History VideoGame / EndlessFrontier

The "Endless Frontier" is a collection of multiple worlds connected by dimensional portals known as "Cross Gates". In one of these worlds, BountyHunter and [[HandsomeLech amateur ladies man]] Haken Browning and his ArtificialHuman {{Sidekick}} Aschen Brodel explore the ruins of the crashed spaceship ''Mai Terra'', one they were both found in when Haken was just a baby. Inside they find, much to their surprise, a rather [[GagBoobs well-endowed]] young woman with an [[{{BFS}} enormous sword]] and a [[MsFanservice tiny dress]] sleeping in the crew's quarters. Turns out she's Kaguya Nanbu, TheOjou of one of the Frontier's worlds. Discovering there's a reward for her safe return, the pair decide to accompany her home. Since this is roughly the first ten minutes of the game, things naturally start to snowball from there: strange "Mild Kiel" crystals start sprouting up all over the Endless Frontier and some very familiar-looking robots connected with a war that happened ten years ago have reappeared again. Secrets, conspiracies, spankings, and lots and lots of boob jokes await.

* GagBoobs: Kaguya invokes this the most, but then again, she's a playable character and has StockFootage. Anne Sirena, on the other hand, ''may'' be going over the line:
--> '''Anne''': "Heh heh... Just so you know, I haven't even reached my full potential yet!"[[note]]Anne's already pushing a North American DD-cup/Eurasian F-cup[[/note]]\\
'''Suzuka''': "What!? I don't believe it!"\\
'''Xiaomu''': "OK, that's crossing the line from titillating to just plain creepy."
** Put it simply, there are only two breast sizes in the games: large and flat. BOTH are played for more jokes than you can imagine and a boob joke ''will'' be stuck into any conversation possible by misinterpretation or snarking. Hell, the animated opening for ''EXCEED'' has one bit where Xiaomu's examining herself and leering at the chests of the other girls.

* TheNicknamer: Nearly ''everyone'' gives another character a nickname. In the (Japanese-only) official guide for the first game, there's a list of nicknames for each character. Kaguya has at least twenty, all of them reference either her [[GagBoobs breasts]], status as a princess, or both.

* {{Combos}}: A key part of combat, which involves juggling (we don't mean ''[[{{Gainaxing}} that]]'' kind...yet) and preventing {{mook}}s and [[BossFight bosses]] from scoring an evasion.

* {{Gainaxing}}: ''Gratuitously''; Kaguya's SuperMovePortraitAttack has a ''very'' noticeable bounce, and her battle sprite has one during her ''Hourai no Eda'' attack. The only character without bouncing betties is [[ACupAngst Suzuka]]. Neige is no slouch on bounciness either given her breast size rivals Kaguya's, and even Xiaomu's small yet perky bust has a subtle bounce to them.
** In ''EXCEED'', while awaiting commands, any female character who isn't flat will bounce during their IdleAnimation.

* OurElvesAreDifferent A variety of elves come into play at various points, from random encounters featuring shotgun-toting elven girls and elven {{commissar}}s with [[GunsAkimbo dual submachine guns]] to {{Hot Scientist}}s Marion and Dorothy to ''EXCEED'' female protagonist Neige. The Wild and Wood elves? Instead of "Earth-attuned," "Magical-attuned" would be more appropriate.

* HotScientist: Marion Sumii and Dorothy Mistral.

* AnAxeToGrind: Ezel Granada uses one, and proves very effective with it. In the first game, decapitated skeleton {{Mook}}s carry their skulls in one hand and an axe in the other.

Along the way, the group run into a number of travelers from beyond the Endless Frontier: Reiji Arisu, a law enforcement agent of "Shinra" from Earth, his [[FantasticFoxes fox-spirit]] partner Xiaomu (whom some may remember ([[NoExportForYou or not]]) from ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom''), and KOS-MOS, a RobotGirl from [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} the far future]]. Unfortunately, their problems have tagged along, too.

