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1	* CultClassic: An amazing game... but it doesn't have the fame to go along with it. Still, it was good enough to be used as the model for the ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' licensed game.
2	* FridgeBrilliance: The FinalBoss music is titled "World's Strongest Robot". This both refers to Pluto, as he's the leader of the "World's Strongest Robots"; and [[spoiler:Garon, who the Character List refers to as "the most powerful super robot sent to Earth"]].
3	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Most of the endgame cutscenes are serious, but the secret post-credits scene offers some levity.
4	** The BigBad has escaped and is hiding in Fire Vase Island. While he swears to return, [[spoiler:Pook]] points out that they did their best and still couldn't beat Astro, then innocently asks him to consider doing something more manageable, like opening a café.
5	** The revelation of the BigBad's fate: [[spoiler:He approaches Wato and orders her to become his wife. Puzzled, she notices his third eye, mistakes it for a wound and concludes that he is hallucinating due to a head injury. She then proceeds to bandage it, much to Sharaku's horror, as this seals his powers and makes him docile.]]
6	* GameBreaker: When maxed out, the Machine Gun special can stunlock every enemy for far too long. Even in Hard mode with a 3 super moves limit you should be able to use it five times in a row.
7	* NightmareFuel:
8	** The surprise appearance of [[spoiler:the Death Mask, which proceeds to lay waste to the entirety of robotkind, ''including Astro himself''. The entirety of the game's second half is devoted to figuring out a way to prevent the cataclysm by means of time travel.]]
9	** Tobio's death. It's brief, but every bit as horrific and gutwrenching as it can be for a parent to watch their child die in such a tragic accident.
10	* NintendoHard: As in other Treasure games, you get a nice overpowered moveset, but the enemies are relentless. On Hard, enemies will tear about half of your HP with the lightest of attacks, you can have only 3 Supers, and there are MANY things that can kill you in a single hit. What's worse is that there are very few recovery items in each chapter and some of them are supposed to be the level ups that only work once.
11	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This game was critically acclaimed and is fondly remembered as one of the best action games on the [=GBA=]. Given that it was developed by Creator/{{Treasure}}, which is famous for its high-quality third-person shooter games, this is no surprise.
12	* TearJerker: The death of Dr. Tenma's son, Tobio; and him grieving for his son as he creates Astro in his image. This is the ''first scene'' in the game.
13	** The first ending, where [[spoiler:Death Mask arrives and destroys all robots on Earth, including Astro, leaving behind a world completely ravaged by years of war between humans and robots.]]
14	** Drake is a tragic villain, having been pushed over the edge entirely by the belief that his daughter was kidnapped and killed by a robot, leading to his hatred of robots with him vowing to do everything in his power to avenge her death.
15	%%** The story of Daichi and Prime Rose. Which becomes even more so when you learn later that the two of them aren't actually gone.
16	* ThatOneBoss:
17	** North in Hard Mode, mostly because his first phase basically forces you to waste all three of your Supers.
18	** Atlas, when fighting him with Dr. Black Jack at the bottom of the map, which leaves you with less space to fight him.
19	** The jousting duel with Blue Knight, which requires landing a few hits while being a OneHitPointWonder regardless of your life level. Part of this is due to being a GuideDangIt, and another part is due to having to replay a lot of the level if you die.
20	** Pluto has a sizable variety of incredibly powerful attacks. During Rebirth mode, his already hard-to-predict SpinAttack drags Astro towards him and kills in about two hits.
21	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
22	** Princess Sapphire gets very little spotlight, and her romance with [[spoiler:Rock that redeems him]] is only shown through a title screen and a quick line of dialogue with him. She really could have used some extra scenes to develop this further.
23	** Kimba/Leo the White Lion, one of Tezuka's most famous creations, is reduced to one of Pook's transformations, and doesn't get a character data sheet. On the other hand, one must ask, where else would they have ''put'' him?

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