| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mwc.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''"LET'S PARTYYYY!"''']] |
| 3 | ->''"It is 2004. I am taking you on a journey to 2004. Our good friends at [=FromSoftware=] released a game that, unbeknownst to them, would lay the very foundation for the modern American political landscape. This game, this motherfucking legendary piece of cold-rolled amazing, was forged in the most sacred elements of video game development: mechs, explosions and overly-dramatic voice acting. Ladies, gentlemen, holy fucking shit, may I present to you [=FromSoftware=]'s 2004 masterclass in democratic mech warfare: '''METAL. WOLF. CHAOS.'''"'' |
| 4 | -->-- '''Nina Struthers''', ''Creator/DevolverDigital E3 2018 Press Conference'' |
| 5 | %% One quote is sufficient. Please place additional entries on the quotes tab. |
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| 7 | Michael Wilson, veteran of the Arizona Insurrection and [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 47th President of the United States]] has been deposed in a [[MilitaryCoup military coup]] by his [[EvilChancellor running mate]], Richard Hawk. Now, he must take up the guise of Metal Wolf and take back America city by city, armed only with his MiniMecha and the power of '''[[HotBlooded burning]] [[PatrioticFervor American freedom]]'''. |
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| 9 | ''Metal Wolf Chaos'' is a 2004 original Xbox game made by Creator/FromSoftware of ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' and ''[[VideoGame/DemonsSouls Souls]]'' [[VideoGame/DarkSouls fa]][[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} me]], which [[NoExportForYou unfortunately]] [[{{Irony}} (and weirdly)]] [[NoExportForYou was never released outside of Japan]]. It is a {{mecha game}} similar to the ''Armored Core'' series, focused around the highly American pursuit of [[StuffBlowingUp blowing stuff up]], with a plot and dialog that is the epitome of HotBlooded American PatrioticFervor, regardless of coming from a different country altogether. Weaponry includes machine guns, rocket launchers, and a [[AbnormalAmmo shark gun]] -- [[RuleOfCool yes, a shark gun]] -- while the plot takes you to [[TheWildWest shootouts in the southwest]], [[HollywoodCalifornia bomb threats in Beverly Hills]], [[BigApplesauce mangling mechas in Manhattan]], redecorating the White House with ''missiles'', a [[ClimaxBoss showdown with Richard]] in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, and ''space'', assisted along the way by a [[RedshirtArmy resistance force]] skilled only in blocking tank cannons with their helicopters, and the President's [[AxCrazy slightly psychotic]] secretary, Jody Crawford. |
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| 11 | Michael Wilson and his mecha made also a cameo appearance in [=FromSoftware=]'s ''VideoGame/EnchantedArms'' as a bonus boss which unlocks the ability to use him in battle once defeated. He also made another appearance in ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes'' as the "President" model. |
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| 13 | [[https://www.pixeldynamo.com/news/gaming/2016/01/27/95585/devolver-digital-wants-localize-metal-wolf-chaos/ In 2016]], publisher Creator/DevolverDigital announced their intent to localize the game overseas... which indeed came to pass at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3 2018]] with [[https://twitter.com/devolverdigital/status/1006012882646007809 their announcement]] and partnership with General Arcade of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_395DCBLF0 a remastered version]], dubbed ''Metal Wolf Chaos XD'', and was released on Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/XboxOne, and [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through Platform/{{Steam}} and [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG.com]] on August 6, 2019, finally allowing international audiences to experience the patriotic insanity after 15 years of being an import-only console game. Since the remaster's announcement, Devolver has released various videos during its development, which are the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_395DCBLF0 E3 2018 teaser trailer]], the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1phfTKWzRlE release date trailer]], a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq0zoNQcaqc retrospective]] of the game's legacy, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irmphsXkxCg "Let's Party" Pre-Release trailer]] by Powerhouse Animations. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoqGLPR2Jgk "Behind the Schemes"]] was also released featuring Devolver Digital interviewing key [=FromSoftware=] staff members behind the development of ''Metal Wolf Chaos''. |
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| 15 | See also ''VideoGame/LiberationMaiden'' for another game about a fictitious presidential figure piloting a mecha to save their country. Absolutely not to confused with nor related to the 2002 Princess Soft science fiction visual novel, ''Metal Wolf''. |
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| 18 | !!Mr. President, believe in your own tropes: |
| 19 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In his brief reign as President, Richard has re-established slave labor, completely militarized and fortified the country's major metropolises, flooded the city of Chicago with poison gas, installed a WaveMotionGun on Alcatraz Island, and terrorized New York with ''a giant mechanical spider''. To his credit, he at least subconsciously acknowledges that everyone hates him and runs a {{Bathos}}-laced propaganda campaign to boost his approval ratings out of the .000%-range. |
| 20 | * AKA47: Largely averted by the lower level weapons, but played straight with the high leveled ones. |
| 21 | * AbnormalAmmo: Things Michael can fire from some of the unusual guns that can be unlocked includes high-speed baseballs, bouncing and exploding footballs, confetti, festive Japanese fireworks, spiritual dragons, shark missiles, or create tornadoes. |
| 22 | * AceCustom: Both Metal Wolf and Richard Hawk's mobile armour are custom, improved variants of mobile armour you can encounter as EliteMooks in later levels. Richard also has a line of custom-made weapons, which are recognizable with the "RH" suffix and usually the highest-tier weapon you can unlock in each category. |
| 23 | * AchievementMockery: There's quite a few achievements in the ''XD'' remaster for subpar performance and questionable actions. |
| 24 | ** This is Metal Wolf: Die for the first time. |
| 25 | ** Fail Better: Fail the same mission ten times. |
| 26 | ** Deserter: [[DirtyCoward Leave the battlefield ten times]]. |
| 27 | ** Hostage Down!: [[FailureHero Lose ten [=POWs=]]]. |
| 28 | ** [[FailedASpotCheck Blindspot]]: Get damaged by a mine or a Kamikaze thirty times. |
| 29 | ** [[YouBastard You will never be forgiven]]: Fail to save the White House. |
