History VideoGame / Sora

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-->-- '''Sora''', ''sora''[='=]s teaser trailer from ''Acceleration of SUGURI''

''sora'' is the sequel to ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'', a horizontally-scrolling doujin shoot 'em up by Orange_Juice, and it was released during Comiket 78 in 2010 for Windows PC. Just like its predecessor, it stars an eponymous protagonist who must fight her way through waves of MechaMooks with a boss waiting at end of each stage while trying to save the world. ''sora''[='=]s storyline takes place on a once peaceful world being ravaged by an ongoing war, which has brought chaos, death, and destruction throughout Earth and could spell the end of all life on the planet. Sora was reluctantly sent into battle against her will to settle the score, when all she wants is to bring back the Earth to it's former glory and beautiful skies she once remembered from her childhood to return. Like Suguri before her, Sora can amass a large arsenal of weapons at her disposal, ranging from [[RayGun beam rifles]], [[GrenadeLauncher bazookas]], [[LaserBlade beam swords]], and even a {{pile bunker}} thrown in for good measure. The game maintains its trademark dashing and lock-on shooting gameplay from its predecessor, but unlike our previous silver-haired heroine, Sora's able use to three weapons instead of two (generally an energy weapon, a ballistics weapon, and a melee weapon). The game also improved on its combo-based scoring system, adding more emphasis on funneling through enemy fire to restore some lost life energy and building up energy for your [[LimitBreak Hyper Attacks]].

* ActionGirl: Sora, whether she likes it or not.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Nath is fully aware of what is going on and supports sora but has little to no control over their own body.]]

* AttackDrone: Sora can use the Pod weapon similarly to Suguri.

* {{BFS}}: Sora can unlock one called the Zapper, a huge broadsword that is difficult to swing due to its size, but can deal high amounts of damage.

* DubNameChange: In ΩTH's English localization of ''sora'', the names changes as follows: Tsih's name was changed to '''Telos''', Sham was changed to '''Siri''', and Nath was changed to '''Nadius'''.

** [[spoiler:The True Final Battle with Suguri in ''sora'''s EX Stage is turned into a fight straight out of ''Acceleration of SUGURI''.]]

* GoldenEnding: [[spoiler:During the EX Stage, after waking up 10,000 years later, Sora notices the sky is still dark and hazy, believing her efforts of trying to save the Earth are for naught, but in reality it was simply snowing though she has never seen this happen on Earth before. She then finds Hime and Suguri on Earth and [[AxCrazy blames them]] for the fighting that ruined the world and then proceeds to attack them. Once the fighting was over, Suguri shows Sora that in the end, she saved the world, and above the snowy clouds, the sky has returned the beautiful clear blue color she once remembered from her childhood.]]

** In ''sora'', it features the songs "Le Train", "Grand blue", and ''sora'''s version of "Rendezvous"[[labelnote:*]]Hime's boss theme from the first game[[/labelnote]], all of which incorporates English vocals instead of Japanese, although some of songs have mistranslated lyrics.

* LimitBreak: Hyper Attacks also returns in ''sora'' and ''acceration of SUGURI 2'', but players can now chose either Standard[[labelnote:*]](which lets the player evoke their Hyper Attack immediately corresponding to the weapon button held when launching the attack like the original SUGURI)[[/labelnote]] and Advanced[[labelnote:*]](which will enact a shield to protect the player from harm for a brief amount of time, during which can trigger the Hyper Attack if any of the weapon buttons are pressed while the shield is up)[[/labelnote]] modes to invoke the Hyper Attacks.

* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Star Breaker uses some fire-based attacks that can either damage Sora or weaken her Hyper Meter and does damage over time if she's burned. She can also cloak herself in flames to discourage close-ranged attacks.]]

* MeaningfulName: Sora's parents named her after the Japanese word for "sky", referring to how beautiful they are, although it doesn't seem like the sky is beautiful at all in the game. [[spoiler:That was until Sora's efforts to help Yukito with their dream of saving the planet from the war and bringing skies back to its former glory were a success.]]

* OldSaveBonus: Owning the Steam version of ''sora'' and ''acceleration of SUGURI 2'' unlocks Sora (Military) and Suguri (Ver.2) for the Steam version of ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice''.

* RankInflation: ''sora'' and ''acceleration of SUGURI 2'' does this just as their predecessors did. The lowest to highest ranks are E, D, C, B, A, and S.

* SuperSoldier: Sora became one in order to fight one side of the war due to her own natural talents of fighting, despite that she wanted nothing to due with the war.

