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** In ''MARZ'', a Z-Gradt was used as an attempt to ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill get rid of Sergeant Issy Hatter and his Apharmd]]''.

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** In ''MARZ'', a Z-Gradt was used as an attempt to ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill get rid of Sergeant Issy Hatter and his Apharmd]]''.Apharmd]]''.
* Even the lore behind some of the stages is the stuff of nightmares.
** Raiden's stage in ''Oratorio Tangram'', the Unholy Cathedral, is called that for a reason: because it's the closest to a singularity point at 0 Plant, the very Moongate from ''Operation Moongate'' itself, in which a portal to Cyber Imaginary Space was once formed. When the portal was opened, several researchers at the 0 Plant were sucked into it, and disappeared from existence forever. The surviving researchers from the incident were then assigned to guard it, in order to ensure that such a disaster could never be repeated again. And now you know why there's a Raiden guarding it. Much like the Moongate itself, the Raiden is designed as an absolute last line of defense towards anyone trying to harness the eldritch powers that lie beyond. Sure enough, when you defeat Raiden, you are able to access the portal which takes you directly to the area in Cyber Imaginary Space where Tangram exists.
** One and Only, the stage where you fight Tangram. FinalBossNewDimension at its finest. The 9th plant, the very superweapon that is so sought after by the warring corporations, is itself [[GeniusLoci the very dimension in which you fight it]]. At first appearing as a completely black space, virtual lights and structures suddenly begin to flicker, revealing the gigantic Tangram. As the space now lights up, it gradually flickers between ever-shifting patterns and colors, with one constant being an eerie shade of blue. This is the true nature of Cyber Imaginary Space, a plane of existence where computation itself manifests and the laws of reality no longer apply.
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** Worse? These V-Crystals can evidently become ''sentient, living beings''. Enter '''Ajim''', a being that is apparently a V-Crystal that can grow its own physical body, has a will of its own, and can interact with the real world. No one knows exactly what this...''thing'' is or even what its purpose is. No one even knows if it can even be classified as a Virtuaroid at all. But one thing is certain, it's incredibly powerful and will effortlessly remove anything that obstructs its mysterious objectives. It replaces Jaguarandi as the penalty boss in ''Oratorio Tangram'', and unlike Jaguarandi it gives no warning whatsoever before it makes its presence known. Win too many matches by timeout, and this guy will just straight up interrupt your playthrough a la [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]] to challenge you, dropping down on top of your opponent and killing them instantly, even abruptly changing the music to his own theme. When it fights, Ajim is a full-on RealityWarper who can seemingly manifest what can only be described as virtual polygonal objects out of thin air within the real world, and it also has the unique ability to boost its own speed and attack power to levels far beyond what normal [=VRs=] are capable of.
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** Look ''very'' closely at its defeat animation in ''Operation Moongate''. Unlike the other [=VRs=], it doesn't collapse or fall the the ground while exploding. It stops completely and then ''shrinks'' into nonexistence.

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** Look ''very'' closely at its defeat animation in ''Operation Moongate''. Unlike the other [=VRs=], it doesn't collapse or fall the the ground while exploding. It stops completely and then ''shrinks'' ''shrinks into nonexistence.nonexistence like a deflating balloon''.

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** Look ''very'' closely at its defeat animation in ''Operation Moongate''. Unlike the other [=VRs=], it doesn't collapse or fall the the ground while exploding. It stops completely and then ''shrinks'' into nonexistence.



** Look ''very'' closely at its defeat animation in ''Operation Moongate''. Unlike the other [=VRs=], it doesn't collapse or fall the the ground while exploding. It stops completely and then ''shrinks'' into nonexistence.
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** Look ''very'' closely at its defeat animation in ''Operation Moongate''. Unlike the other [=VRs=], it doesn't collapse or fall the the ground while exploding. It stops completely and then ''shrinks'' into nonexistence.

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* V-Crystals themselves. The Crystals empower the individual but at the same time can directly extract and temporarily store the soul of an individual inside it. Some of the subjects who recover from being unconscious may develop side effects which can range from psychological disorders to the victim becoming an empty husk. Now these same crystals are used to make the Discs for the V.Converters which are in every Virtuaroid produced. Now add to the fact that Shadowing is a phenomenon that stems from the mind's unconscious chaos interfacing with the V. Converter that corrupts the pilot and Virtuaroid into a berserker when the tech that dampens the phenomena weakens, and that 8 souls themselves were imprisoned in V-Crystals and were used to create the dampening field to restrain the Earth Crystal. The Over Technology itself is something that people should not be playing with.



