History VideoGame / NoituLove

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Shady Hans]] in the second game, who can only be fought on higher difficulties as Xoda, and only if a secret area is found. Additionally, he can't be fought in the 3DS or Wii U versions, since his boss fight includes a reference to the first game, which would cause ContinuityLockout on consoles where that game can't be found.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Tango attempts this in the finale of ''Devolution'' by fusing with the last Evomatic.]]

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [[spoiler:The [[TheVeryDefinitivelyFinalDungeon final level]] in both game is in the Peacekeeper headquarters, being invaded by the Darns.]]

* AnachronismStew: Used as a plot point in the sequel; in addition to the Darns being back, the areas visited have been "devolved" from the modern day to other time periods. [[spoiler:This is Tango's way of making a distraction while she prepares the Evomatic; her hidden towers are recreating the past (and have already recreated 2288) to throw the heroes off her trail.]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Rilo states in the sequel that Tango was left by herself for hundreds of years after the Grinning Darns were defeated by Noitu. No wonder she's gone mad.]]

* HeroicMime: Noitu Love and Xoda Rap never talk, though the other two player characters in ''Devolution'' do.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:In ''Devolution'', Doctor Tango is the one behind the return of the Darns, having manipulated everything behind the scenes so that she could prepare an Evomatic for her godly ascension]].

* NoEnding: While Xoda's and Rilo's stories have ending scenes, Almond's doesn't. After beating his final boss, he congratulates himself for doing his part in taking out the Darns, and the credits roll.
* NoFinalBossForYou: Xoda and Rilo both get unique final bosses, but playing as Almond ends the game after beating [[spoiler:Tango Source]], who's already fought in Xoda's game.

* TakeOverTheWorld: The goal of Darnacus and Doppelori [[spoiler:and Tango]].

* TomTheDarkLord: The BigBad of the first game is called [[GoshDangItToHeck Darnacus Damnation]], [[spoiler:and the sequel’s BigBad is called Tango]].

* UnusualUserInterface: The final boss of the first game requires some bizarre plane operation. Noitu has to fire the plane's missiles by evolving into a psychic, pushing two buttons, evolving back into normal, shooting a wind-up gear about a dozen times to make a missile come down, devolving into a monkey and jumping on the button on top of the missile.

[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from bottom middle:[[PlayerCharacter Xona Rap]], Tango, [[MissionControl Almond]], and [[EvilKnockoff Rilo Doppelori]].]]

''Noitu Love'' is a indie game series consisting of two side scrollers developed by Creator/{{Konjak}}.

* [[spoiler:TheMole: In ''Devolution'', Doctor Tango is the one behind the return of the Darns, having manipulated everything behind the scenes so that she could prepare an Evomatic for her godly ascension]].

The first game is a mix of an {{action game}} and a {{platform|Game}}er, whereas the second one eschews the platform element to make a significantly faster paced action game. The plot of the games is relatively [[ExcusePlot simple]]. The first game, set in TheFuture, pits the protagonist, Noitu Love, against MadScientist Darnacus Damnation and his army of MechaMooks, the Grinning Darns. The second game (subtitled ''Devolution'') takes place in the future and pits Noitu Love's DistaffCounterpart and ActionGirl Xoda Rap against the Grinning Darns who've mysteriously risen again.

* AscendedExtra: In the first game, Rilo Doppelori was only in one level, and was just another boss with minor plot importance. Come ''Devolution'', and she's one of the main characters, and the only one other than some bosses to return from the original game.

** [[spoiler:Tango was originally the Darn Base's main computer, until she started thinking independently and using the Darn Army to her advantage.]]
** Rilo's an aversion; her loyalty to Darnacus is a major reason why she hates [[spoiler:Tango]] so much.
%%* AllYourPowersCombined: That's how Xoda plays like, in ''Devolution''. She have innate, but limited PsychicPowers, and is nimble enough to squeeze her way into some tight gaps. Things that Noitu himself couldn't do without an Evomatic nearby, and even so not at the same time as Xoda can. And the FinalBoss was afraid of Noitu while underestimating Xoda [[BeggingTheQuestion because...?]]

