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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Seen in the fourth stage, courtesy of the Grandmaster. [[StockDinosaurs Triceratops, Brontosaurus, T-Rex]] and [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]] appear, though only the latter two are enemies.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the third game in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[FailedFutureForecast Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster fell to Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the third game in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[FailedFutureForecast Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster fell to Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest highest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the third game in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster fell to Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the third game in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp [[FailedFutureForecast Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster fell to Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
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* TranslationTrainWreck: A subtle example: In Hebrew, a language read from right to left, the correct spelling for "Balrog" is "באלרוג". It's written as "געלראב" at the start of Stage 3, which would be pronounced as "Gelrab" when read correctly.
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* SecretLevel: By clearing the original game in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation port of ''Strider 2'' and saving to a Memory Card, a new "stage 00" is unlocked in the latter. This stage was actually planned for the Arcade version, but was scrapped and left DummiedOut in the end.
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* SecretLevel: By clearing the original game in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation port of ''Strider 2'' and saving to a Memory Card, a new "stage 00" is unlocked in the latter. This stage was actually planned for the Arcade version, but was scrapped and left DummiedOut unused in the end.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: ''Strider 2'' has a number that make it easier compared to the original game.
** There is an option to turn off the timer, though this will limit your scoring and rank potential.
** Pits will not kill you instantly but rather cost you a block of life.
** Continuing will respawn you in the same general area without resetting progress though it will penalize your end of level bonuses harshly.
** There is an option to turn off the timer, though this will limit your scoring and rank potential.
** Pits will not kill you instantly but rather cost you a block of life.
** Continuing will respawn you in the same general area without resetting progress though it will penalize your end of level bonuses harshly.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Hien's main method of attack. It's also his AchillesHeel, as he's vulnerable in-between each throw.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Hien's main method of attack. It's also his AchillesHeel, as he's vulnerable in-between each throw.throw and he can only two before having to wait for one to come back.
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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The Mega Drive/Genesis box art for the first arcade game. In Japan, Strider Hiryu is a young man in his late teens or early twenties. In America, he's in his forties and really digs the color purple.
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* SecretLevel: By clearing the original game in the PlayStation UsefulNotes/PlayStation port of ''Strider 2'' and saving to a Memory Card, a new "stage 00" is unlocked in the latter. This stage was actually planned for the Arcade version, but was scrapped and left DummiedOut in the end.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the third game in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster befell fell to Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the third game in Capcom's Creator/{{Capcom}}'s CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster befell Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the 3rd game in Capcom's CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster befell Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the 3rd third game in Capcom's CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster befell Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
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[[VideoGame/Strider2014 A third game]], set in yet another AlternateContuity, was released in February 2014 for Microsoft Windows, [=PlayStation 3=], [=PlayStation 4=], Xbox 360 and Xbox One, but it differs from the previous ones in that it blends the classic Strider mechanics with {{Metroidvania}} elements.
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[[VideoGame/Strider2014 A third game]], set in yet another AlternateContuity, AlternateContinuity, was released in on February 2014 for Microsoft Windows, [=PlayStation 3=], [=PlayStation 4=], Xbox 360 and Xbox One, but it differs from the previous ones in that it blends the classic Strider mechanics with {{Metroidvania}} elements.
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* AnimatedArmor: One of the bosses in the 2nd stage of ''Strider 2'' is the Dullahan, a ghostly apparition in the form of a headless armor.
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* AnimatedArmor: One of the bosses in the 2nd second stage of ''Strider 2'' is the Dullahan, a ghostly apparition in the form of a headless armor.
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-->-- Text from the box for the [=PS1=] version of Strider 2.
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-->-- Text from the box for the [=PS1=] version of Strider 2.
''Strider 2''.
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The game was [[PortOverdosed ported to every known console of the time]], but following a [[VideoGame/StriderReturns Western-made sequel]] [[FanonDiscontinuity most people prefer not to talk about]], the series remained in hibernation until Hiryu's [[BreakoutCharacter surprise popularity boost]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom1'' opened the gates for a proper sequel. And so, ''Strider 2'' came out at the tail end of 1999 for the ZN-2 Arcade board, to later be ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. A [[SpritePolygonMix 2D platformer using sprites on 3D backgrounds]], it follows roughly the same plot, [[NonLinearSequel albeit set 2000 years after the first game]]: Grandmaster Meio was defeated, but [[HappyEndingOverride his plans still were carried out]], and now he rules over an Earth populated by his own creations, [[CrapsackWorld a society wrecked by conflicts, genetic diseases and corruption]]. Just as Hiryu receives the order to eliminate Meio, the group is exterminated by Meio's followers with the assistance of [[GenocideFromTheInside Strider Hien]], a former comrade of Hiryu who has betrayed them to join Grandmaster Meio. As the SoleSurvivor of the organization, Hiryu puts everything aside and decides to carry out the Striders' last mission: to eliminate Grandmaster Meio. Just as before, Hiryu will have to deal with a colorful cast of enemies in order to finish this mission once and for all.
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The game was [[PortOverdosed ported to every known console of the time]], but following a [[VideoGame/StriderReturns Western-made sequel]] [[FanonDiscontinuity most people prefer not to talk about]], the series remained in hibernation until Hiryu's [[BreakoutCharacter surprise popularity boost]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom1'' ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'' opened the gates for a proper sequel. And so, ''Strider 2'' came out at the tail end of 1999 for the ZN-2 Arcade board, to later be ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. A [[SpritePolygonMix 2D platformer using sprites on 3D backgrounds]], it follows roughly the same plot, [[NonLinearSequel albeit set 2000 years after the first game]]: Grandmaster Meio was defeated, but [[HappyEndingOverride his plans still were carried out]], and now he rules over an Earth populated by his own creations, [[CrapsackWorld a society wrecked by conflicts, genetic diseases and corruption]]. Just as Hiryu receives the order to eliminate Meio, the group is exterminated by Meio's followers with the assistance of [[GenocideFromTheInside Strider Hien]], a former comrade of Hiryu who has betrayed them to join Grandmaster Meio. As the SoleSurvivor of the organization, Hiryu puts everything aside and decides to carry out the Striders' last mission: to eliminate Grandmaster Meio. Just as before, Hiryu will have to deal with a colorful cast of enemies in order to finish this mission once and for all.
A [[VideoGame/Strider2014 A third game]] game]], set in yet another AlternateContuity, was released in February 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, [=PlayStation 3=], [=PlayStation 4=], Xbox 360 and Xbox One, but it differs from the previous ones in that it blends the classic Strider mechanics with {{Metroidvania}} elements.
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* AGodAmI: The Grandmaster's main obssession is to attain godhood. Failing on forcing the entire planet on worshipping him as one, he resorts to [[KillEmAll killing all life]] and recreating it, so that he'd become their one and only Creator God.
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* DepopulationBomb: The Grandmaster's plan was this, erasing all lifeforms (all the "Sons of Old Gods") off Earth so he could create his own lifeforms and thus [[AGodAmI become a god]].
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* GodhoodSeeker: The Grandmaster's main obssession is to attain godhood. Failing on forcing the entire planet on worshipping him as one, he resorts to [[KillEmAll killing all life]] and recreating it, so that he'd become their one and only Creator God.
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* AnachronismStew: The second stage in ''Strider 2'', Fortress Wahnen, is an ancient medieval castle with its very own set of armor-wielding medieval knights, an unit of soldiers straight out of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and a slew of modern and advanced machines including a bipedal WalkingTank and a huge mechanical hydra.
* BareFistedMonk: The Kuniang are the only enemies in the first two games to fight Hiryu with only their martial arts mastery and no actual weapon or technological upgrade to boost them.
* DadaAd: The commercial for the Japanese Mega Drive port is...[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z3mLchAV5o something to behold]]. The game's planner has said the company in charge literally told them they'd ignore the source material, and the entire staf was justifiable flabbergasted when they saw the end result.
* HappyEndingOverride: ''Strider'' ends with Hiryu stopping the Grandmaster's plans, eliminating him and returning safely to Earth... then ''Strider 2'' starts in a CrapsackWorld that's been under the rule of Meio's self-made humans for over 2000 years, and Meio not only survived his clash with Hiryu but is so disappointed by his creation's mishandling of Earth that he's about to destroy everything and leave for another planet to start the process again.
