History VideoGame / IWannaBeTheGuyGaiden

* FollowTheLeader: A reversal of sorts happens in 1-3 [[spoiler: Sweet Grave, a revisit to the beginning of IWBTG]] starts right where [[spoiler: ''The Life-Ending Adventure'' starts ''its'' rendition of IWBTG, complete with some of the same traps, such as a suddenly-double-sided spike platform.]] [[WordOfGod Kayin himself]], in a Skype call on Gaiden's release, stated that the correlation was purposeful.

* {{Homage}}: While the previous game had a lot of {{Shout Out}}s, ''Gaiden'' has a noticeable ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' vibe to it - the new protagonist is named The Lad (ala Ladd Spencer) and is colored green, and has a grappling hook. The first two levels are based off the game as well.

->''"''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'': One of the most legendary, ridiculously awful platformers ever created by man. It is not a game so much as it is a torture device. It is designed to reduce grown, burly men to tears; {{tears of blood}}. It's a a fairly horrendously difficult game. It's a cruel game. It's an evil game. '''And they released a sequel.''' This game should be against the Geneva Convention. But it isn't, so I guess we're playing it!"''

* UnskippableCutscene: Averted entirely: just press Z, X, and C. This can skip [[spoiler: Bald Bull/Mr. Sandman]]'s intro as well as the outro after defeating said boss.

->''"''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'': One of the most legendary, ridiculously awful platformers ever created by man. [[PlatformHell It is not a game so much as it is a torture device.]] It is designed to reduce grown, burly men to tears; {{tears of blood}}. It's a a fairly horrendously difficult game. It's a cruel game. It's an evil game. '''And they released a sequel.''' [[FelonyMisdemeanor This game should be against the Geneva Convention.]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck But it isn't, so I guess we're playing it!]]"''

[[caption-width-right:259:Now unfair to the point you can die ''on the stage select''.]]

[[caption-width-right:259:Now unfair to the point you can die on ''the stage select''.]]

* GaidenGame: Not by the trope's definition, but in ''name'' it is.
* '''[[GameOver GAME OVER]]:''' Press 'Retry' to try again

-->--'''[[Main/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]]''', [[http://youtu.be/xY6TrLsN6qM "WTF Is...: I Wanna be the Guy Gaiden"]]

* BackgroundBoss: Like Mike Tyson in the previous game, Bald Bull[[spoiler:, or Mr. Sandman on the hardest difficulty, ][fulfills this role.

* BackgroundBoss: Like Mike Tyson in the previous game, Bald Bull fulfills this role.

* EasyModeMockery: Unlike the original game[[labelnote:*]]excluding the early betas, which had an Easy option that ''killed you''[[/labelnote]], there's an Easy option here. Selecting it closes the game and opens a {{Barbie}} flash game in your browser.

->''"''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'': One of the most legendary, ridiculously awful platformers ever created by man. [[PlatformHell It is not a game so much as it is a torture device.]] It is designed to reduce grown, burly men to tears; {{tears of blood}}. It's a a fairly horrendously difficult game. It's a cruel game. It's an evil game. '''And they released a sequel.''' [[FelonyMisdemeanor This game should be against the Geneva Convention.]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck But it isn't, so I guess we're playing it!"''

* '''GAME OVER:''' Press 'Retry' to try again

* UnskippableCutscene: Averted entirely: just press Z, X, and C. This can skip [[spoiler: Bald Bull/Mr. Sandman]]'s intro as well as the outro after defeating said boss.
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'''''GAME OVER''' -- Press '[[VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuyGaiden Retry]]' to try again''
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* UnskippableCutscene: Averted entirely: just press Z, X, and C. This can skip [[spoiler: Bald Bull/Mr. Sandman]]'s intro as well as the outro after defeating said boss.

** BilingualBonus: It reads [[OfficiallyShortenedTitle "WannaGuy".]]

* HitboxDissonance: The grappling hook often grabs nothing but air, but works anyway.

* * BilingualBonus: It reads [[OfficiallyShortenedTitle "WannaGuy".]]

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Even the ''WorldMap'' gets in on the action!

* UnskippableCutscene: Averted entirely: just press Z, X, and C. This can skip [[spoiler: Bald Bull/Mr. Sandman]]'s intro as well as the outro after defeating said boss.
* WorldMap: Directly based off of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''... [[EverythingTryingToKillYou and it has traps as well.]]

* UnskippableCutscene: Averted entirely: just press Z, X, and C. This can skip [[spoiler: Bald Bull/Mr. Sandman]]'s intro as well as the outro after defeating said boss.

The plot, which is even more [[ExcusePlot bare-bones]] than the first game, revolves around The Lad attempting to find The Kid, who is now The Guy. (Yeah, it's kind of confusing.) The Lad has a slightly more versatile arsenal than The (new) Kid - in addition to the jump and normal gun, he can fire [[ChargedAttack charged shots]] and use a GrapplingGun. In addition, the game runs on a new engine, and in general looks nicer.

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!!This game contains examples of:

The plot, which is even more [[ExcusePlot bare-bones]] than the first game, revolves around The Lad attempting to find The Kid, who is now The Guy. (Yeah, it's kind of confusing.) The Lad has a slightly more versatile arsenal than The (new) Kid - in addition to the jump and normal gun, he can fire {{Charged Shot}}s and use a GrappleGun. In addition, the game runs on a new engine, and in general looks nicer.