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Custom Robo (Video Game)
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Custom Robo is an action/third-person shooter/RPG/mecha video games series created by Noise and published by Nintendo. You're in a 20 Minutes into the Future game, with the biggest difference between us and them is that they have super advanced robots that fight each other. Sounds cool? Taking the Humongous Mecha premise and kicking it squarely in the chin, these robots are between eight and ten inches in height. They fight in Holosseums, which are areas designed specifically for this type of combat. They're controlled via "diving" into the robo, where the operator psychically becomes one with their robo. With about 200 different parts, including around 30 different robos, 5 customizable areas (Robo, gun, bomb, pod, legs), and a lot of options for each area, the series intends to live up to the word custom.The best-known game to North American players is the first one to release outside of Japan - the GameCube release, subtitled Battle Revolution in Japan but simply dubbed Custom Robo in America. The plot involves a talkative protagonist, a smart-aleck womanizer, and a girl who can see the last memories of a robo commander. Everyone uses robos, including the police, criminals, and you. Notable for being considerably Darker and Edgier (even if it doesn't seem like it at first) and serving as something of a Deconstruction of both the previous games as well as Mons Series in general.In May 2020, Kenkou Kouji, the original creator of the series released Spiritual Successor, Synaptic Drive. | |
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Tag Team Twins | |
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Also doubles as Tag Team Twins. | |
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Retired Badass | |
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Old TimerJP Funny Old Man: Also Lost in Translation - in the Japanese names, their names are all written in Kanji (Chinese letters). | |
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Canon Foreigner | |
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Canon Foreigner: Vanessa Gregar was the main focus of a short comic series available in three issues of Nintendo Power and was a prominent villain in the series, notable for her ability to hijack any robo at will from any distance to any arena she chooses. Then it would reveal she was one of the last remnants of a government conspiracy regarding experiments done to get the ultimate robo commander and so her records were changed to make her a criminal. The series ends on a cliffhanger and the series never picks up afterward, let alone make any mention of this. | |
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Katanas Are Just Better | |
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Katanas Are Just Better: Arena has an illegal Strike Vanisher called Katana,note In Japan it is called Nagamitsu, after a renouned WWII-era swordsmith, who forged critically-acclaimed - you guessed it - katanas so it sort of fits... Not to mention it uses a sword-shaped gun, which it makes a habit of stabbing people with in cutscenes and fires massive energy blasts (sword beams?) during battles. | |
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Morning Routine | |
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Morning Routine: The Battle Revolution Protagonist only needs three seconds to get ready for work, assuming he is on his routine. Throw him off though and... | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Marcia underwent this when stumbling upon the masked person, being exceptionally reluctant to fight, and especially mumbling about her missing older brother before Harry shouted at her to snap out of it (in a very coarse manner, as well). Turns out there was an extremely good reason why she was undergoing a Heroic BSoD during that time, as the masked man working for Oboro was in fact her brother, Sergei. | |
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Heroic Mime | |
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Heroic Mime: Your character in most of the games, as per usual for the genre. Averted for the Gamecube one, though. The protagonist is quite talkative. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: Battle Revolution throws the protagonist against an evil organization doing crimes and stealing what they want, which isn't exactly abnormal for this kind of series besides how violent certain members are. Then Rahu is introduced, and it turns out that not only does it actually murder someone, it ended the world outside of the dome ages ago. | |
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Evil Versus Evil | |
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Evil Versus Evil: Oboros and Eliza can't stand the other's leadership, and there's infighting over leadership of Z. | |
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Terrible Trio | |
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Terrible Trio: Arena has Lunax, Solax, and Terrax, the "Supernovas" from Bayside Academy. Evil and his cronies from Battle Revolution. | |
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Defeat Means Friendship | |
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Defeat Means Friendship: Bull (Arena) | |
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Say My Name | |
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Say My Name: In Battle Revolution. Sergei yelling "OBOROS!!" upon revealing that he had been faking loyalty to Oboros all along, and swapping sides to help the protagonists. | |
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Dead All Along | |
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Dead All Along: Dr. Mars in Arena, with Scythe impersonating him. | |
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Death from Above | |
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Death from Above: Given the aerial nature of the robos and the firepower they possess, there is plenty of this, but special mention must made of the Lightning Sky models, as their 'Sky Dash' renders them the only ones capable of repeatedly raining bullets and bombs on their opponents while simultaneously soaring through the air, which is emphasised significantly by the fact that they assume the forms of fighter jets for this feat. Also, equipping an Aerial Beauty model with the High Jump boots allows one to often rain down death from above simply by jumping out of the range of most short to mid-ranged weapons and firing. Especially true with the gatling gun and others that fire multiple rounds at once. The Rayfall Gun, Sword Storm, and Crystal Strike Laser also like to do this. Though, the Crystal Strike Laser can turn into Death From Below, if you use it to juggle an enemy to death. | |
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The Rival | |
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The Rival: Marv. He's the only consistent rival in all the games. In the Gamecube version, he's not the rival. He's just some guy who shows up and declares you his "rival", then is never heard from again. | |
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Cool Shades | |
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Cool Shades: The Ray Sky had them first (in GX), but since the franchise started being marketed to the west, most of the robos have gained either these or faceguards - presumably because American robots are hardcore. Ryuujin of Nikaidou's Four Heavenly Kings wears a pair of shades when he's masquerading as Ryo at legal tournaments. Eiji, the commander of the A.I.R.S in GX, sports a pair of blue aviators identical to the ones on his robo. | |
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Ambiguously Brown | |
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Ambiguously Brown: Both Harry and his sister Mira in Battle Revolution. | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation: Always with the aim of conquering the world with their newly-created "ultimate robo"; the Nikaido Group with Dark Chimera; the Greybaum Syndicate with Hadron. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: After managing to break up a Two-Timer Date incident, Harry rushes out to get to his own date. He drops the slip of paper with her number and the camera zooms in on it, implying that it would become important later on. That's because the immediate next mission involved breaking up your next door neighbors who were having an immense fight because the wife thought that her husband was cheating on her due to finding a phone number in his jacket, the same phone number Harry got. | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money! | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: In Arena, Angelica/Cattleya uses her custom-designed Carat robo in the strictly regulated Great Robo Cup, making it as far as the semi-finals. Said character is the absurdly wealthy granddaughter of the world's leading robo developer and chief sponsor of said tournament. Said robo and its weapons are military-grade and highly illegal in the competitive environment. But, being a Rich Bitch and all... | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: In Arena Liv, concerned the group's actions may get them in trouble, thinks of creating a program to erase the witnesses memories (memory erasing programs are a key part of the plot for the GCN Battle Revolution title). Looking closely at Liv's shirt during a cutscene that occurs during said actions will have the light form the Z-Syndicate's logo between her breasts. Given the strong continuity in all of the other games, one could also consider this to be a Continuity Nod. | |
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City in a Bottle | |
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City in a Bottle: Battle Revolution eventually reveals that you've been living in a domed city and your "flat world" was actually the last habitable area of a ruined round planet. Rahu destroyed most of the planet, with nothing left outside but a handful of ruins and the Z-Syndicate's base surrounded by floating abyss and storms. | |
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Trapped in the Host | |
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Trapped in the Host: Rahu got itself trapped in a Robo thanks to the mental Dive system Robos use to link with Commanders, which stuck it in a physical body people could finally fight back against and seal away. | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen: Marcia. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshaded by the hero jokingly asking the guy running the fight if he's going to take off his clothes for the match, too. | |
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Beam Spam | |
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Beam Spam: Jirou from Custom Robo, V2 and GX. His signature tactic is to constantly spam homing beams with the aptly-named Rayfall Gun. And since he uses a Metal Grappler model, the Metal Bear, he takes less time to reload. The Crystal Strike Gun in the Gamecube game. It can kill the opposition in about 10 seconds with an unending stream of giant homing beams. 20, if they have a robo that can teleport around. | |
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Beast Man | |
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Burning Beast: The beasts they resemble. | |
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The Scrappy | |
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The Scrappy: Evil is something of an in-universe example of this, as the only people who seem to like him at all are his two sidekicks. Actually, he seems to be well-liked and respected, outside of the Steal Hearts. The Steal Hearts are more akin to the in-universe example, with everyone calling them "bottom feeders" and the game implying that they're generally treated like dirt before the hero joins up with them. | |
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Cool, but Inefficient | |
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Cool, but Inefficient: The Ray 01. While initially played up as some form of Super Prototype, it is revealed that its stats are absolutely basic. And when asked, a scientist that developed it reveals that it's secret is that it just looks cool. Truth in Television: In product engineering, different prototypes are often built to test the various different components of an eventual end product. In this case the Ray 01 was likely a test of its appearance or casing, while it's actual functional components were that of a more basic model. This is also likely why the labs had little issue with essentially a stranger using it, and getting to keep it. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
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Hidden Depths: Your hard-assed, tough-as-nails-looking boss in Battle Revolution turns out to have an affinity for poetry. He beats a hasty retreat when the others find out and Harry tries to bring it up. | |
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Glass Cannon | |
