Another fun redesign of Mr. Skops.
Would love to bring this character back in a hypotetical reboot of the series, maybe he could be a 3D boss fight in a Mystical Cave/ Underground themed world. I imagine him attaching you with both projectiles from his tail (like in the original game) and then trying to strik you with his bigger claw and fangs.
To defeat him, the player would have to stand on a specific type of rocks so that when he strikes you with its tail, the tip remains stuck in the terrain, allowing the player to punch repeatedly the soft shell on the tip of the tail, his weakspot.
I imagine him being more feral and behaving like an animal (still with cartoony expressions and acting), rather than talking.