While the first game was localized and released in April 2009, [[NoExportForYou there's been no word of a localization]] for ''EXCEED'', although a mostly complete [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/5492/ translation exists.]] However, Haken and Kaguya reappear in ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Namco X Capcom'', along with Reiji, Xiaomu, KOS-MOS and surprisingly, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Sanger Zonvolt]] from the ''Original Generation'' series. Bringing this SpinOff full circle, in August 2016, Haken and Aschen appear in ''Original Generation'' {{Sequel}} ''The Moon Dwellers'', using [[HumongousMecha a full-sized version]] of the Phantom and Haken's [[SwissArmyGun "Night Fowl" rifle]] called the "Gespenst Haken".

While the first game was localized and released in April 2009, [[NoExportForYou there's been no word of a localization]] for ''EXCEED''. However, Haken and Kaguya reappear in ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Namco X Capcom'', along with Reiji, Xiaomu, KOS-MOS and surprisingly, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Sanger Zonvolt]] from the ''Original Generation'' series. Bringing this SpinOff full circle, in August 2016, Haken and Aschen appear in ''Original Generation'' {{Sequel}} ''The Moon Dwellers'', using [[HumongousMecha a full-sized version]] of the Phantom and Haken's [[SwissArmyGun "Night Fowl" rifle]] called the "Gespenst Haken".

* AtlantisIsBoring: Aside from the Wilkurkind's ruins, players cannot explore the aquatic realm of Varna Kanai. Subverted in EXCEED, where the various realms being united into a single world placed Varna Kanai in the middle of a desert, creating a dungeon called Varna Street.

!Tropes regarding ''Endless Frontier'' and multiple characters include:

-->'''Aschen''': "It appears there are more princesses than countries in this world."

* HurricaneOfPuns: The characters make lots them.

* RazorFloss: What Otone uses as well [[AllThereInTheManual Suzuka]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''EXCEED'' drop tons of characters in the party. The support characters manage to [[IncrediblyLamePun exceed the number of playable characters]].
** Especially notable when watching ''EXCEED'' gameplay videos revealing some really crazy chains of support combos. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb-EStpXdJQ This one]], for instance, doesn't use any of the villains and leaves out several of the main heroes (old and new entrants), but it's still the "Energizer Bunny" combo: it just keeps going and going and...
*** By the end of ''EXCEED'', the main party has 15 females, 7 males and 6 mecha. Done perfectly, it's possible to chain attacks lasting 12 Support Attacks (4 Assists plus another 4 from a specific Spirit Command and 4 Support Attacks), 20 attacks from the vanguards and an Overdrive to finish.

* AnimeHair: Kaguya's RapunzelHair and Xiaomu's multiple ponytails. In actuality, the latter's are actually her ''tails''.

* AtlantisIsBoring: Aside from the Wilkurkind's ruins, players cannot explore the aquatic realm of Varna Kanai.

** Haemlin the Pied Piper also brainwashes people to fight Alady and company, leading to DefeatMeansFriendship.

* ClingyCostume: [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Kouta Azuma as Fighter Roar]]]] suffers this problem in ''EXCEED''. It wouldn't be that bad if the party didn't decide to go [[HotSpringsEpisode relax in a hot springs]].

** The sequel thankfully fixes this mechanic in several ways: the enemies now have a shared gauge that fills up when you kick their ass, and they can only use Forced Evasion when it's full and the chance for each individual enemy to use it if they fall out of your combo is shown next to the gauge, which also empties out if it's triggered. Enemies that have shields also have a visible gauge to show how close you are to breaking it to prepare for it, and some characters have attacks that instantly break the enemy's shield if they connect, which makes them meaningless if you set it as their first attack in their combo. There's also several ways to reduce the gauge, and [=PCs=] can also use Forced Evasion against enemy attacks, although it costs half of your LimitBreak bar to use and doesn't work on enemy {{Limit Break}}s, which bosses often like to spam at you.

* DiskOneNuke: Surprisingly, it's Reiji. Not because he becomes weaker as the game goes on, far from it; it's because of the Forced Evasion mechanic. Miss one attack, or have this go off and any damage he pulls off is rendered null. Which is why most people combine him with Haken by the time the latter gets Rampage Specter.

