History VideoGame / AzureStrikerGunvoltSeries

* AchievementSystem: Both games feature Challenges that reward Gunvolt and Copen for clearing in-game objectives. The Steam version of the first game also has integrated Steam Achievements.

* BossRush: A carry-over from its ''Franchise/MegaMan'' influence. Notably, each boss rush is justified due to the presence of an Adept who can either [[BackFromTheDead bring the dead back]] or [[MookMaker can create copies with all the powers and even personality of the originals]].

* RPGElements: You gain EXP for defeating enemies, which turn into Levels that award more HP and unlocks new Skills or Memory Expansions. You also have access to a variety of equipment that you can fuse with materials found by completing stages and augment your powers.

* ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX'' (2019) -- A spin-off of the main series under the ''Gunvolt Chronicles'' banner. Set an unspecified time after the events of ''2'', Copen attempts to free a distant country from the iron grip of Sumeragi and its elite squad of "Falcons", powerful Adepts under Sumeragi's employ, while searching for a mysterious entity only known as the "Butterfly Effect".

* InteractiveFiction: A short text adventure called ''Azure Striker Gunvolt DOS'' was released as a promotional item at PAX Prime 2015 on an actual floppy disk. It's loosely based on the first game and uses a lot of IntentionalEngrishForFunny. [[http://inticreates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gunvolt.html It has since become playable online]], but [[GuideDangIt the codewords needed to progress only come with the physical copy.]]

* TextBasedAdventure: A short text adventure called ''Azure Striker Gunvolt DOS'' was released as a promotional item at PAX Prime 2015 on an actual floppy disk. It's loosely based on the first game and uses a lot of IntentionalEngrishForFunny. [[http://inticreates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gunvolt.html It has since become playable online]], but [[GuideDangIt the codewords needed to progress only come with the physical copy.]]

* VenganceFeelsEmpty: As stated in supplementary material, Gunvolt [[spoiler:killing Asimov, partly to stop his KillAllHumans plot but mostly to avenge Joule's murder]], didn't make him feel any better, mostly having [[HeroicBSOD the inverse effect]]. Gunvolt later tries to teach this to Copen during [[spoiler:the TrueFinalBoss fight]] with little success.

** If you're holding onto 1000 unbanked Kudos, the main character gets a BattleAura and Lumen/Joule/Lola becomes corporeal. During this time, one of several music tracks will play over the normal stage music, which includes the main theme and a selection of various vocal tracks that can be picked at semi-random or with special equipment.

** ''[=iX=]'' also features the song "Beyond Probability" for when Lola activates [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Darkness Trigger]].

