What if we made a unique enemy, and tucked it away in one out-of-the-way

Sounds good senpai.

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>>4175591
to be fair, that's what bosses are, but clearly you mean nonboss enemies.

i dunno, i think it can be pretty cool because it can make things more memorable.

post if you can think of anymore items/enemies like this.

>>4175591
So, was it just a little treat to give the game some extra variety? An enemy which was more prevalent in earlier iterations of the game (or at least intended to be more prevalent) but removed because it was stupid and they decided just to leave a single instance in because why the fuck not, it's already programmed and drawn?

There was an enemy like this in Super Mario 2/YK:DDP - the red Snifit.

That one funny looking bat in Mega Man X that usually drops a 1-up. Squidos appear in one room in Startropics, period. The Zelda series is full of single-use enemies, like the giant fucking slime in Zelda 2. Super Metroid has a Geemer near the Wrecked Ship area that has "samus" coloration, and doesn't appear if you approach from an direction where you can physically reach it. Symphony of the Night is full of this shit, as well as Rondo of Blood. This is really common the more RPGish a game is. Even the Resident Evil series had unique zombies that only appeared once, or only if you did something specific.

>>4175825
The bat in MMX is a Batton from the original series games, likely included as a jokey cameo. Stuff like that kinda makes sense, especially when they give you a special drop, like how you note the Batton tends to give 1-ups. Stuff like the one in OP is especially odd since it doesn't seem to be a joke or give any special drops as best as i can recall (or have a special purpose like the Good Bee enemy). Maybe they thought that an engorged Octorocck was simply funny looking?

>>4175591
This but unironically.