History VideoGame / PsychicForce

** RunningGag: Emilio cries "It's all because of this power!" at the ''slightest'' provocation. In his story mode something triggers it ''every single round'', until by the end it's hard to take the line seriously ever again.

The story of ''Psychic Force'' is pretty much a FollowTheLeader series of the ''Comicbook/XMen'', except that you replace Mutants with people with {{psychic power}}s. These people, called "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Psychiccers]]" are shunned by normal people in general and that they're forced to face hate and discrimination on a daily basis, but an organization of Psychiccers called NOA, led by a young man named Keith Evans, rises to make sure that no Psychiccer are forced to face the harshness of the world. Unfortunately, the members of NOA tend to take things to the extreme, causing a small group of Psychiccers to form a resistance against them known as Anti-NOA so that they can oppose NOA's extreme ways. Of course, there are some fighters who are not affiliated with the two groups, yet they still hunt down the Psychiccers, claiming them to be a dangerous threat to the world.

* TheAnimeOfTheGame: It had a 2-episode OVA in 1998.
* AnimeThemeSong: In the [=PlayStation=] versions of both games.

* NamesToKnowInAnime - HikaruMidorikawa (Might), RyuseiNakao (Brad)
** PlayingAgainstType - Subverted for Brad. When Brad is in normal pacifistic mode, he's against RyuseiNakao's usual sadistic type. When he goes full on psycho, he's using his normal style.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In ''Psychic Force Puzzle Taisen'', there is a hidden character named [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Masato/Masahito]] Suzuki who was supposed to have been a playable character from within the first ''Psychic Force'' game, but was eventually cut out during the later development of the game. Background information reveals that Suzuki would've been a neutral fighter (like Genma and Gates) and that he was a bounty hunter who had sought out the Psychiccers through one of his bounty hunting jobs (this fact, along with the other one that he's a swordsman as well would eventually be passed over to Might from within 2012). Aside from Suzuki, there are two other unknown characters from within the bonus pictures of ''Psychic Force Puzzle Taisen'' and that they appear alongside with him, indicating the possibility that they were intended to be playable characters as well and that they would've shared a storyline with Suzuki, but like him, they and the storyline was dropped as well.

** GravitySucks: Gudeath.

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''Psychic Force'' is a [[FightingGame fighting game series]] by Creator/{{Taito}}, unique in a way that the battle take place in a cubic space enforced with magical energies. Though it opens up for complete 3D battle, it utilizes a 2D battle system, except there's no ground and that your character constantly floats and dashes. Like the latter VideoGame/{{Touhou}} fighting games, your character is able to throw projectiles on long range, or get close enough for close range attacks. You can also dash to ''graze'' through weak projectiles, but stronger attacks cannot be dashed through (unlike VideoGame/{{Touhou}} fighting games where even the strongest projectile can be ''grazed'').

The story of ''Psychic Force'' is pretty much a FollowTheLeader series of the ''Comicbook/XMen'', except that you replace ''Mutants'' with ''People with PsychicPower''. These people, called ''[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Psychiccers]]'' are shunned by normal people in general and that they're forced to face hate and discrimination on a daily basis, but an organization of Psychiccers called NOA, led by a young man named Keith Evans, rises to make sure that no Psychiccer are forced to face the harshness of the world. Unfortunately, the members of NOA tend to take things to the extreme, causing a small group of Psychiccers to form a resistance against them known as Anti-NOA so that they can oppose NOA's extreme ways. Of course, there are some fighters who are not affiliated with the two groups, yet they still hunt down the Psychiccers, claiming them to be a dangerous threat to the world.

''Psychic Force'' was then followed by an arcade sequel called ''Psychic Force 2012'', which was ported to the Dreamcast and later got a PS1 port titled ''Psychic Force 2''. The story takes place 2 years later after the first Psychic Force, whereas Wong broke away from Keith and formed his own group called The Army, whose ambitions are far more extreme than NOA (Now called Neo NOA). Three characters: Sonia, Brad, and Genma were removed from the roster but received their own [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successors]]. The three of them would eventually be brought back in ''Psychic Force 2'' as exclusive characters to that specific title. The sequel itself would also sport out a brand new cast of characters (and some returning ones). Interestingly, Taito has recently re-released ''2012'' for arcades, using the NESICA x Live System found on many cabinets that utilize their Type X boards, as well as upgraded HD graphics.