| 30 | ** Fathers and Sons: Destroy father's statue.[[labelnote:*]] Fathers and Sons XD is unlocked for destroying it a second time at the Fight House.[[/labelnote]] |
| 31 | * AchievementSystem: The ''XD'' version features 47 achievements the player can accomplish. These achievements include "Clear X stage", "Rescue 5 musicians", "Take damage from landmines or kamakazes", or "Unlock every weapon in the game". |
| 32 | * ActionBomb: The appropriately named Kamakazes, small drones armed with explosives and charges at the player within range to suicide bomb them. The M939 "TROT" trucks, military trucks in the Beverly Hills level loaded with bombs, will also try to ram into the player and explode on contact. |
| 33 | * ActionPolitician: Michael, probably THE most badass president ever (fictional or otherwise). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu50QXxyxYo#t=1m35s And if Ninja Blade is any indication,]] [[spoiler:[[InTheBlood he got it from his dad]]]]. |
| 34 | * AdvancingBossOfDoom: The Warner battle tank in Liberty Island, which has Michael cornered on the Brooklyn Bridge between it and its approach towards the Art/StatueOfLiberty which is where Jody and Michael's co-workers are being captive. |
| 35 | * AffectionateParody: Specifically of Creator/{{From|Software}}'s other series ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'', but also of mecha shows, American action movies, and politics in general. Some people claim it's satire, but it's much too ''cheerful'' about everything to count as that. Specifically, it seems like a parody of movies with Action Presidents such as ''Film/IndependenceDay'' or ''Film/AirForceOne''. |
| 36 | * AlphabetNewsNetwork: DNN. |
| 37 | * AmericanRobot: Exemplifies this in spirit with the titular ''Metal Wolf'', a man-operated mech whose pilot is a HotBlooded President of the United States. |
| 38 | * AndYourRewardIsClothes: Alternative suits for Metal Wolf by clearing stages in Hell mode, some of which take the PatrioticFervor to extreme levels (e.g. American Flag scheme). |
| 39 | * AntiFrustrationFeatures: Should you accidentally kill any [=POWs=], fail rescue the ones in time-bomb cages before they explode, or miss any [=POWs=], you can revisit the stage later and rescue them again. |
| 40 | * ArmiesAreEvil: Though they are always referred to as the "coup d'etat forces", most of the entire United States Military seems to be in on the coup -- they also have a nasty habit of making [=POWs=] out of random civilians. |
| 41 | * ArtAttacker: There are small subset of weapons with a "PA" suffix that fire paintballs instead of live ammo but provide special effects when wielding them. The [=M29/PA=] handgun and [=M4A1/PA=] assault rifle increases the Burst Gauge's fill rate (the latter to a lesser degree), while the [=DE91/PA=] handgun increases item drop rate chances from defeated enemies. |
| 42 | * ArtificialStupidity: [[spoiler:During the battle in Las Vegas casino, Richard's A.I. can't discern between different heights, leading it to attack space '''under''' the balconies, if protagonist stands on one of them.]] |
| 43 | * AttackDrone: The [=GL95=]/AA grenade launcher shoots out a small drone in the air that sprays out bullets for a couple of seconds before exploding. |
| 44 | * AutoSave: The ''XD'' remaster adds an auto-save feature to save player progress in between stages. |
| 45 | * BattleCry: Michael's "Owkay... LET'S PARTYYYYY!!!" |
| 46 | * BehindTheBlack: Some of the hidden collectibles are hiding behind the player's starting point or off from their line of vision, while some others are perched away in obtuse places that can easily be missed. |
| 47 | * BeardOfEvil: See Richard Hawk's beard [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/square_small/0/3564/456747-richardhawk_face.jpg here]]. |
| 48 | * {{BFG}}: Many of the guns used by Metal Wolf are as long as it is tall. Enemies also carry their share of big guns. |
| 49 | ** The kings of those, however, are railguns, sporting the meanest punch amongst most weapons, at the price of long charge-up time to fire the more powerful shot. |
| 50 | ** It should also be noted that a good chunk of the weapons are regular firearms that have been upscaled for use with Metal Wolf. |
| 51 | * {{BFS}}: The [[VideoGame/KingsField Moonlight Sword]], a secret Bazooka-type weapon that fires a devastating {{magi|tek}}cal {{sword beam}} with lighting following its path, similarly to its magic attack from the first (and Japan-only) ''King's Field''. |
| 52 | * BlackComedy: The entirety of the game's humor hinges on this, from the super over-the-top {{Eagleland}} parody of the United States, the barrage of one-liners from Jody in how gleeful and optimistic she is over the mass carnage and elimination of traitors, and things like Richard's extraordinarily evil means of killing every single person that resists him out of cruel-yet-hilarious spite. |
| 53 | * BlindIdiotTranslation: Some of the written script has "Bowforce" (meant to be BOFORS), "Mobile Armor Model Shack" (meant to be Shaq, referring to Shaquille Neville who piloted the aforementioned mobile armor), and the naming can't decide whether a referenced-only character is named "Money Money Gold" or "Manny Manny Gold". |
| 54 | * BlingBlingBang: One of the last secret handguns in the game is the GRE-RH, a golden revolver used by Richard Hawk that sets enemies on fire, but is also weaker than the most of the M45 handguns or the RAY-G ray gun. |
| 55 | * BlowYouAway: The [=TLT750=] "TWISTER", a unique Flamethrower weapon that can create powerful tornadoes that shred apart foes instead of shooting a stream of fire. |
| 56 | %%* BoisterousBruiser: Michael |
| 57 | %%* BrokenPedestal: Twice, no less. |
| 58 | * CardCarryingVillain: We never hear any of Richard's motivations beyond some incomprehensible propaganda near the beginning. He just hates freedom for some reason. |
| 59 | ** We are told near the end that Richard is doing this because he believes America has become corrupt and lazy, possibly due to too much freedom, and he intends to create a stronger nation by culling the weak...or so we think. For all we know, he's merely using this as a testing bed for social engineering when Pax Economia comes. |
| 60 | ** In the final battle, he also shows his [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] towards Michael getting a Medal of Honor and not him. |
| 61 | * CartoonBomb: The cannonball shots from the Taihou bazooka resemble this and have a skull and crossbones on it. |
| 62 | * TheCameo: Michael and his mecha make an appearance as a bonus boss in ''VideoGame/EnchantedArms'', an RPG game also by [=FromSoftware=], however his mecha's name was dubbed "Executor" in that game. Defeating him unlocks him as a recruitable Golem that also uses some of his catchphrases from ''Metal Wolf Chaos'' during attacks. He would also make another guest appearance in ''VideoGame/ThreeDDotGameHeroes''. |
| 63 | * CatchPhrase: No less than ''six'' -- "Believe in your own justice," for the game as a whole, "Because, yes! The pen is ''still'' mightier than the sword!" for Peter [=MacDonald=], "I, Richard Hawk," for, well, Richard Hawk, "Because I am the President of the United States!" for Michael, "The password is ______" for the Government Policy Promotion Department and "That's an ironclad battle tactic!" for the Resistance Commander. No, really. |