* TheCutie: Sham believes she's one in ''acceleration of SUGURI 2'' during Saki's story, in which they fight over who's cuter. [[spoilers:This feud of cuteness continues with Saki's encounter with Sumika.]]

* GenreShift: [[spoiler:The True Final Battle with Suguri in ''sora'''s EX Stage is turned into a fight straight out of ''Acceleration of SUGURI''.]]

-->-- '''Sora''', ''sora''[='=]s teaser trailer from ''Accleration of SUGURI''

''sora'' is a sequel to ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'', a horizontally-scrolling doujin shoot 'em up by Orange_Juice, and it was released during Comiket 78 in 2010 for Windows PC. Just like its predecessor, it stars an eponymous protagonist who must fight her way through waves of MechaMooks with a boss waiting at end of each stage while trying to save the world. ''sora''[='=]s storyline takes place on a once peaceful world being ravaged by an ongoing war, which has brought chaos, death, and destruction throughout Earth and could spell the end of all life on the planet. This is where Sora is reluctantly sent into battle to settle the score, when all she wants is to bring back the Earth to it's former glory and beautiful skies she once remembered from her childhood to retrun. Like Suguri before her, Sora can amass a large arsenal of weapons at her disposal, ranging from [[RayGun beam rifles]], [[GrenadeLauncher bazookas]], [[LaserBlade beam swords]], and even a {{pile bunker}} thrown in for good measure. The game maintains its trademark dashing and lock-on shooting gameplay from its predecessor, but unlike our previous silver-haired heroine, Sora's able use to three weapons instead of two (generally an energy weapon, a ballistics weapon, and a melee weapon). The game also improved on its combo-based scoring system, adding more emphasis on funneling through enemy fire to restore some lost life energy and building up energy for your [[LimitBreak Hyper Attacks]].

The game unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization on June 1st, 2012 by ΩTH who turned out to an Internet troll by the name of [=FalcomGameFan=]. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, lies about its copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, swapped music that wasn't even in the game, bugs and glitches that were never present in the original version of the game, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android weren't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. Although the petition didn't get the signatures it needed, near the end of 2015, Fruitbat Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and eventually released it through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and direct from their website in 2016 with a proper localization and higher resolution visuals. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', were also released digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

As with ''SUGURI'' before it, ''sora'' was followed up with a shoot 'em up-fighting game hybrid with ''acceleration of SUGURI 2'' released a year later during Comiket 80 in 2011. The game features both the heroines and boss characters of their respective game as playable characters, a Story Mode[[labelnote:*]](which wasn't added until v1.3)[[/labelnote]], an Arcade Mode, a local and online Versus Mode. During it's initial release however, lacked certain key features originally planned for the game and suffered from character balance issues. Thankfully, the Orange_Juice took action and fixed many of the game's issues through patches. The game was also published by Fruitbat Factory in 2018, with enhanced similar enhancements that ''sora'' received, an online lobby system, and rebalanced gameplay. Sora also makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'' along with characters from ''SUGURI'' and ''Flying Red Barrel''.

* ApocalypseHow: The war between humans and altered humans brought destruction to Earth as it made very the air to support any lifeforms toxic and ultimately uninhabitable.

* {{BFS}}: Sora can unlock one called the Zapper, a huge plasma sword that is difficult to swing due to its size, but can deal high amounts of damage.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: The English lyrics incorporated in "Le Train" and "Grand blue" songs from ''sora''.

** There's also ''sora'''s English localization by ΩTH, which received widespread backlash from the fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' games localized by Rockin' Android.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The first boss fight in ''sora'' ends with Alte grabbing onto Sora. The final (True) boss fight with Suguri ends with Suguri grabbing onto Sora. The Song "Accelerator" in ''acceleration of SUGURI 2'' is also this, combining a remix of Suguri's theme Icarus with a remix of the very first stage in Suguri, Green Bird.]]