** Even worse is the lore behind it. Jaguarandi is actually a corrupted Raiden born when a horrible accident caused a child's consciousness to become trapped in the M.S.B.S., the very system that allows pilots (read: the players) to interface with the mechs. That's right: the very game you're playing right now can ''steal your soul''. Then, by the time of ''FORCE'', someone actually tried to capture this thing for scientific study. They not only failed, but also made Jaguarandi even worse. It completely took over the Guarayakha's programming, trapping the pilot inside with no escape, and then proceeded to ''mutate'' the mech's small frame into its iconic Raiden form, which crushed and killed the pilot as the circuitry was warped and tranformed. A once mostly-benign glitch has now entered the real world and become a great threat.

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** Even worse is the lore behind it. Jaguarandi is actually a corrupted Raiden born when a horrible accident caused a child's consciousness to become trapped in the M.S.B.S., the very system that allows pilots (read: the players) to interface with the mechs. That's right: the very game you're playing right now can ''steal your soul''. Then, by the time of ''FORCE'', someone actually tried to capture this thing for scientific study. They not only failed, but also made Jaguarandi even worse. It completely took over the Guarayakha's programming, trapping the pilot inside with no escape, and then proceeded to ''mutate'' the mech's small frame into its iconic Raiden form, which crushed and killed the pilot as the circuitry was warped and tranformed.transformed. A once mostly-benign glitch has now entered the real world and become a great threat.



* The Shadow Virtuaroids. ''Holy hell.'' Imagine those machines, corrupted by the viruses, malwares and other malicious things, to haunt you for ''a whole night''. It's the reason [[TheAce The White]] [[LightIsGood Knights]] had to clear this mess up to prevent further infections.
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** What is even more disturbing is that this is what DYMN may have been trying to accomplish to begin with. The assassination of Tristram Refoe forced Lilin Plajiner's hand to grant it an Ego and allowed Tangram to be sent into Cyber Imaginary Space, the same place where Daimon resides. Even more disturbing that Tangram even has a consciousness and suffers shortly after becoming self-aware due to the developer's own paranoia of fearing that humans would abuse it. Way to go Lilin, chalk up ANOTHER tally on your record of failures. She literally a very powerful battery to an aggregate collective of a Precursor civilization's grudges, and at the same time the same thing she hoped to protect suffers because of that boneheaded move.

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** What is even more disturbing is that this is what DYMN may have been trying to accomplish to begin with. The assassination of Tristram Refoe forced Lilin Plajiner's hand to grant it an Ego and allowed Tangram to be sent into Cyber Imaginary Space, the same place where Daimon resides. Even more disturbing that Tangram even has a consciousness and suffers shortly after becoming self-aware due to the developer's own paranoia of fearing that humans would abuse it. Way to go Lilin, chalk up ANOTHER tally on your record of failures. She literally allowed a very powerful battery computer to be able to be acquired by an aggregate collective of a Precursor civilization's grudges, and at the same time the same thing she hoped to protect suffers because of that boneheaded move.
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** What is even more disturbing is that this is what DYMN may have been trying to accomplish to begin with. The assassination of Tristram Refoe forced Lilin Plajiner's hand to grant it an Ego and allowed Tangram to be sent into Cyber Imaginary Space, the same place where Daimon resides. Even more disturbing that Tangram even has a consciousness and suffers shortly after becoming self-aware due to the developer's own paranoia of fearing that humans would abuse it. Way to go Lilin, chalk up ANOTHER tally on your record of failures. She literally a very powerful battery to an aggregate collective of a Precursor civilization's grudges, and at the same time the same thing she hoped to protect suffers because of that boneheaded move.
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* Z-Gradt is a very intimidating mech that appears in Operation Moongate, The sheer size of it, combined with its Laser Cannon, is absolutely terrifying, as it flies into the arena. The Theme that plays with it, Crystal Doom, doesn't help matters either.