''Psychic Force'', while not commercially successful at the time of its initial release, DID gain a [[CultClassic cult fanbase]]. It also spawned a 2-episode OVA.

[[Characters/PsychicForce It has a character sheet for this game]].

Tropes associated with Psychic Force:

* AgeIsRelative - In 2010, the other characters tend to treat Emilio like a little kid when in fact he's 14, only a year younger than Wendy. Puzzle Taisen (see LighterAndSofter) takes this UpToEleven for humorous effect, but it makes it all the more shocking in 2012 when he grows out of it with a vengeance.
* TheAnimeOfTheGame - It had a 2-episode OVA in 1998.
* AntiVillain - Most of the NOA members, except Wong, even before the formation of his Army.
* DownerEnding - [[spoiler:Needless to say, nobody gets a happy ending, their stories always end in a sad note, for them or for the world.]]
** BittersweetEnding - [[spoiler:Except maybe Wendy's in [=PF2=]. She succeeds in her mission of saving Burn, although she did lose Emilio in process. Or Might, because it's one of the endings where Wong truly gets killed.]]
* ElementalPowers - BOY HOWDY:
** PlayingWithFire - Burn, Regina
** AnIcePerson - Keith
** BlowYouAway - Wendy
** ShockAndAwe - Sonia, Might
** DishingOutDirt - While not exactly their main forte, Brad and Gudeath seem to utilize rocks in their arsenal
** KillItWithWater - Carlo
* FollowTheLeader - The story is kind of like ''Comicbook/XMen'' [[RecycledINSPACE WITH PSYCHIC POWERS!]]
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil - Anti-NOA is Good, NOA is Bad, Wong's Army is Evil. The magicians (Genma/Genshin) don't take sides. Gates also used to be not taking sides, until Keith captures, reprograms and drafts him into NOA.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight - Burn only wishes he was having one with Keith, but in 2012 Wendy has two of them: with Emilio and, oddly, with Gates.
* LighterAndSofter - ''Psychic Force Puzzle Taisen'', a Psychic Force-themed version of [[VideoGame/BubbleBobble Puzzle Bobble]] in which the 2010 characters appear as SuperDeformed versions of themselves and their issues are much more innocuous. Puzzle Taisen also contains examples of:
** CloudCuckoolander - Brad's good side (notable in the only installment of the series where his good side gets appreciable screentime)
** CorruptCorporateExecutive / TheScrooge - Wong. Because...
** FreudianExcuse - ...It turns out no one bought him any toys when he was a child.
** GreenAesop - More green than aesop, but there is a notable theme of energy crises. [[spoiler:Keith's LighterAndSofter plan is for Psychiccers to save the planet by volunteering their powers as a clean, renewable energy source.]]
** NeverSayDie - Surprisingly averted (especially in Wong's story), but unlike in the canon games, no one ever seems to be KilledOffForReal.
** RunningGag - Emilio cries "It's all because of this power!" at the ''slightest'' provocation. In his story mode something triggers it ''every single round'', until by the end it's hard to take the line seriously ever again.

* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Burn and Keith are named after the player characters from ''Riding Fight'', a previous {{Taito}} game made by the same developers.

