History VideoGame / ShanghaiEXEGensoNetwork

** The Sunken Ship Computer, which is infested with undead sprites that attack Shanghai when talked to. The still-living ones that carry keys can be identified by how they look away into the distance. A generic navi from another world awaits as the area's boss.

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* DecompositeCharacter: Marisa Kirisame is used for the setting as Mari, her navi Marisa.EXE and her mother who's the actual Marisa but works overseas and [[TheGhost doesn't appear in the story]].

** [=TankMan.EXE=] originates from the ''VideoGame/MegaManUnlimited'' fangame.

* AdaptationNameChange: Alice's surname is changed from Margatroid to Shinki.

** Shanghai's experiece with Dark Chips lets her realize Utsuho turned evil from being corrupted by one.

It follows the adventures of ordinary student Alice Shiki and her delinquent [=NetNavi=] Shanghai.EXE as they fight the evil ROM organization in a world where EverythingIsOnline. Its story borrows from multiple scenarios from the entire ''Battle Network'' saga.

* TheDon: Shanghai has a lot of goons under her thumb, as well as their operators. Her influence is wide enough to have operatives ''out of the country'', [[spoiler:and even at Border Concern itself]].

** The infamous [=FlashMan=] and [=PlantMan=] chips from ''Battle Network 3'' that both damage and stun enemies exist here but only as Program Advances.

* NoSell: Shanghai isn't corrupted by Dark Chips other than having her Emotion briefly changed to evil to cancel other bonuses. This is one of the hints that she isn't a normal navi.

** The game has a fastfoward function, as if it was being run on a GBA emulator.

* DualBoss: Yukari operates both Ran and Chen at once in the Border Concern scenario. They fight like Bass and Punk, respectively.

* ForTheEvulz: Yukari is portrayed as a bored CorruptCorporateExecutive who supports the ROM organization just so they can wreak havoc upon the world.

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* StandardStatusEffects:

* IncrediblyLamePun: From one of the Humor skits: "Tell Mari I'm in the ground", meaning "Tell merry I'm go-round".

** The EX variant of the Juraigon viruses is called Ratholas, a reference to the iconic ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' monster Rathalos.

* DefeatMeansFriendship

** The [=DunBeetle=] family of viruses are based on mecha from ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'' and its spin-off ''Anime/TheWingsOfRean''. The [=AuraSword=] Battle Chips they drop, in turn, are based on the Aura Slash attack unique to their appearances in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.

''Shanghai.EXE: Genso Network'' is a PC fangame which crosses the gameplay of the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series with the cast of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' and that was developed by Technodot.

See ''Dream Force Hartman'' for another ''MMBN'' + ''Touhou'' game... which was ''also'' targeted by Capcom in 2021 when its developer announced it was to be released on Steam for free.

Also see ''Dream Force Hartman'' for another ''MMBN'' + ''Touhou'' game... which was ''also'' targeted by Capcom in 2021 when its developer announced it was to be released on Steam for free.

** The Sunken Ship Computer, which is infested with undead sprites that attack Shanghai when talked to. The still-living ones that carry keys can be identified by how they look away into the distance.
** The overheated Hospital Computer in which Shanghai must race between healing spots while losing HP to save Satori's life. Unlike the previous bonus dungeon, it does have a proper boss in Utsuho.

The game was shut down by Capcom on December 2018 just before it was completed due to using a donor-wall for betas but its leaked source code was built upon and translated to English by another developer as "[=SHNecro=]", without Technodot's blessing. Capcom took the project down a second time while it was on [=GitHub=], but once [[https://gitgud.io/SHNecro/shanghaiexe it was hosted at]] [=GitGud=] the admin of that site was able to talk with them and get a list of art assets that were directly lifted from the ''Battle Network'' games. Once those were changed to generic placeholders, Capcom finally let the game be.

The game was shut down by Capcom on December 2018 just before it was completed due to using a donor-wall for betas but its leaked source code was built upon and translated to English by [=SHNecro=]. Capcom took the project down a second time while it was on [=GitHub=], but once [[https://gitgud.io/SHNecro/shanghaiexe it was hosted at]] [=GitGud=] the admin of that site was able to talk with them and get a list of art assets that were directly lifted from the ''Battle Network'' games. Once those were changed to generic placeholders, Capcom finally let the game be.

* DeadAllAlong: PlayedForLaughs in one of the Humor skits. Shanghai claims a picture of a young Alice was taken 6 years before in her funeral, then goes "Just kidding"! Alice's dialogue portrait [[PuffOfLogic goes monochrome]] after hearing this and Shanghai starts [[MoodWhiplash freaking out]].

** After Yorihime is defeated by Shanghai, Reisen acknowledges both Alice and Shanghai as equals. Eirin asks Alice to befriend Reisen during the trip on the cruise ship, and Reisen doesn't mind hanging out or trusting Alice to help with her fight ROM afterwards.

** The Number Trader can yield very nice stuff as soon as it's available if you know the codes.

** Shanghai protects a reformed Medicine from Yorihime and duels her.

-->''"ROM - just by existing! - throws the world into chaos! Beautiful, brand-new chaos!"''

** Each Style element is associated with statuses like getting blinded, poisoned or slowed down.
** In the World [=UnderSquare=], there is a hostile [=HeelNavi=] named Buyer that specializes on the Blind Leaf chip that is guaranteed to blind the opponent (u[ess]]you're on Witch style). Upon defeat, he gets so frustrated he hands out ''five'' of them to Shanghai -- the only ones that can be obtained in the game, in fact.

* TournamentArc: The N1 League scenario, where Reimu is the final rival operator.

** The Dark Program Advances are supposed to have icons that [[https://imgur.com/WNHjAa6 depict the final bosses]] of each main ''Battle Network'' installment. The Dark Aura chip also depicts the Life Virus.

The game was shut down by Capcom on December 2018 just before it was completed due to using a donor-wall for betas but its leaked source code was built upon and translated to English by [=SHNecro=]. Capcom took the project down a second time while it was on [=GitHub=], but once [[https://gitgud.io/SHNecro/shanghaiexe it was hosted at]] [=GitGud=] the admin of that site was able to talk with them and get a list of art assets that were directly lifted from the ''Battle Network'' games. Once those were changed to generic assets, Capcom finally let the game be.