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* RecurringBoss: Solo is fought two or three times (depending if the player ignores the first encounter) in the first game, and twice in the second (the initial fight being now two phases). Hien is a recurring boss in the PS port of ''Strider 2'', since he's the FinalBoss in the PS-only bonus stage.
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* RecurringBoss: Solo is fought two or three times (depending if the player ignores the first encounter) in the first game, and twice in the second (the initial fight being now two phases). Hien is becomes a recurring boss in the PS port of ''Strider 2'', 2'' since he's the FinalBoss in the PS-only bonus stage.
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: In the second game, dying causes your rank to plummet, but that's about it. You respawn wherever you were killed, the boss' health is not restored and you are granted a free Boost, so deliberately getting a Game Over is actually advantageous to players who are just speeding through the game.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Back when ''Strider 2'' was just announced, plenty of fans mistook Hien for a brand-new ''female'' Strider.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Hien [[WeaponTwirling spins]] his [[DoubleWeapon dual-bladed cypher]] to parry your attacks, [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang throw his blades like boomerangs]], and fire a beam of concentrated lightning at you.
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** EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Hien [[WeaponTwirling spins]] his [[DoubleWeapon dual-bladed cypher]] to parry your attacks, [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang throw his blades like boomerangs]], and fire a beam of concentrated lightning at you.
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* HappyEndingOverride: ''Strider'' ends with Hiryu stopping the Grandmaster's plans, eliminating him and returning safely to Earth... then ''Strider 2'' starts in a CrapsackWorld that's been under the rule of Meio's self-made humans for over 2000 years, and Meio not only survived his clash with Hiryu but is so disappointed by his creation's mishandling of Earth that he's about to destroy everything and leave for another planet to start everything again.
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* JungleJapes: Amazon in the first, the [=PlayStation=]-exclusive "Waterfall stage" in the second (mixed with TempleOfDoom).
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* KillerGorilla: The first game's second stage boss Mecha Pon, a ''mechanical'' gorilla.
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* MadScientist: Grandmaster Meio appears to mix some of it along his Sorcery. ''Strider 2'' introduced the German Herzog Schlange as well.
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* MechanicalHorse: Metall Hengst, one of the bosses in the 2nd stage of ''Strider 2''.
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* MovesetClone: In ''Strider 2'', Strider Hiryu and Strider Hien. Both use the same techniques, but Hiryu is mostly up close and personal, while Hien uses throwing weapons.
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* MechanicalHorse: Metall Hengst, one of the bosses in the 2nd stage of ''Strider 2''.
* MovesetClone: In ''Strider2'', Strider Hiryu and Strider Hien. Both use is a metallic steed ridden by a man only known as the same techniques, but Hiryu is mostly up close and personal, while Hien uses throwing weapons."Knight Leader", the head of the personal soldier unit working directly under the castle's master.
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* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Siberia in the first, Antarctica in the second.
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* SpaceBase: The Third Moon, the Grandmaster's moon-shaped lair.
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* SpaceBase: The Third Moon, Moon is the Grandmaster's moon-shaped lair.
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** EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Hien [[WeaponTwirling spins]] his [[DoubleWeapon dual-bladed cypher]] to [[SpinToDeflectStuff parry your attacks]], [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang throw his blades like boomerangs]], and fire [[ShockAndAwe a beam of concentrated lightning]] at you.
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** EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Hien [[WeaponTwirling spins]] his [[DoubleWeapon dual-bladed cypher]] to [[SpinToDeflectStuff parry your attacks]], attacks, [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang throw his blades like boomerangs]], and fire [[ShockAndAwe a beam of concentrated lightning]] lightning at you.
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* TrashTalk:
--> "You must be joking. You're sending a toy into battle?"
--> "You must be joking. You're sending a toy into battle?"
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* AnimeChineseGirl: The Kuniang trio: Ton Pooh, Bei Pooh and Sai Pooh.
* ArtificialGravity: One of the most memorable moments on the first game includes having to go through areas where the gravity is inversed, courtesy of a nearby Gravity Core: in these instances, Hiryu walks across the ceiling as if he were on ground. ''Strider 2'' includes a section just like this, and another in which gravity switches sides constantly.
** The machines altering gravity also appear as bosses which can capture Hiryu in their gravity field and throw him against the walls for damage.
* ArtificialGravity: One of the most memorable moments on the first game includes having to go through areas where the gravity is inversed, courtesy of a nearby Gravity Core: in these instances, Hiryu walks across the ceiling as if he were on ground. ''Strider 2'' includes a section just like this, and another in which gravity switches sides constantly.
** The machines altering gravity also appear as bosses which can capture Hiryu in their gravity field and throw him against the walls for damage.
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* AnimeChineseGirl: The Kuniang trio: Ton trio (Ton Pooh, Bei Pooh and Sai Pooh.
* ArtificialGravity: One of the most memorable moments on the first game includes havingPooh) are stereotypical Dragon Ladies, portrayed as strong, vicious and cunning young women who are blindly loyal to go through their master.
* ArtificialGravity:
** All games feature areas where the gravity isinversed, reversed, courtesy of a nearby Gravity Core: in these instances, Hiryu walks across the ceiling as if he were on ground. ''Strider 2'' also includes a section just like this, and another in which gravity switches sides constantly.
** The machines altering gravityalso appear as themselves are bosses which can capture Hiryu in their gravity field and throw him against the walls for damage.
* ArtificialGravity: One of the most memorable moments on the first game includes having
* ArtificialGravity:
** All games feature areas where the gravity is
** The machines altering gravity
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* BattleBoomerang: The Amazons from the fourth stage use either this or [[AnAxeToGrind axes]].
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* BattleBoomerang: BattleBoomerang:
** The Amazons from the fourth stage use either this or [[AnAxeToGrindaxes]].axes]].
** Hien's WeaponOfChoice are two cross-shaped boomerangs which home in on enemies.
** The Amazons from the fourth stage use either this or [[AnAxeToGrind
** Hien's WeaponOfChoice are two cross-shaped boomerangs which home in on enemies.
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* BigBad: The Grandmaster, in both games.
** TheDragon: Solo in both, Hien in the second.
** TheDragon: Solo in both, Hien in the second.
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* BigBad: The Grandmaster, Grandmaster is the source of all evil in both games.
** TheDragon: Solo in both, Hien in the second.games, invading Earth and infesting it with his corrupted lifeforms.
** TheDragon: Solo in both, Hien in the second.
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* BossGame: ''Strider 2''. There is a wide variety of enemies but the stages are very short and the sub-levels almost always end with a MidBoss battle.
** BossOnlyLevel: Several of the smaller areas in each stage are just a boss battle, even.
* BossRush: The final stage in the first game. One of the bosses can be skipped, but the repeat of the metallic dinosaur is nearly impossible without memorization, despite a simple pattern.
* BountyHunter: Solo and the Kuniang team.
** ProfessionalKiller: Solo is also a hired hitman.
** BossOnlyLevel: Several of the smaller areas in each stage are just a boss battle, even.
* BossRush: The final stage in the first game. One of the bosses can be skipped, but the repeat of the metallic dinosaur is nearly impossible without memorization, despite a simple pattern.
* BountyHunter: Solo and the Kuniang team.
** ProfessionalKiller: Solo is also a hired hitman.
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* BossGame: ''Strider 2''. There is a wide variety of enemies but the stages are very short and the sub-levels almost always end with a MidBoss battle.
** BossOnlyLevel:battle. Several of the smaller areas in each stage are just a boss battle, even.
* BossRush: The final stage in the firstgame. One of game ends with one. The player must face the bosses can be skipped, but Gravity Core, Novo, Solo, the repeat of Mechanical Gorilla, Lago and the metallic dinosaur is nearly impossible without memorization, despite a simple pattern.
Ouroboros before facing the final boss himself.
* BountyHunter: Solo and the Kuniangteam.
** ProfessionalKiller: Soloteam were hired by the Grandmaster, though the former is also just a hired hitman.hitman, whereas the latter are blindly devoted to the villain.
** BossOnlyLevel:
* BossRush: The final stage in the first
* BountyHunter: Solo and the Kuniang
** ProfessionalKiller: Solo
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* CompilationRerelease / EmbeddedPrecursor: ''Strider 2'' came packaged with a second CD with the first arcade game.