** After beating ''Devolution'' as Xoda, you can play the story again while playing as Rilo Doppelori. The plot shows her beating all the bosses Xoda faced, including the Sea Serpent that clearly blasted her away in Xoda's story. It ends up tying into the main story by the end, though, where [[spoiler:the two characters meet at the Darn Base, and both go different ways, with Rilo going to activate the base's self-destruct and fight a new boss.]]
** After beating the game as Rilo, Almond becomes playable. His story doesn't tie into the others, and since [[spoiler:part of the plot revolves around Almond's capture]], it's clearly non-canon.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Darnacus's ultimate Darn creation is Omega Darn, a massive Darn that attacks the city in the finale of the first game.

* BishonenLine: The final boss of ''Noitu Love 2'' crosses it: [[spoiler:Antepenultimate Tango is a body in the fetal position protected by an egg, Penultimate Tango is an emotional HumongousMecha with bat wings who can project diamonds from her forehead, and Ultimate Tango is a normal-sized superhuman with HardLight powers]]. This is a justified case, as [[spoiler:Tango is going through stages of human development: embryo, child, and adult]].

** The sequel retroactively turns the ending of the first game into one. Sure, professor Darnacus Damnation was stopped, but, unbeknownst to everyone, [[spoiler:he set up his base's AI, Tango herself, to spring up another Darn Army attack. Which she did, by taking TheSlowPath, waiting Noitu to be outlived, then [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 destroying the world]] [[TheBadGuyWins unimpeded]]. Would very much count as a DownerEnding... If it wasn't for the fact that doing this [[DidntThinkThisThrough resulted in no working Evomatics around]], [[DeusEstMachina necessary for her godhood ascension]]. So, long story short, [[OurTimeTravelIsDifferent area-localized time-travel towers]], bring the last Evomatic under the hero's faction's custody back after said hero is long gone, infiltrate their ranks while springing up more towers into randomized times to keep 'em distracted, etc.]], leading into ''Devolution''.

* ChargedAttack: Xoda Rap has two: a grab-and-throw and a charged projectile. Rilo can charge up a laser blast that can target up to four enemies.

* DarkActionGirl: Rilo Doppelori and [[spoiler:Tango]], two of the few clear female members of the Darn Army.

* DevolutionDevice: The Evomatics can do this, and they works forwards as well. Darnacus' plan is to use them to turn all the world's humans into monkeys.
* TheDreaded: Noitu Love apparently becomes enough of this for the Darn Army in the sequel that [[spoiler:Tango opts to use the time towers to recreate 2288, where there's only one Evomatic in existence, instead of 2188, where Evomatics are more plentiful, but Noitu Love is still alive.]]

* DuelingPlayerCharacters: In ''Devolution'', the initial boss of Stage 3 is Rilo (when playing as Xoda or Almond) or Xoda (when playing as Rilo). Both bosses share two attacks and have one unique one (Rilo can jump away and carpet-bomb the bridge, and Xoda can dash to Rilo's location and throw a punch).
%%* [[DistaffCounterpart Distaff]] LegacyCharacter: Xoda to Noitu.
%%** [[SpearCounterpart Spear]] LegacyCharacter: Almond to Lori.

* EnemyRollCall: Done at the end of the credits in ''Devolution'', via a yearbook. This is only place where [[spoiler:Tango Source]]'s identity is revealed. Additionally, if you haven't fought [[spoiler:Shady Hans, Waltz, or Shadowaltz]], their images will be silhouetted out.

* GoForTheEye: The Omega Darn's weak point in the second game is his still-attached eye (his left eye has popped out on a spring).

** A giant flying Darn head in the first game is defeated by having it chomp down on the homing missiles that it shoots at you.
** The Janitor robot in ''Devolution'' has no weak point. Instead, it must be hurt by manipulating gravity so that its electricity bombs fly back at it.

** [[spoiler:Penultimate Tango]] may also count, though only because [[spoiler:Tango is later revealed to be robot; the form itself is humanoid aside from some gears on her sides]].

* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: Said by the Darn Dimwits serving as the first boss of the first game: "Is Noitu we see! Is going to die!"
* ItsUpToYou: That Peacekeeper group both Noitu and Xoda are a part of? Yeah, don't expect them to help you stop the Grinning Darns. Even when [[spoiler:the Darns invade the Peacekeeper headquarters in both games]], no one's doing anything but cowering in fear.

