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**One of Kirby's "Excellent" attacks calls on a horde of 66 [[Gator (Kirby Super Star)|Gator]]s to attack the enemies. This is a reference to the 1989 Game Boy game ''[[wikipedia:Revenge of the 'Gator|Revenge of the 'Gator]]'' (ピンボール66{{furi|匹|ひき}}のワニ{{furi|大行進|だいこうしん}}, ''Pinball: The Great 66-Alligator Parade''), also produced by HAL Laboratory. | **One of Kirby's "Excellent" attacks calls on a horde of 66 [[Gator (Kirby Super Star)|Gator]]s to attack the enemies. This is a reference to the 1989 Game Boy game ''[[wikipedia:Revenge of the 'Gator|Revenge of the 'Gator]]'' (ピンボール66{{furi|匹|ひき}}のワニ{{furi|大行進|だいこうしん}}, ''Pinball: The Great 66-Alligator Parade''), also produced by HAL Laboratory. | ||
**Another "Excellent" attack has Kirby ride a [[Moto Shotzo]] while being chased by a mechanical dragon with boxing gloves that highly resembles a boss from HAL Laboratories' 1991 game ''Trax''. As mentioned above, Moto Shotzo itself greatly resembles ''Trax''{{'}}s main protagonist. | **Another "Excellent" attack has Kirby ride a [[Moto Shotzo]] while being chased by a mechanical dragon with boxing gloves that highly resembles a boss from HAL Laboratories' 1991 game ''Trax''. As mentioned above, Moto Shotzo itself greatly resembles ''Trax''{{'}}s main protagonist. | ||
*Similarly to how Kirby Quest references ''Arcana'', | *Similarly to how Kirby Quest references ''Arcana'', [[Strato Patrol EOS]] and its name, logo, title screen, and gameplay are a wholesale reference to '''{{furi|宇宙|うちゅう}}{{furi|警備隊|けいびたい}} SDF''' (''Uchū Keibitai SDF'', "Space Defense Force SDF"), a vertically-scrolling shooter released by [[HAL Laboratory]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] in 1990. | ||
=== ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' / ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' === | === ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' / ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' === |