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** Also, the tablets in the Mausoleum of the Giants read like an [[Apocalyptic Log]] for an entire civilization:
{{quote|{{spoiler|''We could not grant the Great Mother's wish. I am the only one to remain, and here I go to my long, final rest. --Abt''}}}}
* [[April Fools' Day]]: Take a look at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnJWbBY5mWc this gameplay trailer.] Notice all the weird things happening? {{spoiler|Take a look at the date it was posted.}} Interestingly, a few things shown in the April Fools trailer actually ''do'' happen in the game.
* [[Ars Goetia]]: The source of the names of some sub-bosses and enemies.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: In the [[Wii Ware]] version {{spoiler|[[Bonus Boss|The Boss]] is given an actual theme, it uses one of the unused songs from the Jukebox, called Good Morning Mom.}}
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* [[Bleak Level]]: The Confusion Gate. Also, the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Chamber of Extinction]].
* [[Block Puzzle]]: There are lots of them.
* [[Bolt of Divine Retribution]]: Normally used whenever you hit something that you shouldn't.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: The Boss, at the end of Hell Temple.
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: Hell Temple, one of the most aptly named levels in the entire game.
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* [[Death Trap]]: And tons of them.
* [[Depth Perplexion]]: The bats can fly "in front of" any object on the screen, whether or not you can pass it, and will always hurt you if their sprite touches yours. They can also fly "in front of" water and behave exactly the same as they do elsewhere, although since the water is a solid color and the same color they are, they are invisible.
* [[Destructible Projectiles]]: Most projectiles can be destroyed by hitting them: for example [[Ballistic Bone|thrown bones]], fire chunks, and even the burning excrements bonnacons attack with.
* [[Developer's Room]]: Three of them, one for each of the developers.
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: All of the game's assets are in plain image and sound files that you can view/hear normally...except for one. The {{spoiler|skimpy swimsuit scene}} has its graphics ''scrambled'', all to keep the surprise.
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* [[Durable Deathtrap]]
* [[Easter Egg]]: The [[Maze of Galious]] area found in the Chamber of Extinction, which is also a convenient shortcut between the two parts of the chamber.
* [[Easy Levels, Hard Bosses]]: Combat is only a minor issue throughout the game - puzzles and navigation are the main challenge, and being knocked into water or off a platform is more dangerous than [[Hit Point]] loss from attacks. During a [[Boss Battle]], though, this is completely different...
* [[Empty Room Psych]]
* [[Endless Corridor]]: Area 8 is literally called "Endless Corridor". It has five floors, each of which loops around on itself.
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* [[Not Completely Useless]]: Throwing knives. {{spoiler|Try them on Viy.}}
** {{spoiler|They're also good for detecting fake floors and for finding the edges of platforms in [[Blackout Basement|dark rooms]].}}
* [["No Warping" Zone]]: Dimensional corridor inhibits teleportation to grail points.. There's also a few death traps that prevent warping as well.
* [[Obstructive Foreground]]: Is present in some locations.
** Much more prominent in the Wii version.
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** On a whole though, the game is well aware of your sequence breaking desires, and just makes it so you have to work very hard to get what you want. There is almost always more than one path available to you at any time, though one is generally a lot easier than the other.
* [[Sequential Boss]]: The final boss has five increasingly difficult forms, with no opportunity to heal.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** One of the ROM combos lets you play a ''[[Gradius]]'' clone, another combo with ''[[Contra]]'' turns you into a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]], and one of the ROMs required for the whip power-up combo is ''[[Castlevania]]''.
** The Contra "anti-shout-out" is part of a combo with F1 Spirit 3D, because the creators disliked that latter game (which also shows in the fact that you can buy it for ''five coins''.).
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** Lemeza's last name Kosugi and his love for curry was inspired by a TV commercial about Kane Kosugi's "curry is my special power-up".
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0m8IONmXsc The second music preview for the Wii version] makes shoutouts to ''[[Castlevania]]'', ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' and especially ''[[Moonwalker]]''.
*** Speaking of ''[[Moonwalker]]'', in the Wiiware version of the Moonlight Temple there are actual mural silhouettes of [[Michael Jackson]] ingraved on some of the walls.
** In the [[Wii Ware]] version the MSX references has been replaced by flash games that Nigoro has made in the past.
** The song "Rest, No Rest" in the Wiiware version comes from the very first game that Nigoro made, ''GR3''.
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* [[Tears of Blood]]: The third form of the {{spoiler|Mother}} cries these, and they turn into blazes of fire.
* [[Teleport Spam]]: A few minibosses do this.
** Hell Temple takes the greatest pleasure in making you do this. By bouncing you around on teleporters, until you are back at the very beginning, if you make the slightest misstep.
* [[Temple of Doom]]: The main theme of the game.
* [[Tennis Boss]]: In the second form of the final boss, the swirling disks have to be hit with the knife to knock them back at her.
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Lemeza has a huge love for Curry, he pulls it out whenever you pause the game.
* [[Trap Door]]: [[Temple of Doom]] has plenty of them.
* [[Try Everything]]: The game is designed to discourage brute-force solutions. Doing this will likely lead to a lot of deaths and make [[
* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]]: Often, but especially noteworthy in Hell Temple.
* [[Turns Red]]: The Soul of Death in the final boss fight takes this to an extreme, by casually gaining more attacks and having different animations in the background the more you hurt it.
* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: The dating sim minigame mentioned above does this for laughs.
* [[Unexpected Shmup Level]]: The boss battle against Palenque, especially if you have a lot of Shurikens to toss at him from afar. {{spoiler|1=''PR3'' is an Unexpected Shmup ''Minigame'', and you need to reach a high enough score to clear a puzzle in the Hell Temple.}}
* [[Vaporware]]: The overseas release of the WiiWare remake was cancelled, mainly due to snags with the differing standards between regional ratings boards and having to debug the game a second time, and the perceived decline of [[Wii Ware]] as a service.
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