Characters / EXTRAPOWER: Attack of Darkforce

A list of characters in EXTRAPOWER: Attack of Darkforce.

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Heroes and supporters

Player Characters

Sharkungo

Prince of the Shakun Star and Star Lore champion. A Star Yui martial artist, his attacks focus on punches and kicks.

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• Arch-Nemesis: Is this to Dark Force. He defeated him at a Star Lore wrestling match in the past, and the retaliatory invasion of the Shakun Star fuels Sharkungo's pursuit of Dark Force.
• Batman Can Breathe in Space: Has no problem flying through space to get from the Shakun Star to Earth.
• Cosmic Motifs: Of the Star Power variety, featuring stars heavily in his design, attacks and background.
• Human Aliens: Apart from the flight and the ability to breathe in space, he's remarkably similar to humans.
• In the Name of the Moon: Gives one upon returning to help the team out of a bind later in the game.
• Masked Luchador: Sharkungo, the Star Lore Superstar who is always seen in his red mask with a star over the face.
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: Can attack with these.
• Red Is Heroic: One of the central heroes even in a team of over a dozen heroes, and red is one of the more dominant colours of his outfit.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Prince of the Shakun Star, fought in its defense and hurried to Earth to warn and help in their own defense.
• Star Power: Sharkungo features stars heavily in his aesthetic. His wrestling uniform consists of a crop top with a star emblazoned across his chest and across his mask. He's a Star Lore Superstar, the prince of the Shakun Star, and fights using Star Yui martial arts, which incorporates stellar imagery and naming such as in his Star Bit attack and Shooting Star final crash.
• Warrior Prince: Sharkungo isn't just the Stare Lore champion, he's also Prince of the Shakun Star and doesn't hesitate to fight when the Dark Force army invades his planet, or to fly to the Earth to help their defense.
• Wrestler in All of Us: He's a Star Lore superstar who fights with the Star Yui martial art of the Shakun Star. It's remarkable how closely professional wrestling on Earth resembles it.

Force Star

Full name Schnog de Force Star IV and Sharkungo's tag team partner at Star Lore. He stays at the Shakun Star at the start of the story to help the home front efforts, then joins back up on Earth partway through the story.

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• Batman Can Breathe in Space: Has no problem flying through space to get from the Shakun Star to Earth.
• Human Aliens: Apart from the flight and the ability to breathe in space, he's remarkably similar to humans.

Fei Huang Rong

Monster hunter for the Kanedama-kan, employed to hunt youkai and jiangshi. Enjoys a friendly rivalry with Kuragane given the occasional overlap between targets. Descendant of Hao Kwang Wan Rong.

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• Kung-Fu Wizard: Of the exorcismal variety.
• Paper Talisman: Part of his taoist exorcism arsenal and how he attacks his enemies before his optional class upgrade.
• Supernatural Martial Arts: His preferred fighting style, combining martial arts and Taoist exorcism, with spiritual manipulation/projection after his upgrade.

Ri=Ko

Real name Youkitsune Kohime, a youkai attached to Fei. It seems Fei is indebted to her.

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• Butt-Monkey: Often the receiving end of this, especially when she tries to tease Fei.
• Cute Monster Girl: A cute youkai girl.
• Little Bit Beastly: As per being a cute youkai girl. Comes equipped with ears and a tail.
• Little Miss Snarker: Never misses a chance to snark, though Fei hits back when she tries it on him.
• Snark-to-Snark Combat: Ri-ko and Platinum are both prone to snarking in general, usually as one-off commentary on the current situation. But every once in a while, they'll catch each other in each other's sights and start snarking at each other's throats until someone gets between them!
• Youkai

Platinum

Director and Mechanic for PMEC - Platinum Monster Extermination Company. A Gadgeteer Genius who develops PMEC's technology to include her own weaponry.

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• Action Girl
• 11th-Hour Superpower: If alien tech is discovered and collected throughout the game, Platinum can finally gain a class upgrade and gain a much needed power boost in time for the final Dark Force mothership assault.
• Gadgeteer Genius: Develops the tech that PMEC uses, makes modifications for her own weapons, and comes up with tech solutions at several points throughout the game.
• Goggles Do Something Unusual: Platinum's goggles actually do serve more functions than cosmetic. She's used them to chemically analyze the secret weapon Sharkungo brought to combat Mensouma (...detergent) and generally whips them up for analytics and detection.
• Hunter of Monsters: As part of PMEC.
• More Dakka: Her main weapons are large cannons. Her transcendental abilities increasingly saturate the target area in cannon fire.
• Physical, Mystical, Technological: In the PMEC team, she is the technological, designing and constructing the gadgets that the team uses to include the magic detector used throughout the game, and the shoulder-mounted cannons that she uses for her attacks.
• Snark-to-Snark Combat: Ri-ko and Platinum are both prone to snarking in general, usually as one-off commentary on the current situation. But every once in a while, they'll catch each other in each other's sights and start snarking at each other's throats until someone gets between them!
• Wrench Wench: Is a mechanical genius and can quickly visualize tech upgrades.

Kurogane

Member of PMEC an the 48th generation Kurobane-ryu heir. A skilled swordswoman and demon hunter, and very easy-going to the point of ditziness when off the clock.

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• Action Girl
• Arch-Nemesis: Is sworn to keep the Dream Demon King sealed away, though they have a complex relationship about that.
• Beware the Silly Ones: She's The Ditz of the team and very easy-going. But when it's time to fight, she's extraordinarily capable.
• Curse That Cures: Kurogane is sworn to oppose Meard, the Dream Demon King, but partway through the story is fatally wounded and seconds away from death. Maerd offers her a deal: swear herself to him and he will save her life. It becomes a pretty cool powerup that makes her even more combat-ready in the end game, but it's still to choose between dying on the spot or embracing the Dream Demon King that your lineage has been opposing for 48 generations.
• The Ditz: The most easy-going member of the party to the point of airheadedness.
• Hunter of Monsters: As part of PMEC.
• Physical, Mystical, Technological: In the PMEC team, she is the physical. While her training as the 48th generation Kurogane and her association with the Dream Demon King give her some mysical aspects, she is primarily a melee attacker and relies on her sword skills in combat.

Emerald

Member of PMEC and resident telepath. A mysterious child with huge potential.

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• Awesome, but Temporary: Her abilities are not informed, but she does not stay on long.
• Damsel in Distress: Gets kidnapped by the Dark Force army once they realize that a super powerful child telepath is exactly the sort of magical item to add to their collection.
• Disc-One Nuke: Is extraordinarily powerful, but disappears early on.
• Living MacGuffin: MacGuffin Super-Person. Emerald gets kidnapped for her immense magical power.
• Mystical Waif: She's of uncertain origins, rarely says more than a few words at a time when she does speak, but is one of the most powerful members of the team due to her psychic ability. She's also something of a clairvoyant and knows when sometimes is about to happen, and seems to be able to detect people's intentions or trustworthiness.
• Physical, Mystical, Technological: In the PMEC team, she is the mystical, being the superpowered telepathic child who begins the game with immense offensive and healing telepathic powers.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Despite being a small child, Emerald is one of the most powerful empaths. A shame the magic-seeking bad guys also recognize this.
• Psychic Children: Is a powerful enough empath to know events before they happen, even when they originate in space.

Zophy

A hero of 100 battles who was raised by the phoenix, the Flame Princess Eternya. A warrior of justice who never gives in to evil, and whose fist can shatter huge rocks to pieces. Though quiet and a little unfriendly, he is a friend to all children and has a kind and sincere heart. He has joined with King Leo, David, and his other friends to challenge Blackberry's pyramid and stop her evil schemes.

