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I have to rant about the Key Guardians of Doodle World. You could say it's some Food for Mind. Usually when it comes to the architype of test for the player to see if they are strong enough to progress or if they've made progress. This architype for this test is most well known as something called a 'Gym Leader' For Doodle World, their 'Gym Leader' are the Key Guardians. Just like a gym leader, you are there to defeat them and obtain something as proof of your strength. But the special thing about the Key Guardians. Unlike Gym Leaders, who do it as a job and have multiple badges. Key Guardians only have one key. Whoever beats them first that wants the key, gets it. And being a Key Guardian is something that's passed down to them through family, it's more like a duty rather than a job. The Key Guardians are the main focus of the game in many ways, I love how the game incorporates the 'badges' of the game. It's important lore and gameplay wise. You have to be the first to get the keys. Which is why Quincy and TJ are more rivals than other rivals since there is only one key for each Key Guardian. Meaning if they can't get this one key, they don't have a key. Another thing. Every Key Guardian has some kind of twist them that makes them different from even Gym Leaders. A gym challenge before you face the Gym Leader themselves. Nimbus has you go through a traditional puzzle to prove yourself worthy to fight him. The closest to a traditional gym challenge. Von Sweets... is dealing with problems and locked himself away, so you need to get him out. By beating the shit out of a bear. Erika is seemingly this strong tamer that's a typical excellent student, but only after getting to know her and you are put in danger that it's revealed she's a Key Guardian. Then she faces you once you deal with the danger. You hear that Zane is the supposed Key Guardian, after the last three being revealed directly to you, with a guy like him and so much pointing to him being the Key Guardian, the twist is that he ISN'T the Key Guardian. It's actually Victor Solis, the guy that told you to go after Zane just so he wouldn't get his hands dirty. That's the twist there. And the last twist is Anna Where instead of trying to find out the next key guardian, its outright revealed to you. And instead of trying to defeat her, you must instead protect her. All of the Key Guardians have a different twist, all that flow with their characters so well. Oh yeah, Key Guardians actually have personality. Sure, with Nimbus and Von Sweets, it's a bit hard to say. But with Erika, Zane, Victor Solis and Anna. All of them are memorable due to their respective arcs that surrounds them. I mean Erika is so loved that she's often drawn with the main cast. I love the Key Guardians and the roles they play.