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''Speed Power Gunbike'' is an anime-inspired action-racing game developed by Creator/IntiCreates and published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan that was released only in Japan for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} on April 23, 1998. It was the very first game the company developed since their founding in 1996 and long before they went on to earn a name for themselves among 2D action games for their contributions to the ''Franchise/{{Mega Man}}'' series, crowd-funded indie projects such as ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' and ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', and their very own self-published series ''VideoGame/{{Azure Striker Gunvolt|Series}}'', among others.
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''Speed Power Gunbike'' is an anime-inspired action-racing game developed by Creator/IntiCreates and published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan that was released only in Japan for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} Platform/{{PlayStation}} on April 23, 1998. It was the very first game the company developed since their founding in 1996 and long before they went on to earn a name for themselves among 2D action games for their contributions to the ''Franchise/{{Mega Man}}'' series, crowd-funded indie projects such as ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' and ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', and their very own self-published series ''VideoGame/{{Azure Striker Gunvolt|Series}}'', among others.
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* ExcitedShowTitle: The names of most stages feature an exclamation mark or more.
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* BlueIsHeroic: Major Nouno has blue hair/eyes, a blue-colored bike suit (although during gameplay he wears a military uniform), and his Gunbike features dark blue colors. [[spoiler:Major Nouno however has ulterior motives that aren't so heroic.]]
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** The characters' Gunbikes feature three transformable modes similarly to the Variable Fighters of ''Anime/{{Macross}}''.
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** The characters' Gunbikes feature three transformable modes similarly modes, particularly being able to transform between a motorcycle and a mecha like the Variable Fighters Garlands of ''Anime/{{Macross}}''.''Anime/{{Megazone 23}}''.
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Its plot takes place in the future in year 2097 in Satome City, a fictional city in Japan that is being overrun by an army of machines that have gone rogue and began terrorizing humans, and opposing the mechanized threat is the few remaining members of a resistance force fighting against them. Among the resistance and their titular Gunbikes are the {{hot|Blooded}}-blooded Ippei and Gunbike, the {{emotionless|Girl}} [[RobotGirl Power Doll]] Ami and Proto, and the cool-but-strict Major Nouno and X. The gameplay is a hybrid of a racing game with a third-person mecha game as players take control of each character's Gunbike, a special motorcycle that can transform between a high-speed Bike Mode, an all-terrain Armored Rally Mode, and a Robot Mode for combat. Each mission throughout the game is timed as their Gunbike's [[{{Engrish}} Anergy]] steadily depletes over time or by taking damage from enemies and obstacles, encouraging players to quickly race their way through the stages and tackling obstacles, but also learn the abilities and quirks of each form their Gunbikes possesses as well as the courses of the missions. Although largely forgotten over the years, as well as being an obscure [[NoExportForYou import-only]] title, Inti Creates has made a few references to this game through their later titles.
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Its plot takes place in the future in year 2097 in Satome City, a fictional city in where Japan that is being overrun by an army of machines that have gone rogue and began terrorizing humans, and opposing the mechanized threat is the few remaining members of a resistance force fighting against them. Among the resistance and their titular Gunbikes are the {{hot|Blooded}}-blooded Ippei and Gunbike, the {{emotionless|Girl}} [[RobotGirl Power Doll]] Ami and Proto, and the cool-but-strict Major Nouno and X. The gameplay is a hybrid of a racing game with a third-person mecha game as players take control of each character's Gunbike, a special motorcycle that can transform between a high-speed Bike Mode, an all-terrain Armored Rally Mode, and a Robot Mode for combat. Each mission throughout the game is timed as their Gunbike's [[{{Engrish}} Anergy]] steadily depletes over time or by taking damage from enemies and obstacles, encouraging players to quickly race their way through the stages and tackling obstacles, but also learn the abilities and quirks of each form their Gunbikes possesses as well as the courses of the missions. Although largely forgotten over the years, as well as being an obscure [[NoExportForYou import-only]] title, Inti Creates has made a few references to this game through their later titles.
* AutoSave: The game features features an auto-save option that saves your progress in between stages.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The game's final stage[[spoiler:/ending sees your character going through a spiritual voyage as their soul travels through the cosmos past the Solar System, and presumably, reach to Heaven]].
