>>7775096Level 6 Kraata were pretty clever, and Level 7 were on par with a Toa in terms of intellect and were capable of speaking Matoran. Each of the 6 "Sons" was described having a distinct personality too, at least as breeds.
Thing is, media never really took time to potray that properly. They showed some strategy, but they still came across as a bunch of literal animals. It didn't help the concept seemed like a retread of the Bohrok (fiully organic parasitic thing piloting a fully mechanical suit of armor).
Sounds to me they were couldn't settle between "mindless sci-fi monster" (a la base Bohrok) and "intelligent villain" (a la Kal) and sort of mixed the two. I'd argue the Visorak got the same treatment.
>>7775176In fact as a kid I was happy that the Toa finally fought talking, intelligent canister villains (the Kal) and I honestly expected the Rahkshi to be the same.
The Kal might've gotten a lot of shit (most of it is justified, I suppose), but they were the first and last fully intelligent, individualized, talking canister villains until the Piraka came along.
