History VideoGame / SenkoNoRonde

* AnimalMotif: Of rabbits for Ernula since she's fond of them and many of her costumes resembles one, even the inside of her Rounder's cockpit incorporate them on the interface. Lili's motif is one to butterflies, from the hair clip she wears with her A1 costume to her Rounder resembling one.

** [[MamaBear Sakurako Sanjo]] and Changpo gets pretty angry at anyone who messes with Cuilan.

--> '''Lili:''' "Will you show me how beautifully you can die?"

* [[BossWarningSiren Final B.O.S.S. Warning Siren]]: When a Final B.O.S.S. has been activated. Cue the other player's OhCrap response.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Taito's ''VideoGame/PsychicForce'' although ''Senko no Ronde''[='=]s gameplay is more akin to a bullet hell shooter than its spiritual ancestor.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Mika's ''Full Range Attack'', Changpo's ''Sweet Roll'', and Karel's ''Retsu'' attacks cause them to spin their Rounders around and spray bullets in a wide spread area. With Changpo's ''Sweet Roll'', she can also use this move [[SpinToDeflectStuff to deflect enemy fire]] (but not explosives or [[WaveMotionGun beam]] attacks).
** Changpo's, Fabian's, and Ernula's [[SpinAttack close-range sub-weapon attacks]]. Changpo and Ernula spin their Rounders and cut their opponents with their blades; Fabian sticks his Graphride's sword into the "ground" and swings his Rounder's body around by the hilt, striking them with the skis.

** Ernula has two spinning attacks: Her ''Consonance Cutter'' which acts similar to Changpo's ''Sweet Roll'' but she only spins her Castrato's blades around to cut enemy fire or her opponents, and ''Trio Sonata'' where she spins Castrato as she fires off a barrage of bullets and missiles.

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* TheGlassesComeOff: Sakurako's A2 cut-in.

'''''Senko no Ronde''''' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp-[[XMeetsY meets]]-FightingGame produced by G.rev and arguably one of their most ambitious titles, as the team enlisted the help of {{doujin|shi}} artists [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Shuji Sogabe]] and Mizuki Takayama to handle the character illustrations while [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Koichi Mugitani]] handles the mecha design, ex-ZUNTATA member Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

* EveryTenThousandPoints: In the Arcade Mode the console version of the games, by scoring 1,000,000pts you can gain extra lives and B.O.S.S. Stocks.

'''''Senko no Ronde''''' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp-[[XMeetsY meets]]-FightingGame produced by G.rev and arguably one of their most ambitious titles, as the team enlisted the help of {{doujin|shi}} artists [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Shuji Sogabe]] and Mizuki Takayama to handle the character illustrations while [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Koichi Mugitani]] handles the mecha design, ex-ZUNATA member Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

The story setting of ''Senko no Ronde'' and character art-style is heavily influenced by KeikoTakemiya's SpaceOpera manga series, ''Manga/TowardTheTerra''. The game is set in the future in which human beings fled Earth following a great disaster, and after 1,500 years are only now returning to the planet. Much of the story takes place in colonies set up across the solar system. While the Aria Federation acts as a system-wide government, much of the police activity and military work is actually handled by private security organizations run by large corporations such as Goddiver. Many character backgrounds harken to an incident in the past known as the Embassy Occupation Incident, where terrorists took several hundred people hostage, then self-destructed, killing dignitaries, ambassadors, and civilians.

The game first debuted on arcades in Japan on Creator/{{Sega}}'s NAOMI hardware on April 26th, 2005, and over the years, saw a few revisions on arcades (namely to address some flaws found in the initial version of the game) and a console port on the {{Xbox 360}} in 2006, which unfortunately [[NoExportForYou stayed in Japan]] and the region-lock on console version didn't help. Thankfully (and miraculously) Creator/{{Ubisoft}} localized the game to North America and Europe in 2007, allowing those outside of Japan to play it. The game's localization is rather scathing for some since it suffers from a case of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore by slapping on "''[[MarketBasedTitle WarTech]]''" as the game's title just to make it pronounceable for those who can't pronounce "''Senko no Ronde''" to save their lives. Not only that, but the cover-art for the North American and European release only gives the impression that the game is all about cold-hearted machines duking it out for the player's amusement rather than its space opera storyline.

The game later received a sequel in 2009 titled ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order'' (or ''Senko no Ronde: DUO'' for short) in, which also got ported to the Xbox 360 a year later, with an extended character selection and an expansion of the story. Sadly it's only released in Japan with no intentions of bringing the sequel overseas; it was also later released in arcades in Japan to the [=NESCiAxLive=] arcade service. Unlike its predecessor, ''Dis-United Order'' is a 2-on-2 fighting game where players can use another character to perform support attacks.

* AfterTheEnd: Upwards of 1,500 years after the "Great Disaster" drove humans away from earth, to live in space and in colonies on other planets.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The overseas version of the box-art of the first game only gives the impression the game is all about cold-hearted machines rather than the SpaceOpera storyline inspired by ''Toward the Terra''.

* BloodKnight: Lili's other side, she enjoys fighting and wrecking stuff more than anything, and she doesn't care if she ends getting herself killed him the process [[spoiler:(which did happen in her Scenario-A ending)]].
* BulletHell: The final stages in each character's story mode is a more straight version, with the character's Rounder facing a battleship in true Shoot 'em Up fashion.