* ChargedAttack: Some of the weapons in ''sora'' change be charged up and use alternate properties, such as locking onto multiple enemies with the Rifle-N, to a charged shot that pierces through enemies and some projects with Rifle-C, and the Bullet shooting off a ricocheting shots.
* {{Combos}}: The damage you deal to enemies are used as part of score, though unlike ''SUGURI'' the combo meter stops during moments where player transitions from one area to the next.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While far from the latter, ''sora'' is much more serious and darker in tone compared to ''SUGURI''; the game takes place during a war that is slowly killing the planet, a reluctant Sora is drafted into the military to fight for one side and nearly died doing so, tried to defect from the war to help Yukito and achieve their dream of a world without war and beautiful skies only to witness and/or cause many causalities herself. Many of the environments Sora travels to are often barren and lifeless, the game's soundtrack is moodier versus the upbeat and high-tempo score of its predecessor, and characters Sora encounters often have their own stake in the war, except in the case of Tsih who was hired by Sora's opposing army to kill her for abandoning the war. [[spoiler:Sora ended getting [[ShellShockedVeteran post-traumatic stress disorder]] as a result from this war and nearly lost it in the game's true ending after waking up 10,000 years later only to find the skies still dark when it was really just snowing at time, attacking Hime and Suguri on sight until they finally rationalized her through a grueling fight]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The game initially ends with Sora slowly plummeting back to Earth, with hopes that the skies above will clear up after losing consciousness from stopping Star Breaker from unleashing an EarthShatteringKaboom [[TakingYouWithMe as a last-ditch effort to destroy Sora]] along with the planet. After the v1.1 update, the game received a True Final Boss battle and a happier ending.]]

** [[spoiler:And Star Breaker to Shifu, both of which are the BigBad of their respective shoot 'em up games with [[OmnicidalManiac a desire to destroy the world and all of it's inhabitants]].]]

* GoldenEnding: [[spoiler:During the EX Stage, after waking up 10,000 years later, Sora notices the sky is still dark and hazy, believing her efforts of trying to save the Earth are for naught, but in reality it was simply snowing though she has never seen this happen on Earth before. She then finds Hime and Suguri on Earth and [[AxCrazy blames them]] for the fighting that ruined the world and then proceeds to attack them. Once the fighting was over, Suguri reveals to Sora that in the end, she saved the world and the sky has returned the beautiful clear blue color she once remembered from her childhood.]]

* MadBomber: [[spoiler:Star Breaker likes to deploy bombs explodes normally, in a cross-shaped formation, or camouflage themselves to blend into the background until the detonate.]]

* MeaningfulName: Sora's parents named her after the Japanese word for "sky", referring to how beautiful they are, although it doesn't seem like the sky is beautiful at all in the game [[spoiler:at first; after the battle with Hime and Suguri in the EX Stage, the black and toxic skies returns to its beautiful, clear blue color again, thus Sora fulfilled her dream of returning the Earth to the way it was]].
** [[spoiler:In original Japanese release of the game most of the bosses are named after stars. Then we have Star Breaker...]]

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Mira wears one.

* ShiftingSandLand: Stage 3 in ''sora''.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Stage 2 in ''sora''.

* ThemeNaming: The bosses' names save for the final boss in the original Japanese material are named after stars.

''sora'' is a follow-up to ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'', a horizontally-scrolling doujin shoot 'em up by Orange_Juice and it was released during Comiket 78 for Windows PC. Just like its predecessor, it stars an eponymous protagonist who must fight her way through waves of MechaMooks with a boss waiting at end of each stage while trying to save the world. ''sora''[='=]s storyline takes place on a once peaceful world being ravaged by an ongoing war. It was a war that brought chaos, death, and destruction that will ultimately bring an end to all life on Earth. This is where Sora is reluctantly sent into battle to settle the score, when all she wants is to bring back the Earth to it's former glory. Like Suguri before her, Sora can amass a large arsenal of weapons at her disposal, ranging from [[RayGun beam rifles]], [[GrenadeLauncher bazookas]], [[LaserBlade beam swords]], and even a pile bunker thrown in for good measure. The game maintains its trademark dashing and lock-on shooting gameplay from its predecessor, but unlike our previous silver-haired heroine, Sora's able use to three weapons instead of two (generally an energy weapon, a ballistics weapon, and a close-range weapon). The game also improved on its combo-based scoring system, adding more emphasis on funneling through enemy fire to restore some lost life energy and building up energy for your [[LimitBreak Hyper Attacks]].

The game unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by ΩTH who turned out to an Internet troll by the name of [=FalcomGameFan=] on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, bugs and glitches that were never present in the original version of the game, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android weren't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. Although the petition didn't get the signatures it needed, near the end of 2015, Fruitbat Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and eventually released it through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and direct from their website in 2016 with a proper localization and higher resolution visuals. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', were also released digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

* ArtEvolution: A huge improvement from the artist in terms of the art-style and overall visual quality in ''sora'' compared to ''SUGURI''. The same goes for ''acceleration of SUGURI 2'' compared to its predecessor.

