To be frank the interviewer called it a lion dance boss and miyazaki went with it , so it could be something similar to it but with grafting or something not necessarily a straight up lion dance
Miyazaki Get inspired from Barong Dance on Bali Indonesia. Barong is a panther-like or lion creature and character in the Balinese mythology of Bali, Indonesia. He is the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda, the demon queen and mother of all spirit guarders in the mythological traditions of Bali. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in the Barong dance to represent the eternal battle between good and evil.
The most shocking thing about this was all the people online not seeing it as a Lion Dance inspired thing. I imagine it is a grafted underneath the costume though, even if it isn't; it looks awesome
I thought it was a grafted too but if you replay the scene in slo-mo, you can see that there were legs on top of a body like they're stacked instead of stuck on a body flimsily flaying around like you would see on grafted limbs. I think I counted 3 people, on it's winding ground attack, I saw 3 sets of legs. The head legs stacked up on the middle body. I didn't really see it in slow motion so I could've been mistaken but the video is detailed enough to make that clear distinction that they weren't grafted limbs at the very least and it's a mult body contraption. I think we are fooled into thinking that it is grafted because there were too many different groups in that boss. Human limbs, a lion, dragon lightning, omen horns.
To be fair I only realized it was one of those masks at the 2nd or 3rd rewatch when I noticed the stacked omen dudes below the costume. At first, I thought he was just a misbegotten/omen crucible abomination.
I assume many people aren't aware of the lion dance as it's culturally East Asia specific. When I was in high school my sister was part of the Vietnamese Culture Club where she had hired a Lion Dance to be presented at a school fest of some sort. Being Americans in the South most of the girls there probably had never seen anything like this in their entire life and supposedly a number of them actual cried due to how frightening it was. It looks like a living creature even if it's fictional with a giant mouth and big eyes that bat at you as if it had it's own intelligence. The movements are also quite abnormal as the dancers will sometimes jerk the head in a direction, sometimes in the direction of an audience member as if it were a predator tracking prey. The accompanying loud drums and gongs make for a disorienting situation. For sheltered girls suddenly experiencing a new situation this can be genuinely frightening. I wasn't there so I can't confirm the validity of the statement, but I'd believe it.
If an enemy mocked me in that manner, I would just be so butt hurt. Dying because you were laughing too hard at the bosses mocking, damn that would be refreshing.
It would be funny if it did if you died. Basically has a taunt animation after killing you. Some bosses that speak have dialogue for when you die, so they could easily put in boss taunts.
@dreadlord1265 It is not clear if Serosh was made by Godfrey, Queen Marika or if he was a completely separated entity before meeting Godfrey. I used to believe that he was some sort of Shadow like Blaidd or Maliketh but I'm not sure, He could also be related to the Beast men
I sometimes just cannot believe how From can still be this next-level creative in boss and monster design. May have to get SotE day one for this pair alone.
Agreed, this is why it annoys me when people say that they are unoriginal and only draw designs from berserk, when they are perfectly capable in creating their own cool ideas.
@@dylanmuir3229 a lot of parallels are coincedental, since Berserk itself draws a lot of inspiration from both western myths, legends and real life medieval history, even though I gotta admit that it's the first thing that comes to my mind here and there, like how Leyndell looks like Falconia, or the wicker man from the trailer. But designs like this are a whole different breed, the lion dancers are a boss that makes me immediately curious about what other moves it'll pull off in game.
@vermillion6159 the wickerman's been a thing for two thousand years, since before beserk. It comes from Caesar observing the Gauls during his campaigns, and they'd burn a wicker man as a sort of ritual.
As a Vietnamese descendant I love the lion dance at festivals, but the Korean lion costume is something else. I'm used to seeing a colorful almost fantasy creature running around and jumping, but the Korean variant looks like it was meant to scare children. With how unnaturally large the face and extremely shaggy fur it looks like a monster that came straight out of a bog.
As a Korean, the lion dance in Korea is about killing or chasing away evil demons. Note that in the original East Asian lion dance, the lion is not the same lion as in Africa, but a legendary demon or sacred animal. In other words, the lion (SA-ZA in Korean) in the lion dance of ancient East Asians is not the same lion as the lion in Africa today. It's just a coincidence that the lion that Asians speak of has the same name as the lion in Africa today. In Korea, the lion, a legendary guardian spirit that ate tigers and leopards, protected good people, and killed demons.