* MeaningfulName: Lori's EvilKnockoff, [[SignificantAnagram Rilo]] [[{{Doppelganger}} Doppe]]lori.

* MissionControl: Lori in the first game, and Almond in the second. [[spoiler:Tango briefly takes over in the second game after Almond is captured.]]
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: At the end of Xoda's Story Mode, the final boss and our heroes talk about the villain's evil plan, [[spoiler:where Almond says it is playing God, but the villain retorts that she will become a god, and then goes back to the heroes' statement, pronouncing proudly that "I'd just be playing with myself".]]
* TheMole: In ''Devolution'', [[spoiler:Doctor Tango is the one behind the return of the Darns, having manipulated everything behind the scenes so that she could prepare an Evomatic for her godly ascension]].

%%** [[Also, can we please note that [[spoiler: Tango sacrificed her own backup, as in, her original body as Darnacus' Base's main computer, because she couldn't wait another minute more than the millennia she gone through to finally use an Evomatic? Could've have an Extra Life herself like that, but nooooo...! In fact, an ''artificial intelligence'' have lost to the heroes because, while developing a personality to make her guise credible enough, also grew a case of impatience and inflated ego. Mental routines that most AIs would consider a waste of time, energy, and conflicting priorities!]]
* NoEnding: While Xoda's and Rilo's stories have ending scenes, Almond's doesn't. After beating his final boss, he congratulates himself for taking out the Darns, and the credits roll.
* NoFinalBossForYou: Xoda and Rilo both get unique final bosses, nut playing as Almond ends the game after beating the [[spoiler:Tango Source]], who's already fought in Xoda's game.
* NonActionGuy: Almond, to the point where (when you play as him) he does nothing except dodge. The mouse cursor can shoot enemies and cause Almond to fly, but neither action appears to be performed by ''him'' on-screen.

** O2-Joy in both games. In the first, you must trigger his BerserkButton (jumping on his piano) so he'll move down to hitting distance. In the second, he's on a background stage, and to hit him, piano keys must be stepped on when he moves to the left or right, causing a piano hammer to hit him. He becomes a more conventional boss after hitting half health, though.
** Janitor in ''Devolution''. He lacks a weak-point, but will drop bombs that create electric fields. The trick is to wait for them to activate, then flip gravity so they fly back at the boss.

* RashomonStyle: If you play as Xoda in ''Devolution'', then in Level 3 you're ambushed by Rilo Doppelori, and then when the Sea Serpent strikes, she helps you but quickly falls off. If you play as Rilo, the roles are reversed. On the other hand, in Xoda's Level 6/Rilo's Level 5, the ending cutscene for Xoda and Rilo mesh perfectly [[spoiler:(Xoda goes off with Almond, whereas Rilo goes in the other direction to set the self-destruct)]].
* RecurringBoss: The majority of bosses in the first game (O2-Joy, Darn Fab, Grinsley Gumsburrow, Omega Darn, etc.) return in the sequel.

* SecretAIMoves: In the fights with Rilo and Xoda in ''Devolution'', they can perform moves that can't be done while playing as them.

%%* {{Squick}}: In-universe, one of Darnacus's lines after Noitu Love defeats Rilo has this effect on the others.

%%* TacticalSuicideBoss: Nearly all of them in both games.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Doppelori states that only Darnacus and his true servants (meaning herself) are allowed to take over the world-- this is her reason for stopping [[spoiler:Tango]] from doing that.
* TimeLimitBoss: When playing as Rilo in the sequel, [[spoiler:Waltz/Shadowaltz must be beaten before the timer on the Darn Base's self-destruct expires]].

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:The sequel revolves around figuring out why areas are being regressed to time periods before modern day. Except by the end of the game, you discover that year 2288 is not modern day either; it's 600 years old by this point.]]

* TrickBoss: In Level 3 of the sequel, the boss of the level appears to be Rilo (or Xoda, if Rilo is the player character). About halfway through the battle, [[ChekhovsGunman the Sea Serpent you beat up earlier]] blows both of the fighters into the river on a wheel, and said Sea Serpent is fought as the real boss of the level.