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• Arch-Nemesis: Is this to Blackberry.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: In a game filled with muscle-bound heroes and villains, Zophy is especially drawn with a powerful, massively-developed physique to go with his sheer physical power.
• Earthy Barefoot Character: He lives in the wilds and adventures with a talking lion, wears little more than a golden loincloth and some jewelry. Shoes don't make the cut.
• Gentle Giant: A massive man and can smash boulders with his fist and wears a stern face. He's also a kind man and is comforting when rescuing children.
• Heroes Fight Barehanded: No weapons, no power armour, he just punches out enemies.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Only ever seen in bracelets and ankle rings, a headband, and a thong.
• Worthy Opponent: Is this for V.
• Wild Man: Zophy is practically the poster child of the trope, a taciturn man raised in the wilderness who wanders into adventure with nothing more than a loincloth and some golden jewelry and a mountain of muscles.

King Leo

The King of Beasts and Zophy's best friend. Was granted speech by the Flame Princess Eternya. Is gentle and kind with wide knowledge. On his off-time, he enjoys reading and listening to classical music.

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• Cultured Badass: Enjoys reading and classical music as hobbies. Will also lunge into combat to bite the face off a Clay Kid.
• King of Beasts: Explicitly described as such, owing as much to the blessings of the Phoenix as to his station as a lion.
• Mysterious Animal Senses: He's developed keen insights in his 200 years of life.
• Panthera Awesome
• Talking Animal: He's unique in the world of Extrapower for being an animal who can talk: even when Giant Fist presents animals that the human characters know by name, they are perfectly normal animals who do not speak human language.
• Uplifted Animal: King Leo is a 200 year old talking lion who owes his sentience to a blessing of the flame princess.

David & Marian

Popularly truncated to Davie and Marie or DeviMari. Friends of Zophy and King Leo who follow them around and play a supportive role in their adventures. Davie is fond of the Snake Whip.

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• Badass Normal: They're simply two of Zophy's friends who follow him around. They might not have the pure physical might of the other teammates, but they're charging into battle with the rest of them for support.
• Snake Whip: Davie's weapon of choice is the Snake Whip, which transforms into a snake's head to bite the foe.
• Those Two Guys: They also serve as this between episodes, giving oft-sarcastic commentary.

V

A young man whose heart has been replaced by an ore called Hakugami, and so can transform into the beast god Verzerga. Because the ore heart is an immensely powerful Upgrade Artifact for demons, it makes him a regular target for attack.

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• Cursed with Awesome: He will never stop being hunted by demons. On the plus side, he gets a powerful fighting form that can slaughter enemies with fist and claw.
• Driven to Suicide: By the time V is encountered, he has lived his life hunted by demons who wish to steal his heart. And in a previous encounter, his sister Victoria got involved and was killed. With little else to live for, he beseeches Magma-O to accept his heart and melt it in his lava, knowing that this will kill him as well as keep it out of the hands of demons forever.
• Hereditary Curse: The ore heart has cursed his family for generations, always ensuring that the Earth will have a bearer to fight as Verzerga whenever the need might be, but also condemns the bloodline to demon interest.
• Heroic Suicide: Even though he knows that giving his ore heart to Magma-O will destroy himself too, he is willing to do this to permanently prevent the demons of Malice from obtaining its power and causing more destruction.
• One-Letter Name: V.
• Worthy Opponent: Is this for Zophy.

Blackberry

A pyramid witch who seeks to revive the ancient wizard Diamond Mine. Her plans are often foiled by Zophy.

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• Action Girl
• Arch-Nemesis: To Zophy, who tries to prevent her goal of reviving the ancient wizard Diamond Mine.
• Combat Tentacles: Among the repertoire of magic attacks that the pyramid witch Blackberry has available is the Call of Abyss spell, which summons a host of otherworldly tentacles to rise from the floor and thrash the foe.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Blackberry is arrogant, cold, distant, but by the end of the game develops a camaraderie with the team.
• Elegant Gothic Lolita: Becomes this after her wardrobe upgrade.
• Embarrassing First Name: Blackberry is not pleased at all that her old friends back in Ispares still remember her as Agnes Black
• Evil Sorceror: She fancies herself to be this, and frequently reminds Zophy that their objectives are still opposed despite their Crisis Crossover alliance.
• Lady of Black Magic
• Magic Is Evil: Is willing to let people believe this about her and uses this belief for intimidation.
• The Magocracy: Blackberry's goal in reviving the ancient wizard Diamond Mine is to create rulership of mages over the world and humanity, led by the ancient and powerful Diamond Mine himself. Zophy and his companions oppose her believing that he would be a Sorcerous Overlord. Given that his followers in ancient times had sealed him inside a diamond, they might be onto something. Thanks to Undata's interference, she misses out on the window to fully revive Diamond Mine and instead performs a ritual to become the second generation Diamond Mine - Diamond Black. It remains to be seen whether she becomes the Benevolent Mage Ruler she imagines or a Sorcerous Overlord for Zophy to bring down. The wizards of her old hometown of the Hidden Elf Village Ispares, meanwhile, are supportive of her attempts to either revive Diamond Mine or claim his power: as Manuela puts it, it can be useful for the wizards if their childhood friend enforces magic rulership.
• Summon Magic: Her transcendental attacks involve summoning a host of monsters and demons to attack for her.

Crown and Fool

Two youths from Espares who are loaned to the team. Pure sadists, they relish in violence and don't care who receives it.

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• Ax-Crazy: They are barely controlled by the team, and they're given a whistle to blow in case they do lose control.
• Cute and Psycho: Two completely Ax-Crazy sadists with barely any loyalty to the player characters' team, only relishing the opportunity to kill and not caring if ally units get in the way of their area of effect attacks. They're also undeniably cute. This is even more apparent after their art upgrade in Giant Fist, where they cameo as trash talking dealers in the casino minigame.
• Gameplay and Story Integration: Crown and Fool are homicidal, sadistic, and barely kept in control by the team. If an ally gets caught in their area of effect attack, they'll happily chop them up just as easy as they would an enemy.
• Gasoline Dousing: As part of their Kill It with Fire attacks.
• Kill It with Fire: Some of Crown and Fool's more powerful attacks involve them dousing the enemy in gasoline and lighting them on fire.
• Sociopathic Hero: With more emphasis on sociopath, and a nominal one on hero.
• Token Evil Teammate: There really isn't any other reason for them to join the fight than to commit more violence. There's really no reason keeping them from not attacking the team either.

Guren Tiger/Kojiro

Kojiro Mido. Karate artist who used to partake in dojo storming before his mentor was attacked and killed by Tarantula and imparted the Guren Stones to him.

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• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Was this before taking on the Guren Stones.
• Cool Car: One of his transcendental attacks is to run over a line of enemies with one of these.
• Henshin Hero: With the power of the Guren Stone, Kojiro becomes Guren Tiger!
• Horns of Barbarism: Wears beetle-esque horns on his costume's helmet, befitting his Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy status and his close up, physical combat style.
• Hot-Blooded: A defining character trait, developed after some family baggage in life.
• Meaningful Name: Kojiro's name 虎次郎 contains 虎, meanin "tiger". Fitting for the ferocious fighter destined to become Guren Tiger.
• Power Crystal: Gets his Guren Tiger powers from this.
• Red Is Heroic: One of the central heroes even in a team of over a dozen heroes, and dressed in bright red armour.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: He is red, Ryo is blue. It's even their colour scheme in and out of armour!
• Tragic Keepsake: The Guren Stones themselves.

Gecko Wolf/Ryo

Let's deal with this guy in just 3 minutes

Kuonji Ryo. A former member of Tarantula who has defected. At first he operates on the periphery of the team with uncertain motives, joining up to help Kojiro take down Tarantula.

