History Trivia / ZoneOfTheEnders

* SameContentDifferentRating: Both ''[=ZoE=]'' games on the PlayStation 2 received M for Mature ratings in the US, despite having precisely one bloody scene each between the two of them, no profanity, and no sexual content. When the HD Collection came out in the US, the version without the Metal Gear Rising demo received a somewhat-more-sane Teen rating.

* NoExportForYou: Prior to HD Collection's version of ''Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner'', a [[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]] of game was released in Japan and Europe, but strangely never to North America. The Special Edition featured some graphical and frame-rate improvements over the original game, new difficulty levels[[labelnote:*]](the Japanese version has an Extreme difficulty and a Super Hard difficulty in-between [[HarderThanHard Very Hard]] and [[NintendoHard Extreme]] mode, whereas the European version only gets the Extreme mode)[[/labelnote]], new cutscenes and battle sequences, an expanded Extra Mission mode, and sub-weapon tutorials for the VR Training. This changed though as the HD Collection includes the European version of the Special Edition of ''The 2nd Runner'' for the North American release.

* SameContentDifferentRating: Both ''[=ZoE=]'' games on the Playstation 2 received M for Mature ratings in the US, despite having precisely one bloody scene each between the two of them, no profanity, and no sexual content. When the HD Collection came out in the US, the version without the Metal Gear Rising demo received a somewhat-more-sane Teen rating.
* {{Vaporware}}: The [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Playstation Vita]] version of the Zone of the Enders HD collection has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqVI4P6I3JQ announced]] at the Tokyo Game Show in 2011 and no word has been said regarding it since.

** To make things even worse, the Hexa Drive patch on the [=PlayStation=] 3 version only addresses the frame-rate issues of ''The 2nd Runner'' and enhanced its visual quality to 1080p; the original game is left untouched. Granted the original ''Zone of the Ender''[='=]s frame-rate wasn't as botched as its sequel, High-Voltage Studios only enhanced the games for 720p when these games were supposed to be in 1080p.

* SameContentDifferentRating: Both ''ZoE'' games on the Playstation 2 received M for Mature ratings in the US, despite having precisely one bloody scene each between the two of them, no profanity, and no sexual content. When the HD Collection came out in the US, the version without the Metal Gear Rising demo received a somewhat-more-sane Teen rating.

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese version ''Dolores, i'':
** James Links was [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Slegger]], and later became [[Anime/HaloLegends Master Chief]] and [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Masculimus Surprise]]!
** [[Creator/YoshikoSakakibara Dr. Rachel Links]] is [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard's master]]!
** [[Creator/NarumiHidaka Noel Links]] was [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Allenby Beardsley]] and [[Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne Eriya]].
** [[Creator/HoukoKuwashima Dolores]] once competed with [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]] in high-school, became a [[MsFanservice sexy]] [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive ninja]], played as sexy archer that traveled with [[VideoGame/EternalSonata Allegretto]], and an [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia emotionless vampire hunter]].
** The games' English cast famously seems to be on the obscure/no-name side of the voice acting world. There is one exception, though -- Elena, who is voiced by Debra Rogers ([[Franchise/DotHack Mia]], [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Anna Williams]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Karen Joshua]]).
** Nohman is, surprisingly enough, [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]]. On the other hand, Lloyd is [[TwistedMetal Sweet Tooth.]] [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers And Dingo is the PA Announcer from the NBA 2K series.]]

* FanNickname: The [[CompilationRerelease HD Collection]] has coined "UsefulNotes/HighDefinition [[HumongousMecha Robot]] [[ActionGame Action]]" by the Zone of the Enders: The Unofficial Site as a play on ''The 2nd Runner''[='=]s TagLine.

** Nohman is, surprisingly enough, [[ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]]. On the other hand, Lloyd is [[TwistedMetal Sweet Tooth.]] [[OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers And Dingo is the PA Announcer from the NBA 2K series.]]

** [[NarumiHidaka Noel Links]] was [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Allenby Beardsley]] and [[Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne Eriya]].

* FanNickname: The [[CompilationRerelease HD Collection]] has coined "HighDefinition [[HumongousMecha Robot]] [[ActionGame Action]]" by the Zone of the Enders: The Unofficial Site as a play on ''The 2nd Runner''[='=]s TagLine.