* UnexpectedShmupLevel: Level 4 of the second game is this for Xoda, as she flies on a hoverboard while using the Combolt Battery, a gun that can chain-hit enemies. It's skipped as Rilo and Almond to avoid redundancy.
* UnexplainedRecovery: All the Darn bosses in the first game explode when defeated, yet several show up in the sequel in peak condition (Omega Darn is at least found in a junkyard and looks very worn down).
* UnusualUserInterface: The final boss of the first game requires some bizarre plane operation. Noitu has to fire the plane's missiles by evolving into a psychic, pushing two buttons, evolving back into normal, shooting a wind-up gear about a dozen times to make a missile come down, devolving into a monkey and jumping on the button on top of the missile. How realistic!

** After beating the game as Rilo, Almond is playable. His story doesn't tie into anyone else's, though, and since [[spoiler:a good amount of the plot revolves around Almond's capture]], it's clearly non-canon.

* AutoScrollingLevel: One segment in the second stage of ''Devolution'' has one after the first mini-boss.

** O2-Joy in the second game starts like this, but heads into the same area as you after being smacked by hammers enough times.

* BerserkButton: O2-Joy ''hates'' it when you mash the keys on his piano in the first game. It's the key to getting him open to attack, in fact.

** In ''Devolution''. [[spoiler: Tango's gone, her towers are gone, and with the Darn Base discovered and destroyed in the past, the Darn uprising is averted. However, Rilo is free to rebuild the Darn army, and very much willing to do so.]]
** This the ending in the first game as such. Sure, professor Darnacus Damnation was stopped, but, unbeknownst to everyone, [[spoiler:he set up his base's AI, Tango herself, to spring up another Darn Army attack. Which she did, by taking TheSlowPath, waiting Noitu to be outlived, then [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 destroying the world]] [[TheBadGuyWins unimpeded]]. Would very much count as a DownerEnding... If it wasn't for the fact that doing this [[DidntThinkThisThrough resulted in no working Evomatics around]], [[DeusEstMachina necessary for her godhood ascension]]. So, long story short, [[OurTimeTravelIsDifferent area-localized time-travel towers]], bring the last Evomatic under the hero's faction's custody back after said hero is long gone, infiltrate their ranks while springing up more towers into randomized times to keep 'em distracted, NiceJobFixingItVillain etc.]] and ''Noitu Love 2'' happens!

* BossRush: The first game has a mode to fight the bosses consecutively. Despite having more focus on bosses, it's absent from ''Devolution''.

* CoolBoat: Mordecai Fluke in the sequel pilots one on land. It has giant wheels, a cannonball shooter, and a chargeable laser beam.
* CoolTrain: Sleeper Brakeman in the sequel pilots one that looks normal... until you beat the mini-boss before him, which causes the train to [[TransformingMecha turn into a walking robot]] and give chase while shooting a cannon.
* CreativeClosingCredits: ''Devolution'' ends with an old-fashioned credits reel accompanied by pictures of Xoda thumbing-up various people, followed by all the characters, enemies, and bosses in the game in a yearbook.
* CrosshairAware: In ''Devolution'', attacks and movement are controlled by positioning a crosshair with the mouse/stylus/Wii Remote. Also happens with enemy attacks.
* DarkActionGirl: Rilo Doppelori [[spoiler:and Tango]], two of the few clear female members of the Darn Army.
* DeathByFallingOver: How Sleeper Brakeman's vehicle meets its end. Given that it's a TransformingMecha train, this is more humorous than it sounds.

* TheGrimReaper: The Darn Army has a robot form of one that appears in both games. Fittingly, it's called the ''Grin'' Reaper.

* LoadBearingBoss: After beating Poundelita in Stage 3 of the sequel, her hammer breaks the bridge you've been fighting on, sending you into the next section of the level.

* UnusualUserInterface: The final boss of the first game requires some... bizarre plane operation. Noitu has to fire the plane's missiles by evolving into a psychic, pushing two buttons, evolving back into normal, shooting a wind-up gear about a dozen times to make a missile come down, devolving into a monkey and jumping on the button on top of the missile. How realistic!
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: Level 4 of the second game is this for Xoda, as she flies on a hoverboard while using the Combolt Battery, a gun that can chain-hit enemies. It's skipped as Rilo and Almond due to redundancy.

