Bat



Despite being a Bat, it is not found in any Caves, or even a darker area. They resemble insect-like bodies, but have regular bat-like wings. Bats generally have two eyes instead of a jewel. Its able to attack while further away with an easy to dodge Wind Cutter Lv 1 or closeby with a near impossible to dodge Water Pillar Lv 1.

The remake reverses how easy each is to dodge. Due to the sprite-based nature of Quest RPG, you can simply get below a Bat and watch it only use Water Pillar Lv 1 to the side. This does not work in Jack no Daibouken, as enemies can attack in all four directions now.





Enemy Formations
Bat x 1, Man Trap x 1

Bat x 2, Kobold x 1

Bat x 2, Man Trap x 1

Bat x 3

Bat x 4

Bat x 5

Bat x 6

Trivia

 * This enemy is byte value 7 in the coding.
 * Bats show up up to 6, something rare in the game. Thunder Jell, Blood Jell, and Caterpillar also share this distinction.
 * Due to the possible enemies it'll show up with, it never actually shows up with a Fire or Water monster, one of the few to show up with an opposite element or its own element, being Earth and Wind respectively.
 * In a twist, Kobold does use Fire Ball Lv 1 and Man Trap uses Healing Lv 1, so among all the enemy formations, all 4 elements do get somewhat used. However, no Earth spell is actually used, just being a Physical Attack by Man Trap.
 * The fangs it has resembles more of a face eater alien than a regular bat, which has two fangs, not four.
 * It has a larger palette swap in Death Hugger. The Gameboy game does not change their sizes due to sprite limitations.
 * The specific attacks share similar animations. It swings its wings a bit for Wind Cutter Lv 1 but also jumps forward, much like how Death Hugger uses its Physical Attack. They however have fairly different animations for Water Pillar and Ice Knife respectively.
 * It can attack in all 4 directions in Jack no Daibouken, making it impossible to dodge their moves. Their stats are also a lot higher in the Gameboy games than the N64 games, making it a fairly damaging opponent. This is also one of the few ways to level up your Defense early on due to it being based upon damage taken instead of number of hits.
 * Being found in a forest, Bat may be loosely based upon a fruit bat.