* CheerfulChild: Ernula and most of her duplicates; one of them is an EmotionlessGirl.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Both player's bullets are in different colors (green and orange) to avoid confusion of who's attacks are coming from.

* EveryTenThousandPoints: In the Arcade Mode the console version of the games, by scoring a lot of points you can gain extra lives and B.O.S.S. Stocks.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Homing lasers. [[{{Roboteching}} Arching lasers]]. Ring lasers. Laser bombs. The future loves lasers.
* GameplayGrading: After each stage of the Arcade Mode, you earn bonus points for how quickly you cleared the stage and how much Armor you have left, and in the sequel, how many times you beaten a B.O.S.S.; if you can beat the stage with [[NoDamageRun full health]], you get double the Armor Bonus. At the end of the Arcade Mode, you also get a final bonus for your remaining [[VideoGameLives lives]] and B.O.S.S. Stocks.

* LagCancel: The time to reload a main-weapon can be canceled by dashing.

* PowerGlows: Karel's Azureus' [[SuperArmor sub-weapon]] makes it tails glow in the original arcade version; in the Xbox 360 version, Azureus' entire body glows.

* SequentialBoss: The S.S.S. battleship Basso Serio and Squid both do this. Squid only has two forms, while Basso Serio puts you against the bow gun emplacements, the bridge tower gun emplacements and main cannon, then the jump core defense system. All of this is followed by a battle with another character.

* SuperMode: The B.O.S.S. found with each Rounder turns it into a Shoot 'em Up-inspired boss vehicle with large arrays of devastating weaponry and the ability to damage the enemy just by touching them. Knowing when to activate a B.O.S.S. stock is important in high-level play strategies.

The story setting of ''Senko no Ronde'' and character art-style is heavily influenced by KeikoTakemiya's SpaceOpera manga series, ''TowardTheTerra''. The game is set in the future in which human beings fled Earth following a great disaster, and after 1,500 years are only now returning to the planet. Much of the story takes place in colonies set up across the solar system. While the Aria Federation acts as a system-wide government, much of the police activity and military work is actually handled by private security organizations run by large corporations such as Goddiver. Many character backgrounds harken to an incident in the past known as the Embassy Occupation Incident, where terrorists took several hundred people hostage, then self-destructed, killing dignitaries, ambassadors, and civilians.

The game first debuted on arcades in Japan on Creator/{{Sega}}'s NAOMI hardware on April 26th, 2005, although the game was, in some areas, [[ObviousBeta incomplete]]. ''Senko no Ronde NEW Ver.'' was later released on August 8th, 2005, four months after its initial arcade debut to fix many of the game's issues such as the character and gameplay balance, Ernula's availability, and adding costumes to allowing {{Mirror Match}}es to be possible. On August 27th, 2006, ''Senko no Ronde'' was ported to the {{Xbox 360}} in Japan as ''Senko no Ronde Revision X'', or simply ''Rev.X''. As the title implies, this version of ''Senko no Ronde'' received an overhaul from of the arcade predecessors, boasting HighDefinition visuals and online play over Xbox LIVE.

Unfortunately, the original Japanese release suffered from [[RegionCoding region-locking]], effectively making it impossible for anyone without a Japanese Xbox 360 hardware to play it. Thankfully (and miraculously) Creator/{{Ubisoft}} localized the game to North America and Europe in 2007, allowing those outside of Japan to play it. The game's localization is rather scathing for some since it suffers from a case of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore by slapping on "''[[MarketBasedTitle WarTech]]''" as the game's title just to make it pronounceable for those who can't pronounce "''Senko no Ronde''" to save their lives. Not only that, but the cover-art for the North American and European release only gives the impression that the game is all about cold-hearted machines duking it out for the player's amusement rather than its space opera storyline. The game's final iteration was released to arcades again on August 6th, 2006 as ''Senko no Ronde SP'', which serves as an UpdatedRerelease for the arcade version since it features the additions seen on the Xbox 360 port and further balancing.

The game later received a sequel in 2009 titled ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order'' (or ''Senko no Ronde: DUO'' for short) in, which also got ported to the Xbox 360 a year later, with an extended character selection and an expansion of the story. Sadly [[NoExportForYou it's only released in Japan]] with no intentions of bringing the sequel overseas; it was also later released in arcades in Japan to the [=NESCiAxLive=] arcade service. Unlike its predecessor, ''Dis-United Order'' is a 2-on-2 fighting game where players can use another character to perform support attacks.

* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of the character's, organization's, Rounder's, and terminology can be found in the Extras menu.

* AgeInappropriateDress: Ernula's Cartridge-A1 outfit has her wearing a see-through dress and ThighHighBoots. Her Cartridge-B2 outfit has her wearing a bikini that reveals some [[UnderBoobs under-boobage]] underneath a see-through hooded shirt complete with [[ZettaiRyouiki thigh-highs]].

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The North American and European box-art of the first game, although it only gives the impression the game is all about cold-hearted machines rather than the SpaceOpera storyline inspired by ''TowardTheTerra''.

* AnimalMotif: Of rabbits for Ernula since she's fond of them and many of her costumes resembles one, even the inside of her Rounder's cockpit incorporate them on the interface.

** [[MamaBear Sakurako Sanjo]] gets pretty angry at anyone who messes with Cuilan.

--> '''Lili''': "Will you show me how beautifully you can die?"

