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Nimzo initially appears to be an elderly, green-skinned demon. He is capable of performing devastating spells and breath attacks in either form and can also call upon Wrecktors and Killing Machines to assist him while in his initial form. He also possess an ultimate, grotesque form: a bloated, red demon with massive, wrinkled wings, four arms, and a spike-ended tail. It is said that he was once a human long ago, but has since transformed into a monster. | Nimzo initially appears to be an elderly, green-skinned demon. He is capable of performing devastating spells and breath attacks in either form and can also call upon Wrecktors and Killing Machines to assist him while in his initial form. He also possess an ultimate, grotesque form: a bloated, red demon with massive, wrinkled wings, four arms, and a spike-ended tail. It is said that he was once a human long ago, but has since transformed into a monster. | ||
Nimzo's speech in the English DS remake is composed of a font that replaces the English letters used in the rest of the game with Cyrillic letters that resemble them, such as replacing N with И. The overall effect makes Nimzo sound incredibly distinct and alien when compared to other characters and even the narration | Nimzo's speech in the English DS remake is composed of a font that replaces the English letters used in the rest of the game with Cyrillic letters that resemble them, such as replacing N with И. The overall effect makes Nimzo sound incredibly distinct and alien when compared to other characters and even the narration. | ||
When you go to talk too him he reveals that even [[Bishop Ladja]] is not important and his minions were "mere" players in his masterminded evil plan. | |||
==Backstory== | |||
In the original SNES version, Nimzo was given the poor choice to have no back story what-so-ever so most people assumed he was a demon, however when the DS and PS2 remakes come out, 2 monsters, 1 solider, and one book, revealed he was in fact a human,destroying, former demon and entity theories. A book in lofty peak called "The Will Of Our Leader" revealed he is a deity born of "lowly disciples" thus implying he was born of poverty, however the book reveals he soon became the monarch of lofty peak and was wiser then wisdom itself. Unfortunately he took the secret of evolution and turned himself into a monster , the citizens tried to take the evil out of him, but failed and "Even now, he waits, where no sun shall ever shine, for the Great one to arrive, the one true hero. | |||
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Grandmaster Nimzo is fought at the very end of the game, deep within [[Mt. Zugzwang]]. He is battled twice, first in his normal form, and then again in his ultimate demon form. | Grandmaster Nimzo is fought at the very end of the game, deep within [[Mt. Zugzwang]]. He is battled twice, first in his normal form, and then again in his ultimate demon form. | ||
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He'll always attempt to cast Kasap on your party. Since Disruptive Wave will reset this effect, he'll usually cast Kasap immediately after Disruptive Wave | He'll always attempt to cast Kasap on your party. Since Disruptive Wave will reset this effect, he'll usually cast Kasap immediately after Disruptive Wave. He is considerably weaker in the SNES original version, but it is important to keep in mind that you could only use 3 characters in SNES version, (in contrast the the DS and PS2 remakes 4) also he seems too mediates (heals) a lot more. | ||
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With this in mind, it is highly likely that the localization team had already planned out the majority of what they intended to do with Dragon Quest V, since Nimzo appears with his current name in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker, a game that preceded the release of the DS remake of Dragon Quest V. | With this in mind, it is highly likely that the localization team had already planned out the majority of what they intended to do with Dragon Quest V, since Nimzo appears with his current name in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker, a game that preceded the release of the DS remake of Dragon Quest V. | ||
==Trivia== | |||
• Widely regarded as one of the most easiest dragon quest final bosses, he seems to have more intelligence then raw power. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||