* {{Cyborg}}: The very first boss of both games, Strobaya and the Chinese Terrorist ([[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Elder Brother]] Honghuo).
* CreatingLife: The Grandmaster has the ability to create any form of life at will. He created [[EnemySummoner wolves, piranhas and pteranodons]] in his boss fight in the first game, and has created most of the {{mooks}} found in the second game.
** FlunkyBoss: In-game, this translates into him summoning enemies from previous stages to hunt Hiryu.
* {{Cyborg}}: The very first boss of both games, Strobaya and the Chinese Terrorist ([[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Elder Brother]] Honghuo).
* CreatingLife: The Grandmaster has the ability to create any form of life at will. He created [[EnemySummoner wolves, piranhas and pteranodons]] in his boss fight in the first game, and has created most of the {{mooks}} found in the second game.
** FlunkyBoss: In-game, this translates into him summoning enemies from previous stages to hunt Hiryu.
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* CompilationRerelease / EmbeddedPrecursor: CompilationRerelease: ''Strider 2'' came packaged with a second CD with the first arcade game.
* {{Cyborg}}: The very first boss of both games, Strobaya and the Chinese Terrorist ([[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Elder Brother]] Honghuo).
* CreatingLife: The Grandmaster has the ability to create any form of life at will. In-game, this translates into him [[FlunkyBoss summoning enemies]] from previous stages to hunt Hiryu. He created creates [[EnemySummoner wolves, piranhas and pteranodons]] in his boss fight in the first game, and has created most of the {{mooks}} found creatures that make up Caduceus in the second game.
** FlunkyBoss: In-game, this translates into him summoning enemies from previous stages to hunt Hiryu.game.
** FlunkyBoss: In-game, this translates into him summoning enemies from previous stages to hunt Hiryu.
* TheDragon: Hien is the Grandmaster's highest ranking follower in the second game, due to being the reason why he was brought back to life in the first place.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Seen in the fourth stage, courtesy of the Grandmaster.
** StockDinosaurs: T-Rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus and [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]].
** StockDinosaurs: T-Rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus and [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]].
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Seen in the fourth stage, courtesy of the Grandmaster.
** StockDinosaurs: T-Rex,Grandmaster. [[StockDinosaurs Triceratops, Brontosaurus Brontosaurus, T-Rex]] and [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]].Pteranodon]] appear, though only the latter two are enemies.
** StockDinosaurs: T-Rex,
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* EvilCounterpart: Hien to Hiryu.
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* EvilCounterpart: EvilCounterpart:
** Hien toHiryu.Hiryu. Both are Striders, but the first is consumed by jealousy and revives the Grandmaster in an attempt to supress his own insecurities, whereas the later is heroic and confident.
** Hien to
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* EvilLaugh: The Grandmaster starts the arcade game off with one of these.
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* EvilLaugh: The Grandmaster Grandmaster's catchphrase, to the point he starts the arcade game off with one of these.
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* FatBastard: The Chinese Terrorist ([[AllThereInTheScript named Honghuo]]) in ''Strider 2''.
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* FatBastard: The Chinese Terrorist ([[AllThereInTheScript named Honghuo]]) in ''Strider 2''.2'', though he is actually a {{Cyborg}} and most of his weight can be attributed to mechanical appendages.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: Caduceus, the FinalBoss of the second game. There's a bit of foreshadowing in that Meio creates pieces of it in the previous boss fight, though.]]
* GloriousMotherRussia: The arcade version of the game stays mostly within the Soviet Union, except for the fourth level, which takes place [[JungleJapes deep in the Amazon]].
* GloriousMotherRussia: The arcade version of the game stays mostly within the Soviet Union, except for the fourth level, which takes place [[JungleJapes deep in the Amazon]].
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: Caduceus, [[spoiler:Caduceus]], the FinalBoss of the second game. There's a bit of foreshadowing in that Meio [[spoiler:Meio creates pieces of it in the previous boss fight, though.]]
* GloriousMotherRussia: Thearcade version of first level in the first game stays mostly within the Soviet Union, except for the fourth level, which takes place [[JungleJapes deep in the Amazon]].Soviet Union.
* GloriousMotherRussia: The
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* GratuitousRussian: While the first ''Strider'' contains some Russian, it's not always the case it's fairly accurate. Just as a little example, the subtitles at the end of stage one don't even remotely point at what the USSR leader is saying. And thanks to the horrible accent acting and the fact that Meio interrupts his speech out of nowhere, the supposed phrase "Никто не уйдёт живым!" [[note]] Nikto ne ooydjot zhivim - No one will leave alive [[/note]] has turned into "Никто не идиот!" [[note]] Nikto ne idiot - No one is an idiot [[/note]]
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* GratuitousRussian: GratuitousRussian:
** While the first ''Strider'' contains some Russian, it's not always the case it's fairly accurate. Just as a little example, the subtitles at the end of stage one don't even remotely point at what the USSR leader is saying. And thanks to the horrible accent acting and the fact that Meio interrupts his speech out of nowhere, the supposed phrase "Никто не уйдёт живым!" [[note]] Nikto ne ooydjot zhivim - No one will leave alive [[/note]] has turned into "Никто не идиот!" [[note]] Nikto ne idiot - No one is an idiot [[/note]]
** While the first ''Strider'' contains some Russian, it's not always the case it's fairly accurate. Just as a little example, the subtitles at the end of stage one don't even remotely point at what the USSR leader is saying. And thanks to the horrible accent acting and the fact that Meio interrupts his speech out of nowhere, the supposed phrase "Никто не уйдёт живым!" [[note]] Nikto ne ooydjot zhivim - No one will leave alive [[/note]] has turned into "Никто не идиот!" [[note]] Nikto ne idiot - No one is an idiot [[/note]]
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* HappyEndingOverride: ''Strider'' ends with Hiryu stopping the Grandmaster's plans, eliminating him and returning safely to Earth...then ''Strider 2'' starts in a CrapsackWorld that's been under the rule of Meio's self-made humans for over 2000 years, and Meio not only survived his clash with Hiryu but is so disappointed by his creation's mishandling of Earth that he's about to destroy everything and leave for another planet to start everything again.
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* HappyEndingOverride: ''Strider'' ends with Hiryu stopping the Grandmaster's plans, eliminating him and returning safely to Earth... then ''Strider 2'' starts in a CrapsackWorld that's been under the rule of Meio's self-made humans for over 2000 years, and Meio not only survived his clash with Hiryu but is so disappointed by his creation's mishandling of Earth that he's about to destroy everything and leave for another planet to start everything again.
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* AssistCharacter: The Options in the first game:
** AttackDrone: The Dipodal Saucer, which circles around Hiryu and shoots a ring-shaped beam at enemies.
** FeatheredFiend: The Robot Hawk, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin robot bird]] which swoops down on enemies.
** PantheraAwesome: The Terapodal Robo-Panther, a mechanical tiger which lunges at enemies.
** AttackDrone: The Dipodal Saucer, which circles around Hiryu and shoots a ring-shaped beam at enemies.
** FeatheredFiend: The Robot Hawk, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin robot bird]] which swoops down on enemies.
** PantheraAwesome: The Terapodal Robo-Panther, a mechanical tiger which lunges at enemies.
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* AssistCharacter: The Options in the first game:
** AttackDrone: Thegame. There is [[AttackDrone the Dipodal Saucer, Saucer]], which circles around Hiryu and shoots a ring-shaped beam at enemies.
** FeatheredFiend: Theenemies; [[FeatheredFiend the Robot Hawk, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin robot bird]] Hawk]], which swoops down on enemies.
** PantheraAwesome: Theenemies; and [[PantheraAwesome the Terapodal Robo-Panther, Robo-Panther]], a mechanical tiger which lunges at enemies.
** AttackDrone: The
** FeatheredFiend: The
** PantheraAwesome: The
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A [[VideoGame/Strider2014 third game]] was released in February 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, but it differs from the previous ones in that it blends the classic Strider mechanics with {{Metroidvania}} elements.
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* ContinuityNod: Captain Beard Jr. is one to one of Capcom's oldest games, ''Pirate Ship Higemaru''. He's known as Captain Higemaru Jr. in Japan, and his design is very evocative of an enemy character in the game's sequel ''Higemaru Makaijima'', which happens to be the "Captain" of the Higemaru Corps.