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The [[spoiler:The game's final stage[[spoiler:/ending stage/ending sees your character going through a spiritual voyage as their soul travels through the cosmos past the Solar System, and presumably, reach to Heaven]].
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* BeeHiveBarrier: While pressing the Brake button in Robot Mode, your Gunbike while create a bee hive-like barrier in front of it to ward off some attacks.
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* BeeHiveBarrier: BeehiveBarrier: While pressing the Brake button in Robot Mode, your Gunbike while create a bee hive-like barrier in front of it to ward off some attacks.
* EternalEngine: [[spoiler:The final boss battle takes place where a super computer behind the robot attacks is being held.]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: Ami's bodysuit has two different colors that are split down the middle, and a mask that partially covers her face.
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The game's ending, which started from fighting off rogue mechanized robots to confronting those responsible for the outcome of the events, then ends with your character going through a spiritual voyage to Heaven. [[MindScrew Yeah]]...]]
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The game's ending, which started from fighting off rogue mechanized robots to robots, then confronting those responsible for the outcome of the events, and then ends with your character going through a spiritual voyage to Heaven. [[MindScrew Yeah]]...]]
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* JapaneseRanguage: The bits of English that was self-translated are often misspelled with a different letter, such as "Anergy" instead of "Energy".
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* JapaneseRanguage: The bits of English that was self-translated are often misspelled with a different letter, such PlayableEpilogue: [[spoiler:The game's final stage and ending is playable as "Anergy" instead of "Energy".you guide your character from the cosmos to eventually reach Heaven.]]
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The gameplay is centered around quickly racing through the game's stages and ending bosses quickly before their Anergy Meter reaches 0 which prompts a GameOver.
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''Speed Power Gunbike'' is an anime-inspired action-racing game developed by Creator/IntiCreates and published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan that was released only in Japan for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} on April 23, 1998. It was the very first game the company developed since their founding in 1996 and long before they went on to earn a name for themselves among 2D action games for their contributions to the ''Franchise/{{Mega Man}}'' series, crowd-funded indie projects such as ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' and ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', and their very own self-published series ''VideoGame/{{Azure Striker Gunvolt|Series}}'', among others.
Its plot takes place in the future in year 2097 in Satome City, a fictional city in Japan that is being overrun by an army of machines that have gone rogue and began terrorizing humans, and opposing the mechanized threat is the few remaining members of a resistance force fighting against them. Among the resistance and their titular Gunbikes are the {{hot|Blooded}}-blooded Ippei and Gunbike, the {{emotionless|Girl}} [[RobotGirl Power Doll]] Ami and Proto, and the cool-but-strict Major Nouno and X. The gameplay is a hybrid of a racing game with a third-person mecha game as players take control of each character's Gunbike, a special motorcycle that can transform between a high-speed Bike Mode, an all-terrain Armored Rally Mode, and a Robot Mode for combat. Each mission throughout the game is timed as their Gunbike's [[{{Engrish}} Anergy]] steadily depletes over time or by taking damage from enemies and obstacles, encouraging players to quickly race their way through the stages and tackling obstacles, but also learn the abilities and quirks of each form their Gunbikes possesses as well as the courses of the missions. Although largely forgotten over the years, as well as being an obscure [[NoExportForYou import-only]] title, Inti Creates has made a few references to this game through their later titles.
!!This game features examples of:
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The game's setting, which takes place in 2097.
* ArtificialIntelligence: Each of the Gunbikes have their own unique AI. The titular Gunbike's AI is an upbeat GenkiGirl, while Proto and X have a reserved male and female AI respectively.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The game's final stage[[spoiler:/ending sees your character going through a spiritual voyage as their soul travels through the cosmos past the Solar System, and presumably, reach to Heaven]].
* AwesomeButImpractical: Your super attacks, while powerful, suffer a long start-up animation while your foes can move about, potentially causing the attack to miss its target.
* AwesomenessMeter: Depending on how many hits your were able to land, you'll see various phrasing using "GUN" from your attacks, such as "GUN!" or "GUN! GUN! GUN!".
* BeeHiveBarrier: While pressing the Brake button in Robot Mode, your Gunbike while create a bee hive-like barrier in front of it to ward off some attacks.