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler: The sequel.]]

** [[spoiler:Tango in the sequel was originally the Darn Base's main computer, until she started thinking independently and using the Darn Army to her advantage.]]

* AllYourPowersCombined: That's how Xoda plays like, in ''Devolution''. She have innate, but limited PsychicPowers, and is nimble enough to squeeze her way into some tight gaps. Things that Noitu himself couldn't do without an Evomatic nearby, and even so not at the same time as Xoda can. And the FinalBoss was afraid of Noitu while underestimating Xoda [[BeggingTheQuestion because...?]]
* AnachronismStew: Actually used as a plot point in the sequel; in addition to the Darns being back, the areas visited have been "devolved" from the modern day to other time periods.
* AnchorsAway: The Sailorman boss in ''Devolution'' wields a chained anchor as a weapon.

* ArtifactTitle: Noitu Love is nowhere to be found in the second game.
* AttackItsWeakpoint: Just about every boss in both games. The only ones who don't have one are either defeated in a non-fighting way, or are small enough for their entire body to count as a hitbox. Sergeant Killburne from the first game even [[LampshadeHanging has a panel saying "Weak Point" as his weak point]].
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Omega Darn.

** Omega Darn in both games.

* BadFuture: [[spoiler:Year 2888 (AKA, the actual year the game takes place) in the sequel, where the Darns have destroyed everything, and Tango's taken over with her towers. Partially fixed after Tango is destroyed.]]

* BishonenLine: The final boss of Noitu Love 2 crosses it between forms two and three.
* BiggerOnTheInside: The sequel is only about 12MB in size yet packs in a lot of fast-paced action.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In ''Devolution''. Tango's gone, her towers are gone, and with the Darn Base discovered and destroyed in the past, the Darn uprising is averted. However, Rilo is free to rebuild the Darn army, and very much willing to do so.]]
** Which also sets the ending in the first game as such. Sure, professor Darnacus Damnation was stopped, but, unbeknownst to everyone, [[spoiler:he set up his base's a.i., Tango herself, to spring up another Darn Army attack. Which she did, by taking TheSlowPath, waiting Noitu to be outlived, then [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 destroying the world]] [[TheBadGuyWins unimpeded]]. Would very much count as a DownerEnding... If it wasn't for the fact that doing this [[DidntThinkThisThrough resulted in no working Evomatics around]], [[DeusEstMachina necessary for her godhood ascension]]. So, long story short, [[OurTimeTravelIsDifferent area-localized time-travel towers]], bring the last evomatic under the hero's faction's custody back after said hero is long gone, infiltrate their ranks while springing up more towers into randomized times to keep 'em distracted, NiceJobFixingItVillain etc.]] and Noitu Love 2 happens!
* BirdRun: Xoda Rap.
* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Shady Hans]] in the second game, who can only be fought on higher difficulties as Xoda, and only if a secret area is found.
* BossRush: The first game has a mode to do so. Despite having more focus on bosses, it's absent from ''Devolution''.
* BrickJoke: In the first level of ''Devolution'', you have to duck behind trees as they get gunned down and fall in the water. After that segment, a Darn Dimwit attacks in a boat from the background. Guess what takes him out so that you can progress.
* CampGay: Darn Fab. Less so in the second game.
* ChargedAttack: Xoda Rap has two, one being a grab-and-throw, and one being a charged projectile. Rilo can charge up a laser blast that can target up to four enemies.
* CoolBoat: The Mordecai Fluke in the sequel pilots one on land. With giant wheels, a cannonball shooter, and a chargeable laser beam.
* CoolTrain: The Sleeper Brakeman in the sequel pilots one that looks normal... until you beat the mini-boss before him, which causes the train to [[TransformingMecha turn into a walking robot]] and give chase while shooting a cannon.
* CreativeClosingCredits: ''Devolution'' ends with an old-fashioned credits reel accompanied by pictures of Xoda thumbing-up various people. It's followed by all the characters, enemies, and bosses in the game in a yearbook.
* CrosshairAware: In ''Devolution'', attacks and movement are controlled by positioning a crosshair with the mouse. Also happens with enemy attacks.
* DarkActionGirl: Rilo Doppelori [[spoiler:and Tango]].
* DeathByFallingOver: How the Sleeper Brakeman's vehicle meets its end. Given that it's a TransformingMecha train, this is more humorous than it sounds.