* LighterAndSofter - ''Psychic Force Puzzle Taisen'', a Psychic Force-themed version of [[BubbleBobble Puzzle Bobble]] in which the 2010 characters appear as SuperDeformed versions of themselves and their issues are much more innocuous. Puzzle Taisen also contains examples of:

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''Psychic Force'' was then followed by a Dreamcast sequel called ''Psychic Force 2012'', which later got a PS1 port titled ''Psychic Force 2''. The story takes place 2 years later after the first Psychic Force, whereas Wong broke away from Keith and formed his own group called The Army, whose ambitions are far more extreme than NOA (Now called Neo NOA). Three characters: Sonia, Brad, and Genma were removed from the roster but received their own [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successors]]. The three of them would eventually be brought back in ''Psychic Force 2'' as exclusive characters to that specific title. The sequel itself would also sport out a brand new cast of characters (and some returning ones). Interestingly, Taito has recently re-released ''2012'' for arcades, using the NESICA x Live System found on many cabinets that utilize their Type X boards, as well as upgraded HD graphics.

''Psychic Force'' is a [[FightingGame fighting game series]] by Creator/{{Taito}}, unique in a way that the battle take place in a cubic space enforced with magical energies. Though it opens up for complete 3D battle, it utilizes a 2D battle system, except there's no ground and that your character constantly floats and dashes. Like the latter VideoGame/{{Touhou}} fighting games, your character is able to throw projectiles on long range, or get close enough for close range attacks. You can also dash to 'graze' through weak projectiles, but stronger attacks cannot be dashed through (unlike VideoGame/{{Touhou}} fighting games where even the strongest projectile can be 'grazed').

The story of Psychic Force is pretty much a FollowTheLeader series of the XMen, except that you replace 'Mutants' with 'people with PsychicPower'. These people, called '[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Psychiccers]]' are shunned by normal people in general and that they're forced to face hate and discrimination on a daily basis, but an organization of Psychiccers called 'NOA', led by a young man named Keith Evans, rises to make sure that no Psychiccer are forced to face the harshness of the world. Unfortunately, the members of NOA tend to take things to the extreme, causing a small group of Psychiccers to form a resistance against them known as 'Anti-NOA' so that they can oppose NOA's extreme ways. Of course, there are some fighters who are not affiliated with the two groups, yet they still hunt down the Psychiccers, claiming them to be a dangerous threat to the world.

PsychicForce was then followed by a Dreamcast sequel called ''Psychic Force 2012'', which later got a PS1 port titled ''Psychic Force 2''. The story takes place 2 years later after the first Psychic Force, whereas Wong broke away from Keith and formed his own group called The Army, whose ambitions are far more extreme than NOA (Now called Neo NOA). Three characters: Sonia, Brad, and Genma were removed from the roster but received their own [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successors]]. The three of them would eventually be brought back in Psychic Force 2 as exclusive characters to that specific title. The sequel itself would also sport out a brand new cast of characters (and some returning ones). Interestingly, Taito has recently re-released ''2012'' for arcades, using the NESICA x Live System found on many cabinets that utilize their Type X boards, as well as upgraded HD graphics.

Psychic Force, while not commercially successful at the time of its initial release, DID gain a [[CultClassic cult fanbase]]. It also spawned a 2-episode OVA.

* FollowTheLeader - The story is kind of like XMen [[RecycledINSPACE WITH PSYCHIC POWERS!]]

PsychicForce was then followed by a Dreamcast sequel called ''Psychic Force 2012'', which later got a PS1 port titled ''Psychic Force 2''. The story takes place 2 years later after the first Psychic Force, whereas Wong broke away from Keith and formed his own group called The Army, whose ambitions are far more extreme than NOA (Now called Neo NOA). Three characters: Sonia, Brad, and Genma were removed from the roster but received their own [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successors]]. The three of them would eventually be brought back in Psychic Force 2 as exclusive characters to that specific title. The sequel itself would also sport out a brand new cast of characters (and some returning ones)