* BlueIsHeroic: Major Nouno has blue hair/eyes, a blue-colored bike suit (although during gameplay he wears a military uniform), and his Gunbike features dark blue colors. [[spoiler:Major Nouno however has ulterior motives that aren't so heroic.]]
* CoolBike: The Gunbikes, transforming motorcyles with an an AI that speaks during gameplay.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ippei and Major Nouno eyes matches colors with their hair.
* DashAttack: A simple ramming attack can be performed by accelerating while in Robot Mode. When you are able to reach 160 Km/h or higher while in Bike or Rally Mode however, upon switching to Robot mode while speeding will perform a strong ramming Gun Attack to demolish obstacles or enemies in their way. The latter move can also be extended by pressing Down, Up while performing a Gun Attack.
* ExcitedShowTitle: The names of most stages feature an exclamation mark or more.
* EyePatchOfPower: Major Nouno has an eye patch over his right eye.
* GameplayGrading: At the end of each stage and boss battle, you'll be graded on your performance in these two criteria: Speed, based on how quickly you cleared the stage/boss battle, and Power, based on how many damage you were able to inflict.
* LaserBlade: Major Nouno's X uses one for its melee and dash attacks.
* LimitBreak: As players take down enemies and obstacles, they can build up G.Power for up to three levels, then by pressing Down, Up + Triangle or Up, Up, Up + Triangle in Robot Mode to unleash a powerful super attack, unfortunately this doesn't stop anything around you as your character's start-up animation happens before the attack launches.
* JapaneseRanguage: The bits of English that was self-translated are often misspelled with a different letter, such as "Anergy" instead of "Energy".
* PoweredArmor: The Gunbikes' Robot Mode becomes a powerful mech suit your protagonist can pilot, with your chosen character's head/helment making up the "head" of the Robot Mode.
* RedIsHeroic: Ippei has red hair/eyes, sports a bike suit with red colors, and pilots a red-colored Gunbike.
* ShoutOut:
** The characters' Gunbikes feature three transformable modes similarly to the Variable Fighters of ''Anime/{{Macross}}''.
** In Inti Creates' later works: Phantom from the ''Mega Man Zero'' series wears a mask that is reminiscent to Major Nouno's Gunbike helmet. The design of Eve's mutation in ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZeroII'' resembles Ami's character design. The naming scheme of ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'' in Western territories has a similar ring to this game's title.
* SomeDexterityRequired: Despite being released during the advent of the [=DualShock=] controller, ''Speed Power Gunbike'' however does not utilize the addition of analog sticks and the game features very complex controls when it comes handling your Gunbike's vehicle and mech modes.
* ThemeNaming: The default high score rankings features names of Inti Creates' staff members.
* TimedMission: Each of the game's stages are timed as your Gunbike's Anergy Meter depletes at varying rates depending on the difficulty, and to replenish it you must find Anergy containers hidden in some areas of the stage. Taking damage also depletes your Anergy Meter.
* TransformingVehicle: The Gunbikes can transform between a motorcycle, an armored all-terrain vehicle, and an power suit.
''Speed Power Gunbike'' is an anime-inspired action-racing game developed by Creator/IntiCreates and published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan that was released only in Japan for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} on April 23, 1998. It was the very first game the company developed since their founding in 1996 and long before they went on to earn a name for themselves among 2D action games for their contributions to the ''Franchise/{{Mega Man}}'' series, crowd-funded indie projects such as ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' and ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'', and their very own self-published series ''VideoGame/{{Azure Striker Gunvolt|Series}}'', among others.
Its plot takes place in the future in year 2097 in Satome City, a fictional city in Japan that is being overrun by an army of machines that have gone rogue and began terrorizing humans, and opposing the mechanized threat is the few remaining members of a resistance force fighting against them. Among the resistance and their titular Gunbikes are the {{hot|Blooded}}-blooded Ippei and Gunbike, the {{emotionless|Girl}} [[RobotGirl Power Doll]] Ami and Proto, and the cool-but-strict Major Nouno and X. The gameplay is a hybrid of a racing game with a third-person mecha game as players take control of each character's Gunbike, a special motorcycle that can transform between a high-speed Bike Mode, an all-terrain Armored Rally Mode, and a Robot Mode for combat. Each mission throughout the game is timed as their Gunbike's [[{{Engrish}} Anergy]] steadily depletes over time or by taking damage from enemies and obstacles, encouraging players to quickly race their way through the stages and tackling obstacles, but also learn the abilities and quirks of each form their Gunbikes possesses as well as the courses of the missions. Although largely forgotten over the years, as well as being an obscure [[NoExportForYou import-only]] title, Inti Creates has made a few references to this game through their later titles.