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* ProductionThrowback: Captain Beard Jr. is one to one of Capcom's oldest games, ''Pirate Ship Higemaru''. He's known as Captain Higemaru Jr. in Japan, and his design is very evocative of an enemy character in the game's sequel ''Higemaru Makaijima'', which happens to be the "Captain" of the Higemaru Corps.
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* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: El Dorado in ''Strider 2'' starts out as a typical RuinsForRuinsSake, but the deeper Hiryu gets the more it starts to look like some sort of alien-techno lair. Then the last area is Meio's resting place, with what appears to be a hibernation machine in the middle.
* AGodAmI: The Grandmaster's main obssession is to attain godhood. Failing on forcing the entire planet on worshipping him as one, he resorts to [[KillEmAll killing all life]] and recreating it, so that he'd become their one and only Creator God.
* CloneArmy: In ''Strider 2'' there an enemy known as the "Solo Mass-produced model", watered-down copy drones of Solo. He's accompanied by a small team of them for his last boss fight in the final stage.
* ContinuityNod: Captain Beard Jr. is one to one of Capcom's oldest games, ''Pirate Ship Higemaru''. He's known as Captain Higemaru Jr. in Japan, and his design is very evocative of an enemy character in the game's sequel ''Higemaru Makaijima'', which happens to be the "Captain" of the Higemaru Corps.
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* DynamicDifficulty: Both games ramp up difficulty the less the player dies, which tries to make some features less NintendoHard (but there's too many [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous fun units]] to throw away).
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* DynamicDifficulty: Both games ramp up difficulty DomesticatedDinosaurs: In the less first game, the player dies, which tries to make some features less NintendoHard (but there's too many [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous fun units]] to throw away).Amazon has domesticated Triceratops and use them as steads in the latter half of the stage. Hiryu can fetch a ride if he eliminates the rider first.
* DynamicDifficulty: Both games ramp up difficulty the less the player dies, which tries to make some features less NintendoHard (but there's too many [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous fun units]] to throw away).
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: ''Strider 2'' features robot penguin bombs which throw themselves at Hiryu. At the end of the 1st area in the Antarctic stage, Hiryu gets a small following of real ones too.
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* FragileSpeedster: Solo moves ''really fast'' and has a lot of firepower... But dies in 3 hits.
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* FragileSpeedster: Solo moves ''really fast'' and has a lot of firepower... But dies in 3 hits. Averted in ''Strider 2'', where he has a boss-worthy health bar.
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* AGodAmI: The Grandmaster's main obssession is to attain godhood. Failing on forcing the entire planet on worshipping him as one, he resorts to [[KillEmAll killing all life]] and recreating it, so that he'd become their one and only Creator God.
* HappyEndingOverride: ''Strider'' ends with Hiryu stopping the Grandmaster's plans, eliminating him and returning safely to Earth...then ''Strider 2'' starts in a CrapsackWorld that's been under the rule of Meio's self-made humans for over 2000 years, and Meio not only survived his clash with Hiryu but is so disappointed by his creation's mishandling of Earth that he's about to destroy everything and leave for another planet to start everything again.
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* LegacyCharacter: ''Strider 2'' takes place over two ''thousand'' years after the rest of the series, leaving it unclear whether Hiryu had actually survived those two millennia or if another Strider had come along to take his place. WordOfGod eventually confirmed the latter.
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* LegacyCharacter: LegacyCharacter:
** ''Strider 2'' takes place over two ''thousand'' years after the rest of the series, leaving it unclear whether Hiryu had actually survived those two millennia or if another Strider had come along to take his place. WordOfGod eventually confirmed thelatter.latter.
** As part of the CanonWelding with ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', Zeku is explicity referred to as the "1st generation Strider Hiryu" in his character setting, and it also says he will be succeeded by the original scarf-less Hiryu from the original ''Strider'' and by "a 3rd generation", which more than likely refers to the Hiryu from ''Strider 2''.
** ''Strider 2'' takes place over two ''thousand'' years after the rest of the series, leaving it unclear whether Hiryu had actually survived those two millennia or if another Strider had come along to take his place. WordOfGod eventually confirmed the
** As part of the CanonWelding with ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', Zeku is explicity referred to as the "1st generation Strider Hiryu" in his character setting, and it also says he will be succeeded by the original scarf-less Hiryu from the original ''Strider'' and by "a 3rd generation", which more than likely refers to the Hiryu from ''Strider 2''.
* LivingDinosaurs: At first glance, the Amazon stage seems to play this straight: a LostWorld deep beneath the Amazon jungle housing not only an isolated female-only tribe, but living dinosaurs. At the end of the stage, the Amazons tell Hiryu the truth: they were brought to this place by Grandmaster Meio himself.
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* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of Solo's attacks in the first game.
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* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of Solo's attacks in the first game.game is a barrage of homing missiles that will relentlessly pursue Hiryu.
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* RecurringBoss: Solo is fought two or three times (depending if the player ignores the first encounter) in the first game, and twice in the second (the initial fight being now two phases). Hien is a recurring boss in the PS port of ''Strider 2'', since he's in the PS-only bonus stage.
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* RecurringBoss: Solo is fought two or three times (depending if the player ignores the first encounter) in the first game, and twice in the second (the initial fight being now two phases). Hien is a recurring boss in the PS port of ''Strider 2'', since he's the FinalBoss in the PS-only bonus stage.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: One such council is presented in ''Strider 2'' and have been ruling the world in Meio's name during his 2000-years absence, awaiting for the time of his return. The council is formed by the heads of several countries and corrupt organizations, and they stand behind the enemy forces in each stage.
* SpeakingSimlish: The Amazon gals in ''Strider'' speak what amounts to gibberish sounds that vaguely resemble speech. This was forced upon by Capcom, as they were originally going to speak in Swahili.
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* ThisIsADrill: The humongous drill machine used as a giant boss in ''Strider 2''.
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* ThisIsADrill: ThisIsADrill:
** There are moving drill traps in ''Strider'', [[ThatOneLevel most memorably]] in the last stage.
** The Drill Cruiser, a humongousdrill drilling machine used as a giant boss in ''Strider 2''.
** There are moving drill traps in ''Strider'', [[ThatOneLevel most memorably]] in the last stage.
** The Drill Cruiser, a humongous
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* WarElephants: The Frozen Mammoth in ''Strider 2'' is this taken to the extreme: bring back a fossilized mammoth from perma-frost, change the parts that are unusable with mechanical ones and give it laser beams, and you got a very terrifying bioweapon.
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Covers the Strider Arcade games.
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''Strider'' was released on March 1989, being the 3rd game in Capcom's CPS-1 Arcade board, following ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'' and ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Ghouls 'n Ghosts]]''. Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "distant" year of 2048]], the game presents a bleak cyber-future in which the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp Soviet Union still exists]] and conflicts are the order of the day. In such a situation, a mysterious being calling himself [[GalacticConqueror Grandmaster Meio]] appears on Earth and takes over the Eastern Bloc, then starts war in order to conquest the rest of the Earth, which he accomplishes after 5 years of conflict. A group of rebels from the Kazakh Federation, the Grandmaster's seat of power, seek out the assistance of the Striders, a mercenary group with ninja stylings. The mission to eliminate the Grandmaster befell Strider Hiryu, the greatest agent and the youngest to achieve the group's higest rank, Special-A Class. Playing as Hiryu, the player has to deal with everything and everyone ranging from Russian soldiers, animal-themed machines, acrobatic Chinese assassins, dinosaurs, [[NubileSavage Amazones]] and [[ArtificialGravity gravity-altering machines]] in an epic quest to stop Grandmaster Meio with nothing but a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade nigh-unstoppable]] HotBlade made of plasma on hand.
The game was [[PortOverdosed ported to every known console of the time]], but following a [[VideoGame/StriderReturns Western-made sequel]] [[FanonDiscontinuity most people prefer not to talk about]], the series remained in hibernation until Hiryu's [[BreakoutCharacter surprise popularity boost]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom1'' opened the gates for a proper sequel. And so, ''Strider 2'' came out at the tail end of 1999 for the ZN-2 Arcade
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* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Battleship Balrog.
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* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Battleship Balrog.Balrog is a flying-capable aircraft carrier in the first game, and a Super-Dreadnought class warship in the second.