The first PsychicForce game features this cast of characters:
* Burn Griffiths: The main protagonist of the series who happens to be a hotheaded American member of Anti-NOA. Psychiccer of [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]. Burn happens to be an old friend of Keith and wants him to abandon his extreme ways.
* Emilio Michaelov: A young Russian boy who is a member of Anti-NOA. Psychiccer of [[LightEmUp Light]]. Introverted and is fearful of his power.
* Wendy Ryan: A happy, up-beat Australian girl who happens to be a member of Anti-NOA. Psychiccer of [[BlowYouAway Wind]]. Tends to act like Emilio's CoolBigSis in order to help him out. She's also on a personal mission to find her missing older sister Chris.
* Sonia: A mysterious blue-haired woman who works as a member of NOA. Psychiccer of [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]]. She harbors a crush on Keith, and is hinted to be [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots rather robotic]]. [[spoiler: Turns out she is Wendy's older sister Chris Ryan, who was kidnapped and rebuilt as an android by Wong.]]
* Brad Kilsten: A German man with a SplitPersonality disorder. At one point he's a gentleman who scoffs at fighting, but let him see some blood and he'll turn into an AxCrazy PsychoForHire. He's a member of NOA and is the Psychiccer of [[GravitySucks Gravity]].
* Richard Wong: A bespectacled Chinese man who happens to be a member of NOA and is the Psychiccer of [[TimeMaster Time]]. He usually serves as Keith's consultant and strategist, but is one hell of [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent]] [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]], manipulating everyone and everything for his own personal gain. Possibly the BigBad of the entire series.
* Rokudo Genma: A Japanese monk who's unaffiliated with any of the forces. He relies on Shinto monk magic and is convinced that psychic power is a double-edged sword, thus he's trying to rid the world of all Psychiccers.
* Gates Oltsman: An American [[HollywoodCyborg cyborg]] who's not affiliated with any of the groups and that he fights with any armaments and upgrades of his cybernetic body. An unexpected Psychiccer attack had severely injured him and killed his wife and daughter, thus he became a cyborg in order to get his revenge against all Psychiccers.
* Keith Evans: The leader of NOA who happens to be the Psychiccer of [[AnIcePerson Ice]]. Despite his extreme ambitions, Keith comes off as being a very charismatic person and manages to attract one of his followers, Sonia. Keith's goal is to create a perfect utopia for Psychiccers and that he seeks to recruit and convince his old friend Burn to help him out in his quest.

PsychicForce was then followed by a Dreamcast sequel called ''Psychic Force 2012'', which later got a PS1 port titled 'Psychic Force 2'. The story takes place 2 years later after the first Psychic Force, whereas Wong broke away from Keith and formed his own group called The Army, whose ambitions are far more extreme than NOA (Now called Neo NOA). Three characters: Sonia, Brad and Genma were removed from the roster but received their own [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successors]]. The three of them would eventually be brought back in Psychic Force 2 as exclusive characters to that specific title. The sequel itself would also sport out a brand new cast of characters (and some returning ones):