In India? Where? North eastern states like Assam, meghalaya, arunachal pradesh, tripura, nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim. Or north states like ladakh or Jammu and Kashmir.Or it is an South states.
@@MiddleKingdom305 now that just wrong. It’s not only in China. I don’t even know how tf can you even argue that it’s only practiced in China. Yes this modern form of lion dance did have its origine from Chinese culture, but since Chinese culture have a huge influence in its surrounding, many East Asian culture adopted lion dance and still practice their own modified version till this day. And, if you go waaay back, lion dance actually have its roots from the “west”, there are many written records referring these kind of performance as 西凉伎 (or “western tricks”) as late as the Tang dynasty, ppl back then don’t view it as native culture, but foreign performance from place like India.
@@HerMi.T north eastern state? At least from my own quick research sikkim have their own version called Singhi Chham. But yea India is a very culturally diverse place, so I can’t say for sure if there is any other as I’m not Indian myself.
FromSoft's ability to take something traditional and familiar, and often lighthearted and even a bit goofy in some ways, and turn it into something scary and unsettling is, well, scary and unsettling.
this boss has taught me that what i thought was the dragon dance was actually the lion dance all along. ig the dragon dance stuff is more just using sticks to prop the dragon thing up.
As a Korean, the lion dance in Korea is about killing or chasing away evil demons. Note that in the original East Asian lion dance, the lion is not the same lion as in Africa, but a legendary demon or sacred animal. In other words, the lion (SA-ZA in Korean) in the lion dance of ancient East Asians is not the same lion as the lion in Africa today. It's just a coincidence that the lion that Asians speak of has the same name as the lion in Africa today. In Korea, the lion, a legendary guardian spirit that ate tigers and leopards, protected good people, and killed demons.
Besides the Lion Dance, there is another IRL cultural reference, which is the French Tarasque. Let me show you a brief summary from Wikipedia: "the beast had a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace(s), six feet with bear-like claws, a serpent's tail, and could expel a poisonous breath." There are festitivies where a Tarasque effigy is paraded, with people inside of it (similar to the Lion Dance). And commonly it has a turtle shell with twisted horns (just like the omen horns that the new boss has).
I remember reading about Tarasque (was confused too since DnD has their own interpretation of it). Lion Turtle from Avatar also looks like easternized version of this. which made Fromsoft kinda return the favor with creation of this boss lol. The design feels like perfect blend of eastern and western culture, while still fit to the general theme of the game. It could be direct result of grafting (not unlike the Revenant), or some other thing.
@@raydhen8840 Yeah the way the devs create such cool things by blending different cultures is fascinating. And yes, whatever is hidden in the lion costume is probably grafted, like around 3 people (omen?) grafted together or something like that.
I REALLY hope that this is an inverse of the O and S/ Demon Twins fights where for the second phase of the fight the costume gets broken so the two guys come out and just start beating the shit out of you and it becomes a duo fight.
Fun fact : That lion like enemy was get inspiration from Balinese Indonesia Hindu Mythology, The creature is called "Barong" who Guides the Good Atma/Soul to underworld & Enemy of Ragda The witch Queen. It also Appears on Balinese Sacred Dance of The Tale Calon Arang.
had to comment this on "the other" elden ring lore video that there are multiple people hiding under this asian dragon/lion parade suit as he was going on some tangent about "greek mythological warriors wearing lion skins as a trophy" ... he completely missed it was multiple people manipulating an almost "festiv" lion suit .... it all sounded unhinged X,D
This is obviously inspired by the Dancing Lion, but what I find unusually odd and disturbing is the fact that there are 2 sets of teeth. You clearly see the set of a lion's teeth, and then another set of almost humanlike teeth inside the mouth, makes me wonder if whatever is underneath is using the lion's head as a mask, seeing as there are two hands holding it up. Really cool that there are multiple people stacked one on top of the other, most curious thing of all being the use of dragon lightning. Super hyped for this boss more than any other based on design alone :') edit: coolest thing of all, it's catching the lightning with it's mouth, OMFG
I can't say I saw this, nor can I say I am surprised to see it now- it is that feeling when two nodes in your brain finally connecting. That. "I should have known" moment. Still, I wouldn't have realized that until I saw this video!
i assumed this would be presented in the style of those "minecraft vs. real life" videos with dubstep music in the background but great video nonetheless 👍👍
Leave it to From to take a cool cultural curiosity and turn it into one of the most epic bossfights of all time Another thing I noticed about this boss is that the shoulder pauldrons right behind the head are quite reminiscent of the golden pauldrons on Mohg's robes
I thought this boss was supposed to be Miquella’s regent, like Maliketh and Blaidd. But this is something way more creative and typical for Fromsoft to make the most batshit insane ideas.
