



However the amount of animations needed for this was just too many and the gameplay impact wasn't high enough, so the design was simplified while still maintaining that fun martial arts combat flow.Īmbush's secondary attack was based on Captain Yamato's mokuton no jutsu from the Naruto series. He has a series of wushu inspired stances that were originally mapped to be branching off points for different attack animation paths that would all loop back into one of the other cycles. His fighting style was heavily influenced by Chinese Wushu martial arts. According to character gameplay designer Nat Loh, Ambush easily has the most complicated animation set-up of any Skylander he has created.