* DownloadableContent: Sadly the first game suffers from the "NoExportForYou" rule for North America and Europe, but it ''may'' be possible to use them by obtain the [=DLCs=] with Japanese Microsoft Points and a Japanese Xbox Live account to purchase them via the Japanese Xbox Marketplace since the North American and European versions of ''Senko no Ronde'' are region-free.

* ScoringPoints: Each game features a Score Attack mode, where the game puts you through an Arcade Mode much like in other fighting games, and your performance can affect how points you rack up at the end of each stage.

** Cuilan and Ernula have [=DLC=] costumes that resembles the main characters from ''Mamoru-kun has been Cursed!'', a Japan-only SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/KikiKaiKai'' also by G.rev.

'''''Senko no Ronde''''' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp-[[XMeetsY meets]]-[[FightingGame Fighter]] produced by G.rev and arguably one of their most ambitious titles, as the team enlisted the help of {{doujin|shi}} artists [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Shuji Sogabe]] and Mizuki Takayama to handle the character illustrations while [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Koichi Mugitani]] handles the mecha design, ex-ZUNATA member Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

The game first debuted on arcades in Japan on {{Sega}}'s NAOMI hardware on April 26th, 2005, although the game was, in some areas, [[ObviousBeta incomplete]]. ''Senko no Ronde NEW Ver.'' was later released on August 8th, 2005, four months after its initial arcade debut to fix many of the game's issues such as the character and gameplay balance, Ernula's availability, and adding costumes to allowing {{Mirror Match}}es to be possible. On August 27th, 2006, ''Senko no Ronde'' was ported to the {{Xbox 360}} in Japan as ''Senko no Ronde Revision X'', or simply ''Rev.X''. As the title implies, this version of ''Senko no Ronde'' received an overhaul from of the arcade predecessors, boasting HighDefinition visuals and online play over Xbox LIVE.

* AscendedExtra and PromotedToPlayable: Narukami, normally an {{NPC}} character seen in the Story Mode, is playable through Karel by DownloadableContent in the first game.

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Mieze from the sequel.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Henri and Katie Xia Xiatien have dark green hair. Ranatus has light blue.

* PowerGivesYouWings: More like "[[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou Titanic Wings Gives]] ''[[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou Your]]'' [[InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou Humongous Mecha Power]]" in the case of Madam Butterfly, the B.O.S.S. form of Lili's Brinstä.

The game pits players in a circular field where they pilot [[HumongousMecha mechas]] called "[[AMechByAnyOtherName Rounders]]", each with their own variety of [[MoreDakka bullets]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]], and [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[{{Roboteching}} weaponry]]. The game is best known for incorporating shoot 'em up gameplay elements into a fighting game, particularly each Rounder possesses a super-powered Shell called [[FunWithAcronyms B.O.S.S.]], which when combined, turns the player's Rounder into a large-scale shoot 'em up-esque end-boss with many intricate bullet patterns. Each characters' Rounders also uses two different cartridges, one emphasizing on power and the other for speed, as well as varying bullet patterns. Aside from it's shoot 'em up style of gameplay, it has been often considered as "a 2D version of ''[[VideoGame/VirtualOn Virtual-ON]]''" due to sharing many general gameplay concepts and mechanics.

The game first debuted on arcades in Japan on {{Sega}}'s NAOMI hardware on April 26th, 2005, although the game was, in some areas, [[ObviousBeta incomplete]]. ''Senko no Ronde NEW Ver.'' was later released on August 8th, 2005, four months after its initial arcade debut to fix many of the game's issues such as the character and gameplay balance, Ernula's availability, and adding costumes to allowing {{Mirror Match}}es to be possible. On August 27th, 2006, ''Senko no Ronde'' was ported to the {{Xbox 360}} in Japan as ''[[VideoGameRemake Senko no Ronde Revision X]]'', or simply ''Rev.X''. As the title implies, this version of ''Senko no Ronde'' received an overhaul from of the arcade predecessors, boasting HighDefinition visuals and online play over Xbox LIVE.

The game later received a sequel, ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order'' (or ''Senko no Ronde: DUO'' for short), with an extended character selection and an expansion of the story. Sadly it's only released in Japan [[NoExportForYou with no intentions]] of bringing the sequel overseas; it was also later released in arcades in Japan to the [=NESCiAxLive=] arcade service. Unlike its predecessor, ''Dis-United Order'' is a 2-on-2 fighting game where players can use another character to perform support attacks.

* {{BFS}}: Orangette's Shell, the Orbital Sword.
* {{Bishonen}}: Mika and Fabian introduced the first game, while Cuilan's a bishōnen-in-training. In ''Dis-United Order'', we also get Lev Lefanu, Henri Xiatien, Gustav Grafenburg, Luca Werfel and Itsuka Gotoh.

* CallingYourAttacks:

* CheerfulChild: Ernula.

* CognizantLimbs and DidntNeedThoseAnyway: The Rounder's B.O.S.S. forms has different parts that can be destroyed, potentially weakening its firepower or get better access to its [[AttackItsWeakpoint sweet-spot]].
** Mika's Shell can even sacrifice its own parts for certain attacks, like giving up its thruster to perform a screen-filling barrage of bullets with its Final B.O.S.S. attack.

** Ernula has two [[SpinAttack spinning attacks]]: Her ''Consonance Cutter'' which acts similar to Changpo's ''Sweet Roll'' but she only spins her Castrato's blades around to cut enemy fire or her opponents, and ''Trio Sonata'' where she spins Castrato as she fires off a barrage of bullets and missiles.