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* Z-Gradt is a very intimidating mech that appears in Operation Moongate, The sheer size of it, combined with its Laser Cannon, is absolutely terrifying, as it flies into the arena. The Theme that plays with it, Crystal Doom, doesn't help matters either.either.
** In ''MARZ'', a Z-Gradt was used as an attempt to ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill get rid of Sergeant Issy Hatter and his Apharmd]]''.
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* Tangram in both ''Oratorio Tangram'' and ''MARZ''. The sequences are less scarier in the latter but still. DYMN, the preparators behind it, is much scarier than you think. ([[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Think Tangram as Princess Peach and DYMN as King Bowser]])

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* Tangram in both ''Oratorio Tangram'' and ''MARZ''. The sequences are less scarier in the latter but still. DYMN, the preparators behind it, is much scarier than you think. ([[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers ([[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Think Tangram as Princess Peach and DYMN as King Bowser]])
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* Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]] You just let DYMN controlling Tangram and ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]]''.

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* Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had have to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding ''[[CosmicHorrorStory the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory [[ApocalypseHow collapses to]] '''[[DownerEnding nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]] You just let DYMN controlling control Tangram and ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]]''.
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** Dr. Yzerman's other projects like the Viper project and Kagekiyo lines are no slouch either. The entire Viper line is a walking nightmare for those who aren't good pilots; hand it to a wrong person, and this TransformingMecha can try make you wreck yourselves down and ''[[ActionBomb kill you]]'', hence SLC ([[ScrappyMechanic She's Lost Control]]). Kagekiyo's ROM being a plucked soul from ''a dead corpse of a warrior of the same name'' may also creeps you out.

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** Dr. Yzerman's other projects like the Viper project and Kagekiyo lines are no slouch either. The entire Viper line is a walking nightmare for those who aren't good pilots; hand it to a wrong person, and this TransformingMecha can will actively try make you wreck yourselves down and to ''[[ActionBomb kill you]]'', you]]'' by forcing you into a crash, hence SLC ([[ScrappyMechanic She's Lost Control]]). Kagekiyo's ROM being a plucked soul from ''a dead corpse of a warrior of the same name'' may also creeps creep you out.out. And if that doesn't do it, then there's the stories about said warrior's soul [[HauntedTechnology manifesting within the mech itself]], leading to it becoming self-aware and completely overriding your control over it so it can lash out in an UnstoppableRage over the torture he has suffered by having his eternal rest disturbed.

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* '''Jaguarandi'''. Imagine this: you're playing ''Operation Moongate'', and for whatever reason you decide to win by time overs against the CPU. All of a sudden, after defeating Bal-Bas-Bow, a big, blood-red [[JumpScare WARNING]] sign flashes in your face and a [[ScareChord loud fucking siren]] blares through your speakers. Next thing you know, you're in a weird space with a giant crystal in the middle of the arena. Then you see it: a mech suddenly materializes from out of thin air and starts growing. And it ''keeps'' growing, until by the time you realize that it now completely dwarfs your mech, the fight has already begun and you've suddenly bombarded with lasers and bombs.
** Even worse is the lore behind it. Jaguarandi is actually a corrupted Raiden born when a horrible accident caused a child's consciousness to become trapped in the M.S.B.S., the very system that allows pilots (read: the players) to interface with the mechs. That's right: the very game you're playing right now can ''steal your soul''. Then, by the time of ''FORCE'', someone actually tried to capture this thing for scientific study. They not only failed, but also made Jaguarandi even worse. It completely took over the Guarayakha's programming, trapping the pilot inside with no escape, and then proceeded to ''mutate'' the mech's small frame into its iconic Raiden form, which crushed and killed the pilot as the circuitry was warped and tranformed. A once mostly-benign glitch has now entered the real world and become a great threat.



* The BossWarningSiren screens can be as annoying as its MostAnnoyingSound.



* Heck, the entire series can [[NoFourthWall pull your souls out]] if you know about its true nature. ''MARZ'' fleshes out NightmareFuel even further if both ''Oratorio Tangram'' and ''FORCE'' aren't enough for you. And there are novelizations that can be...
** Well, anyone who plays this game ''is a hacker, at all''.
** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]] You just let DYMN controlling Tangram and ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]]''.

