History VideoGame / Ufouria

* CuteKitten: Freeon-Leon the dinosaur was originally O-chan, a cute kitten, or at least somebody dressed as one.
** At least two of the three key guardians are kittens. The third key guardian, the UFO boss, is probably an alien kitty.

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ufouria_the_saga_cover_front_2765.jpg]] '''Ufouria - the Saga''' is a cult game made by Creator/{{Sunsoft}} for the {{NES}} in 1991 under the title ''Hebereke''. It was ported to Europe and Australia one year later (but [[NoExportForYou not in the US]]), where it received slight modifications to graphics, text and plot, but keeping its distinctive [[WidgetSeries Japanese-ness]].

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ufouria_the_saga_cover_front_2765.jpg]] '''Ufouria - the Saga''' is a cult game made by Creator/{{Sunsoft}} for the {{NES}} in 1991 under the title ''VideoGame/{{Hebereke}}''. It was ported to Europe and Australia one year later (but [[NoExportForYou not in the US]]), where it received slight modifications to graphics, text and plot, but keeping its distinctive [[WidgetSeries Japanese-ness]].

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ufouria_the_saga_cover_front_2765.jpg]] '''Ufouria - the Saga''' is a cult game made by Creator/{{Sunsoft}} for the {{NES}} in 1991 under the title ''Hebereke''. It was ported to Europe and Australia one year later (but [[NoExportForYou not in the US]]), where it received slight modifications to graphics, text and plot, but keeping its distinctive [[WidgetSeries Japanese-ness]].

** You need Bob Louie's Suction Cups if you want to get far.

* AbilityRequiredToProceed: Certain blocks can only be destroyed with Gil's secret weapon.

* SequenceBreaking: It's possible, albeit very difficult (think subpixel positioning and frame-perfect jumping, making it pretty much a [=TAS-only=] trick), to skip Shades entirely.

* WalkDontSwim: Only Freon and Gil can swim, and only the former can actually go underwater.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The UFO boss, the first of the three bosses you fight for a key. It's hotbox is smaller than the other bosses, it can do some nasty damage to you if you collide with it, and it's combo of spawning enemies while moving in an arc can make it frustrating. It also has a second phase, which isn't hard per se, but it's ability to turn invisible can give it a chance to land a cheap hit on you.

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* CardboardObstacle: Certain blocks can only be destroyed with Gil's secret weapon.

* MeaningfulName: ''Freeon''-Leon's special ability is to freeze enemies with his icy breath and turn them into blocks to be used as platforms. (Freon is [[DontExplainTheJoke the gas used in refrigerators]]). Gil, of course, is a frog that can swim underwater.

* {{Metroidvania}}: Without the abilities of Bop-Louie's friends, you won't go far in the game.

* EyePop: One of the weirdest things in the game is Shades' special ability. He uses the hammer he finds to whack his own head, after which his eyes pop out of the sockets and ''start floating around the screen'', hitting and killing every enemy as if they were heat-seeking missiles! Unfortunately, it is the least useful ability and there are no places where it is really needed. But it sure is weird!
** Not ''that'' useless - it can hit the knight two times in one shot, or three with careful positioning and timing, whereas Bop-Louie's Secret Weapon can only hit once. So by using Shades' Secret Weapon for that fight instead, you only have to charge up two or three times in the middle of the spear rain instead of six.

* MeaningfulName: ''Freeon''-Leon's special ability is to freeze enemies with his icy breath and turn them into blocks to be used as platforms. (Freon is [[DontExplainTheJoke the gas used in refrigerators]]).

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* NiceHat: Shades sports a nice [[DrSlump Arale]]-esque hat with wings.

* NoExportForYou: The original game was never released in cart form in the US, though it came there via the Wii's Virtual Console service eventually.

* GoodBadBug: By collecting any secret weapon, you can use the secret weapon of all characters by simply switching character in mid-charge while still holding the button. This means you can delay collecting Gil's bombs until just before you head to the dark area, but makes [[MinimalistRun low percent completion]] slightly more painful, as by utilizing this trick the bombs are the only Secret Weapon you MUST collect. See SequenceBreaking below for why this can get painful.

* AnimalStereotypes: Inverted, at least in the Japanese version - Hebereke is a penguin who can't swim or walk on ice, but can scale walls. O-Chan is a cat who can't climb but can swim, walk on ice, and freeze enemies.

* ShoutOut: Some wall-crawling enemies have MickeyMouse ears.

** Not ''that'' useless - it can hit the knight two times in one shot (with extremely careful timing and positioning, three times), where Bop-Louie's Secret Weapon can only hit once. So by using Shades' Secret Weapon for that fight instead, you only have to charge up four times in the middle of the spear rain instead of eight.

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ufouria_the_saga_cover_front_2765.jpg]] '''Ufouria - the Saga''' is a cult game made by Sunsoft for the {{NES}} in 1991 under the title ''Hebereke''. It was ported to Europe and Australia one year later (but [[NoExportForYou not in the US]]), where it received slight modifications to graphics, text and plot, but keeping its distinctive [[WidgetSeries Japanese-ness]].

* MinimalistRun: The only items you absolutely need to beat the game are the three keys, Bop-Louie's suction cup and Gil's bombs. Since this means never picking up any medicine to heal, and the crystals that replenish 2 HP each (and in a minimalist run, your max is 50) [[RandomlyDrops randomly drops]] from enemies and at a much lower rate than the throwing balls, this makes some of the later parts of the game tough, and a speedy kill of the diver boss impossible if you haven't gotten insanely lucky with your health drops.

** The AnvilOnHead example above of [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus the 16 tonne weights.]]