King's Art Exhibit
| King's Art Exhibit | |
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 Announcement for the UMA submission contest | |
| Quest for | Ginger Kyde |
| Unlocked | After defeating the Onii King and trading Bol on the throne once |
The King's Art Exhibit is the longest running sidequest in Little King's Story, where Corobo must return every lost painting to art collector Ginger Kyde in his Gallery de Ginger, which can be found in Corobo's Forest.
The art used for this quest was drawn and sent in during Little King's Story's development for a competition run by Marvelous. The winner's Art became an UMA battle, while another 99 became pictures Corobo needs to find scattered across The World. The Australian, European and Japanese releases use Art sent from Japanese fans, whereas the North American release uses art by fans from the USA and Canada.
Once 50 Art pieces have been returned, Ginger will send a letter to Corobo, titled Dealer's Confession, asking the King to meet with him in the forest. He explains that the competition winner's art has come to life and must be defeated, leading to a short mini-boss fight against Art piece No. 1 (see below). Once defeated, it will go on display outside the Art Exhibit on an easel.
The Art Exhibit may be visited manually by entering the forest, but may also be explored on the sub-menu, under the Inventory tab. Pressing A allows the player to view comments on each piece by the judges, explaining what they liked about the piece.
Rewards
After collecting enough Art pieces to reach a threshold, Corobo will be rewarded with Weapons and Armor.
| No. | Reward |
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| 1 | Exhibition opens |
| 5 | Toy Sword
Toy Spear Toy Bow |
| 10 | Furry Kilt |
| 15 | Sterile Undies
Viper Sticker Sterile Undies |
| 20 | Health Undies |
| 25 | Hand Cooler
Hand Cooler Hand Cooler |
| 40 | Pancho Poncho |
| 50 | Dealer's Confession quest |
| 55 | Hand Warmer
Hand Warmer Hand Warmer |
| 70 | Legendary Dress |
| 85 | Paperweight
Paperweight Paperweight |
| 100 | Legendary Armor |
Locations
Battle
Corobo must accept the Dealer's Confession quest, available after collecting 50 pieces of Art.
The battle will differ between the AU/EU/JP versions and the NA version, if only visually. In the former versions, the fight is based on "Swarm" by Kazuya Kamie, and in the latter version, it is based on "Evil Dragoon Cat" by Sephie Melton.
In the fight, the Art will take the form of a series of giant pieces of paper stood upright, resembling the winning art. If Corobo or a citizen attack any of these, they will take forced damage and the piece will fall over for a few seconds. If a piece of paper falls over, it will knock over any pieces of paper behind it like dominoes. The battle is also timed.
To win the fight, all pieces of paper must be knocked over at once, meaning they must be knocked over quickly in succession. Three pieces of paper are in the middle, a line of pieces of paper are wrapped around the edge of the forest, and a triangle of pieces of paper are at the back. Only 5 pieces of paper must be attacked within a few seconds of each other to win this fight.
Afterwards, the Art will appear on an easel next to the gallery, and Ginger will reward Corobo with some spoils.
Trivia
- Yoshiro Kimura, the game's director and producer, stated that the artwork used for the Dealer's Confession boss battle was chosen because it "moved" him the most, and seemed the most energetic.
- The Art collection quest is similar in execution to collectibles in another of Yoshiro Kimura's games, such as Love in Moon and Kisses in Chulip.
- If the player were to collect all 100 Art Pieces and trade them at once, the Art Gallery tent will never appear, not even in the player's inventory.
- The spoils reward for the Dealer's Confession quest is called "LKS 4", the joke being that the reward is a copy of "Little King's Story 4".
- Incidentally, this fourth-wall break is thematic, as Ginger previously apologises to the player "playing Little King's Story" in his introductory cutscene, and the Art submissions came from real fans.
- Ironically, Little King's Story never got a sequel, let alone a fourth entry in the series.
- LKS 4 is worth 2100,000 in Bol, suggesting that it might take until the year 2100 to release a fourth Little King's Story game.
Art Pieces
All 100 North American submissions can be found on the Little King's Story website here.
Art Pieces No.01 - No.10
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| Art Piece No.01 (USA) "Evil Dragoon Cat" by Sephie Melton |
Art Piece No.01 (JPN/PAL) "Swarm" by Kazuya Kamie |
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| Art Piece No.02 (USA) "Amariya" by Hector Salinas, Jr |
Art Piece No.02 (JPN/PAL) "Turniplepas" by Yohei Yamamoto |
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| Art Piece No.03 (USA) "Amani-tan" by KL |
Art Piece No.03 (JPN/PAL) "Mokemoke" by Miho Ogata |
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| Art Piece No.04 (USA) "Bruno" by Andrew Wiley |
Art Piece No.04 (JPN/PAL) "Gorilla Potato" by Aturah |
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| Art Piece No.05 (USA) "Achbar" by Brittany Mora |
Art Piece No.05 (JPN/PAL) "Goatcrocken" by MEGA |
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| Art Piece No.06 (USA) "Big Red" by Madeleine Rabil |
Art Piece No.06 (JPN/PAL) "Egg Prince" by UMA |
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| Art Piece No.07 (USA) "Birdle" by Thomas E. Drusen |
Art Piece No.07 (JPN/PAL) "Come on the Board" by Missus Y |
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| Art Piece No.08 (USA) "Blueberry Screams" by Kyle Rizla Doviken |
Art Piece No.08 (JPN/PAL) "Parrot Manager" by Achu |
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| Art Piece No.09 (USA) "Gunther Gums" by Madeleine Rabil |
Art Piece No.09 (JPN/PAL) "Macho MOE" by Do |
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| Art Piece No.10 (USA) "Bokoma" by Destiny Foster |
Art Piece No.10 (JPN/PAL) "Mashuraten" by Dororonpa |
Art Pieces No.11 - No.20
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| Art Piece No.11 (USA) "Junk-heap" by Bennie Bramlett Jr. |
Art Piece No.11 (JPN/PAL) "Persiraffe" by Mechamegane |
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| Art Piece No.12 (USA) "Bristle" by Arjay |
Art Piece No.12 (JPN/PAL) "Dirt Eater" by Yu->ki Sato |
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| Art Piece No.13 (USA) "Bunny Knight Spirit" by Beth Melamed |
Art Piece No.13 (JPN/PAL) "Squidmone" by Ena Yurimi |
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| Art Piece No.14 (USA) "Buruce" by Nils Houghton |
Art Piece No.14 (JPN/PAL) "Mush & Room" by Yoyo |
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| Art Piece No.15 (USA) "Cacto-Ram" by Jamie McNeely |
Art Piece No.15 (JPN/PAL) "Phantom Berry" by Yoshitaka |
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| Art Piece No.16 (USA) "Celestial" by Michael C Bonsteel |
Art Piece No.16 (JPN/PAL) "Bean Die" by Recycle General |
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| Art Piece No.17 (USA) "Airhead" by Hannah Davis |
Art Piece No.17 (JPN/PAL) "Elf Hunter" by Retromania |
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| Art Piece No.18 (USA) "Ciractus" by Chris Morrison |
Art Piece No.18 (JPN/PAL) "My Fairy" by TOKKO |
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| Art Piece No.19 (USA) "Clucky Knight" by Broderick Poling |
Art Piece No.19 (JPN/PAL) "Building Block Castle" by TOKKO |
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| Art Piece No.20 (USA) "Corn-fed" by Bennie Bramlett Jr. |
Art Piece No.20 (JPN/PAL) "Bath Tree" by Yamamoto Thunder |