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* Heck, the entire series can [[NoFourthWall pull your souls out]] if you know about its true nature. ''MARZ'' fleshes out NightmareFuel even further if both ''Oratorio Tangram'' and ''FORCE'' aren't enough for you. And there are novelizations that can be...
** Well, anyone who plays this game ''is a hacker, at all''.
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Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]] You just let DYMN controlling Tangram and ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]]''.
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* What happens if you have more health than the final boss when time's up in the first two games? The bloody "Mission Failed" screen followed by a green Game Over text can be unsettling to some players.

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* The first two games actively encourage you to defeat the final bosses within the time limit. What happens if time runs out? Regardless of whether you would have more health than won or lost, you get the final boss when time's up in the first two games? The bloody bad ending: a blood-red "Mission Failed" screen followed by a green Game Over text can be unsettling to some players.that precedes TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. In ''Operation Moongate'', the screen will start flashing red at the 10 second mark, and if time runs out then the Nirvana Moongate will collapse upon itself, killing you. In ''Oratorio Tangram'', the consequences are MUCH worse: Tangram will activate its ultimate weapon and ''erase all of reality''.
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** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]] You just let DYMN controlling Tangram and ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]]''.

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** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]] You just let DYMN controlling Tangram and ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]]''.up]]''.
* Z-Gradt is a very intimidating mech that appears in Operation Moongate, The sheer size of it, combined with its Laser Cannon, is absolutely terrifying, as it flies into the arena. The Theme that plays with it, Crystal Doom, doesn't help matters either.
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** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]] You just let DYMN controlling Tangram and [[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]].

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** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]] You just let DYMN controlling Tangram and [[BreakingTheFourthWall ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]].up]]''.
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** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]]

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** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]]]] You just let DYMN controlling Tangram and [[BreakingTheFourthWall blow the game up]].
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** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the nothing]]. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]]

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** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the nothing]].the]] '''[[CosmicHorrorStory nothing]]'''. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]]

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--> WARNING! WARNING! [[RuleOfThree WARNING!]] [[FourIsDeath WARNING!]]

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** Well, anyone who plays this game ''is a hacker, at all''.

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** Well, anyone who plays this game ''is a hacker, at all''.all''.
** Speaking of ''MARZ'' missions, the Chapter 6 missions where you had to collect the DYMN fragments before ''[[SuddenDownerEnding the whole universe]]'' [[NonStandardGameOver gets collapsed to the nothing]]. [[SarcasmMode Spectacular, Sega.]]
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** Speaking of Jaguarandi, the ''Operation Moongate'' had mentioned that during the development of Raiden series, a young boy's consciousness has been dropped into their programming accidentally, causing the project to wreak havoc and creating this ''[[MechanicalAbomination malware]]''. Fortunately, this managed to got the messes cleaned up, but it's still a bad mark. No wonder why Raiden projects were given a merger with VOK-series (later VOX-series) when still keeping their own lines.

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** Speaking of Jaguarandi, the ''Operation Moongate'' had mentioned that during the development of Raiden series, a young boy's consciousness has been dropped into their programming accidentally, causing the project to wreak havoc and creating this ''[[MechanicalAbomination malware]]''. Fortunately, this they managed to got the messes cleaned up, but it's still a bad mark. No wonder why Raiden projects were given a merger with VOK-series (later VOX-series) when still keeping their own lines.



* Heck, the entire series can [[NoFourthWall pull your souls out]] if you know about its true nature. ''MARZ'' fleshes out NightmareFuel even further if both ''Oratorio Tangram'' and ''FORCE'' aren't enough for you. And there are novelizations that can be...

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* Heck, the entire series can [[NoFourthWall pull your souls out]] if you know about its true nature. ''MARZ'' fleshes out NightmareFuel even further if both ''Oratorio Tangram'' and ''FORCE'' aren't enough for you. And there are novelizations that can be...be...
** Well, anyone who plays this game ''is a hacker, at all''.
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** Dr. Yzerman's other projects like the Viper project and Kagekiyo lines are no slouch either. The entire Viper line is a walking nightmare for those who aren't good pilots; hand it to a wrong person, and this TransformingMecha can try make you wreck yourselves down and ''[[ActionBomb kill you]]''. Kagekiyo's ROM being a plucked soul from ''a dead corpse of a warrior of the same name'' may also creeps you out.