* EasyAmnesia: Axel [[spoiler:and Alfimi]], upon arriving in the Endless Frontier. Axel also shifts into his "Ahoseru" persona from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance''.
* EnemyMine[=/=]HeelFaceTurn: ''EXCEED'' [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil made it public knowledge]] that almost ''all'' villains from the original become supporting characters in the sequel. Saya even performs the CombinationAttack ''Jyuu no Kata Kiwame'' with Reiji and Xiaomu.

* FunnyAnimal: Lee Ly, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Katze]], Shirou and Rubor Cucullus

* HotScientist: Marion Sumii and Dorothy.

* HurricaneOfPuns: The characters make lots them

* RandomEncounters: In both games, wondering around the overworld and dungeon areas may lead into a random encounter to battle enemies similarly to other [=JRPG=] series.

* TheStinger: ''EXCEED'' ends with a final shot of [[spoiler: Neige embracing Alady]].

* ThisIsADrill: The [[spoiler:Thrudgelmir {{Expy}} Svaiser]] in ''EXCEED'' gets one. Funny enough, it doubles as another MythologyGag, since [[spoiler: the Thrudgelmir uses a {{BFS}} as its primary weapon, with a drill on its head; the Svaiser has a blade mounted to its head, with a drill the main weapon]].

* VillainDecay: Gnosis are just RandomEncounters; and can be beaten with simple force. There is no indication that the Hilbert Effect is required.

* {{Zonk}}: The "Gamble" Spirit Command and Kaguya's "Tsukimizake" skill. What's worse isn't when she poisons/stuns/paralyzes herself, but when either Gamble or Tsukimizake auto-casts "Mercy" [[note]]All hits cannot be greater than 10 points of damage[[/note]] on her. Since both games feature low-level {{Mook}}s with several thousand HP, having "Mercy" on, you might as well be doing zero damage. On the other hand, allowing them to live long enough can be used to fill the LimitBreak gauge.

* FingerlessGloves: Many of the main characters wear them (e.g. Haken, Aschen, Kaguya, Dorothy).

* CanonImmigrant: Developer Monolith Soft seems to be making citizenship applications for their ''Xenosaga'' and ''Namco X Capcom'' characters with ''EXCEED''.

** Played with: in ''EXCEED'', there's a section of the world covered in ice due to the local leader being AnIcePerson. RealityEnsues as the underdressed Kaguya and Neige start complaining about the cold.

* BossRush: Because of scripted boss fights and a 100% flee rate from {{Mooks}}, the games can potentially feel like this. Played straight and more properly in the first game while exploring Wilkurkind, and once again near the end.

* CharacterDevelopment: YMMV on this but Axel receives in Exceed almost as much development as in ALL the OG games combined.
* ChestBlaster: KOS-MOS' "D-Teneritas", and to a greater extent, her "X-BUSTER", Gespenst Phantom's "Neutron Blaster", and T-elos' "U-Teneritas". The Jyaki-GUN-Oh has light artillery mounted on its torso that stuns {{Mooks}} with surprising reliability.

* InformedEquipment: Justified - only two or three characters actually get something different than what they're using for weapons; for the others, it's an ammo or targeting chip upgrade. Armors are worn under the character's signature outfits.

* SuperMovePortraitAttack: Used and abused frequently

* VerbalTic: KOS-MOS adds a "nya" to the end of some of her sentences, a MythologyGag from a ''Xenosaga'' fan sisc, and some of the other females get into it as well.

The "Endless Frontier" is a collection of multiple worlds connected by dimensional portals known as "Cross Gates". In one of these worlds, BountyHunter and [[HandsomeLech amateur ladies man]] Haken Browning and his ArtificialHuman {{Sidekick}} Aschen Brodel explore the ruins of the crashed spaceship ''Neverland'', one they were both found in when Haken was just a baby. Inside they find, much to their surprise, a rather [[GagBoobs well-endowed]] young woman with an [[{{BFS}} enormous sword]] and a [[MsFanservice tiny dress]] sleeping in the crew's quarters. Turns out she's Kaguya Nanbu, TheOjou of one of the Frontier's worlds. Discovering there's a reward for her safe return, the pair decide to accompany her home. Since this is roughly the first ten minutes of the game, things naturally start to snowball from there: strange "Mild Kiel" crystals start sprouting up all over the Endless Frontier and some very familiar-looking robots connected with a war that happened ten years ago have reappeared again. Secrets, conspiracies, spankings, and lots and lots of boob jokes await.