* {{Homage}}: To ''Manga/TowardTheTerra''. The game uses a similar character art-style to the manga and the game's storyline is set roughly a millennia apart from ''Toward the Terra''. Other similarities includes that 100 years must pass in order for Earth to be habitable again, [[{{Bishounen}} pretty-looking guys]], and sometimes implied [[YaoiGenre shounen-ai]] without any actual implications of it between their respective characters.

* PantyShot: Changpo's Cartridge-B1 and Lili's Cartridge-A1 outfits have cut-ins with their panties peeking out.

* {{Roboteching}}: Ernula's Curtain Call, Lili's Brinsta and Madame Butterfly B.O.S.S. Mode, and Changpo's Citronette do this with lasers. Several Rounders fire missiles that do this, too.

* SciFiBobHaircut: Lili in the first game.

* HotBlooded: Fabian, as he he is competitive with Mika and his position as squad leader.
** Changpo was also somewhat competitive with her prodigy-like piloting skills, which ends up causing trouble for everybody. As she spent time as Sakurako's subordinate, Changpo matured and grew out of this.

* ShoutOut: Whenever another player enters in the game during a single-player session in the arcade game, [[VideoGame/{{Darius}} "THE HI-ROUNDER IS APPROACHING FAST!"]] appears on screen.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Narukami in the first game and Luca Werfel in the second [[MulticoloredHair with a touch of red]].

* XMeetsY: ''Manga/TowardTheTerra'' meets ''[[VideoGame/VirtualOn Cyber Troopers Virtual-ON]]'' in the form of a [[BulletHell danmaku]] [[ShootEmUp shooter]].

-> ''It's a story from long, long ago -- Fortuna was born in the nook of a small village. Ever since she was born she never stopped crying. Her wailing voice caused many people to suffer. If she didn't stop her wails would eventually cover the entire world. "Fortuna will surely be gone in 100 years time" The people held to that hope and entrusted it to the distant skies. The people ran from the ark known as Earth... And so Fortuna, who was all alone, cried until she took her final breath. -- In this way, the old world came to an end. And a new world, began.''

The game pits players in a circular field where they pilot [[HumongousMecha mechas]] called "[[AMechByAnyOtherName Rounders]]", each with their own variety of [[MoreDakka bullets]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]], and [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[{{Roboteching}} weaponry]]. The game is best known for incorporating shoot 'em up gameplay elements into a fighting game, particularly each Rounder possesses a super-powered Shell called [[FunWithAcronyms B.O.S.S.]] which when combined, turns the player's Rounder into a large-scale shoot 'em up-esque end-boss with many intricate bullet patterns. Each characters' Rounders also uses two different Cartridges, one emphasizing on power and the other for speed, as well as varying bullet patterns. Aside from it's shoot 'em up style of gameplay, it has been often considered as "a 2D version of ''[[VideoGame/VirtualOn Virtual-ON]]''", particularly to ''Oratorio Tangram'', due to sharing many general gameplay concepts and mechanics.

The game first debuted on arcades in Japan on {{Sega}}'s NAOMI hardware on April 26th, 2005, although the game was, in some areas, [[ObviousBeta incomplete]]. ''Senko no Ronde NEW Ver.'' was later released on August 8th, 2005, four months after its initial arcade debut to fix many of the game's issues such as the character and gameplay balance, Ernula's availability, and adding costumes to allow [[MirrorMatch Mirror Matches]] to be possible. On August 27th, 2006, ''Senko no Ronde'' made it's debut to video game consoles for the {{Xbox 360}} as ''[[VideoGameRemake Senko no Ronde Revision X]]'', or simply ''Rev.X''. As the title implies, this version of ''Senko no Ronde'' received an overhaul from of its arcade predecessors, boasting HighDefinition visuals, a re-tooled HUD, and online play over Xbox LIVE.

Unfortunately, the original Japanese release suffered from [[RegionCoding region-locking]], effectively making it impossible for anyone without a Japanese Xbox 360 hardware to play it. It was only out of sheer will (and a miracle) that those outside of Japan were able to play ''Senko no Ronde Rev.X'' in any shape-or-form thanks to Creator/{{Ubisoft}} for localizing the game to North America and Europe. The game's localization, however, is scathing for fans of the original. The game suffers from a case of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore by slapping on "''[[MarketBasedTitle WarTech]]''" as the game's title just to make it pronounceable for those who can't pronounce "''Senko no Ronde''" to save their lives. Not only that, but the cover-art for the North American and European release only gives the impression that the game is all about cold-hearted machines duking it out for the player's amusement rather than its space opera storyline. The game's final iteration was released to arcades again on August 6th, 2006 as ''Senko no Ronde SP'', which serves as an UpdatedRerelease for the arcade version since it features the additions seen on the Xbox 360 port and further balancing.

** Meaningful [[InSeriesNickname Nickname]] in Fabian's case as he's a FragileSpeedster.

* RuleOfCool: There's no justification for B.O.S.S. modes beyond this.

* BobHaircut: Lili in first game.

'''''Senko no Ronde''''' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp-[[XMeetsY meets]]-[[FightingGame Fighter]] produced by G.rev and arguably one of their most ambitious titles, as the team enlisted the help of [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Shuji Sogabe]] and Mizuki Takayama to handle the character illustrations while [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Koichi Mugitani]] handles the mecha design, ex-ZUNATA member Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

** Changpo's Citronette is named after Mizuki Takayama's doujin circle of the same name, who is also the artist who contributed to the character designs.