Lion Dance is a huge culture for many chinese in Indonesia. Here it's called Barongsai EDIT: there's also its sibling counterpart used primarily for Lunar New Year where it's more of a dragon dance (eastern dragon like in Sekiro) instead of Lion
Yeah, I could only see it as a Dragon or Lion dancer from the first instant I saw it. I think it's the first thing that comes to mind just from seeing the design.
You can clearly see that there are multiple people standing on top of each other. The guy at the top of course is controlling the head and casting the lightning spell.
@@-_-ligma Perhaps in the past, but nowadays every monster is some form of generic humanoid or bulky animal with not much more to it. Western devs have no creativity nowadays, but you could offer some examples if you think otherwise.
@@Noizzed Grime,a game where the entire world is made of deformed human anatomy made out of stone,so you have to fight stone deer with lower jaws forming their head and antlers,crabs bade out of stonebone, and the most beautiful person in the world is made of gold and has a hand for an upper torso and arm growing ouf that giant hands pinky finder,which they use to hold a giant flaming sword, your player character is a statue with a black hole for a face and using it to eat your stone enemies piece by pieace is a main mechanic
舞狮 is originally a Chinese folklore dance intended to go along with 舞龙 during 春节. In ancient times it is said that a powerful creature known as the 年 beast terrified China. That was until ancient chinese found out that the 年 was afraid of firecrackers and the color red. Because of this, the spring festival (春节) was born, to celebrate the passing of the year and to scare the 年 away (due to the lively festivity with abundant fireworks and many red colored decorations). Nowadays many asian countries celebrate 春节 (under names like "lunar new year"), but as with most things around the South-East, they originated in ancient China. I'm a former 舞龙舞狮 dancer, and in fact it wasn't too long ago since I had to perform during 春节 in Spain, the country I was born in.
@@smokbig3202 Not at all, I don't know who assumes that because that's completely made up. Lion dancing is a traditional chinese festivity that was not introduced from a different country. It's true that some things like Buddhism came from India and were adopted by the chinese people, but the origins of lion dancing are entirely Chinese. Now many other countries around China celebrate this exact festivity but the point of origin is ancient China and the legend of the 年 beast.
Now this makes me interested on the mechanics and musical accompaniment of the boss. Will we get the drums and gongs as part of the score? How about dropping items to distract the lion dancers and get them to pick up your items like how lion dancers will take money offered by children?
I love the Okinawan lion dance, and I've never forgotten it since I saw it when I was a child. The colorful lion shown in the video is a Chinese lion dance, and the others are probably from Okinawa.
At one point you can literally see one omen standing on another's shoulders. It's two omens in there. Shocked that I haven't seen anyone point that out.
There's only two dancers in a lion dance. But the Chinese and Vietnamese versions do have a Buddha who dances with the lion so I guess it could summon an NPC or invader.
If you pay attention closely at the first scene, the boss hands actually the one that move the lion jaw. But seems like in this video it's cut. I wonder if this boss name gonna be Barong
I imagine this is phase 1 of a 2 phase fight. I assume phase 2 more heavily involves the people underneath. Perhaps the obvious fake-ness of the “costume” is a red herring, and it’s closer to real than we think
It's not lion but a Qílín in Chinese, Kỳ Lân in Vietnamese and Kirin in Japan. Kirin is one of 4 holy beast in Asian culture : Dragon, Turtle, Phoneix and Kirin.
@@Woundwort-c3t it’s called lion dance because there is no English word to describe exactly this creature.. And more solid reson:We don’t have lion in Asia
Miyazaki did confirm it’s a lion dance in a famitsu interview
To be frank the interviewer called it a lion dance boss and miyazaki went with it , so it could be something similar to it but with grafting or something not necessarily a straight up lion dance
Who d f even watches interviews😂
@@Solus5048 you read them.
