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* The game draws perhaps its heaviest overall influence from the [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] series. The intro screen is a direct callback to ''[[Mega Man 2]]'', and the game features two bosses as well as an area with music and themes taken from that game. Additionally, two very common obstacles in the game - the vanishing blocks and the insta-kill spikes of doom - are ubiquitous mainstays of the MM series. |
* The game draws perhaps its heaviest overall influence from the [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] series. The intro screen is a direct callback to ''[[Mega Man 2]]'', and the game features two bosses as well as an area with music and themes taken from that game. Additionally, two very common obstacles in the game - the vanishing blocks and the insta-kill spikes of doom - are ubiquitous mainstays of the MM series. |
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* With the exception of the Guy, all of the bosses are taken from other games: [[Metroid|Mother Brain]], [[Punch |
* With the exception of the Guy, all of the bosses are taken from other games: [[Metroid|Mother Brain]], [[Punch-Out!!|Mike Tyson]], [[Castlevania|Dracula,]] [[Metroid|Kraid]][[Street Fighter|gief]], [[Super Mario Bros.|Mecha-Birdo, Bowser, Wart]], [[Mega Man (video game)|Dr. Wily, and the Green Dragon]]. In almost all cases, these are infamously difficult bosses (particularly Tyson and Dracula). |
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** The Guy's second form is a direct reference to the cyborg boss battle from ''[[Contra]] III'', and the Mecha-Birdo fight also possibly references the aerial boss battle from the aforementioned game. |
** The Guy's second form is a direct reference to the cyborg boss battle from ''[[Contra]] III'', and the Mecha-Birdo fight also possibly references the aerial boss battle from the aforementioned game. |
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** Several regular enemies qualify, as well, such as the birds from [[Ninja Gaiden]]. |
** Several regular enemies qualify, as well, such as the birds from [[Ninja Gaiden]]. |