* HairOfGold: Ernula.

* ShoutOut: Whenever another player enters in the game during a single-player session in the arcade game, [[{{Darius}} "THE HI-ROUNDER IS APPROACHING FAST!"]] appears on screen.

'''''Senko no Ronde''''' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp-[[XMeetsY meets]]-[[FightingGame Fighter]] produced by G.rev and is arguably one of their most ambitious titles, as the team enlisted the help of [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Shuji Sogabe]] and Mizuki Takayama to handle the character illustrations while [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Koichi Mugitani]] handles the mecha design, ex-ZUNATA member Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

The game pits players in a circular field where they pilot [[HumongousMecha mechas]] called "[[AMechByAnyOtherName Rounders]]", each with their own variety of [[MoreDakka bullets]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]], and [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[{{Roboteching}} weaponry]]. The game is best known for incorporating Shoot 'em Up gameplay elements into a Fighting game, particularly each Rounder possesses a super-powered Shell called [[FunWithAcronyms B.O.S.S.]] which when invoked, turns the player's Rounder into a large-scale Shoot 'em Up-esque end-boss with many intricate bullet patterns. Each characters' Rounders also uses two different Cartridges, one emphasizing on power and the other for speed, as well as varying bullet patterns. Aside from it's Shoot 'em Up style of gameplay, it has been often considered as "a 2D version of ''[[VirtualOn Virual-ON]]''", particularly to ''Oratorio Tangram'', due to sharing many general gameplay concepts and mechanics.

The game first debuted on arcades in Japan on {{Sega}}'s NAOMI hardware on April 26th, 2005, although the game was, in some areas, incomplete. ''Senko no Ronde NEW Ver.'' was later released on August 8th, 2005, four months after its initial arcade debut to fix many of the game's issues such as the character and gameplay balance, Ernula's availability, and adding costumes to allow [[MirrorMatch Mirror Matches]] to be possible. On August 27th, 2006, ''Senko no Ronde'' made it's debut to video game consoles for the Xbox 360 as ''[[VideoGameRemake Senko no Ronde Revision X]]'', or simply ''Rev.X''. As the title implies, this version of ''Senko no Ronde'' received an overhaul from of its arcade predecessors, boasting HighDefinition visuals, a re-tooled HUD, and online play over Xbox Live.

A follow-up title is currently in the works for the PlayStationVita and it's expected for a 2013 release, although this title will be something of a SpiritualSuccessor as it will not be set in the universe of the other two games.

* AnimalMotif: Of rabbits for Ernula since she's fond of them and many of her costumes resembles one, even the inside of her Rounder's cockpit has them as the interface.

* FlashStep: Lili's ''Dragon Waltz'' move.

* HotterAndSexier: Anechka from the first game is more [[TokenWholesome modestly-dressed]] compared to her appearance [[MsFanservice in the sequel]].

** Fabian Fatman gave himself the nickname of "Fastman" simply because he does not like his surname.

* TheLancer: Fabian, to Mika.

* NiceHat: Mika, Fabian, Lili, Ernula, Cuilan, Katie Xiatien, Mieze Merckx, Dixie Dutilleux, and Nino Picciloli, depending on the outfit.

* PointlessBandAid: Fabian over his nose.
* PowerGlows: Karel's Azureus' sub-weapon makes it tails glow in the original arcade; In the Xbox 360 version, Azureus' entire body glows.

* RobotGirl: Ernula, actually, consists of ''several'' android girls, and Ranatus in the sequel. Cuilan, an [[AmbiguousGender android boy]], is sometimes [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistaken for one]].

* SuperDeformed: Chibi versions of the characters can be purchased as [=DLC=]s.

* XMeetsY: ''Manga/TowardTheTerra'' meets ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' in the form of a [[BulletHell danmaku]] [[ShootEmUp shooter]].

* HairOfGold, EyesOfGold: Ernula.

The game first debuted on arcades in Japan on {{Sega}}'s NAOMI hardware on April 26th, 2005, although the game was, in some areas, incomplete. ''Senko no Ronde NEW Ver.'' was later released on August 8th, 2005, four months after its initial arcade debut to fix many of the game's issues such as the character and gameplay balance, Ernula's availability, and adding costumes to allow [[MirrorMatch Mirror Matches]] to be possible. On August 27th, 2006, ''Senko no Ronde'' made it's debut to video game consoles for the Xbox 360 as ''Senko no Ronde [[VideoGameRemake Revision X]]'', or simply ''Rev.X''. As the title implies, this version of ''Senko no Ronde'' received an overhaul from of its arcade predecessors, boasting HighDefinition visuals, a re-tooled HUD, and online play over Xbox Live.

Unfortunately, the original Japanese release suffered from [[RegionCoding region-locking]], effectively [[NoExportForYou making it impossible]] for anyone without a Japanese Xbox 360 hardware to play it. It was only out of sheer will (and a miracle) that those outside of Japan were able to play ''Senko no Ronde Rev.X'' in any shape-or-form thanks to Creator/{{Ubisoft}} for localizing the game to North America and Europe. The game's localization, however, is scathing for fans of the original. The game suffers from a case of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore by slapping on "''[[MarketBasedTitle WarTech]]''" as the game's title just to make it pronounceable for those who can't pronounce "''Senko no Ronde''" to save their lives. Not only that, but the cover-art for the North American and European release only gives the impression that the game is all about cold-hearted machines duking it out for the player's amusement rather than its space opera storyline. The game's final iteration was released to arcades again on August 6th, 2006 as ''Senko no Ronde SP'', which serves as an UpdatedRerelease for the arcade version since it features the additions seen on the Xbox 360 port and further balancing.