| 64 | ** Also, "HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW!?!" for Michael. |
| 65 | ** "Whatever!" |
| 66 | * ChargedAttack: How the Railgun-type weapons works. You can fire a single energy shot, or hold down the fire button and charge up more power into your shot at the expense of your Boost Meter. |
| 67 | * CheckpointStarvation: Should you lose at any point during a stage, you'll be booted back to the beginning of the stage if you decide to continue as well as any collectibles will be forfeit and found must be re-collected again. |
| 68 | * ChekhovsGun: Remember this spaceplane launch facility, which you took down along with Olajiwon heavy super-assault helicopter? [[spoiler:That's from where Richard moved resources to the USA's space colony, which is set for the final level in the game.]] |
| 69 | * ChestBlaster: Richard Hawk gets one as his answer to Michael's MacrossMissileMassacre. |
| 70 | -->''Eat my flame of justice!'' |
| 71 | * ContinuingIsPainful: On top of being forced to start a stage over for failing, you also lose whatever collectible items/weapons you found and [=POWs=] you may have rescued during the stage and have to find them all over again until you succeed with them in tow. |
| 72 | * CrateExpectations: Since the Metal Wolf armor is so large, shipping containers serve the role usually taken by crates in shooting games. They can contain funds, unique weapons, temporary powerups, or Energy Pods. |
| 73 | * CurseCutShort: Michael's commentary on Richard's SpiderTank. |
| 74 | * CutscenePowerToTheMax: In one of the cutscenes, Richard, standing on top of the helicopter, uses two MML-RH multi-missile launchers simultaneously and appears to suffer no recoil. In the game itself, MML-RH is a two-handed weapon and has a recoil so powerful it can easily push the user several meters back. [[spoiler: {{Justified}}, since this cutscene shows a DNN propaganda video.]] |
| 75 | * CuttingTheKnot: Possible in gameplay when enemies are standing on destructible objects. The player can shoot out the ground they are standing on, which is typically less durable than the enemies, and let them fall to their deaths. |
| 76 | * CyberCyclops: Both Michael's and Richard's Mobile Armors seem to sport a single red eye.[[labelnote:*]]However, upon closer examination, [[EyesDoNotBelongThere Michael's armor has two more cameras on the "cheeks" and Richard's armor has four smaller cameras on the head itself and possibly six more cameras in the shoulder pylons.]][[/labelnote]] |
| 77 | * DamageOverTime: Weapons with incendiary ammo (often ones with the "HE" suffix) and most of the Flamethrowers in the game can set enemies and structures on fire, causing them to take damage over time until the fire is put out. Enemies can also do this to Metal Wolf as well with their own fire-based weapons. |
| 78 | * DeadlyGas: Richard set up poison gas dispensers all over Chicago, so he could [[FalseFlagOperation blame the attack on Metal Wolf]]. |
| 79 | * DeadpanSnarker: Jody sometimes adds deadpan observations in certain situations of Michael's missions. |
| 80 | -->''[US Army soldiers armed with rocket launchers storms the underground Air Force One hanger]''\ |
| 81 | '''Jody:''' "Well lookie here... more 'guests'. Well, I guess they won't be voting for you next term." |
| 82 | * DeflectorShields: Equipped on the giant spider-bot in New York. |
| 83 | * DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Richard just wants to be president, period, and doesn't care how much the nation suffers under his rule. |
| 84 | * DieChairDie: ''Metal Wolf Chaos''[='=]s gameplay ''revels'' in destructibility. Nearly every inanimate object in any given stage, ranging from barrels, crates, fences, concrete walls, street signs, lamp posts, parked vehicles, shrubbery, and even trees can be demolished by Metal Wolf's weapons, charging into them, or air stomping them to oblivion. Even your secondary end-stage rankings grades you based on how much property damage you've done and how much money the damage was worth. |
| 85 | * DifficultyLevels: Upon clearing the game and resuming from the cleared game save file, you can access two more difficulty levels: Fever!, which is the same as the Normal mode but with ''UNLIMITED AMMO'', and Hell mode, which makes the enemies and bosses deal 50% more damage and have 50% more health. |
| 86 | * {{Dissimile}}: |
| 87 | -->'''Richard:''' "What do you think of [[SpiderTank my cute lil' pet]]? Thanks to him, the people of New York City are right now festively... uh... Running around and trying to escape! Uh, it's like a big ol' carnival, it's like Mardi Gras, in New York or something, heh heh heh..." |
| 88 | * DisproportionateRetribution: The Government Policy Promotion Department's final broadcast announces that the following are subject to arrest and execution - Insurgents, Metal Wolf sympathizers, their families, their friends and acquaintances, anyone who has ever attended any form of school with them and any co-workers. |
| 89 | * DualBoss: Try Triple Boss in the Phoenix stage as you take on three Michael's former comrades manning Mobile Armors as they hold a sneaky shootout for you in a Wild West-themed locale. You also a fight a dual boss against [[spoiler:Castina and Dorsey]] in Las Vegas. |
| 90 | * {{Eagleland}}: This game is ''drowning'' in it, and it shows: 1up has labeled this as the Number 1 Most Insanely Patriotic Game. And Michael Wilson is the Number 1 President. |
| 91 | * EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:Dossier on the Ultimate Weapon states, that the megamissile it carries as the last resort has a payload equivalent of "30,000 times Earth's entire nuclear stockpile - enough godlike power to shatter the planet".]] |
| 92 | * EasterEgg: [[https://youtu.be/6I4QkeIj7S0?t=8m46s If you walk around on top of the space colony]], when the Ultimate Weapon prepares to fire the nuclear missile at the USA, [[TitleDrop you can see "Metal Wolf Chaos" written on colony's glass roof.]] |
| 93 | * ElevatorActionSequence: The finale, which has you fighting off enemy Mobile Armors on and off on a [[spoiler:SpaceElevator]]. |
| 94 | * EliteMooks: The {{Cyborg}} enemies, unmanned Mobile Armor troopers that are capable of taking a lot of punishment unlike standard infantry units, and wield higher powered weapons. |
| 95 | * EnergyWeapon: Weapons in the game use one of two ammo types, live ammo or energy ammo, with the latter requiring a certain portion of the Boost meter to fire but are often more effective against heavily armored enemies or structures than ones with live ammo outside of the hard hitting ones. |
| 96 | * EndgamePlus: After clearing the game, players can not only revisit previously cleared levels, but can play the two difficulty options (Fever! and Hell) to uncover the game's PostEndGameContent. |
