It’s crazy to see how deep this game goes with its references... when a bunch of easy, obvious ones weren’t used. I’m extra surprised not to see REX-1, who actually appeared in one of the Game Boy titles, that mobster guy, whose name isn’t important enough to remember, but I know he was in at least 3 episodes. Lotus Blossom, Hamato Yoshi’s wanna-be romance, April’s detective Aunt Etna, Tora and Shogun Warrior from the NES game, and characters from the movies like Keno and Norunaga
