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* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: Arc has an entire advanced LostCity on its surface, which can be seen in the background of Stage 7 and Stage 8.

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* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: Arc has an entire advanced LostCity ruined citadel on its surface, which can be seen in the background of Stage 7 and Stage 8.



* AirborneMooks: The very annoying flying {{Elite Mook}}s from later stages that drops bombs on you.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Right after the first four main missions, Farado ends up raiding the HomeBase and [[HostageForMacGuffin taking Crone hostage in order to claim the 4 tablets the heroes have gathered]].
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Jin.

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* AirborneMooks: The very annoying flying {{Elite Mook}}s from later stages that drops stages, which constantly move around while throwing bombs on you.
at the player, which are ''a pain'' to deal it given their tendency to blow up in your face before you can parry/hit them back.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Right after the first four main missions, Farado ends up raiding decides to raid the HomeBase and [[HostageForMacGuffin taking take Crone hostage in order to claim the 4 tablets the heroes have gathered]].
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Jin.Jin is the only human character with a darker skin tone in the cast, and this stands in contrast to his fair-skinned sister Kasumi as well.



* AxCrazy: Fourth boss Mudou, which seems unable to stop cackling. Farado doesnt' take very good the constant pestering of the good guys, and goes south after being defeated.

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* AxCrazy: Fourth boss Mudou, which seems unable to stop cackling. Farado doesnt' take very good the constant pestering of the good guys, and goes south after being defeated. During his last fight in the BossRush his dialogue has him simply repeated "Onore" at the player, a very rude/angry way of saying "You....!"



** DragOnTheirFeet: Jin, who joined the Foundation but in truth is using them to get the secrets of Arc first.
* BossRush: The final stage has you re-fighting past bosses before the final showdown.

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** DragOnTheirFeet: Jin, who joined the Foundation but in truth is only using them to get the secrets of Arc first.
and all its powers for himself.
* BossRush: The final stage has you re-fighting past all 7 previous bosses before the final showdown.



* BlowYouAway: Several of Senka's special attacks, including one of her [[LimitBreak Hypers]].

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* BlowYouAway: Several of Senka's special attacks, attacks involve creating powerful tornados against the player, including one of her [[LimitBreak Hypers]].Hypers]] which is a much larger one.



* ChargedAttack: By holding the attack button, one can charge-up Kou/Jin's energy ball, which increases in size and deals more damage/hits.

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* ChargedAttack: By holding the attack button, one the player can charge-up Kou/Jin's energy ball, which increases in size and deals more damage/hits.damage and hits.



* ChainsawGood: Farado's 2nd Big Mecha has a circular saw in place of one of its limbs.



* DivingKick: Kou and Jin have a flying dive kick attack they can repeat constantly after it bounces off, with each hit elevating them and the target upwards. If the player can keep up, they can drive the enemy off-screen!



* TheDreaded: The UniverseBible explains the meaning of "Panzer Bandit" as being created when bad people like thieves, bad-intended adventurers and the like started abusing the power of Syncs to do as they pleased, leaving the populace to distrust and fear about anyone using them.



* EnergyWeapon: Ein uses them in both Special (which can be aimed low and high as an anti-air) and Hyper variant. Zwei, being his {{Expy}}, has also extensive use of them. Dr. Farado's two mechas also have long, powerful laser beam Hypers.
* EvilCounterpart: Jin is one to Kou, and actually plays identical to him save one different Hyper.

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* EnergyWeapon: Ein uses them in both Special (which a laser gun to shoot beams which can be aimed low and high as an anti-air) and Hyper variant.anti-air, as well as a much larger laser as part of one of his Special moves. Zwei, being his {{Expy}}, has also extensive use of them. Dr. Farado's two mechas also have long, powerful laser beam Hypers.
moves.
* EvilCounterpart: Jin is one to Kou, and actually plays identical to him save one different Hyper.Special move.



* GoodOldFisticuffs: Kou's and Jin's method of fighting.

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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Kou's and Jin's method of fighting.fighting is going all-out punchin' and kickin'.



** GunsAkimbo: One of his Hypers has him unload both machineguns at once for an explosive result.

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** GunsAkimbo: One of his Hypers Special moves has him unload both machineguns at once for an close-range explosive result.



* InconsistentSpelling: Jingorou's name is once written "Jingoroh" in the manual. Fan translations sometimes tend to differ as well, most notably when rendering Zwei's name as "Tsubai", the literal transliteration of his kana. Farado is sometimes rendered Farad or Fald, and Crone can be spelt Krone or Kron as well.