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• Badass Biker: Always fights atop his motorcycle.
• Badass Boast: Is prone to giving these, usually involving how little time it'll take to finish the fight.
• Cultured Badass: Will happily quote philosophers during casual banter.
• Firing One-Handed: Given that he fights atop a motorcycle, he fires his gun with one hand.
• The Gunslinger: Always fights with his trusty shotgun.
• Henshin Hero: With the power of the Gecko Stone, Ryo becomes Gecko Wolf!
• The Lancer: Is this to Kojiro.
• Power Crystal: He gets his Gecko Wolf powers from this.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Kojiro is red, he is blue. It's even their colour scheme in and out of armour!
• Phlebotinum Rebel: He is one person trying to use the gift given to him by Tarantula to take the organization down.

Ruritia/Rurine

Nijikawa Rurine. An average school student suddenly thrust into the life of a Hikari Warrior. Uncertain of herself, she carries guilt over the disappearance of Shimoun and the injuries of other Hikari Warriors.

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• Action Girl: She reliably kicks butt throughout the game, but is weighed down by doubts. She fully comes into this through the course of her arc.
• Expy: Of Pretty Cure. Regular school girl warrior of light helping a Ridiculously Cute Critter protect their kingdom's princess from a clan of shadow people using the aid of prismatic stones? Check, check, check, check, check, check!
• Hero with Bad Publicity: When Ruritia is encountered in a district of Tokyo, the entire town has already turned against her. The rookie Hikari Warrior is stationed there to protect the hiding place of the Seven Colour Princess, and the local public has put all the blame on her for the damage caused when the Yami Clan shows up to find her. And now that Undata and his Clay Kids are lobbing missiles and laser blasts everywhere, even more blame is put on her head. It's quickly decided that the only choice to make is to prematurely release the Princess from her slumber and go on the run.
• Frilly Upgrade: Gets this once she finally completes her character growth.
• Magical Girl: Influenced by classic depictions of these in her design and portrayal.
• Magical Girl Warrior: She's definitely a magical girl, complete with Transformation Sequence, skirts and cute pet sidekick. She also swings a magic sword and is just as capable in melee combat.
• Non-Human Sidekick: Hers is Pururu, a yellow blob with bunny ears and a witch's hat who represents courage, puru!
• Rainbow Motif: As the Blue Hikari Warrior.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: Her partner Pururu.
• Sword Beam: How Blue Hikari Warrior Ruritia attacks with her magical sword. She holds it aloft, charges power, then swings it level and fires a rainbow beam at her foes.
• Transformation Sequence: When transforming into Ruritia. She gets a proper extended transformation sequence the first time she transforms on screen and during her wardrobe upgrade.

Shura Shashu/Rika & Shou

Akegima Rika and Akegiba Shou, who become Mashura and Bashura and together, Shura Shashu. Latest in a long line of ninja, they are sworn to protect Ruritia. Close enough with each other to operate as one unit: the death of one sibling is equal to the death of both.

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• Brother–Sister Team: And close enough to function as one unit in combat.
• Gameplay and Story Integration: They are close enough that the death of one sibling is enough to count as the death of both siblings. Of course, they Are one single unit in combat.
• Highly-Visible Ninja: They are the latest in the long line of ninjas. And dress in very bright red.

Toyama

Kazunao Toyama is a hunter living in a small village in Iwate prefecture, and a professional tag-team wrestler with his wife Hamayo.

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• Action Dad: Revealed in the ending to have a doting daughter.
• Badass Normal: Among every other alien, superpowered, magical and demonic ally on the team, Toyama is just a middle-aged wrestler with a shotgun, and kicks butt.
• Battle Couple: With Hamayo as tag-team partners. Sadly, she remains in the village while Toyama joins the team, but she does appear in spirit during his more powerful attacks.
• Family Man: And proud of it.
• Happily Married: He and his wife are tag team wrestling partners, dote after a daughter they've sent off to school. And in certain attacks, his wife appears in spirit to augment his attack.
• Horns of Barbarism: Wears horns on his cap, fitting a combat pro wrestler.
• Manly Men Can Hunt: Toyama is a hunter from Iwate prefecture. He's also a professional wrestler who participates in community activities, kicks alien and monster butt as well as the supers on the team, and maintains a happy relationship with his wife and daughter.
• One True Love: With Hamayo. You can easily tell how much they mean to each other!
• Wrestler in All of Us: He and his wife are professional wrestlers. In combat, his non-shotgun attacks are his wrestling moves.

Yukiko

Real name Bara Yuuki Hanmyohime. A Japanese vampire said to have existed since the Heian Period. Today, she runs the antique shop Yunagi that is a front for an information shop.

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• The Ageless: Is a vampire who has been alive for centuries. She is also as sexy and youthful as ever.
• Combat Stilettos: Yukiko's regular attacks make full use of her thigh high heels, with a mid-air spin for flourish.
• Daywalking Vampire: She has no problem being deployed in daytime episodes.
• Fan Disservice: Yukiko is usually the Stripperific Ms. Fanservice who dresses in Combat Stilettos and a bikini. It's sexy, but less sexy when Kurogane discovers her headless body leaving a blood smear on the wall. Unnerving, but lucky for Yukiko a minor setback with her vampiric healing.
• Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire: She's on good terms with the PMEC team even before the alien invasion. Afterwards, it doesn't take any convincing to get her to fight for the good guys.
• Immortality: She's been killed for real, her headless body even seen on-screen. She gets better though.
• Inhumanly Beautiful Race
• Ms. Fanservice: A glamorous vampire woman who dresses in a scant bikini and heels.
• Made of Iron: Despite being among the least dressed, her natural defense is remarkably high, allowing her to tank into the end game.
• Undeathly Pallor: Apart from her blood red hair, lipstick and clothing, she is white as a ghost.

Idea

A homunculus created by the Dream Demon King Maerd to take care of his mansion in his absence. Contrary to her petite, doll-like appearance, she wields formidable power.

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• Artificial Human: A homunculus maid created by the Dream Demon King to defend his earthly mansion in his absence.
• Meido: The demure artificial girl dresses in classic maid dress.
• Our Homunculi Are Different: A magical construct lacking in emotions, and strong enough to casually lob increasingly larger steel balls one-handed in her special attacks.

Gradius

A bemman who assimilated a young man named Hans. He gives his strength to the mercenary unit SPICA, being used as a weapon to fight other Bem in exchange for giving treatment to Flamberge.

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• The Assimilator: He's a bemman who assimilated a young man named Hans.
• The Corruption: He represents an extraterrestrial species that exists by consuming and assimilating native life on the planet.
• Creepy Good: He's on the side of the good guys, but he's still a parasitic alien that consumed a boy named Hans and turned him into a chitenous, deathly pale, bloody monster.
• Evil Is Visceral: As a bemman, he's covered in bright red, oozing meat and guts.
• Healthcare Motivation: Securing Flamberge's ongoing medical treatment is his motivation to hunt down the other bem.
• Hunter of His Own Kind: A bem employed by SPICA to eradicate the other bem.
• Last of His Kind: By the end of the game.
• Razor-Sharp Hand: By virtue of his Panzer Arm, which sharpens his hand like a knife.
• Shapeshifting: Can transform his hand into a knife's edge for combat.
• Single-Target Sexuality: Is completely tunnel-visioned on Flamberge, and always rebukes Franciska's demands that he become her mate.
• Symbiotic Possession
• Theme Naming: Arms and Armor Theme Naming, as usual with the bem. Named after the Roman gladius.
• Token Heroic Orc: Almost every other bem is an actively hostile monster operating for the Hive Mind. The only two that aren't are Gladius working with the good guys, and his sickly sweetheart.

Nimon

Puha!

A deepnoid from the bottom of the sea. He pilots the submarine Sea Dragon and, contrary to the rest of his kind, seeks to coexist with the humans of the surface. A kind-hearted friend to all children who never forgives evil done at sea!