* BlowYouAway: Mira can create cyclones as one of special attacks.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While far from the latter, ''sora'' is much more serious and darker in tone compared to ''SUGURI''; the game takes place during a war that is slowly killing the planet, a reluctant Sora is drafted into the military to fight for one side and nearly died doing so, tried to defect from the army she was assigned to while helping Yukito achieve his dream only to witness and/or cause many causalities herself. Many of the environments Sora travels to are often barren and lifeless, the game's soundtrack is moodier versus the upbeat and high-tempo score of its predecessor, and characters Sora encounters often have their own stake in the war, and in the case of Tsih, were hired by Sora's opposing army to kill her for abandoning the war. Sora ended getting post-traumatic stress disorder as a result from this war [[spoiler:and nearly lost it in the game's true ending after waking up 10,000 years later only to find the skies still dark when it was really just snowing at time, attacking Hime and Suguri on sight until they finally rationalized her through a grueling fight]].

%%* SuperSoldier

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The game ends with Sora slowly plummeting back to Earth, with hopes that the skies above will clear up after stopping Star Breaker from unleashing an EarthShatteringKaboom [[TakingYouWithMe as a last-ditch effort to destroy Sora]] along with the planet.]]

* GoldenEnding: [[spoiler:During the EX Stage, Sora notices the sky is still black and toxic while descending to Earth, realizing her efforts of trying to save the Earth are for naught. She then finds Hime and Suguri on Earth and [[AxCrazy blames them]] for the fighting that ruined the world and then proceeds to attack them. Once the fighting was over, Suguri reveals to Sora that in the end, she saved the world and the sky has returned the beautiful clear blue color she once remembered from her childhood.]]

'''''sora''''' is a follow-up to ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'', a horizontally-scrolling doujin shoot 'em up by Orange_Juice and it was released during Comiket 78 for Windows PC.

Just like its predecessor, it stars an eponymous protagonist who must fight her way through waves of MechaMooks with a boss waiting at end of each stage while trying to save the world. ''sora''[='=]s storyline takes place on a once peaceful world being ravaged by an ongoing war. It was a war that brought chaos, death, and destruction that will ultimately bring an end to all life on Earth. This is where Sora is reluctantly sent into battle to settle the score, when all she wants is to bring back the Earth to it's former glory. Like Suguri before her, Sora can amass a large arsenal of weapons at her disposal, ranging from [[RayGun beam rifles]], [[GrenadeLauncher bazookas]], [[LaserBlade beam swords]], and even a pile bunker thrown in for good measure. The game maintains its trademark dashing and lock-on shooting gameplay from its predecessor, but unlike our previous silver-haired heroine, Sora's able use to three weapons instead of two (generally an energy weapon, a ballistics weapon, and a close-range weapon). The game also improved on its combo-based scoring system, adding more emphasis on funneling through enemy fire to restore some lost life energy and building up energy for your [[LimitBreak Hyper Attacks]].

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by ΩTH who turned out to an Internet troll by the name of [=FalcomGameFan=] on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, bugs and glitches that were never present in the original version of the game, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android weren't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. Although the petition didn't get the signatures it needed, near the end of 2015, Fruitbat Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and eventually released it through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and direct from their website in 2016 with a proper localization and higher resolution visuals. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', were also released digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

''sora''[='=]s official Japanese website can be viewed [[http://daidai.moo.jp/sora/soramain.html here]] and ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2''[='=]s website can be viewed [[http://daidai.moo.jp/aos2/aos2.html here]].

* ArtEvolution: A huge improvement from the artist in terms of the art-style and overall visual quality in ''sora'' compared to ''SUGURI''. The same goes for ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' compared to its predecessor.

* BackgroundBoss: The mid-stage of Stage 5 in ''sora''.
** [[spoiler:Also the first two phases of the final battle with Starbreaker in Stage 7 in said game.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The game ends with Sora slowly plummeting back to Earth, with hopes that the skies above will clear up after stopping Starbreaker from unleashing an EarthShatteringKaboom [[TakingYouWithMe as a last-ditch effort to destroy Sora]] along with the planet.]]

* EvolvingTitleScreen: [[spoiler:Upon clearing the EX Stage, the sky in the background goes from dark and clouded to a beautiful, variant, clear skies. The title screen's logo also changes to the one seen in the true ending, as well as new background music to accompany the new background.]]

** [[spoiler:And Starbreaker to Shifu, both of which are the BigBad of their respective shoot 'em up games with [[OmnicidalManiac a desire to destroy the world and all of it's inhabitants]].]]

** [[spoiler:The final battle with Sumika in ''acceleration of SUGURI 2'''s Story Mode is also reminiscent to the final battle with Starbreaker in ''sora''.]]