Miyazaki Get inspired from Barong Dance on Bali Indonesia.
Barong is a panther-like or lion creature and character in the Balinese mythology of Bali, Indonesia. He is the king of the spirits, leader of the hosts of good, and enemy of Rangda, the demon queen and mother of all spirit guarders in the mythological traditions of Bali. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in the Barong dance to represent the eternal battle between good and evil.
@@Solus5048
Other than you
The most shocking thing about this was all the people online not seeing it as a Lion Dance inspired thing. I imagine it is a grafted underneath the costume though, even if it isn't; it looks awesome
The most shocking thing about this was the lightning
I thought it was a grafted too but if you replay the scene in slo-mo, you can see that there were legs on top of a body like they're stacked instead of stuck on a body flimsily flaying around like you would see on grafted limbs. I think I counted 3 people, on it's winding ground attack, I saw 3 sets of legs. The head legs stacked up on the middle body. I didn't really see it in slow motion so I could've been mistaken but the video is detailed enough to make that clear distinction that they weren't grafted limbs at the very least and it's a mult body contraption. I think we are fooled into thinking that it is grafted because there were too many different groups in that boss. Human limbs, a lion, dragon lightning, omen horns.
I thought this boss was an omen or a group of omens, mostly because of the horns but the feet and hands also look like morgott's
To be fair I only realized it was one of those masks at the 2nd or 3rd rewatch when I noticed the stacked omen dudes below the costume. At first, I thought he was just a misbegotten/omen crucible abomination.
I assume many people aren't aware of the lion dance as it's culturally East Asia specific. When I was in high school my sister was part of the Vietnamese Culture Club where she had hired a Lion Dance to be presented at a school fest of some sort. Being Americans in the South most of the girls there probably had never seen anything like this in their entire life and supposedly a number of them actual cried due to how frightening it was. It looks like a living creature even if it's fictional with a giant mouth and big eyes that bat at you as if it had it's own intelligence. The movements are also quite abnormal as the dancers will sometimes jerk the head in a direction, sometimes in the direction of an audience member as if it were a predator tracking prey. The accompanying loud drums and gongs make for a disorienting situation. For sheltered girls suddenly experiencing a new situation this can be genuinely frightening. I wasn't there so I can't confirm the validity of the statement, but I'd believe it.
0:40 I really hope the boss starts doing that sometime during the fight. It would be so goofy and intimidating at the same time.
Even better if it's 1:05.
If an enemy mocked me in that manner, I would just be so butt hurt. Dying because you were laughing too hard at the bosses mocking, damn that would be refreshing.
I would love that, kinda like the Demon of Hatred stricking theatrical poses mid fight
It would be funny if it did if you died. Basically has a taunt animation after killing you. Some bosses that speak have dialogue for when you die, so they could easily put in boss taunts.
@@Zayindjejfj there kinda are. Rykard swallows you if it kills you mid grab animation and hora loux rips you apart
Such a cool idea for a boss
@nieke-uj4ip Xi Jinping didn't invent it
That's exactly what I thought when I saw the trailer. My theory is that those guys are some sort of tribute or ritual dance to get Serosh power.
Didn't think of that, but you're very likely to be proven right.
@awhellnah__ Well, if he can contain one of the strongest warriors in the world, then he certainly has some power
@@danielcasillasarechiga8493he has no power, just a soft silly willy
@@danielcasillasarechiga8493idk but i thought that godfrey made serosh idk for sure tho
@dreadlord1265 It is not clear if Serosh was made by Godfrey, Queen Marika or if he was a completely separated entity before meeting Godfrey. I used to believe that he was some sort of Shadow like Blaidd or Maliketh but I'm not sure, He could also be related to the Beast men
I sometimes just cannot believe how From can still be this next-level creative in boss and monster design. May have to get SotE day one for this pair alone.
Yeah they are next level in this, no matter the setting, just astonishing.
Agreed, this is why it annoys me when people say that they are unoriginal and only draw designs from berserk, when they are perfectly capable in creating their own cool ideas.