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• Atlantis: The team's representative of Deep Haven.
• Captain Nemo Copy: He and his loyal crew pilot a remarkable submarine, and Nimon himself hails from a people who have cut ties with the surface world due to their destructiveness, though Nimon himself actually desires peaceful relations with humans in opposition to his people and his inspiration. His name is even a very subtle nod to Captain Nemo.
• Comical Translation: Translation: "Yes", sometimes the result of needing to be translated by Shiira. It does get Lamp Shaded.
• Does Not Speak Common: Among the humans from across the Earth and alien and demonic characters, Nimon is the only one who speaks in a way that others cannot understand.
• Fish People: Unlike Shiira and Juno, Nimon looks like a giant, scaley, bipedal fish with arms.
• Flying Seafood Special: Nimon can freely move around underwater with dexterity. In game terms, he flies. And when he officially joins up with the team in their fight against the Dark Force invasion of Earth and fights alongside them on land, he still flies.
• Our Mermaids Are Different: Of the bipedal fishman flavour.
• The Unintelligible: Speaks entirely in variations of Puhuah!. Shiira follows along as the team's Translator Buddy.

Ranran and En

The apprentice of Master Wu and her youkai partner En. They are hostile to the Kanedama-kan and rivals of Fei.

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• Arch-Nemesis: They consider themselves this to Fei after he defeats Master Wu, though savvy players may be able to turn them around.
• Heel–Face Turn: They spend most of the game fighting against Fei. But with the right choices, they can join the team in the late game.

SPICA

A mercenary organization that becomes the heroes' primary support team.

Werner von Gerstenbüttel

Commander of SPICA. A man capable of making calm judgements in any situation. He has connections in many organizations.

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• The Strategist: Fulfills this role as commander of SPICA, and for the heroes when they combine forces. His tactical experience, intelligence and cool-headedness gives him a privileged position to see the bigger picture in a situation to direct the next course of action.
• The Team Benefactor: One of the primary supports of the hero's team, providing transportation and combat/intelligence support.

Wolf

Member of SPICA an Staff Operations Officer. A former mercenary with a prosthetic leg.

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• Handicapped Badass: His prosthetic leg doesn't stop him from being an effective member of a globetrotting mercenary team.
• One-Steve Limit: Averted, as he shares the name Wolf with another mercenary fighter playable in Giant Fist.
• Silver Fox: Older and greyed, but he's still as rugged and fit as any younger combatant.

Maria Gerstenbüttel

Member of SPICA and Werner's admiring sister. She handles everything from office work, deliveries and operations to bombardments.

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• Moe: Bright and smiley especially during between-mission planning screens. Adored by the fans for her moe aesthetics.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: Pink haired, and the cheerful heart of the SPICA team.

Smoothy

Member of SPICA. He studies the Bem from the perspective of human medicine and is the physician in charge of Flamberge. An accident in his bem research causes him to secrete a special mucus from his skin, which can disinfect injuries, block wounds and activate cells.

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• Fantastic Medicinal Bodily Product: It can cure anything and restore cells! It's a thick green slime secreted off some guy's skin!
• Freak Lab Accident: The source of the slime that secretes from his skin. An accident occured during his study of the Bem, and now his body produces a healing slime. A thick, green healing slime that grotesquely covers his body.
• Panacea: The slime excreted from his skin heals wounds, cures sickness, and even restores damaged cells.

Sonar

Member of SPICA in charge of telepathy. She has the power to feel biological reactions. Seems to have a similar origin as Emerald.

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• Psychic Children: Sonar is SPICA's resident telepath and uses her powers to detect biological signatures.

Ivan

A member of SPICA and their mechanic. He still an innocent young boy, but is a genius who has already graduated from Gymnasium.

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• Child Prodigy: Ivan, brilliant enough to have already graduated gymnasium and become the team mechanic for the SPICA mercenary team, all while still an innocent young boy.

Dr. Belhelm

A member of SPICA who studies the bem from a biological point of view. Has the slightly dangerous theory that bem are the key to human development.

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• Admiring the Abomination: Dr. Belhem is in deep admiration of the Bem species. They are an extraterrestrial organism that propagates by assimilating other organisms and slaughtering non-infected members of the host specie. There is already an outbreak of them in Europe, leaving ghost towns behind as their numbers grow. Dr. Belhem has the dangerous idea that the Bem hold the key to human development and always speaks in excitement about how they can shape the future of humanity. You'd think this would make him a clear cut Face–Heel Turn candidate. It doesn't.
• Evilutionary Biologist: The resident biologist on the team, who believes that the key to humans' evolutionary development is in an extraterrestrial assimilator species that transforms infected humans into a Evil Is Visceral Hive Mind. Thankfully, he keeps his interests theoretical - eager, but theoretical - during the game.

Flamberge

A lady bem who assimilated a woman named Martina. Her infestation was incomplete, and so requires treatment under SPICA. Gradius is connected to her by love and they attract each other on a cellular level.

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• Beauty Is Never Tarnished: She might be an alien parasite undergoing permanent hospitalization, but she's still pretty cute despite the viscera and blood and cold, deathly pallor.
• Delicate and Sickly: With the infestation of the host woman incomplete, Flamerge is left in a desperate condition. This prompts Gradius to hunt other bem for the SPICA team to guarantee her continued medical attention.

Hikari Warriors

A team of Pretty Cure Expy sworn to defend the Seven Colour Princess from the Yami Clan.

Seven Coloured Princess

Princess of the Kingdom of Hikari and leader of the Hikari Warriors. To escape the clutches of the Yami Clan, she lcoked herself in the Rainbow Coffin, hidden away in the Blue Room.

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Rakione

The Green Hikari Warrior and leader of the Seven Hikari Warriors, and inheritor of one of three magical swords. He is a beautiful boy with a mischievous personality, but his ability is number one among the Hikari Warriors. In charge of protecting the Gate of Hikari alongside Melfa, the Yellow warrior. He's the only one capable of suppressing the invasion of Galstein, the strongest Dark Archbishop of the Seven Tsuyami.

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• Rainbow Motif: As the Green Hikari Warrior.
• Non-Human Sidekick: His is Pororo, a pink slime with eyelashes and a bow who represents wisdom.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: His partner Pororo.
• The Rival: To Gailstein, Dark Archbishop of the Seven Tsuyami.

Kalliun and Fina

Sibling Indigo Hikari Warriors who together make up the Cobalt Knight, and originally gave support to the Blue Warrior. With Kalliun in a coma following an injury by Theonio of the Seven Tsuyami, and Fina tending to him, the Cobalt Knight is out of commission.

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• Rainbow Motif: As the Indigo Hikari Warriors.
• The Rival: To Theonio of the Seven Tsuyami.

Kurenai Mugen

The Red Hikari Warrior and inheritor of one of three magic swords. Her strength is phenomenal. With Shura Shusha protecting the Blue Warrior, she protects the Hikari Gate at the Red Room alone.

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• Non-Human Sidekick: Hers is Purara, an angry red slime with scars and bunny ears, representing power.
• Rainbow Motif: As the Red Hikari Warrior.
• Red Is Violent: The Red Hikari Warrior is the most notably physically imposing and warrior-like among the Hikari Warriors.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: Her partner Purara.
• The Rival: To Engetsu Ryu of the Seven Tsuyami.

Shimoun

The Purple Hikari Warrior, who has gone missing after their previous battle. Seems to have a connection with Zikwald of the Seven Tsuyami.

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• Distressed Dude: Has gone missing as of the last encounter between the Hikaru Warriors and the Seven Tsuyami, and must be rescued.
• Rainbow Motif: As the Purple or Violet Hikari Warrior.

