Giant Toad mount for Ninjas

[Aryalandi]

It surprises me that not so many people know the connection between fictional ninjas and giant toads.

Thank you, for all of the people immediately stating that this is an obvious naruto reference it amazes me how few people know that the giant frog/snake/slug summoning in that show were pulled from a very old story called The Tale Of The Gallant Jiraiya.

(Note: it only amazes me from a personal standpoint because I love looking in to the inspiration for things and it's so easy to find~)

The characters Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru in Naruto are literally pulled right from that story. Naruto copied that~ so any time there is giant frog summoning in a game or in anime we are actually copying the old story of Jiraiya, not Naruto~ even though Naruto is the more well known story in this time period.

Heck if you look up old paintings of Jiraiya you may notice he even does the signature pose the ninja on the xi frog summon does, also in xi that was just a job specific emote, all classes had them.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Oh, I'm sorry. We were supposed to know that?

[Aryalandi]

Oh, I'm sorry. We were supposed to know that?

Nope, just educating the "durhur that's so narutard of you to want" crowd before someone else does it less politely, because the more you know. Especially since it takes all of five seconds to find online and there is no excuse not to know it anymore.

we already do the ninja-run and hand signs~those things are actually not naruto specific either >.> yet that is the first place peoples mind goes and it's become annoying that whenever something ninja-related comes up people immediately go to their "obviously a naruto ripoff" argument. I also don't get the flak that that series gets in general.

[SaitoHajime]

Nope, just educating the "durhur that's so narutard of you to want" crowd before someone else does it less politely, because the more you know. Especially since it takes all of five seconds to find online and there is no excuse not to know it anymore.

we already do the ninja-run and hand signs~those things are actually not naruto specific either >.> yet that is the first place peoples mind goes and it's become annoying that whenever something ninja-related comes up people immediately go to their "obviously a naruto ripoff" argument. I also don't get the flak that that series gets in general.

maybe because its been one of the most popular anime for the past 15 years? I mean does it really matter if people use Naruto as a reference? Both Naruto and that story are fictional soooo....

[Aryalandi]

maybe because its been one of the most popular anime for the past 15 years? I mean does it really matter if people use Naruto as a reference? Both Naruto and that story are fictional soooo....

And that's fine >.> until it gets the "lets keep naruto out of this.." response. anyway that will be it from me, i was done as of posting the original story title that the characters came from just for the sake of a "hey, fun piece of history" post before the snarky "we were supposed to know that?" reply happened.

[Izularia]

At first, I thought that was a reference to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles o.o But then.. No, turtles are no toads xD

[Masekase_Hurricane]

At first, I thought that was a reference to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles o.o But then.. No, turtles are no toads xD

They should have Ninja turtles not toads.

[Laerune]

Would it not be a better suggestion, to just ask for the Toad mount to be added as a reward from a achievement or a dungeon drop, instead of tied to a Job? The Job mounts are meant to encourage players to play certain roles (tank and healer) which are not played by alot of players, the DPS role does not suffer from lack of players willing to play that role.

This is why I think adding it via a dungeon or other manner that is not related to the Ninja Job would increase the odds of this mount being added in the game.

[Zojha]

The Job mounts are meant to encourage players to play certain roles (tank and healer) which are not played by alot of players[...]

And fail gloriously at the incentive setting, seeing as roulettes do not count towards the mounts as if that wasn't the biggest bottleneck >_>

Personally, I've never been a fan of toads - I prefer snakes. So even if the toad was implemented, I'd probably not bother >.> But to each their own.

[Evangela]

It's ok if people don't know Jiraiya. It's not a basic knowledge.

But there're many ninjas in anime/movies/games that can summon and ride on a toad/frog. It's like one of the most iconic fictional ninja skills.