* GratuitousEnglish: In ''sora'', it features the songs "Le Train", "Grand blue", and ''sora'''s version of "Rendezvous"[[labelnote:*]]Hime's boss theme from the first game[[/labelnote]], all of which incorporates English vocals instead of Japanese, although some of songs have mistranslated lyrics.

* HumongousMecha: Nath pilots one. It's even capable of [[TransformingMecha transforming to more powerful forms]].

* MadBomber: [[spoiler:Starbreaker likes to deploy bombs explodes normally, in a cross-shaped formation, or camouflage themselves to blend into the background until the detonate.]]
* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Starbreaker uses some fire-based attacks that can either damage Sora or weaken her Hyper Meter and does damage over time if she's burned. She can also cloak herself in flames to discourage close-ranged attacks.]]

** [[spoiler:In original Japanese release of the game most of the bosses are named after stars. Then we have Starbreaker...]]

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Starbreaker. She is out to destroy '''everything''', including the entire planet.]]

* ShoutOut [[spoiler:Starbreaker is one to [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Princess Nia]]. She has TechnicolorEyes, [[RapunzelHair long]], [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pastel-blue hair]], wears a [[FutureSpandex skin-tight black bodysuit]] during the final sequences of ''sora''[='=]s story, as well as being bound to a spherical object of [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom doom]] during the final stage of said game.]]

* TokenMiniMoe: Tsih [[spoiler:and Starbreaker]].

* UpdatedReRelease: Fruitbat Factory's overseas version of ''sora'' features support for higher resolutions, widescreen support, native keyboard and controller remapping, and support for Xbox 360 (or similar) controllers. ''acceleration of SUGURI 2'' received a similar treatment for its overseas re-release with a lobby and match making system à la ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice''.
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:Starbreaker has one after Sora beats her in Stage 7 of ''sora''. Let's just say that she doesn't take defeat very well.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Tsih, Nath, [[spoiler:and also Starbreaker]].

->''"Your name is Sora... Because you're just like the sky... Beautiful, dignified, and full of life."''
-->-- '''Sora's parents'''

'''''sora''''' is a follow-up to the fan-acclaimed ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'', a horizontally-scrolling doujin shoot 'em up by Orange_Juice and it was released during Comiket 78 for Windows PC.

Just like its predecessor, it stars an eponymous protagonist who must fight her way through waves of MechaMooks with a boss waiting at end of each stage while trying to save the world. ''sora''[='=]s storyline takes place on a once peaceful world being ravaged by an ongoing war. It was a war that brought chaos, death, and destruction that will ultimately bring an end to all life on Earth. This is where Sora is reluctantly sent into battle to settle the score, when all she wants is to bring back the Earth to it's former glory.

Like Suguri before her, Sora can amass a large arsenal of weapons at her disposal, ranging from [[RayGun beam rifles]], [[GrenadeLauncher bazookas]], [[LaserBlade beam swords]], and even a pile bunker thrown in for good measure. The game maintains its trademark dashing and lock-on shooting gameplay from its predecessor, but unlike our previous silver-haired heroine, Sora's able use to three weapons instead of two (generally an energy weapon, a ballistics weapon, and a close-range weapon). The game also improved on its combo-based scoring system, adding more emphasis on funneling through enemy fire to restore some lost life energy and building up energy for your [[LimitBreak Hyper Attacks]].

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by ΩTH who turned out to an Internet troll by the name of [=FalcomGameFan=] on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, bugs and glitches that were never present in the original version of the game, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android were't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. Although the petition didn't get the signatures it needed, near the end of 2015, Fruitbat Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and eventually released it through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and direct from their website in 2016 with a proper localization and higher resolution visuals. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', were also released digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

Like ''SUGURI'' before it, ''sora'' was followed up with a shoot 'em up-fighting game hybrid with ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' released a year later during Comiket 80 in 2011. The game features both the heroines and boss characters of their respective game as playable characters, a Story Mode[[labelnote:*]](which wasn't added until v1.3)[[/labelnote]], an Arcade Mode, a local and online Versus Mode. During it's initial release however, lacked certain key features originally planned for the game and suffered from character balance issues. Thankfully, the Orange_Juice took action and fixed many of the game's issues through patches. Sora also makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'' along with characters from ''SUGURI'' and ''Flying Red Barrel''.

** [[spoiler:The final battle in ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2''[='=]s Story Mode when Sumika TurnsRed.]]

** The same goes for "Remember me" in ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2''.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The first boss fight in ''sora'' ends with Alte grabbing onto Sora. The final (True) boss fight with Suguri ends with Suguri grabbing onto Sora. The Song "Accelerator" in ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' is also this, combining a remix of Suguri's theme Icarus with a remix of the very first stage in Suguri, Green Bird.]]

