6.2 Monthly Fighter Palette Discussion

[transalpina]

New palette preview released on SGM Instagram, can we guess-timate what the references are?
Left -> Right

Peacock - Cuphead (99% Certain)
Filia - Fiona & Cake/Finn & Jake (Also 99% Certain)

Marie - La Chilindrina? (The colors are familiar but I'm not sure..)
Big Band - Wario (99% Certain)

Eliza - ?? (I've heard Ningguang being tossed around..)
Black Dahlia - Bayonetta? (50% Certain)

Make sure to tell me who you think it is in the comments, though.

 

[transalpina]

The purple on BD's arm cannon looks too vibrant to be Bayo 3's render.. I'm moving it to 30% certainty in my eyes now.

 

[MDude]

Peahead, Finn/Fionna Medici/Fillia the human, Mariendrina,WarioBand, Dahliannetta and Eliza is apparently someone from Genshin from what I've been told.

 

[weexsii]

I’m not sure about the others, but it seems that Eliza is Ningguang from Genshin. I'm more than sure of this. I don’t know about Peacock. And it seems that Filia is a reference to someone from the game Your Turn To Die. (I'm 50% sure of this) And I’m not sure about Black Dahlia, Big Band and Marie.

 

[transalpina]

I’m not sure about the others, but it seems that Eliza is Ningguang from Genshin. I'm more than sure of this. I don’t know about Peacock. And it seems that Filia is a reference to someone from the game Your Turn To Die. (I'm 50% sure of this) And I’m not sure about Black Dahlia, Big Band and Marie.

I would say that Filia is almost certainly an Adventure Time reference.. as that palette is palette #26 in SG2E. But a reference to Your Turn to Die would be awesome! Same thing with Peacock.. BUT her gloves are yellow instead of white as seen in her palette #26. I guess we'll have to wait for the flavortext/name reference..

 

[BallotBoxer]

Still Cuphead, just different reference origins. 2nd Encore palette #26 is Cuphead from the videogame while the one for April is Cuphead from the Netflix show.


Since HVS will add SGM palettes to 2nd Encore, I wonder if #26 will be updated.

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APRIL​

Peacock = Cuphead
Filia = Finn the Human, Samson = Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)

100% not Fionna and Cake. While Finn and Fionna share similar schemes, Cake is a mostly-white and tan calico cat, not full marigold like Jake.

MAY​

Marie = La Chilindrina (El Chavo del Ocho)
Big Band = Wario

Picking a reference from a 1970s Mexican sitcom is great for the Cinco de Mayo theme.

JUNE​

Black Dahlia = ???
Eliza = Bayonetta (particularly Bayonetta 3)

If someone shouts "That's Ningguang from Genshin Impact!" I'll take their word for it. I'm not familiar with that game. We have precedent, Marie #14 is Maid of Honor Marie in SGM, based on Noelle from Genshin Impact.

 

[Aoskull]

I think Eliza’s motif is Mary from Indivisible, a game that produced by the same company with SG. She came up immediately in a google photo search, But I have a feeling that it's a little (a lot?) different…

 

[TheJoker]

I’m not sure about the others, but it seems that Eliza is Ningguang from Genshin. I'm more than sure of this. I don’t know about Peacock. And it seems that Filia is a reference to someone from the game Your Turn To Die. (I'm 50% sure of this) And I’m not sure about Black Dahlia, Big Band and Marie.

Nah fam it’s 100% Finn and Jake look closely at the color palette and it makes more sense then the game Turn to die tbh.

