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Originally Posted by Sutibaru
Somehow I think I should mention that the source reference that Capcom took the whole design of those spear las plagas was from a manga depicting alien parasites which both take over and merge with the flesh of a human and then be able to manipulate itself into blades from the head. That also includes Krauser's arm design which appeared in the same series.
I suppose then we can say is that they did not consider the mass of the parasites since they did not come up with the whole design on their own.
It's pretty common for Capcom to borrow concept designs from other sources.
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What manga did the idea originate from?
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Originally Posted by Magugag
Uroboros is indeed a virus, as is stated many times in the game. Maybe Capcom doesn't realize the exact nature of a virus in real life, but despite clumping itself together in a big living writhing mass, it's still a virus. I believe you can just consider it a huge colony of many very tiny creatures that formed into one oozing mass by 'eating' the flesh of those it's injected into. Rather than a single multi-celled organism, the Uroboros 'monsters' are colonies of the virus sustained by dead flesh.
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No part of that matches with what a virus is. If Capcom called it a virus, it still doesn't mean it is one. It just means that someone at Capcom doesn't know what a virus is. A virus is not a living thing to begin with. Uroboros as we have seen is a living organism that invades, and mutates it's host into an unrecognizable mess. But it doesn't
destroy it's host like a virus would. It's a parasite, a highly aggressive one true enough, but not a virus. A virus isn't just another word for microorganism or bug, it's a specific description of the nature and habits of an biological entity. Viruses kill their host, parasites live off their host. It is in the parasite's best interest to not kill it's host. A virus on the other hand simply uses the host's cells as a means to reproduce itself and spread. A virus is considered "non-life", it does not really match the definition of a living thing, it can't reproduce on it's own, and it's essentially a rogue particle of DNA that gets inside another organism and begins making copies of itself by consuming the cells of the host. That is not what the Uroboros does, it instead merges with the host and both continue to live, though the host is impacted very negatively by this arrangement, it's behavior changes, it's body changes, and ultimately it
could die from bullet related complications as a result of the merger. But it is
still not a virus.
Examples:
Flu = virus
Tapeworm = parasite
Many people often use the term virus to describe anything infectious, but it is really not that simple. Capcom may not have made the distinction because they either:
A. Themselves fall into the group of people who don't realize the misconception
or
B. Realized that it's a commonly accepted definition and 'went with the flow' rather than the
actual definition