Choice of fowl aside, the Aztecs believed that Huitzilopochtli needed nourishment from human sacrifices. In most sacrifices, the chosen humans were taken to the top of the temple to be killed, the majority having their hearts carved from their bodies. Sometimes the Aztecs took a different approach to the killings, such as shooting the victim with arrows. And once the deed was done, the body wasn’t buried— it was disposed of in more grisly methods.

Perhaps it’s no coincidence, then, that you must climb piles of rubble to reach Aztec Falcon, as if you are scaling a temple. When you battle him, he will invariably try to shoot you with arrows. The villain’s place of operation itself is a disposal center, where his victims lie crushed in heaps of scrap. It is also worth noting that, like the imprisoned members of the Resistance, the sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli were often captured during warfare.

After defeating Aztec Falcon, Zero gains the Lightning Chip. Interestingly, Huitzilopochtli had nothing to do with lightning, leaving that role to the lesser deities Xolotl and Tlaloc, the latter of whom could unleash floods and lightning. While it may be a coincidence, Falcon’s level does host Contrainers, weather-changing control units. There is a chance that Aztec Falcon was meant to be a combination between both Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc.