History VideoGame / EarthDefenseForce

-->-- The EDF soldier's battlecry throughout the series

** ''Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable'' (2011, [=PSP=]) -- A re-release of ''Global Defence Force'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. Only released in Japan. Includes seven new levels and new high-level weapons.
** ''Earth Defense Forces 2 V2'' (2014 Playstation Vita) -- Another re-release of ''Global Defense Force'' for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}}, including all the content added to ''Portable''. Also adds a variant of the Air Raider character from ''Earth Defense Force 2025'', though he cannot call in vehicles since that is not how this game works. Released in North America in Fall 2015 courtesy of Creator/XSEEDGames under the title ''Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space''.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, scientists have discovered radio wavelengths from outer space, thus proving the existence of extraterrestrial life. Unfortunately, these aliens aren't here to give humans an olive branch and welcome baskets, [[AlienInvasion they're here to take over the Earth]]. Moreover, before they do so in person, they deploy shock troops in the form of swarms of [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant]] [[BigCreepyCrawlies bugs]], [[KillerRobot robots]], dinosaurs and other assorted BMovie MonsterMash. Not to sit idly by and let the aliens pave a path of destruction, governments of the world establish the eponymous Earth Defense Force, a unified multinational military effort, to stand up against the invaders.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, scientists have discovered radio wavelengths from outer space, thus proving the existence of extraterrestrial life. Unfortunately, these aliens aren't here to give humans an olive branch and welcome baskets, [[AlienInvasion they're here to take over the Earth]]. Moreover, before they do so in person, they deploy shock troops in the form of swarms of [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant]] [[BigCreepyCrawlies bugs]], [[KillerRobot robots]], dinosaurs and other assorted {{BMovie}} MonsterMash. Not to sit idly by and let the aliens pave a path of destruction, governments of the world establish the eponymous Earth Defense Force, a unified multinational military effort, to stand up against the invaders.

One of the main draws of the series is how the game makes the player feel like they're in a Japanese {{Kaiju}} {{BMovie}} as they take on [[TheWarSequence legions upon legions]] of enemies and Franchise/{{Godzilla}}-sized (And occasionally [[NotZilla Godzilla-looking as well]]) bosses. The gameplay throughout the series is relatively simple: for the most part, you take control of an infantry soldier of the EDF to shoot down any and all aliens throughout many stages of the game. Along the way, you can find armor power-ups that increases your soldier's maximum health and weapon boxes to obtain new weapon; more powerful weapons are usually found by playing through the missions in harder difficulties. It's as simple as that... right until you get stomped into the ground.

** Fencers are sometimes be equipped with short-range jump jets to boost their otherwise limited mobility.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, scientists have discovered radio wavelengths from outer space, thus proving the existence of extraterrestrial life. Unfortunately, these aliens aren't here to give humans an olive branch and welcome baskets, [[AlienInvasion they're here to take over the Earth]]. Moreover, before they do so in person, they deploy shock troops in form of swarms of [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant]] [[BigCreepyCrawlies bugs]], [[KillerRobot robots]], dinosaurs and other assorted {{BMovie}} MonsterMash. Not to sit idly by and let the aliens pave a path of destruction, governments of the world establish the eponymous Earth Defense Force, a unified multinational military effort, to stand up against the invaders.

One of the main draws of the series is how the game makes the player feel like they're in a Japanese {{Kaiju}} {{BMovie}} as they take on [[TheWarSequence legions upon legions]] of enemies and Franchise/{{Godzilla}}-sized (And occasionally [[RentAZilla Godzilla-looking as well]]) bosses. The gameplay throughout the series is relatively simple: for the most part, you take control of an infantry soldier of the EDF to shoot down any and all aliens throughout many stages of the game. Along the way, you can find armor power-ups that increases your soldier's maximum health and weapon boxes to obtain new weapon; more powerful weapons are usually found by playing through the missions in harder difficulties. It's as simple as that... right until you get stomped into the ground.

** [[/index]]''Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable'' / ''Earth Defence Forces 3 Portable'' (2012, [=PlayStation=] Vita) -- Re-release of ''EDF 2017'' for the [=PlayStation=] Vita. Adds the Pale Wing character from it's predecessor ''Global Defence Force'', and includes seven new levels and new weapons, including some uses by the Fencer in ''2025''.

