Line #9 VideoGame/AlisiaDragoon


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2	''Alisia Dragoon'' is a side-scrolling PlatformGame developed by Creator/GameArts in association with [[Creator/StudioGainax Gainax]]. It was released in 1992 for the Platform/SegaGenesis.
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4	It follows the adventures of a barbarian warrior sorceress, Alisia, and her four familiars - Dragon Frye, Thunder Raven, Boomerang Lizard, and Ball O' Fire - as they seek to stop the revival of the demon Baldour, whose followers tortured Alisia's wizard father to death in front of her when she was young. Standing in their way are Baldour's followers and minions, highest among them his aide, Ornah.
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6	Alisia herself uses Thunder Magic, which auto-aims at nearby enemies. The game is a combination of platforming and shooting, and a cautious attitude helps; Alisia's magic needs to be recharged between each shot, as well as the familiars' attacks. Dragon Frye shoots up to three fireballs, Thunder Raven takes the longest to charge up but has quite a payoff with a massive thunderclap that damages everything onscreen, Boomerang Lizard throws up to three homing boomerangs from his back, and Ball O' Fire can be manipulated into ramming enemies to do damage and absorb projectiles.
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8	!!Tropes:
9	* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The Japanese box art by Takehiko Itō nails the presentation of her character and the elements she uses in-game, while [[https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/75055-alisia-dragoon-genesis-front-cover.jpg the Western box art]] portrays her as a [[ChainmailBikini chainmailed barbarian]].
10	* AncientAstronauts: Implied with the amount of technology seen in-game.
11	* BarbarianHero: Alisia is a female example.
12	* TheBeastMaster: Besides her Thunder Magic, Alisia has four familiars to help her out.
13	* BigBad: Baldour, the demon of the Silver Star. His followers spend most of the game trying to revive him.
14	* BlobMonster: Show up in various levels as mooks.
15	* BloodyMurder: One of Baldour's attacks is to shoot blood bullets at Alisia from his exposed heart.
16	* BossOnlyLevel: Stage 8 is not so much a stage as a showdown with Ornah followed by the final battle with Baldour.
17	* BreathWeapon:
18	** This is Dragon Frye's attack.
19	** The fireballs spat by the Stage 4 boss.
20	** The various things such as sparks and ''worms'' that come out of Baldour's mouth.
21	* BubblegloopSwamp: Stage 2 takes place at a swamp.
22	* CatchAFallingStar: [[spoiler:The familiars do this in order to save Alisia after she defeats Baldour.]]
23	* ADogNamedDog: Three of Alisia's four familiars, and then even Dragon Frye skirts it.
24	* TheDragon: The wizard Ornah, Baldour's aide.
25	* DualBoss: The boss of Stage 1 is a pair of ninjas.
26	* EndGameResultsScreen: The Game Ranking screen lists the stage that was cleared, the level of Alisia's Thunder Magic, the shoot down rate, and the rank based on the player's performance.
27	* EternalEngine:
28	** Stage 3 manages to cross this with WombLevel on a giant aircraft.
29	** Stage 6 appears to be the ruins of the demons' spaceship or something.
30	* EvilIsVisceral: Baldour is basically a huge flying BodyOfBodies with exposed internal organs.
31	* ExcusePlot: There are [[AllThereInTheManual some interesting things]] going on with Alisia's vendetta against Ornah and Baldour, but for the most part it's all about the lightning-slinging.
32	* {{Expy}}: Alisia looks very similar to Yohko from ''Anime/LedaTheFantasticAdventureOfYohko''.
33	* FairyCompanion: Helpful fairies show up to power up Alisia's Thunder Magic temporarily, make her invincible, or provide platforms now and then.
34	* FanSequel: ''[[https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/return-of-alisia-dragoon.80729/ Return of Alisia Dragoon]]'', as a ''[[VideoGame/WarCraft Warcraft III]]'' campaign.
35	* FloatingContinent: Where the Sky Palace rests.
36	* GiantFlyer:
37	** Thunder Raven is a pretty big flighted bird.
38	** The Stage 4 boss is a giant wyvern.
39	* {{Gorn}}: While [[BloodlessCarnage there isn't any blood]], Alisia's battle with Baldour is surprisingly brutal for a Genesis game. She tears him apart one piece at a time.
40	* HyperactiveMetabolism: Feeding meat to the familiars heals their injuries.
41	* KillItWithFire: How Dragon Frye and Ball O' Fire damage enemies.
42	* KillerRabbit: Boomerang Lizard looks like a cute little gecko, but it throws boomerangs at enemies with deadly accuracy.
43	* LegFocus: Alisia's outfit appears designed to show off as much leg flesh as legally possible.
44	* LethalLavaLand: The second half of Stage 5.
45	* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:The Sky Palace falls when Baldour is defeated.]]
46	* MarathonBoss: The wizard in Stage 7 has a ''lot'' of HP and a pretty narrow window during each round to hit him in.
47	* OminousFloatingCastle: The Sky Palace.
48	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Baldour is weird. He has white angel wings, no feet, and about half of his internal organs are exposed. He also may or may not be an alien.
49	* OurDragonsAreDifferent:
50	** One of the familiars is Dragon Frye, a fairly standard Western dragon, albeit on the side of good.
51	** The Stage 4 boss is a giant wyvern that's missing its skin.
52	** There's the small Eastern dragons that Ornah shoots at Alisia during their fight; they're made of blue fire.
53	* OurMonstersAreWeird: Quite a few of the enemies, and Boomerang Lizard is a small floating lizard who throws boomerangs from his back.
54	* PunnyName: Dragon Frye = dragonfly, as well as referring to his breath attack.
55	* RuinsForRuinsSake: The latter parts of Stage 1.
56	* RuleOfThree: The familiars each have three levels.
57	* ScienceFantasy: The game takes place in a fantasy-esque world which has airships, tanks, robots, and so on.
58	* SequentialBoss: In Stage 8, Ornah is directly followed by Baldour.
59	* ShockAndAwe:
60	** Alisia fights with auto-targeting Thunder Magic.
61	** Thunder Raven uses a total-screen-kill thunder attack.
62	* ShoutOut: The cockpit on Stage 3's airship seems to resemble an [[Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind Ohmu]].
63	* SummonMagic: This is how the familiars are used.
64	* TankGoodness: The Stage 5 boss is a tank.
65	* TerrorDactyl: Some dactyl-like monsters attack Alisia by throwing rocks at her in Stage 4.
66	* UndergroundLevel: Stage 5 takes place inside a cave.
67	* WaterfrontBossBattle: The Stage 2 boss fight takes place at the end of the swamp and the boss dives underneath it during the battle.
68	* WombLevel: Stage 3's aircraft appears to be modeled on a giant demon fish. As such, it's uncomfortably organic at times.
69	* YouAreTooLate: Alisia is naturally too late to prevent Baldour's resurrection, so she kicks his ass instead.
70	* ZergRush: The strategy of a lot of small, flying enemies.

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