* NoExportForYou: Prior to HD Collection's version of ''Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner'', a [[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]] of game was released in Japan and Europe, but strangely never to North America. The Special Edition featured some graphical and frame-rate improvements over the original game, new difficulty levels[[labelnote:*]](the Japanese version has an Extreme difficulty and a Super Hard difficulty in-between [[HarderThanHard Very Hard]] and [[NintendoHard Extreme]] mode, whereas the European version only gets the Extreme mode)[[/labelnote]], new cutscenes and battle sequences, an expaned Extra Mission mode, and sub-weapon tutorials for the VR Training. This changed though as the HD Collection includes the European version of the Special Edition of ''The 2nd Runner'' for the North American release.
** And there's the two [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition premium editions]] for the Japanese version of ''Zone of the Enders HD Edition'', which has ''two'' books instead of one from the Western release, and a Blu-ray re-release of the ''[[TheAnimeOfTheGame Zone of the Enders: 2167 IDOLO]]'' [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] with the most expense of two packages.

** [[Creator/HoukoKuwashima Dolores]] once competed with [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]] in high-school, became a [[MsFanservice sexy]] [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive ninja]], traveled with [[VideoGame/EternalSonata Allegretto]] as an archer, an [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia emotionless vampire hunter]].
** The games' English cast famously seems to be on the obscure/no-name side of the voice acting world. There is one exception, though -- Elena, who is voiced by Debra Rogers ([[Franchise/DotHack Mia]], [[VideoGame/TekKen Anna Williams]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Karen Joshua]]).

* OldShame: Whilst not necessarily ''ashamed'' of the original game, the HD Collection's pre-release hype was all focused on ''The 2nd Runner'', with barely a word being said about the HD remastering of the original game; on top of that, the intro specially made for the HD Collection only focuses on the original game for roughly a minute and a half, with the remaining four minutes focusing on ''The 2nd Runner''.
** To make things even worse, the Hexa Drive patch on the [=PlayStation=] 3 version only addresses the frame-rate issues of ''The 2nd Runner'' and enhanced its visual quality to 1080p; the original game is left untouched. Granted the original ''Zone of the Ender''[='=]s frame-rate at the time wasn't crippled, High Voltage Studios only enhanced the games for 720p when these games were supposed to be in 1080p.

** ''Jehuty'' went through several name changes, from ''New Eden'' to names such as ''Exodus, The Whisper, Vision Divine, Lightning'' and ''[[OddNameOut Megadriver]]''.
** Similarly, ''Tempest'' had the names ''Faust, I-Vanvo, Epusutain, Vadourv, Devionario, Manonresco'' and ''Volpone'' before settling on Tempest.
* [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Z.O.E's Music Debuted in Metal Gear Online]]: Some music from ''Zone of the Enders''[='=] soundtracks was reused in [[Franchise/MetalGear Metal Gear Online]]; most notably "Vivid Transparency", [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N6_mGzAvm0 heard here.]] This has led to a surprisingly large number of people wondering where someone got the notion that a Metal Gear track is from this game about flying, sword-fighting robots.

** [[YoshikoSakakibara Dr. Rachel Links]] is [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard's master]]!

** [[HoukoKuwashima Dolores]] once competed with [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]] in high-school, became a [[MsFanservice sexy]] [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive ninja]], traveled with [[VideoGame/EternalSonata Allegretto]] as an archer, an [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia emotionless vampire hunter]].

** As for the English cast, most voice actors seem to be on the obscure/no-name side of the acting world. There is one exception, though -- Elena, who is voiced by Debra Rogers ([[Franchise/DotHack Mia]], [[VideoGame/TekKen Anna Williams]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Karen Joshua]]).

** As for the English cast, most voice actors seem to be on the obscure/no-name side of the acting world. There is one exception, though -- Elena, who is voiced by Debra Rogers ([[Franchise/DotHack Mia]], [[{VideoGame/Tekken} Anna Williams]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Karen Joshua]]).

** As for the English cast, most voice actors seem to be on the obscure/no-name side of the acting world. There is one exception, though -- Elena, who is voiced by Debra Rogers ([[Franchise/DotHack Mia]], [[VideoGame/Tekken Anna Williams]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Karen Joshua]]).

