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* HandWave: There are optional re-matches of boss fights. Since three of them involved fighting the other main characters (O-chan, Sukezaemon and Jennifer), one asks how that works if they have to fight each other again. It's theorized that maybe they're just fighting holograms of each other.
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* DenserAndWackier: There is definitely more humor than in the first ''Ufouria'', especially from [[LargeHam O-chan.]] Even the music that plays during the dialogue sequences is goofy.
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* BirdPoopGag: Just like in the original ''Hebereke'' game (but not in ''Ufouria'', where poop has been replaced by 16-ton weights), flying birds excrete the typical coily poop and you have to avoid it. Or to get hit by it 30 times to gain an achievement...


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* TakeThat: One of the obstacles hurting you in the last leg of the game, the journey to outer space, and that can also be found in an optional underwater area, is the board used to announce [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Yoshihide_Suga_announcing_new_imperial_era_Reiwa_2_%28cropped%29.jpg the beginning of the Reiwa Era]]. As if to say that it has been a terrible period for Japan and the world at large.
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* PercussiveMaintenance: One of the buyable items is an old-school CRT television that supposedly raises the game's difficulty, as a reference to old games being played on those kinds of TV. When Hebe buys it, it doesn't seem to work, and starts to show some cartoons only after O-Chan punches it.

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* MonsterClown: They are back, but they aren't enemies this time, after buying certain items they will provide you with optional challenges that if completed lead to more coins and Utsu Cans.

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* MonsterClown: They are back, but they aren't enemies this time, after buying certain items they will provide introduce you with to optional challenges that if completed lead to more coins and Utsu Cans.Cans. The bestiary also implies they're from another dimension, for whatever reason.



* MythologyGag: An easter egg when sometimes, on the way back home courtesy of Bobodori the bird, Hebe and O-Chan will be randomly replaced by Bop-Louie and Freeon-Leon during the brief cutscene.

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* MythologyGag: An easter egg when sometimes, on the way back home courtesy of Bobodori the bird, Hebe and O-Chan will be randomly replaced by Bop-Louie and Freeon-Leon from the Western ''Ufouria'' localization during the brief cutscene.



* SequelHook: Two possible ones.

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* SequelHook: Two possible ones. [[spoiler:Though the ending implies this is a prequel to the original game, so in a sense the sequel already happened]]


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* YearsTooEarly: This time the references to Japan are much more common, instead of having as a set a fantasy world with very few links to reality. O-Chan in particular uses a few UsefulNotes/JapaneseStockPhrases in her dialogues, but adding comically exaggerated descriptors, fitting for her theatrical, bombastic personality.
-->"How dare you! You're 12.86 trillion years too early to speak to me so!"

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* MetalSlime: Of a sort. Sometimes a golden Kerasu (bird) will appear and if you defeat it you will gain a whopping 300 coins.


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* PinataEnemy: Sometimes a golden Kerasu (bird) will appear and if you defeat it you will gain a whopping 300 coins.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Finally this game makes clear that O-Chan is a blue-haired humanoid wearing a cat costume. Whether she's actually human, well...

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Finally this game makes it clear that O-Chan is a blue-haired humanoid wearing a cat costume. Whether she's actually human, well...


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* ForestOfPerpetualAutumn: A new biome introduced in this game and the place where Hebe finds Sukezaemon. It has a very Japanese appearance, complete with stone shrines.

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* ArtShift:
** This time the world and its inhabitants is rendered as a 2.5-D place that looks like it's being made in felt, cardboard, clay, yarn and other common materials.
** TheStinger has [[spoiler:Hebe turned into his pixelated 2D self and brought at the beginning of the first ''Ufouria''.]]

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* ArtShift:
** This time the world and its inhabitants is rendered as a 2.5-D place that looks like it's being made in felt, cardboard, clay, yarn and other common materials.
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ArtShift: TheStinger has [[spoiler:Hebe turned into his pixelated 2D self and brought at the beginning of the first ''Ufouria''.]]]]
* ArtShiftedSequel: This time the world is rendered as a 2.5-D place that looks like it's being made in felt, cardboard, clay, yarn and other common materials.



* InformedSpecies: Turns out that a few enemy types are actually Earth animals according to the bestiary. Mickys, those guys with Mickey Mouse ears, are actually koalas. Other beings (only seen frozen in ice at the end of one ice cave stage) are apparently wallabies.



* OpeningShoutOut: A very wacky (and thus appropriate) example. The opening cutscene shows Utsujin coming to Earth on its UFO and avoiding every kind of random floating debris (a radish, a bicycle, a phone booth...) on the way. When [[spoiler:our heroes build a rocket to go to space and confront Utsujin, they will have to avoid those exact items on the road to outer space while bouncing on the clouds.]]

