The origins of Mrs. Five
(cohost archive 07)
Embedded Files
Originally posted on cohost: 03/04/2024
Mrs. Five is the first Lord of Business we encounter in Final Profit. But before she became a part of the game she was a Mii. I am obsessed with making Mii characters, Nintendo's character creator hasn't evolved much since it's inception but it's still surprisingly robust, and lets me do crazy things like repurpose a nose as a chin. An element that carried forward into the sprite version.
I have a vast collection of absurd Miis and one of the fun parts is getting to name them. I remember putting this one together with some friends on the couch and I had the name entry sitting as Mrs._____. as I tried to think of something. I knew how many spaces I had to fill and asked the room "What's a four letter word?" but the answer hit me immediately "Five!". The joke went down well and Mrs. Five became an icon among Miis.
She makes for a ruthless Mii Fighter in Smash Bros. too.
Her name had an impact on the development of the other four Lords of Business, serving as the foundation of their naming scheme. Which was also inspired by the Intoners of Drakengard 3.
Mr. Four - Mx. Two - One - Dr. Three - Mrs. Five
She also makes an appearance in the side game Rebertha, set in the same world as Final Profit in the near past. There's another character in Rebertha based on a Mii called Snathula. They haven't made an appearance in Final Profit but will likely show up in the sequel.
Spoilers ahead for Final Profit
Spoilers ahead for Final Profit
We deal with Mrs. Five around halfway through the game and she is taken away by a group hostile to the Bureau. But this isn't the end of her part in the story, she will have a major role to play in the sequel and I'm so looking forward to bringing it together. One of her story sequences is already planned out and it's very cool.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse