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* NintendoHard: Aside from some BulletHell, levels contain hazards that upon one simple touch, will knock your HPToOne, allowing something else to finish you off.
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->''1999. What appeared to be a harmless meteorite crashing in the Nevada desert has turned out to be [[BigBad Darc Seed]], an evil alien creature with horrible powers. By shooting strange magnetic rays, Darc Seed had turned the helpless nation into zombies and had brought the Statue of Liberty to life to do his dirty work. These rays had also given him control over many deadly weapons, but none were more powerful than the legendary samurai sword, [[MacGuffin Shura]]. When the [[IncrediblyLamePun great head]] of the samurai, Namakubi, heard that the sword had fallen into evil hands, he set off immediately for the United States. For only he possessed the strength and knowledge needed to recapture the magical sword and free the U.S. from the evil clutches of Darc Seed.''
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->''1999. What appeared to be a harmless meteorite crashing in the Nevada desert has turned out to be [[BigBad Darc Seed]], an evil alien creature with horrible powers. By shooting strange magnetic rays, Darc Seed had turned the helpless nation into zombies and had brought the Statue of Liberty Art/StatueOfLiberty to life to do his dirty work. These rays had also given him control over many deadly weapons, but none were more powerful than the legendary samurai sword, [[MacGuffin Shura]]. When the [[IncrediblyLamePun great head]] of the samurai, Namakubi, heard that the sword had fallen into evil hands, he set off immediately for the United States. For only he possessed the strength and knowledge needed to recapture the magical sword and free the U.S. from the evil clutches of Darc Seed.''
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Namakubi is a ghostly severed head and is a DesctructiveSavior, but he's firmly on humanity's side and still rescues America from Darc Seed.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Namakubi is a ghostly severed head and is a DesctructiveSavior, DestructiveSavior, but he's firmly on humanity's side and still rescues America from Darc Seed.
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* AmericaSavesTheDay: Inverted. The entirety of America is imperiled, and is being saved by a Japanese Samurai head.
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->1999. What appeared to be a harmless meteorite crashing in the Nevada desert has turned out to be [[BigBad Darc Seed]], an evil alien creature with horrible powers. By shooting strange magnetic rays, Darc Seed had turned the helpless nation into zombies and had brought the Statue of Liberty to life to do his dirty work. These rays had also given him control over many deadly weapons, but none were more powerful than the legendary samurai sword, [[MacGuffin Shura]]. When the [[IncrediblyLamePun great head]] of the samurai, Namakubi, heard that the sword had fallen into evil hands, he set off immediately for the United States. For only he possessed the strength and knowledge needed to recapture the magical sword and free the U.S. from the evil clutches of Darc Seed.
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* CompilationRerelease: ''Abarenbo Tengu & Zombie Nation'' pairs the game versions together for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} with various additions such as achievements, rewinding, and an art gallery.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Gets away with incredibly violent and disturbing elements, despite Nintendo's strict censorship of the time, in a manner not seen since ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''. You're flinging your own eyeballs and vomit at whatever's in your way, not that the manual ever says anything about that. Said manual also tries to HandWave the fact that you're playing as a severed head by saying it's "[[{{Bowdlerize}} a violent holographic projection of Namakubi's head]]".
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: 1999 was only 9 years ahead at the time of the game's release. Of course, that has since passed with no Darc Seed, no zombie nation, no robot Statue of Liberty, and no samurai head shooting eyeballs.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The manual makes mention of a the sword Shura that fell into the wrong hands, but it is never seen or mentioned again.
%%%%* * ZombieApocalypse: And how!When you're playing a game called "Samurai Zombie Nation", you'd expect this. Part of Darc Seed's plan involves turning all the people in the US into zombies.
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* ChasingYourTail: Boss of stage 4.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The original Japanese title was ''Abarenbou Tengu'' = "Hooligan Tengu"; more on that below.
* CoresAndTurretsBoss: Again. Stage 3's boss.
** In the manual: he's called "Atlas". May also double as ThatOneBoss as he can kill you [[{{OneHit Kill}} instantly on contact]].
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* TheDragon: The Statue of Liberty.
* DestructiveSaviour: Namakubi.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The original Japanese title was ''Abarenbou Tengu'' = "Hooligan Tengu"; more on that below.
* CoresAndTurretsBoss: Again. Stage 3's boss.
** In the manual: he's called "Atlas". May also double as ThatOneBoss as he can kill you [[{{OneHit Kill}} instantly on contact]].
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* TheDragon: The Statue of Liberty.
* DestructiveSaviour: Namakubi.
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* FlunkyBoss: Stage 3 once again. I'm beginning to think the developers really liked this guy.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This game rates up there close to ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
** Also, the manual makes no mention of the more disturbing elements in the game like your means of attacking. In the manual, they also HandWave the fact that you're playing as a severed head by saying it's "[[{{Bowdlerize}} a violent holographic projection of Namakubi's head]]".
** In the original Japanese version you play as a giant Tengu mask (and the story says so, too.) Not that it makes any more sense...
* KonamiCode: Refills your lifebar.
* IncrediblyLamePun: The ''HEAD'' of the legendary samurai.....
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This game rates up there close to ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
** Also, the manual makes no mention of the more disturbing elements in the game like your means of attacking. In the manual, they also HandWave the fact that you're playing as a severed head by saying it's "[[{{Bowdlerize}} a violent holographic projection of Namakubi's head]]".
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* KonamiCode: Refills your lifebar.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: An interesting case: Namakubi was originally supposed to be in the original Japanese version. Replacing him with the tengu was the result of the game developers thinking the Japanese consumers would find playing as a severed human head too gross, so they saved him for the western release.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This game rates up there close to MonsterParty.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This game rates up there close to MonsterParty.''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
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* LosingYourHead You play as a disembodied head, whenever it be a samurai or a tengu.
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* WeaponizedLandmark: The Statue of Liberty, who can use her torch as a flamethrower and has snakes for hair.
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* WeaponizedLandmark: The Statue of Liberty, who can use her torch as a flamethrower and (in the American version) has snakes for hair.
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* DeathtrapBoss: Boss of Stage 3.
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* AbnormalAmmo: Namakubi fires his eyeballs and ''chunks of his tongue'' at enemies.
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** Also, the manual makes no mention of the more disturbing elements in the game like your means of attacking. In the manual, they also HandWave the fact that you're playing as a severed head by saying it's "[[{{Facepalm}} a violent holographic projection of Namakubi's head]]".
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A 1990 NES game developed by [=KAZe=]. ''Samurai Zombie Nation'' chronicles the epic struggle of one man's giant head against an army of zombie ninjas, whom he must kill with {{Eye Beams}} and acid spit, and eat the corpses for extra points.
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A 1990 NES game developed by [=KAZe=].[[Creator/{{Kaze}} [=KAZe=]]]. ''Samurai Zombie Nation'' chronicles the epic struggle of one man's giant head against an army of zombie ninjas, whom he must kill with {{Eye Beams}} and acid spit, and eat the corpses for extra points.
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->1999. What appeared to be a harmless meteorite crashing in the Nevada desert has turned out to be [[BigBad Darc Seed]], an evil alien creature with horrible powers. By shooting strange magnetic rays, Darc Seed had turned the helpless nation into zombies and had brought the Statue of Liberty to life to do his dirty work. These rays had also given him control over many deadly weapons, but none were more powerful than the legendary samurai sword, [[MacGuffin Shura]]. When the [[IncrediblyLamePun great head]] of the samurai, Namakubi, heard that the sword had fallen into evil hands, he set off immediately for the United States. For only he possessed the strength and knowledge needed to recapture the magical sword and free the U.S. from the evil clutches of Darc Seed.
-->-- Intro to ''Samurai Zombie Nation''
A 1990 NES game developed by [=KAZe=]. ''Samurai Zombie Nation'' chronicles the epic struggle of one man's giant head against an army of zombie ninjas, whom he must kill with {{Eye Beams}} and acid spit, and eat the corpses for extra points.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* AbnormalAmmo: Namakubi fires his eyeballs and ''chunks of his tongue'' at enemies.
* AlwaysNight
* BattleshipRaid: Stage 3's boss is quite ''literally'' one of these.
* BigBad: Darc Seed.
* BilingualBonus: "Namakubi" literally means "severed head" in Japanese.
* ChasingYourTail: Boss of stage 4.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The original Japanese title was ''Abarenbou Tengu'' = "Hooligan Tengu"; more on that below.
* CoresAndTurretsBoss: Again. Stage 3's boss.
** In the manual: he's called "Atlas". May also double as ThatOneBoss as he can kill you [[{{OneHit Kill}} instantly on contact]].
* CulturalTranslation
* TheDragon: The Statue of Liberty.
* DeathtrapBoss: Boss of Stage 3.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Magnetism does ''what'' now?
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies:
* EverythingIsSmashableArea: All the buildings and certain mountains can be blown apart spectacularly.
* FlunkyBoss: Stage 3 once again. I'm beginning to think the developers really liked this guy.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This game rates up there close to MonsterParty.
** Also, the manual makes no mention of the more disturbing elements in the game like your means of attacking. In the manual, they also HandWave the fact that you're playing as a severed head by saying it's "[[{{Facepalm}} a violent holographic projection of Namakubi's head]]".