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Glass Cannon: The A.I.R.S. in Arena. It augments the damage output of any weapon to ludicrous levels, has extremely good control and aerial mobility, and can air dash twice;note The standard Lightning Sky models' unique 'Sky Dash' enables them to effectively fly, but can only do it once in succession. however, it takes high damage due to its low defense and gets knocked down quickly due to its low endurance. Battle Revolution brings us Ray Legend, an obsolete version of Ray (based off the Ray model from the original game, no less! That, true to its outdated nature, is the frailest robo in the game. It's also the hardest-hitting robo in the game, and makes up for its poor defenses by possessing six air dashesnote four more than a Shining Fighter model, which this robo technically is, should have with which to approach, escape, and dodge with incredible ease. | |
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Chivalrous Pervert | |
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Chivalrous Pervert: Harry in Battle Revolution. While he will unabashedly flirt with almost any and every beautiful woman he sees, he is sincere and earnest in his words and actions. He still sees and cares for everyone as the people they are. In one instance, he invites a lady scientist to a tournament featuring beautiful women, and when she expresses her lack of confidence in her appearance, Harry gives her encouragement and reassurance in her beauty before her turn to battle. | |
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Auto-Save | |
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There actually is a way to do this in Battle Revolution despite the game running on Auto-Save. During the Grand Battle the game will save twice during tournaments, once at the halfway point and once after the final match where your score is calculated. If you don't like how the second half of your tournament is going, you can reload a save at the halfway point to avoid starting all over. However the game also saves whenever you pick up a hidden part in the real world. Most of these parts are hidden in the room where the tournaments are taking place, so with proper planning you can pick up a hidden part right before a particularly dicey battle and then keep reloading your save until you get a high enough score for gold. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Evil of Battle Revolution, during a tag-team tournament, when your partner is in the middle of a Heroic BSoD, he tells his partner to stop fighting (making the match a 1 on 1) claiming he doesn't like fighting 2 on 1. Played for Hypocritical Humor as a Brick Joke in "The Grand Battle" epilogue, where he is your partner for the 2 on 1 tournament. It makes sense that he'd do that for show during the main story mode, since at that point, he's still supposed to be the hero that everyone likes. He's not outed as a bad guy, yet. He's just a jerk that runs a rival group of bounty hunters that everyone likes better than the Steal Hearts. On a much lower scale, Bull in Arena is a bully, but he's at least nice enough to be concerned that the player character might get hurt during their very first robo battle, and sends out one of his minions instead. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_319e4a2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_319e4a2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_319e4a2f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_34de376f | type |
Backup Twin | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_34de376f | comment |
Backup Twin: Isabella to Eliza in Battle Revolution. Also doubles as Tag Team Twins. Yaiba and Tsurugi in V2, when they merge their Lance and Spear to create the illegal Bayonette, which they then dual-dive into to battle the player. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_34de376f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_34de376f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_34de376f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_363f94c9 | type |
Awful Truth | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_363f94c9 | comment |
Awful Truth: Late into Battle Revolution's story you learn that the game is actually taking place After the End and that no one in the general public actually knows this, instead thinking that the world is flat and walled. The revelation leaves the heroes shaken to their core and the government uses this as justification as to how there is no positive benefit to people knowing the truth and that they're better off living in blissful ignorance. However this notion is then defied later, when the heroes decide that having people learn the truth of the world and coming to grip with it is the only way for their society to move forward. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_363f94c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_363f94c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_363f94c9 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | type |
Boring, but Practical | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | comment |
Boring, but Practical: The 3-Way Gun in the Gamecube release. Mild damage and one of the earliest guns in the game. But with solid homing and the sheer amount of projectiles just falling short of a Macross Missile Massacre , The gun can be depended upon for most of the game. Plus if used at point blank range, all the projectiles can be made to hit, doing massive damage to just about everything. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_3f28ec84 | type |
The Wall Around the World | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_3f28ec84 | comment |
The Wall Around the World: The Gamecube game has this with a twist being that it's where the world actually ends. Or so you're all led to believe. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_3f28ec84 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_3f28ec84 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_3f28ec84 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e | type |
Bittersweet Ending | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: In Battle Revolution, Rahu is stopped, but the world is still near-entirely ravaged from the past. The post-game Grand Battle plot does bring up that the outside world is being explored again, and perhaps it might be able to be restored in due time, but that will be a long road to recovery. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_426181b8 | type |
Do-Anything Robot | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_426181b8 | comment |
Do-Anything Robot: Robos aren't solely for children's competitions. As early as the first game, one kid points out that they and Holosseums both have numerous practical uses in a variety of business, medical, construction and even peacekeeping and aerospace fields. However, Arena negatively notes that Robos make for disturbingly effective tools for terrorist organizations, and one post-game NPC makes a comment about them that wouldn't sound out of place in an argument concerning gun control. Battle Revolution highlights that the heroes especially use them, as they're quite effective in non-lethally taking down targets compared to the risks with real firearms. Further, even with their diminutive size, Robos are capable of massive property damage and serious harm to humans. Small or no, they’re still metal humanoids firing very real ballistic, energy, and explosive weapons at high speeds. Size and numerous limiters are about all that keeps them from being fatal. When a human-sized Robo with a mentality appears and acts outside of legal boundaries, people end up dead. Meanwhile Hadron from Arena is a normal sized Robo, but is a highly illegal model with many of the limiters a Robo would normally have absent to allow it to, among other things, absorb energy from a human with greater efficiency. Liv is fine as she's a special case, but when Hadron goes for Scythe (who while a skilled commander is otherwise a normal human in terms of mental energy) in a moment of desperation, the lack of limiters means nothing stops Hadron from draining Scythe to death. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_426181b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_426181b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_426181b8 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_43e36f2f | type |
Acrofatic | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_43e36f2f | comment |
Big BoyJP Fatty Vice: Hydrocarbons. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_43e36f2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_43e36f2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_43e36f2f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4534a70b | type |
You ALL Look Familiar | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4534a70b | comment |
You All Look Familiar: Lampshaded in the GameCube game. During the police-sponsored doubles tournament, a pair of "Boy" characters claim that they are going to lose because they were unnamed, and would bemoan this fact every time they are spoken to. They manage to make it to the top eight pairs, however, because everybody in their tournament block was also a unnamed "Boy" character. Also pulled off somewhat strangely; the background characters may all look the same as similarly-categorized characters (Boy, Girl, Scientist, Customer, etc), but there are a large number of recurring background characters with distinct personalities and quirks, such as a scientist who always whispers and a "cop" who is actually just a fanboy wearing a police uniform. Additionally, some side characters of absolutely no importance have distinct model differences, such as an obese mook in Eliza's maze, and Paulie, a cop with Perma-Stubble. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4534a70b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4534a70b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4534a70b | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4643f0d7 | type |
UnskippableCutScene | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4643f0d7 | comment |
Unskippable Cutscene: In all games. This is so bad in Battle Revolution that during the cutscene where Marcia's brother explains the truth behind Z, the game saves three different times. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4643f0d7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4643f0d7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4643f0d7 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Ernest, your boss in Battle Revolution. He's an abrasive, condensending cheapskate who initally refused to even let you join the Steel Hearts, but he genuinely cares about his employees and does become friendlier over the course of the game. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | type |
Butt-Monkey | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | comment |
Harry in Battle Revolution. He is generally seen as lazy, more focused on hitting on the nearest beautiful woman (rarely to any success), and is a general Butt-Monkey who almost noone respects. Despite this, he proves himself one of the best Robo Commanders ever, even acquiring a Class S license and being one of the Commanders who defeats Rahu's final form. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_47fea76b | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_486466ee | type |
Dual Boss | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_486466ee | comment |
Dual Boss: Averted in Battle Revolution where the protagonist and Marcia fight Sergei and Oboro, when suddenly Sergei picks this moment to turn on Oboro, making it a 3-on-1 fight. Played straight when the protagonist and Harry fight Eliza and Isabella. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_486466ee | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_486466ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_486466ee | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_48b9731f | type |
Paper-Thin Disguise | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_48b9731f | comment |
Paper-Thin Disguise: Marcia's older brother, Sergei, wears a mask to hide his identity while he is a member of the Z Syndicate. It proves ineffective seeing as how Marcia sees through it immediately the first time she gets a glance at him. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_48b9731f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_48b9731f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_48b9731f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | type |
Ace Custom | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | comment |
Ace Custom: In case the title did not clue you in, this is pretty much the entire point of the game. Customize your robot, become an Ace by shooting down other people's. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_49f8c18f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: About two-thirds of the way into Battle Revolution, leading into The Reveal, the player is asked what they know about the world. The two options they're presented with are "The world is round, like a ball" and "The world is flat, like a plate." The player, upon their first time playing the game, will more than likely choose the former answer. They're then treated to this exchange: | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7f703c | type |
Wham Shot | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7f703c | comment |