The game later received a sequel, ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order'' (or ''Senko no Ronde: DUO'' for short), with an extended character selection and an expansion of the story. Sadly it's only released in Japan [[NoExportForYou with no intentions]] of bringing the sequel overseas; It was also later released in arcades in Japan to the [=NESCiAxLive=] arcade service. Unlike its predecessor, ''Dis-United Order'' is a 2-on-2 fighting game where players can use another character to perform support attacks.

* AMechaByAnyOtherName: Rounders.

* AmbiguousGender and DudeLooksLikeALady: Cuilan, and it gets taken even further in the sequel.

* AnimalEaredHeadband: Cuilan wears a cat-eared one with SailorFuku costume.

* {{Bishonen}}: Mika and Fabian in the first game. In ''Dis-United Order'', we also get Lev Lefanu, Henri Xiatien, Gustav Grafenburg, Luca Werfel and Itsuka Gotoh.

* DeathFromAbove: Sakurako's Triad is capable of dropping bombs within adjacent range of the opponent. It's Final B.O.S.S. form and it's assist attack in the second game takes this even further by filling the area with bombs in a wide area.

* HotterAndSexier: Anechka from the first game is more [[TokenWholesome modestly-dressed]] compared to her appearance [[FanservicePack in the sequel]].
** Heck, [[FanservicePack the sequel]] in general.

* LastChanceHitPoint: When the [[LifeMeter Armor Gauge]] is depleted, the character's Rounder enters Armor Vanish mode. While in Armor Vanish, the Rounder's hit-box becomes visible and maneuverability increases. The Rounder's Charge Gauge also fills gradually over time during Armor Vanish. Upon entering Vanish mode, an Anti-Field clears bullets around the Rounder, as well. Any further hits while in Armor Vanish will result in defeat.

* MeaningfulName: The game's title can be roughly translated as "Encircling Dance of Light". [[labelnote:Explanation]]The two kanji that makes up "Senko" means both rotation and light; when the two kanji combines, the word also refers to polarimetry, a science in which light waves travels in two directions in a circular fashion through an object in order to measure its optical properties. The second set of kanji for "Ronde" reads off as "Rinbu" (albeit the drama CD pronounces it as "Rondeau"), which means circular dance and "Ronde" is its French equivalent.[[/labelnote]]

* MsFanservice: Changpo and Ernula. In the sequel, there's also Ursure Uexkull, Philomena Pasquini, and Ranatus, and Anechka becomes one.

* [[spoiler:RidiculouslyHumanRobot: According Sakurako in Ernula's Scenario-A path, she finds out that Ernula is closer to being human than any present android ever created.]]

* HairAntennae: Ernula with some of her outfits.

* LatexSpacesuit: Some of the characters wear one.

* MsFanservice: Changpo, and for the {{lolicon}}s, Ernula. In the sequel, there's also Ursure Uexkull, Philomena Pasquini, and Ranatus, and Anechka becomes one.

'''''Senko no Ronde''''' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp-[[XMeetsY meets]]-[[FightingGame Fighter]] produced by G.rev and arguably one of their most ambitious titles, as the team enlisted the help of Shuji Sogabe and Mizuki Takayama to handle the character illustrations while Koichi Mugitani handles the mecha design, ex-ZUNATA member Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

Unfortunately, the original Japanese release suffered from [[RegionCoding region-locking]], effectively [[NoExportForYou making it impossible]] for anyone without a Japanese Xbox 360 hardware to play it. It was only out of sheer will (and a miracle) that those outside of Japan were able to play ''Senko no Ronde Rev.X'' in any shape-or-form thanks to Creator/{{Ubisoft}} for localizing the game to North America and Europe. The game's localization, however, is scathing for fans of the original. The game suffers from a case of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore by slapping on "''[=WarTech=]''" as the game's title just to make it pronounceable for those who can't pronounce "''Senko no Ronde''" to save their lives. Not only that, but the cover-art for the North American and European release only gives the impression that the game is all about cold-hearted machines duking it out for the player's amusement rather than its space opera storyline. The game's final iteration was released to arcades again on August 6th, 2006 as ''Senko no Ronde SP'', which serves as an UpdatedRerelease for the arcade version since it features the additions seen on the Xbox 360 port and further balancing.

And last thing: [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY the game's title is pronounced Sen-Ko No Rond, not Ron-DAY]]. [[http://hardcoregaming101.net/senkonoronde/senkonoronde.htm#Rondo It comes from the French word "Ronde" with a silent "e"]].

* AbsoluteCleavage: Philomena Pasquini, a female character introduced in the second game, and to a lesser extent, Anechka Alferov in said game.

* AgeInappropriateDress: Ernula's Cartridge-A1 outfit has her wearing a see-through dress and ThighhighBoots. Her Cartridge-B2 outfit has her wearing a bikini that reveals some [[UnderBoobs under boobage]] underneath a see-through hooded shirt complete with [[ZettaiRyouiki thigh-highs]].
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Mieze Merckx from ''Dis-United Order''.
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The North American and European box-art of the first game, although it only gives the impression the game is all about cold-hearted machines rather than the SpaceOpera storyline inspired by ''TowardTheTerra''.