@@dylanmuir3229 a lot of parallels are coincedental, since Berserk itself draws a lot of inspiration from both western myths, legends and real life medieval history, even though I gotta admit that it's the first thing that comes to my mind here and there, like how Leyndell looks like Falconia, or the wicker man from the trailer. But designs like this are a whole different breed, the lion dancers are a boss that makes me immediately curious about what other moves it'll pull off in game.
@vermillion6159 the wickerman's been a thing for two thousand years, since before beserk. It comes from Caesar observing the Gauls during his campaigns, and they'd burn a wicker man as a sort of ritual.
As a Vietnamese descendant I love the lion dance at festivals, but the Korean lion costume is something else. I'm used to seeing a colorful almost fantasy creature running around and jumping, but the Korean variant looks like it was meant to scare children. With how unnaturally large the face and extremely shaggy fur it looks like a monster that came straight out of a bog.
am bruneian and same I'm used to seeing them as more cheerful figures though I'm still scared of them to this day
日本では獅子舞に子供の頭を噛んでもらうことで邪気が祓われる、頭が良くなるといった信仰があります
ですがその見た目の怖さから子供が泣く姿がよく見られます
As a Korean, the lion dance in Korea is about killing or chasing away evil demons.
Note that in the original East Asian lion dance, the lion is not the same lion as in Africa, but a legendary demon or sacred animal.
In other words, the lion (SA-ZA in Korean) in the lion dance of ancient East Asians is not the same lion as the lion in Africa today. It's just a coincidence that the lion that Asians speak of has the same name as the lion in Africa today.
In Korea, the lion, a legendary guardian spirit that ate tigers and leopards, protected good people, and killed demons.
@@Noble.6 사자춤은 동물 사자에서 나온거 맞음 그리고 한국에서 뿅하고 생긴게 아니라 서역에서 중국으로 전해지고 그게 한국 일본 베트남 말레이시아 순으로 전파되면서 지역에 맞게 변형된거
@@smokbig3202 사자춤의 사자는 산해경에서 등장하는 오색사자 같은 그런 신화적 신수에요.
아프리카에 사는 그 사자가 아니라...
The Lion Dance is a common event in India & many Chinese dominated countries(mostly South East Asia). I have grown up watching this
In India? Where? North eastern states like Assam, meghalaya, arunachal pradesh, tripura, nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim. Or north states like ladakh or Jammu and Kashmir.Or it is an South states.
Only in China. It originated in China.
@@MiddleKingdom305 now that just wrong. It’s not only in China. I don’t even know how tf can you even argue that it’s only practiced in China. Yes this modern form of lion dance did have its origine from Chinese culture, but since Chinese culture have a huge influence in its surrounding, many East Asian culture adopted lion dance and still practice their own modified version till this day.
And, if you go waaay back, lion dance actually have its roots from the “west”, there are many written records referring these kind of performance as 西凉伎 (or “western tricks”) as late as the Tang dynasty, ppl back then don’t view it as native culture, but foreign performance from place like India.
@@HerMi.T north eastern state? At least from my own quick research sikkim have their own version called Singhi Chham. But yea India is a very culturally diverse place, so I can’t say for sure if there is any other as I’m not Indian myself.
@@MiddleKingdom305 It was all over East and Southeast Asia. Definitely not only in China.
I thought this was a shitpost based on the thumbnail until I saw Bonfire posted it
Same bro lmao😂
FromSoft's ability to take something traditional and familiar, and often lighthearted and even a bit goofy in some ways, and turn it into something scary and unsettling is, well, scary and unsettling.
The sorrowful music playing while that guy in the costume was throwing it back killed me.
No one seems to mention the mechanical sound cue playing in this scene
1:48 You vs. they guy she says not to worry about.
this boss has taught me that what i thought was the dragon dance was actually the lion dance all along. ig the dragon dance stuff is more just using sticks to prop the dragon thing up.
As a Korean, the lion dance in Korea is about killing or chasing away evil demons.
Note that in the original East Asian lion dance, the lion is not the same lion as in Africa, but a legendary demon or sacred animal.
In other words, the lion (SA-ZA in Korean) in the lion dance of ancient East Asians is not the same lion as the lion in Africa today. It's just a coincidence that the lion that Asians speak of has the same name as the lion in Africa today.
In Korea, the lion, a legendary guardian spirit that ate tigers and leopards, protected good people, and killed demons.
