking of at the time, which was created as a curse to deter looters of the ruins in which the urn was located. Imposters appear to have the ability to appear from the fog and disappear back into it at will, though will disappear if they are defeated in an Olympic event. When imposters disappear in this way, the fog around them will thin, though the fog is always thicker around the imposters. While imposters mainly seem to have a somewhat physical form, as they are able to make contact with the sports equipment and other athletes in various events, they also appear to be able to become intangible, as a group of them were able to pass though the gates of the British Museum.
Gallery[edit]
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Pink Peach and Blaze imposters in Morning in Hyde Park
Orange Shadow and Silver imposters in The Blocked Bridge
Grey Sonic imposter from The Fog Returns
