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* In Aogai Village, there is an old man named [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Garen, who used to be in the Demacian army.]]
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* The lady next-door to Sid in Aogai Village states "[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the]]... let's just say [[ShotInTheAss I had trouble sitting for a while]]."
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** Zephyros wrote a book called [[Literature/MeinKampf Mein Fight]].

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** Zephyros wrote a The book called from the filled vase at the inn is A.Zephyros's [[Literature/MeinKampf Mein Fight]].
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** One of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Medium_Is_the_Massage real books]]:
---> "The Medium is the Massage", by M.[=McLuhan=]. Very fitting.
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* Checking a flower pot gives "[[VideoGame/ZeroWing All your chest are belong to us]]".

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* Checking a flower pot in the Shopkeeper's store in the Village gives "[[VideoGame/ZeroWing All your chest are belong to us]]".
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** Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the series, is referenced in a book that's presumably in the Village Inn's nightstand, as when examining that furniture in the Enhanced edition:
---> "[=HowTo=]: save the World with Heroes Crystal", by H.Sakaguchi: I don't think I will need this.
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** The currency is called Gil.

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** The currency is called Gil."glis", which is similar to "Gil".
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* Zephyros's final words have him say that all that he has seen will be "[[Film/BladeRunner ...lost in time, like tears in rain.]]"
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!Shout Outs for Evoland 2:
* The whole game is highly inspired by VideoGame/ChronoTrigger, in that time travel is a key mechanic done at first through specific portals, then later through a flying device.
* Pirate Island is a side-scrolling beat 'em up like ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''.
* Fights in the Labratory act like ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' .
* Fighting [[spoiler:the Prophet]] is done in the style of ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
* Fights in Demonia are strategy-based like ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.
* Defeating [[spoiler:the Grand Magus]] is a rhythm game like ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
* In the future library, and one puzzle in the starting village, the hero solves the puzzles just like ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton''.
* The Wiking competition is a Match-3 game like Bejeweled, although with skills, closer to VideoGame/PuzzleQuest.
* The mines are laid out like ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' (including only having access to bombs during that stage).
* The prison escape is a stealth exercise similar to ''VideoGame/MetalGear''. You even get to hide in a cardboard box!
* The first half of the Great Troll fight is based on ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', having you jump over the boulders the Great Troll throws and climb ladders.
* Cherry and Plum are {{Captain Ersatz}}s to Scanty and Kneesocks from Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt.
** The first encounter with Cherry is a constant runner over rooftops, ending in a ''Franchise/MegaMan'' boss battle room.
* A monitor in the Laboratory displays a [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog blue hedgehog running across plains]]. A crashed Eggpod is in close vicinity to that monitor.
* The characters comment on a computer in the lab that was used to play "[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft WoW]]".
* Velvet before entering a portal says, "[[Franchise/StarTrek Beam me up, Scotty!]]"
* The only two named pirates on Pirate Island in the present are Biggs and Wedge. Whether that's a shout-out to Film/StarWars or Franchise/FinalFantasy is up to you.
* Halfway through Reno's fight, he goes [[Manga/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] and summons shadow clones to attack.
* There are five legendary heroes waiting in line in the Sylph Forest: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]], VideoGame/BomberMan, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Ryu]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].
* Flying on the flying machine is a bullet-hell game.
* The card game is called [[Series/GameOfThrones A Game of Cards]].
* While escaping through the sewers, there's a single [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros question block]] that can be hit for a coin.
* In the Sylph Clearing, you meet a fairy that you can name. Her default name is [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Nawi]].
* Some of the names you can call yourself in the tournament are parodies of famous heroes, including "Super Morio". The demon will call you that for the rest of the game.
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* The prison escape is a stealth exercise similar to ''VideoGame/MetalGear''.

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* The prison escape is a stealth exercise similar to ''VideoGame/MetalGear''. You even get to hide in a cardboard box!
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* The first half of the Great Troll fight is based on ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', having you jump over the boulders the Great Troll throws and climbing ladders.

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* The first half of the Great Troll fight is based on ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', having you jump over the boulders the Great Troll throws and climbing climb ladders.
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* Fights in Demonia is strategy-based like ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.

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* Fights in Demonia is are strategy-based like ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.



