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** {{spoiler|''Pajama Sam: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet''}}: The kid is kidnapped by a box of cookies and tasked with averting a war. |
** {{spoiler|''Pajama Sam: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet''}}: The kid is kidnapped by a box of cookies and tasked with averting a war. |
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* {{spoiler|''[[Panel De Pon]]''}}: A fairy princess frees her friends from brainwashing by dropping blocks of garbage on them. Today, the game is best known for a flower that appeared in a more famous video game. |
* {{spoiler|''[[Panel De Pon]]''}}: A fairy princess frees her friends from brainwashing by dropping blocks of garbage on them. Today, the game is best known for a flower that appeared in a more famous video game. |
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** {{spoiler|''[[Tetris Attack]]''/''Pokemon Puzzle League''}}: Developers decide [[Dolled-Up Installment|this plot won't sell in America, so they let]] [[ |
** {{spoiler|''[[Tetris Attack]]''/''Pokemon Puzzle League''}}: Developers decide [[Dolled-Up Installment|this plot won't sell in America, so they let]] [[Yoshi's Island|a dinosaur]] and [[Pokémon|an animal trainer]] save the day instead. |
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* {{spoiler|''[[Pangya]]''}}: Players celebrate the exploits of an island hero by playing a game most of us refer to as "golf". |
* {{spoiler|''[[Pangya]]''}}: Players celebrate the exploits of an island hero by playing a game most of us refer to as "golf". |
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* {{spoiler|''[[Panzer Dragoon]]''}}: The [[Precursors]] learned how to control evolution and the environment, but this ended up leading to a [[Crapsack World]], so it's up to a failsafe program that [[Unpredictable Results|randomly activates]] in some animals to save the day from their mistake. |
* {{spoiler|''[[Panzer Dragoon]]''}}: The [[Precursors]] learned how to control evolution and the environment, but this ended up leading to a [[Crapsack World]], so it's up to a failsafe program that [[Unpredictable Results|randomly activates]] in some animals to save the day from their mistake. |
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* {{spoiler|''[[Psychonauts]]''}}: A kid runs ''away'' from the circus, learns [[Psychic Powers]] by [[Gotta Catch Em All|collecting random junk]] to earn merit badges, and must save the world from an angry midget and a mad dentist. |
* {{spoiler|''[[Psychonauts]]''}}: A kid runs ''away'' from the circus, learns [[Psychic Powers]] by [[Gotta Catch Em All|collecting random junk]] to earn merit badges, and must save the world from an angry midget and a mad dentist. |
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** Alt: [[Circus Brat]] [[Subverted Trope|runs away from home]] in hopes of becoming a [[Teen Superspy|pre-teen superspy]]. As he works his way to the top of an asylum, he is mistaken for a lake monster, eaten by a fish and sneezes out his brain. His dad is ''not'' balding and doesn't hate him. |
** Alt: [[Circus Brat]] [[Subverted Trope|runs away from home]] in hopes of becoming a [[Teen Superspy|pre-teen superspy]]. As he works his way to the top of an asylum, he is mistaken for a lake monster, eaten by a fish and sneezes out his brain. His dad is ''not'' balding and doesn't hate him. |
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* {{spoiler|''[[Punch |
* {{spoiler|''[[Punch-Out!!]]''}}: Scrawny kid works his way to the top of the boxing circuit. Many of his opponents are blatant cheaters. |
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** {{spoiler|''[[Punch |
** {{spoiler|''[[Punch-Out!!]] Wii - Title Defense Mode''}}: Scrawny kid defends his title from his previous opponents, who are now even worse and even more blatant cheaters, even the ones who weren't. |
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** {{spoiler|''Super Punch Out''}}: Scrawny kid with no name works his way to the top of the boxing circuit. Many of his opponents are blatant cheaters, some aren't even boxers. |
** {{spoiler|''Super Punch Out''}}: Scrawny kid with no name works his way to the top of the boxing circuit. Many of his opponents are blatant cheaters, some aren't even boxers. |
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* {{spoiler|''Pursuit Force''}}: You fight crime by hijacking vehicles while someone else is driving them. |
* {{spoiler|''Pursuit Force''}}: You fight crime by hijacking vehicles while someone else is driving them. |
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** Alternatively, kill dozens of kids, then go to hell for it. |
** Alternatively, kill dozens of kids, then go to hell for it. |
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* {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]''}}: An evil turtle king has turned all the denizens of the world into bricks. The [[Damsel in Distress]] can only be saved by two [[The Everyman|blue-collar workers]] who [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|do a lot of mushrooms]]. ''OR:'' The hero must eat mushrooms in order to kill other mushrooms in order to save other other mushrooms. |
* {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]''}}: An evil turtle king has turned all the denizens of the world into bricks. The [[Damsel in Distress]] can only be saved by two [[The Everyman|blue-collar workers]] who [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|do a lot of mushrooms]]. ''OR:'' The hero must eat mushrooms in order to kill other mushrooms in order to save other other mushrooms. |
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** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros 2]]''}}: Previously mentioned blue-collar workers fall from the sky into a new land and must defeat an evil frog by feeding him vegetables. [[All Just a Dream|Or do they?]] |
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''}}: Previously mentioned blue-collar workers fall from the sky into a new land and must defeat an evil frog by feeding him vegetables. [[All Just a Dream|Or do they?]] |
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*** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels]]''}}: Blue collar workers [[Nintendo Hard|get killed often]] fighting the turtle king, [[No Export for You|leading them to fight the frog instead.]] |
*** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels]]''}}: Blue collar workers [[Nintendo Hard|get killed often]] fighting the turtle king, [[No Export for You|leading them to fight the frog instead.]] |
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** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''}}: The duo must save the damsel again, this time be dressing up in outlandish costumes and systematically murdering the turtle king's children. |
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''}}: The duo must save the damsel again, this time be dressing up in outlandish costumes and systematically murdering the turtle king's children. |
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*** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Land 2 Six Golden Coins]]''}}: It turns out the previous game was just a distraction so that a fat guy could rob his house. Afterward, everyone decides the fat guy is more interesting and helps him rob more people. |
*** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Land 2 Six Golden Coins]]''}}: It turns out the previous game was just a distraction so that a fat guy could rob his house. Afterward, everyone decides the fat guy is more interesting and helps him rob more people. |
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** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]''}}: The duo must save the damsel from the turtle king and his children ''again,'' this time aided by a friendly green dinosaur who [[Extreme Omnivore|eats their enemies alive.]] |
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]''}}: The duo must save the damsel from the turtle king and his children ''again,'' this time aided by a friendly green dinosaur who [[Extreme Omnivore|eats their enemies alive.]] |
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*** {{spoiler|''Super Mario World 2: [[ |
*** {{spoiler|''Super Mario World 2: [[Yoshi's Island]]''}}: Everyone decides the green dinosaur is more interesting and [[Badly-Battered Babysitter|helps him look after]] [[Spinoff Babies|younger versions of everyone else]]. |
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*** {{spoiler|''Yoshi's Island DS''}}: Evil turtle travels back to the past and green dinosaur must save the future by pooping eggs. |
*** {{spoiler|''Yoshi's Island DS''}}: Evil turtle travels back to the past and green dinosaur must save the future by pooping eggs. |
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** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario RPG]]''}}: One of the duo teams up with the damsel, the turtle, a living cloud who was raised by frogs, and a possessed action figure to beat up giant talking weapons and fix a wishing star. |
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario RPG]]''}}: One of the duo teams up with the damsel, the turtle, a living cloud who was raised by frogs, and a possessed action figure to beat up giant talking weapons and fix a wishing star. |