| 97 | * {{Engrish}}: Bizarre version. The voice-acting is done by native English speakers, but the dialogue is ''incredibly'' cheesy. Having tons of phrases clearly translated from UsefulNotes/JapaneseStockPhrases, which few Americans would use in actual conversation, is a big factor. |
| 98 | * EquipmentBasedProgression: In ''Metal Wolf Chaos'', players become stronger through investing and then developing higher-powered weapons for their arsenal, starting from old-fashioned or standard military-issue firearms to advanced high-tech ones. However in some instances it is mandatory for the player to upgrade their weapons not only because what they need to destroy will shake off most of the damage, but in situations where the player is on a time limit (e.g. Chicago, Liberty Island), they wouldn't be able to put out enough damage to destroy their targets in time or simply run out of ammo. Players can also upgrade Metal Wolf's Shield, Boost, and Burst Meters by collecting Energy Pods hidden throughout the stages. |
| 99 | * EverythingBreaks: And unlocking [[RewardingVandalism a couple of secret weapons]] demands that you [[RandomPowerRanking S-Rank]] the amount of property damage you do throughout the course of the game. |
| 100 | * EvilChancellor: Richard demonstrates once again that "Vice President of the United States" is a modern way to say "Grand Vizier." |
| 101 | * EvilLaugh: Richard lets one loose almost every time he and Michael [[IncomingHam run into each other]]. |
| 102 | * EvilIsHammy: Richard. He has some restraint when speaking in public, but when he interacts with Michael he has absolutely no restraint, breaking into an EvilLaugh and overacting like an 80's cartoon villain. |
| 103 | * ExplodingBarrels: Red fuel drums with a flammable sign can be shot down and cause large explosions, harming anything caught in the blast and can be effective to clear out large number of enemies or obstacles. |
| 104 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Richard talks to Michael as if they were old friends, despite having nothing but envy and contempt for the latter. |
| 105 | * FictionalCounterpart: DNN appears to be a composite of CNN (with its name) and Fox News (with its approach to journalism that can border on being propaganda). |
| 106 | * FightingYourFriend: Michael ends up fighting a lot of his old friends from the army. They don't come out well. |
| 107 | * FireBreathingWeapon: The Flamethrower-type weapons, in a nutshell. These weapons however require both hands to operate and consume Boost Meter along with their own fuel, but can roast many enemies to cinders, especially heavily armored ones and live ammo-resistant structures. |
| 108 | * FoeTossingCharge: Metal Wolf can bump off infantry soldiers by boosting into them. |
| 109 | * ForTheEvulz: There is no political or ideologically charged motivation for any and all heinous deeds committed by Richard during his short tenure as the acting president. |
| 110 | * FriendlyFireproof: Zig-zagged with [=POWs=]. If you destroy their cages with non-explosive weapons or by ramming them, none of the prisoners will even be scratched, no matter how much dakka will you pump out. If you try to do it with explosives or ShockwaveStomp, however, everyone in the cage will die. Thankfully, there are warnings about that written on the cages. |
| 111 | * GameOverMan: Whenever Michel's mecha has been beaten or if he deserts the battlefield, players are greeted with Jody or another character involved with the mission to cry out the President's name or call him out for failing/abandonment before proceeding into the GameOver screen. |
| 112 | * GameplayGrading: You are graded in four criteria upon clearing a stage: K.O. Points (how many enemies you defeated), Damage (how much damage you've taken), Rush Combo Points (scoring "Nice!" and "Cool!" kills), and Chain Combo Points (how much combos you were able to rack up), which affects how much funds and rare metals you receive after the stage. There are also secondary grading criteria that cover other areas such clear time, property damage, ammo used, and so forth. |
| 113 | * GatlingGood: The later end of the Machine Gun category of weapons are made up of miniguns, with later variants that can fire off ''even more'' bullets on their own. |
| 114 | * TheGoomba: Some of the Soldier enemy types, some of which often carry weapons that hardly pose a threat to Metal Wolf and can easily be gunned or stomped down. |
| 115 | * GoombaStomp: Surprisingly effective against buildings and stationary structures from a high altitude. |
| 116 | * GratuitousEnglish: |
| 117 | ** While most of the English is quite good, the song titles on the soundtrack are just strange. "The President Spirit"? "Moduration City"? "Assign Monk"? "Dept Blue"? Yeah... |
| 118 | ** There are a few mistakes outside song titles, however. "Aim for the caterpillar - kill the legs first, that's an iron-clad battle tactic" indeed. |
| 119 | * GroundPound: Players can perform one by pressing the Y/Triangle or X/Square button depending the controller layout while airborne, which can deal damage to anything unfortunate enough to be underneath Metal Wolf. After obtaining enough Energy Pods, Metal Wolf's air stomps gain an eletro-magnetic field upon impact. |
| 120 | * GuideDangIt: |
| 121 | ** Many of the game's items and [=POWs=] are usually hidden in straightforward locations, however, there are a couple of these collectibles that are ''very'' well hidden, often being in places many wouldn't suspect to look at. |
| 122 | ** Some of the secret unlockable weapons have no hints on how to unlock them, with some of them requiring performing certain out of the way feats such as using little ammo, intercepting a lot missiles, or scoring lots of Rush Combo kills. |
| 123 | * GunsAkimbo: Metal Wolf can duel-wield many one-handed weapons with both hands, including weapons that would require two hands by humans such as shotguns, assault rifles, and miniguns. Some weapon types however, such as Railguns, Flamethrowers, and Multimissible Launchers, use up both hand slots. |
| 124 | * GunPorn: Boy howdy does this game give you ''lots'' of guns to play around with in your mission to liberate America. |
| 125 | * HamToHamCombat: Tons of it between Michael and the many enemies from the coup de'tat forces. |
| 126 | * HardModePerks: Hell mode makes the enemies even stronger, but gives opportunities to uncover hidden unlockables that weren't in the Normal mode, and clearing a stage for the first time rewards you with a new suit for Metal Wolf. |
| 127 | * HarmlessFreezing: The Freezethrower, WRE-RH, and SHARK Launcher that can freeze enemies in place. |
| 128 | * HeartContainer: Energy Pods, which will increase Metal Wolf's maximum Shield, Boost, and Burst Meters for every five the player picks up. The Energy Pods can be found hidden in stages or from rescuing [=POWs=]. |
| 129 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: [=Peter MacDonald=]]] spends most of the game as a reporter on Richard's side, until he sees Michael stop a giant tank from destroying the Statue of Liberty. Then he proceeds to claim that he was always a supporter of Michael. |