Wham Shot: The scene in Battle Revolution where the Police Chief reveals the outside world by opening the wall that the main characters thought was the edge of the world. Everything about the main character's worldview is shattered in an instant. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7f703c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7f703c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4e7f703c | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | type |
Early-Installment Weirdness | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: The only game you couldn't change your Body Part was in the very first title. As soon as V2, you can ditch the Ray and radically change your playstyle thanks to the different bodies having significant shifts in abilities and Special Attacks. This stuck for the rest of the series. The first game also noticeably had very humanoid Robo models, looking more like people in armor, whereas follow-ups make the Robos distinctly more, well, robotic. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_4f4372e9 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_504e271f | type |
But Thou Must! | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_504e271f | comment |
But Thou Must!: Strategy speeches before battles all end with an option for "Got It," "Don't Got it," and a third, usually humorous, situation-specific option. Picking anything but "Got It" makes the speaker repeat himself or herself. Granted, the point was to get the speaker to repeat the strategic advice, but there's no reason that options like "Ha ha! They called you a jerk!" or "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" should make Harry repeat himself. Also subverted at one point in Battle Revolution - by saying "no" enough times, you won't have to follow Harry into the enemy-filled bathroom. You can also use this on Harry's sister to give her your watch, thus forcing you to backtrack all the way back to Harry's house to get it back, thus interrupting the big long explanation of what Rahu is. It takes about 20 or so tries to get her to take the watch, and she starts finding it creepy that you're so anxious to give it away. You can also keep refusing to go with the group to save the world, until Harry runs out of ideas to convince you to go with him, which ends in a Game Over, as the other heroes aren't strong enough to win without you and your watch. Before this point, he'll even say "If you won't do it for me, then how about doing it for Marcia?" | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_504e271f | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_504e271f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_504e271f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_50f66629 | type |
Crazy-Prepared | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_50f66629 | comment |
Crazy-Prepared: In Arena Liv simply carries around a program to disable the safety lock on a Custom Robo and allow it to fight outside a Holosseum. Keep in mind such a program is illegal in the setting.note Robos are armed with real weapons that are only kept from attacking commanders via the Holosseum acting as a wall | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_50f66629 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_50f66629 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_50f66629 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_530a1f86 | type |
Boobs of Steel | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_530a1f86 | comment |
Boobs of Steel: The Sassy Stunnernote In Japan, Sexy Stunner robo class, both figuratively and literally. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_530a1f86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_530a1f86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_530a1f86 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_539179db | type |
Synchronization | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_539179db | comment |
Synchronization: It takes a lot of mental energy to power a custom robo, and using them outside of holosseums risks causing physical and mental injury to the opponent. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_539179db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_539179db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_539179db | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_53c37297 | type |
Flash Step | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_53c37297 | comment |
Flash Step: The Strike Vanishers and (bizarrely) Burning Beasts can perform a 'Stealth Dash', which differs from the standard Air Dash in that they briefly become invisible and immune to gunfire,note Not bombs and pods though effectively behaving like short-range teleporting, allowing for dazzling, flashy air maneuvers that can confuse opponents. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_53c37297 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_53c37297 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_53c37297 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_55e5b37c | type |
Bragging Rights Reward | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_55e5b37c | comment |
Bragging Rights Reward: Getting a high win streak with the Chick in Arena's online mode earns you the title of "The Peerless Master" Getting all gold trophies The Grand Battle in Battle Revolution nets you the ultimate Shining Fighter model: Ray Warrior. However at that point you've clearly proven you're just fine without it. Not to mention that it's classified as an illegal part, which means that using it in any tournaments in The Grand Battle will severely hamper your score. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_55e5b37c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_55e5b37c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_55e5b37c | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5979acea | type |
Fragile Speedster | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5979acea | comment |
Little Sprinter: Units of measurement. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5979acea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5979acea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5979acea | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_59907e4f | type |
Police Are Useless | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_59907e4f | comment |
Police Are Useless: The police force in Battle Revolution only seem to have two members that can actually do their job right. The rest of the time they're constantly getting their butts kicked by the bad guys, even though all of them are supposed to pass an absurdly hard exam in order to even be accepted into the police. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_59907e4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_59907e4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_59907e4f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5c04772f | type |
Conviction by Counterfactual Clue | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5c04772f | comment |
Conviction by Counterfactual Clue: Zig-zagged in the case of Battle Revolution. Questions asked by the chief of police near the end of the game involve answers about the world and it's composition. The correct answer is generally the opposite of what the player would choose without a second thought, though at the same time that wrong answer used to be correct. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5c04772f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5c04772f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5c04772f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5ce2c9c6 | type |
Suddenly Shouting | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5ce2c9c6 | comment |
Suddenly Shouting: In Battle Revolution. Sergei, the quiet mysterious villain, suddenly swapping sides to help the protagonists and screaming his "superior's" name in rage seems to come completely out of left field until you learn that the Z Syndicate were not originally villains until Oboros and the Twins took over and corrupted the organization, betraying their oaths and duties. Sergei taking Oboros down as punishment for this betrayal. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5ce2c9c6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5ce2c9c6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5ce2c9c6 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5cfeb43f | type |
Save Scumming | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5cfeb43f | comment |
Save Scumming: Oddly enough, in Arena, not for battles - since you can repeat any fight an infinite number of times. However, in the Grand Battle sequence, you need to unlock thirty dioramas to battle Serene; dioramas are selected randomly when purchased; you do the maths. There actually is a way to do this in Battle Revolution despite the game running on Auto-Save. During the Grand Battle the game will save twice during tournaments, once at the halfway point and once after the final match where your score is calculated. If you don't like how the second half of your tournament is going, you can reload a save at the halfway point to avoid starting all over. However the game also saves whenever you pick up a hidden part in the real world. Most of these parts are hidden in the room where the tournaments are taking place, so with proper planning you can pick up a hidden part right before a particularly dicey battle and then keep reloading your save until you get a high enough score for gold. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5cfeb43f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5cfeb43f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5cfeb43f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5e782d0c | type |
Super Prototype | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5e782d0c | comment |
Super Prototype: Well it is said to be one but the Ray 01 isn't any better or worse than mass produced Rays. The Robo it is a prototype to presumably will be the super one. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5e782d0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5e782d0c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5e782d0c | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5f3bb274 | type |
Late-Arrival Spoiler | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5f3bb274 | comment |
Late-Arrival Spoiler: Restricted to Japan, but the music video for Identity -prologue- (a vocal song only in the Japanese version) makes the huge twist for the GCN game it's After the End clear. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5f3bb274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5f3bb274 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_5f3bb274 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_61115add | type |
The Rest Shall Pass | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_61115add | comment |
The Rest Shall Pass: Late in Battle Revolution, Mira and Roy hold back a huge wave of Z lackeys by themselves so the rest of the heroes can press on to Rahu's location. Later on, Sergei attempts to do the same with Eliza, but fails. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_61115add | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_61115add | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_61115add | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_62259825 | type |
Nintendo Hard | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_62259825 | comment |
Nintendo Hard: Subverted, in that the games get easier the worse you do. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_62259825 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_62259825 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_62259825 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6320eced | type |
Gameplay and Story Segregation | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6320eced | comment |
Gameplay and Story Segregation: Illegal Parts. They're supposed to put a mental strain on not only those using them, but also their opponents. And in all battles involving the parts, you get no negative effects except a penalty to your score (And scores only pop up in the post-game). In Arena in that it's heavily suggested that your character is more than able to withstand the mental strain, though this doesn't explain the random opponents. The story reason behind having your Ray MK II being replaced by the Ray MK III is that the MK III is supposed to be a better model that will allow the player to fight up to their full potential. In gameplay, the MK III is actually worse than the MK II, having slightly worse stats and a harder to use collision attack. Having the MK II taken away at this point in the game is more along the lines of having your training wheels removed rather than actually being an upgrade. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6320eced | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6320eced | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6320eced | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_644eca71 | type |
Rich Bitch | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_644eca71 | comment |
