History VideoGame / LuminousAvengerIX

* BonusBoss: You can fight Blade EX via DLC, who has a teal PaletteSwap and super-enhanced range, speed and power. His DesperationAttack also heals him to max HP on use.

** This game's mission collectibles are Emblems, gold medals that can be found in each stage. Every stage has four Emblems; collecting one grants 500 Kudos, while collecting them all grants an additional 1000 Kudos as an "Assembled!" bonus. However, unlike the Jewels and Azure Spirits from previous games, some of the Emblems are ''extremely'' well hidden, with some of the most devious ones tucked behind fake walls and breakables (the worst offender being [[spoiler:the one in Data Center Beta that requires you to use Anchor Nexus on an invisible enemy hiding in a corner]]) that give no indication that they're passable at all. Unless you like TrialAndErrorGameplay, you may find yourself resorting to online help to get them all.

** This game's mission collectibles are Emblems, gold medals that can be found in each stage. Every stage has four Emblems; collecting one grants 500 Kudos, while collecting them all grants an additional 1000 Kudos as an "Assembled!" bonus. However, unlike the Jewels and Azure Spirits from previous games, some of the Emblems are ''extremely'' well hidden, with some of the most devious ones tucked behind fake walls and breakables that give no indication that they're passable at all. Unless you like TrialAndErrorGameplay, you may find yourself resorting to online help to get them all.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Get ready for the apeX of 2D action!]]

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, superpowered humans wielding wondrous powers known as Septima have begun to spring up at a rapid pace. These metahumans become known as Adepts and quickly overthrow human society, establishing themselves as the dominant race among the populace. The remaining humans, known as Minos, are mercilessly hunted by the Sumeragi Corporation, who seeks to usher in the evolution of humanity by exterminating the Minos.

Despite life having become a living hell, the Minos hold onto a glimmer of hope: "Luminous Avenger iX", a mysterious savior clad in white who fights against the Adept supremacy for the salvation of the Minos. Together with his companion, the "Muse of Hope" Lola, Copen, the Luminous Avenger, must wage war against Sumeragi's Falcons and [[BigBad Sumeragi's AI]], and take back the country from the Adept nightmare.

* BraggingRightsReward: Defeating Blade EX awards Darkness Trigger X, an enhanced version of Darkness Trigger that gives Lola a PaletteSwap and ''doubles'' the damage you deal with EX Weapons. However, if you've beaten Blade EX, you've pretty much told the game you've beaten the most difficult challenge the game has to offer, so the only thing left to do with it is to curbstomp the base game stages with it.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The game has a fair bit in common with the first entry in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, being a gaiden game starring the original protagonist's [[RedOniBlueOni red-colour-coded]] rival character who steps up to fight a genocidal regime seeking to wipe out one half of the population [[spoiler: in a ruined future after a time skip from the main series. Copen being a cyborg and the villain being an evil counterpart of the original hero re-enforces these parallels.]]

* InterfaceSpoiler: On this very website no less. [[Spoiler: There's a reason why Copen and Lola have character pages dedicated to their appearance in this game.]]

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* CherryTapping: [[spoiler:At the end of the Lola Tank fight, the Lola Tank activate Darkness Trigger, then uses Anchor Nexus to bind Copen. Lola, desperate to save Copen, [[RammingAlwaysWorks rams the Lola Tank]] [[AttackItsWeakPoint in the weak spot]] with her body (a metal orb the size of a baseball). The crystal shatters and the Lola Tank immediately keels over, dead.]]

* CallBack: The first Emblem in Data Center Alpha is in the same place where the Jewel was in Carerra's stage in the first game.

* MythologyGag:
** Just like the previous game, the name of Copen's primary LimitBreak is a pun on the title of the game. In this case, the Japanese name is "X-ross Disaster", pronounced "Cross Disaster", but the "X" in the name by itself is pronounced "ix".
** Blade is seen harnessing the Crashbolt skill that Gunvolt can learn in ''2''.
** [[spoiler:Asimov uses his Anti-Tank Rifle during his boss fight in this game which only existed as loading screen and background info in the first game.]]

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler:This is the first game in the series not to be set in an unspecified present-day period, instead being set a century ahead.]]

* AfterTheEnd: The country that Copen's in is in a pretty sorry state; most of the locations you go to that aren't both active and Sumeragi-controlled are run-down, partially destroyed, abandoned, or most likely all of the above. [[spoiler:Its actually a plot point, as its revealed in the final battle against [[TheBusCameBack Asimov]], its been a hundred years, and Copen had to become a cyborg to fight against Adepts.]]

* CherryTapping: [[spoiler:At the end of the Lola Tank fight, the Lola Tank activate Darkness Trigger, then uses Anchor Nexus to bind Copen. Lola, desperate to save Copen, rams the Lola Tank [[AttackItsWeakPoint in the weak spot]] with her body (a metal orb the size of a baseball). The crystal shatters and the Lola Tank immediately keels over, dead.]]

* HaveANiceDeath: Dying to a boss will yield a unique monologue as they react to what has just transpired.

** The Falcons also use the [[GratuitousEnglish English word "Contract"]] as their transformation trigger phrase. [[spoiler: Asimov was also known for using GratuitousEnglish in his dialogue.]]
** If you listen to the mission briefing for the final mission, Copen will muse on how [[spoiler:the Sumeragi AI kept Mytyl in her AndIMustScream form for ''decades''.
** The first boss is one of the Sumeragi tanks Gunvolt fought in the first game, except it's a been reduced to a pile of scrap only able to function due to the powers of an Adept. [[spoiler: This is the first hint of the hundred-year TimeSkip since Gunvolt's time.]]

** The main batch of Sumeragi Adepts you have to defeat this time is called Winged Warriors[=/=]Falcons, complete with feather-shaped TransformationTrinket and FeatherMotif during transformation and death. Now, remember that [[spoiler:in the first game, the TrueFinalBoss leads an organization named FEATHER[=/=]QUILL]].
** If you listen to the mission briefing for the final mission, Copen will muse on how [[spoiler:the Sumeragi AI kept Mytyl in her AndIMustScream form for ''decades''.]]

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Upon defeating Blade EX, you (in addition to Darkness Trigger EX) earn a new outfit for Kohaku, which depicts her as an animated pixel sprite.

** If the game's language is set to Japanese, there is a chance that the title screen will be replaced by [[StylisticSuck crudely-drawn]] white blob versions of Copen and Lola with a goofy arrangement of the normal title music playing in the background.

* GuideDangIt: This game's mission collectibles are Emblems, gold medals that can be found in each stage. Every stage has four Emblems; collecting one grants 500 Kudos, while collecting them all grants an additional 1000 Kudos as an "Assembled!" bonus. However, unlike the Jewels and Azure Spirits from previous games, some of the Emblems are ''extremely'' well hidden, with some of the most devious ones tucked behind fake walls and breakables that give no indication that they're passable at all. Unless you like TrialAndErrorGameplay, you may find yourself resorting to online help to get them all.

** Towards the end of the first area in Dystnine's stage, there is a big screen with a power button on it. Using Stellar Spark on it will cause the power to turn on, displaying various images of Lumen. It also has a rare chance of displaying an image of Lola instead (using her ''Gunvolt 2'' artwork).