History YMMV / GodHand

** A minor moment, but the opening sequence counts. Gene walks into frame, falls over himself and screams "WAAAAAAT''EEEEERRRRRR''". The next time he's into frame he stands back up and acts as though nothing happened. It's likely he was only doing that to mess with Olivia, though.

** [[SatanicArchetype Demon King Angra]]--{{SATAN}} [[DubNameChange in Japan]]--is the ruler of all demons, and the true leader of the Four Devas. Originally a FallenAngel cast down to Hell for his pride, Angra sought revenge against the humans who he felt betrayed him, forming a demon army to enslave mankind. Eventually defeated by the man with the [[PowerOfTheGodHand God Hands]] and sealed away, Angra allowed the Four Devas to send their demons out to murder and enslave countless humans in their plan to revive him. Hiding in Azel's Devil Hand, Angra [[UngratefulBastard betrays his loyal follower]] to be the sacrifice needed for his revival, hoping to destroy the God Hands and rule over humanity.

* CultClassic: Unlike the universally acclaimed ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', ''God Hand'' was initially tainted by the infamously bad IGN review that made it fade into obscurity soon after. Even so, or rather because of it, the game received a dedicated fanbase that loved its deep mechanics allowing tons of customization and surreal, off-the-wall humor that doesn't take itself too seriously and is delightfully tongue-in-cheek. Nowadays, while the game is still relatively unknown when compared to other games from the same era, it's mostly fondly remembered as one of the few great 3D beat 'em ups of its generation.

** "[[https://68.media.tumblr.com/2387dd6c5a2a880b37986d1afc95f8d9/tumblr_nvrnsuPHf41uipu7co1_1280.png God Hand: 3.0 / Imagine Party Babyz: 7.5]]", a common and still widely used argument towards incompetence of IGN staff and gaming journalism as a whole. Ironically, while aforementioned [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/10/10/god-hand-review review]] is often cited as one of the reasons ''God Hand'' flopped during its release, backlash towards "Imagine Party Babyz" total score and resulted comparison introduced the game to many new players years later.

* EvilIsSexy: Azel and Shannon. The latter... Just look at the flyer she leaves for Gene while he's out:
--> "''Join us for Masochysteria! Take part in the world's most famous S&M show! Beginners more than welcome!''"

** A minor moment, but the opening sequence counts. Gene walks into frame, falls over himself and screams "WAAAAAAT''EEEEERRRRRR''. The next time he's into frame he stands back up and acts as though nothing happened. It's likely he was only doing that to mess with Olivia, though.

* CultClassic: Unlike the universally acclaimed ''VideoGame/Okami'', ''God Hand'' was initially tainted by the infamously bad IGN review that made it fade into obscurity soon after. Even so, or rather because of it, the game received a dedicated fanbase that loved its deep mechanics allowing tons of customization and surreal, off-the-wall humor that doesn't take itself too seriously and is delightfully tongue-in-cheek. Nowadays, while the game is still relatively unknown when compared to other games from the same era, it's mostly fondly remembered as one of the few great 3D beat 'em ups of its generation.

* CultClassic: Unlike the universally acclaimed ''[[VideoGame/Okami Ōkami]]'', ''God Hand'' was initially tainted by the infamously bad IGN review that made it fade into obscurity soon after. Even so, or rather because of it, the game received a dedicated fanbase that loved its deep mechanics allowing tons of customization and surreal, off-the-wall humor that doesn't take itself too seriously and is delightfully tongue-in-cheek. Nowadays, while game is still relatively unknown when compared to other games from the same era, it's mostly fondly remembered as one of the few great 3D beat 'em ups of its generation.

** Ravel is a DreadfulMusician with a very damaging long range combo, but with the lowest health of any boss and an exceedingly easy to dodge knockback move, the fight is pretty much over the second you manage to get in melee range. The rematch is only slightly harder because you have to learn the moves of his drummer buddy Debussy, an equally long-ranged fighter, but a God Hand release and adequate pressure can knock them down without even letting them fight back.

* HarsherInHindsight: Spade will mention wanting to be the leader of the Mad Midget V in the sequel when you defeat the aformentioned group for the second, and final time in Stage 6, which unfortunately never came to be due to IGN's infamous review ended up killing Creator/CloverStudio.

* PresumedFlop: While it certainly didn't sell all that well, the game wasn't quite the CreatorKiller for Clover Studios that it's often stated to be. In fact, while its exact budget was never disclosed, it was made on the cheap and didn't need that many sales to break even; in fact, producer Atsushi Inaba noted when it moved 60,000 copies domestically by the end of 2006 that those modest numbers were ''twice'' what he had even expected. For better or for worse, the fault of the studio's death lies solely with ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''.

* SpiritualLicensee: It's no exaggeration to say that ''God Hand'' looks like one of the best ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' games ever made, considering that [[NoExportForYou we didn't get any good ones at all]] until ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage''. It also doubles as a better 3D version of ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' than either of the actual 3D ''Final Fight'' games (one which was a competitive fighting game, and other a ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto GTA]]'' [[FollowTheLeader clone]]).

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%%[[caption-width-right:330: A [[{{Yonkoma}} four-panel comic]] showing [[AwesomeBosses/VideoGames how most fans react]] to ''VideoGame/GodHand''.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: Gene's first encounter with Bruce; after [[PunchPunchPunchUhOh hitting the big lug several times with no effect]], Bruce responds with this:
-->'''Bruce:''' "What do the five fingers... uhhh... say... to the face?" [[note]]The pause is because he has maces in place of his hands; therefore, no fingers. That, or he wears some really sturdy mace-shaped gloves. Oh yeah, and he's a dimwit on top of that.[[/note]]\\
Gene's reaction? [[TooDumbToLive Look confused]].\\
'''Bruce:''' "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments SLAP!!!]]" [[spoiler:[[MoodWhiplash And then Gene gets his arm cut off.]]]]