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** Dr. Yzerman's other projects like the Viper project and Kagekiyo lines are no slouch either. The entire Viper line is a walking nightmare for those who aren't good pilots; hand it to a wrong person, and this TransformingMecha can try make you wreck yourselves down and ''[[ActionBomb kill you]]''.you]]'', hence SLC ([[ScrappyMechanic She's Lost Control]]). Kagekiyo's ROM being a plucked soul from ''a dead corpse of a warrior of the same name'' may also creeps you out.
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** Speaking of Jaguarandi, the ''Operation Moongate'' had mentioned that during the development of Raiden series, a young boy's consciousness has been dropped accidentally, causing the project to wreak havoc and creating this ''[[MechanicalAbomination malware]]'' to be created. Fortunately, this managed to got the messes cleaned up, but it's still a bad mark. No wonder why Raiden projects were given a merger with VOK-series (later VOX-series) when still keeping their own lines.

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** Speaking of Jaguarandi, the ''Operation Moongate'' had mentioned that during the development of Raiden series, a young boy's consciousness has been dropped into their programming accidentally, causing the project to wreak havoc and creating this ''[[MechanicalAbomination malware]]'' to be created.malware]]''. Fortunately, this managed to got the messes cleaned up, but it's still a bad mark. No wonder why Raiden projects were given a merger with VOK-series (later VOX-series) when still keeping their own lines.
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** Dr. Yzerman's other projects like the Viper project and Kagekiyo lines are no slouch either. The entire Viper line is a walking nightmare for those who aren't good pilots; hand it to a wrong person, and this TransformingMecha can try make you wreck yourselves down and ''[[ActionBomb kill you]]''. Kagekiyo's ROM being a plucked soul from ''a dead corpse of a warrior of the same name'' may also creeps you out.
** LLN Plajiner's projects are also potential candidates. The [[SuperPrototype original prototype Fei-Yen]] is also a walking NightmareFuel in which she fled due to being overpowered and Plajiner had to redo one with limited resources. Guarayakha being an emulation of Jaguarandi can be creepy too, given its LethalJokeCharacter nature.
** Speaking of Jaguarandi, the ''Operation Moongate'' had mentioned that during the development of Raiden series, a young boy's consciousness has been dropped accidentally, causing the project to wreak havoc and creating this ''[[MechanicalAbomination malware]]'' to be created. Fortunately, this managed to got the messes cleaned up, but it's still a bad mark. No wonder why Raiden projects were given a merger with VOK-series (later VOX-series) when still keeping their own lines.
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* What happens if you have more health than the final boss when time's up in the first two games? The bloody "Mission Failed" screen followed by a green Game Over text can be unsettling to some players.
* Specineff's GrimReaper personification motif can be sorta scary, depending on coloring.
** AllThereInTheManual states how the EVL binder, which is powered by the pilot's negative emotions, has side effects on the pilot's psyche. Recurring nightmares are the ''mild'' ones; the worst effected are DrivenToSuicide. And then there's the stories about Specineff's "The End" model specifically, in which the EVL binder is set to the highest possible setting. These stories involve the pilots themselves going berserk along with the mech, and when everything is over, the pilots are found '''dead in the cockpit'''.
* The BossWarningSiren screens can be as annoying as its MostAnnoyingSound.
* The Shadow Virtuaroids. ''Holy hell.'' Imagine those machines, corrupted by the viruses, malwares and other malicious things, to haunt you for ''a whole night''. It's the reason [[TheAce The White]] [[LightIsGood Knights]] had to clear this mess up to prevent further infections.
* The GameOver screen in ''MARZ'' is like it is ripped off from some SurvivalHorror games, with static red text (not bloody ones but still), and can be disturbing to those who used to have Game Over screens with green text (or colorful background in ''FORCE'', if you ask).
* Tangram in both ''Oratorio Tangram'' and ''MARZ''. The sequences are less scarier in the latter but still. DYMN, the preparators behind it, is much scarier than you think. ([[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Think Tangram as Princess Peach and DYMN as King Bowser]])
* Heck, the entire series can [[NoFourthWall pull your souls out]] if you know about its true nature. ''MARZ'' fleshes out NightmareFuel even further if both ''Oratorio Tangram'' and ''FORCE'' aren't enough for you. And there are novelizations that can be...

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