Line #29 VideoGame/AlienChallenge


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alien_challenge.png]]
2	->''"A farting clown, a French ninja, and a beaglewerewolf... This is if VideoGame/WorldHeroes or VideoGame/PowerInstinct snorted VideoGame/ClayFighter."''
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4	-->--A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98RKNIvvLE random YouTube comment]] summing up a some of the more peculiar aspects of this game.
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6	''[[http://www.fightabase.com/gameMain.aspx?id=563 Alien Challenge]]'' (Also known as ''Huang Fei Hong'') is the first video game made by UsefulNotes/{{Taiwan}} based International Games System (Creator/{{IGS}}) in 1994.
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8	The next (and better acclaimed) fighting game by IGS was 1998’s ''The Killing Blade'', which was then followed up by the much-loved ''VideoGame/MartialMasters'', which would be released in 1999 (with releases in arcades in Japan in 2000 and North America in 2001).
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10	!!This game provides examples of:
11	* AnimeChineseGirl: Melanie is arguably an invocation of this trope, being that she has a few moves similar to that of [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-li]] and also dresses herself like that of the legendary Chinese hero Hua Mulan.
12	* BraidsOfAction: Nic-San, a male example, keeps his hair in a mandarin queue.
13	* ChromeChampion: Stevareno, who has golden skin.
14	* DubNameChange: All the characters have Chinese names different from their English ones, and these names are more serious than what the English names were:
15	** Burnie is "Firefox"
16	** Drew is "Blackjack"
17	** Dougster is "Thunderbolt"
18	** Fang is [[ADogNamedDog “Werewolf”]]
19	** Jean-Paul is "Sheng Long"
20	** Melanie is "DerivativeWorks/{{Mulan}}"
21	** Nic-San is “[[UsefulNotes/WongFeihung Wong Fei Huang]]”
22	** Stevareno is “[[SomethingPerson Thousand Faces Man]]”
23	** Claus is “Old Man of the Arctic”
24	* {{Eagleland}}: The football player Dougster plays this straight. Largely averted by Stevareno who doesn't embody any particular stereotypes of Americans.
25	* ExcusePlot: The opening WallOfText explains who the fighters are and why they in combat with each other: "Long time ago, eight arrogant gods always found each other's faults which annoyed the Celestial World. Finally Celestial the age demoted and excelled (sic) them as eight fighters in the mundane world. They were expected to discipline themselves with enormous mundane experiences and challenges then serve as eight loyal guards in the Celestial World after completing their toils."
26	* {{Expy}}: Melanie is modeled on the legendary Hua Mulan.
27	* {{Fartillery}}: As the quote above shows, Drew does such a thing as a part of some of his attacks.
28	* FightingClown: Drew is a literal example as he is a clown in a circus.
29	* FinalBoss: Claus
30	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Nic-San throws umbrellas at his foes.
31	* McNinja: Jean Paul, who is a man from a western country who has learned ninjutsu.
32	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Fang in his intro will go from human to werewolf form, but when defeated turns into a beagle.
33	* PlayingWithFire: The [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour Human Torch]]-like fighter [[MeaningfulName named "Burnie"]].
34	* PrehensileHair: Nic-san and Claus use their hair in battle, though in the latter case he uses his beard.
35	* PunnyName: Say out loud "Nic-San"... does it sound familiar? Like a [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon former President of the United States]]?
36	* RubberMan: Stevareno can stretch his limbs inhumanly long and can also [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] himself in to other forms (such as a hammer). Drew can also stretch out his neck.
37	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Melanie is the only female fighter on the roster.
38	* TorpedoTits: Melanie is able to use this as her projectile attack.
39	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Burnie, Fang, and Stevareno.

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