Bizarrely, the English version does not change the villain's name, meaning it has both a "Rygar" and a "Ligar".
Genre Shift: From straight action side-scroller in the arcade, to 2D Metroidvania for the NES, to 3D Metroidvania for the PS2 and Wii.Foreign Re-Score: Most of the music in the NES version was replaced for the English release, for whatever reason.Flash of Pain: Both the enemies and the player in the NES version flash when they're hit.The PAL version of the NES game has significantly lower caps than the NTSC one.International versions of the Arcade game removed some of the hidden power-ups from the Japanese version.Deadly Disc: The Diskarmor is a dangerous disk attached to a retractable rope.Beating the game on Legendary difficulty will unlock the Sushiarmor, which makes the diskarmor look like a plate of sushi.Beating the game on Hard with an A rank will unlock the Hambuarmor (makes the Diskarmor look like a hamburger).Beating the 30th basement floor on the Necromandio Cave will give the player the option to use cheats to switch to different joke skins such as the the Guitarmor (makes the diskarmor look like a guitar) the Rollerarmor and the Udonarmor.Completing the game gives you the cheat to unlock the Pizzarmor, which makes your Diskarmor look like a pizza.Bragging Rights Reward: The 2002 game has several.Better by a Different Name: Legendary Adventure / Battle for Argus usually gets compared (unfavorably) to the God of War series, despite having beaten that game to market by three years.