* AnimatedArmor: One of the bosses in the 2nd stage of ''Strider 2'' is the Dullahan, a ghostly apparition in the form of a headless armor.
* ArtificialGravity: One of the most memorable moments on the first game includes having to go through areas where the gravity is inversed, courtesy of a nearby Gravity Core: in these instances, Hiryu walks across the ceiling as if he were on ground. ''Strider 2'' includes a section just like this, and another in which gravity switches sides constantly.
** The machines altering gravity also appear as bosses which can capture Hiryu in their gravity field and throw him against the walls for damage.
** The machines altering gravity also appear as bosses which can capture Hiryu in their gravity field and throw him against the walls for damage.
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* BaldOfEvil: The Grandmaster.
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* BaldOfEvil: The Grandmaster.Grandmaster has one bald head under his hood.
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* {{BFG}}: Solo favors a flamethrower with a mounted missile launcher as his main weapon, though he later replaces it in ''Strider 2'' with a plasma cannon.
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* {{BFG}}: Solo favors a flamethrower with a mounted missile launcher as his main weapon, though and he later replaces it in ''Strider 2'' with a plasma cannon.cannon of similar length.
* BubblegloopSwamp: Initial areas in the waterfall stage from ''Strider 2'' are set in a swamp.
* CaveBehindTheFalls: The mythical ruins of El Dorado (Stage 00 in 'Strider 2'') are hidden away behind (and under) a large set of waterfalls.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the manual for the Genesis version, the Grandmaster is referred by the name of "Grandmaster Meio." However, "Meio" is not actually a name, but a Japanese title equivalent to "Grandmaster."
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the manual for the Genesis version, the Grandmaster is referred by the name of "Grandmaster Meio." Meio". However, "Meio" is not actually a name, but a Japanese title equivalent to "Grandmaster."
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* DynamicDifficulty: Which tries to make some features less NintendoHard (but there's too many [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous fun units]] to throw away).
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Hien.
* DumbMuscle: Strobaya.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Hien.
* DumbMuscle: Strobaya.
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* DynamicDifficulty: Which Both games ramp up difficulty the less the player dies, which tries to make some features less NintendoHard (but there's too many [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous fun units]] to throw away).
* DudeLooksLikeALady:Hien.
Back when ''Strider 2'' was just announced, plenty of fans mistook Hien for a brand-new ''female'' Strider.
* DumbMuscle:Strobaya.Strobaya, the Russian not-[[Film/RockyIV Ivan Drago]]. All he does is scream his lungs out as he constantly throws himself at Hiryu. Even in-canon he's noted to have a very one-tracked mind and as such, easy to predict strategies.
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* DumbMuscle:
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* EvilOldFolks: The Grandmaster.
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* EvilOldFolks: The Grandmaster. He's already pretty old-looking, and then he adds +2000 years to his age in ''Strider 2''.
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* FatBastard: The Chinese Terrorist ([[AllThereInTheScript apparently named Honghuo]]) in ''Strider 2''.
* {{Flight}}: Solo uses thrusters on his back. The Grandmaster levitates.
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* FatBastard: The Chinese Terrorist ([[AllThereInTheScript apparently named Honghuo]]) in ''Strider 2''.
* {{Flight}}: A big number of enemies can fly. Most notables include Solouses (who flights through thrusters on his back. The armor's back) and Grandmaster levitates.Meio (who levitates).
* {{Flight}}: A big number of enemies can fly. Most notables include Solo
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* GalacticConqueror: The Grandmaster.Grandmaster, having come to Earth in order to rule it as a God. In ''Strider 2'', he's so disappointed in how how his created humanity has corrupted itself that he plans on destroying Earth and leaving to find a new planet where to start from scratch.
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* AGodAmI: The Grandmaster.Grandmaster's main obssession is to attain godhood. Failing on forcing the entire planet on worshipping him as one, he resorts to [[KillEmAll killing all life]] and recreating it, so that he'd become their one and only Creator God.
* IndyEscape: The first stage has a quick sequence like this in its 4th stage, Amazon: as soon as Hiryu sets foot on a descending incline a large, round boulder falls from above, forcing him to outrun it until he's able to jump away into a nearby vine. ''Strider 2'' replicates a similar feeling in its 3rd stage, where Hiryu has to outrun a chain of explosions.
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* KillerGorilla: Second The first game's second stage boss Mecha Pon, a ''mechanical'' gorilla.gorilla.
* KnightInShiningArmor: The latter half of the 2nd stage in ''Strider 2'' features a group of armored knights as regular enemies.
* LadyLand: In the first game, the Amazon is this. There's a tribe of female-only Amazons living in seclusion in an undiscovered area within the rainforest.
* KnightInShiningArmor: The latter half of the 2nd stage in ''Strider 2'' features a group of armored knights as regular enemies.
* LadyLand: In the first game, the Amazon is this. There's a tribe of female-only Amazons living in seclusion in an undiscovered area within the rainforest.
* LevelsTakeFlight: The Balrog in both games, as it is set entirely within said flying airship. Siberia in ''Strider'' ends on a section where Hiryu has to jump across flying platforms in order to reach a larger airship.
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* PoweredArmor:Solo.Solo's primary element is his "Fighting Suit", a technological armor that grants him flight capabilities and a number of extra weapons.
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* RecurringLocation: The Balrog and the Third Moon appear in both games, although in both cases they are reconstructions of the originals.
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* SecretLevel: By clearing the original game in the PlayStation port of ''Strider 2'' and saving to a Memory Card, a new "stage 00" is unlocked in the latter. This stage was actually planned for the Arcade version, but was scrapped and left DummiedOut in the end.
* SegmentedSerpent: Ouroboros in the firstgame, game and the Emperor Dragon in ''Strider 2''.2'' are long multi-segmented machines resembling a centipede and an Eastern dragon respectively.
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* SkyscraperCity: Later areas of Neo Hong Kong City in ''Strider 2'' are set on the upper layers of the city where the rich and powerful live.
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* SpiderTank: Enemies The "Mosqueman" enemies in the first stage.
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* SpritePolygonMix: ''Strider2''.2'' mixes sprites for characters, items and enemies with fully polygonal backgrounds and certain bosses (usually the large, mechanical ones).
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* CanonForeigner: The PC-Engine version of the first arcade game gives us the nameless navigator for the Striders' side, and the nameless desert commander and tank pilot for the Grand Master's side.
* CompilationRerelease / EmbeddedPrecursor: ''Strider 2'' came packaged with a second CD with the first arcade game.
* {{Cyborg}}: The very first boss of both games, Strobaya and the Chinese Terrorist ([[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Elder Brother]] Honghuo).
* CompilationRerelease / EmbeddedPrecursor: ''Strider 2'' came packaged with a second CD with the first arcade game.
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Covers the Strider Arcade games.
* AdaptationExpansion:
** The Genesis port has some improvements from the arcade version, such as having a unique tune for the Stage 3 theme (some variants of the arcade version reused the Stage 1 theme) and a greatly expanded ending sequence.
** The PC Engine port has an optional stage that was not in any other port of the coin-op version, improved and more detailed cutscenes and an extra set of dialogues for most bosses.
** The [=PlayStation=] port of ''Strider 2'' included an exclusive extra "Stage 0" and made [[TheRival Strider Hien]] playable.
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: The third stage in the first game has a pretty frustrating one, where the slight lag in moving will end up with a crushed Strider.
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Battleship Balrog.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The main reason behind Hien's motivation to defeat Hiryu; he's jealous that someone so young could be talented enough to earn the highest honor bestowed to a Strider and the praise that came with it.
* AnimeChineseGirl: The Kuniang trio: Ton Pooh, Bei Pooh and Sai Pooh.
* AssistCharacter: The Options in the first game:
** AttackDrone: The Dipodal Saucer, which circles around Hiryu and shoots a ring-shaped beam at enemies.
** FeatheredFiend: The Robot Hawk, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin robot bird]] which swoops down on enemies.
** PantheraAwesome: The Terapodal Robo-Panther, a mechanical tiger which lunges at enemies.
* BadassBoast: The Grandmaster in the final level of the first game:
--> "I shall raise the city up to the sky and rid the earth of all creatures! I will create a race to fill the new earth--all sons of old gods, die!!!"
** Hiryu gets one in as well, doubling as an insult towards the Balrog battleship.
--> "You must be joking! You're sending a toy into battle?"