Rich Bitch: Angelica/Cattleya in Arena (See Screw the Rules, I Have Money! below). | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_644eca71 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_644eca71 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_644eca71 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_648fe274 | type |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_648fe274 | comment |
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Dr. Mars/Scythe, on killing Liv/Eddy's father in Arena | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_648fe274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_648fe274 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_648fe274 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_66a7aff7 | type |
Talk to Everyone | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_66a7aff7 | comment |
Talk to Everyone: The Gamecube version at least has an archive for strategic advice and important terms and concepts. The archives are mostly filled up with pre-battle advice and plot monologues, but some of it is gleamed from talking to side characters at certain points. So, annoyingly enough, the plot will stop and force you to talk to everyone from time to time. It does pay off, somewhat in the Grand Battle, though. This is how you get the Oil Can and Rahu II parts sets, and Crystal Strike Laser. It also gives you a couple of Glossery entries you wouldn't otherwise get. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_66a7aff7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_66a7aff7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_66a7aff7 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_67e9f779 | type |
Teleport Spam | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_67e9f779 | comment |
Teleport Spam: Quite a useful application of the Stealth Dash ability. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_67e9f779 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_67e9f779 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_67e9f779 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_68068108 | type |
Evil Laugh | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_68068108 | comment |
THAT Laugh. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_68068108 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_68068108 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_68068108 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69ab6c58 | type |
Justified Tutorial | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69ab6c58 | comment |
Justified Tutorial: Usually done by making your character new to controlling robos. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69ab6c58 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69ab6c58 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69ab6c58 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69dfa613 | type |
Cephalothorax | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69dfa613 | comment |
Cephalothorax: As seen above, there is a whole line of robos like that actually. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69dfa613 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69dfa613 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_69dfa613 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6a47a1e2 | type |
Knight of Cerebus | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6a47a1e2 | comment |
Knight of Cerebus: Often when the criminal organizations get involved within the storylines, but Battle Revolution takes this an extra step forwards with Rahu, an Outside-Context Problem of an invisible murderous entity that destroyed almost all of the world until it got sealed inside a Robo by accident. And it's intent on finishing the job. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6a47a1e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6a47a1e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6a47a1e2 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6afefa62 | type |
My Girl Is a Slut | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6afefa62 | comment |
My Girl Is a Slut: Eddy (jokingly?) suggests both the PC and Dennis are his sister's boyfriends, then compliments her on it. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6afefa62 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6afefa62 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6afefa62 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59 | type |
The Reveal | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
The Reveal: Battle Revolution has two major ones. In the main story there is the reveal about how Rahu destroyed the world and the survivors built a domed city and covered it all up while claiming that there was nothing beyond its walls. And then in The Grand Battle you find out in the very last tournament that nobody else's Commander rank were actually dropped back down to D except for the protagonist. The entire thing was put together to give the protagonist a true challenge and to test their limits after they defeated Rahu. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b35bdff | type |
Serious Business | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b35bdff | comment |
Serious Business: And how. Numerous NPCs in the series point out how obsessed people are with Robos, and the protagonist of Battle Revolution is actually somewhat baffled by how serious folks get over all of it. The same game does have a justification for it, at least. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b35bdff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b35bdff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6b35bdff | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Mamoru was renamed 'Mason' in Arena. Though only a passing reference is made to him and his previous victories in the Great Robo Cup, the meaning in his namenote Mamoru means 'protect' is lost, as he not only was a guardian and ally of the previous protagonists, but later became a police officer in GX, which in the world of Custom Robo is apparently kind of a big deal. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6cf2293a | type |
All in a Row | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6cf2293a | comment |
All in a Row: Several times in both Arena and Battle Revolution. Some games in the series don't let you walk through your followers either. Exaggerated in the Gamecube game, late in the story, where up to six people follow the protagonist, all in a line. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6cf2293a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6cf2293a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6cf2293a | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6d07bf85 | type |
Welcome to Corneria | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6d07bf85 | comment |
Welcome to Corneria: Largely averted. While people will only say one thing between events, the events that change NPC dialogue can be as small as a single battle. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6d07bf85 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6d07bf85 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6d07bf85 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6e9e1e32 | type |
GottaCatchEmAll | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6e9e1e32 | comment |
Gotta Catch 'Em All: The robo parts. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6e9e1e32 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6e9e1e32 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6e9e1e32 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | type |
Guide Dang It! | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | comment |
Guide Dang It!: Induced by the language barrier resulting from being Japan-exclusive. While these games are typically very easy to complete without speaking a word of Japanese, GX has a point in the latter third of the game where a password must be used move forward, halting any player that cannot read Japanese. note The solution is fairly obvious to Japanese players, as the password is used to obtain the robo. The password, as it turns out, is Ray Skyer (レイスカイヤー reisukaiyaa - Ray Sky's Japanese name). Getting some of the illegal parts in Battle Revolution requires examining inconspicuous objects in a game where you otherwise do not need to do this for any reason save one section around the middle of the game, making them easy to miss. Similarly, the Crystal Strike gun and Rahu II parts require talking to specific opponents in the middle of a tournament repeatedly, something you never do otherwise unless it's to start a round against them. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_714741cc | type |
Like Reality, Unless Noted | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_714741cc | comment |
Like Reality, Unless Noted: Double-subverted in Battle Revolution. When asked if the world is round or flat, saying that the world is round gets you chastised by your friends. Apparently, the world being flat is grade-school knowledge. Soon enough, you find out that you've been living in a domed city and your "flat world" was actually the last habitable area of a ruined round planet. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_714741cc | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_714741cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_714741cc | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_716c0b1b | type |
And the Adventure Continues | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_716c0b1b | comment |
And the Adventure Continues: After clearing all the Grudge Matches and clearing the final battle against Liv, Dennis shows up and asks you guys what you should do next. Liv suggests the three of you teaming up again and taking on the international robo circuit, at which point the game's main theme plays and the scene fades to black. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_716c0b1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_716c0b1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_716c0b1b | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | type |
Action Prologue | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | comment |
Action Prologue: Arena starts off by having the player fighting the Jameson using a customized Ray Mk III, but it's All Just a Dream. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77414bc2 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77c9a628 | type |
Your Soul Is Mine! | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77c9a628 | comment |
Your Soul Is Mine!: While the exact phrase used is "life energy", the idea is the same. After defeating Hadron the first time and managing to separate Liv from it, the Robo goes for the next closest source of mental energy, namely Scythe. Except it drains so much energy the Robo ends up assimilating Scythe's personality and memories as well, implicitly killing him in the process. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77c9a628 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77c9a628 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_77c9a628 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | type |
Healing Hands | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | comment |
Healing Hands: Liv (Arena), who can give mental energy to others. Great for when the protagonist is too tired to keep fighting, but on the other hand it makes her a very attractive target for an organization who needs a power source for their ultimate robo. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7913eb6f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7a199cc7 | type |
Rocket Jump | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7a199cc7 | comment |
Rocket Jump: The "acrobat" bomb is made exclusively for this. It does no damage but explodes instantly and launches you in the air. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7a199cc7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7a199cc7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7a199cc7 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7c0bfb83 | type |
Obviously Evil | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7c0bfb83 | comment |
Obviously Evil: Evil. Purple hair, hook nose, Jerkass attitude, and oh... his name. Subverted, because Evil's not actually evil at all... Just a jerk, and a very minor antagonist. THAT Laugh. Also, the Z-Syndicate bosses after the schism: Oboro, Eliza, and Isabella are very obviously evil by their personalities (and in at least Oboro's case, appearance). This would be perfectly normal, given that they are the heads of factions of an evil organization, but becomes questionable when we learn that the original Z-Syndicate boss didn't intend for the Z-Syndicate to be an evil organization at all. Kindjal from Arena also borrows Evil's purple hair and sharp facial features for her own look. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7c0bfb83 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7c0bfb83 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7c0bfb83 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7d7f4e4f | type |
Magical Girl | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7d7f4e4f | comment |
Aerial Beauty: Celestial objects. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7d7f4e4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7d7f4e4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_7d7f4e4f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8029fa50 | type |