** As for the English cast, most voice actors seem to be on the obscure/no-name side of the acting world. There is one exception, though -- Elena, who is voiced by Debra Rogers ([[Franchise/DotHack Mia]], [[VideoGame/Tekken5 Anna Williams]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Karen Joshua]]).

* OldShame: Whilst not necessarily ''ashamed'' of the original game, the HD Collection's pre-release hype was all focused on ''The 2nd Runner'', with barely a word being said about the HD remastering of the original game; on top of that, the intro specially made for the HD Collection only focuses on the original game for roughly a minute and a half, with the remaining four minutes focusing on ''The 2nd Runner''.
* [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros ZOE's Music Debuted in Metal Gear Online]]: Some music from ''Zone of the Enders''[='=] soundtracks was reused in [[Franchise/MetalGear Metal Gear Online]]; most notably "Vivid Transparency", [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N6_mGzAvm0 heard here.]] This has led to a surprisingly large number of people wondering where someone got the notion that a Metal Gear track is from this game about flying, sword-fighting robots.

* OldShame: Whilst not necessarily ''ashamed'' of the original game, the HD Collection's pre-release hype was all focused on ''The Second Runner'', with barely a word being said about the remaster of the original game; on top of that, the intro specially made for the HD Collection only focuses on the original game for roughly a minute and a half, with the remaining four minutes focusing on ''The 2nd Runner''.

* FanNickname: The [[CompilationRerelease HD Collection]] has coined "HighDefinition [[HumongousMecha Robot]] [[RuleOfCool Action]]" by the Zone of the Enders: The Unofficial Site as a play on ''The 2nd Runner''[='=]s TagLine.
* NoExportForYou: Prior to HD Collection's version of ''Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner'', a [[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]] of game was released only in Japan and Europe, but strangely never to North America. The Special Edition featured some graphical and frame-rate improvements over the original game, new difficulty levels[[labelnote:*]](the Japanese version has an Extreme difficulty and a Super Hard difficulty in-between [[HarderThanHard Very Hard]] and [[NintendoHard Extreme]] mode, whereas the European version only gets the Extreme mode)[[/labelnote]], new cutscenes and battle sequences, an expaned Extra Mission mode, and sub-weapon tutorials for the VR Training. This changed though as the HD Collection includes the European version of the Special Edition of ''The 2nd Runner'' for the North American version.
** And there's the two premium editions for the Japanese version of ''Zone of the Enders HD Edition'', which has ''two'' books instead of one from the Western release, and a Blu-ray re-release of the ''[[TheAnimeOfTheGame Zone of the Enders: 2167 IDOLO]]'' [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] with the most expense of two packages.

* FanNickname: The HD Collection has coined "HighDefinition [[HumongousMecha Robot]] [[RuleOfCool Action]]" by the Zone of the Enders: The Unofficial Site as a play on ''The 2nd Runner''[='=]s TagLine.
* NoExportForYou: Prior to [[CompilationRerelease HD Collection]]'s version of ''Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner'', a [[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]] of game was released only in Japan and Europe, but strangely never to North America. The Special Edition featured some graphical and frame-rate improvements over the original game, new difficulty levels[[labelnote:*]](the Japanese version has an Extreme difficulty and a Super Hard difficulty in-between [[HarderThanHard Very Hard]] and [[NintendoHard Extreme]] mode, whereas the European version only gets the Extreme mode)[[/labelnote]], new cutscenes and battle sequences, an expaned Extra Mission mode, and sub-weapon tutorials for the VR Training. This changed though as the HD Collection includes the European version of the Special Edition of ''The 2nd Runner'' for the North American version.
** And there's the two premium editions for the Japanese version of ''Zone of the Enders HD Edition'', which has ''two'' books instead of one from the Western release, and a Blu-ray re-release of the ''[[TheAnimeOfTheGame Zone of the Enders: IDOLO]]'' [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] with the most expense of two packages.

* NoExportForYou: Prior to [[CompilationRerelease HD Collection]]'s version of ''Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner'', a [[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]] of game was released only in Japan and Europe, but strangely never to North America. The Special Edition featured some graphical and frame-rate improvements over the original game, new cutscenes and battle sequences, an expaned Extra Mission mode, and sub-weapon tutorials for the VR Training. This changed though as the HD Collection includes the European version of the Special Edition of ''The 2nd Runner'' for the North American version.