Melfa

The Yellow Hikari Warrior. Protects the Hikari Gate with the Green Warrior. His talent his first-class but he is hedonistic and hates making effort. Loves to embarrass Rezarika of the Seven Tsuyami.

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• Keet: He's small, he's adorable, and he knows it, and gets away with teasing Rakione.
• Rainbow Motif: As the Yellow Hikari Warrior.

Kanedama-kan

Kanedama Elder

He is the leader of the Kanedama-kan, which spans the entire world. He has great spiritual power and the ability to foresee the future.

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• Scatterbrained Senior: This is the impression he leaves when he finally imparts some of his clairvoyant wisdom on the team. It sounds like disjointed fluff, leading them to believe he's just gone senile.

Liu Jei

Agent of the Kanedama-kan. He seems to have risen through the ranks through brute force ways, which he occasionally shows. He does not get along with the easygoing Fei.

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• Back for the Finale: At the climax of the game, as the heroes desperately need just a little more power to teleport to the enemy mothership, Liu Jei of the Kanedama-kan appears with an army of warrior monks to give them the final boost they need! Also counts as Back from the Dead as Liu Jei and the Kanedama-kan were last seen being destroyed, with Liu himself torn in half. Good thing about a secretive organization of spiritualists is having the sheer force of will to sustain yourself as a zombie long enough to help out.

Ispares

Magicians of a Hidden Elf Village of magic users.

Manuela

The best wizard in Ispales, nicknamed The Fragment of the Demon World. Childhood friend of Gregory and Blackberry. A drinker with a rough personality.

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• Smoking Is Glamorous: Usually seen with a cigarette in an elegantly long cigarette holder.

Alessandro

Ispares wizard and Keisha's disciple.

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Gregory

One of the best Ispares wizards. The childhood friend of Blackberry and Manuela and considered a reasoner.

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Keisha

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• Older Than They Look: Keisha, one of the wizards of Ispares and Blackberry's aunt... except she looks like a child, to Blackberry's confusion. Turned out she used some of her magic to restore herself back into a child. She offers her trick to Blackberry, who refuses, citing that she'd rather extend her life a thousand years.

Humanité

Leader of the circus troupe at Ispares and guardian of the Helljokers. He drinks at the bar at daytime on days when the circus is closed.

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• Amazing Technicolor Population: He's very likely human. Just also very green.

Galaxys

America-based superheroes lead by Galaxystar.

Galaxystar

An America-based superhero and US-sanctioned warrior of justice, active around the globe and in space. He has connections with a number of heroes and is close friends with Sharkungo and Zophy.

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Galaxy Boss

A veteran warrior in charge of the Galaxy's operations. He has unparalleled strength and loves pizza.

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Galaxy Lloyd

The brains of the Galaxys. He has a wide range of knowledge and has an expertise in machinery. Intellectual curiosity is strong. All unknown things are his subjects of research.

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Deep Heaven

The Fish People residents of the undersea country.

Shiira

A resident of Deep Haven, the Kingdom of the Deep. She is an interpretor for Nimon.

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• Cute Monster Girl: Of the cephalopodic variety.
• Non-Indicative Name: Shiira (シイラ) is the Japanese for the mahi-mahi fish. Fitting for a girl who is physically half-octopus.
• Our Mermaids Are Different: Resembles a human girl but with octopus tentacles coming out of her back.
• Translator Buddy: The sole reason we can glean reason from Nimon's Puho!

Juno

Resident of Deep Haven, the deep sea kingdom. He respects Nimon.

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• Our Mermaids Are Different: Resembles a stoic human boy in lobster-like body armour. That's just his body.
• Red Live Lobster: His lobster parts are a bright red, though he remains uncooked.

Deepnoid

Puha!

The young men of Deep Haven. They are hostile to humans, who pollute the sea.

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• Fish People: Whereas Juno or Siira look like Cute Monster Girl with animal affectations, the Deepnoids are like Nimon in looking more like grey, bipedal fish.
• In Harmony with Nature: And do not appreciate that humans aren't. They aren't vengeful to the point of becoming Gaia's Vengeance, but it's enough for them to completely distrust humanity and scorn Nimon for desiring friendly relations.
• The Unintelligible: Much like Nimon, they only communicate in variations of Puho!

General allies

Professor Ace

Describes himself as "an adventurous, romantic, and stylish archaeologist who travels the world in search of hidden treasures." Selfish and cowardly, he runs away at the first sign of battle. However, he sees great benefit to following Zophy and shows no sign of leaving, even after bad experiences.

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Roshi

Taijo Roshi. A hermit karate master and Kojiro's foster parent. He currently lives in seclusion near the summit of a mountain.

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• Mentor Occupational Hazard: Double whammy of being Kojiro's karate mentor and his foster parent. He barely gets screen time before being killed off by Polar Bear.
• Old Master: A karate master who taught Kojiro his martial arts. It takes the might of a remodeler with the strength of a polar bear to take him down.

Rinko

Odagiri Rinko. A reporter for a magazine. She is following up on the incident of athletes disappearing from karate dojos, and seeks out dojo-breaking Kojiro.

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• Going for the Big Scoop: Danger doesn't stop her from pursing her exclusive scoop. Even when a fight with inhuman enemies is going on right in front of her, her mind is on the thrill of getting her exclusive.
• Intrepid Reporter: To follow up on the kidnapped athletes case, she directly confronts a potential culprit known for dojo busting. She remains with the team even when their adventures take them through heavy combat with monsters and aliens and into other dimensions and space.

Fukami

Tsutomi Fukami. A kohai and cameraman at the magazine Rinko works for. He's an unhappy young man whose job at the company is to cover for Rinko's recklessness.

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Hamayo

Toyama Hamayo, wife of Toyama. She peformed legendary matches as a pro wrestler and has a strong sense of justice.

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• Action Mom: A legendary pro-wrestler and tag-team partner for Toyama, and then it's revealed at the end that they both have a daughter in school. All the more reason to defend village and planet.
• Battle Couple: With Toyama, husband and wife tag-team wrestling partners.

Maerd

Dream Demon King Maerd. He lived deep in the mountains with his homunculus maid Idea, and is now sealed within the body of Kurogane.

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• Sdrawkcab Name: The Dream Demon King's name... is Dream backwards.
• Teleportation Rescue: Rescues Kurogane and Blackberry from certain death at the hand of Mensouma after having his seal removed earlier. Kurogane isn't thrilled that he acted on his own, but can't deny the rescue.

Eternya

She is called Homura-hime, the princess who has lived one thousand years. She has raised Zophy into adulthood.

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• Born-Again Immortality: She is already a mature woman at one-thousand years old, then renews herself dying in the fires of the Magarda Volcano to be reborn as a young girl.
• The Phoenix: Though she takes the form of a woman, the legendary flame princess is the legendary fire bird, and refreshes her lifespan through a death and rebirth ritual in the Magarda Volcano.

Magma-O

A demon who lives in the crater of Magarda Volcano. An eternal one said to exist since the creation of the Earth. His anger prompts volcanic eruptions. He is an old friend of the Flame Princess Eternya.

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Ogonmushi

Guardian of the pyramid where Diamond Mine sleeps. It has a life that never ends and magical power to drive away the spirit of sleep.

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Cindy

S E E Y O U

Cindy Lau. Cindy Lau. She is an informant who turns to friend or foe for money.However, her information is reliable, and Faye seems to be a frequent client.

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• Gratuitous English: When it's time to say good bye, she leaves with "Well then, S e e Y o u."
• Knowledge Broker: Fei's go-to for information. Usually with a little veiled flirting in either direction.

Antagonists

General enemies

Phantom

The spirit of the people buried in the pyramid with Diamond Mine, a figure embodied by the magic of diamonds and bound to the pyramid through magic. They have a strong envy of the living. Also comes in a powerful Phantomia type.

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Jiangshi

The body of a dead person, manipulated by the evil spirit medium Master Wu through his sorcery. For some reason, its arms are extended.

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• Chinese Vampire: Classic depiction, complete with Qing dynasty clothes.
• Paper Talisman: Wears these on their heads as expected.

Master Wu

Wu Ta Leng. An evil spirit medium who manipulates Jiangshi. He plans to do something sinister with the super spiritual water.

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• The Dark Arts: Uses his spirit ability to summon armies of jiangshi for his schemes.
• Kung-Fu Wizard: Of the Taoist spirit wizard variety.

Masuyama

Great Bomb Masuyama. A large man and former professional wrestler who was fired after a match-fixing scandal. He now works as a bouncer.

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Yatsuro

Yatsuro Charuyama. He looks weird but is a normal person. He is a landlord who relentlessly targets Toyama's village and is a master of harassing poor people. He is known in the community as Yatsuro the Suppon.

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• Amazing Technicolor Population: The character profiles included with the game explicitly says that he looks like this, but he's actually human. Purple and beastly is just what he is.
• Asshole Victim: It's terrible when Tarantula kidnaps people for their nefarious schemes. Less terrible when he's an Evil Debt Collector landlord who has caused untold hardship for Toyama's village and possibly beyond.
• Evil Debt Collector: Yatsuro is especially known for preying on the less well-off and for his underhanded tactics, earning him the nickname of Yatsuro the Suppon. Early in the game he even has his goon Masuyama kidnap Toyama's wife and tag team wrestling partner Hamayo, just so Toyama can be disqualified from a wrestling match that will decide the fate of the village.

Hao Kwang Wan Rong

Ancestor of Fei. He tried to take over his body and rule the world in the past.

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Morgue

Unholy souls that were calmed by the Spirit Tower. It releases a mass of evil spirits from itself.

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Angel Figure

MA-26α, codenamed "Angel Figure", subtitled "The Angel of Destruction Who Rules the World. Created by mad scientist Michael. It's an independent thinking-type ground warfare mobile weapon in imitation of an angel, described as a masterpiece that combines the best power and the best beauty. Its subtitle is "The Angel of Destruction Who Rules the World.

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• Giant Woman: What they're modeled to resemble, taking the form of giant angelic women.

Cheribim

MA-26β, codenamed "Cherubim". An angel figure transformed for air combat.

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Michael

A scientist who claims that he will become God in the near future using the Angel Figures he created. Aims to conquer the world.

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• Amazing Technicolor Population: Inexplicably purple.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: An inconspicuous scientist met once under normal pretenses. He becomes a godhood-seeker developing giant angel figures with phenomenal offensive power.
• A God Am I: His ultimate goal is to conquer the world and become a god.
• Mad Scientist: Devotes his expertise by turning his victims into mobile weapons shaped like angels.

Tarantula

A criminal organization researching cybernetic remodelers and lifestones.

Fight Commando

Currah!

Lowest members of Tarantula, believers who have gathered under his name. Each has learned martial arts through rigorous training.

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• Mooks: The common footsoldiers of Tarantula, lacking remodeler cybornetics nor power stones. All they have are the advantage of numbers and enthusiastically shouting Currah!

Polar Bear

Guheehehe

Tarantula remodeler, boasting the superhuman strength of a polar bear. With that power, he fatally injured Roshi Taisuke and killed him.

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• Half-Human Hybrid: A regular human turned remodeler by being combined with a polar bear.p

Kaimetsu Kameleon

Shururururu!

Tarantula remodeler. He has the power of chameleons.

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• Half-Human Hybrid: A regular human turned remodeler by being combined with a chameleon.
• Multipurpose Tongue: He uses his Overly-Long Tongue to attack his enemies.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Kaimetsu Kameleon. Or, ANNIHILATION CHAMELEON!
• Overly-Long Tongue: As with his namesake, his tongue extends as long as he is tall.

Dr. Mita

Tarantula researcher. She is studying lifestones.

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Virizion

Tarantula executive, a warrior who gained the power of the Viridian Stone. He has a brutal and ruthless personality and is fiercly loyal to General Tarantula.

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• Power Crystal: His power comes from harnessing the Viridian Stone.

Mothrim

Tarantula executive, and the first succesful remodeler. A beautiful white moth remodeler, she controls a swarm of carnivorous, poisonous moths.

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• Half-Human Hybrid: Combines a human with a moth.
• The Resenter: Mothrim, already a powerful remodeler and the first successful one, had her eye on acquiring the power of the Viridian Stone. Instead, it had chosen the man who would become Virizion. A fact that she is still bitter over, and still makes sure to chide him for it when they meet.

Geistall

Kattakattakatta

Tarantula executive, and a leading researcher in cyborgs. At the time of the attack, he was mass producing Jibakubaku remodelers.

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Bior

Fist Saint Bior. Tarantula executive. Superhuman and possessing tremendous fighting spirit, there isn't a fight commando who doesn't tremble when they hear his name. His Kenpo style "Dark Killing Wind" is deadly powerful in all techniques.

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• The Dreaded: Even his subordinates tremble at the sound of his name!

General Tarantula

Head of the underground criminal syndicate Tarantula. Seeks out Torijiro's Guren Stone.

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• Ambition Is Evil: Otherwise he wouldn't be leading Tarantula.
• Attack Its Weak Point: General Tarantula has such power and mastery, Guren Tiger and Gecko Wolf need to create a situation in which they can actually do this first.
• Authority Equals Asskicking: Isn't just the leader of Tarantula, he's also its most powerful member.
• Barrier Warrior: Makes it impossible to get an attack in.
• Dual Wielding: Wielding two lifestones, one in each hand, is what makes it impossible for Guren Tiger and Gecko Wolf to attack him directly.
• Evil Former Friend: Is this in his backstory, betraying his friend for power.

Yami Clan

The Evil Counterpart to the Hikari Warriors.

Yamiba

Ukekekeke!

A resident of the Yami world born of its shadows. Its intelligence is low and it willingly follows the orders of Yoveriade and the Seven Tsuyami.

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• Malevolent Masked Men: Their white, grinning masks are their only discernible features.
• Mooks: Though their fighting style is a little tricky, they are nothing more than denizens of shadow who attack in force and get defeated in force.

Roxanne

Uffuffu

One of the Seven Tsuyami and a yami mage. Skilled at yami magic and cunning strategy, but weak in strength. Hostile to the Blue Hikario Warrior Ruritia and seeks to kill the Rainbow Princess. Does not get along with Theonio.

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• Recurring Boss: The first representative of the Yami Clan that hounds Ruritia and the team, and continues to be present as other Yami step in after enough of her failures.

Theonio

One corner of the Seven Tsuyami, a dark swordsman. He makes good use of speed and technique in his fighting style. He hates the Cobalt Knight Kalliun and does not get along with Roxanne.

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Galstein

Dark Archbishop and the strongest of the Seven Tsuyami. Using Yami's truth, he has completed the ultimate spirit magic "Lusterpocalypse", a powerful technique that super-compresses magic. Agonizes the Green Hikari Warrior.

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• Evil Counterpart: To the Green Hikari Warrior.
• Evil Sorceror: Develops powerful magic techniques to further the Yami Clan's cause.

Rezarika

A beautiful dancer in the Seven Tsuyami. The hem of the skirt of her yami dress is a sharp knife, which cuts the enemy as she dances gracefully. The skirt can also change into a sword shape. She admires Galstein and is prepared to give everything for him. She is a cold hearted killer, but is easily provoked by the Yellow Warrior Melfa.

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• Clothing Combat: Transforms her skirt into a knifes edge to attack.