 

[Lunix Vandal]

I think Eliza’s motif is Mary from Indivisible, a game that produced by the same company with SG. She came up immediately in a google photo search, But I have a feeling that it's a little (a lot?) different…

I'd love another Indivisible reference, but Eliza already cosplays as Ajna with her Inner Pieces palette. The combination of brown gloves and cream-and-gold dress pushes me toward agreeing this one is Ningguang:

 

[BallotBoxer]

Deal Breaker Peacock
SA = Drawing Dead

Curl Scout Filia
SA = Dare to Dream

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Brass Bandit Big Band
SA = Riff Wrath

Grin Reaper Marie
SA = Knock 'em Dead

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Hex Caliber Black Dahlia
SA = Fatal Attraction

Noble Mogul Eliza
SA = Basking in Glory

Perhaps names and Signature Abilities will help. Let me know if you see them in the wild and find out what their quotes are.

 

[transalpina]

Deal Breaker Peacock
SA = Drawing Dead

Curl Scout Filia
SA = Dare to Dream

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Brass Bandit Big Band
SA = Riff Wrath

Grin Reaper Marie
SA = Knock 'em Dead

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Hex Caliber Black Dahlia
SA = Fatal Attraction

Noble Mogul Eliza
SA = Basking in Glory

Perhaps names and Signature Abilities will help. Let me know if you see them in the wild and find out what their quotes are.

Deal Breaker - Certainly Cuphead. O me of little faith. "Don't deal with the devil" theming etc.
Curl Scout - Just looks like Finn & Jake. I don't get what Curl Scout/Dare to Dream means but I also did not watch Adventure Time..
Brass Bandit - Wario. Yeah
Grin Reaper - GRIN REAPER gosh the devs are good. With the Cinco de Mayo event placement, no less. Definitely La Chilindrina.
Hex Caliber - Witch + gun joke? Probably Bayonetta..
Noble Mogul - Ningguang is described as a 'mogul' on the Genshin wiki. We can reasonably say that she's Ningguang.

I'm super excited to get my hands on Curl Scout, Hex Caliber, and Grin Reaper, though! Their signatures are amazing..

 

[MDude]

I thought Dealbreaker is inspired by old Mickey Mouse

Peahead is based on the Cuphead from the Netflix show design; also Mickey gloves are white and that design was when he wore pants, shirt and a hat, besides Peacocks already has a Mickey inspired pallet on TAF evoking the Steamboat Willie Mickey era

 

[Starzone]

Still Cuphead, just different reference origins. 2nd Encore palette #26 is Cuphead from the videogame while the one for April is Cuphead from the Netflix show.

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Since HVS will add SGM palettes to 2nd Encore, I wonder if #26 will be updated.

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APRIL​

Peacock = Cuphead
Filia = Finn the Human, Samson = Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)

100% not Fionna and Cake. While Finn and Fionna share similar schemes, Cake is a mostly-white and tan calico cat, not full marigold like Jake.

MAY​

Marie = La Chilindrina (El Chavo del Ocho)
Big Band = Wario

Picking a reference from a 1970s Mexican sitcom is great for the Cinco de Mayo theme.

JUNE​

Black Dahlia = ???
Eliza = Bayonetta (particularly Bayonetta 3)

If someone shouts "That's Ningguang from Genshin Impact!" I'll take their word for it. I'm not familiar with that game. We have precedent, Marie #14 is Maid of Honor Marie in SGM, based on Noelle from Genshin Impact.

Since the Filia skin (Curl Scout) has the special ability "dare to dream," it's likely Fionna + Cake since Fionna + Cake are essentially Ice King's "dreams" that he writes into stories, which is brought up a few times in the show. Also both Fionna and Finn have blonde hair, which is probably the reason she has yellow/blonde hair (or Samson, idk where Samson starts and her hair ends)
This is just my own theory so idk

 

[transalpina]

Since the Filia skin (Curl Scout) has the special ability "dare to dream," it's likely Fionna + Cake since Fionna + Cake are essentially Ice King's "dreams" that he writes into stories, which is brought up a few times in the show. Also both Fionna and Finn have blonde hair, which is probably the reason she has yellow/blonde hair (or Samson, idk where Samson starts and her hair ends)
This is just my own theory so idk

yeah it's a possibility that since Samson is all one color it'd be extremely challenging to design the palette with spots.