| 130 | * HeroicComedicSociopath: Jodie. She serves as Michael's MissionControl and secretary, but her manner of speaking is eerily detached from the stakes more reminiscent of a game show host's assistant, and she gets ''way too'' gleeful about massacring "traitors" (which include the US Military who is JustFollowingOrders) and doesn't seem to mind about wrecking the country in the process. Her lines when fighting bosses are [[AxCrazy borderline nuts]], to the point that Michael, for all his own patriotic quirks, is much more human than she is. |
| 131 | * HomingProjectile: Missile Launchers can lock-onto an enemy and track them down once fired. The DRG Railgun can also home-in onto enemies when charged. Some enemy mechs and military vehicles also use homing missiles against Metal Wolf, which can be shot from the air by shooting at them. |
| 132 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Michael still thinks there's some good left in Richard [[spoiler:despite how the latter tried to glass America. Richard just laughs at him for it in the ending.]] |
| 133 | * HotBlooded: [[SuperRobotGenre Super robot]]-levels of it -- you have President Michael who is essentially [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] who runs the United States, and Richard Hawk is essentially a Large Ham incarnate. |
| 134 | * HumongousMecha: While most of them are MiniMecha, the game doesn't shy away from these in the least. |
| 135 | * HyperspaceArsenal: Metal Wolf carries a downright silly number of guns, from small arms (including handguns) to heavier ones. |
| 136 | * ImmoralJournalist: Peter [=MacDonald=], an antagonist releasing propaganda for Richard. |
| 137 | * IncomingHam: Every single time Richard shows up. |
| 138 | * InvulnerableAttack: The Blaze Attack not only allows you to unload a barrage of every weapon stored in Metal Wolf's backpack without using ammo, but you're also immune to enemy fire while the attack is active. |
| 139 | * JokeWeapon: The game's unusual weapons which fire strange ammunition that would otherwise be impossible in real-life. Many of these weapons are weaker than most guns but have some bonus effect to them (e.g. increased item drop rate, increase Burst charge rate) to compensate. |
| 140 | * LandmarkingTheHiddenBase: The Air Force One is housed in an underground hangar beneath the White House, and the runway is beneath the Reflecting Pool, which splits apart when the plane needs to take off. |
| 141 | * LargeHam: Michael and Richard ChewTheScenery: Though, here, it's not so much as chewing as stuff starts spontaneously exploding around them. |
| 142 | * LaughablyEvil: Richard Hawk constantly spews cheesy lines with a smug and sarcastic tone, all while being a sociopathic dictator. |
| 143 | * LethalJokeItem: Some of the joke weapons, such as the bubble blower, surprisingly have a high damage rating and for the bubble blower, it's classified as small arms so it can be used equally to lay waste upon enemies and also freeing hostages. |
| 144 | * LighterAndSofter: Considerably, compared to practically every ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' title barring ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreFormulaFront'' and [=FromSoftware=]'s collabrative works on ''VideoGame/AnotherCenturysEpisode''. |
| 145 | * LifeMeter: The Shield Meter, indicated by green power units with secondary green meter underneath. Players start with 6 Shield Units a the beginning of the game, each worth 1,000 HP each, but can increase it through picking up Energy Pods hidden throughout each stage or rescuing [=POWs=]. The green meter can recover over time if players can avoid damage, but it will not recover any lost units of shield. |
| 146 | * LimitBreak: The Blaze Attack, complete with HotBlooded shouting and MoreDakka by ''unloading every weapon you have on your mech''! |
| 147 | -->'''''HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?!?''''' ''[unloads every weapon in his backpacks]'' |
| 148 | * LudicrousPrecision: Jody flat-out ''guesses'' it will take the [[WeaponisedLandmark Alcatraz Cannon]] four minutes to recharge. This turns out to be accurate to the nearest hundredth of a second. |
| 149 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: Your Multimissile Launchers, which can fire a barrage of missiles that can be an effective crowd control weapon or deal high damage to a single locked-on target. Some of your enemies and later bosses are no slouches in this department with their own swarming missile attacks either. |
| 150 | * MadeOfExplodium: Every machine you fight in the game explodes when defeated. |
| 151 | * MagneticWeapons: The Railgun-type weapons, which require high amounts of energy and have a limited starting ammo capacity, but a well-placed charged shot can make short work of anything it shoots down. |
| 152 | * ManOnFire: Flamethrowers and certain other weapons that use incendiary ammo can set enemies and structures on fire. Enemies or mounted flamethrowers can also do this to Metal Wolf. |
| 153 | * ManaMeter: The Burst Meter, indicated by the circular blue gauge. It fills up as Michael defeats enemies or picking up the Burst Unit pick-ups, and once the meter is full, players can unleash the Blaze Attack to assault enemies by unloading every weapon in front of Metal Wolf. |
| 154 | * MarkedBullet: Richard's [[spoiler:nuclear missile on the space colony]] is inscribed with the words "Merry Christmas" in cursive, although the story isn't set around the holiday. |
| 155 | * MeaningfulName: Richard Hawk and film star Money-Money Gold. No, seriously. |
| 156 | * MetaMecha: Richard Hawk's quadrupedal mecha in the final battle. |
| 157 | * MetaMultiplayer: Online leaderboards were added for the ''XD'' remaster, which allows players to compete on who can rack up the highest points in a stage. |
| 158 | * MiniMecha: Metal Wolf and other mobile armors are only double the size of human infantry. |
| 159 | * MirrorBoss: Richard Hawk, in the penultimate level. |
| 160 | * MissionControl: Jody feeds the President with information and banter. |
| 161 | * MirroredConfrontationShot: In nearly every cutscene where Michael and Richard duke it out, there will be a shot of their suits striking each other in the same pose. |
| 162 | * MonsterCompendium: The game features a compendium of enemies and bosses you've encountered throughout the game along with some additional information about them. |
| 163 | * MonumentalDamage: |
| 164 | ** Michael's very first action in the game is [[ThereWasADoor blowing up a Metal Wolf-sized hole]] on the White House's facade, with the explosion presumably ruining the interior as well. Later, the Air Force One grazes and destroys the roof of Lincoln Memorial as it's taking off from the secret base under the Reflecting Pool. |
| 165 | ** Richard tries to do this to the Statue of Liberty. And while it's more of a WeaponizedLandmark, Jody and Michael consider the Fight House to be this. |
| 166 | * MookMaker: Some military vehicles, such as the M939 Cargo Trucks and the transport helicopters in the White House stage, will dispatch an endless supply of infantry soldiers or autonomous mechs like the Kamakazes until they're destroyed. |