It was an imagination of what Persian lions looked like when they were imported into China as tributes
now that you mentioned it, it does look like there are people inside it. Great observation.
Now dozens of "soulslike" inspired copycat games will copy this idea + plus mandatory bloodborne sidestep dodge
Miyazaki confirmed it in a famitsu interview.
The ominous music playing over the yellow one is so funny.
In Japan, this is called Shishimai
In the first few frames, we can see a hand closing the mouth/jaw. For me, that's the first thing that reminded me of Barongsai.
これ見た瞬間獅子舞だと思いましたね…😂
Besides the Lion Dance, there is another IRL cultural reference, which is the French Tarasque.
Let me show you a brief summary from Wikipedia: "the beast had a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace(s), six feet with bear-like claws, a serpent's tail, and could expel a poisonous breath."
There are festitivies where a Tarasque effigy is paraded, with people inside of it (similar to the Lion Dance). And commonly it has a turtle shell with twisted horns (just like the omen horns that the new boss has).
I remember reading about Tarasque (was confused too since DnD has their own interpretation of it). Lion Turtle from Avatar also looks like easternized version of this. which made Fromsoft kinda return the favor with creation of this boss lol.
The design feels like perfect blend of eastern and western culture, while still fit to the general theme of the game. It could be direct result of grafting (not unlike the Revenant), or some other thing.
@@raydhen8840 Yeah the way the devs create such cool things by blending different cultures is fascinating.
And yes, whatever is hidden in the lion costume is probably grafted, like around 3 people (omen?) grafted together or something like that.
I REALLY hope that this is an inverse of the O and S/ Demon Twins fights where for the second phase of the fight the costume gets broken so the two guys come out and just start beating the shit out of you and it becomes a duo fight.
Words cannot describe how much I'm looking forward to this boss.
Fun fact : That lion like enemy was get inspiration from Balinese Indonesia Hindu Mythology,
The creature is called "Barong" who Guides the Good Atma/Soul to underworld & Enemy of Ragda The witch Queen.
It also Appears on Balinese Sacred Dance of The Tale Calon Arang.
had to comment this on "the other" elden ring lore video that there are multiple people hiding under this asian dragon/lion parade suit as he was going on some tangent about "greek mythological warriors wearing lion skins as a trophy" ... he completely missed it was multiple people manipulating an almost "festiv" lion suit .... it all sounded unhinged X,D
i know right 🤣🤣
which vid?
This is obviously inspired by the Dancing Lion, but what I find unusually odd and disturbing is the fact that there are 2 sets of teeth.
You clearly see the set of a lion's teeth, and then another set of almost humanlike teeth inside the mouth, makes me wonder if whatever is underneath is using the lion's head as a mask, seeing as there are two hands holding it up. Really cool that there are multiple people stacked one on top of the other, most curious thing of all being the use of dragon lightning. Super hyped for this boss more than any other based on design alone :')
edit: coolest thing of all, it's catching the lightning with it's mouth, OMFG
I looks like there is some kind of a hideous humanoid face under the lion mask.
🤓
Mark my words
In the second phase the people inside the costume are gonna gank you
I showed my little brother the dlc trailer and when this grafted dog thing came up
he freaking called it cute
I mean, he's not wrong
I can't say I saw this, nor can I say I am surprised to see it now- it is that feeling when two nodes in your brain finally connecting. That. "I should have known" moment. Still, I wouldn't have realized that until I saw this video!
I guess knowledge really shapes how we see reality
I noticed this immediately when I saw the trailer. My guess is it's a grafted being(s) wearing that cloth and lion head to hide it's form.
No if you watch the trailer again, the dude who control the head step on the dude on the back
Naked Godskin trio will be revealed on phase 3
I hope that boss also makes that butt dance during the fight
This music with that last frame killed me. 💀
i assumed this would be presented in the style of those "minecraft vs. real life" videos with dubstep music in the background but great video nonetheless 👍👍
Well, I really liked this video, but this photo in the video was extremely comical lol
Leave it to From to take a cool cultural curiosity and turn it into one of the most epic bossfights of all time
Another thing I noticed about this boss is that the shoulder pauldrons right behind the head are quite reminiscent of the golden pauldrons on Mohg's robes
Been inside one of the costumes. Fun, but also tiring, you need a ton of leg strength if you’re the hind legs.
