Two Round Leeches
Round Leech, known as Exfrog (エクスフロッグ) in Japan, is a round enemy with a frog-like face that moves by doing small hops. When a Round Leach is near a Centurion, it stops jumping for a brief moment and attempts to jump to the Centurion's head. If successul, it will munch his head and quickly drain his health until he dies or is hit by other enemies. The player can't move while held by a Round Leech, making this certain death if no enemies are nearby to free him.
Trivia: Round leech gets its name in that the word leech means a bloodsucking worm that belongs to the subclass Hirudinea. Its namesake implies that it drains the player's health like how a leech sucks a person's blood.
| Altered Beast | |
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| Versions | Arcade • Mega Drive / Genesis • Master System • PC Engine • Famicom |
| Characters | Centurion • Zeus • Athena • Neff |
| Forms | Wolf • Dragon • Bear • Tiger • Gold Wolf Famicom exclusive: Lion • Shark • Phoenix |
| Bosses | Aggar (Hugger) • Octeyes • Moldy Snail • Crocodile Worm (Fatty Crocodile) • Van Vader Famicom exclusive: King Ogre • Kraken • Great Demon |
| Stages | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 Famicom version: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 |
| Enemies | Three-Headed Wolf (Lascert Wolf) • Tombstone • Slow Foot (Single Foot) • Headless Horror (Born Head) • Grave Master Skinny Orcus • Chicken Stinger (Chicken Leg) • Hammer Demon (Hammer Fly) • Rattle Tail • Round Leech (Exfrog) Cave Needle • Rock Turtle • Bad Boar (Hell Boar) • Dark Unicorn (Dark Unicornia) • Gory Goat • Saw Fish Famicom exclusive: Jackal • Vulture • Ray • Horned Turban • Narwhal • Hammer Shark • Merman • Salamander • Chibi Dragon |