| 167 | * MoreDakka: No one can EVER have enuff dakka, but between this and all his MacrossMissileMassacre goodness, Metal Wolf sure does make a mighty effort towards having almost enough. An extra mode after beating the game gives you unlimited ammo. Read that again: '''UNLIMITED. AMMO.''' |
| 168 | * MultiPlatform: The original game was an Xbox-exclusive title, however, the ''XD'' remaster is available on [=PlayStation=] 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and GOG.com. |
| 169 | * MyCountryRightOrWrong: A number of mini-bosses were Wilson's comrades in the Insurrection, who refuse to betray Richard Hawk despite sympathizing with Michael's cause. |
| 170 | * NonstandardGameOver: |
| 171 | ** Losing to Richard in the final level will result in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVzrZBlwCo#t=9m22s him humiliating you when you are dying]]. [[ItsAWonderfulFailure "Way to go, Meester President!"]] |
| 172 | ** Additionally, any level with some sort of a TimedMission has one such, if you fail to finish it in time. The Alcatraz Cannon willing to shoot San Francisco, the Warner will ram the Statue of Liberty, the poison gases flooding Chicago killing innocent civilians and being blamed for it, and so on. |
| 173 | * NoodleIncident: While it's hinted at that Michael's presidency, Richard's evilness, and nearly every involved party's past is connected to a conflict called the Arizona Conflict or the Arizona Insurrection, we are never shown or told about what exactly happened there. All we are told (as an aside, no less) is that Michael received a Congressional Medal of Honor during that conflict. If ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' is any indication, Arizona attempted to secede from the Union only to be met with the super-weapons of the U.S., which included Michael's mobile armor. |
| 174 | * NoCutsceneInventoryInertia: Completely averted for in-engine. Cutscenes display Michael's suit with the skin and weapons equipped by the player. Pre-rendered [=FMVs=] however are played straight. |
| 175 | * NoNameGiven: None of the piloted mecha are actually given names. The boss fight health bars describes them as "Mobile Armor" for whoever their pilot is. Even the player's machine is ambiguous, with "Metal Wolf" being seemingly the name the media gives Michael ''himself'' after Richard's propaganda campaign gets in gear. |
| 176 | * NotQuiteFlight: Players can use Metal Wolf's boosters to hover or dash in mid-air for as long as their Boost or Shield Meter can last. |
| 177 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Richard Hawk claims he's trying to improve America by culling the weak and lazy. [[spoiler:Then he tries to nuke the '''entire planet''' out of spite for his rival, showing that he doesn't care about anything except his own power.]] |
| 178 | * ObviouslyEvil: When your name is [[NamesToRunawayFromReallyFast Richard Hawk]] and you look [[http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3564/456747-richardhawk_face_large.jpg like this]], you're not just MadeOfEvil, you're "Special Order" Evil. |
| 179 | * OneLiner: Too many to count. Too ludicrous to replicate here. |
| 180 | * OperationBlank: Jodi gives a callname for every mission, accompanied by a drumroll. They can be rather odd, like Operation Bring Fashion Back to the Street in Beverly Hills. |
| 181 | * OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Richard enacts all kinds of horrible policies, like selling his own citizens as slaves, testing weapons on civilians, enacting martial law to take down that [[BlatantLies heinous terrorist]], [[spoiler:and building an orbital nuke to fire at the country in case he loses]]. Averted when Michael defeats him and takes back the White House. |
| 182 | * OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Michael is President Action distilled to its raw form and equipped with a MiniMecha, while Richard is a straight-up PresidentEvil. |
| 183 | * PainfullySlowProjectile: The Taihou cannons fire cannonballs that slowly fall on the ground compared to the rest of the Bazooka-type weapons. |
| 184 | * PatrioticFervor: Only because it's a Japanese video game, it's more like HotBlooded translated into the world of politics. |
| 185 | * PopTheTires: Resistance Commander tells you to aim for the caterpillar of the giant tank, called Warner, in order to slow the machine down and give you more time to destroy it before it reaches the Statue of Liberty. |
| 186 | * PostEndGameContent: To unlock the alternate skins for Metal Wolf, players must clear the stages again in Hell mode. Many other secret weapons can only be unlocked by beating the game. |
| 187 | * PowerUp: Found in certain containers or dropped by enemies, players can pick power-ups such as Shield Units to recover lost Shield Meter, Burst Units to fill the Burst Meter, Offense and Defense Augments that temporarily boosts attack and defense power respectively, ammo for certain types of weapons, and bonus money and rare metal pick-ups. |
| 188 | * PropagandaMachine: This trope has been an announcement from the Government Policy Promotion Department, where our motto, "Justice over Theory," is your motto. |
| 189 | * ProtectionMission: The Statue of Liberty and White House missions require the player to win without letting either structure's health bar get emptied. |
| 190 | * PsychoSupporter: While Jody doesn't really ''do'' anything outside her support role, her dialogue reaches AxCrazy levels with the way she cheers on your carnage during boss fights, and shows a love for violence even Michael doesn't share. Then there's her alien-themed rendition of "Ten Little Indians". |
| 191 | * PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I! [[EvilChancellor RICHARD]] [[BigBad HAWK]]! WILL UPHOLD! AMERICAN! JUSTICE! WITHOUT! FAIL!" |
| 192 | * PurpleIsPowerful: The GOG.com pre-order skin, Stargaze, which paints Metal Wolf in a deep purple color with stars resembling a galaxy. |
| 193 | * RankInflation: |
| 194 | ** Your end-stage rankings are graded based on your performance, with each criteria being given a letter rank. From worst to best: E, D, C, B, A, and S. |
| 195 | ** Many of your weapons' stats are graded based on a letter grade, between E through S, however some stats such as Firepower or Starting Capacity have a simple number figure. |
| 196 | * RageHelm: Metal Wolf itself has antennae and markings that make its head resemble a heavily stylized wolf's head. |
| 197 | * RatedMForManly: [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President Michael Wilson]] must reclaim America using his [[AmericanRobot All-American]] MiniMecha "Metal Wolf", a ton of guns, and '''HIS [[HotBlooded BURNING]] LOVE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE!''' |
| 198 | * RayGun: A very retro-looking one, used by Greys. After all Greys are captured, it becomes possible to develop those ray guns for Metal Wolf's usage as a RAYG Pistol-type weapon. |
| 199 | * RedshirtArmy: The Resistance is mostly useless, as ItsUpToYou. |