* AntiClimaxBoss: After so many challenges the final boss comes out as an easy opponent that repeats a selection of highly-telegraphed attacks over and over. He even spawns enemies who die in two or three basic attacks each, and [[TacticalSuicideBoss drop power ups on death]]. The only difficulty is the fact it has the [[DamageSponge two]] [[FakeDifficulty life bars.]]
%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Pretty much ''all'' of it. Masafumi Takada knows his business.

** After the titanic fight against [[LeftHandedMirror Azel]] that [[FinalExamBoss puts to the test everything you know about the game]], The fight against [[SatanicArchetype Angra]] is more just a cathartic beatdown of a giant monster using the unfathomable power of two God Hands.

* SpiritualLicensee: It's no exaggeration to say that ''God Hand'' looks like one of the best ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' games ever made, considering that we didn't get any good ones at all until ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage''. It also doubles as a better 3D version of ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' than either of the actual 3D ''Final Fight'' games (one which was a competitive fighting game, and other a ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto GTA]]'' [[FollowTheLeader clone]]).

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Asuras? Devas?

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Every mini-boss you fight (with the exception of [[GoldfishPoopGang The Three Evil Stooges]] and [[TheRival Azel]]) comes out of nowhere, has nothing to do with the [[ExcusePlot "plot"]], and are never mentioned ever again after you beat them.

** Dr. Ion, coming after [[MirrorMatch Azel]] and before Demon Elvis, doesn't block and has very telegraphed attacks. He also can't be juggled, knocked down, and launch moves only disassemble him [[PullingThemselvesTogether temporarily]], so there isn't a lot of interesting things to do with him; he's a completely straightforward beatdown. When he [[DegradedBoss returns]], the only new thing he brings to the table is a claw he can grapple you with. And ''that'' encounter comes right before [[MarathonLevel The Flying Pyramid]].

** After the titanic fight against [[LeftHandedMirror Azel]] that [[FinalExamBoss puts to the test everything you know about the game]], The fight against [[SatanicArchetype Angra]] is more just a cathartic beatdown of a giant monster using the unfathomable power of two Godhands.

** [[SatanicArchetype Demon King Angra]]--{{SATAN}} in Japan--is the ruler of all demons, and the true leader of the Four Devas. Originally a FallenAngel cast down to Hell for his pride, Angra sought revenge against the humans who he felt betrayed him, forming a demon army to enslave mankind. Eventually defeated by the man with the [[PowerOfTheGodHand God Hands]] and sealed away, Angra allowed the Four Devas to send their demons out to murder and enslave countless humans in their plan to revive him. Hiding in Azel's Devil Hand, Angra [[UngratefulBastard betrays his loyal follower]] to be the sacrifice needed for his revival, hoping to destroy the God Hands and rule over humanity.

%%* EvilIsCool: Azel.

* GoodBadBug: It's possible to get the Great Sensei into a stun loop.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The ending itself counts as this, as it ends up being goofily adorable thanks to the upbeat music and the visuals of Gene doing silly dances with the various {{Mook}}s, sub-bosses, and boss characters.

* MemeticMutation: The ''God Hand'' comic, quoted above, created by an {{imageboard|s}} regular based on his own experiences with the game, [[http://sabator.is.not.tgies.net/godhand%20edits/ which spawned numerous imitations based on other games.]] ''God Hand'' itself also qualifies to an extent.

** The BraggingThemeTune played during the credits reel, particularly lines such as "Dragon Kick your ass into the Milky Way!" and "God power keeps my pimp hand strong!"

** The Dragon Kick is generally the most referenced Roulette Attack in the game due to [[ATwinkleInTheSky its effect on enemies.]]

* RatedMForMoney: The game was rated M by the ESRB, but those who've actually played the game will certainly be puzzled as to why. The back of the box states the reasons to be Blood & Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, and Violence. The only instances of any blood or dismemberment in the game are when Gene gets his arm cut off (and even then, it's blocked by a GoryDiscretionShot) and when using the Western-exclusive "Head Slicer" roulette move (which more resembles the head flying off a mannequin). The game has minimal swearing, and nothing ''too'' bad in terms of language. The violence and suggestive themes are definitely there, but nothing in the game couldn't have easily been in a T rated game.
* SpiritualLicensee: It's no exaggeration to say that ''God Hand'' looks like one of the best ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' games ever made, considering that we didn't get any good ones at all until ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage''. It also doubles as a better 3D version of ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' than either of the actual 3D ''Final Fight'' games (one which was a competitive fighting game, and other a GTA-clone).

* ThatOneBoss: ''All'' of them can be, but Demon Elvis and the Mad Midget Five are especially painful.
** And the Great Sensei. Even in this game, this fight is typically a HUGE speed-bump.
* ThatOneLevel: Level Five makes many players want to cry. Get past that, and Level Seven's "The Flying Pyramid" will make you wish for Level Five again.

* UglyCute: Elvis in his demon form, as his round body and somewhat silly looking face on his chest, combined with his overall goofy animations, plus his silly personality make him look more endearing and huggable than threatening.

--> '''Bruce''': "What do the five fingers... uhhh... say... to the face?"[[note]]The pause is because he has maces in place of his hands; therefore, no fingers. That, or he wears some really sturdy mace-shaped gloves. Oh yeah, and he's a dimwit on top of that.[[/note]]\\

'''Bruce''': "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments SLAP!!!]]" [[spoiler:[[MoodWhiplash And then Gene gets his arm cut off.]]]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Pretty much ''all'' of it. Masafumi Takada knows his business.