History VideoGame / Rockman7EP

* StatusEffect: This game has three status effects.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: According to Shade Man's BossSubtitle, his favorite food is Texas Toast.

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** Cloud Man uses [=McGuinness=]'s rain attack from ''[[VideoGame/GanbareGoemon2KiteretsuShogunMagginesu Go for it! Goemon 2: The Strange General McGuinness]].''

* ChallengeRun: The "EP" in the game's title can stand for one of two things depending on your performance. [[spoiler:If you manage to beat the game with a very minimal number of exhausted lives and Tanks used, Mega Man refers to "EP" as "Expert Player". Otherwise he calls it "Economic Power".

** Cloud Man's stage references Butter Building from ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', complete with enemies that brighten the screen completely and sections that are shrouded in darkness. It even has a yellow cloud standing in for Kirby's Star.

** Shade Man's level is an homage to the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' series. Specifically a close adaptation of various areas from [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI the first NES game]], though its Clock Tower area has unique level design and Shade Man is fought underwater outside the castle instead of in a typical throne room.

* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: The game starts you off with maximum E/W-tanks, and replenishing them is very easy. You will need them. [[spoiler:Gets taken to ridiculous extents in Wily Stage 5. Just before the final boss fight with Bass, you get upgrades that give you infinite lives and infinite, auto-refilling E-tanks.]]

* VehicularTurnabout: Mega Man can hijack Truck Joe's truck in a section and cause mass destruction.

* EpicFlail: Like Violen, Spring Man wields one from his head. The Bikkuracoil ability obtained after beating him counts as well.

* FunWithAcronyms: Only near the end of the game do you find out EP stands for [[spoiler:Economic Power]].

* InterfaceScrew: Getting shocked in this romhack screws up Mega Man's controls. Cloud Man specializes this with his electric attacks.

* AWrestlerInAllOfUs: Slash Man can grab and suplex you.

** The Dust Crusher miniboss behaves similarly to the Megamilpa miniboss from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3''.

** As a call back to Mega Man stealing Joe vehicles in Minus Infinity's Wily Stage 1, Mega Man can hijack Truck Joe's truck in a section of Turbo Man's stage.

* AscendedExtra: Mega Man's supports that aren't Rush play a greater role compared to ''Mega Man 7''. [[spoiler:In Wily 5, they fight alongside Mega Man through the MultiMookMelee and help open the way forward.]]

* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:Bass, compared to ''Mega Man 7'', has only one appearance- at the very, very end of the game.]]

** Fire: Burns Mega Man in place.

** Shock: Screws with Mega Man's controls.

* DWN-051: Burst Man, weak to Ripple Noise, gives Tri-Point Burst.

* DWN-056: Turbo Man, weak to Tri-Point Burst, gives Self-Burning.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Wily Stage 3: Pursuer has the [=HannyaNed=]^2 boss fight take place throughout the whole level as [=HannyaNed=]^2 constantly pursues Megaman. [[spoiler:Even when dead, he still pursues Mega Man.]]

* AscendedExtra: Mega Man's supports that aren't Rush play a greater role compared to ''Mega Man 7''. [[spoiler:In Wily 5, they fight alongside Mega Man through the MultiMookMelee and help open the way forward]].

* BattleshipRaid: Wily Stage 2: Dreadnought is a SHMUP level based on destroying Wily's battleship from the inside. Gamerizer is the boss.
* BossInMookClothing: The red Sniper Joes are the equivalent of Minus Infinity's Jumbig the Death Machine. They take a lot of hits and their shield makes things worse. They give you E-Tanks and W-Tanks if you beat them.
* BossRush: EP forgoes the usual teleporter room and forces Mega Man to fight the eight bosses in sequential order a la ''VideoGame/ActRaiser''.

* BulletHell: Wily Stage 2 because it's based on the Gradius series. Mega Man can use the King's Slash to shield against the onslaught of bullets.

** Sections of Turbo Man's stage pay homage to Ring Man's stage in Minus Infinity. One section has a fire beam that redirects itself multiple times.
** As a call back to Megaman stealing Joe vehicles in Minus Infinity's Wily Stage 1, Mega Man can hijack Truck Joe's truck in a section of Turbo Man's stage.

** [[spoiler:Proto Man]]'s boss room bears a heavy resemblance to [[spoiler:Cockroach Omega]]'s arena from ''4MI'', with the same platform arrangement as well as being a cave with small waterfalls running through the area.

* FunWithAcronyms: Only near the end of the game do you find out EP stands for [[spoiler: Economic Power.]]

** Freeze Man's stage seems to be an homage to Frost Man's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaMan8''.

** Freeze Man's boss fight is a near-perfect remake of Flash Man from VideoGame/MegaMan2, complete with similar room layout.
** Junk Man's mini boss is based on the snake miniboss from Deathtank Mantisk's stage from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3''.

** [[spoiler: Wily Stage 5 homages the moon stage from ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' by having downgraded versions of the Robot Masters as mooks.]]

** Cloud Man's level uses Spring Man's tileset, but changes it into a Kirby homage.

** Cloud Man uses [=McGuiness=]'s rain attack from ''[[VideoGame/GanbareGoemon2KiteretsuShogunMagginesu Go for it! Goemon 2: The Strange General McGuinness]].''

** The BossRush in Wily 4 is lifted from the BossRush from ''VideoGame/{{Actraiser}}''

* SpeedRun: Hotarubi, known for his VideoGame/SuperMetroid speedruns, also does speedruns for this romhack.

** The 3-Point Burst lets Mega Man fires 3 Danger Wraps at once.
** Silver Bullet lets Mega Man fire ice bullets in six directions. Ammo is a huge concern for this attack as it only has 8 uses total.

* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: The game starts you off with maximum E/W-tanks, and replenishing them is very easy. You will need them.
** [[spoiler: Gets taken to ridiculous extents in Wily Stage 5. Just before the final boss fight with Bass, you get upgrades that give you infinite lives AND infinite, auto-refilling E-tanks.]]

* TitleDrop: The final stage is named "The EP". It stands for [[spoiler:"Expert Player"]].

* WolverineClaws: Slash Man and the King's Slash weapon obtained from beating him. In this case, King's Slash lets Mega Man negate bullets and gain critical hits if the right conditions are met. It's also a hit-scan weapon, so it can be rapid-fired.

* BossRush: EP forgoes the usual teleporter room and forces Mega Man to fight the eight bosses in sequential order.

** ''Spring'' Man's level, Viva! Spring World!, takes place in a hot ''spring''.

** Spring Man's level uses Freeze Man's tileset, but changes it so it is now a Japanese hot spring.