I wonder who is hiding under that cutie
"Edward... Let's play..."
NOOOOOOO 😭
Its incredible how the bosses movement really portrays what its directly inspired by
These DLC graphics are getting insane 🤯
I wonder how many people had that come straight to mind when they saw this boss.
Mostly have to be asian lol
Didn't saw it at first, but then the moment it lifted up and casted the smoke spell it instantly looked like the Chinese Lion Dance.
Asians who celebrate Lunar New Year almost certainly gets reminded. Most of them are in East Asian and South East Asian.
Most Chinese will probably immediately recognize it
More than you think
I just now noticed the horns on its head, looking a lot like those of Omen.
I thought this boss was supposed to be Miquella’s regent, like Maliketh and Blaidd. But this is something way more creative and typical for Fromsoft to make the most batshit insane ideas.
Lion Dance is a huge culture for many chinese in Indonesia. Here it's called Barongsai
EDIT: there's also its sibling counterpart used primarily for Lunar New Year where it's more of a dragon dance (eastern dragon like in Sekiro) instead of Lion
The moment the boss shows in trailer "BARONGSAI COOKKKK 🫵🫵🫵"
@@franciscoreza8295 Barongsai The Lion Dance boss title lol
@@samuel.jpg.1080p lmaoo
claim everything 😂
Imagine the dance at 1:04 over your body as the YOU DIED text crosses the screen 😂😂
I’d die again laughing
Looks like King Caesar from "Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla" from the early 70's
As a chinese Fromsoft gamer, this makes me happy that Michael zaki made lion dancing into a boss
I was expecting this isn't just two random guy wearing a lion costume, but instead two bodies grafted into a lion head
TWO SETS OF TEETH LIKE FREDDY FAZBEAR ANIMATRONICS?????
ELDEN RING IS IN THE FANF UNIVERSE CORFIRMEDDDD!!!! 😲😲😲😲😲
Hur hur hur
You can see like 3 dudes stacked on top of each other when he does that breath attack
Yeah, I could only see it as a Dragon or Lion dancer from the first instant I saw it. I think it's the first thing that comes to mind just from seeing the design.
most likely the boss where we get the martial arts weapon
I thought it was Serosh for a second when I first saw the trailer 😭
i think its supposed to represent Godfrey ❤
And I thought it was Godwyn💀
@@n8doggy733Goldwyn is more likely, golden lightning, long blond hair and blue eyes
@@GravitonLance yup, you guys are probably right
Turns out the lion dance is performed by Godskin Duo 😂
well spotted my beloved
You can clearly see that there are multiple people standing on top of each other. The guy at the top of course is controlling the head and casting the lightning spell.
Would be awesome to fight the lion & then phase two you fight the dancers. Regardless will be great
This puppet monster is horrifying, especially when its floating. Imagine how to control that + the lion face and the dancers skins give me chills😵💫
Man the set of teeth behind the mask is chilling...
aether: omg gaming what happened to you
tarnished/elden lord: we have no choice son we have to kill it
Western devs could never think of this
they’ve created better
@@-_-ligma Perhaps in the past, but nowadays every monster is some form of generic humanoid or bulky animal with not much more to it. Western devs have no creativity nowadays, but you could offer some examples if you think otherwise.
Those japanese are on crack in terms of ideas and creativity
@@Noizzed Grime,a game where the entire world is made of deformed human anatomy made out of stone,so you have to fight stone deer with lower jaws forming their head and antlers,crabs bade out of stonebone, and the most beautiful person in the world is made of gold and has a hand for an upper torso and arm growing ouf that giant hands pinky finder,which they use to hold a giant flaming sword, your player character is a statue with a black hole for a face and using it to eat your stone enemies piece by pieace is a main mechanic
@@howdyimhowdy Oh totally! I was only talking about big hits published by established studios, indie games have a wide variety of creative designs.
舞狮 is originally a Chinese folklore dance intended to go along with 舞龙 during 春节. In ancient times it is said that a powerful creature known as the 年 beast terrified China. That was until ancient chinese found out that the 年 was afraid of firecrackers and the color red. Because of this, the spring festival (春节) was born, to celebrate the passing of the year and to scare the 年 away (due to the lively festivity with abundant fireworks and many red colored decorations). Nowadays many asian countries celebrate 春节 (under names like "lunar new year"), but as with most things around the South-East, they originated in ancient China. I'm a former 舞龙舞狮 dancer, and in fact it wasn't too long ago since I had to perform during 春节 in Spain, the country I was born in.