* CallARabbitASmeerp: A good few of the enemies are just scaled up versions of Earth creatures, but the game will rarely call them whatever they look like, the BasicMook enemies you encounter are called "Alpha" and "Beta" respectively, but they are in fact giant ants and jumping spiders, and the "flying Aggressors" are simply giant wasps.

** Air Raiders: Support-centric soldiers who can plant bombs and summon armored vehicles, from tanks and helicopters to HumongousMecha.

* HeartContainer: The Armor pick-ups. Grabbing one will increase your maximum health by 1, but you won't get the health bonuses until after finishing the missions.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, scientists have discovered radio wavelengths from outer space, thus proving the existence of extraterrestrial life. Unfortunately, these aliens aren't here to give humans an olive branch and welcome baskets, [[AlienInvasion they're here to take over the Earth]]. Moreover, before they do so in person, they deploy shock troops in form of swarms of [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant]] [[BigCreepyCrawlies bugs]], [[KillerRobot robots]], [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]] and other assorted {{BMovie}} MonsterMash. Not to sit idly by and let the aliens pave a path of destruction, governments of the world establish the eponymous Earth Defense Force, a unified multinational military effort, to stand up against the invaders.

* LifeMeter

* DenserAndWackier: Tying in with its LighterAndSofter nature, ''World Brothers'' is ''much'' goofier and more self-aware than the usual EDF fare; crossover units will frequently [[LamshadeHanging lampshade]] quirks or elements from their home games, objectives are much sillier overall, and EVERYONE treats the game like it has NoFourthWall.

* ''VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce6'' (2021): A sequel set three years after the end of ''Earth Defense Force 5''. The game takes place on a dying Earth where the alien Primer civilization invades once again.

* PantyShot: Can be possible for the Pale Wings in the second and third games as they fly.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:In ''EDF 2017'', Storm-1 destroyed the Ravagers' mothership -- a mothership armed to the teeth with ''hundreds'' of laser weaponry and a WaveMotionGun -- ''all by himself''! The new Storm 1 does it again in ''EDF 5'', peeling off every layer of defenses, taking down the Egg-shaped Ship '''and''' killing The Nameless.
]]

* DecapitatedArmy: The ravagers really don't handle their big cheese getting blown up very well and tend to give up soon after that. Justified in the case of the giant ants, given their HiveMind. [[spoiler:The destruction of the brain by Storm Team also causes the entire ravager fleet to withdraw from Earth, despite having nearly destroyed all of human civilization by that point.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:In ''EDF 2017'', Storm-1 destroyed the Ravagers' mothership -- a mothership armed to the teeth with ''hundreds'' of laser weaponry and a WaveMotionGun -- ''all by himself''!]]

* ''VideoGame/EarthDefenseForceWorldBrothers'' (2020): A SpinOff game with blocky voxel graphics.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: Prevalent throughout the series, and exaggerated in ''World Brothers'', where the game starts with [[ContinuityNod every mothership]] under the command of [[BigBad Dark Tyrant]] concentrate fire on the Earth, blowing it apart.

** ''Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair'' (2015/2016, [=PS4=], PC) -- An Updated Re-release of ''2025'', released in Japan for the [=PlayStation=] 4 in April 2015, following in December for North America and the next February for Europe. A PC port through Steam came worldwide in July 2016. It includes an expanded campaign, some Quality-of-Life improvements and some remixed levels.
** ''Earth Defense Force 4.1: Wingdiver the Shooter'' (2018, [=PS4=], PC) -- A spinoff of ''[=EDF4=]'' focused entirely on the Wing Divers, with a shift in gameplay from third-person shooter to top-down arcade-style shoot-em-up.

* SentryGun: An equippable weapon introduced in EDF 2017 and featured in the arsenal of the Air Raider in any game since.

* StylisticSuck: The voice acting. Whether Japanese or English, it's very deliberately laden with DullSurprise, LargeHam, and comically serious delivery of frankly absurd dialogue in order to get that proper Fifties B-movie aesthetic.