* BaldOfEvil: The Grandmaster.
* BattleBoomerang: The Amazons from the fourth stage use either this or [[AnAxeToGrind axes]].
* BattleshipRaid: The Balrog levels in both games, which both include fighting the ship's core, starting a chain reaction that brings it down, and dueling their respective captains in escape ships.
* {{BFG}}: Solo favors a flamethrower with a mounted missile launcher as his main weapon, though he later replaces it in ''Strider 2'' with a plasma cannon.
* {{BFS}}: ''Strider 2'' has the Dullahan and his big-ass sword made of ''{{chainsaw|Good}}s''.
* BigBad: The Grandmaster, in both games.
** TheDragon: Solo in both, Hien in the second.
* BigFancyCastle: Herzog Schlange's Fortress Wahnen from ''Strider 2'', mixing an ancient German castle with ThoseWackyNazis technology.
* BilingualBonus: In the first game, the names of the stages are spelled in Cyrillic, Hebrew and Nordic letters. In fact, the only time the Latin alphabet is ever used is for the fourth stage's location.
* BlackoutBasement: One part in the Siberia stage is set in an abandoned power plant, where the lights go off constantly when electricity is discharged everywhere.
* BossGame: ''Strider 2''. There is a wide variety of enemies but the stages are very short and the sub-levels almost always end with a MidBoss battle.
** BossOnlyLevel: Several of the smaller areas in each stage are just a boss battle, even.
* BossRush: The final stage in the first game. One of the bosses can be skipped, but the repeat of the metallic dinosaur is nearly impossible without memorization, despite a simple pattern.
* BountyHunter: Solo and the Kuniang team.
** ProfessionalKiller: Solo is also a hired hitman.
* CreatingLife: The Grandmaster has the ability to create any form of life at will. He created [[EnemySummoner wolves, piranhas and pteranodons]] in his boss fight in the first game, and has created most of the {{mooks}} found in the second game.
** FlunkyBoss: In-game, this translates into him summoning enemies from previous stages to hunt Hiryu.
* CompilationRerelease / EmbeddedPrecursor: ''Strider 2'' came packaged with a second CD with the first arcade game.
* {{Cyborg}}: The very first boss of both games, Strobaya and the Chinese Terrorist ([[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Elder Brother]] Honghuo).
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the manual for the Genesis version, the Grandmaster is referred by the name of "Grandmaster Meio." However, "Meio" is not actually a name, but a Japanese title equivalent to "Grandmaster."
* DepopulationBomb: The Grandmaster's plan was this, erasing all lifeforms (all the "Sons of Old Gods") off Earth so he could create his own lifeforms and thus [[AGodAmI become a god]].
* DynamicDifficulty: Which tries to make some features less NintendoHard (but there's too many [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous fun units]] to throw away).
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Hien.
* DumbMuscle: Strobaya.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: In the third level of ''Strider 2'', Strider Hiryu explores a hidden research station in Antarctica. Aside from soldiers, it contains a cyborg mammoth as its guardian, anti-gravity sections, lab scientists that turn into beasts, and the boss, a giant squid-like monster that's presumably part of the research project.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Seen in the fourth stage, courtesy of the Grandmaster.
** StockDinosaurs: T-Rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus and [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]].
* EvilCounterpart: Hien to Hiryu.
** There could be a case for the fourth stage boss Admiral Wilhelm, who uses similar techniques to Hiryu and even wields a curved sword that's more like a counterfeit cypher.
* EvilLaugh: The Grandmaster starts the arcade game off with one of these.
* EvilOldFolks: The Grandmaster.
* TheFaceless: Solo is always seen with his mask / visor on.
* FakeDifficulty: The original game has a metric ton of this, with an abundance of traps requiring players to be clairvoyant to avoid, combined with Hiryu being unable to be controlled while jumping and his propensity to fall off anything he's clinging onto if [[SomeDexterityRequired he isn't controlled just right]].
* FallenHero: According to AllThereInTheManual, Captain Beard Jr. used to be a good guy right before he lost his limbs in a fight against the Grandmaster and decided to switch allegiances.
* FatBastard: The Chinese Terrorist ([[AllThereInTheScript apparently named Honghuo]]) in ''Strider 2''.
* {{Flight}}: Solo uses thrusters on his back. The Grandmaster levitates.
* FragileSpeedster: Solo moves ''really fast'' and has a lot of firepower... But dies in 3 hits.
* GainaxEnding: The ending of ''Strider 2''. [[spoiler: Among other things, it's implied that Strider Hiryu is the {{reincarnation}} of the Strider who defeated Grandmaster Meio almost 2,000 years ago (i.e. the events of the original ''Strider''). Strider Hiryu does kill Grandmaster, so it's not a matter of being a DownerEnding... It's simply that this plot element will probably remain an AbortedArc.]]
* GalacticConqueror: The Grandmaster.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: Caduceus, the FinalBoss of the second game. There's a bit of foreshadowing in that Meio creates pieces of it in the previous boss fight, though.]]
* GloriousMotherRussia: The arcade version of the game stays mostly within the Soviet Union, except for the fourth level, which takes place [[JungleJapes deep in the Amazon]].
* AGodAmI: The Grandmaster.
* GravityScrew: Certain areas in both games have the gravity reversed, which forces the player to walk in the ceiling.
* GratuitousRussian: While the first ''Strider'' contains some Russian, it's not always the case it's fairly accurate. Just as a little example, the subtitles at the end of stage one don't even remotely point at what the USSR leader is saying. And thanks to the horrible accent acting and the fact that Meio interrupts his speech out of nowhere, the supposed phrase "Никто не уйдёт живым!" [[note]] Nikto ne ooydjot zhivim - No one will leave alive [[/note]] has turned into "Никто не идиот!" [[note]] Nikto ne idiot - No one is an idiot [[/note]]
** This trope follows straight after that cutscene: The location name of stage 2, "Сибирь", is actually spelt correctly, but it's obvious that Capcom didn't used the English-Russian dictionary the right way... [[DontExplainTheJoke They forgot to remove the stress mark.]]
* HeadlessHorseman: Not with his horse, but a Dullahan is summoned and, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard after killing his summoner]], engages in a boss battle in ''Strider 2''.
* HuskyRusskie: Strobaya, the first boss in the original game. He's a hulk of muscles that can only grunt and shout. The expanded PC-Engine game apparently paints him as a BloodKnight.
* InTheHood: The Grandmaster is always wearing a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] hood.
* JungleJapes: Amazon in the first, the [=PlayStation=]-exclusive "Waterfall stage" in the second (mixed with TempleOfDoom).
* KickChick: The three Kuniang are all about kicks... That can create ''blades of plasma''.
* KillerGorilla: Second stage boss Mecha Pon, a ''mechanical'' gorilla.
* LargeHam: The Grandmaster in the arcade game.
* LegacyCharacter: ''Strider 2'' takes place over two ''thousand'' years after the rest of the series, leaving it unclear whether Hiryu had actually survived those two millennia or if another Strider had come along to take his place. WordOfGod eventually confirmed the latter.
* LongSongShortScene: Stage 3 of the first game was supposed to have its unique theme music, but some variants of the arcade version reuses the BGM from Stage 1 instead. Most of the home versions fix this however.
* MadScientist: Grandmaster Meio appears to mix some of it along his Sorcery. ''Strider 2'' introduced the German Herzog Schlange as well.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of Solo's attacks in the first game.
* MechanicalHorse: One is a boss in ''Strider 2''.
* MovesetClone: In ''Strider 2'', Strider Hiryu and Strider Hien. Both use the same techniques, but Hiryu is mostly up close and personal, while Hien uses throwing weapons.
* {{Pirate}}: The Balrog's captain, Beard Jr. Comes with peg leg and hook hand included!
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: General Mikiel is a thinly-veiled Gorbachov caricature.
* NostalgiaLevel: The final two stages in ''Strider 2'' are recreations of the 3rd and 5th stages in the original, albeit with their own twists added here and there.
* NubileSavage: The Amazons from the eponymous stage.
* PoweredArmor: Solo.
* PowerupLetdown: The robot panther looks awesome, but doesn't shoot and has serious problems keeping up with Hiryu and not falling off ledges. Most experienced players avoid further power-ups once they have two droids.
