Blog:Ranking All the Idle Animations in the Dark Witch Games

The idle animations in the Dark Witch series are an absolutely indispensable part of the Dark Witch series. Simply saying that they are integral to the series is more than an understatement. This series, no, video games as a whole would be nothing without them. The importance of the idle animations in the Dark Witch series could not be described with mere words. Those six seconds of extra movement when you’ve dropped all your controller inputs mean more to me and all of the members of the human race than '''life or death itself. These idle animations are the meaning of life!!!! The peak of our very EXISTENCE!!!!!!'''

So anyway uhhh yeah let’s rank them all. But before we do that, let’s lay down some ground rules.

Ground Rules
There are no rules. What rules would I even have? There are like, six idle animations in the series total. I mean, I guess it would be important to mention that I’m ranking all 3 Zizous separately? But come on, nobody cares about that, this is a list ranking animations that most people probably don’t even know are in the game.

6. Zizou (DW1)
'''Fuck. This. Animation.''' Genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, fuck this idle animation. I would effortlessly declare this idle animation the worst of all time, let alone in the series. You have no idea of the pain and anguish that this idle animation has put me through. This thing poisoned my water supply, burned my crops, and delivered a plague onto my house! You know what this animation did?! It tortured me to death, revived me, only to torture me to death, AGAIN! This idle animation went through my Amazon account and canceled all my preorders, seriously, this animation is a monster, and those are just a few of the things that it did. Like, the animation itself is alright, but the pain and suffering it will put you through once you activate it is not worth it at all. Seriously, if you value your own mental health and sanity, don’t wait for the idle animation in Dark Witch 1. Worst mistake of my life. I don’t even want to look at this animation anymore, let’s just move on to the next one before I start to get sick to my stomach.

5. Day (DW3)
Day’s idle animation is alright, but it’s really nothing special. It has her swinging her head back and forth a few times, followed by a hair flip at the end. It’s a decent animation for Day and also very well animated. Though, I personally feel like it’s a bit basic. Unlike the other idle animations, I don’t feel like it shows too much of Day’s personality. I would’ve loved to see her maybe, like, crack her knuckles or something? I don’t know, I just feel like this animation could’ve been a bit more, and compared to the other idle animations in the series, it’s not much.

4. Riva (DW1)
Riva’s idle animation is pretty basic as well, but in a different way. Riva’s idle animation has her pull up a mirror from her pocket, look in it, and occasionally look to her sides before looking back in. I think this animation has the opposite pros and cons to Day’s animation in that it’s not very spectacularly animated, but I think it shows a lot more personality for Riva aside from being a thief, villain, and the worst character to play as in the series by a longshot. It’s very obvious that Riva is vain, being a princess and all, but I think the way she looks from side to side before looking at herself shows us a lot more about herself, and honestly, it’s kind of cute. Though, like I said, the animation isn’t much. Like Day’s animation, Riva’s animation is perfectly fine. There’s not too much to say about it, though, so let’s move on to the next animation on our list…

3. Zizou (DW3)
Zizou’s idle animation in Dark Witch 3 is the same as her animation in Dark Witch 1, except it didn’t take my wife and fuck my crops. It’s pretty simple, because it’s just Zizou going to sleep, but I think it fits with her personality perfectly, being somewhat lazy outside of her cool exterior. And even though Dark Witch isn’t too well known of a franchise, the sleeping animation feels iconic, like Sonic’s foot tapping when you sit there for too long. So overall, this animation is great, but there’s one that happens to just surpass it in my eyes.

2. Zizou (DW2)
Okay, I’ll admit that I’m being a bit biased here, because Zizou with a hat is infinitely better than Zizou without a hat. That’s really the only difference compared to her animation in the other games. Her having a hat. But I don’t know, the way she grabs her hat as she falls asleep makes the animation feel more complete. Like, this is what DW1 Zizou was leading up to. And you’re probably thinking that holding a hat isn’t enough to constitute even giving this Zizou a separate ranking at all, let alone above DW3 Zizou. Well, uh…erm..uh.. look, the hat adds a lot to everything about her design, okay? So anyway, yeah, DW2 Zizou’s idle animation is pretty much the perfect Zizou idle animation. But I wouldn’t say it’s the perfect idle animation. No, that would go to the number one spot on our list (if it wasn’t obvious).

1. Sola (DW2)
Yeah this wasn’t even remotely close. Sola’s idle animation in The Legend of Dark Witch 2 is hands down my favorite one in the series. If we’re being realistic for a second, and forgetting that this is an April Fools’ blog, the ranking would probably look more like Sola’s animation at the top, and then everything else. Look, I know it’s not much. It’s simply Sola humming a tune, followed by her gleefully munching on uh… well, I’m not actually sure what that is, I’ll just say she’s grabbing a snack. It’s nothing much. But I mean, come on, look at it! Sola here is just so cute! She looks so happy munching on a snack too! And when Sola’s happy, I’m happy. Sure, it’s really simple, and she just kind of bobs up and down humming and then chewing on something, but you can still tell that Sola’s just there having a good time. It’s just meant to be a really cute animation, and it succeeds with flying colors on that aspect. Though, I think the only thing that really would’ve improved this animation is Churros. Churros just kind of sits there doing nothing like he does for the entire series. I think if Churros, like, flew around Sola or if she would stop to occasionally pet him, this animation would be flawless. Even so, Sola’s idle animation in The Legend of Dark Witch 2 has got to be my favorite one, and it’s not even a contest. Even if it is simple, you’ve got to at least appreciate how well it captures Sola’s personality in this game and, more importantly, just how wholesome of a character Sola is.

And that’s all of the idle animations in the series (as far as I know) ranked! Let me know your opinions in the comments (or if Brave Dungeon has idle animations because I didn’t check), and I’ll be back with an actual blog next time. See ya!