True Final Boss | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8029fa50 | comment |
True Final Boss: Eddy and Liv in Arena are unlocked by beating every other grudge match. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8029fa50 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8029fa50 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8029fa50 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_81750a32 | type |
Full-Potential Upgrade | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_81750a32 | comment |
Full-Potential Upgrade: Why the Ray mk II needed to be replaced with the Ray mk III. Stark, as well, needs a specially made military Robo. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_81750a32 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_81750a32 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_81750a32 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_825f60fa | type |
Mercy Invincibility | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_825f60fa | comment |
Mind you, since it can't be knocked down, it doesn't get Mercy Invincibility... | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_825f60fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_825f60fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_825f60fa | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_830ceec9 | type |
Inevitable Tournament | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_830ceec9 | comment |
Inevitable Tournament: A lot of this. GX takes it far higher than eleven, as mandatory tournaments comprise the entire game, excepting only a small portion at the end where you storm the Nikaidou Group's headquarters to take out the Big Bad and his elite henchmen. Then you get to the postgame, which is composed of - you guessed it - more tournaments. Exaggerated on the Gamecube game. There's around 5 of these in the main story and the Battle Royale epilogue is literally nothing more than back-to-back tournaments. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_830ceec9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_830ceec9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_830ceec9 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | comment |
Illegal Parts. They're supposed to put a mental strain on not only those using them, but also their opponents. And in all battles involving the parts, you get no negative effects except a penalty to your score (And scores only pop up in the post-game). In Arena in that it's heavily suggested that your character is more than able to withstand the mental strain, though this doesn't explain the random opponents. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8409a385 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: A very obvious example in V2's Tag Team Twins, Yaiba and Tsurugi respectively. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8411ab92 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_857d1626 | type |
Power Glows | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_857d1626 | comment |
Power Glows: Soulboost. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_857d1626 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_857d1626 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_857d1626 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_875615dd | type |
Truth in Television | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_875615dd | comment |
Truth in Television: In product engineering, different prototypes are often built to test the various different components of an eventual end product. In this case the Ray 01 was likely a test of its appearance or casing, while it's actual functional components were that of a more basic model. This is also likely why the labs had little issue with essentially a stranger using it, and getting to keep it. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_875615dd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_875615dd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_875615dd | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: Rahu fits this in spades. A mysterious being of unknown origin who just appeared out of nowhere one day? Check. Intimidating and emotionless? Check. Being responsible fo destroying most of the world and only acting on the principle of destruction and evolution? Big check! And this was before it merged with a robo! Eventually it was sealed away and the remaining humans eventually forgot about both it and the world outside the dome. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8774fb47 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_87ce0385 | type |
Series Mascot | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_87ce0385 | comment |
Series Mascot: The Ray series; every game begins by receiving a Ray model. However, you only are restricted to using Ray in the first game. Arena's Ray Mk III represented the series in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an Assist Trophy. The Ray series is so popular in fact, that when they introduced the Lightning Sky class in GX, the first obtainable one, the Ray Sky, was modelled on the Ray series, is featured prominently in the title screen animation◊ and obtaining it is an vital plot point for progressing in the game. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_87ce0385 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_87ce0385 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_87ce0385 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_881b90be | type |
Bling of War | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_881b90be | comment |
Bling of War: From GX and Arena, the A.I.R.S. robo, which has been drastically enhanced for military use, and is also gold-plated from head to toe. Also from Arena, the aptly-named Carat robo. Also military-grade, but extremely gaudy and diamond-encrusted. Something of a subversion though, as it is a Rich Bitch's custom design for her own personal use (see Screw the Rules, I Have Money! below). | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_881b90be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_881b90be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_881b90be | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f | type |
Character Customization | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f | comment |
Character Customization: It's right in the title. You can continuously customize your robot, to get a full perspective on all compatible parts as they become available, to be optimally ready for any encounter, or just to abate repetition. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | type |
Deconstruction | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | comment |
Deconstruction: Most of the franchise follows a mostly light-hearted Shonen style what with standard competitions, tournaments and occasional dirty play among kids and teens with criminals causing trouble, usually only getting tense later in the stories. Battle Revolution dissects this formula thoroughly with a generally older cast than the rest of the series with mostly young to older adults, a far more serious tone with our main heroes being bounty hunters fighting a criminal syndicate that genuinely threatens people's lives, becoming the very best is mostly just getting more efficient at your job and the traditional idea of it kept for the post-game, and comes up with a justification for why just about everyone in the entire city uses the Robos beyond just being a common hobby: it's a secret government-directed effort to prepare counter-measures and have the populace trained for if Rahu was ever unsealed again. The game also brings up a point only loosely mentioned throughout the series up to that point, in that Robos can be used outside of Holosseums but it's illegal and can potentially get people seriously injured. The main antagonist of Battle Revolution is a human-sized Robo controlled by an Eldritch Abomination, and even if it doesn't have its full world destroying power, it murders a man by attacking outside of a Holosseum with the implication that even if it fights in one, it has no limiters to prevent lethality from being dealt to Commanders. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8ae880f7 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8d0785d5 | type |
Didn't Think This Through | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8d0785d5 | comment |
Didn't Think This Through: The whole Z-Syndicate, sans Sergei, decides that they must capture Rahu to try to control and even upgrade it to rule the world, even splintering the faction with everyone wanting claim to it. You know, the same Rahu that ended the world. As anyone that's not them can expect, this does not work as intended and even makes Rahu way stronger. Great going. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8d0785d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8d0785d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8d0785d5 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8e5c862 | type |
Ancient Conspiracy | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8e5c862 | comment |
Ancient Conspiracy: The Gamecube game reveals that the entire world is in a dome, because Rahu destroyed the rest. It was originally an unstoppable, intangible force until it tried controlling a Robo and got stuck inside of it, which is why everyone uses Custom Robos. It's so the government can find and train people like the hero, in case Rahu wakes up. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8e5c862 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8e971de4 | type |
Tournament Arc | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8e971de4 | comment |
Tournament Arc: The Grand Battle in Battle Revolution. Not quite a real tournament in practice, though, as it's ultimately every character in the game vs. you. In the main story for Battle Revolution, the player takes part in three tournament over the course of the story, each one longer than the last. Arena has several tournaments throughout the story with rival schools, all culminating with the Grand Robo Battle which pits the player against the best champions in the world. Most of them are still your fellow classmates. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8e971de4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8e971de4 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8f1ec2c5 | type |
Joke Character | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8f1ec2c5 | comment |
Joke Character: The Oil Can in Battle Revolution and the Chick in Arena; they're worse in every way than the default. Some of the parts, such as the Can Legs and Chick Legs, even lower your Robo's general stats as an antithesis to, say, the Ultimate legs which boost them. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8f1ec2c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_8f1ec2c5 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | type |
Giant Space Flea from Nowhere | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | comment |
Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: In Arena, your first experience with a Jameson is in a dream sequence at the start, but it's merely a glorified, and very powerful, pair of gatekeepers in the end-game. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_902fa0b4 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_912b24c4 | type |
Art Shift | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_912b24c4 | comment |
Art Shift: A drastic one, shifting from chibi fanservice to high-tech sci-fi to finally settling somewhere between the two. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_912b24c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_912b24c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_912b24c4 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | type |
Mighty Glacier | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | comment |
Metal Grappler: Large mammals. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_933576c8 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | type |
Artificial Stupidity | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | comment |
Artificial Stupidity: Usually your allies and enemies are surprisingly competent, but don't be surprised to see them not understand how area-of-effect explosions and certain spread attacks work. Plus if a target is simply too aggressive and mobile, they can end up incapable of reacting efficiently - just see Harry and Marcia versus Rahu. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_940a5958 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_970c790a | comment |
Notably, Rahu in Battle Revolution isn't just entirely composed of Illegal Parts, but they get stronger with the story's progression. This is a boss who flagrantly cheats almost all of the game mechanics and can K.O. you within seconds if you're not careful, and all of this overpowered cheapness is entirely in-universe as a reason why everyone dreads battling it. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_970c790a | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_98c80fe5 | type |
Hour of Power | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_98c80fe5 | comment |