* PromotedToPlayable: Hien becomes playable in the PS port of ''Strider 2''.
* RecurringBoss: Solo is fought two or three times (depending if the player ignores the first encounter) in the first game, and twice in the second (the initial fight being now two phases). Hien is a recurring boss in the PS port of ''Strider 2'', since he's in the PS-only bonus stage.
* ReflectingLaser: Several enemies have this ability. The first stage sub-boss Novo throws 4 at a time, which bounces off the walls around it.
* TheRival: Strider Hien in ''Strider 2''. Solo believes himself to be one too.
* SecretCharacter: Hien in ''Strider 2'', unlockable only after completing Mission 00 (unlocked by finishing both ''Strider 2'' and the first ''Strider'', which is included with its sequel). Additionally, beating the game with Hien grants the player [[BraggingRightsReward the option to use the Boost skill an infinite amount of times]].
* SegmentedSerpent: Ouroboros in the first game, the Emperor Dragon in ''Strider 2''.
* SinisterScythe: Ouroboros, the first arcade boss, uses one, though it's more of a sinister sickle. [[GloriousMotherRussia With a hammer.]]
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Siberia in the first, Antarctica in the second.
* SpaceBase: The Third Moon, the Grandmaster's moon-shaped lair.
** ThatsNoMoon
** OminousFloatingCastle
* SpentShellsShower: One enemy in the first arcade game with a big machinegun ejects them [[MoreDakka constantly]] as he (tries to) shoot Hiryu.
* SpiderTank: Enemies in the first stage.
* SpritePolygonMix: ''Strider 2''.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Any characters of English or otherwise unspecified nationality (in this case, Meio and Solo) speak perfectly legible English.
--> "Hmm... It is Strider Hiryu. He will ''never'' leave Eurasia alive!" [[TheDragon "I got you."]]
* SwordBeam: Hiryu can do this in the second game after activating a power up. They also [[HomingProjectile home-in]] on enemies.
* TeleportSpam: The Grandmaster gains this tactic in ''Strider 2''.
* ThisIsADrill: The humongous drill machine used as a giant boss in ''Strider 2''.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Hien's main method of attack. It's also his AchillesHeel, as he's vulnerable in-between each throw.
** EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Hien [[WeaponTwirling spins]] his [[DoubleWeapon dual-bladed cypher]] to [[SpinToDeflectStuff parry your attacks]], [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang throw his blades like boomerangs]], and fire [[ShockAndAwe a beam of concentrated lightning]] at you.
* TimedMission: With all the slowly approaching hazards, you probably wouldn't see ''Time Over'' very often.
* TranslationConvention: Averted in the original arcade game, where each character speaks in his or her own native language during voice clips (i.e. Japanese for Hiryu, English for Solo and the Grandmaster, Mandarin for Ton Pooh). Played straight by the PC Engine version, where everyone speaks Japanese.
* TrashTalk:
--> "You must be joking. You're sending a toy into battle?"
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Enemies belong to the Chinese mafia in the first stage of ''Strider 2''.
* TsurimeEyes: Almost everyone except for Hien, who is a {{Tareme|Eyes}}.
* VirtualTrainingSimulation: Home computer ports only. The home computer versions appear to follow the arcade version story (aside from a stage swap), revealing only after destroying Mecha Pon in the fifth stage that it is a training simulation to prepare when the real invasion begins.
* WhipItGood: Beard Jr. uses a whip.
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* AdaptationExpansion:
** The Genesis port has some improvements from the arcade version, such as having a unique tune for the Stage 3 theme (some variants of the arcade version reused the Stage 1 theme) and a greatly expanded ending sequence.
** The PC Engine port has an optional stage that was not in any other port of the coin-op version, improved and more detailed cutscenes and an extra set of dialogues for most bosses.
** The [=PlayStation=] port of ''Strider 2'' included an exclusive extra "Stage 0" and made [[TheRival Strider Hien]] playable.
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: The third stage in the first game has a pretty frustrating one, where the slight lag in moving will end up with a crushed Strider.
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Battleship Balrog.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The main reason behind Hien's motivation to defeat Hiryu; he's jealous that someone so young could be talented enough to earn the highest honor bestowed to a Strider and the praise that came with it.
* AnimeChineseGirl: The Kuniang trio: Ton Pooh, Bei Pooh and Sai Pooh.
* AssistCharacter: The Options in the first game:
** AttackDrone: The Dipodal Saucer, which circles around Hiryu and shoots a ring-shaped beam at enemies.
** FeatheredFiend: The Robot Hawk, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin robot bird]] which swoops down on enemies.
** PantheraAwesome: The Terapodal Robo-Panther, a mechanical tiger which lunges at enemies.
* BadassBoast: The Grandmaster in the final level of the first game:
--> "I shall raise the city up to the sky and rid the earth of all creatures! I will create a race to fill the new earth--all sons of old gods, die!!!"
** Hiryu gets one in as well, doubling as an insult towards the Balrog battleship.
--> "You must be joking! You're sending a toy into battle?"
* BaldOfEvil: The Grandmaster.
* BattleBoomerang: The Amazons from the fourth stage use either this or [[AnAxeToGrind axes]].
* BattleshipRaid: The Balrog levels in both games, which both include fighting the ship's core, starting a chain reaction that brings it down, and dueling their respective captains in escape ships.
* {{BFG}}: Solo favors a flamethrower with a mounted missile launcher as his main weapon, though he later replaces it in ''Strider 2'' with a plasma cannon.
* {{BFS}}: ''Strider 2'' has the Dullahan and his big-ass sword made of ''{{chainsaw|Good}}s''.
* BigBad: The Grandmaster, in both games.
** TheDragon: Solo in both, Hien in the second.
* BigFancyCastle: Herzog Schlange's Fortress Wahnen from ''Strider 2'', mixing an ancient German castle with ThoseWackyNazis technology.
* BilingualBonus: In the first game, the names of the stages are spelled in Cyrillic, Hebrew and Nordic letters. In fact, the only time the Latin alphabet is ever used is for the fourth stage's location.
* BlackoutBasement: One part in the Siberia stage is set in an abandoned power plant, where the lights go off constantly when electricity is discharged everywhere.
* BossGame: ''Strider 2''. There is a wide variety of enemies but the stages are very short and the sub-levels almost always end with a MidBoss battle.
** BossOnlyLevel: Several of the smaller areas in each stage are just a boss battle, even.
* BossRush: The final stage in the first game. One of the bosses can be skipped, but the repeat of the metallic dinosaur is nearly impossible without memorization, despite a simple pattern.
* BountyHunter: Solo and the Kuniang team.
** ProfessionalKiller: Solo is also a hired hitman.
* CreatingLife: The Grandmaster has the ability to create any form of life at will. He created [[EnemySummoner wolves, piranhas and pteranodons]] in his boss fight in the first game, and has created most of the {{mooks}} found in the second game.
** FlunkyBoss: In-game, this translates into him summoning enemies from previous stages to hunt Hiryu.
* CompilationRerelease / EmbeddedPrecursor: ''Strider 2'' came packaged with a second CD with the first arcade game.
* {{Cyborg}}: The very first boss of both games, Strobaya and the Chinese Terrorist ([[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Elder Brother]] Honghuo).
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the manual for the Genesis version, the Grandmaster is referred by the name of "Grandmaster Meio." However, "Meio" is not actually a name, but a Japanese title equivalent to "Grandmaster."
* DepopulationBomb: The Grandmaster's plan was this, erasing all lifeforms (all the "Sons of Old Gods") off Earth so he could create his own lifeforms and thus [[AGodAmI become a god]].
* DynamicDifficulty: Which tries to make some features less NintendoHard (but there's too many [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous fun units]] to throw away).
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Hien.
* DumbMuscle: Strobaya.
* EerieArcticResearchStation: In the third level of ''Strider 2'', Strider Hiryu explores a hidden research station in Antarctica. Aside from soldiers, it contains a cyborg mammoth as its guardian, anti-gravity sections, lab scientists that turn into beasts, and the boss, a giant squid-like monster that's presumably part of the research project.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Seen in the fourth stage, courtesy of the Grandmaster.
** StockDinosaurs: T-Rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus and [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]].
* EvilCounterpart: Hien to Hiryu.
** There could be a case for the fourth stage boss Admiral Wilhelm, who uses similar techniques to Hiryu and even wields a curved sword that's more like a counterfeit cypher.