| 200 | * RefugeInAudacity: ''And how!'' |
| 201 | ** It's so over-the-top that it's the more ''subdued'' moments that really jump out at you. |
| 202 | ** The game ''starts'' with the President in a MiniMecha bursting out of the White House with a extremely {{Engrish}}y "LET'S PARRRTYYYYYYYYY!" and goes up from there. |
| 203 | * {{Remaster}}: The ''XD'' remaster for PC, Xbox One, and [=PlayStation=] 4 features widescreen presentation, updated graphics, and a new autosave function in addition to the game's manual saves, but plays faithfully to the original Xbox experience. |
| 204 | * RevolversAreJustBetter: Zig-zagged. Some of your starting weapons are old-fashioned revolvers, however they are later outclassed by newer modern standard-issue handguns further into the weapons development lab, but later players can develop a newer set of revolvers that are some of the most powerful of the Handgun-type weapons. |
| 205 | * RewardingVandalism: The game justifies Michel Wilson going around causing thousands to ''millions'' of dollars worth of damage in a miniature mech as "liberating America" from Richard Hawk's corruption on the country, and players are also graded based on the amount of destruction caused and how much the damages are worth at the end of each stage. Two of the secret weapons are also unlocked for causing a ton of financial and property damage. |
| 206 | * RocketPunch: The President's mecha is equipped with one of these. |
| 207 | * RuleOfCool: '''Everything''' that Michael does. |
| 208 | * SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:In the ending, Michael tries and fails to save Richard from getting killed in the atmosphere while claiming that the latter must love America deep down. Richard just [[RedemptionRejection mocks his former ally's sense of justice]].]] |
| 209 | * SayMyName: '''"MICHAEL!!!" "RICHAAAAAAAAARD!!!"''' |
| 210 | * ScoringPoints: The game features a scoring system for each stage but it is hidden on the HUD by default. Players can rack up President Points by defeating enemies, but extra points can be earned by scoring Chain Combos and Rush Combos. |
| 211 | * ScoreScreen: The end stage results gives bonus points based on their K.O. Points, any damage sustained, highest Chain Combos and Rush Combos, which are tallied into their total score along with a grade based on their performance. There is also a second page where players are graded based on Clear Time, Property Damage (based on the general destruction of the level), Accuracy, Ammo Consumed, Stomp Kills (if any), Projectiles Destroyed, and Financial Damage (based on how much the destruction was worth). After beating the game for the first time, an extra Grey Kill Time time is added and players are graded based on how quickly they took down a Grey if they engaged in fighting it. |
| 212 | * SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: The game's cover art, featuring Metal Wolf pointing a handgun at the viewer/player. |
| 213 | * SexySecretary: Jody, of course. Also a SassySecretary. |
| 214 | * SharedUniverse: With ''VideoGame/NinjaBlade'', another game made by [=FromSoftware=]. According to the manual, Special Agent Michael Wilson is none other than the protagonist's father (which makes him President Michael Wilson Jr.). |
| 215 | * ShieldBearingMook: The aptly named Shield Soldiers, whom can block some of your attacks and can withstand Metal Wolf charging into them. |
| 216 | * ShieldSurf: Michael does this [[spoiler:when escaping from the space colony]]. |
| 217 | * ShortRangeShotgun: The Shotgun line of weapons, many of which are lacking in range with a rank of E or D in range, but their spread can deal a decent amount of damage to enemies up close and can help intercept oncoming missile attacks. |
| 218 | * ShoutOut: |
| 219 | ** All the boss mecha in the game, Richard's mech nonwithstanding, are named after important U.S. athletes: |
| 220 | *** The very first mecha you fight, the Dorsey tank, is named after NFL quarterback and current Buffalo Bills coach Ken Dorsey, whose career spanned the San Francisco 49ers, the Cleveland Browns, and the Toronto Argonauts, with a remarkable 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions total, and several records for the University of Miami's book. |
| 221 | *** The massive assault helicopter/floating fortress is named Olajiwon, after Hakeem Olajuwon, the star of the Houston Rockets during the 90's who led the team to winning back-to-back world championships. The physical design of the Olajuwon bears a striking resemblance to the Variblune from ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger''. |
| 222 | *** Likewise, the giant spider mech, Casparaitis, is named after former NHL left defense Darius Kasparaitis, who played for four different teams in his tenure, and was famous for his aggressive playstyle, knocking Eric Lindros out for 18 games while on the Pittsburgh Penguins, and represented Russia in the 2006 Winter Olympics. |
| 223 | ** In the first stage, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool splits in the middle so the Air Force One takes off from under it, just like in ''Anime/MazingerZ''. |
| 224 | ** The [=TLT750=] "TWISTER" is a weapon that blows deadly tornadoes, and its weapon description mentions it was manufactured in a [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Kansas]]-based weapons facility. |
| 225 | ** The final assault rifle in the game, the BR "Beam Rifle", resembles one that was used by the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam]]. |
| 226 | ** An achievement in the ''XD'' remaster is called "[[Webcomic/OnePunchMan One Punch Wolf]]". Another achievement, "Medal of Honor", features an icon of a bald eagle wearing [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann a familiar pair of sunglasses]]. Another is named "[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening Motivated]]", and there's also one named "[[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII This is Metal Wolf]]". |
| 227 | * SkySurfing: More like [[spoiler:''atmospheric re-entry surfing'']]. |
| 228 | * TheSocialDarwinist: Richard claims his actions are for the sake of culling America's weak. |
| 229 | * TheSociopath: [[BigBad Richard Hawk]], though he is more a cartoonish parody of the sociopathic variety of villains. |
| 230 | * SoreLoser: You can't get much sorer than [[spoiler:nuking the country because the rightful president took it back from you. Additional points for doing it with a planet-buster megamissile.]]. |
| 231 | * SpiderTank: In several variations: |
| 232 | ** Small kamikaze drones, which will jump onto you and blow up as soon as they get close enought to you. |
| 233 | ** Slightly bigger spider-like robots, which can fire machine gun on the move or turn into a stationary cannon turret. |
| 234 | ** A [[HumongousMecha gigantic]] autonomous weapon under the name "Casparaitis", which was deployed by Richard for field test in New York and treats citizens of it as guinea pigs. It's intended to be a HopelessBossFight until some targets are destroyed to disable its DeflectorShields and a gun that can kill the player in seconds. |
