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In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/XboxONE, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

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In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/XboxONE, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/XboxONE, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Stone offers Shifty a partnership at one point, but Shifty responds in [[HeroicMime characteristic silence]].

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* WeCanRuleTogether: Stone offers Shifty a partnership at one point, but Shifty responds in [[HeroicMime characteristic silence]].silence]].
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Chairman Stone early on wonders why Mr. Shifty is fighting through his building, theorizing that he must have killed his parents because it's "usually dead parents".

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In his introduction, Chairman Stone early on wonders why Mr. Shifty is fighting through his building, theorizing that he must have killed his parents because it's "usually "it's always dead parents".
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Chairman Stone early on wonders why Mr. Shifty is fighting through his building, theorizing that he must have killed his parents because it's "usually dead parents".
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* BadassLongcoat: Shifty's blue longcoat flowing gives him a even cooler aura while teleporting and kicking ass.



* BoxingBattler: Shifty seems to largely clobber his opponents with haymakers and uppercuts rather than kicks while fighting bare-handed.



* DiabolicalMastermind: Chairman Stone qualifies with his absurdly elaborate tower, legion of mooks and plans to cause destruction with a dangerous sci-fi material.



* SpyFiction: A very Martini-flavoured sort of corporate espionage forms the plot, with the smooth and silent teleporting badass Mr. Shifty facing the DiabolicalMastermind Chairman Stone, with sci-fi gadgets and colorful mook galore in the midst.



* TheStoic: Mr. Shifty seems to have the emotional spectrum of a saucer plate.



* SupervillainLair: Olympus Tower is Chairman Stone's absurdly spacious and elaborate tower filled to the brim with greek-ish statues, secret rooms, henchmen armed to the teeth and colorful death traps.



* TeleportSpam: Shifty's fighting style.

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* TeleportSpam: Shifty's fighting style.style.
* {{Troperiffic}}: It's very unababashed in its use of spy fiction/superhero tropes, with characters even pointing some out (like Stone speculating Shifty has dead parents, because "they always have dead parents".
* WeCanRuleTogether: Stone offers Shifty a partnership at one point, but Shifty responds in [[HeroicMime characteristic silence]].
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* AWinnerIsYou: The game simply rolls credits as soon as you land the final blow on the final boss.



* BeardOfEvil: Chairman Stone has a rather snazzy one.



* TheFaceless: Mr. Shifty's face is always in a shadow from his cap.



* FriendlyFireProof: Averted. Enemies can and will hit their comrades with their shots if set up for it. Doing so is encouraged early on and is necessary to get through some of the later fights.



* GunsAkimbo: Chairman stone meets you with two [[spoiler: automatic shotguns]] in your final battle.



* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Shifty and Nyx are apparently employed by one.



* RedRightHand: Chairman Stone's one damaged eye tells us he's a villain even before Nyx reads his rap sheet.
* RushBoss: One way or the other, the final boss fight goes very quickly.



* TacticalDoorUse: If Mr. Shifty punches a door, it'll fly off its hinges and take down anybody standing in front of it.

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* TacticalDoorUse: If Mr. Shifty punches a door, it'll fly off its hinges and take down anybody standing in front of it.it.
* TeleportSpam: Shifty's fighting style.
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* StickyBomb: The mines won't stick to you just by walking over them. But if you throw one at an enemy...
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: The mega-plutonium, which doubles as the MacGuffin

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* AppliedPhlebotinum: AppliedPhlebotinum (Type PowerSource): The mega-plutonium, which doubles as the MacGuffin
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* BadBoss: Chairman Stone is only upset that you'll killing his employees because "Only I get to do that!"

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In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 1, and Steam.

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In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 1, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/XboxONE, and Steam.
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* ExcusePlot: We never learn anything about Mr. Shifty or the organization he works for. Or Stone Corp. and what they do.


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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The trident and lighting bolt are thrown in a straight line, taking down all enemies in its path.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Table legs, pieces of statues, and even the classic BroomstickQuarterstaff are all used against guards.


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* PinnedToTheWall: Enemies impaled by a weapon will stay on the wall with that weapon until you pull it out.
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In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 1, and Steam.

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In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 1, and Steam.Steam.

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* AppliedPhlebotinum: The mega-plutonium, which doubles as the MacGuffin
* BulletTime: Attacking multiple enemies in a short period of time will fill up a meter that slows down time around you the next time a bullet gets dangerously close to Mr. Shifty.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The color outfit on an enemy tells you what kind of weapon they're trying to kill you with.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The antagonist, Chairman Stone.
* DestinationDefenestration: There's a good number of windows across the game that you can punch enemies out of.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Mr. Shifty picks up a number of weapons in the game, but never any of the enemy firearms.
* FlashStep: Mr. Shifty's main mechanic. There's a set number of shifts you can make in succession.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: How Mr. Shifty fights most of the time. The majority of enemies go down in one hit.
* HeroicMime: Mr. Shifty only talks in ellipses. It doesn't stop anybody from understanding him.
* KnockoutGas: Stone ambushes Shifty with this early on in the game.
* LaserHallway: A common obstacle in Olympus Tower.
* MissionControl: Nyx, who helps you navigate the building and gives you tips.
* OneHitPointWonder: Mr. Shifty can't survive a gunshot, or a punch. But he can dodge especially well.
* PercussiveShutdown: Stone's shifting machine and shift limiters are stopped by punching them.
* PowerCopying: After stealing Mr. Shifty's DNA, Stone uses it and the mega-plutonium to create a machine that can teleport guards and traps into different parts of the building at will.
* PowerNullifier: Stone has devices that can negate the ability to shift in an area.
* SuperStrength: Besides being able to knock out guards in a single punch, Mr. Shifty can break through walls given enough time. Stone even comments on it.
* TacticalDoorUse: If Mr. Shifty punches a door, it'll fly off its hinges and take down anybody standing in front of it.
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A top-down action game where you make your way through the heavily guarded Olympus Tower, headquarters of StoneCorp. Teleporting and punching his way past security, Mr. Shifty's goal is to find and steal the mega-plutonium before Chairman Stone uses it as a weapon against the world.

In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on PS4, Nintendo Switch, XBox 1, and Steam.

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A top-down action game where you make your way through the heavily guarded Olympus Tower, headquarters of StoneCorp.Tower. Teleporting and punching his way past security, Mr. Shifty's goal is to find and steal the mega-plutonium before Chairman Stone uses it as a weapon against the world.

In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on PS4, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, XBox Xbox 1, and Steam.
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A top-down action game where you make your way through the heavily guarded Olympus Tower, headquarters of StoneCorp. Teleporting and punching his way past security, Mr. Shifty's goal is to find and steal the mega-plutonium before Chairman Stone uses it as a weapon against the world.

In Mr. Shifty, you teleport around guards and deadly traps, making your way across 23 levels. It is available on PS4, Nintendo Switch, XBox 1, and Steam.

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