* The first half of the Great Troll fight is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.

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* The first half of the Great Troll fight is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.based on ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', having you jump over the boulders the Great Troll throws and climbing ladders.
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* A tutrtle enemy is called [[Literature/Discworld A'Tuin]].

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* A tutrtle enemy is called [[Literature/Discworld [[Literature/{{Discworld}} A'Tuin]].

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* The hero is an {{Expy}} for Link from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
* The healer's default name and story role is Aerith's from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. The final town is inspired by Midgar, including a gag about buying a faster CD-Rom for quicker loading.

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* The To ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Clink is a blond
hero in green cloths and the name is an {{Expy}} for Link just one letter away from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
Link.
** The first area is a top-view forest where you need to use the sword to remove enemies and bushes.
** The octopus enemies are called Octoracs, close to Octoroks.
** Papunika Village sounds very close to Kakariko Village.
** After some point unlocking chests gives the ItemGet camera.
** You can break pots up Noria Mines, which are also filled with statues of an elven princess. Clink has to fight his shadow Dopple as the boss.
* To ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** The first overworld combat has similar interface to FF 1-6 combat.
** The currency is called Gil.
** Phoenix Down is used as a revival item.
**
The healer's default name Kaeris and story role is Aerith's from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
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The final town first boss is called [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka's]] Ghost.
** Clink upgrades his sword to the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Claud]]'s Blade which looks like Buster Sword.
** Zephyros's name is a play on Sephiroth, though he doesn't look like him.
** Aogai City is visually
inspired by Midgar, including a gag about buying a faster CD-Rom for quicker loading.
** Kaeris's uncle is called Sid, who naturally owns an Airship that looks like Highwind. Yes, you get to ride it to reach a new area.
** Double Twin card game is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'''s Triple Triad.
** There's a unique enemy Choboko that looks like Chocobo.
* The books:
** One of the books in the inn is "1001 Monsters to kill in one shot by [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts Chuck N.]]".
** Zephyros wrote a book called [[Literature/MeinKampf Mein Fight]].
** "[=HowTo=]: save the World with Heroes Crystals" is written by H.Sakaguchi. Hironobu Sakaguchi was one of the lead directors in Creator/SquareEnix.
** [[Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto S.Miyamoto]] has apparently written "The ultimate guide to everything".
** "How to Cook an Emuk" (a chicken enemy) by [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken K.F.C]].
** E. Schrodinger wrote an Creator/{{Amazon}} bestseller "Invasion of the [[UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat undead cats]]".
* Checking a flower pot gives "[[VideoGame/ZeroWing All your chest are belong to us]]".
* One of the locations is called the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Noria Mines]]. The boss of the area also says "You shall not pass!".
* The mushroom enemies are called [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Zoombas]].
* Pakkuns look just like darker versions of Piranha Plants, including the pipes.
* A tutrtle enemy is called [[Literature/Discworld A'Tuin]].
* Ruins of Sarudnahk section plays like ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series and has similar interface. You leave the area through the blue Town Portal.
* The combo kill names are taken from ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament''.
* One of pickable items is [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Creeper Defuse Kit]] with appropriate face.
* The tooltip for time crystal namedrops [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty]].
* Zephyros charges a [[Franchise/DragonBall Kamehameha]] for a few turns.
* Zephyros's final confrontation happens in the Mana Tree, which looks like the Tree of Mana from ''VideoGame/ManaSeries''.
* The Babamut dragon is a possible nod to ''VideoGame/BahamutLagoon''.
* A merchant claims to be a descendant of [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIV Dornako]], which is close to Torneko.
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* The healer's default name and story role is Aerith's from VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII. The final town is inspired by Midgar, including a gag about buying a faster CD-Rom for quicker loading.

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* The healer's default name and story role is Aerith's from VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII.''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. The final town is inspired by Midgar, including a gag about buying a faster CD-Rom for quicker loading.



* There are five legendary heroes waiting in line in the Sylph Forest: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]], VideoGame/BomberMan, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Ryu]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Mario]].

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* There are five legendary heroes waiting in line in the Sylph Forest: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]], VideoGame/BomberMan, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Ryu]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].
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* The Wiking competition is a Match-3 game like Bejeweled.