* Might: The second protagonist of the series and Sonia's SpiritualSuccessor (he controls lightning). A 'Psychiccer Hunter' who makes a living by killing all other Psychiccers.
* Patricia Myers: Nicknamed 'Patty', she is Might's closest friend (but it's not quite known if she's also a Psychiccer Hunter). A brand new addition to the cast, as she is the Psychiccer of [[MusicalAssassin Tones]].
* Wendy Ryan: Returning from the first game, she is now looking for the missing Burn. [[spoiler: It's also possible that part of her ending is canon, in which she accidentally killed Sonia/Chris, but unlike her ending, Sonia never came back]].
* Genshin Kenjoh: Very much identical to his SpiritualSuccessor Genma, he is a monk magician who uses Shinto monk magic and tries to rid the world of the evil that is Psychiccers. He's also on a personal mission to rescue a young Shinto miko named Shiori from Wong and the Army.
* Carlo Belfrond: A new addition to the cast who happens to be the Psychiccer of [[KillItWithWater Water]]. Carlo is Keith's new subordinate and supports his goal of a Psychiccer-only world. He has a little sister named...
* Regina Belfrond: Carlo's little sister who happens to be a Psychiccer of [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], but NOT Burn's SpiritualSuccessor. Other than serving Keith and supporting his ambition, she seeks to impress her brother as well.
* Gates Oltsman: Another returning face, he now works for Neo NOA after Keith captures and reprograms him. [[spoiler: His ending in the previous game was canon too: Keith was actually the one behind his family's massacre, but Gates didn't know about this when he was being brainwashed.]]
* Emilio Michaelov: A third returning face from the first game, but this time he's in a completely different situation. Emilio is now in Wong's army and has been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] into some sort of AxCrazy boy. However, his good self still struggles to emerge.
* Setsuna: A new {{Bishonen}} addition who is a Psychiccer of Darkness and serves as a part of Wong's Army. However, like Wong to Keith previously, Setsuna [[TheStarscream wants to usurp Wong's place and take control over The Army]].
* Gudeath: Somehow a SpiritualSuccessor to Brad (controlling gravity), despite [[MightyGlacier being sooo slow]]. Gudeath is a member of Wong's Army and thinks that [[TheSocialDarwinist the world has no need of the weak]] and is out to eliminate weak Psychiccers.
* Keith Evans: Still the leader of Neo NOA as he continues his conquest in creating a Psychiccer-only utopia. Although with Wong defecting, he got a new opposition that even disgusts him.
* Richard Wong: Now the leader of his own organization called The Army, Wong seeks to topple both Keith and Neo NOA so that he can advance his own goal of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]].
* Burn Griffiths: Even though he went missing after the events of the first Psychic Force, Burn had soon re-emerged in order to stop the plans of both Neo NOA and the Army. He's also continuing his own personal mission of convincing Keith to give up the idea of creating a utopia for Psychiccers.

Tropes associated:

* AnimeHair - Might's hair. Burn's probably count too. Also Brad's.

* TheArcher - Emilio's Shining Arrow
* AssKicksYou - Wendy
* AxCrazy - One of Brad's personality, and [=PF2=] Emilio.
* BadassBookworm - Keith is fond of reading books
* BareYourMidriff - Wendy in the first game.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind - The last battle of Emilio's story in ''Psychic Force 2'' is a battle against his psycho side. [[spoiler: He loses]].
* BeamSpam - Emilio's Trinity Ray, especially if there are prisms involved, particularly the one that splits a ray into eight.
* BigNo - [[spoiler:Sonia lets out one in her Story, after accidentally killing her sister Wendy (and regaining her memories in the same time]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Carlo is rather protective to Regina.
* BigBrotherWorship - Regina worships Carlo
* BlondGuysAreEvil - Setsuna. Hoo boy.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy - [=PF2=] Emilio. Emphasis on '''CRAZY'''
* TheChessmaster - Wong
* CoolBigSis - Wendy (Although Wendy herself has got her own CoolBigSis in form of [[spoiler:Sonia]])
* CoolShades - Gates
* CrucifiedHeroShot - Emilio's ultimate move.
* DarkMessiah - Keith
* DeadHandShot - [[spoiler:Keith]] gets one in [[spoiler:Brad]]'s ending.

* EyesAlwaysShut - Wong. He's an evil Chinese guy. Of course he'll have this.

* GravitySucks - Brad and Gudeath's ultimates.
* HeroicSacrifice - [[spoiler:In Genshin's ending, he defeats Wong in order to save Shiori, but discovers that Shiori's lifeforce is fading away because of Wong's experiments on her. To ensure that she has the chance to survive and live on, Genshin transfers his remaining lifeforce into Shiori so that she can be revived instantly. Sadly, Genshin dies from the process of his technique]].
* HollywoodCyborg - Gates
* HolyHandGrenade - Emilio
* HopeSpot - Regina's Ending. [[spoiler:She was sure she already killed Gudeath in order to avenge Carlo's death... except Gudeath is NotQuiteDead and proceeds to backstab her before dying himself, leading Regina to eventually be TogetherInDeath with Carlo.]]
* HumanPopsicle - Keith's Frigid Prison