* AscendedExtra, PromotedToPlayable: Narukami, normally an {{NPC}} character seen in the Story Mode, is playable through Karel by DownloadableContent in the first game.

* {{Bishonen}}: Mika and Fabian in the first game.

* CallingYourAttacks

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Cuilan, and it gets taken even further in the sequel.

* FragileSpeedster: Cuilan's Orangette.

* JackOfAllStats: Changpo's Citronette.

* {{Megane}}: Karel, and to some extent, Mika.
** ''Dis-United Order'' introduces three more meganes, Jasper Hilqult Hongo, Alexandro Gilardino, and Isuka Gotoh.
* {{Meganekko}}: Sakurako's with her Cartridge-A2 and [=DLC=] costumes.
** Philomena Pasquini in the second game also a meganekko.
* MightyGlacier: Ernula's Castrato.

* MsFanservice: Changpo, and for the [[{{Lolicon}} lolicons]], Ernula.

* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Sakurako and Lili. Also Katie Xia Xiatien from the sequel.

* {{Roboteching}}: Ernula's Curtain Call, Lili's Brinsta and Madame Butterfly B.O.S.S Mode, and Changpo's Citronette do this with lasers. Several Rounders fire missiles that do this, too.
* RobotGirl: Ernula, actually, consists of ''several'' android girls. Cuilan, an [[AmbiguousGender android boy]], is sometimes [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistaken for one]].

* SailorFuku: Changpo, Lili, and Ernula can wear one as [=DLC=]. So does [[WholesomeCrossdresser Cuilan ]] and Fabian.

* ShesGotLegs: Anechka in the sequel. Also inverted with [[WholesomeCrossdresser Cuilan]] in the same game.

** Changpo's Citronette is named after Takayama Mizuki's doujin circle of the same name.
** Cuilan and Ernula have [=DLC=] costumes that resembles the main characters from ''Mamoru-kun has been Cursed!'', a (Japan-only) ''KikiKaiKai''-styled Shoot 'em Up game also by G.rev.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Narukami in the first game and Luca Werfel in the second.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ernula and Lili.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Lili.

* ZettaiRyouki: Cuilan and Ernula in the first game. Sakurako as well [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/senkonoronde/possp.jpg while wearing her]] LatexSpacesuit in ''Senko no Ronde SP'', which is also a [=DLC=] costume for the first game's console port.

The game pits players in a circular field where they pilot [[HumongousMecha mechas]] called "[[AMechByAnyOtherName Rounders]]", each with their own variety of [[MoreDakka bullets]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]], and [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[{{Roboteching}} weaponry]]. The game is best known for incorporating shoot 'em up gameplay elements into a Fighting game, particularly each Rounder possesses a super-powered Shell called [[FunWithAcronyms B.O.S.S.]] which, when invoked, turns the player's Rounder into a large-scale shoot 'em up-esque end-boss with many intricate bullet patterns. Each characters' Rounders also uses two different Cartridges, one emphasizing on power and the other for speed, as well as varying bullet patterns. Aside from it's shoot 'em up style of gameplay, it has been often considered as "a 2D version of ''[[VirtualOn Virual-ON]]''", particularly to ''Oratorio Tangram'', due to sharing many general gameplay concepts and mechanics.

Unfortunately, the original Japanese release suffered from [[RegionCoding region-locking]], effectively [[NoExportForYou making it impossible]] for anyone without a Japanese Xbox 360 hardware to play it. It was only out of sheer will (and a miracle) that those outside of Japan were able to play ''Senko no Ronde Rev.X'' in any shape-or-form thanks to {{Ubisoft}} for localizing the game to North America and Europe. The game's localization, however, is scathing for fans of the original. The game suffers from a case of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore by slapping on "''[=WarTech=]''" as the game's title just to make it pronounceable for those who can't pronounce "''Senko no Ronde''" to save their lives. Not only that, but the cover-art for the North American and European release only gives the impression that the game is all about cold-hearted machines duking it out for the player's amusement rather than its space opera storyline. The game's final iteration was released to arcades again on August 6th, 2006 as ''Senko no Ronde SP'', which was an UpdatedRerelease for the arcade version since it features the additions seen on the Xbox 360 port and further balancing.

The game later received a sequel, ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order'' (or ''Senko no Ronde: DUO''), with an extended character selection and an expansion of the story. Sadly it's only released in Japan [[NoExportForYou with no intentions]] of bringing the sequel overseas; It was also later released in arcades in Japan to the [=NESCiAxLive=] arcade service. Unlike its predecessor, ''Dis-United Order'' is a 2-on-2 fighting game where players can use another character to perform support attacks.

* BareYourMidriff: Changpo, Cuilan, Fabian, Ernula, and Karel have costumes that exposes their mid-sections.

* BulletHell: The final stages in each character's story mode is a more straight version, with the character's Rounder facing a battleship in true ShootEmUp fashion.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Lili's ''Tremble Dance'' move will cause her Brinstä to spin around as she fires her projectiles, unleashing a barrage of bullets to either scatter throughout the area or home-in on her opponent.
** Ernula has two [[SpinAttack spinning attacks]]. Her ''Consonance Cutter'' move, in which she spin her Castrato around to cut enemy bullets and lasers (not explosives or beam attacks) or charge cut through her opponent with its blades, and ''Trio Sonata'' where she spins Castrato as she fires off a barrage of bullets and missiles.