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* The Wiking competition is a Match-3 game like Bejeweled.Bejeweled, although with skills, closer to VideoGame/PuzzleQuest.
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Escaping to Genova is one of MANY platform sections in this game, Metal Gear is before that and leads from the prison into the arena.


** ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' when escaping to Genova

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** ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' when escaping * The prison escape is a stealth exercise similar to Genova''VideoGame/MetalGear''.
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* There are five legendary heroes waiting in line in the Sylph Forest: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]], VideoGame/BomberMan, [[Franchise/LegendOfZelda Link]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Ryu]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Mario]].

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* There are five legendary heroes waiting in line in the Sylph Forest: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]], VideoGame/BomberMan, [[Franchise/LegendOfZelda [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Ryu]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Mario]].



* Some of the names you can call yourself in the tournament are parodies of famous heroes, including "Super Morio". The demon will call you that for the rest of the game.

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* Some of the names you can call yourself in the tournament are parodies of famous heroes, including "Super Morio". The demon will call you that for the rest of the game.game.
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* Defeating [[spoiler:the Grand Magus]] is a rhythm game like ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution.

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* Defeating [[spoiler:the Grand Magus]] is a rhythm game like ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution.''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
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Shout Outs for Evoland 1:

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Shout Outs for Evoland 2:

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* Defeating [[spoiler:the Grand Magus]] is a rhythm game like ''Franchise/DanceDanceRevolution.

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* Defeating [[spoiler:the Grand Magus]] is a rhythm game like ''Franchise/DanceDanceRevolution.''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution.



* The mines are laid out like ''Franchise/{{Bomberman}}'' (including only having access to bombs during that stage).

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* The mines are laid out like ''Franchise/{{Bomberman}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' (including only having access to bombs during that stage).
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Shout Outs for Evoland 1:
*The hero is an {{Expy}} for Link from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
*The healer's default name and story role is Aerith's from VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII. The final town is inspired by Midgar, including a gag about buying a faster CD-Rom for quicker loading.

Shout Outs for Evoland 2:
* The whole game is highly inspired by VideoGame/ChronoTrigger, in that time travel is a key mechanic done at first through specific portals, then later through a flying device.
* Pirate Island is a side-scrolling beat 'em up like ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''.
* Fights in the Labratory act like ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' .
* Fighting [[spoiler:the Prophet]] is done in the style of ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
* Fights in Demonia is strategy-based like ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.
* Defeating [[spoiler:the Grand Magus]] is a rhythm game like ''Franchise/DanceDanceRevolution.
* In the future library, and one puzzle in the starting village, the hero solves the puzzles just like ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton''.
* The Wiking competition is a Match-3 game like Bejeweled.
* The mines are laid out like ''Franchise/{{Bomberman}}'' (including only having access to bombs during that stage).
** ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' when escaping to Genova
* The first half of the Great Troll fight is ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.
* Cherry and Plum are {{Captain Ersatz}}s to Scanty and Kneesocks from Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt.
** The first encounter with Cherry is a constant runner over rooftops, ending in a ''Franchise/MegaMan'' boss battle room.
* A monitor in the Laboratory displays a [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog blue hedgehog running across plains]]. A crashed Eggpod is in close vicinity to that monitor.
* The characters comment on a computer in the lab that was used to play "[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft WoW]]".
* Velvet before entering a portal says, "[[Franchise/StarTrek Beam me up, Scotty!]]"
* The only two named pirates on Pirate Island in the present are Biggs and Wedge. Whether that's a shout-out to Film/StarWars or Franchise/FinalFantasy is up to you.
* Halfway through Reno's fight, he goes [[Manga/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] and summons shadow clones to attack.
* There are five legendary heroes waiting in line in the Sylph Forest: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]], VideoGame/BomberMan, [[Franchise/LegendOfZelda Link]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Ryu]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Mario]].
* Flying on the flying machine is a bullet-hell game.
* The card game is called [[Series/GameOfThrones A Game of Cards]].
* While escaping through the sewers, there's a single [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros question block]] that can be hit for a coin.
* In the Sylph Clearing, you meet a fairy that you can name. Her default name is [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Nawi]].
* Some of the names you can call yourself in the tournament are parodies of famous heroes, including "Super Morio". The demon will call you that for the rest of the game.

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