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[All Stages and No UFO Shortcuts] Okay so the only reason I know about this game is because I actually own the “Mario IV” hack game and it still feels odd that this game was marketed officially, and in a real famicom cartridge no less. When I recorded this, the game resolution was a lot smaller than the actual screen so it left a completely BLANK column to the left. To compensate, I designed some several small overlays for each respective world to fill that awkward gap/ void. And trust me, the gap looks really UGLY and distracting if left alone. The screen deformities on the right side I can’t do much about since characters can walk all the way there unlike the left side (which is untouchable). The flickering bar above the status screen is not as bothersome as the left side issue so I just left it alone. This game is originally japanese as was the “Mario IV” Hack, a translation patch was used to convert it into english. I don’t recall a lot of armadillo game characters that weren’t minor characters or mere henchmen. When playing the game as the non-hacked version, I couldn’t get the impression of Armored Armadillo from Mega Man X out of my mind, mainly because he was the ONLY video game armadillo that I recall. Alright… so there is also Armadillomon and Sandshrew, but I primarily remember them via Anime, and I don’t use Sandshrew that often when I play Pokemon either. The game is pretty difficult mostly because of its’ rigid game mechanics. Billy the Shell arguably has …