* AnotherDimension: The universe of the Endless Frontier is made up multiple worlds with unique cultures and races, each of them linked through inter-dimensional gates known as Cross-Gates. [[spoiler:After Haken & Co. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeated Wahrschein Lichkeit]] and stopped the Einst's plans to remake the worlds in their image, the multiple worlds of the Endless Frontier then fused into one.]]

* FantasyKitchenSink: The ''Endless Frontier'' series features elements of the WeirdWest, Feudal-era Myth/JapaneseMythology, {{fairy|Tale}} and folk tales, science-fiction and SuperRobot elements brought in from the ''Super Robot Wars'' series, all between multiple worlds [[spoiler:and literally mixed into one in ''EXCEED'']] with a dash UrbanFantasy and [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the distant future]] from crossing over with ''Namco x Capcom'' and ''Xenosaga'' respectively.

The "Endless Frontier" is a collection of multiple worlds connected by dimensional portals known as "Cross Gates". In one of these worlds, BountyHunter and [[HandsomeLech amateur ladies man]] Haken Browning and his ArtificialHuman {{Sidekick}} Aschen Brodel explore the ruins of the crashed spaceship ''Schlafen Celeste'', one they were both found in when Haken was just a baby. Inside they find, much to their surprise, a rather [[GagBoobs well-stacked]] young woman with an [[{{BFS}} enormous sword]] and a [[MsFanservice tiny dress]] sleeping in the crew's quarters. Turns out she's Kaguya Nanbu, TheOjou of one of the Frontier's worlds. Discovering there's a reward for her safe return, the pair decide to accompany her home. Since this is roughly the first ten minutes of the game, things naturally start to snowball from there: strange "Mild Kiel" crystals start sprouting up all over the Endless Frontier and some very familiar-looking robots connected with a war that happened ten years ago have reappeared again. Secrets, conspiracies, spankings, and lots and lots of boob jokes await.

''Endless Frontier'' uses a TurnBasedCombat system similar to to ''Namco X Capcom'' where orders are issued via ActionCommands instead of the usual system interface typical to Eastern [=RPGs=]. Attacks can be chained into {{Combos}} with one another to ensure an enemy cannot get a bead on the party when it's their turn to attack, allowing long attack combinations. Players can also issue a set of new commands during these attack strings, such as allowing the next party character to continue the combo, request assistance from characters placed in reserve or executing an "[[LimitBreak Overdrive]]" to maximize damage and achieve bonuses post-battle. Like its [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars namesake]], {{Mecha}} do appear in the game, though they take a back role, appearing around [[MiniMecha a few meters tall]] compared to their [[HumongousMecha counterparts]], and are only available as an assist.

A sequel called ''Endless Frontier EXCEED'' was released in February 2010 on the same platform, with a somewhat wider focus: the "Fairies" (really, [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]]) from the kingdom of "Elfetale" fled the Endless Frontier during the war and ended up spending the next ten years co-existing with the "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Shura]]". When a Shura fortress (coincidentally the one the Fairies are mostly living in) ends up getting tossed into the Frontier, Elven Princess Neige Hausen sets out to find out what's going on. Accompanying her is young Shura warrior Aledy Naash, who has the additional job of tracking down a Shura artifact that decided to step off its pedestal and take a walk, particularly before their rivals find it first. Meanwhile, the Endless Frontier is abuzz regarding the reappearance of Mild Kiel crystals, alongside new entities with their own ambitions. To make matters worse, more [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance remnants of a war-mongering faction]] are on the move again, with their own schemes. However, a few individuals from beyond the Endless Frontier have made their way into the setting.