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* OpeningShoutOut: A very wacky (and thus appropriate) example. The opening cutscene shows Utsujin coming to Earth on its his UFO and avoiding every kind of random floating debris (a radish, a bicycle, a phone booth...) on the way. When [[spoiler:our heroes build a rocket to go to space and confront Utsujin, they will have to avoid those exact items on the road to outer space while bouncing on the clouds.]]

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Several examples, like Jennifer saying that the game is not going to make things easier for them, or Hebe saying after buying the "Butt Book" that he in 30 years never learned to do a different butt stomp.



* EleventhHourSuperPower:

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* EleventhHourSuperPower: EleventhHourSuperpower:



* InexplicableTreasureChests: This time they only hold money, not items. Japanese-style ones appear every time you defeat a boss.



* TheUnfought: The knight kitten boss returns with his shower of lances, but just as an immobile obstacle in some advanced stages. The characters mention that they can't do anything against its armor, and there's no apparent way to actually fight it.

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* TheUnfought: The knight kitten boss returns with his shower of lances, but just as an immobile obstacle in some advanced stages. The characters mention that they can't do anything against its his armor, and there's no apparent way to actually fight it.him.
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* MythologyGag: An easter egg when sometimes, on the way back home courtesy of Bobodori the bird, Hebe and O-Chan will be randomly replaced by Bop-Louie and Freeon-Leon during the brief cutscene.

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[[caption-width-right:460:[[NonIndicativeName Still not a real saga.]]]] ''Ufouria: The Saga 2'' (''Hebereke 2'') is the long-awaited sequel to Creator/{{Sunsoft}}'s 1991 CultClassic NES platformer ''VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}'', announced in 2023, published February 29, 2024 under the Sunsoft label and developed by a company named Tasto Alpha. It's not really a proper sequel though, ostensibly it's a new story that however it set in the same world as the first game, with the same characters and following most of the same story beats, so it's more like a partial remake, with a completely new graphic style but the same cute and quirky aesthetics.

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[[caption-width-right:460:[[NonIndicativeName Still not a real saga.]]]] ''Ufouria: The Saga 2'' (''Hebereke 2'') is the long-awaited sequel to Creator/{{Sunsoft}}'s 1991 CultClassic NES platformer ''VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}'', announced in 2023, published February 29, 2024 under the Sunsoft label and developed by a company named Tasto Alpha. It's not really a proper sequel though, ostensibly it's a new story that however it is set in the same world as the first game, with the same characters and following most of the same story beats, so it's more like a partial remake, with a completely new graphic style but the same cute and quirky aesthetics.



* BlobMonster: The result of several Bumyons fusing together. They're not alive though, more like immobile obstacles.

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The result of several Bumyons fusing together. They're not alive though, more like immobile obstacles.obstacles.
** The little jumping jellies from the first game are back, though now pink instead of green (because of climate change, the manual says). The big square stationary jellies are back too, not as an UniqueEnemy this time but as objects you can jump on to gain more coins.



* HeavySleeper: Jennifer was sleeping in his room and didn't even notice Utsujin's arrival and all the blobs around. He also has a tendency to nod off during the adventure. It's probably due to hs bad digestion.

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* HeavySleeper: Jennifer was sleeping in his room and didn't even notice Utsujin's arrival and all the blobs around. He also has a tendency to nod off during the adventure. It's probably due to hs his bad digestion.
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* EleventhHourSuperPower:
** [[spoiler:Before the final confrontation, Utsujin slathers himself with "Super Bumyon" that makes him immune to Popoons. Though you can still jump on his head with no problems.]]
** [[spoiler:After Utsujin has been defeated, there's still the Bumyon problem. Our heroes randomly discover that by summoning all of their Popoons at the same time, they can generate a wormhole that instantly sucks up all the blobs. However Hebe too gets sucked into it...]]
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* OpeningShoutOut: A very wacky (and thus appropriate) example. The opening cutscene shows Utsujin coming to Earth on its UFO and avoiding every kind of random floating debris (a radish, a bicycle, a phone booth...) on the way. When [[spoiler:our heroes build a rocket to go to space and confront Utsujin, they will have to avoid those exact items on the road to outer space while bouncing on the clouds.]]

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* ActionCommands: Every now and then the other characters in your party will say that they have found something, and if you press the button when the input appears, they will unearth useful items like coins or hearts... or a poop.



* DoubleUnlock: For some items in the vending machine, it's not enough to have the correct amount of money, you also have to have the correct amount of Utsu Cans on your card. They are scattered around the stages and can be obtained in challenges.

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For some items in the vending machine, it's not enough to have the correct amount of money, you also have to have the correct amount of Utsu Cans on your card. They are scattered around the stages and can be obtained in challenges.challenges.
** Beating your friends in combat is not enough to make them join your party, you also have to buy the respective item from the vending machine as to make them happy. A microphone for O-Chan, some rare tea for Sukezaemon and an "epic antacid" for Jennifer.


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* HeavySleeper: Jennifer was sleeping in his room and didn't even notice Utsujin's arrival and all the blobs around. He also has a tendency to nod off during the adventure. It's probably due to hs bad digestion.


