Or simply has some strong inspirations on

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Like shovel knight was inspired by older megaman games and zelda 2, mina the hollower clearly wears its inspirations in its sleeves.

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I love how septemburg is basically a huge homage to resident evil, with the carving men acting like an unkillable chaser throughout the area and you having to play around it, for the final boss to have it transform into a bigger monster that you can finally damage, despite not being able to hurt its base form.

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Also the whole part where the murder of crows attack you in the farm and you have to either stand your ground or escape into the house in the middle, seems like a huge resident evil 4 homage.

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Mina's whole color scheme looks very similar to DMC's dante, coupled with the red long jacket, she even has a "rival" in maxi with Virgil's blue colors.

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Thorne is very reminiscent of final fantasy's dragoons, with his spear, face covering armor, morally ambiguous ambitions and his penchant for theatrics and standing in high places before making a dramatic entrance by jumping down.

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The brain boss in bone beach is very likely to me a mother brain reference from the Metroid games, being a giant brain with eyeballs that tries to kill the player with lasers and donut beams.

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And who can forget the dinner scene where lionel tries to paint mina as a criminal by pointing out her petty crimes unbeknownst to the player inspired by the trial scene in chrono trigger.

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Anyway, feel free to share some references or inspirations i might have missed.

Castlevania and Zelda aside, what other series does this game reference? (Possible spoilers)