* LaserGuidedAmnesia - [[spoiler:Sonia]]
* LightIsNotGood - [=PF2=] Emilio

* LoveMartyr - Sonia. Amnesia aside, she's willing to assist Keith in most of his questionable ways to achieve his goal because she did love him.
* LukeIAmYourFather - [[spoiler:Wendy, Sonia is your sister.]] This also works vice versa.
** Also, [[spoiler:Might, Patty is your mother/creator]]
* MeaningfulName - Any wonders someone named ''Burn'' would be PlayingWithFire?
* MightyGlacier - Gates and Gudeath
* {{Miko}} - Shiori
* MsFanservice - Sonia, whose skin tight outfit really makes her ''hot''; and Regina, with enough cleavage for the American Dreamcast release to censor it and a white leotard that invites "running around in her panties" jokes.
* MusicalAssassin - Patty

* PowerGivesYouWings - Emilio's power manifests in a pair of light wings
* PsychoForHire - Brad's crazy personality, and probably Setsuna too
* PsychoticSmirk - Wong is very rarely seen without this.
* RazorWind - Most of Wendy's attacks
* RedOniBlueOni - Burn and Keith
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot - Sonia,[[spoiler:Might]]
* ShesGotLegs - Wendy, Sonia, Patty, and Regina.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Burn and Keith are named after the player characters from ''RidingFight'', a previous Taito game made by the same developers.
* ShrinkingViolet - Emilio might be a male example.
* TheSocialDarwinist - Gudeath
* SplitPersonality - Brad
* TeleportSpam - Wong can be very fond of this. His throw move consists of teleporting around the opponent repeatedly, striking them from every angle.
* TheStarscream - Setsuna
* ThatManIsDead - [[spoiler:In Sonia's Story Mode, after she found out that she is Wendy's sister, she renounced all her loyalty and love to Keith and utters the line, "Sonia is dead. The one standing before you is Wendy's sister Chris Ryan."]]
* TimeMaster - Wong
* TimeStandsStill - Wong's move, which DRAINS all his Psi powers.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans - Keith's explanation towards Burn during their confronations in both games.
* WellIntentionedExtremist - Keith's main goal is to create a peaceful utopia for united Psychiccers. Unfortunately, having to attack and kill innocent people seems to be a part of that goal.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy - Keith
* WhoWearsShortShorts - Wendy in the first game.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair - Sonia and Patty
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness - Wong is very fond of saying this quote.
* ZettaiRyouiki - Wendy in the first game.

* AntiVillain - Most of the NOA members, except [[CompleteMonster Wong]], even before the formation of his Army.

''Psychic Force'' is a [[FightingGame fighting game series]] by Creator/{{Taito}}, unique in a way that the battle take place in a cubic space enforced with magical energies. Though it opens up for complete 3D battle, it utilizes a 2D battle system, except there's no ground and that your character constantly floats and dashes. Like the latter {{Touhou}} fighting games, your character is able to throw projectiles on long range, or get close enough for close range attacks. You can also dash to 'graze' through weak projectiles, but stronger attacks cannot be dashed through (unlike {{Touhou}} fighting games where even the strongest projectile can be 'grazed').

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* Keith Evans: The leader of NOA who happens to be the Psychiccer of [[AnIcePerson Ice]]. Despite his extreme ambitions, Keith comes off as being a very charismatic person and manages to attract one of his followers, Sonia. Keith's goal is to create a perfect utopia for Psychiccers and that he seeks to recuit and convince his old friend Burn to help him out in his quest.

* MsFanservice - Sonia. That skin tight outfit really makes her ''hot''.

** FreudianExcuse - Turns out no one bought toys for Wong when he was a child.
** NeverSayDie - Surprisingly averted (especially in Wong's story), but no one seems to be KilledOffForReal.

* DeadHandShot - [[spoiler:Keith gets one in Brad's ending.]]

* FoeYay / HoYay - Burn and Keith.

* WellIntentionedExtremist - Keith's main goal is to create a peaceful utopia for united Psychiccers. Unfortunantely, having to attack and kill innocent people seems to be a part of that goal.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Ringing out Patty when playing as Burn. There is something [[{{Ryona}} sickly satisfying]] about hearing him scream her name at the top of his lungs.