Hour of Power: Soulboost. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_98c80fe5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_98c80fe5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_98c80fe5 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9a4ff3b1 | type |
Post-End Game Content | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9a4ff3b1 | comment |
Post-End Game Content: Beating Battle Revolution unlocks a playable epilogue revolving around the city setting up a tournament for the protagonist to participate in in order to make him even stronger. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9a4ff3b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9a4ff3b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9a4ff3b1 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9af10b44 | type |
Double Jump | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9af10b44 | comment |
Double Jump: Every class of robo has a double jump or some command in place of them that works just as well. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9af10b44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9af10b44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9af10b44 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9b0f37de | type |
Contemplate Our Navels | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9b0f37de | comment |
Contemplate Our Navels: The gargantuan Infodump near the end of the Gamecube game shatters everything the protagonists knew about the world, resulting in a lot of navel-gazing. It's so long that the game offers two different save points in the middle of it just so that you can take a break and not have to sit through all of it again. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9b0f37de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9b0f37de | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: When you first fight Solax, he's a bit of a pushover. Then you fight in a tournament and he's suddenly a lot harder to beat. This probably comes from the fact that he's Brilliant, but Lazy. The final string of battle in the Grand Battle mode. Everyone else has powered up their robos just so they can try to beat you. Also the Z Boss Battle challenge, where everyone is using illegal parts, including your friend. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9bcd82c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9bcd82c0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d09bf1a | type |
American Kirby Is Hardcore | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d09bf1a | comment |
American Kirby Is Hardcore: Originally, the games had robos that looked like cute chibi anime characters in colourful costumes. For instance, the Shining Fighters looked like shonen heroes, the Aerial Beauties were essentially magical girls and the Sassy/Sexy Stunners were basically vixens in leotards that possessed large breasts and very visible thighs. The soundtrack was light-hearted, and even the sound effects were cartoony and humourous. However, starting with Battle Revolution - the first game to reach western shores - the games have received a visual makeover; all of the robos suddenly had complex armour, faceguards, shades and goggles, and the more human-like ones only have visible skin on their faces. Battle Revolution is overtly hi-tech in appearance (but notably also the last game chronologically and set long after the others), while Arena is more of a happy marriage of the two styles, with an over-the-top rockified soundtrack. Of course, the GCN game is the only one that could display such a graphical style in the first place. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d09bf1a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d09bf1a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d09bf1a | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d90e013 | type |
Heel–Face Brainwashing | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d90e013 | comment |
Heel–Face Brainwashing: Everyone in the Z Syndicate except Sergei goes through this at the end of Battle Revolution — they have all been made to think they're actors playing the part of the villains they truly were, with their headquarters being converted into a museum. This means Sergei has to pretend he's also a paid actor like them so they don't become suspicious of him. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d90e013 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d90e013 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9d90e013 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Given the strong continuity in all of the other games, one could also consider this to be a Continuity Nod. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a1e5faab | type |
Doomed by Canon | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a1e5faab | comment |
Doomed by Canon: If you take Battle Revolution as a canon tail end of the timeline, nearly the entirety of the world that we've seen in every other game. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a1e5faab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a1e5faab | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: The GCN game is all around hilarious, never pretending the player is taking the story seriously then comes The Reveal of how the world has met a Planetary Class 4 Apocalypse via an invisible world-killer inhabiting an organic robo. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a58e5ad7 | type |
Naked People Are Funny | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a58e5ad7 | comment |
Naked People Are Funny: In the Gamecube game, whilst Storming the Castle, you run into a mook who had just taken a shower and came out in just his boxers. The Grand Battle tournament in that area consists almost solely of nearly-naked mooks, and one pops up in the Grand Battle tournament held in the restroom. Lampshaded by the hero jokingly asking the guy running the fight if he's going to take off his clothes for the match, too. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a58e5ad7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a58e5ad7 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a806691d | type |
Casanova Wannabe | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a806691d | comment |
Casanova Wannabe: Harry in Battle Revolution, full stop. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a806691d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a806691d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a806691d | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e | type |
Giant Mook | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e | comment |
Also pulled off somewhat strangely; the background characters may all look the same as similarly-categorized characters (Boy, Girl, Scientist, Customer, etc), but there are a large number of recurring background characters with distinct personalities and quirks, such as a scientist who always whispers and a "cop" who is actually just a fanboy wearing a police uniform. Additionally, some side characters of absolutely no importance have distinct model differences, such as an obese mook in Eliza's maze, and Paulie, a cop with Perma-Stubble. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a9de87d2 | type |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a9de87d2 | comment |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Solax in Arena. Until the tournament at the Robocenter, he comes off as being very lazy, only fighting when Lunax forces him to. When you get to the tournament, he starts taking things seriously and actually makes it to the final round. Harry in Battle Revolution. He is generally seen as lazy, more focused on hitting on the nearest beautiful woman (rarely to any success), and is a general Butt-Monkey who almost noone respects. Despite this, he proves himself one of the best Robo Commanders ever, even acquiring a Class S license and being one of the Commanders who defeats Rahu's final form. Also Evil from Battle Revolution. He is an egotistical, [[Jerkass]], who will blame any failure on anything and everything except himself, and while he is respected in-universe, it appears to the player that the guy is full of nothing but hot air. Always talking himself up to appear better than he is. Yet, he manages to defeat Rahu's first form in a 1v1, which is technically the requirement to become a Class S commander (though he never learns that rank exists). And to top it off, he looks like he hardly broke a sweat during the battle. Granted it's immediately followed by him becoming the biggest Butt-Monkey in the room (impressively overshadowing even Harry's ineptitude!) | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a9de87d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_a9de87d2 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_abf92023 | type |
Wolf Man | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_abf92023 | comment |
Wolf Man: The Wolfen (V2, Arena) | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_abf92023 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_abf92023 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_abf92023 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ac9f78d9 | type |
Jack of All Stats | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ac9f78d9 | comment |
Shining Fighter: Light phenomena. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ac9f78d9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ac9f78d9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ac9f78d9 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker + Only Sane Man: The GCN Hero, turned up a notch in "The Grand Battle". | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_af37bba4 | type |
Fearful Symmetry | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_af37bba4 | comment |
Fearful Symmetry: Variation. Eliza and Isabella are left-handed and right-handed respectively. Their robos reflect this: They use the same bodies, legs, and pods, but Eliza has an upgraded Left Arc gun and Left Wave bomb, while Isabella has an upgraded Right Arc gun and Right Wave bomb. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_af37bba4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_af37bba4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_af37bba4 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Sassy StunnerJP Sexy Stunner: Western female names. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b032e4ed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b032e4ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b032e4ed | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2441a13 | type |
Static Stun Gun | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2441a13 | comment |
Static Stun Gun: The Stun, Ion, and Thunderbolt guns. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2441a13 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2441a13 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2441a13 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2919411 | type |
Duels Decide Everything | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2919411 | comment |
Duels Decide Everything: School kids will battle with robos in between classes, criminals will attack you with robos, there are fancy parties which involve robo duels even. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2919411 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2919411 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b2919411 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3168a4d | type |
Previous Player-Character Cameo | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3168a4d | comment |
Previous Player-Character Cameo: One of your opponents in the post-game of V2 is the protagonist of the original game. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3168a4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3168a4d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3168a4d | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3b1115f | type |
My Rules Are Not Your Rules | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3b1115f | comment |
My Rules Are Not Your Rules: The entire point of Illegal Parts, which allows Robos to circumvent the usual balance limitations to do obscene things and be ridiculously overpowered in a competent Commander's hands. Usually you'll see them in the hands of petty competitors and criminals intentionally cheating to get a leg up on you, but occasionally even allies and the police use them, and they almost always create a difficulty spike whenever they show up. In an unusual twist, you can unlock and use them depending on the game as well, albeit with penalties in post-game tournaments. Notably, Rahu in Battle Revolution isn't just entirely composed of Illegal Parts, but they get stronger with the story's progression. This is a boss who flagrantly cheats almost all of the game mechanics and can K.O. you within seconds if you're not careful, and all of this overpowered cheapness is entirely in-universe as a reason why everyone dreads battling it. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3b1115f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3b1115f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b3b1115f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b51ffd20 | type |
