The Kleekoonanonis: What Went Right & Wrong

Now that the old Revolution Universe is officially dead and buried, I thought it'd be a good time to

look back on the good, bad, and ugly things about it. We'll start with its very first protagonists, the Kleekoonanonis of Spore the Next Level and Spore the Next Level².

What Went Right

• The Kleekoonanonis became a symbol of the Revolution Universe and its unofficial mascots.
• They had an interesting backstory with the Kraygans and Experimenters that tied into the very first episode of the series.
• They had a neat (and rather consistent) futuristic aesthetic to them, which was appropriate for a supposedly advanced and enlightened race. Plus, most of their stuff was blue, and blue is of course my favorite color.

What Was Okay

• Their FORM A GROUP curse was... okay. It got kind of annoying after a while, but early on it was entertaining.

What Went Wrong

• The Kleekoonanonis defied all plausible laws of evolution by having arms on their heads. It was a simple and silly mistake that I failed to notice back in 2011 that ended up making them look ridiculous and stupid.
• Their culture was incredibly bland and boring, and I didn't make any attempts to spice it up. We didn't learn about their politics or any religions they had, which could've them a bit interesting.
• Even though the Kleekoonanonis had a democracy, we never saw another president until a few parts before STNL² ended. It would've made an interesting idea seeing how different leaders reacted to different events and crises.
• We didn't see how individual Kleekoonanonis reacted to the fact that they were basically at war nonstop. They all blindly went along with it like sheep.
• Their naming convention with scrambled human names was dumb. I wasn't even trying to give them cool names.

In summation, there were too many bad things about the Kleekoonanonis that made them as uninteresting as fungus3's trite villains and not as good as I'd like them to be. Fortunately, their rebooted counterparts don't suffer from the same deficiencies.

Next time: Uh, I dunno... cheese. We'll talk about cheese. Yeah. Or something.