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* ToiletHumour:
** There's an achievement for getting hit 30 times by bird poop.
** In one cutscene Hebe uses the water from his toilet to wash his face, since he doesn't have a sink, bathtub or anything else.
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* BlobMonster: The result of several Bumyons fusing together. They're not alive though, more like immobile obstacles.
* ContrivedCoincidence: PlayedForLaughs.
** Utsujin wants to use Bumyons to cover the world, and Hebe finds out by chance that Popoons act like anti-matter to them.
** The guy who restocks the vending machine apparently always puts into it items that are needed for the current situation, almost at any given moment.


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* HailfirePeaks: Downplayed example. The entrance to Chilly Caves is an ice sheet that is located right next to a lava pool and a volcanic area.


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* MetalSlime: Of a sort. Sometimes a golden Kerasu (bird) will appear and if you defeat it you will gain a whopping 300 coins.


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* TheUnfought: The knight kitten boss returns with his shower of lances, but just as an immobile obstacle in some advanced stages. The characters mention that they can't do anything against its armor, and there's no apparent way to actually fight it.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Finally this game makes clear that O-Chan is a blue-haired humanoid wearing a cat costume. Whether she's actually human, well...
* ArtShift:
** This time the world and its inhabitants is rendered as a 2.5-D place that looks like it's being made in felt, cardboard, clay, yarn and other common materials.
** TheStinger has [[spoiler:Hebe turned into his pixelated 2D self and brought at the beginning of the first ''Ufouria''.]]
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Invoked and discussed. [[spoiler:When our heroes finally reach Utsujin on his mothership in outer space, they wonder how they are able to breathe and talk to each other.]]
* DoubleUnlock: For some items in the vending machine, it's not enough to have the correct amount of money, you also have to have the correct amount of Utsu Cans on your card. They are scattered around the stages and can be obtained in challenges.
* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: Averted, this time lava is the only obstacle in the game that can insta-kill you.
* MonsterClown: They are back, but they aren't enemies this time, after buying certain items they will provide you with optional challenges that if completed lead to more coins and Utsu Cans.
* MonsterCompendium: One item that can be unlocked late game is a guide that gives some funny tidbits about every enemy in the game.
* SequelHook: Two possible ones.
** [[spoiler:Utsujin mentions that he has failed Master Unyohn when defeated. Unyohn is a SpacePirate and the BigBad of the Ufouria series.]]
**[[spoiler:Hebe falls in a wormhole and gets transported to the world of the 1991 Ufouria.]]
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''Ufouria: The Saga 2'' (''Hebereke 2'') is the long-awaited sequel to Creator/{{Sunsoft}}'s 1991 CultClassic NES platformer ''VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}'', announced in 2023, published February 29, 2024 under the Sunsoft label and developed by a company named Tasto Alpha. It's not really a proper sequel though, ostensibly it's a new story that however it set in the same world as the first game, with the same characters and following most of the same story beats, so it's more like a partial remake, with a completely new graphic style but the same cute and quirky aesthetics.

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[[caption-width-right:460:[[NonIndicativeName Still not a real saga.]]]]
''Ufouria: The Saga 2'' (''Hebereke 2'') is the long-awaited sequel to Creator/{{Sunsoft}}'s 1991 CultClassic NES platformer ''VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}'', announced in 2023, published February 29, 2024 under the Sunsoft label and developed by a company named Tasto Alpha. It's not really a proper sequel though, ostensibly it's a new story that however it set in the same world as the first game, with the same characters and following most of the same story beats, so it's more like a partial remake, with a completely new graphic style but the same cute and quirky aesthetics.
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''Ufouria: The Saga 2'' (''Hebereke 2'') is the long-awaited sequel to Creator/{{Sunsoft}}'s 1991 CultClassic NES platformer ''VideoGame/{{Ufouria}}'', announced in 2023, published February 29, 2024 under the Sunsoft label and developed by a company named Tasto Alpha. It's not really a proper sequel though, ostensibly it's a new story that however it set in the same world as the first game, with the same characters and following most of the same story beats, so it's more like a partial remake, with a completely new graphic style but the same cute and quirky aesthetics.

Utsujin the alien invader has still plans for world domination, and this time he brought with him purple goopy blobs called "Bumyon" that can envelop other life forms, so he plans to cover the planet with them to easily conquer it. Luckily, Hebe discovers that the Popoons (those round balloons with a face he can summon) instantly destroy Bumyons, so he will have to free his friends O-Chan, Sukezaemon and Jennifer from the alien goop and chase the invader around the land before his plan can be enacted.

Compared to the first ''Ufouria'', this game is less of a {{Metroidvania}} and has more in common with rogue-lites, since it is set as a series of changing short platforming stages where the objective is to grab as many coins as possible. These coins will then be used to buy items in the vending machine conveniently set under Hebe's tree house, in order to unlock various abilities to explore the world and gain even more money.
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