To Be a Master | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b51ffd20 | comment |
To Be a Master: A common goal throughout the franchise is that just about every Robo Commander that isn't a criminal probably wants to be the best Commander around, and this becomes the central goal of most of the player characters. The only exception is Battle Revolution, where it's almost entirely incidental and not really the focus at all. At least, not until the post-game where everyone basically pushes the hero into it anyway. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b51ffd20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b51ffd20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b51ffd20 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b6ae5569 | type |
Transforming Mecha | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b6ae5569 | comment |
Transforming Mecha: The Lightning Sky models, which have the unique 'Sky Dash' that enables them to fly over a long distance while simultaneously firing its weapons. During the Sky Dash, they transform into fighter jets. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b6ae5569 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b6ae5569 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b6ae5569 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: The character profiles in Arena say that Spy Catsuit wearing Billy dislikes people who wear pants that are too tight. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b707726f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b707726f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b707726f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | type |
Lost in Translation | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | comment |
Trick FlyerJP Tricky Flyer: Lost in Translation - in the Japanese games, their names have a common suffix of "head". | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: Compare the names of Steel Hearts' members (Ernest, Harry, and Marcia) to Deep Blue's (Evil, Bubble, and Delpha). Arena has the Supernovas, Bayside Academy's robo team. Lost in Translation in the English port, where they all have very common names beneath their pseudonyms, the Japanese version has Lenny (Lunax), Hugh (Terrax/Galax) and Jinpachi (Solax). Greybaum's illegal robos are also an example: Snipe, Freya, Violent Boar, Katana, Hadron and Jameson. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9d334b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9d334b2 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9db28ab | type |
Emotionless Girl | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9db28ab | comment |
Emotionless Girl: Marcia keeps her distance from people and strong emotions. This is because strong emotions overwhelm her. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9db28ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9db28ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_b9db28ab | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bb18a227 | type |
It's All About Me | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bb18a227 | comment |
Also Evil from Battle Revolution. He is an egotistical, [[Jerkass]], who will blame any failure on anything and everything except himself, and while he is respected in-universe, it appears to the player that the guy is full of nothing but hot air. Always talking himself up to appear better than he is. Yet, he manages to defeat Rahu's first form in a 1v1, which is technically the requirement to become a Class S commander (though he never learns that rank exists). And to top it off, he looks like he hardly broke a sweat during the battle. Granted it's immediately followed by him becoming the biggest Butt-Monkey in the room (impressively overshadowing even Harry's ineptitude!) | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bb18a227 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bb18a227 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bb18a227 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bcf69f60 | type |
Short-Range Shotgun | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bcf69f60 | comment |
Short-Range Shotgun: The Shotgun Guns tend to be just a little better than simply ramming the enemy. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bcf69f60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bcf69f60 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bcf69f60 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bf020789 | type |
Developer's Room | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bf020789 | comment |
Developer's Room: Battle Revolution has one inside of Lucy's apartment which you can only access late into The Grand Battle post-game. Inside are various staff members represented by various characters you've met throughout the game and talking to each one will have them tell you about their contribution and thanking you for playing. One of them, hilariously, is represented by the corpse of the man who was killed by Rahu in the main story. He'll even scoot around on the floor as he talks to people! | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bf020789 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bf020789 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_bf020789 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c09dbbbb | type |
Weaksauce Weakness | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c09dbbbb | comment |
Weaksauce Weakness: The 7 foot 5 inch tall/286 pound criminal Ogre "Cleaver" Bullock from Arena dislikes the smell of milk acording to his profile. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c09dbbbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c09dbbbb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c09dbbbb | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c0d76a0c | type |
Rookie Red Ranger | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c0d76a0c | comment |
Rookie Red Ranger: The protagonist is always given a Ray model Robo with a predominantly red color scheme, is new to being a Commander, and ends up becoming the face of the heroes with an immense amount of latent talent and skill. This is most prominently followed to the trope's letter in Battle Revolution. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c0d76a0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c0d76a0c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c0d76a0c | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c1c008cf | type |
Bubble Gun | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c1c008cf | comment |
Bubble Gun: Named that, in fact. Of course, every gun is named "Insert Something Here" Gun. The exception is Custom Robo GX for the GBA, where nearly every gun is uniquely named; for instance, Bubble Smasher, Glider Wing, Gatling Cannon, to name a few. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c1c008cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c1c008cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c1c008cf | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 | type |
Fun with Acronyms | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 | comment |
Fun with Acronyms: The A.I.R.S. robo from GX and Arena, which is an Anti Insurgent Ray Sky | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c3448a6f | type |
Informed Attribute | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c3448a6f | comment |
Informed Attribute: Battle Revolution has the concept of Custom Robo licenses, where only people who pass an exam are allowed to pilot a robo legally. The police force in this game are made up of people who have managed to pass the highest exam, Rank A, making them best of the best. Yet despite that the police appear horribly incompetent and can't even seem to foil simple robberies on their own. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c3448a6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c3448a6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c3448a6f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c37813c5 | type |
Ninja | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c37813c5 | comment |
Strike Vanisher: Bladed weapons. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c37813c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c37813c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c37813c5 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: In Arena, after repeated losses, a kid with a Rich Bitch Education Mama mentions his tutors have been replaced with "a weird flying nanny from overseas" that "says that and dancing will lead to me being a better commander." Also in Arena, the commander for the 16th combo mission battle will yell "Hit me with your best shot! Fire away!" prior to fighting him. One of the answers for the Class D License test on the Gamecube game is "Part burninator." | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | type |
Luke, I Am Your Father | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | comment |
Luke, I Am Your Father: In Battle Revolution, the Z-Syndicate's late leader was the protagonist's father. Of course, this was before the Z-Syndicate was an evil organization. Although not Marcia's father, Sergei qualifies as well, seeing how he's her older brother, the one who went missing for quite some time, and was serving the Z-Syndicate. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_cc7fae30 | type |
Outside-Context Problem | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_cc7fae30 | comment |
Outside-Context Problem: Basically everything revolving around Rahu. No one knows where it came from or how it came to be, whether it was man-made or alien, or whether it was genuinely malevolent or operating on a Blue-and-Orange Morality. As far as the tiny shred of humanity left and in on the loop knows, it literally just appeared one day and started destroying everything with no ability for anyone to even see it coming or counter it thanks to being invisible and The Assimilator that simply adapted to everything thrown its way. The only reason a single city is left standing is because it possessed and assimilated a Robo that it couldn't leave from thanks to the mental Dive system Robos use to link with Commanders, which stuck it in a physical body people could finally fight back against and seal away. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_cc7fae30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_cc7fae30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_cc7fae30 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ce104b8e | type |
Serial Escalation | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ce104b8e | comment |
GX takes it far higher than eleven, as mandatory tournaments comprise the entire game, excepting only a small portion at the end where you storm the Nikaidou Group's headquarters to take out the Big Bad and his elite henchmen. Then you get to the postgame, which is composed of - you guessed it - more tournaments. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ce104b8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ce104b8e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ce104b8e | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d40e1a9f | type |
Break Out the Museum Piece | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d40e1a9f | comment |
Break Out the Museum Piece: The Ray Legend in the GameCube's "Custom Robo". It is noted as being "obsolete" in comparison to other Robos, having been developed in the early days of Robo development. Despite this, it is extremely powerful, to the point of being considered illegal. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d40e1a9f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d40e1a9f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d40e1a9f | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d4d98674 | type |
We Cannot Go On Without You | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d4d98674 | comment |
We Cannot Go On Without You: In a 2-vs.-2 match, it doesn't matter if your partner is still alive - if you lose, you both lose. Naturally, both AI opponents will target you most of the time. This makes sense when your partner is Harry (who is regularly noted to win by the skin of his teeth and likely won't be able to win on his own) who it most often is, but inexcusable when your partner is someone else. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d4d98674 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d4d98674 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_d4d98674 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_da32aec9 | type |
Fake Ultimate Mook | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_da32aec9 | comment |
Fake Ultimate Mook: Eliza's Fabulous Fighting Four. They're really just four generic mooks who made up a name hoping to scare the heroes away. This backfired, as the heroes went into the battle with gusto. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_da32aec9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_da32aec9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_da32aec9 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_daf4da31 | type |
Anime Hair | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_daf4da31 | comment |