** In the original Japanese version you play as a giant Tengu mask (and the story says so, too.) Not that it makes any more sense...
* KonamiCode: Refills your lifebar.
* IncrediblyLamePun: The ''HEAD'' of the legendary samurai.....
* MindScrew: Look back up at the description and tell us if anything makes any kind of sense.
* LosingYourHead
* NintendoHard:
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Apparently they are able to man heavy machinery, use weapons, and are created by exposing human beings to '''magnetism'''.
* PaletteSwap: Namakubi encounters blue-tinged [[EvilTwin clones]] of himself near the end of the second stage.
* ScoringPoints: Done in an odd way. This is the only way to not only get extra lives, but ''heal yourself'' as well. Can also be considered PinballScoring due to how easily and quickly you can rack up points.
* StationaryBoss: This applies mostly to Darc Seed himself, but could also apply to Stage 1's boss the Statue of Liberty.
* WeaponizedLandmark: The Statue of Liberty, who can use her torch as a flamethrower and has snakes for hair.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The manual makes mention of a sword that fell into the wrong hands, but it is never seen or mentioned again.
* ZombieApocalypse: And how!
** Also, [[MemeticMutation Naked Zombie Sean Connery]].
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->1999. What appeared to be a harmless meteorite crashing in the Nevada desert has turned out to be [[BigBad Darc Seed]], an evil alien creature with horrible powers. By shooting strange magnetic rays, Darc Seed had turned the helpless nation into zombies and had brought the Statue of Liberty to life to do his dirty work. These rays had also given him control over many deadly weapons, but none were more powerful than the legendary samurai sword, [[MacGuffin Shura]]. When the [[IncrediblyLamePun great head]] of the samurai, Namakubi, heard that the sword had fallen into evil hands, he set off immediately for the United States. For only he possessed the strength and knowledge needed to recapture the magical sword and free the U.S. from the evil clutches of Darc Seed.
-->-- Intro to ''Samurai Zombie Nation''
A 1990 NES game developed by [=KAZe=]. ''Samurai Zombie Nation'' chronicles the epic struggle of one man's giant head against an army of zombie ninjas, whom he must kill with {{Eye Beams}} and acid spit, and eat the corpses for extra points.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* AbnormalAmmo: Namakubi fires his eyeballs and ''chunks of his tongue'' at enemies.
* AlwaysNight
* BattleshipRaid: Stage 3's boss is quite ''literally'' one of these.
* BigBad: Darc Seed.
* BilingualBonus: "Namakubi" literally means "severed head" in Japanese.
* ChasingYourTail: Boss of stage 4.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The original Japanese title was ''Abarenbou Tengu'' = "Hooligan Tengu"; more on that below.
* CoresAndTurretsBoss: Again. Stage 3's boss.
** In the manual: he's called "Atlas". May also double as ThatOneBoss as he can kill you [[{{OneHit Kill}} instantly on contact]].
* CulturalTranslation
* TheDragon: The Statue of Liberty.
* DeathtrapBoss: Boss of Stage 3.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Magnetism does ''what'' now?
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies:
* EverythingIsSmashableArea: All the buildings and certain mountains can be blown apart spectacularly.
* FlunkyBoss: Stage 3 once again. I'm beginning to think the developers really liked this guy.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This game rates up there close to MonsterParty.
** Also, the manual makes no mention of the more disturbing elements in the game like your means of attacking. In the manual, they also HandWave the fact that you're playing as a severed head by saying it's "[[{{Facepalm}} a violent holographic projection of Namakubi's head]]".
** In the original Japanese version you play as a giant Tengu mask (and the story says so, too.) Not that it makes any more sense...
* KonamiCode: Refills your lifebar.
* IncrediblyLamePun: The ''HEAD'' of the legendary samurai.....
* MindScrew: Look back up at the description and tell us if anything makes any kind of sense.
* LosingYourHead
* NintendoHard:
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Apparently they are able to man heavy machinery, use weapons, and are created by exposing human beings to '''magnetism'''.
* PaletteSwap: Namakubi encounters blue-tinged [[EvilTwin clones]] of himself near the end of the second stage.
* ScoringPoints: Done in an odd way. This is the only way to not only get extra lives, but ''heal yourself'' as well. Can also be considered PinballScoring due to how easily and quickly you can rack up points.
* StationaryBoss: This applies mostly to Darc Seed himself, but could also apply to Stage 1's boss the Statue of Liberty.
* WeaponizedLandmark: The Statue of Liberty, who can use her torch as a flamethrower and has snakes for hair.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The manual makes mention of a sword that fell into the wrong hands, but it is never seen or mentioned again.
* ZombieApocalypse: And how!
** Also, [[MemeticMutation Naked Zombie Sean Connery]].
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