History YMMV / ShogoMobileArmorDivision

** Every encounter with [[GoldfishPoopGang Samantha]]. She gets no context without any idea to what faction she even fights for, and appears mainly to have surprise boss fights out of nowhere as a RunningGag parody of the UnknownRival as she keeps surviving each incident somehow. Even after you beat her for the final time [[spoiler: when you're on-foot and she's in an MCA for an ambush]], Sanjuro just opts to make a BondOneLiner and the story moves on like it never happened.

* WhatAnIdiot: In the story path where you fight the Fallen, [[spoiler: Ryo shows up at the very end as the PostFinalBoss so you can kill his ass]]. Why does he do this? To steal the Kato from right out underneath everyone's noses despite Sanjuro being right there, to the point that he makes his presence openly known solely to try to personally kill Sanjuro for interfering in his plans. Considering his machinations in the other story path that almost cause a NearVillainVictory, he basically had no reason to march down into that boss arena himself except to get his ass splattered in a massive handling of the VillainBall.

** On the flip side, siding with the Fallen has the final area basically requiring that you [[spoiler: stop the Kato Cannon from firing]] in [[TimedMission under two minutes.]] When Kathryn says you're up against the clock, she ''means'' it even though you only have audio cues to work off of, as you'll get a NonStandardGameOver if you fail. Naturally, the control consoles are rather confusingly placed around a space that has no real consistency, and the area is brimming with EliteMooks that take a surprising amount of damage and can kill you in no time flat thanks to this being an on-foot section. ''Shogo'' doesn't work well as a run and gun shooter thanks to the way damage works, and being pressured into a situation where you can die near-instantly for so much as turning a corner while having to memorize where the consoles are is a right terror.

-->'''Sanjuro:''' You really oughta get over this obsession of yours, it's unhealthy for you.

** If you take the path to [[spoiler: support Gabriel rather than fight him,]] then good ol' [[spoiler: Admiral Akkaraju]] decides the only way to claim a victory from the jaws of defeat is to [[spoiler: KillEmAll with the Kato Cannon from orbit, even if arguably [[BiggerBad Ryo]] is responsible for the man's SanitySlippage.]] He gets court martialed for it in this ending, big time.

** Every encounter with [[GoldfishPoopGang Samantha]]. She gets no context without any idea to what faction she even fights for, and appears mainly to have surprise boss fights out of nowhere as a RunningGag parody of the UnknownRival as she keeps surviving each incident somehow. Even after you beat her for the final time [[spoiler: when you're on-foot and she's in an MCA for an ambush]], she just complains about losing yet again and the story moves on like it never happened.

** Every encounter with [[GoldfishPoopGang Samantha]]. She gets no context besides either being a Fallen or CMC soldier, and appears mainly to have surprise boss fights out of nowhere as a RunningGag parody of the UnknownRival as she keeps surviving each incident somehow. Even after you beat her for the final time [[spoiler: when you're on-foot and she's in an MCA for an ambush]], she just complains about losing yet again and the story moves on like it never happened.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the middle of your journey through the city of Meritropa, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Sanjuro is forced to make a detour to rescue an old lady's cat. It MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext, and apart from the cat's squeaky toy continuing to take up the #8 weapon slot when Sanjuro's on foot the event is never referred to again. (Although it makes a degree of sense from an out-of-universe standpoint, as the game is an {{homage}} to GiantRobot anime where this kind of silly thing happens.) Of course, you could also just [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential murder]] the lady and her husband to continue the plot with no consequence outside of missing out on a mega health boost; the game just moves on with no comment.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Ryo]]'s status as the game's true BigBad is firmly cemented when [[spoiler:he kills Hank]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "Yes sir, you are my personal hero sir!"

--> '''Sanjuro''': [[spoiler: Ryo is going to die, and it's going to be bloody]].

--> Sanjuro: [[spoiler: Ryo is going to die, and it's going to be bloody]].

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the middle of your journey through the city of Meritropa, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Sanjuro is forced to make a detour to rescue an old lady's cat. It MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext, and apart from the cat's squeaky toy continuing to take up the #8 weapon slot when Sanjuro's on foot the event is never referred to again. (Although it makes a degree of sense from an out-of-universe standpoint, as the game is an {{homage}} to GiantRobot anime where this kind of silly thing happens.)

** When confronting [[spoiler: [[WellIntentionedExtremist Admiral Akkaraju]]]] in one of the endings, they run off ranting in a cutscene - and then they repeat the exact same line as the sound trails off due to the distance from the camera. It makes them seem less like they're absolutely pissed off and more like a grumpy lunatic.

** When confronting [[spoiler: [[WellIntentionedExtremist Admiral Akkaraju]]]] in one of the endings, they run off ranting in a cutscene - and then repeats the exact same line as the sound trails off due to the distance from the camera. It makes him seem less like he's absolutely pissed off and more like a complete nutter ranting and raving about Sanjuro endlessly.

** When confronting [[spoiler: [[WellIntentionedExtremist Admiral Akkaraju]]]] in one of the endings, they run off ranting in a cutscene - and repeat the exact same line twice. It makes him seem less like he's absolutely pissed off and more like a complete nutter.

* GameBreaker: The Red Riot, while normally only available at the end of the game on one route, it is also peppered throughout multiplayer MCA maps (Though, usually difficult to get to without the tractor beam function enabled). The weapon, which actually has a track named after it in the game, has a massive range and blast radius, and is strong enough to instantly vaporize even a Predator, the toughest and most heavily armored of the four mecha available, if it even so much as touches the edge of the blast. While each pick-up only gives one shot, they are hard enough to reach that if you're feeling brave and don't mind the other players getting right pissed at you, you can simply sit ontop of the drop point and get a full stock of 10. Heck, the aforementioned tractor beam in a way is a bit of a game breaker as it lets you cling to the sky box, well out of sight or reach of enemy weapons, while you could simply pepper the ground below with red riot blasts.

** In the previous level, he also tries to kill Sanjuro by sending the train he is on- which has innocent civilians and [[WeHaveReserves his own men]] on it- out of control after revealing that he [[spoiler:supported Ivan Isarevich and turned Kura over to the CMC]].

* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler: Hank, the likeable mechanic who saved your ass is killed for his trouble]].

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the middle of your journey through the city of Meritropa, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Sanjuro is forced to make a detour to rescue an old lady's cat. It MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext, and apart from the cat's squeaky toy continuing to take up the #8 weapon slot when Sanjuro's on foot the event is never referred to again.

* MostAnnoyingSound: the Squeaky Toy. Megacool! Megacool! Megacool!

--> Sanjuro: [[spoiler: Ryo is going to die, and it's going to be bloody]].

* {{Lostalgia}}: ''Shogo'' is '''long''' overdue for a sequel.

* TrueArtIsForeign: A prime target of this trope because of it's anime-influenced style.

* TrueNeutral: Cothineal, type 3 as a force of nature. While it is technically responsible for starting a terrorist movement on Cronus [[spoiler:and brainwashing Toshiro]], it only does so to protect itself [[spoiler:as the source of kato]], and doesn't seem bound by human standards of morality.