Engetsu Ryu

A corner of the Seven Tsuyami. Master of the whip sword "Ryuuou" and carries a bushido spirit. Because of his pursuit of strength, he respects the Red Hikari Warrior.

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• Evil Counterpart: to the Red Hikari Warrior Kurenai Mugen.

Zikwald

One corner of the Seven Tsuyami, a heavily-armoured knight. He has the best toughness and monstrous power of all in the Yami world. He values chivalry and has absolute loyalty to Yoveriade, but his honesty leaves him inflexible. Seems to share a connection with the Purple Hikari Warrior.

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• Noble Demon: Has a pretty good sense of values despite being a true Tsuyami and believing in the objectives of Yoveriade.

Yasha Juda

Sometimes called Yamata Norowochi. At one time he was a ninja who protected the Rainbow Princess, as the Shura Shashu do, but sold his soul to Yami and became one of the Yami Clan. It is claimed that he is cursed for he draws from the blood of Judas in Christianity, but it is uncertain if there is truth to this. A mad ninja who plays a part in the Seven Tsuyami and obsessed with killing Shura Shashu.

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• Evil Counterpart: To Shura Shashu.
• Famous Ancestor: Judas Iscariot himself, given the inevitability of betraying the Hikari Warriors and the lineage of Mashura Bashura.

Cross Claw

Princess... kill...

A warrior of the Yami Clan called "The Inverted Cross of Immorality". Is blindly focused on killing the Rainbow Princess.

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• Evil Costume Switch: As a part of his evil brainwashing, replaces his usual outfit with a stark black and white ensemble.
• Looks Like Cesare: Deathly white skin, pitch black hair, the sunken eyes. Cross Crow makes a textbook example.

Yoberiade

Queen of the Yami world. She relentlessly aims to end the life of the Rainbow Princess of the Hikari kingdom.

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• Holy Burns Evil: The driving motivation for her wanting to kill the Rainbow Princess.
• Large and in Charge: Towers over everyone else in the Yami World.
• Nigh-Invulnerability: Nearly impossible to kill while inside the Yami world.
• Satanic Archetype: The looming Man Behind the Man for the Seven Tsuyami, an all powerful ruler of the realm of dark beings.

The Bem

Parasitic assimilators from outer space.

Bem

Giyoyooo

An unidentified parasitic organism that came to Earth attached to a meteorite.

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• The Assimilator: The parasitic bem spreads by infecting humans and assimilating them into another bem. By the time the game begins, several towns in Europe have already been lost.
• Darwinist Desire: This in general is the desire of the bem. Apart from the general survival and propagation of their species by assimilating humans, they seek out superior genetics where they can to produce superior offspring. Francisca identifies Gradius as having superior enough genetics that the two of them should become mates, but his assimilation of a young boy Hans gave Gradius his romantic feelings for the girl who used to be Martina, putting conflict between him and Francisca. The bem eventually capture another human with superior cells, assimilate him with exceptional bem, and produce Gael Bolg, the apex of their species.
• Dying Race: Ultimately their motivation is to maintain their existence as a species and settle in a new home, the assimilation of humanity being an unfortunate side effect. They do not take the human pushback well.
• Evil Is Visceral: Bem and the places they infest are covered in red, gutsy-like musculature, and drip with blood-like fluid.
• Extremophile Lifeforms: Able to safely travel through the void of space until reaching a new planet to colonize. Much like Edelweiss in Star Resistance.
• Posthumous Villain Victory: Ultimately what they seek is continued existence. Even with the defeat and eradication of the Bem Colony from Earth, Gradius still remains as a friend of the heroes, becoming the hope of the bem.

Bem Soldier and Bem Gunner

Bemmen parasitizing human soldiers. The Bem Gunner variety makes use of the rifles taken from their human hosts.

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• Mooks: The common foot soldiers of the bemmen. Even when the Bem Gunner type arm themselves with rifles, their primary advantage is producing a large amount of low-quality fodder.

Francisca

Lady bem who leads the bem vanguard. Her Panzer Arm transforms the tentacles of her head into a hatchet. She demands that Gradius joins the bem.

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• Cute Monster Girl: Sure she might be a parasitic alien who transformed a human victim into a monster covered in blood and viscera and transformative combat tentacles, but there's a cuteness to that blood-highlighted deathly pallor.
• Single-Target Sexuality: Only has eyes for Gradius and is obsessed with becoming mates with him.
• Stalker with a Test Tube: Her obsession over Gradius isn't purely romantic. She believes that Gradius is such an exceptional specimen of a bem, it is his obligation to mate with her to produce even more remarkable offspring.

Zweihander

Lady bem whose Panzer Arms combine into a big sword. Top class among the bem, but power is not as good as Gae Bolg.

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Gae Bolg

Born by combining the best bems with humans possessing the best cells, he has become the apex of bemmen and the strongest among them.

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• The Ace: The strongest of the bem, owing to his development.
• Ultimate Lifeform: By bem standards. The best bem were combined with humans containing the best cells to produce the ultimate bemman.

Dark Force Army

The main antagonists, galactic conquerors with their eyes set on Earth

Clay Kid

Pipipikyuuu!

Main Mooks of Undata's mechanical units. Its brittle, clay-like exterior lacks good defense, but otherwise is a high-performance troop type used for raid support.

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• Mook: The most common mechanical unit. The least durable of Undata's forces, their sole advantage is that of numbers.
• Unusual Weapon Mounting: Their cannons are mounted in their mouths.

Spy Fly

Gyogyo-eeee!

Insect bioroid enemies bred by Mensouma. A cruel enemy with a sharp, hardened tail. Individually it has low fighting ability, but can be bred quickly to be deployed en masse in war zones. Can come in Specialized types for enhanced flight ability and Polarized types for superior flight and attack abilities.

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• Beware My Stinger Tail: The primary attack of the Spy Fly is its tail.
• Big Creepy-Crawlies: Giant aggressive dragonflies with knife-like tails.
• Bioweapon Beast: Created to be a tool of conquest.
• Dreadful Dragonfly: Spy Flies, dragonflies the size of grown adult humans with a hardened, knife-edged tail, are the main troop type in Mensouma's bioroid army.
• Insectoid Aliens: The Spy Fly troop type under Mensouma's bioroid units. Bipedal dragonflies the size of an average human adult with a hardened, knife-sharp tail, they're one of the most common troop types for Dark Force's conquest of the universe.
• Mooks: The most common bioroid unit, they sacrifice durability and thrive off sheer numbers. Though for common humans, their hardened tail is deadly. That poor Disposable Pilot.
• Zerg Rush: Exists to swarm the player en masse.

Master Denpa

Gapi, gigagagaa!

A radio-controlled android that can disable radar and radio communications within a 100km radius.

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• Elite Mooks: Starts showing up partway through the game, these mechanical units are more durable than the basic Clay Kid and come equipped with a ranged electric attack. While Clay Kids swarm and distract, Denpas will concentrate their attacks to devestating effect and sit between the common Mooks and the Boss in Mook Clothing.
• Shock and Awe: Its main attack is a ranged electrical charge.

Building Monkey

Gyururu!

A bioriod unit designed for enclosed spaces. It toys with its prey and maneuvers with elongated tentacles and light movements.

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• Bioweapon Beast: One of the creatures designed for Mensouma's bioroid unit.
• Building Swing: The purpose of the building monkey enemy, using their elongated arms to swing up and through buildings for better assault ability.
• Extendable Arms: Always fought suspended from the ceiling, with their arm stretching out to several times their own height.
• Killer Space Monkey: Monkeys with extendable arms to better assail buildings and attack in enclosed spaces.
• Maniac Monkeys: With a sinister reputation that almost makes them The Dreaded of Dark Force's army.