| 235 | ** [[spoiler: The [[FinalBoss Ultimate Weapon]], upon receiving enough damage, switches from tank mode into a spider-like walker. It has both DeflectorShields and several miniaturized [[WaveMotionGun wave cannons]], in addition to launching craploads of missiles. And this time, there are no targets to be destroyed to disable the shields and guns of it.]] |
| 236 | * SpiritualAntithesis: To the ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' series, which features a much more serious, futuristic, and sometimes post-apocalyptic {{real robot|genre}} storylines throughout the series, in-depth mecha customization features, mechs that handle like walking tanks, missions that tasks players to perform various objectives while being mindful of their resources, and a grading system where your performance in battle, whether its victory or failure, can impact your income from completing missions. ''Metal Wolf Chaos'', on the other hand, features a story that is an over-the-top parody of American politics bordering on the {{super robot genre}}, stripping down the customization features to simply unlocking and advancing weapons development (and unlockable {{palette swap}}s post-game), mechs having the mobility of a beefed-up PoweredArmor, arcade-styled gameplay that encourages players to cause as much destruction as possible, and lacks any long-term penalties for failure. |
| 237 | * SprintMeter: The Boost Meter, represented by the yellow power meter. It drains as players use the boosters of Metal Wolf to get around places quicker, dashing, or hovering, but will steadily consume the Boost Meter and eventually [[CastFromHitPoints burn into the Shield Meter]] if they continue to use the boosters after depleting the former, though it stops draining if the Shield Meter is nearly burnt out. Weapons that uses energy rounds, as well as certain weapon types such Flamethrowers and Railguns, also require energy from the Boost Meter. |
| 238 | * StrawmanNewsMedia: DNN is not actual concerned with real journalism and instead acts entirely as Richard's propaganda mouthpiece. |
| 239 | * StuffBlowingUp: Almost everything explodes when shot enough. |
| 240 | * SubsystemDamage: Possible on as early as Olajiwon (though chances are, you'll down it without even knowing about this), likely to happen on cruiser and is required on Warner (if you don't have weapons with very high damage to destroy it quickly, you better listen to Resistance Commander, lest the tank either shoot the Statue of Liberty to pieces or ram it before it's destroyed). |
| 241 | * SuperDrowningSkills: Metal Wolf is not equipped to handle underwater environments, thus falling into deep bodies of water such as the ocean beyond the Miami Beach coastline will result in an instant Game Over. |
| 242 | * TankGoodness: Tank-Not-So-Goodness when they are your enemy and can take as much of a beating as much as they can dish out. |
| 243 | * TauntButton: The D-pad (and the T key for the PC version of the ''XD'' remaster) can be used for Michael to shout various phrases and sounds. |
| 244 | %%* TestosteronePoisoning |
| 245 | * ThemeNaming: |
| 246 | ** The mech bosses are named after important U.S. athletes. |
| 247 | ** The "RH" Vice-President variant of weapons are named after the Zodiacs of western astrology. |
| 248 | * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The game pulls the standard ambiguous date of "20XX", but since the player character is the 47th President the game is guaranteed to take place (as of 2018) somewhere between 2024 and 2040. |
| 249 | * TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The release date trailer for the ''XD'' remaster showed some moments of the game's climax and some of its quotes, such as [[spoiler:the game's final boss and Michael making a last-ditch effort to save Richard from burning into re-entry after his defeat]]. |
| 250 | * UnexplainedRecovery: Characters regularly survive helicopter explosions, hand waving it by saying "we have thorough knowledge of how to escape", or even just "I have somehow managed to escape!". |
| 251 | * UpdatedRerelease: ''Metal Wolf Chaos XD'' features remastered visuals, widescreen presentation, gameplay tweaks, and a new auto-save system over the original. |
| 252 | * VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Subverted; while some Flamethrower-type weapons have woefully short range, require your Boost Meter to fire, and use up ammo quickly, but can make up for it by sheer damage output, which can be effective against military tanks and structures that are resilient to live ammo, and whatever is set on fire will take damage over time for a while. |
| 253 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Richard blames Metal Wolf for every atrocity ''he'' commits, calling it ''[[GoshDangItToHeck meaner]]'' ''than Satan''. |
| 254 | * VocalDissonance: For such a badass president, similarly like UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt, Michael has a somewhat high-pitched voice. |
| 255 | * VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Some of the characters, especially Jody, communicate with Michael through military communication line. |
| 256 | * WaveMotionGun: The Alcatraz Cannon, an ''anti-terrorism'' weapon. As the narrator on the Let's Play video above comments on it: |
| 257 | -->"I just ''love'' the idea of building a massive particle cannon to fight terrorism. I can just picture some poor sap with a dirty bomb in a shopping mall, blown to smithereens by giant laser artillery. Wouldn't be out of place in ''this'' game." |
| 258 | ** Main gun of Casparaitis also qualifies: |
| 259 | -->"TAKE A BITE FROM ITS SUPER ENERGY WAVE PHASER. IT'LL GET YOU HIGH ENOUGH TO REACH HEAVEN!" |
| 260 | * WeaponizedLandmark: Building a [[WaveMotionGun giant electromagnetic cannon]] inside Alcatraz, 'nuff said. Apart from cladding the White House in armor and weapons to make it the Fight House. |
| 261 | * WhatMeasureIsAMook: Who knows who many perfectly innocent Americans, not to mention soldiers just doing their jobs, Michael blows up in his fight for freedom? More importantly, [[RuleOfCool who cares]]? [[StuffBlowingUp Go blow more of it up]]! And don't worry about killing innocents. Only the really evil people die. [[spoiler:Barring Richard himself, presumably.]] |
| 262 | * WhatTheHellHero: Surprisingly enough, [[AxCrazy Jodie]] (of all people) will call out Michael if he opts to use explosions and his DivingKick on a cage containing civilian [=POWs=], which results in all of their deaths. This is perhaps the ''only'' instance where she shows some form of disapproval towards his actions. |
| 263 | * WordSaladTitle: The game's name is "''Metal Wolf Chaos''", which can come across as this if you don't know that in this game, the main mecha is named "Metal Wolf" and there's a ''lot'' of chaos. |
| 264 | * WunzaPlot: He's the [[ActionPolitician President of the Great United States of America]]. She's his secretary with [[AxCrazy an appetite for random destruction]]. |
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