* CuteLittleFangs: Tsih has them in ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2''.

** [[spoiler:The final battle with Sumika in ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'''s Story Mode is also reminiscent to the final battle with Starbreaker in ''sora''.]]

** ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' has "Swordfish" and "Remember me", both of which are also sung in English. The latter does suffer from mistranslated lyrics; the former on the other hand, [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish not as much]].

* LimitBreak: Hyper Attacks also returns in ''sora'' and ''Acceration of SUGURI 2'', but players can now chose either Standard[[labelnote:*]](which lets the player evoke their Hyper Attack immediately corresponding to the weapon button held when launching the attack like the original SUGURI)[[/labelnote]] and Advanced[[labelnote:*]](which will enact a shield to protect the player from harm for a brief amount of time, during which can trigger the Hyper Attack if any of the weapon buttons are pressed while the shield is up)[[/labelnote]] modes to invoke the Hyper Attacks.

* NoContinueRun: Required to unlock the secret characters and their respective stages in ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2''.
* ObviousBeta: The initial version of ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'', it had character balance issues and lacked some features originally intended upon release like the Story Mode. Thankfully these problem were remedied by v1.3.

* RankInflation: ''sora'' and ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' does this just as their predecessors did. The lowest to highest ranks are E, D, C, B, A, and S.

* ZergRush: Sham has a Hyper Attack in ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' where she summons a swarm of robots to rush in and bombard opponents.

* UpdatedReRelease: Fruitbat Factory's overseas version of ''sora'' features support for higher resolutions, widescreen support, native keyboard and controller remapping, and support for Xbox 360 (or similar) controllers.

* KickTheDog [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown While They Are Down]]: [[spoiler:This happens to Nath in ''sora'' by Starbreaker's hands after Sora defeats her.]]

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet troll under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, bugs and glitches that were never present in the game, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android were't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. Although the petition didn't get the signatures it needed, near the end of 2015, Fruitbat Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and released it through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2016 with a proper localization and higher resolution visuals. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', will also be available digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Starbreaker. She is willing to destroy '''everything'''.]]

* ShoutOut [[spoiler:Starbreaker is one to [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Princess Nia]]. She has TechnicolorEyes, [[RapunzelHair long]], [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pastel-blue hair]], wears a [[FutureSpandex skin-tight black bodysuit]] during the final sequences of ''sora''[='=]s story, as well as being bound to a spherical object of [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom doom]] in said game.]]

** There's also ''sora'''s English localization by ΩTH, which received widespread backlash from the fans of previous ''SUGURI'' games localized by Rockin' Android.

* UpdatedReRelease: Fruitbat Factory's overseas version of ''sora'' features higher resolution visuals than the original version.

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet troll under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, bugs and glitches that were never present in the game, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. In late 2015, Fruitbat Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and will be released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} with a proper localization. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', will also be available digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet troll under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, bugs and glitches that never present, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. In late 2015, Fruitbat Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and will be released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} with a proper localization. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', will also be available digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet troll under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. In late 2015, Fruitbat Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and will be released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} with a proper localization. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', will also be available digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

** And then there's ''sora'''s English localization by ΩTH, which is getting much backlash from the fans of previous ''SUGURI'' games localized by Rockin' Android.

* UpdatedReRelease: The Steam version of ''sora'' features higher resolution visuals than the original version.

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet troll under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. In late 2015, Fruit Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and will be released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} with a proper localization. The game's soundtracks, ''Sora no Kakera'' and ''Celeste -SORA EXTRA SOUNDTRACK-'', will also be available digitally from Fruitbat Factory.

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet troll under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures here an online petition]] being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. In late 2015, Fruit Factory obtained publishing rights to ''sora'' and will be released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} with a proper localization.

-->-- '''Sora''', ''sora''[='=]s teaser trailer [[spoiler:from ''Accleration of SUGURI'']]

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet troll under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but the company even copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to an online petition being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. If you wish to save this game from its terrible localization, please do so [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures here]]!

* BossGame: ''SUGURI'''s Match Match returns in ''sora'', and some bosses have special attacks seen only in this mode.

* ChargedAttack: Some of the weapons in ''sora'' change be charged up and use alternate properties, such as locking onto multiple enemies with the Rifle-N, to a charged that pierces through enemies and some projects with Rifle-C, and the Bullet shooting off a ricocheting shots.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: Mira, who fights in ninja-esque weapons out in the open.