Understandably, ''EXCEED'' features an expanded cast. In addition to new faces, the entire cast of the previous game returns, including Reiji, Xiaomu, and KOS-MOS (who also brings [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} M.O.M.O.]] along this time). ''EXCEED'' even pulls in [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer]] and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Kouta Azuma]] from the main ''Original Generation'' installments, and Mark Hunter, a character from an obscure Banpresto UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom EasternRPG called ''Gaia Saver''. The combat system is also refined, doing away certain {{Scrappy Mechanic}}s and easing game-play to fit the much wider selection of characters.

%%* AnotherDimension

* BagOfSpilling: In regards to ''EXCEED'', where did all our Z.O. Swords and Monolith Armor from the first game go? Also applies to the whereabouts of the Alt Eisen Nacht and Weiss Ritter Abend.

%%* BottomlessMagazines

** Haemlin the Pied Piper also brainwashes people to fight Aledy and company, leading to DefeatMeansFriendship.
%%* CallingYourAttacks

* ChestBlaster: KOS-MOS' "D-Teneritas" (and to a greater extent, KOS-MOS's "X-BUSTER"), Gespenst Phantom's "Neutron Blaster" and T-elos' "U-Teneritas". The Jyaki-GUN-Oh has light artillery mounted on its torso that stuns {{Mooks}} with surprising reliability.

* ComboBreaker: An enemy variation of this called "Forced Evasion" that makes you unable to continue attacking them, causes them to block the rest of your current attack for 0 damage and can also allow them to counterattack afterwards: while it's not a true ComboBreaker in sense that the enemy can only use it if you screw up your combo timing and cause them to fall to the ground, it's extremely easy to do by accident because of the strict timing on when to use each move, the varying weight of different types of enemies and because breaking enemy shields most of them get later in the game throws them high into the air and almost invariably screws up the natural flow of your current attack: they can also trigger Forced Evasion off a wallbounce that hits them when they're too low to the ground, which is next to impossible to anticipate.

* ColonCancer: Just to be precise, the sequel ''EXCEED'' has '''four''' different qualifiers - Super Robot Wars; Original Generation Saga; Endless Frontier; and EXCEED.
* ContinuityNod

* CuteLittleFangs: Suzuka and Koma

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: ''Endlessly invoked'' (no pun intended)
--> "Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself."

* DualWielding: KOS-MOS with her signature dual [[GatlingGood gatling guns]] and Reiji with his [[PlayingWithFire fire-based katana]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning-enhanced wakizashi]] ''and'' revolver and shotgun. Xiaomu also uses two pistols, and Haken will sometimes fire his HandCannon and SwissArmyGun together.

* DynamicDifficulty: Averted; compared to the main series, there's none in this SpinOff
* EasyAmnesia: Axel [[spoiler:and Alfimi]], upon arriving in the Endless Frontier. In fact, Axel shifts into his "Ahoseru" persona from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance''.

* GratuituousPrincess: And, of course, it's {{Lampshaded}}.
--> '''Aschen''': It appears there are more princesses than countries in this world.

* FanService: ''Endless Frontier'' pretty much makes up for the lowered amount of both in traditional [=SRWs=]. Also lampshaded mercilessly.
%%* FantasyKitchenSink
* FightWoosh: On both screens
* FingerlessGloves: Pretty much half the cast

* FlunkyBoss: Nearly all of them, though subverted for the first [[spoiler:[=ArkGain=]]] fight in the original game.

--> '''Anne''': "Heh heh... Just so you know, I haven't even reached my full potential yet!"\\
[TROPER GENERAL'S NOTE: Anne's already pushing a North American DD-cup/Eurasian F-cup]\\
'''Suzuka''': What!? I don't believe it!\\
'''Xiaomu''': OK, that's crossing the line from titillating to just plain creepy.

