Armored Core Lore: Iguazu

The red gun who wanted to be free, but it seems lady luck had other ideas for this gambler.

[rreckinreturns]

I immediately started identifying with the guy when AllMom said "Iguazu, you are a disappointment"

[natethegreat]

After all the crap Iguazu was put through, I think he _earned_ the badass distinction of having enough strength of will to hijack ALLMIND.

[johnprice]

Character so salty it made an almighty AI regret eating him.

[ilucasz]

People talk of Iguazu as if he was just a loser, but dude managed to subdue Allmind and Ayre's influence through sheer force of will and was a Gen4 Augmented Human that managed to still maintain his emotions and sensibility (otherwise he wouldn't het that pissed on us doing better than him). Oh and Iguazu is the pilot that managed to face us most times on a single route, dude's more our rival than Rusty.

[Mustachioed_Mollusk]

All-Mind: **comsumes Iguanas consciousness**

Also All-Mind: *WHY IS IT SPICY?!*

[gabem]

When he broke free of AllMind just to kill us one on one I felt respect for him. Still hate him, but he’s got priorities

[zezin_rg]

Very minor addition: in the fight with Snail, Iguazu has Mind Alpha arms instead of his default arms. One more indicative of his deals with Allmind

[cosmic_girl_hal]

I can make connections between Iguazu and two characters from Gen 1 AC, those being Wildcat and Stinger.

Headhunter uses the MELANDER frame, the MELANDER is a modern version of the Anfang parts, which Wildcat uses in his AC, this is most likely a coincidence since the weapon arrangement is, y'know, different, but still, you never know. Iguazu also went through augmentations, just like Wildcat, although in different circumstances. Instead of going insane and starting to schizopost, Iguazu was just an asshole that was beaten down by Michigan and Volta.

MIND-GAMMA is a reverse jointed AC frame that is only made by ALLMIND, nobody else, there was also only one MIND-GAMMA and it was destroyed. Ring any bells? That's right, it's basically Vixen, Stinger's AC (Vixen is a one-off AC, that was made by exclusively one corpo, Chrome, it was a biped that looked reverse jointed, so I should probably dock some points for that.) add to the fact that Iguazu just doesn't like the player in general and also tried to kill you a lot (like Stinger.), and that he also attached himself to a giant newfangled superweapon (like Stinger, again.), he's basically a modern reimagining Stinger. (And yes, the Venom GPACs exist, we can just make the MIND-BETAs as the modern equivalent of that)


at least that's what I think...

[PinkTuskedMammoth]

Ah yes, Ignacious' character is written so well most of us HATE him... and some of us refuse to say his real name. 😂

[HeyPachuco]

unpopular opinion (maybe?):
I actually like iguazu as a character.
not to a point where his actions are either justified or reasonable, but how he acts as a person.

personally if there was more options or endings around.
instead of being friends with Rusty, i see myself being friends with iguazu instead.
even if that does lead me to an ending like OldKing From armored core for answer.

[spook]

Armored Core Lore: Uploads.
Me: I've been looking forward to this.

[albertwesker]

Iguazu, as pathetic as he is, he literally denied his written fate as some generic side character with issues that should be killed off and literally crawled his way to the finish line i.e., the limelight out of sheer pettiness.

I would always say, iguazu is not a satisfying final boss narratively speaking such as walter. BUT he is by far one of the most interesting cases of both a character and from a writing point of view.

[danielmartires]

First and In my opinion, if Iguazu was ever in New Vegas, he'll immediately be hunted by the NCR and Mr House might be gunning his Ass to get him back to get his money back from Iguana

[shepardren]

It's after watching this report i realized...

Iguazu is the perfect Foil for 621.

Both characteristically
And through their AC's physically as well.

Iguazu-
Known for talking out of turn
Getting easily rattled.
Is just as reckless and impulsive on Mission and Off Mission.

Iguazu's AC #1
It's actually a pretty solid build.... which indicates he actually does have the potential that G1 Michigan sees in him to be a damn good pilot. Not just a good foot soldier.
A good damn Pilot.
But his emotional compulsions get in the way of utilizing his AC to the best of it's capabilities.

Iguazu's Second AC through AllMind.

The first thing I noticed is that he could have changed anything between the his Redgun AC and Allmind's hand-me-down....

But he kept the same functionality
From his weapon platform to the AC build itself.
Everything is just upgraded.
Why? Why keep it the same but different/better?

621/Raven/G13
Is collected
Calculated.
Methodical.
And apparently he was already a competent enough pilot for Handler Walter to let him run each mission as they saw fit to do so.
As long as Walter gets his cut as well.
And each success ensures 621's reaployabilty.

This isn't my personal cannon through the gameplay structure provided by FromSoftware

It's the context we're given from all the other characters talking about 621 and how he's handled his Gen4 Augs.

Both 621 and Iguazu are emotionally stunted individuals.
But they handle both they're AC's and Missions differently.


I don't think it's a mistake or just an easy copy paste on FromSofts part to show us that Iguazu didn't really change his build between AC's

While 621/player have the freedom to choose different parts and styles of play....

Man. This fuckin game...❤

[MrWaifuTaker]

Iguazu's extreme hatred of 621 could've been used for other things that could've went to bettering himself...

[ACFoxeye]

Head Bringer also has a variant that isn't in the blueprints. MIND ALPHA arms and the ORBT instead of the pulse shield.

[Addyboy]

There is also the upgraded variant of head bringer, when it switched to mind alpha arm and replaced the shield with the laser orbit

[SixerMason]

Honestly, Iguazu was so beneath my attention that when I did the Allmind route, I didn't know who the guy was that had such beef with me in the final fight.

[danprentice]

I have always thought that Iguazu looks like a stereotypical anime delinquent with coloured hair, not following dress code and some how always having his feet up on the ACs dash.

[azurespectrum]

Iguazu is the real main character in Armored Core 6. It's funny since he is made out to be a weak pilot but ends up with a boss build. You know you're the main character if you use the Karasawa and giant MT... wait. Nevermind lol, thanks for another beloved lore video!!