* LeanAndMean: Farado is quite the skinny one, specially compared to pretty much any other character.

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* LeanAndMean: Farado is quite the skinny one, specially compared and tall man, and stands in stark contrast to every other characters (who are either kids, more proportioned adults or robots). He's also the BigBad and a pretty much any other character.amoral MadScientist.



* MacGuffin: The 4 mysterious tablets are the objective of the first four stages. These are apparently shown as small, coin-like objects the bosses throw at the player once defeated.

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* MacGuffin: The 4 mysterious tablets are the objective of the first four stages. These are apparently shown as small, coin-like objects the bosses throw at the player once defeated.



* MadScientist: Dr. Farado.

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* MadScientist: Dr. Farado.Farado, who is [[GreenEyedMonster very jealous]] of Crone and does not only manipulate Sir Golden to discredit him and his research in his favor, but also seeks to solve the mystery of Arc only so he can one-up him and rub in his success further.



* MechaMooks: All mooks and a few bosses are mechanical in nature.

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* {{Manchild}}: Gustav speaks and acts like a bossy child, and calls his superior Senka "big sister".
* MechaMooks: All mooks and a few bosses are mechanical in nature. This ranges from the little mechanical soldiers to large KillerGorilla-like big brutes and many varieties of {{Mini Mecha}}s.
* MightyGlacier: Ein is the slowest and heaviest of the 4 main characters, but the best for long-range fighting.



* MiniBoss: There are atleast 4 per stage.

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* MiniBoss: There are atleast 4 per stage. Each stage is divided into small sections where the player usually has to eliminate a small contingent of enemies and one or two larger enemies with visible health bars, before proceeding.



* MirrorBoss: Jin and Zwei are pretty much copies of Kou and Ein (Jin is 100% a MovesetClone of Kou).

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* MirrorBoss: Jin and Zwei are pretty much copies of Kou and Ein (Jin Ein. While Jin is 100% a MovesetClone an almost perfect copy (sharing all but one move), Zwei has different and stronger equivalents of Kou).Ein's moves.



* PoweredArmor: Gustav is clad in a massive armor.
* PlayingWithFire: Several characters' Hypers consist of chucking large fireballs at the opponent.

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* PoweredArmor: Gustav is clad in a massive armor.
power-suit that resembles a mini-Gundam.
* PlayingWithFire: Several characters' Hypers consist A number of chucking large bosses share one identical Special move where they summon homing fireballs and chuck them at the opponent.



* RollingAttack: Mudou's specialty.

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* RollingAttack: Mudou's specialty.specialty is to roll-attack the player like a wild insane [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Blanka.]]



* ShipLevel: Stage 3 includes a harbor and ship areas.
* ShockAndAwe: Kou, Jingorou, Senka and Shiden all have some form of electric attack.

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* ShipLevel: Stage 3 is set in the harbor of Lake Mera, and includes areas set in a harbor seaport and ship areas.
aboard an anchored ship.
* ShockAndAwe: Kou, Jingorou, Senka and Shiden all have some form of electric attack.attack, usually either as electric homing orbs or directly as striking lightning.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Jingorou's name is once written "Jingoroh" in the manual. Fan translations sometimes tend to differ as well, most notably when rendering Zwei's name as "Tsubai", the literal transliteration of his kana. Farado is sometimes rendered Farad and Crone can be spelt Krone or Kron as well.



* [[StormingTheCastle Storming The Whale-Shaped Air Fortress]]: The sixth stage has the heroes raid the Foundation's flying airship Enigma.

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* [[StormingTheCastle Storming The Whale-Shaped Air Fortress]]: StormingTheCastle: The sixth stage has the heroes raid the Foundation's flying airship Enigma.



* TransformingMecha: Kou's RobotBuddy transforms into a [[CoolSword sword]] for one of his Hypers. Jin's robot turns into a SinisterScythe, though the hyper is the same.

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* TransformingMecha: Kou's RobotBuddy transforms into a [[CoolSword sword]] for one of his Hypers. Jin's robot turns into a SinisterScythe, though the hyper is functions the same.same way.



* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Jin and Jingorou.

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* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Jin and Jingorou.Jingorou are white haired warriors, the former betrayed his only family to seek more power, and the latter is OnlyInItForTheMoney.
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* ElevatorActionSequence: The eighth and final stage is comprised entirely of a descending elevator as one faces [[BossRush each one of the bosses in quick succession]].

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* ElevatorActionSequence: The fitfh stage has descending elevator halfway into the level. The eighth and final stage is comprised entirely of a descending elevator as one faces [[BossRush each one of the bosses in quick succession]].

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