Shout Out / Evoland

• To The Legend of Zelda:
  • Clink is a blond hero in green cloths and the name is just one letter away from Link.
  • The first area is a top-view forest where you need to use the sword to remove enemies and bushes.
  • The octopus enemies are called Octoracs, close to Octoroks.
  • Papunika Village sounds very close to Kakariko Village.
  • After some point unlocking chests gives the Item Get! camera.
  • You can break pots up Noria Mines, which are also filled with statues of an elven princess. Clink has to fight his shadow Dopple as the boss.
• To Final Fantasy:
  • The first overworld combat has similar interface to FF 1-6 combat.
  • The currency is called "glis", which is similar to "Gil".
  • Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the series, is referenced in a book that's presumably in the Village Inn's nightstand, as when examining that furniture in the Enhanced edition:
    "HowTo: save the World with Heroes Crystal", by H.Sakaguchi: I don't think I will need this.
  • Phoenix Down is used as a revival item.
  • The healer's default name Kaeris and story role is Aerith's from Final Fantasy VII.
  • The first boss is called Kefka's Ghost.
  • Clink upgrades his sword to the Claud's Blade which looks like Buster Sword.
  • Zephyros's name is a play on Sephiroth, though he doesn't look like him.
  • Aogai City is visually inspired by Midgar, including a gag about buying a faster CD-Rom for quicker loading.
  • Kaeris's uncle is called Sid, who naturally owns an Airship that looks like Highwind. Yes, you get to ride it to reach a new area.
  • Double Twin card game is Final Fantasy VIII's Triple Triad.
  • There's a unique enemy Choboko that looks like Chocobo.
• The books:
  • One of the books in the inn is "1001 Monsters to kill in one shot by Chuck N.".
  • The book from the filled vase at the inn is A.Zephyros's Mein Fight.
  • "HowTo: save the World with Heroes Crystals" is written by H.Sakaguchi. Hironobu Sakaguchi was one of the lead directors in Square Enix.
  • One of the real books:
    "The Medium is the Massage", by M.McLuhan. Very fitting.
  • S.Miyamoto has apparently written "The ultimate guide to everything".
  • "How to Cook an Emuk" (a chicken enemy) by K.F.C.
  • E. Schrodinger wrote an Amazon bestseller "Invasion of the undead cats".
• Checking a flower pot in the Shopkeeper's store in the Village gives "All your chest are belong to us".
• One of the locations is called the Noria Mines. The boss of the area also says "You shall not pass!".
• The mushroom enemies are called Zoombas.
• Pakkuns look just like darker versions of Piranha Plants, including the pipes.
• A tutrtle enemy is called A'Tuin.
• Ruins of Sarudnahk section plays like Diablo series and has similar interface. You leave the area through the blue Town Portal.
• The combo kill names are taken from Unreal Tournament.
• One of pickable items is Creeper Defuse Kit with appropriate face.
• The tooltip for time crystal namedrops Marty.
• Zephyros charges a Kamehameha for a few turns.
• Zephyros's final confrontation happens in the Mana Tree, which looks like the Tree of Mana from Mana Series.
• The Babamut dragon is a possible nod to Bahamut Lagoon.
• A merchant claims to be a descendant of Dornako, which is close to Torneko.
• Zephyros's final words have him say that all that he has seen will be "...lost in time, like tears in rain."
• The lady next-door to Sid in Aogai Village states "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the... let's just say I had trouble sitting for a while."
• In Aogai Village, there is an old man named Garen, who used to be in the Demacian army.

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