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This classic [[Shoot'Em Up]] by SNK featured two ''[[Rambo]]''-esque commandos
The game was actually a follow-up to an earlier game called ''TNK III'', in which Ralf battled enemies inside a tank. A sequel to ''that'' game was released for the NES called ''Iron Tank''.
Two direct sequels, ''Victory Road'', where our heroes are [[Trapped in Another World]], and ''Ikari III: The Rescue'', where they were sent on a mission to rescue the president's daughter, were developed, but neither caught on as the original game did. Ralf and Clark themselves eventually got a redesign and were included in the then-[[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] ''[[King of Fighters]] '94''. They've stayed on that series as recurring characters, then in 2006, they returned to their Run-n-Gun roots when they joined the ''[[Metal Slug]]'' series.
Has absolutely ''nothing'' to do with ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]] --averted. Even normal bullets in the first game were limited.▼
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* [[Canon Immigrant]]: A remake of the first ''Ikari Warriors'' for Japanese mobile phones features Leona from the ''KOF'' series alongside Ralf and Clark (in their KOF designs). The remake is appropiately titled ''Ikari: Leona Gekitohen''<ref> In the Japan, the game is called simply "Ikari", without the "Warriors"</ref>.▼
* [[Video Game Cheats]]: In the NES version of Ikari Warriors, you could press ABBA after dying to resurrect yourself. This could result in game breaking though as you spawned where you died which occasionally meant you might spawn inside a building sprite and be unable to escape or die.▼
▲* [[Canon Immigrant]]: A remake of the first ''Ikari Warriors'' for Japanese mobile phones features Leona from
* [[Dub Name Change]]: For the U.S. versions, Ralf and Clark were renamed Paul and Vince. It wasn't until
* [[Gainax Ending]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131125162813/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ikari/ikari-6.png This] is the final boss of the first game. Yes, that's right, it is {{spoiler|a nazi-looking giant corpse lying on a throne}}. ''Why
* [[Gender Flip]]: The President's son in the arcade version of ''Ikari III'' is replaced by a daughter in the NES version.
* [[Genre Shift]]: The first two games were shoot-'em-ups, but ''Ikari III'' was an overhead beat-'em-up.
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: In ''Ikari III'', Ralf and Clark are initially limited to punching and kicking, and have to find guns (with limited ammunition) as power-ups.
* [[Marathon Level]]: The game consists of one very long seamless stage, although you can informally divide it by the areas with different background music. While the NES version has four stages, each of them are practically as long as the
* [[One Bullet At a Time|One Explosion at a time]]:
* [[Pin-Pulling Teeth]]: Depicted on the cover of the 1986 Amstrad version.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: ''Ikari Warriors'' is ''TNK III'' <small>WITH A COMMANDO INSTEAD OF A TANK!</small>.
** The second ''Ikari'' game
** Another SNK game, ''S.A.R Search and Rescue'', is ''Ikari Warriors'' <small>IN A SPACESHIP!</small>.
** And ''[[Guerrilla War (video game)|Guerrilla War]]'' is ''Ikari Warriors'' <small>DURING THE CUBAN REVOLUTION!</small>
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* [[Tank Goodness]]: The tanks are [[Immune to Bullets]], and can easily blast away enemy infantry. However, a single explosion from a grenade or shrapnel will [[Every Car Is a Pinto|cause them to blow up]].
* [[Total Party Kill]]: When you die, your character is invulnerable and automatically walks forward until the middle of the screen. Normally, you can deal with threats, but in one position, he walks over a trigger that fires an enemy artillery shell that kills the character as soon as control is regained and invulnerability has worn off. [[Classic Video Game "Screw You"s|Repeat for each remaining life]].
* [[Transplant]]: Believe it or not, ''Ikari Warriors'' wasn't even Ralf Jones' first game. That distinction goes to the even more obscure arcade game ''TNK III'' (
* [[Unblockable Attack]]
▲* [[Video Game Cheats]]: In the NES version of ''Ikari Warriors'', you could press ABBA after dying to resurrect yourself. This could result in game breaking though as you spawned where you died which occasionally meant you might spawn inside a building sprite and be unable to escape or die.
For tropes related to Ralf and Clark themselves, see
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