“ | Welcome to your doom! | „ |
~ Neff before the boss battle, his famous catchphrase |
Neff, known as the Demon God (魔神 Majin) in Japan, is a demonic god from the Underworld who is the main antagonist of the 1988 beat 'em up video game Altered Beast.
Biography[]
The background story of Neff had been expanded in PC Engine version of Altered Beast (narrated by Shuichi Ikeda).
Neff, a powerful underworld demon and denizen, challenged against Hades who is the original ruler of netherworld in a bid to seize Hades' throne for himself. Civil war broke out in netherworld and though Hades fought as best as he could, Neff was simply too much and Hades was on the verge of being overwhelmed.
Zeus, to aid Hades dispatched his daughter Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom. With Athena's both tactical and strategic assistance, the tide of war turned in favor of Hades. Then, just when gods thought victory was within their grasp, Neff launched a daring surprise ambush which not even the goddess of wisdom foresaw. After successfully abducting Athena and taking her to netherworld, Neff took full advantage of Athena's captivity as an insurance and bargaining chip. Neff then plans to use her and drain her power to become more powerful.
Zeus, seeing that full frontal assault is impossible without the risk of harming Athena, revives an ancient imprisoned super-warrior (or warriors if played with a partner) with an ability to transform into different anthropomorphic beasts who once challenged gods, granting him (or them) the chance to be forgiven and redeemed, then commanding the hero (or heroes) to rescue his daughter. Neff of course, sends his evil minions to do away with the hero. When the hero eventually meets Neff but fails to transform into a beast, Neff simply walks off, refusing to fight the hero.
Whether the hero successfully transform into a beast or fails to become a beast by the third loop, Neff begins to grow in size, transforms into his own form of 'altered beast' as the background becomes cloudy with black smokes. Once he finishes transformation, he uses his powers of the altered beast to kill the hero. Because of transformed Neff's attacks and patterns are created specifically to counter the hero in a transformed state, fighting Neff in a monster form when the hero is not transformed is extremely difficult, if not outright impossible.
When Neff is defeated, he disappears in a bright cloud and the background is lightened. With every boss battle wins except the final stage, Neff appears out of the ground in a form of big head, stripping the hero of spirit balls which are essential for the hero to transform into beasts before fleeing with an evil cackle, with the hero pursuing Neff to the next stage.
Throughout the cutscenes of the game, Neff relishes tormenting Athena before turning her into a bird.
In the final battle at the Underworld's lost City of Dis where Neff presided over, the hero transforms into a golden werewolf (silver werewolf as a company if played with a partner), while Neff transforms into a bulky rhino named Sega van Vader. However, Neff is ultimately defeated, falling forward and dead, while Athena escapes him and was finally free.
In other media[]
SEGA Heroes[]
Neff is 1 of the 4 currently playable Altered Beast characters in SEGA Heroes. He appears in his rhino form and a blue epic striker hero that can be playable in the Campaign, Events, Arena and Survival. He can be unlocked after 50/10 shards are collected.
His Max skill is Energy Siphon which requires 12 mana and deals dark damage. Neff gains growth for 4 turns and if the target is an Altered Beast, they revert back to Centurion form.
His Star Skill is Charge which you have to match either a blue star tile or super blue star tile, deals dark damage and the target loses 3 mana.
His Passive Skill is Welcome To Your Doom ! When Neff takes damage from his enemy skill, then his attacker is inflicted with darkness for 3 turns. When the enemy makes a match 4 or higher, Neff creates a blue star tile.
His Traits:
Campaign
Striker
Original
Scoundrel
Mystic
Wreck-It Ralph[]
Neff made a cameo appearance in the 2012 Disney film Wreck-It Ralph in his rhino appearance, where he is attend a villain conference with many video game villains (including Bowser, Dr. Eggman and M. Bison).
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