* {{Gainaxing}}: ''Gratuitiously''; Kaguya's SuperMovePortraitAttack has a ''very'' noticeable bounce, and her battle sprite has one during her "Hourai no Eda" attack. The only character without bouncing betties is [[{{Pettanko}} Sizuka]].
** In combat for ''EXCEED'', while awaiting commands, any female character who isn't flat will bounce.
* GatlingGood, MoreDakka: The Jyaki-GUN-Oh carries ''eight'' gatling guns, while the Alt Eisen Nacht gets a small mention with a right-arm mounted five-barreled gatling gun. Naturally, KOS-MOS and T-elos can call out gatling guns from their HyperspaceArsenal.

* TheGunslinger, GunsAkimbo: Haken, Reiji and Xiaomu
* HotScientist: Marion Sumii and Dorothy
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Shuten and Suzuka

* HyperspaceArsenal: KOS-MOS, T-elos and Dorothy; what's wierd about the latter is unlike the former two, since they have the technology to perform this trope, Dorothy hides literal ''bombs'' under her dress.

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The team consists of 2 guys and 5 girls; no antagonist group is all-male oriented. ''EXCEED'' bucks the trend by adding more males to the party (Aledy, Katze, Ezel, Axel and [[spoiler:Kouta]]). Still, by endgame, the girls outnumber the guys in the main group.
* InconsistentDub

* LighterAndSofter: Significantly more comedy-oriented than the rest of [=SRW=]

* MagicSkirt: Kaguya and Neige

* MayDecemberRomance: When Xiaomu learns Neige's 117 years-old and Aledy's 17, she teasingly consoles her that it'll somehow work out. Might also apply to Xiaomu and Reiji, if the wind blows that way.
* MilitaryMashupMachine: Zeit Krokodil and Giant Marquis

* MythologyGag: ''Asstons''
* TheNicknamer: Pretty much ''everyone''. In the official guide for the first game (Japanese-only), there's a list of nicknames for each character. Kaguya has at least twenty, all of them reference either her [[GagBoobs breasts]], status as a princess, or both.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Person]]: Suzuka takes this role until Reiji joins the party.

* PartyInMyPocket: Haken seems to keep the group in a hyperspace arsenal. In ''EXCEED'', Aschen for a short while and Aledy for the rest of the game invoke this.
* PortalNetwork: The Cross Gates, [[spoiler:until the defeat of the first game's BigBad]]

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The whole cast counts as this
%%* RandomEncounters

* RazorFloss: What Otone and [[AllThereInTheManual Suzuka]] use

* RobotGirl: Aside from Aschen and KOS-MOS, {{Evil Counterpart}}s Cardia and T-ELOS, respectively

* ShoutOut: Tons - ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'', ''Anime/HellGirl'', ''Toys/MachineRobo'', ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'', ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Literature/PeterPan'', "Literature/SnowWhite", ''Franchise/TombRaider'', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration''...

--->'''KOS-MOS''': Strange, in my time the [[TheInternetIsForPorn Internet is for-]]

--->'''Haken''': [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Let's]] [[ActorAllusion Play]].\\
'''Aschen''': [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers Revolver Knuckle]]!

* TheStinger: ''EXCEED'' ends with a final shot of [[spoiler: Neige embracing Aledy]].

* SupportPower: Party members in the back row can do this. Essentially, each character has a Support Attack that can only be triggered when they're currently not in the front row. Furthermore, each support-only character in ''EXCEED'' comes with a preset chance of activating a skill or Spirit Command for the party member they're junctioned to, which also stacks with each members' abilities and Spirit Commands.

-->'''[[spoiler:Wahrschein Lichkeit]]''': [[ThisCannotBe How could I lose]]?\\
'''Haken''': You underestimated us!\\
'''Xiaomu''': And because you deserved a good old fashioned ass kicking!
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Justified - the first game grants more experience if you finish an opponent off with a Support Attack or an Overdrive. ''EXCEED'' awards bonus experience for an Overdrive finish depending on whether you destroyed one or more than one enemies at the end of battle, but a "Support Finish" (where a partner assigned to a front row fighter in the party achieves the final hit) nets additional gold, while an "Assist Finish" (a non-support only party member in the back row) fills the Frontier Gauge up. The latter's noteworthy as ''EXCEED'' allows the gauge to carry over for every fight. You also gain back a % of your SP equal to 1/10th of the maximum number of combo hits you did in that battle, meaning you can use Spirit Commands a lot more often than in the first game if you're good at juggling enemies.
* ThisIsADrill: The [[spoiler: Thrudgelmir {{Expy}} Svaiser]] in ''EXCEED'' gets one. Funny enough, it doubles as another MythologyGag, since [[spoiler: the Thrudgelmir uses a {{BFS}} as its primary weapon, with a drill on its head; the Svaiser has a blade mounted to its head, with a drill the main weapon]].