* TheDreaded: Noitu Love apparently becomes enough of this for the Darn Army in the sequel that [[spoiler: Tango opts to use the Time Towers to recreate 2288, where there's only one Evomatic in existence, instead of 2188, where Evomatics are more plentiful, but Noitu Love is still alive.]]

* DualBoss: The Grinning 4 in ''Devolution'' are an odd case; instead of fighting all four at once, you fight them in an arena that rotates to each one of them, letting them attack and also opening them up to damage. After killing one, an electric barrier appears in their section to serve as a hazard for when the rooms spins.
* [[DistaffCounterpart Distaff]] LegacyCharacter: Xoda to Noitu.
** [[SpearCounterpart Spear]] LegacyCharacter: Almond to Lori.

* EvilKnockoff: Rilo Doppelori is this to Lori.
* ExactWords: Yes, Grinsley Gumsburrow ''does'' have a nuclear arm aboard his blimp. It's his left arm, to be exact.

* FlashStep: Xoda can do this, flying through the air if necessary.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Judging by the writing on the side of it, the Mordecai Fluke's ship is named "Daisy". Said ship is outfitted with crushing wheels and several cannons.
* GoForTheEye: The Omega Darn's weak point in the second game is his still-attached eye.

* HelpfulMook: In Xoda's UnexpectedShmupLevel in the sequel, Darn Nitwits can be used to chain Xoda's Combolt Battery beam so it can get behind shields. They're required to beat the Sleeper Brakeman.
* HeroicMime: Noitu Love and Xoda Rap.

** [[spoiler:Penultimate Tango]] may also count.
* InCaseOfBossFightBreakGlass: A common weak spot for some Darn vehicles. For example, the Sky Crawler, the first mini-boss of ''Devolution''.
* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: "Is Noitu we see! Is going to die!"
* ItsUpToYou: That Peacekeeper group both Noitu and Xoda are a part of? Yeah, don't expect them to be helping you stop the Grinning Darns. Even when [[spoiler:the Darns invade the Peacekeeper headquarters in both games]], no one's doing anything but cowering in fear.

* LoadBearingBoss: A minor example; after beating Poundelita in Stage 3 of the sequel, her hammer breaks the bridge you've been fighting on, sending you into the next section of the level.

* MechaMooks: The Grinning Darns throughout the series.

* {{Metaphorgotten}}: At the end of Xoda's Story Mode, the final boss and our heroes talk about the villain's evil plan, [[spoiler:where Almond says it is playing God, but the villain retorts that they will become God, and then goes back to the Heroes' statement, pronouncing, proudly, something along the lines of "It will be just like playing with myself".]]
* MusicalAssassin: There's a lot of music-themed bosses--the first game has O2-Joy and the disco dancer enemies, while the latter has O2-Joy again, Darn Fab and The Grinning Four. The only one for whom music plays a role in defeating the boss is O2-Joy, however.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Tango gives away the locations of the Darn base, sending Xoda there on what is essentially a suicide mission with the intent to be rid of her. Funny thing is, the heroes couldn't have found the base themselves, and the Darns would have eventually destroyed all human resistance.]]
** [[Also, can we please note that [[spoiler: Tango sacrificed her own backup, as in, her original body as Darnacus' Base's main computer, because she couldn't wait another minute more than the millennia she gone through to finally use an Evomatic? Could've have an Extra Life herself like that, but nooooo...! In fact, an ''artificial intelligence'' have lost to the heroes because, while developing a personality to make her guise credible enough, also grew a case of impatience and inflated ego. Mental routines that most AIs would consider a waste of time, energy, and conflicting priorities!]]
* NoEnding: While Xoda's and Rilo's stories conclude in a way, Almond's doesn't. After beating his final boss, he congratulates himself for taking out the Darns, and the credits roll.
* NoFinalBossForYou: While Xoda and Rilo both get unique final bosses, playing as Almond ends the game after beating the [[spoiler:Tango Source]], who's already fought in Xoda's game.

