Turtle

A Turtle with rockets (possibly Gamera) appeared in the NES parody game Boku Dracula-Kun. It harassed Kid Dracula while on a roller coaster.

In later games, the Turtle was most frequently associated with the divine beast of Chinese lore Xuan Wu (Japanese: Genbu). It was one of the four beasts that Maria has control of. Its used as a subweapon, but it is more of a protective ability. Maria is able to form a shell around herself and tip toe slowly across the level. The shell can absorb many attacks, but not all. Other incarnations of the turtle divine beast have been seen in other games.