Plasma Boss

Gigi, gigogogiii...

A large tank-type robot in the Dark Force army's mechanical units. Its super energy cannon, "Mega Plasma Cannon", is extremely powerful and can erase all objects in its range.

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• Sapient Tank: Actually one of these, rather than being piloted.
• Boss in Mook Clothing: For all the reasons under Elite Mook. At least Sinner Shaper and Stone Mack are limited to close range attack! Getting caught between two Plasma Boss is a quick way to lose half the team.
• Elite Mook: They start showing up halfway through the game and are one of the deadliest units in the Dark Force Army. They are big, durable, and their Mega Plasma Cannon fires a wide, devestating blast that can attack from off-screen. And they come in pairs at a minimum, while paired with other Mooks and Elite Mook!

Stone Mack

Goshuu!

A large fighting machine in the Dark Force mechanical units. On top of its overwhelming mass and horsepower, it has the hardness of rock. Its special move "Stomping" has it hurtle from the sky to crush its foe.

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• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: An enemy so massive, it even takes up multiple tiles on the battle map. It happily puts its bulk to use by launching into the air and crushing its enemies on landing.
• Boss in Mook Clothing: As the mechanical counterpart to Sinner Shaper, it's deadly for much the same reason. Only this giant adds a stomp attack to crush enemies in melee range on top of it.
• Elite Mook: They show up in force towards the end of the game and are far more durable and deadly than a cluster of Clay Kids.

Sinner Shaper

Uoooomu!

A massive soldier of the bioroid unit. He can change the hardness of his body at will, using his rubber-like flexibility and steel-like strength to his advantage.

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• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: A massive enemy, even taking up multiple tiles of height on the battle map.
• Bioweapon Beast: As with the rest of Mensouma's troops, these creatures are designed for combat.
• Boss in Mook Clothing: Just one Sinner Shaper takes the concentrated efforts of multiple teammates to bring down. They usually come in groups, surrounded by Mooks, and like other Elite Mook in Dark Force's army come in greater concentrations in later stages.
• Elite Mook: They show up in force towards the end of the game and are far more durable and deadly than a cluster of Spy Fly.

Sunny Day and Funny Face

Kyo-ro-ro-ro! Gou-gou-gou.

Commanders of the Dark Force Army in charge of mechanical units and miscellanious chores around the mothership. They are lower in rank below Mensouma and Undata.

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• Alas, Poor Villain: Once you learn the bad guys' backstory. Helps that their goofiness makes them easy to love.
• Bumbling Henchmen Duo: Practically the comic relief pair duo in the otherwise serious invasion army. As you later learn, they've never been too serious and always wanted to go into comedy.
• Detachment Combat: Funny Face's normal attack is to disassemble his outer shell, having each part float out to attack the player before reassembling. As his parts fly off, you get a split second view of the shriveled husk of the person Funny Face used to be.
• Kick the Dog: Sunny Day and Funny Face are such funny comic relief! Look at them avoiding chores around the mothership, being treated like flunkies, and directly attacking defenseless civilian population centers. The hero team comes across them for the first time in Italy, attacking a town of no particular strategic value. Turns out Sunny and Funny merely prefer civilian targets because they're easier to kill, and get upset when the heroes show up since they expected no "army" resistance.
• Minion with an F in Evil: Sure they can fight if you put them in a room with your enemies, but they can't even keep the super important shut-off mechanism a secret without telling you how secret it's supposed to be first.
• Shoo Out the Clowns: Once they're out of the picture for good, you know you're firmly in the final sequences.
• Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: One of them is going to be scrubbing the entire mothership after this latest blunder.

Big Eagle

Operational strategist of the Dark Force Army and a counselor of Dark Force. He is highly respected by Mensouma and Undata for his skills, but is not a member of Dark Force. Does not have a good relationship with Sunny Day and Funny Face.

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Undata

One of Dark Force's right hand commanders, pairing armour that can repel tank fire with built-in firepower. He leads Dark Force's mechanical units.

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• Co-Dragons: Shares this place of honour with Mensouma.
• The Dragon: One of Dark Force's right hands.
• Make My Monster Grow: For his final confrontation.
• Recurring Boss: Fought repeatedly throughout the game but always manages to get away, either fleeing from defeat or escaping when too many of his own minions have been destroyed.
• Robot Master: Specializes in mechanical units.

Mensouma

One of the right hand commanders of Dark Force, excelling in intelligence and espionage and commands the bioroid units. Can change his body into a gelatin state to consume his foes, and can use his cells to take over machines.

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• Co-Dragons: Shares this place of honour with Undata.
• The Dragon: One of Dark Force's right hands.
• Make My Monster Grow: For his final confrontation.
• Weaksauce Weakness: Dish washing soap. He is practically invincible in his first combat encounter until Sharkungo, who has encountered him previously, comes to the rescue with a box of detergent. This trick only works once, as Mensouma spends the rest of the game trying to overcome this weakness.
• Recurring Boss: Not so much early on when he's focusing on overcoming his soap weakness, but appears with greater frequency in the latter half of the game.

Dark Force

The Big Bad. The man behind the Dark Force Army who has already conquered the Shakun Star and has his sights set on the Earth.

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• Big Bad: It's his name on the army.
• Evil Laugh: Dark Force punctuates almost every appearance with his trademark laugh.
• Galactic Conqueror: Series Big Bad Dark Force. In backstory, he has already conquered numerous planets. The Shakun Star falls during the course of Star Resistance, and his eyes are now set for the Earth.
• Gravity Is Purple: Befitting his ability to increase the gravity around him, Dark Force's all-black colour scheme is punctuated with purple.
• Gravity Master: Dark Force himself is able to increase the gravity around him, making it impossible to fight until a way can be found to counteract the gravity effect.
• Keystone Army: Dark Force isn't just the commander of his personal Alien Invasion force, he's also the source of dark energy that enhances and fuels his entire military. With his defeat, it all crumbles.
• Sympathy for the Devil: After tormenting the universe in all of this game and its prequel, finally defeating Dark Force projects a shared memory to everyone in the room, presenting Dark Force's backstory as an honourable defender of his home planet, who knew the dangers of dark energy but eventually becoming its host after a major defeat. It is this dark energy that used him to wreck cosmic destruction, now expelled after his boss fight. After, with his fleet crumbling around him, the player characters treat him like an injured old man to remove from the battlefield, rather than as a vanquished enemy.
• Technologically Advanced Foe: Beneath him and his lieutenants are armies of robotic and bioroid units and whole fleets of attack saucers. The Earth's technology isn't any more remarkable than it is in real life, though we have the advantage of Toku heroes, magic users, and the like. Despite the heroes' best efforts, the Earth falls under Dark Force's invasion from the moment it begins.

Deep Mind

True final boss of the game. The corrupting Dark Power that created Dark Force and influenced his ambitions.

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• Guide Dang It!: In-game, episodes give only basic victory conditions. To reach true end and fight Deep Mind, you need to be aware of the mechanic that rewards you progress points for specific heroic actions, most often using specific heroes to defeat their rivals with a normal attack, and avoiding the bad end, usually via taking too many turns in episodes or losing units in battle. It is nearly impossible to hit all these points without consulting a guide, though one is included among the game files.
• The Man Behind the Man: Or at least the sentient malevolent cosmic energy behind the man. It was this corrupting energy that had transformed the man who would become Dark Force and sent him on his interstellar conquests to collect magical items and beings from all across the galaxy.
• True Final Boss: Only fought if you've maximized your heroic feats throughout the game. Astral Gate delays the party after Dark Force's defeat, allowing the Dark Power to absorb more magic energy and possess Emerald, and only then sending you into its pocket dimension to fight it. Otherwise, Astral Gate hides it within his gate, and it remains unfought.

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