Line #21 YMMV/EndlessFrontier


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
2	** Most of the soundtrack qualifies, since the majority are remixes of old ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''/''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' {{Leitmotif}}s, but special mention goes to the remix of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'' main theme "Where Infinities Meet".
3	** ''All Right!'', which plays when [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Haken Browning]] uses his [[LimitBreak Overdrive]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpcL0jzmmQE It got remixed, too]].
4	* ContinuityLockout: Not as bad as the main ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' {{Continuity}}, where the developers insisted the games must be played to fully absorb its narrative, but it still exists in ''Endless Frontier'', as this setting relies heavily on what occurred in-between events throughout ''Original Generation''. Moreover, several {{Unexpected Character}}s would wind up entering the Endless Frontier in the ''EXCEED'' {{Sequel}}, but don't provide {{Exposition}} as to how and why, thus one must know from the ''Original Generation'' games no matter what. Furthermore, {{Crossover}} characters like [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Reiji Arisu, Xiaomu, and Saya]] or [[{{VideoGame/Xenosaga}} KOS-MOS and T-elos]], whose backstories also go unexplained in ''Endless Frontier'', necessitates knowledge of their respective plots.
5	* SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Upon hearing that she and Reiji can't get home, Xiaomu immediately turns to Reiji and tells him she wants to settle down with him.
6	* DesignatedHero
7	** Ironically {{Lampshaded}} when Reiji and Xiaomu note that sometimes the native part of the gang acts just as bad as the villains.
8	** Before Reiji and Xiaomu join the party, Kaguya Nanbu, Aschen Brodel and Princess Suzuka cheerfully talk about beating information out of Kyon Feulion:
9	--->'''Haken''': sigh "I'm starting to wonder which side is supposed to be the bad guys..."
10	* DemonicSpiders
11	** The [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Katanas]] aka Saya clones in ''EXCEED'': they require more than just one full {{Combo}} string to go down and are capable of dishing out its own long, attack strings. God bless players if they happen to do battle with more than one of them at the same time. We're looking at you, [[FlunkyBoss Mark]] [[ThatOneBoss Hunter]].
12	** The "surfer" sub-class {{Mook}}s have ridiculous high amounts of speed (thus higher initiative to go first in combat) and if they want to, attack players before they can strike back.
13	* EvenBetterSequel: ''Endless Frontier EXCEED'' has vastly improves upon the foundation of its predecessor: ''EXCEED''[='=]s revamped combat system allows players to be able to properly gauge when enemies will pull a Forced Evasion (and each enemy has their own chance rate of Forced Evasion), added new skills to use and tweaked some of the past ones, players can use 3 skill sets and switch between them on the fly in and out of battles, added a system that encourages mixing skills up to save on COM%, tweaked the Frontier Gauge to not only be carried over between fights, but have character's special skills use a portion of it rather than cost SP, players can perform a Forced Evasion when being attacked (if a party member's HP is below 30% and the F.Gauge is at least 50%), added a plethora of customizable assist characters who can give passive buffs and stat boosts, rebalances some of the Spirits in the game, frontline members can be switched out with the ones in the reserve party or have them tank an enemy's attack, encourages players to win with a high hit count to recover SP between battles, and finishing a battle with either an Overdrive, Assist Attack, or Support Attack rewards more EXP, Gold, or F.Gauge respectively. The game's visuals has seen subtle improvements and gave the playable characters IdleAnimation, features an even bigger soundtrack with remixes from the first game, and the game features sidequests and a bonus dungeon for its NewGamePlus, all while offering a bigger challenge and a longer story.
14	* {{Fanon}}: Because of {{Woolseyism}} regarding the mistranslation of [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lemon Browning]] into "Raymond" Browning]] in the localization, fans have suggested the latter is the name of [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen Browning]] and Lemon's father]].
15	* FanWank: The aforementioned {{Fanon}} flub inveritably led to this, specifically among those who refused to ignore the mistranslation. To them, in "the American {{Continuity}}", [[spoiler:Lemon's (or rather, the "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Shadow-Mirror]]" AlternateUniverse version of Excellen's) father called "Raymond" is the one who began the W-Series. When his daughter was killed in the shuttle crash, Lemon, after being resurrected through robotics and science, switched the focus to androids after taking over in order to understand herself]]. Some players even summed it up due to Aschen misreading the name as a result of her occasionally buggy nature, but also because the computer she reads it from is heavily damaged, thus justifies the flub. It would ultimately be {{Jossed}} in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration The Moon Dwellers]]'', as Haken casually mentions that the person who created him [[spoiler:is female, whom he explicitly calls "his mother"]].
16	* GameBreaker: See [[Gamebreaker/SuperRobotWars here]] for details.
17	%%* {{Moe}}: Kaguya and Suzuka
18	* {{Narm}}: Agrado Heim's primary motivation in ''EXCEED'' - as dangerous as it sounds, it's basically a [[spoiler:multi-dimensional "go green" project]].
19	* ScrappyMechanic: "[[ComboBreaker Forced Evasion]]" in the first game; rectified in the {{Sequel}} with more strict requirements for enemies to trigger it. Additionally, allied characters can ''also'' use this by sacrificing the "[[LimitBreak Frontier Gauge]]".
20	* ThatOneBoss:
21	** The first fight with Kyon: [[FlunkyBoss she and her "Joker Soldier" flunkies]] inflict StatusEffects with their attacks at a point in the first game where players can only use items to remove them (unless they LevelGrind Kaguya to gain the "Prayer" Spirit Command[[note]]Remove a negative status effect on an allied party member[[/note]]). Should Kyon attack one party member instead of three, there's a chance it's going to be a long {{Combo}} string that includes her "[[LimitBreak Overdrive]]".
22	** In ''EXCEED'', Mark Hunter: another FlunkyBoss with ''[[DemonicSpiders three Katanas]]'', exceptionally devastating and long attack string, while being classified as a heavyweight, despite appearances. Chances are if he targets one party member for a {{Combo}}, expect that character to be knocked out if a player-induced Forced Evasion isn't used.
23	* TheissTitillationTheory: No matter what, Kaguya will never pop out of that dress of hers like she ought to, nor will players ever get to see if Neige Hausen's legs go all the way up for a panty shot, yet it still feels it might every time her LimitBreak is used.
24	* UnexpectedCharacter:
25	** {{Downplayed}} in the first game after Reiji, Xiaomu and KOS-MOS were unveiled as playable characters, since the three of them previously pulled a {{Crossover}} stint in ''Namco X Capcom''. That ''Endless Frontier'' was initially promoted as a CreatorDrivenSuccessor to ''Namco X Capcom'' and co-developed by Banpresto with Creator/MonolithSoft (who were responsible for the latter), had some people correctly guess Reiji and Xiaomu would be added onto the roster.
26	** Almost no one expected [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer]], [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Kouta Azuma]] [[spoiler:and [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst Alfimi]]]] from the main ''Original Generation'' {{Continuity}} to make a pit stop for ''EXCEED'', despite Axel's stated intentions at the end of ''Original Generation Gaiden''. Mark Hunter, on the other hand, blew them out of the water for not having reappeared in another video game for nearly '''20 years'''.
27	* {{Woolseyism}}: Aside from the one glaring mistake above (see {{Fanon}}), Creator/{{Atlus}} added their usual amount of benevolent tweaks for the first game. Among other things, ''Franchise/TombRaider'' and ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' get {{Shout Out}}s.

Context YMMV / EndlessFrontier