* OnlyICanKillHim: [[spoiler: Tango chose to bring back 2288 instead of 2188, when Evomatics were common, because she believes only Noitu Love can defeat her, and he's gone by 2288. It's left ambiguous if she meant it literally or if it's a case of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou. Either way, she's wrong.]]
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Grinsley Gumsburrow, one of the more major Darns.
* RankInflation: The sequel gives you a letter grade based your performance at the end of each stage.

* SdrawkcabName: Noitu Love and Xoda Rap.

* {{Squick}}: In-universe, one of Darnacus's lines after Noitu Love defeats Rilo has this effect on the others.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: Nearly all of them in both games.
* ThemeNaming: Tango and [[spoiler:Waltz]]. Pretty much every Grinning Darn is some variation of "Darn Enemy".
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Doppelori states that only Darnacus and his true servants (meaning herself) are allowed to take over the world - this is her reason for stopping [[spoiler:Tango]] from doing that.

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:The sequel revolves around figuring out why areas are being regressed to time periods before modern day. Except by the end of the game, you discover that year 2288 is not modern day either; it's actually 600 years old by this point.]]
* TransformingMecha: The Sleeper Brakeman drives a transforming ''train''.
* TrickBoss: In Level 3 of the sequel, the boss of the level appears to be Rilo (or Xoda, if Rilo is being used). About halfway through the battle, [[ChekhovsGunman the Sea Serpent you beat up earlier]] blows both of the fighters into the river on a wheel, and said Sea Serpent is fought as the real boss of the level.
* UnusualUserInterface: Okay, so you fire the plane's missiles by evolving into a psychic, pushing two buttons, evolving back into normal, shoot a wind-up gear about a dozen times to make a missile come down, devolving into a monkey and jumping on the button on top of the missile. How realistic!

** Rilo's a aversion; her loyalty to Darnacus is a major reason why she hates [[spoiler:Tango]] so much.

'''Noitu Love''' is a indie game series consisting of two side scrollers developed by Creator/{{Konjak}}.

* ActionGirl: Xoda Rap, a ninja girl capable of agile attacks and swift maneuvers.

The first game is a mix of an {{action game}} and a {{platform|Game}}er, whereas the second one eschews the platform element to make a significantly faster paced action game. The plot from the games is relatively [[ExcusePlot simple]]. The first game, set in TheFuture, pits the protagonist, Noitu Love, against MadScientist Darnacus Damnation and his army of MechaMooks, the Grinning Darns. The second game takes place in the future and pits Noitu Love's DistaffCounterpart and ActionGirl Xoda Rap against the Grinning Darns who've mysteriously risen again.

The first episode can be freely downloaded [[http://www.konjak.org/index.php?folder=4&file=7 here]]. The sequel can be bought [[http://www.konjak.org/index.php?folder=4&file=10 here]], through {{Desura}}, or on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. The sequel was also ported to the UsefulNotes/WiiU and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS [=eShops=] in September of 2016.

* AnotherSideAnotherStory: After beating ''Devolution'' as Xoda, you can play the story again while playing as Rilo Doppelori. The plot shows her beating all the bosses Xoda faced, including the Sea Serpent that clearly blasted her away in Xoda's story. It ends up tying into the main story by the end, though, where [[spoiler:the two characters meet at the Darn Base, and both go different ways, with Rilo going to activate the base's self-destruct and fight a new boss.]]
** After beating the game as Rilo, Almond is playable. His story doesn't tie into anyone else's, though, and since [[spoiler:a good amount of the plot revolves around Almond's capture,]] it's clearly non-canon.

* AttackItsWeakpoint: Just about every boss in both games. The only ones who don't have one are either defeated in a non-fighting way, or are small enough for their entire body to count as a hitbox.
** Sergeant Killburne from the first game even [[LampshadeHanging has a panel saying "Weak Point Here" as his weak point.

** O2-Joy in the second game starts like this, but heads into the same area as you after being smacked by hammers enough.

* EasyModeMockery: The first game ends prematurely on the easiest difficulty level.

* ExactWords / VisualPun: Yes, Grinsley Gumsburrow ''does'' have a nuclear arm aboard his blimp. It's his left arm, to be exact.