!!This game features examples of:
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The game's setting, which takes place in 2097.
* ArtificialIntelligence: Each of the Gunbikes have their own unique AI. The titular Gunbike's AI is an upbeat GenkiGirl, while Proto and X have a reserved male and female AI respectively.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The game's final stage[[spoiler:/ending sees your character going through a spiritual voyage as their soul travels through the cosmos past the Solar System, and presumably, reach to Heaven]].
* AwesomeButImpractical: Your super attacks, while powerful, suffer a long start-up animation while your foes can move about, potentially causing the attack to miss its target.
* AwesomenessMeter: Depending on how many hits your were able to land, you'll see various phrasing using "GUN" from your attacks, such as "GUN!" or "GUN! GUN! GUN!".
* BeeHiveBarrier: While pressing the Brake button in Robot Mode, your Gunbike while create a bee hive-like barrier in front of it to ward off some attacks.
* BlueIsHeroic: Major Nouno has blue hair/eyes, a blue-colored bike suit (although during gameplay he wears a military uniform), and his Gunbike features dark blue colors. [[spoiler:Major Nouno however has ulterior motives that aren't so heroic.]]
* CoolBike: The Gunbikes, transforming motorcyles with an an AI that speaks during gameplay.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ippei and Major Nouno eyes matches colors with their hair.
* DashAttack: A simple ramming attack can be performed by accelerating while in Robot Mode. When you are able to reach 160 Km/h or higher while in Bike or Rally Mode however, upon switching to Robot mode while speeding will perform a strong ramming Gun Attack to demolish obstacles or enemies in their way. The latter move can also be extended by pressing Down, Up while performing a Gun Attack.
* ExcitedShowTitle: The names of most stages feature an exclamation mark or more.
* EyePatchOfPower: Major Nouno has an eye patch over his right eye.
* GameplayGrading: At the end of each stage and boss battle, you'll be graded on your performance in these two criteria: Speed, based on how quickly you cleared the stage/boss battle, and Power, based on how many damage you were able to inflict.
* LaserBlade: Major Nouno's X uses one for its melee and dash attacks.
* LimitBreak: As players take down enemies and obstacles, they can build up G.Power for up to three levels, then by pressing Down, Up + Triangle or Up, Up, Up + Triangle in Robot Mode to unleash a powerful super attack, unfortunately this doesn't stop anything around you as your character's start-up animation happens before the attack launches.
* JapaneseRanguage: The bits of English that was self-translated are often misspelled with a different letter, such as "Anergy" instead of "Energy".
* PoweredArmor: The Gunbikes' Robot Mode becomes a powerful mech suit your protagonist can pilot, with your chosen character's head/helment making up the "head" of the Robot Mode.
* RedIsHeroic: Ippei has red hair/eyes, sports a bike suit with red colors, and pilots a red-colored Gunbike.
* ShoutOut:
** The characters' Gunbikes feature three transformable modes similarly to the Variable Fighters of ''Anime/{{Macross}}''.
** In Inti Creates' later works: Phantom from the ''Mega Man Zero'' series wears a mask that is reminiscent to Major Nouno's Gunbike helmet. The design of Eve's mutation in ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZeroII'' resembles Ami's character design. The naming scheme of ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'' in Western territories has a similar ring to this game's title.
* SomeDexterityRequired: Despite being released during the advent of the [=DualShock=] controller, ''Speed Power Gunbike'' however does not utilize the addition of analog sticks and the game features very complex controls when it comes handling your Gunbike's vehicle and mech modes.
* ThemeNaming: The default high score rankings features names of Inti Creates' staff members.
* TimedMission: Each of the game's stages are timed as your Gunbike's Anergy Meter depletes at varying rates depending on the difficulty, and to replenish it you must find Anergy containers hidden in some areas of the stage. Taking damage also depletes your Anergy Meter.
* TransformingVehicle: The Gunbikes can transform between a motorcycle, an armored all-terrain vehicle, and an power suit.