* WorldTree: There are two of them - one is in Kagura Amahara, which has the power to close the Cross Gates, the other is [[spoiler: seized by Agrado Heim and has the power to open them]].

** One of her post-battle quotes with [[spoiler:Alfimi]] in ''EXCEED'' takes it to SeriousBusiness levels where they ''debate'' on who's the top between Axel and Aledy.

* {{Zonk}}: The "Gamble" Spirit Command and Kaguya's "Tsukimizake" skill. What's worse isn't when she poisons/stuns/paralyzes herself, but when either Gamble or Tsukimizake auto-casts "Mercy" [[note]]All hits cannot be greater than 10 points of damage[[/note]] on her. Since both games feature low-level {{Mook}}s with several thousand HP, having "Mercy" on, you might as well be doing zero damage. On the other hand, allowing them to live long enough can be used to fill the LimitBreak gauge.

[[caption-width-right:350:In case you didn't notice, there are big melons in the Frontier]]

* ZettaiRyouiki: Most of the female cast, though the award likely goes to Kaguya.

* {{Gainaxing}}: ''Gratuitiously''; Kaguya's SuperMovePortraitAttack has a ''very'' noticeable bounce, and her battle sprite has one during her "Hourai no Eda" attack. Tge only character without bouncing betties is [[{{Pettanko}} Sizuka]].

* ShoutOut: Tons - ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'', ''Anime/HellGirl'', ''Toys/MachineRobo'', ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'', ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Literature/PeterPan'', "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs", ''Franchise/TombRaider'', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration''...

A sequel called ''Endless Frontier EXCEED'' was released in February 2010 on the same platform, with a somewhat wider focus: the "Fairies" (really, [[OurElvesAreBetter elves]]) from the kingdom of "Elfetale" fled the Endless Frontier during the war and ended up spending the next ten years co-existing with the "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Shura]]". When a Shura fortress (coincidentally the one the Fairies are mostly living in) ends up getting tossed into the Frontier, Elven Princess Neige Hausen sets out to find out what's going on. Accompanying her is young Shura warrior Aledy Naash, who has the additional job of tracking down a Shura artifact that decided to step off its pedestal and take a walk, particularly before their rivals find it first. Meanwhile, the Endless Frontier is abuzz regarding the reappearance of Mild Kiel crystals, alongside new entities with their own ambitions. To make matters worse, more [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance remnants of a war-mongering faction]] are on the move again, with their own schemes. However, a few individuals from beyond the Endless Frontier have made their way into the setting.

* OurElvesAreBetter: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; while a variety of elves come into play at various points, from random encounters featuring shotgun-toting elven girls and elven {{commissar}}s with [[GunsAkimbo dual submachine guns]] to {{Hot Scientist}}s Marion and Dorothy to ''EXCEED'' female protagonist Neige, none of them are your typical Earth-attuned elitist variety.
** The Wild and Wood elves? Instead of "Earth-attuned," "Magical-attuned" would be more appropriate.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Wahrschein Lichkeit]]; interestingly, [[spoiler:the Wahrschein Lichkeit's a fragment of the corpse of the [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Neue Regisseur]], the eternal guardian of the universe who existed since the beginning of time. In ''Original Generation 2'', when questioned by the heroes, Neue Regisseur vehemently denied being God]].
** Granted, [[spoiler:the Neue Regisseur hadn't created any universes at the time. Wahrschein Lichkeit was being quite literal]].

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: And, of course, it's {{Lampshaded}}.