Like ''SUGURI'' before it, ''sora'' was followed up with a shoot 'em up-fighting game hybrid with ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' released a year later during Comiket 80 in 2011. The game features both the heroines and boss characters of their respective game as playable characters, a Story Mode[[labelnote:*]](which wasn't added until v1.3)[[/labelnote]], an Arcade Mode, a local and online Versus Mode. During it's initial release however, lacked certain key features originally planned for the game and suffered from character balance issues. Thankfully, the Orange_Juice took action and fixed many of the game's issues through patches. ''Sora'' also makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'' along with characters from ''SUGURI'' and ''Flying Red Barrel''.

'''''sora''''' is a follow-up to the fan-acclaimed ''{{SUGURI}}'', a horizontally-scrolling [[DoujinSoft doujin]] ShootEmUp by Orange_Juice and it was released during Comiket 78 for Windows PC.

Just like its predecessor, it stars an eponymous protagonist who must fight her way through waves of MechaMooks with a boss waiting at end of each stage while trying to save the world. ''sora''[='=]s storyline takes place on a once peaceful world being ravaged by an ongoing war. It was a war that brought chaos, death, destruction, and the end of any moral values that will ultimately bring an end to all life on Earth. This is where Sora is unwillingly sent into battle to settle the score, when all she wants is to bring back the Earth to it's former glory.

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet {{troll}} under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but they even started copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to an online petition being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else. If you wish to save this game from its terrible localization, please do so [[http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sora-translation/signatures here]]!

Like ''SUGURI'' before it, ''sora'' was followed up with a ShootEmUp-FightingGame hybrid with ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' released a year later during Comiket 80 in 2011. The game features both the heroines and boss characters of their respective game as playable characters, a Story Mode[[labelnote:*]](which wasn't added until v1.3)[[/labelnote]], an Arcade Mode, a local and online Versus Mode. During it's initial release however, lacked certain key features originally planned for the game and suffered from character balance issues. Thankfully, the Orange_Juice took action and fixed many of the game's issues through patches.

* AnIcePerson: Tsih.

* AttackDrone: Sora can use the Pod weapon much like Suguri.

* BlowYouAway: Mira.

* CaptainErsatz: [[spoiler:Starbreaker has TechnicolorEyes, [[RapunzelHair long]], [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pastel-blue hair]], wears a [[FutureSpandex black skin-tight bodysuit]] during the final sequences of ''sora''[='=]s story, as well as being bound to a spherical object of [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom doom]] in said game. A [[TokenMiniMoe lolified]] post-time skip [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Princess Nia]], anyone?]]
* ChargedAttack: Rifle-C. Other weapons can use a charged shot as well.

* [[spoiler:DefeatMeansFriendship: In a similar fashion to the original ''SUGURI''; Sora and Suguri quickly made up after their scuffle during the events of the TrueFinalBoss battles.]]
** [[spoiler: During the main game this seems to be averted.]]

** [[spoiler:GoldenEnding: During the EX Stage, Sora notices the sky is still black and toxic while descending to Earth, realizing her efforts of trying to save the Earth are for naught. She then finds Hime and Suguri on Earth and [[AxCrazy blames them]] for the fighting that ruined the world and then proceeds to attack them. Once the fighting was over, Suguri reveals to Sora that in the end, she saved the world and the sky has returned the beautiful clear blue color she once remembered from her childhood.]]

* FrickinLaserBeams
* {{Expy}}: Sora to Suguri, as {{The Hero}}ine of their respective shoot 'em up games.

* GenkiGirl: Tsih.
* [[spoiler:GenreShift: The True Final Battle with Suguri in ''sora'''s EX Stage is turned into a fight straight out of ''Acceleration of SUGURI''.]]

* GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed

* HighAltitudeBattle: The final areas of ''sora''.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Mira.

* [[spoiler:KickTheDog, KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: This happens to Nath in ''sora'' by Starbreaker's hands after Sora defeats her.]]
* KillItWithFire: The Flamethrower.

* LightningGun: The Shock weapon.

* MadBomber and PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Starbreaker.]]
* MartialPacifist: Sora.
* MechaMooks

** [[spoiler: In original Japanese release of the game most of the bosses are named after stars. Then we have Starbreaker...]]

* PeekABangs: Alte.
* RankInflation: ''sora'' and ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' does this just as their predecessors did.

* ScoringPoints

* ShootEmUp: ''sora'', just as ''SUGURI'' before it.

* SpreadShot: Rifle-S.
* SuperSoldier
* ThemeNaming: The bosses' names save for the {{final boss}} in the original Japanese material are named after stars.
* [[spoiler:TitleDrop: After the credits from ''sora'''s EX Stage, it was revealed that the is game is titled as ''SUGURI II''.]]

* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss: Two in fact, Hime and Suguri in the EX Stage of v1.1EX in ''sora''.]]
* TurnsRed

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Tsih and Nath [[spoiler:and also Starbreaker]].

Not to be confused with [[Franchise/KingdomHearts a certain Keyblade wielder]].

* RoseHairedGirl: Alte.

Like Suguri before her, Sora can amass a large arsenal of weapons at her disposal, ranging from [[RayGun beam rifles]], [[GrenadeLauncher bazookas]], [[LaserBlade beam swords]], and even a pile bunker thrown in for good measure. The game maintains its trademark dashing and lock-on shooting gameplay from its predecessor, but unlike our previous [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl silver-haired heroine]], Sora's able use to three weapons instead of two (generally an energy weapon, a ballistics weapon, and a close-range weapon). The game also improved on its combo-based scoring system, adding more emphasis on funneling through enemy fire to restore some lost life energy and building up energy for your [[LimitBreak Hyper Attacks]].

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet {{troll}} under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[VideoGame/MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are actually referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but they even started copyright flagging videos of the game on Website/YouTube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to an online petition being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else.

'''''sora''''' is a follow-up to the fan-acclaimed ''{{SUGURI}}'', a horizontally-scrolling [[DoujinSoft doujin]] ShootEmUp by Orange_Juice. It was released during Comiket 78 for Windows PC.

-->-- '''Sora'''[[spoiler:, ''Accleration of SUGURI'''s ''sora'' teaser]]

''sora'' unfortunately received a terribly-made English localization by an Internet {{troll}} under the company name of ΩTH (who turned out be [=FalcomGameFan=]) on June 1st, 2012. It involves use of such terms as "[[MegaManX reploids]]" when the characters are referred to as "altered humans", a few [[DubNameChange name changes]] that threw its ThemeNaming off, copy-protection to botch the game from being playable after purchase, DarthWiki/IdiotProgramming, and above all else, [[BlindIdiotTranslation a terrible translation]] of the game. Not only that, but they even started copyright flagging videos of the game on Youtube. Fans of the previous ''SUGURI'' series localized by Rockin' Android aren't happy about this, thus leading to an online petition being formed to get the game professionally localized by someone else.

Like ''SUGURI'' before it, ''sora'' was followed up with a ShootEmUp-FightingGame hybrid with ''Acceleration of SUGURI 2'' released a year later during Comiket 80 in 2011. The game features both the heroines and boss characters of their respective game as playable characters, a Story Mode[[hottip:*:(which wasn't added until v1.3)]], an Arcade Mode, a local and an online Versus Mode. During it's initial release however, lacked certain key features originally planned for the game and suffered from character balance issues. Thankfully, the Orange_Juice took action and fixed many of the game's issues through patches.

** [[spoiler:GoldenEnding: During the EX Stage, Sora notices the sky is still black and toxic while descending to Earth, realizing her efforts of trying to save the Earth are for naught. She then finds Hime and Suguri on Earth and [[AxCrazy blames them]] for the fighting that ruined the world then proceeds to attack them. Once the fighting was over, Suguri reveals to Sora that in the end, she saved the world and the sky has returned the beautiful clear blue color she once remembered from her childhood.]]

* {{Expy}}: Sora to Suguri, as [[TheHero The Heroine]] of their respective shoot 'em up games.

* GratuitousEnglish: In ''sora'', it features the songs "Le Train", "Grand blue", and ''sora'''s version of "Rendezvous"[[hottip:*:Hime's boss theme from the first game]], all of which incorporates English vocals instead of Japanese, although some of songs have mistranslated lyrics.

* LimitBreak: Hyper Attacks also returns in ''sora'' and ''Acceration of SUGURI 2'', but players can now chose either Standard[[hottip:*:(which lets the player evoke their Hyper Attack immediately corresponding to the weapon button held when launching the attack like the original SUGURI)]] and Advanced[[hottip:*:(which will enact a shield to protect the player from harm for a brief amount of time, during which can trigger the Hyper Attack if any of the weapon buttons are pressed while the shield is up)]] modes to invoke the Hyper Attacks.

* MeaningfulName: Sora's parents named her after the Japanese word for "sky", referring to how beautiful they are, although it doesn't seem like the sky is beautiful at all in the game [[spoiler:at first; After the battle with Hime and Suguri in the EX Stage, the black and toxic skies returns to its beautiful, clear blue color again, thus Sora fulfilled her dream of returning the Earth to the way it was]].

* ThemeNaming: The characters' names in the original Japanese material are named after stars.