Line #36 VideoGame/MazinSagaMutantFighter


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Mazinger Z, tatakae!!'']]
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4	->''The year is 1999...\
5	The Biobeast Force, led by Godkaiser Hell, attacked Earth and dominated the people of Earth in only a few months.\
6	The Earth has been demolished and polluted with the weapons they used, and the out-of-control ecosystem has shown the effect of the aftermath.\
7	The survivors of the holocaust escaped underground, living in fear of the attacks by the Steelmask Force.\
8	But, even with fear and despair among many, Doctor Kabuto has secretly succeeded in creating the Mazinger-Z...''
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10	''Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter'' is a 1993 BeatEmUp[=/=]FightingGame hybrid action game developed by Almanic Corporation and published by both Creator/VicTokai (U.S.) and Creator/{{Sega}} (Japan and Europe) for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, being based on ''Mazin Saga'': an AlternateContinuity manga series of the classic [[TheSeventies '70s]] [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot]] anime ''Anime/MazingerZ'' while following the template of classic arcade-style beat-em-ups popular at the time.
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12	Set in [[AfterTheEnd the aftermath]] of a devastating invasion from the dreaded [[BigBad Godkaiser Hell]] and his army, the titular Mazinger-Z: a special type of [[PoweredArmor fighting armor]] created by Dr. Kabuto in a last-ditch attempt to repel the invaders, is humanity's last hopes against legions and legions of mutant mooks and monsters. [[TheHero Koji Kabuto]], son of Dr. Kabuto, dons the Mazinger-Z armor and assumes his heroic alter-ego in order to take on Godkaiser Hell's minions across multiple stages, defeating the villains' personal henchmen legion before confronting Godkaiser himself.
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15	!!''Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter'' contains examples of:
16	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Downplayed, the game is set six years after its release date.
17	* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Dino Head shows up as a "run first, fight later" variant, being a gigantic dinosaur-monster trying to chomp Mazinger-Z while chasing the hero through a series of platforms. Mazinger-Z then escapes to another area, fight some more mooks, and he size-shifts to a giant for a proper boss fight against Dino Head.
18	* AfterTheEnd: The game is set after Godkaiser Hell and his forces had defeated mankind and enslaved most of humanity, but luckily Dr. Kabuto managed to recreate a special type of fighting armor known as Mazinger-Z. And then his son Koji puts on the armor, takes on the alias "Mazinger-Z", and begins fighting back against the invaders.
19	* ArmCannon: A recurring CyberCyclops enemy in the game have a blaster grafted on its right hand, which it uses to shoot projectiles at Mazinger-Z. Either laser bolts, or grenades.
20	* BackgroundBoss:
21	** Garada K-7, the first boss, begins as a robotic {{Gashadokuro}} who attacks the human-sized Mazinger-Z on the rooftop of a Tokyo skyscraper, with Garada's head in the background as it repeatedly sends its hands lunging at Mazinger-Z. Damage its gigantic hands enough and Garada K-7 will briefly retreat, enabling Mazinger-Z to [[{{Sizeshifter}} grow large]] via a special power of the latter's armor and fight against it in a direct confrontation.
22	** The penultimate fight against Hell Mazinger plays out the same way, with Mazinger-Z in a building and Hell Mazinger's head outside the window in the background, as it tries sticking both arms into the building to grapple Mazinger-Z.
23	* BlobMonster: Piles of sentient blobs appear in the monastery, appearing as lumpy piles of mud before forming into humanoid shapes to attack Mazinger-Z.
24	* BossRush: Before confronting Hell Mazinger, Mazinger-Z must fight the previous bosses in a single stage, all of them {{Palette Swap}}ped.
25	* EpicFlail: The preferred weapon of Slug Head in both its battles - a spiked ball on a chain it repeatedly swings at Mazinger-Z to smash him with.
26	* FireBreathingWeapon: A handful of Godkaiser Hell's human-sized mooks are armed with flamethrowers, though they're quite slow and can be cut down before they can incinerate Mazinger-Z.
27	* GiantFootOfStomping:
28	** A BossTease in the first stage have Mazinger-Z fighting Garada K-7's gigantic foot, who repeatedly attempts to stomp him into a pulp. Garada K-7 simply leaves after suffering enough slashes, before returning at the end of the stage.
29	* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Inverted. Mazinger Z is the one that grows to take on the Kaiju-sized bosses on even terms.
30	** Negative Mazinger appears in Egypt, portrayed in the same manner as a gigantic foot attempting to squash Mazinger-Z until it's slashed enough times. It then returns at the end of the level as a proper boss.
31	* HoverBike: Enemies will sometimes ride fast-moving hovercycles and attempt ramming them into Mazinger-Z, though they can be dodged by jumping and kicked off their ride in a single hit.
32	* LilyPadPlatform: Mazinger-Z uses these to cross a river filled with oversized plants in one stage.
33	* LivingStatue: The second-to-last stage in Tibet before Mazinger-Z faces Slug Head have him being attacked by a huge statue of the Goddess Kannon, converted into a weapon capable of spamming projectile attacks, and he needs to destroy it before he can proceed.
34	* MasterSwordsman: Mazinger-Z's default weapon is his trusty sword, and he's no slouch in using it. Many mooks serving Godkaiser Hell have swords as well, but they're nowhere as skilled as Mazinger-Z.
35	* PowerFist: The stronger, musclebound humanoid minions of Godkaiser Hell have armored fists as large as themselves. Their sole attack is a punch that deals even more damage than swords used by common mooks besides knocking Mazinger-Z off his feet.
36	* PoweredArmor: Rather than being a giant robot in this continuity, Mazinger-Z is a special type of fighting armor created by Dr. Kabuto which enables his son Koji to fight against the invaders on a level playing field.
37	* RollingAttack: Godkaiser Hell's legion of pillbug-humanoid can roll themselves into balls and attack Mazinger-Z by ramming.
38	* WolverineClaws: Red-clad humanoid enemies use these weapons - gauntlets with two claws on each - to attempt slicing up Mazinger-Z. They put up a slightly better fight than the lowest-level mooks.

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