* GoshDangItToHeck: PlayedForLaughs. "Grinning Darns" is the name of Darnacus's army. Ironically, most major Darns in the first game swear at least once.

** [[spoiler: Penultimate Tango]] may also count.

* LampshadeHanging: Sergeant Killburne's WeakSpot is a banner that says "weak point".

** Every boss except Darn Reckless in ''Devolution'''s [[UnexpectedShmupLevel Level 4]] (as Xoda). They all involve using the Combolt Battery's chaining to get past shields.

* RecurringBoss: The majority of bosses in the first game (O2-Joy, Darn Fab, Grinsley Gumsburrow, Omega Darn, etc.) return in the sequel

* ArtifactTitle: Noitu Love himself isn't the star of the second game.

The first game is a mix of an {{action game}} and a {{platform|Game}}er, whereas the second one eschews the platform element to make a significantly faster paced action game. The plot from the games is relatively [[ExcusePlot simple]]. The first game set in TheFuture pits the protagonist, Noitu Love, against MadScientist Darnacus Damnation and his army of MechaMooks, the Grinning Darns. The second game takes place in the future and pits Noitu Love's DistaffCounterpart and ActionGirl Xoda Rap against the Grinning Darns who've mysteriously risen again.

The first episode can be freely downloaded [[http://www.konjak.org/index.php?folder=4&file=7 here]]. The sequel can be bought [[http://www.konjak.org/index.php?folder=4&file=10 here]], through {{Desura}}, or on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

** Rilo's a subversion; her loyalty to Darnacus is a major reason why she hates [[spoiler:Tango]] so much.

* AllYourPowersCombined: that's how Xoda plays like, in ''Devolution''. She have innate, but limited PsychicPowers, and is nimble enough to squeeze her way into some tight gaps. Things that Noitu himself couldn't do without an Evomatic nearby, and even so not at the same time as Xoda can. And the FinalBoss was afraid of Noitu while underestimating Xoda [[BeggingTheQuestion because...?]]

* AllYourPowersCombined: that's how Xoda plays like, in ''Devolution''. She have innate, but limited PsychicPowers and is nimble enough to squeeze her way into some tight gaps. Things that Noitu himself couldn't do without an Evomatic nearby, and even so not at the same time as Xoda can. And the FinalBoss was afraid of Noitu while underestimating Xoda [[BeggingTheQuestion because...?]]

** Which also sets the ending in the first game as such. Sure, professor Darnacus Damnation was stopped, but, unbeknownst to everyone, [[spoiler:he set up his base's a.i., Tango herself, to spring up another Darn Army attack. Which she did, by taking TheSlowPath, waiting Noitu to be outlived, then [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 destroying the world]] [[TheBadGuyWins unimpeded]]. Would very much count as a DownerEnding... If it wasn't for the fact that doing this [[DidntThinkThisThrough resulted in no working Evomatics around]], [[DeusEstMachina necessary for her godhood ascension]]. So, long story short, [[OurTimeTravelIsDifferent area-localized time-travel towers]], bring the last evomatic under the hero's faction's custody back after said hero is long gone, NiceJobFixingItVillain etc.]] and Noitu Love 2 happens!

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In ''Devolution''. Tango's gone, her towers are gone, and with the Darn Base discovered and destroyed in the past, the Darn uprising is averted. However, most of the world stays devolved to earlier time periods, and with Tango and the base gone, Rilo is free to rebuild the Darn army.]]

''Noitu Love'' is a indie game series consisting of two side scrollers developed by Creator/{{Konjak}}.

* MeaningfulName: Lori's EvilKnockoff, [[SignificantAnagram Rilo]] [[{{Doppleganger}} Doppe]]lori.

* MeaningfulName: Lori's EvilKnockoff, [[SignificantAnagram Rilo]] Doppelori.

* MeaningfulName: Lori's EvilKnockoff, [[Significant Anagram Rilo]] Doppelori.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Almond has no way to attack and a pitiful jump. Fortunately, the player gets to attack enemies directly in his stead in the vein of a mouse-controlled light gun shooter, and can pick him up with the crosshairs and carry him around for limited periods of time.