ITS A MODERN SCIENCE MIRACLE!! all single picture that is resised on my computer gets a neon green background, whit this kraid was diferent! god bless kraid!!
Kraid was originaly supposed to be in MP1, but they decided to scrap the idea. This was a concept design for the boss. I for one, think they should have kept him in the game, but they should have kept a the traditional look.
Well, just to clear things up a bit here, I’ll give some information (at least it’s the “official” stuff)
1.) Kraid HAS feet. It’s just that, in SM, he was partly submerged in the lava. I guess they hadn’t really thought about making him walk in Prime, since in the original fight he was stationary (Note how Zero Mission’s fight is exactly the same?).
2.) Kraid’s “helmet” was probably the only change they could make to him. Seeing as how they rebuilt Ridley, they probably rebuilt him too, the helmet must have been covering the wounded area (remember that to beat him you shot his eyes?)
3.) The idea wasn’t really scrapped, but not included due to time constraints. The problem was, by the time they had finished the game, Kraid was not included fully. His model was done, but the basics for his boss fight (area of the fight, methods) were not. There was also little time to spare since MP was being rushed onto the new platform, Game Cube. In the end, they called his character “unessential” and left him out.