Anime Hair: So much in the Japanese-only games, particularly in the cases of the Shining Fighter and Lightning Sky classes, and plenty of the human characters. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_daf4da31 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_daf4da31 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_daf4da31 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db6230b7 | type |
Lightning Bruiser | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db6230b7 | comment |
Lightning Bruiser: Rahu gets bigger and bigger over the course of the game, but never seems to slow down as a consequence. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db6230b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db6230b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db6230b7 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db99b292 | type |
Mondegreen Gag | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db99b292 | comment |
Mondegreen Gag: As are her various mondegreens of the Steel Hearts. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db99b292 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db99b292 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_db99b292 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_dc5b65e3 | type |
Make Games, Not War | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_dc5b65e3 | comment |
Make Games, Not War: The titular Robo Battles supplant the need of actual weapons, which is especially noted in the Nintendo GameCube version. This initially seems incredibly strange and quite silly until it is revealed that the only reason that they managed to beat Rahu, the being who almost demolished humanity, was to trap it in a a child's toy (a robo). Following this, the robos were used as a means to train people to defend themselves from such an end, even if they were the cataclysm was then wiped from memory. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_dc5b65e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_dc5b65e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_dc5b65e3 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e2c4b927 | type |
Dub Name Change | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e2c4b927 | comment |
Dub Name Change: The English versions of the games give the characters generic Western names (Saki and Touru, for instance, became Liv and Dennis). This does not impact the plot in any large way, as the games that were released outside of Japan are not heavily connected to the previous games (which had much stronger continuity), though still part of the series as a whole. The only recurring characters in Arena to suffer from this are Cattleya (Angelica) and Fukashi (Marv), who featured prominently in the first three games; Fukashi even had a Big Damn Heroes moment in GX. Fukashi's signature robo, Dodecane, also suffers, renamed Gigantron. This is more noteworthy, as this breaks from the Hydrocarbon theme of the Big Boy/Fatty Vice models (Butane, Propane etc.) Mamoru was renamed 'Mason' in Arena. Though only a passing reference is made to him and his previous victories in the Great Robo Cup, the meaning in his namenote Mamoru means 'protect' is lost, as he not only was a guardian and ally of the previous protagonists, but later became a police officer in GX, which in the world of Custom Robo is apparently kind of a big deal. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e2c4b927 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e2c4b927 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e2c4b927 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e545e190 | type |
Nerf | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e545e190 | comment |
Nerf: Starting in Custom Robo Arena, with two examples brought up here. The Dragon Gun was deprived of the awesome accuracy it had in Battle Revolution. Strike Vanisher robos. The "legal" robos' default max stealth dashes being changed from three to two and Katana (the game's illegal Strike Vanisher) has a default max of three compared to Bayonette (V2) and Rakansen (GC/Battle Revolution) with a whopping max of five. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e545e190 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e545e190 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e545e190 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 | type |
Suspiciously Specific Denial | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 | comment |
Suspiciously Specific Denial: From Custom Robo Arena-"Marv? Who's Marv? My name's Mar... Mart! Marty, I mean! And I'm certainly not wearing a disguise." | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e6f18344 | type |
Humongous Mecha | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e6f18344 | comment |
Humongous Mecha: Inverted, they are not even big enough to be considered Mini-Mecha. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e6f18344 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e6f18344 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e6f18344 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | type |
Laser-Guided Amnesia | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | comment |
Laser-Guided Amnesia: The reason people don't remember that Rahu destroyed the Earth in Battle Revolution is because of a memory-erasing watch. The ultimate fate of the villains in the same game was to wipe their memories and make them actors. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b1cb24 | type |
Old Master | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b1cb24 | comment |
Old Master: Stark (Arena). Stark is all but outright stated to be the Chief of Police. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b1cb24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b1cb24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e7b1cb24 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e9db9908 | type |
Younger Than They Look | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e9db9908 | comment |
Younger Than They Look: Harry is both surprised and horrified to learn that his boss, Ernest, is actually the same age as the Hot Scientist Linda late into Battle Revolution's story. Alternatively, he's unnerved because it could imply that Linda is actually much older than he thought. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e9db9908 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e9db9908 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_e9db9908 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | comment |
The only recurring characters in Arena to suffer from this are Cattleya (Angelica) and Fukashi (Marv), who featured prominently in the first three games; Fukashi even had a Big Damn Heroes moment in GX. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eb81c601 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ed05cfee | type |
Naïve Newcomer | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ed05cfee | comment |
Naïve Newcomer: The protagonist of Battle Revolution seems to have next to no idea about Robos and is oblivious to much of basically anything in the dome with the implication that he's mostly stayed at home while his absent father paid the rent. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ed05cfee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ed05cfee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ed05cfee | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ee3438ee | type |
The Battle Didn't Count | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ee3438ee | comment |
The Battle Didn't Count: Used pretty frequently by villains. After being beaten, they just go on their merry way claiming that they were just toying with you without actually trying to prove it. Used in a meta sense in Battle Revolution. If you lose a fight in the story mode, you see a brief scene of your character losing. Then the game rewinds to just before the fight started so you can try again. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ee3438ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ee3438ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_ee3438ee | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eff83d77 | type |
Mundane Utility | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eff83d77 | comment |
Mundane Utility: They started out mundane, Robos were invented to be a new kind of children's toy. Then they proved to be useful in construction, exploration, and areas of research. Then someone put a gun on one. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eff83d77 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eff83d77 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_eff83d77 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f273b1cb | type |
Devil in Plain Sight | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f273b1cb | comment |
Devil in Plain Sight: Why yes. I'll gladly choose the cackling, flamboyantly-dressed man named Evil for my bounty hunting needs. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f273b1cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f273b1cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f273b1cb | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f52ae5d8 | type |
Enemy Civil War | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f52ae5d8 | comment |
Enemy Civil War: The Z Syndicate in Battle Revolution. Since the death of its founder, it splintered into two factions, one led by Oboro and the other led by Eliza. Both have the ultimate goal of capturing Rahu, stealing the memory-erasing device the founder had, and using both For the Evulz. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f52ae5d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f52ae5d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f52ae5d8 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f910567 | type |
This Is a Drill | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f910567 | comment |
This Is a Drill: The Drill Gun. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f910567 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f910567 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f910567 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: As far as non-character related ones go, the Steel Hearts being known as the "bottom feeders" in Battle Revolution is one. Your landlady constantly having to wake you up in the morning is one. Mondegreen Gag: As are her various mondegreens of the Steel Hearts. In the Grand Battle, Carmen's balding husband regularly shows up wearing a series of ridiculous wigs, trying to find the right one. He eventually settles on one that looks exactly like the protagonist's hair. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_faece9aa | type |
The Power of Friendship | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_faece9aa | comment |
The Power of Friendship: Anthony in Battle Revolution is surprised when he and Thomas lose to Harry and the hero, claiming that they had the power of friendship on their side. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_faece9aa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_faece9aa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_faece9aa | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fcbcc221 | type |
Robot Buddy | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fcbcc221 | comment |
Robot Buddy, just like Medabots, Metal Walker, Cubix: Robots for Everyone, and Robopon. | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fcbcc221 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fcbcc221 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fcbcc221 | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fd94c4ac | type |
Theme Naming | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: As mentioned above, the Supernovas ("Big Bang Guys" in Japan). The robo classes each have a recurring theme-naming scheme: Shining Fighter: Light phenomena. Aerial Beauty: Celestial objects. Wild Soldier: Famous men in history. Metal Grappler: Large mammals. Trick FlyerJP Tricky Flyer: Lost in Translation - in the Japanese games, their names have a common suffix of "head". Sassy StunnerJP Sexy Stunner: Western female names. Little Raider: Birds. Little Sprinter: Units of measurement. Old TimerJP Funny Old Man: Also Lost in Translation - in the Japanese names, their names are all written in Kanji (Chinese letters). Big BoyJP Fatty Vice: Hydrocarbons. Strike Vanisher: Bladed weapons. Burning Beast: The beasts they resemble. Lightning SkyJP Lightning Skyer: Missiles. | |
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| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fe262584 | type |
Cutscene Power to the Max | |
| Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fe262584 | comment |
Not to mention it uses a sword-shaped gun, which it makes a habit of stabbing people with in cutscenes and fires massive energy blasts (sword beams?) during battles. | |
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1.0 | |
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Custom Robo (Video Game) / int_fe262584 | |
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Backpack Cannon | |
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Back Pack Cannon: Custom Robo Arena has one called the buster pod. | |
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1.0 | |
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