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* DownerEnding: The bad ending, if you take too long to defeat the boss. Alissa [[DrowningPit drowns inside the nuclear bomb's coolant chamber]], and the comic is destroyed when Sketch is ejected from it. Obviously very unhappy at how everything turned out, [[SetRightWhatOnceWasWrong Sketch decides to recreate the comic word-for-word so he can try again]].

A NintendoHard Platformer/Brawler created for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis[=/=]Mega Drive in 1995.

* NintendoHard: 6 stages, 2 lives (only accessible after finishing the first two stages), ridiculously hard 4th stage boss, time-based ending for the final battle, very few healing items, no save system, and the amazing idea that someone had to make you '''take damage''' every time your character punched a non-enemy object, and you were more or less forced to destroy several of them over the course of the game to proceed, sacrificing a good chunk of your health in process. Oh, and the first stage ends with a jump that must be spot on.

* ArtAttacker: Mortus.

* AuthorAvatar: Sketch In-Universe.

* BadassLongcoat: Mortus wears one.
* BadassUnintentional: Sketch, definitely.

* CoolAirship: The comic reveals that the first scene of the game apparently takes place on the N.W.E's mobile sky headquarters, so basically like one of the Helicarriers from Marvel Comics.

* AfterTheEnd: In the comic, the "White Comet" is mentioned as having devastated Earth's civilization.

* BottomlessPits: Providing instant death, just in case the game wasn't hard enough already. There's exactly one pit that requires pixel-perfect timing to cross, and naturally it's in the last level. What doesn't help is that continues are only available after you beat the boss of the even paneled stages. This gives you at most three tries before having to start over ''from the first level''.

** Be careful in last panel on the third page. Sketch hangs from a rope and has to break through a paper barrier, and Creeps will take the first opportunity to attack. The Power Blast you get right around this time doesn't break the paper barrier.

** Punching inanimate objects takes a sliver of Sketch's health with every blow. It's noticeable in the first stage where you can encounter a stack of drumcans and need to punch them all out to proceed, it's even worse on the third page, where you have to punch out a ton of rocks covered in ice.

* DiabolusExNihilo: In spite of the tie-in comic, which covers the origin of the N.W.E. in great detail, it's not made clear who Mortus is supposed to be.

* GoodOldFisticuffs: While you do get a few limited items and weapons, including throwing knives, grenades and dynamite, most of the fighting is done with your fists and feet.

'''Kung Fung:''' (''proceeds to attack rapidly'') Fire and water, unite!

* PinocchioSyndrome: Mortus wants to be real so he can [[CardCarryingVillain take over the world]].

* ArtShift: The final panel [[spoiler:is partly unfinished. Half of it is just pencil sketches]].

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Sketch Turner and General Alissa Cyan.

* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Even with intuitive thinking and good reflexes, you are not going to figure out how to get through the game with minimal damage.

* BadassMustache: Again, Mortus.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Sketch Turner and General Alissa Cyan.

* {{Main/Antepiece}}: On the final section of Episode #2, you encounter two panels, one with three punching bags and projectile-throwing Styx, and the other with spiked bag that damages you if you go straight into it. The former panel requires methodical jumping over projectiles, while the latter forces you to roll under the bag at the right time. Both well-timed jumping and rolling are necessary to beat the boss that comes next.

* ArtShift: The final panel [[spoiler:is partly unfinished. Half of it is just pencil sketches.]]

** Be careful in last panel on the third page. Sketch hangs from a rope and has to break through a paper barrier, and and Creeps will take the first opportunity to attack. the Power Blast you get right around this time doesn't break the paper barrier.

* ItsAWonderfulFailure: Crossed with NonStandardGameOver and HaveANiceDeath. Rather than any old game over screen, dying with no continues gives you the worst ending. Likewise, if you fail to save Alissa from drowning in the nuclear bomb's coolant chamber when Mortus traps her inside, the comic is destroyed when Sketch is ejected from it, he's very visibly devastated by how it all turned out, and sets about trying to recreate the world so [[SetRightWhatOnceWasWrong he can put things right.]]

* NerdsAreSexy: Sketch can hardly be considered bad looking, He has [[BarbarianLongHair long hair]], a [[HeroicBuild nice physique]], and it's a creative guy (he writes, draws a comic book and is a rock musician!) [[ShownTheirWork who does it all fairly well]].

* SpecsOfAwesome: Sketch has some nice LennonSpecs.

* DownerEnding: The bad ending, if you take too long to defeat the boss. Alissa drowns inside the nuclear bomb's coolant chamber, and the comic is destroyed when Sketch is ejected from it. Obviously very unhappy at how everything turned out, [[SetRightWhatOnceWasWrong Sketch decides to recreate the comic word-for-word so he can try again]]

* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How you're supposed to kill the first stage's boss. [[SelfImposedChallenge You can try it the hard way, if you feel daring.]]]]

* NintendoHard: 6 stages, 2 lives (only accessible after finishing the first two stages), [[ThatOneBoss ridiculously hard 4th stage boss]], time-based ending for the final battle, very few healing items, no save system, and the amazing idea that someone had to make you '''take damage''' every time your character punched a non-enemy object, and you were more or less forced to destroy several of them over the course of the game to proceed, sacrificing a good chunk of your health in process. Oh, and the first stage ends with a jump that must be spot on.

* NerdsAreSexy: Sketch can hardly be considered bad looking, He has [[BarbarianLongHair long hair]], a [[HeroicBuild nice physique]], and it's a creative guy (he writes, draws a comic book and is a rock musician!) [[ShownTheirWork who does it all fairly well]]. Oh, and he's pretty darn {{Adorkable}}.

* PyrrhicVictory: The bad ending. Mortus is dead, but so is Allisa, and Sketch's comic book is burnt to ashes. The game lampshades that this is "hardly a victory worth celebrating".

* NintendoHard: Just see the [[NintendoHard/VideoGamePublishers entry.]]

'''Kung Fung:''' (''proceeds to attack rapidly'')

* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Roadkill the rat. He has the ability to zap enemies, since the lightning affected him also, and can also flip switches in places where Sketch himself cannot reach.