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* AfterTheEnd: The story states the game takes place after Adepts have caused the total breakdown of society in most of the world. Where Gunvolt lives is a practical safe haven, and the same can be said for this story so far.
* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of information about Gunvolt's world is provided here.
* AssholeVictim: Dr. Kamizono is killed by the Azure Striker in the Prologue as the result of a lab explosion. Since we're meant to empathize with the Adepts, Dr. Kamizono's FantasticRacism doesn't do much to help his case.
* CliffHanger: The first season ends with Himeshiro meeting with Rei to discuss something important.
* CreatorProvincialism: a "small island nation in Asia" is the only nation which has successfully prevented the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt caused by Adepts' sudden appearance. Although they don't say what exactly this IS, it is ''incredibly'' obvious what they mean.
* DoomedByCanon: Dr. Kamizono was mentioned to have been killed prior to the game's story in the game proper. In ''Fleeting Memories'', this is exactly what happens to him after the Prologue.
* DownerBeginning: Right after the prologue, the actual story opens with a flashback of Rei and Miu's parents getting killed.
* FantasticRacism: Loads of it. This is the reason why normal people like Dr. Kamizono are willing to [[PlayingWithSyringes test on Adepts]].
* GenderBlenderName: The viewpoint character is a 9 year-old boy named Rei[[note]]Rei is commonly a feminine name in Japan.[[/note]].
* HeroWorship: Miu LOVES Himeshiro, and seems like she could rant for hours about her. Himeshiro is [[HumbleHero humble]] enough that she blushes when she does this.
* IncestSubtext: {{Discussed|Trope}} by Rei and Miu, largely because Miu cares for Rei enough that they end up looking and sounding like a couple. She even cooks for him. (Rei, at least, is uncomfortable with the situation.)
* InSpiteOfANail[=/=]LikeRealityUnlessNoted: Psychics are apparently nothing new in this world, and have existed for much longer than the Adepts have. However, the Japanese version of the game contains a reference to [=GalGun=], so it's heavily implied that the culture [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture twenty minutes into the past]] was the same. In addition, it's almost explicitly stated that most of the differences in technology are the result of research into Adepts, which mean that technology levels were pretty much the same, as well.
* JapaneseDelinquent: A bandit, who attempts to rob Rei and Miu in chapters 10-12.
** The Obsidian Corps are a whole gang of these, and one of Himeshiro's targets.
* LifeEnergy: The Lifewave, the source the Adepts tap into.
* MeaningfulName: "Himeshiro" literally means "white princess", a reference to her YamatoNadeshiko style.
* OrphansOrdeal: Rei and Miu's parents were killed midway through the story by an Adept on [[TheHerosBirthday Rei's 9th birthday]]. They don't take it too easily, but some of their distant relatives take them in.
* OrWasItADream: Raptor's murder of Rei's parents is presented as a dream, but it is implied that it actually happened.
* PayEvilUntoEvil[=/=]BullyHunter: Himeshiro, who hunts delinquents and various criminals.
* PlayingWithFire[=/=]HavingABlast: One otherwise rather uninteresting robber in the story actually shares Viper's powers. Himeshiro stops him soon enough.
* PowerLevel: Psychic power is graded on this scale based on the person's Lifewave stage.
** '''Primordial (1st Wave)''' to '''3rd Wave:''' {{Muggles}}.
** '''Tetrad (4th Wave):''' Mystics, soothsayers, psychics, the like.
** '''Quinary (5th Wave):''' Not elaborated upon much, but since they can rarely reach similar power levels, probably has powers closer to the Senary wave than the Tetrad.
** '''Senary (6th Wave):''' Miraculous beings.
** '''Septimal ([[MeaningfulName 7th]] [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale Wave]])''': Adepts. Because they hold so much power, much of the world has plunged into TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, save for a lone island country in East Asia under the influence of the [[MegaCorp Sumeragi Group.]]
* PowerOfTheVoid: Himeshiro can cause things to disappear and reappear at whim.
* {{Prequel}}: The story is set before the first game, although contains only loose ties to the main story and features none of its cast, unless Dr. Kamizono, who was mentioned in passing in ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'', counts.
* SerialKiller: Raptor, [[RedBaron The Obliterator of Innocents]], is an example of the elusive type: A "modern-day Jack the Ripper" who never leaves behind calling cards for his victims. It's hinted that he is Rei's parents' murderer. Himeshiro and Rei have agreed to look for him.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Himeshiro is described third-hand as having these traits, even going so far to refer to her as "m'lady". Truth be told, they aren't too far off the mark.
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* ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX'' (2019) -- Set an unspecified time after the events of ''2'', Copen attempts to free a distant country from the iron grip of Sumeragi and its elite squad of "Falcons", powerful Adepts under Sumeragi's employ, while searching for a mysterious entity only known as the "Butterfly Effect".

* ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX'' (2019) -- A side game set after the events of ''Gunvolt 2'' under the ''Gunvolt Chronicles'' banner, starring Gunvolt's arch-rival and secondary protagonist Copen.

* ''VideoGame/MightyGunvolt: A {{Retraux}} {{Crossover}} game that brings Gunvolt together with its sister series ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' and Inti's eroge RailShooter WidgetSeries ''VideoGame/GalGun''.

The series was also spun off into a game called ''VideoGame/MightyGunvolt'', a {{Retraux}} {{Crossover}} game that brings Gunvolt together with its sister series ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' and Inti's eroge RailShooter WidgetSeries ''VideoGame/GalGun''.

In addition to the above, there is a truckload of supplementary material that expands on the franchise's world, such as ''Literature/AzureStrikerGunvoltFleetingMemories'', a prequel that follows an entirely original cast, and an OVA based on the first game that was released on the Nintendo [=eShop=] on February 9th, 2017. Gunvolt also makes a guest appearance in ''VideoGame/BladeStrangers'', a crossover fighting by Studio Saizensen and [=NiCALiS=].