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Marlin
Marlin is a major NPC in Beastieball. He is the coach of the Rutile All-stars, the former Ranked Team of Rutile.
Appearance
Marlin wears an outfit very similar to that of Red from Pokémon, with a red and white cap, red vest, white t-shirt, and cargo shorts. He wears sandals.
He has spiky hair, thick eyebrows, a big nose, lightly unkept hair on his face and legs.
Personality
Marlin is often sarcastic and pessimistic, doubtful of the player's ability to save the Preserve by playing along with the Sports King's wishes. Still, he thinks the player is "a great kid," and trusts them to take over as Rutile's head coach.
At some point between the past and present scenes during the tutorial portion of the game, Marlin made up an "Assistant Coach" position so that the player could live in the storage room above the Beastieball Center.
Background
Marlin was once the Champion of the Beastieball League. Over time, however, he became disillusioned in the sport, and his team plummeted in the rankings.
Story
At the start of the game, when the player and Riley are young, they watch recorded footage of Marlin's championship match with the Rutile All-stars. The team was very successful at the time and represents their hometown.
In the present day, the team has fallen out of the rankings. Although the people of Rutile recognize that they were once great, they know their team is not what it used to be. Their low standing is even the reason the League is able to start construction in the Rutile Nature Preserve, regardless of its environmental importance.
When the Riley and the player find out about the construction in the Rutile Nature Preserve, they rush to ask Marlin what is going on. After playing dumb for a moment, he explains that the League is building a stadium there, and that there isn't much he can do due to his low rank.
In order to protect the Preserve, Riley suggests that the player take over as Rutile's coach. Marlin gives them two jerseys and waits for them to return with their Beasties, and then schedules a match between them and the Rutile All-stars.
After returning the Beastieball Center with their new Beasties, the player meets Marlin outside. He challenges the player to a Beastieball match, declaring that if they can beat him, they can take over as Rutile's Ranked coach.
Despite Marlin and his team clearly being stronger than the player, he coaches them through the fight, letting them score free points against him and deliberately throwing the match, seemingly not wanting to coach anymore. The player then officially takes over as Rutile's coach, earning a Gold-level sponsorship from the Rutile Town Board. He stops the player again on the way out and warns them about the trials to come, telling them of the many ranked coaches all competing in the league and wishing them good luck.
After playing him, Marlin will now appear in the shop inside of Rutile's Beastieball Center. He also appears in various phone calls along with Riley later on, giving the player advice from afar.
Some time after achieving three ranked wins, the player will encounter an error with their post-game payouts. Marlin will call and inform them that the Rutile Town Board account has somehow been overdrawn, and that payouts will need to be reduced until it is built back up. The player's sponsorship with the Rutile Town Board is then demoted to Silver level.
| SPOILER WARNING This section contains endgame spoilers for Beastieball! Consider yourself warned. |
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When the player and Riley reach Geo City and register for the Crown Series, the Sports King informs them that he cannot actually get the Rutile stadium project canceled if the player wins, because Marlin already approved the project long ago. Riley is furious and leaves in disbelief, and Marlin calls the player shortly after to explain himself; he had carelessly approved the project in a desperate effort to get Rutile back on the map, and now deeply regrets his decision. He states that he does not blame the player if they hate him now, before hanging up.
During the Crown Series, the player encounters Marlin and the Rutile All-stars as their final opponent in the playoffs. Wishing to atone for his actions, he entered the Crown Series for the same reason as the player: to try and get the stadium project canceled. After the player defeats him, he implores them to win the series and become champion, so they could possibly save Rutile.
Before the final match, Marlin arrives alongside Reese and Celia and urges the player to forfeit the match, stressing that it is the only way to get the Beastieball League's attention and potentially get them to listen. Marlin later joins the other Ranked coaches in rebelling against the Sports King and the League during the climax of the match.
Teams
| Level scaling for teams is still under research. This team represents the lowest possible levels it can be encountered at. Plays and Metamorphs are scaled based on the levels of each Beastie and their teammates, but level scaling is not yet fully understood. See below each team for notes on their scaling. |
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Ranked Match
Marlin uses this team against the player in their first ranked match. He does not actually try to win, instead teaching the player about no-touch points.
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Goldie#99
(Servace)
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Pearl#06
(Diggum)
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Ruby#02
(Cherrily)
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Bluey#96
(Yamyth)
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Crown Series
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Noir#10
(Supilero)
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Ruby#02
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Pearl#06
(Diggum)
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Bluey#96
(Yamyth)
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Goldie#99
(Servace)
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Super Tower Challenge
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Noir#10
(Supilero)
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Ruby#02
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Pearl#06
(Diggum)
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Bluey#96
(Yamyth)
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Goldie#99
(Servace)
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Trivia
- Marlin, in his prime, had a rivalry with Dominic. This may have been one-sided on Dominic’s part, as Marlin had always been able to beat him.
- In the original version of the demo, Marlin’s name was Redd.
- All of Marlin’s known Beasties are named in reference to a Pokémon game, and their numbers represent the year in which that game came out.
- In release order, these are Bluey(#96) the Yamyth, Goldie(#99) the Servace, Ruby(#02) the Cherrily, and Pearl(#06) the Diggum, who are on his team, as well as Noir(#10) the Shooga and, presumably, X(#13) the Platenna, Sunny(#16) the Sefren, and Blade(#19) the Sprecko, who are encountered as Guardians in the area around Rutile.
- Bluey the Yamyth was not a member of the team prior to the June 2024 Preview Playtest.
- Marlin’s own outfit and former name are in reference to Red, the player character in Pokémon Red and Blue, who also becomes champion of his respective league.
Gallery
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Art of Marlin competing in his prime, from the game's opening sequence