* EvilLaugh: The Grandmaster starts the arcade game off with one of these.
* EvilOldFolks: The Grandmaster.
* TheFaceless: Solo is always seen with his mask / visor on.
* FakeDifficulty: The original game has a metric ton of this, with an abundance of traps requiring players to be clairvoyant to avoid, combined with Hiryu being unable to be controlled while jumping and his propensity to fall off anything he's clinging onto if [[SomeDexterityRequired he isn't controlled just right]].
* FallenHero: According to AllThereInTheManual, Captain Beard Jr. used to be a good guy right before he lost his limbs in a fight against the Grandmaster and decided to switch allegiances.
* FatBastard: The Chinese Terrorist ([[AllThereInTheScript apparently named Honghuo]]) in ''Strider 2''.
* {{Flight}}: Solo uses thrusters on his back. The Grandmaster levitates.
* FragileSpeedster: Solo moves ''really fast'' and has a lot of firepower... But dies in 3 hits.
* GainaxEnding: The ending of ''Strider 2''. [[spoiler: Among other things, it's implied that Strider Hiryu is the {{reincarnation}} of the Strider who defeated Grandmaster Meio almost 2,000 years ago (i.e. the events of the original ''Strider''). Strider Hiryu does kill Grandmaster, so it's not a matter of being a DownerEnding... It's simply that this plot element will probably remain an AbortedArc.]]
* GalacticConqueror: The Grandmaster.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: Caduceus, the FinalBoss of the second game. There's a bit of foreshadowing in that Meio creates pieces of it in the previous boss fight, though.]]
* GloriousMotherRussia: The arcade version of the game stays mostly within the Soviet Union, except for the fourth level, which takes place [[JungleJapes deep in the Amazon]].
* AGodAmI: The Grandmaster.
* GravityScrew: Certain areas in both games have the gravity reversed, which forces the player to walk in the ceiling.
* GratuitousRussian: While the first ''Strider'' contains some Russian, it's not always the case it's fairly accurate. Just as a little example, the subtitles at the end of stage one don't even remotely point at what the USSR leader is saying. And thanks to the horrible accent acting and the fact that Meio interrupts his speech out of nowhere, the supposed phrase "Никто не уйдёт живым!" [[note]] Nikto ne ooydjot zhivim - No one will leave alive [[/note]] has turned into "Никто не идиот!" [[note]] Nikto ne idiot - No one is an idiot [[/note]]
** This trope follows straight after that cutscene: The location name of stage 2, "Сибирь", is actually spelt correctly, but it's obvious that Capcom didn't used the English-Russian dictionary the right way... [[DontExplainTheJoke They forgot to remove the stress mark.]]
* HeadlessHorseman: Not with his horse, but a Dullahan is summoned and, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard after killing his summoner]], engages in a boss battle in ''Strider 2''.
* HuskyRusskie: Strobaya, the first boss in the original game. He's a hulk of muscles that can only grunt and shout. The expanded PC-Engine game apparently paints him as a BloodKnight.
* InTheHood: The Grandmaster is always wearing a [[EvilWearsBlack black]] hood.
* JungleJapes: Amazon in the first, the [=PlayStation=]-exclusive "Waterfall stage" in the second (mixed with TempleOfDoom).
* KickChick: The three Kuniang are all about kicks... That can create ''blades of plasma''.
* KillerGorilla: Second stage boss Mecha Pon, a ''mechanical'' gorilla.
* LargeHam: The Grandmaster in the arcade game.
* LegacyCharacter: ''Strider 2'' takes place over two ''thousand'' years after the rest of the series, leaving it unclear whether Hiryu had actually survived those two millennia or if another Strider had come along to take his place. WordOfGod eventually confirmed the latter.
* LongSongShortScene: Stage 3 of the first game was supposed to have its unique theme music, but some variants of the arcade version reuses the BGM from Stage 1 instead. Most of the home versions fix this however.
* MadScientist: Grandmaster Meio appears to mix some of it along his Sorcery. ''Strider 2'' introduced the German Herzog Schlange as well.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of Solo's attacks in the first game.
* MechanicalHorse: One is a boss in ''Strider 2''.
* MovesetClone: In ''Strider 2'', Strider Hiryu and Strider Hien. Both use the same techniques, but Hiryu is mostly up close and personal, while Hien uses throwing weapons.
* {{Pirate}}: The Balrog's captain, Beard Jr. Comes with peg leg and hook hand included!
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: General Mikiel is a thinly-veiled Gorbachov caricature.
* NostalgiaLevel: The final two stages in ''Strider 2'' are recreations of the 3rd and 5th stages in the original, albeit with their own twists added here and there.
* NubileSavage: The Amazons from the eponymous stage.
* PoweredArmor: Solo.
* PowerupLetdown: The robot panther looks awesome, but doesn't shoot and has serious problems keeping up with Hiryu and not falling off ledges. Most experienced players avoid further power-ups once they have two droids.
* PromotedToPlayable: Hien becomes playable in the PS port of ''Strider 2''.
* RecurringBoss: Solo is fought two or three times (depending if the player ignores the first encounter) in the first game, and twice in the second (the initial fight being now two phases). Hien is a recurring boss in the PS port of ''Strider 2'', since he's in the PS-only bonus stage.
* ReflectingLaser: Several enemies have this ability. The first stage sub-boss Novo throws 4 at a time, which bounces off the walls around it.
* TheRival: Strider Hien in ''Strider 2''. Solo believes himself to be one too.
* SecretCharacter: Hien in ''Strider 2'', unlockable only after completing Mission 00 (unlocked by finishing both ''Strider 2'' and the first ''Strider'', which is included with its sequel). Additionally, beating the game with Hien grants the player [[BraggingRightsReward the option to use the Boost skill an infinite amount of times]].
* SegmentedSerpent: Ouroboros in the first game, the Emperor Dragon in ''Strider 2''.
* SinisterScythe: Ouroboros, the first arcade boss, uses one, though it's more of a sinister sickle. [[GloriousMotherRussia With a hammer.]]
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Siberia in the first, Antarctica in the second.
* SpaceBase: The Third Moon, the Grandmaster's moon-shaped lair.
** ThatsNoMoon
** OminousFloatingCastle
* SpentShellsShower: One enemy in the first arcade game with a big machinegun ejects them [[MoreDakka constantly]] as he (tries to) shoot Hiryu.
* SpiderTank: Enemies in the first stage.
* SpritePolygonMix: ''Strider 2''.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Any characters of English or otherwise unspecified nationality (in this case, Meio and Solo) speak perfectly legible English.
--> "Hmm... It is Strider Hiryu. He will ''never'' leave Eurasia alive!" [[TheDragon "I got you."]]
* SwordBeam: Hiryu can do this in the second game after activating a power up. They also [[HomingProjectile home-in]] on enemies.
* TeleportSpam: The Grandmaster gains this tactic in ''Strider 2''.
* ThisIsADrill: The humongous drill machine used as a giant boss in ''Strider 2''.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Hien's main method of attack. It's also his AchillesHeel, as he's vulnerable in-between each throw.
** EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Hien [[WeaponTwirling spins]] his [[DoubleWeapon dual-bladed cypher]] to [[SpinToDeflectStuff parry your attacks]], [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang throw his blades like boomerangs]], and fire [[ShockAndAwe a beam of concentrated lightning]] at you.
* TimedMission: With all the slowly approaching hazards, you probably wouldn't see ''Time Over'' very often.
* TranslationConvention: Averted in the original arcade game, where each character speaks in his or her own native language during voice clips (i.e. Japanese for Hiryu, English for Solo and the Grandmaster, Mandarin for Ton Pooh). Played straight by the PC Engine version, where everyone speaks Japanese.
* TrashTalk:
--> "You must be joking. You're sending a toy into battle?"
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Enemies belong to the Chinese mafia in the first stage of ''Strider 2''.
* TsurimeEyes: Almost everyone except for Hien, who is a {{Tareme|Eyes}}.
* VirtualTrainingSimulation: Home computer ports only. The home computer versions appear to follow the arcade version story (aside from a stage swap), revealing only after destroying Mecha Pon in the fifth stage that it is a training simulation to prepare when the real invasion begins.
* WhipItGood: Beard Jr. uses a whip.