It is assumed that the lion dance was not born in China, but rather was introduced to China from Western or Indian culture.
@@smokbig3202 Not at all, I don't know who assumes that because that's completely made up. Lion dancing is a traditional chinese festivity that was not introduced from a different country. It's true that some things like Buddhism came from India and were adopted by the chinese people, but the origins of lion dancing are entirely Chinese. Now many other countries around China celebrate this exact festivity but the point of origin is ancient China and the legend of the 年 beast.
With the omen horn link, perhaps this could be modelled after the beasts that the omen see in their nightmares.
It's not just a lion dance, prolly an omen centipede under.
Now this makes me interested on the mechanics and musical accompaniment of the boss. Will we get the drums and gongs as part of the score? How about dropping items to distract the lion dancers and get them to pick up your items like how lion dancers will take money offered by children?
Wow good point, didnt notice the relation before.
I think it's important to notice that it's face resembles a lot the misbegotten
You could also talk about the wicker man one :)
i thought at first this was a grafted enemy
噛まれたら祝福あるんやろなぁ……
I love the Okinawan lion dance, and I've never forgotten it since I saw it when I was a child. The colorful lion shown in the video is a Chinese lion dance, and the others are probably from Okinawa.
"Mom, can we get lion dance?"
"No we have lion dance at home"
*lion dance at home*:
very interesting, makes me even more curious about what moves it has that didn't get shown
I live in northern part of Japan, have seen people doing this dance in black fur and calling it 'Bear Dance.'
O cara é o boi bundão do hermes e renato o bumba meu boi e o zangbeto KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK, simplesmente um dos melhores bosses da dlc
this makes it infinitely more badass
At one point you can literally see one omen standing on another's shoulders. It's two omens in there. Shocked that I haven't seen anyone point that out.
Based on some screenshots of the trailer I've seen, it looks like there's a bit more than just 2 people in that costume
coordination gotta be insane
if there's an highlight for me in the dlc trailer is this boss fight. I can't wait to see it in action it looks so fascinating
Incredible idea for a boss
Nah really, unique, maybe, but a good idea?
@@InsertarNombre-od2bh I mean...I don't see how it's not a good idea?
@@InsertarNombre-od2bhtalking just to talk
It's really cool, because I was the tail in my first lion dance 9 years ago.
Elden Ring DLC Boss in real life - expecting Messmer and Dracula
The dog thing reminds me of Ludwig.
Godfrey is technically lion fighting lol with lion on top of him 😂
2nd phase will probably be a gank with all the guys underneath
There's only two dancers in a lion dance. But the Chinese and Vietnamese versions do have a Buddha who dances with the lion so I guess it could summon an NPC or invader.
Miquella and godwin inside.
Yup and they both became trees
Always good to see From Soft incorporates more asian culture into their games!
If you pay attention closely at the first scene, the boss hands actually the one that move the lion jaw. But seems like in this video it's cut. I wonder if this boss name gonna be Barong
The trailer music sounds very similar to Gael's theme
Well, let's see to what extent it's two people in a suit. Because knowing Elden Ring it's probably more horrific than it seems.
we have more speculation to the boss second form now
I thought this is some meme like "MINECRAFT MOB IRL!!!!"
I imagine this is phase 1 of a 2 phase fight. I assume phase 2 more heavily involves the people underneath. Perhaps the obvious fake-ness of the “costume” is a red herring, and it’s closer to real than we think
All i know is that Deathblight Breath attack is gonna make me rage!
literally me
always saw that in every chinese new year celebrations
It's not lion but a Qílín in Chinese, Kỳ Lân in Vietnamese and Kirin in Japan. Kirin is one of 4 holy beast in Asian culture : Dragon, Turtle, Phoneix and Kirin.
No, Qilins are Qilins. This is lion dance
@@Woundwort-c3t it’s called lion dance because there is no English word to describe exactly this creature.. And more solid reson:We don’t have lion in Asia
唐獅子は麒麟と同じく瑞獣(吉兆を表す獣という意味)であるとされることがありますが、唐獅子=麒麟という話は聞いたことがありません
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