* GuideDangIt: The North American and European manual of the first game contain inaccurate command input to perform each Rounders' Barrage Attacks. The actual command input for each attack can be found in game's Image Gallery under "Others" in the Extras menu.

** Cuilan and Ernula have [=DLC=] costumes that resembles the main characters from ''Mamoru-kun has been Cursed!'', a (Japan-only) ''KikiKaiKai''-styled ShootEmUp game also by G.rev.

* SuperMode: The B.O.S.S. found with each Rounder turns it into a ShootEmUp-inspired boss vehicle with large arrays of devastating weaponry and the ability to damage the enemy just by touching them. Knowing when to activate a B.O.S.S. stock is important in high-level play strategies.

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-->''And so, Fortana, who was all alone, cried until she took her final breath.''

The game later received a sequel, ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order'', with an extended character selection and an expansion of the story. Sadly it's only released in Japan [[NoExportForYou with no intentions]] of bringing the sequel overseas; It was also later released in arcades in Japan to the [=NESCiAxLive=] arcade service. Unlike its predecessor, ''Dis-United Order'' is a 2-on-2 fighting game where players can use another character to perform support attacks.

** Ernula has two [[SpinAttack spinning attacks]]. Her ''Consonance Cutter'' move, in which she spin her Castrato around to cut enemy bullets and lasers (not explosives or beam attacks) or charge cut through her opponent, and ''Trio Sonata'' where she spins Castrato as she fires off a barrage of bullets and missiles.
* FanNickname: "B.O.S.S.," said aloud, doesn't always convey quite what it is. Some players refer to the B.O.S.S. modes as simply as ''Shell''.
** As it turns out, several characters [[InSeriesNickname shorthand]] it to "Shell" too.

* HeyItsThatVoice: What do you mean, [[MakikoOhmoto Sakurako Sanjo]] is {{Kirby}}?!
** [[AiNonaka Changpo]] is also [[StellviaOfTheUniverse Shima Katase]].

* NoExportForYou: The game's sequel, ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order'', and to make matters worse, the game is also [[RegionCoding region-locked]]. Ironic considering the North American version of the first ''Senko no Ronde'' (a.k.a. ''[=WarTech=]'') is actually region-free.
** The aforementioned [=DLC=]s for first game also qualify due to its unavailability to North Americia and Europe.

** Cuilan and Ernula have [=DLC=] costumes that resembles the main characters from ''Mamoru-kun has been Cursed!'', a (Japan-only) ''KikiKaiKai''-styled ShootEmUp game also by G.REV.

The game pits players in a circular field where they pilot [[HumongousMecha mechas]] called "Rounders," each with their own variety of [[MoreDakka bullets]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]], and [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[{{Roboteching}} weaponry]]. The game is best known for incorporating shoot 'em up gameplay elements into a Fighting game, particularly each Rounder possesses a super-powered Shell called [[FunWithAcronyms B.O.S.S.]] which, when invoked, turns the player's Rounder into a large-scale shoot 'em up-esque end-boss with many intricate bullet patterns. Each characters' Rounders also uses two different Cartridges, one emphasizing on power and the other for speed, as well as varying bullet patterns. Aside from it's shoot 'em up style of gameplay, it has been often considered as "a 2D version of ''[[VirtualOn Virual-ON]]''", particularly to ''Oratorio Tangram'', due to sharing many general gameplay concepts and mechanics.

The game first debuted on arcades in Japan on {{Sega}}'s NAOMI hardware on April 26, 2005, although the game was, in some areas, incomplete. ''Senko no Ronde NEW Ver.'' was later released on August 8, 2005, four months after its initial arcade debut to fix many of the game's issues such as the character and gameplay balance, Ernula's availability, and adding costumes to allow [[MirrorMatch Mirror Matches]] to be possible. On August 27, 2006, ''Senko no Ronde'' made it's debut to video game consoles for the Xbox 360 as ''Senko no Ronde [[VideoGameRemake Revision X]]'', or simply ''Rev.X''. As the title implies, this version of ''Senko no Ronde'' gotten an overhaul from of its arcade predecessors boasting HighDefinition visuals, a re-tooled HUD, and online play over Xbox Live.

Unfortunately, the original Japanese release suffered from [[RegionCoding region-locking]], effectively [[NoExportForYou making it impossible]] for anyone without a Japanese Xbox 360 hardware to play it. It was only out of sheer will (and a miracle) that those outside of Japan were able to play ''Senko no Ronde Rev.X'' in any shape-or-form thanks to {{Ubisoft}} for localizing the game to North America and Europe. The game's localization, however, is scathing for fans of the original. The game suffers from a case of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore by slapping on "''[=WarTech=]''" as the game's title just to make it pronounceable for those who can't pronounce "''Senko no Ronde''" to save their lives. Not only that, but the cover-art for the North American and European release only gives the impression that the game is all about cold-hearted machines duking it out for the player's amusement rather than its space opera storyline. The first game's final iteration was released to arcades again on August 6, 2006 as ''Senko no Ronde SP'', which was an UpdatedRerelease for the arcade version since it features the additions seen on the Xbox 360 port and further balancing.

The game later received a sequel, ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order'', with an extended character selection and an expansion of the story, sadly it's only released in Japan [[NoExportForYou with no intentions]] of bringing the sequel overseas; it was also later released in exclusively to [=NESCiAxLive=] arcades. Unlike its predecessor, ''Dis-United Order'' is a 2-on-2 fighting game where players can use another character to perform support attacks.

* AscendedExtra: Narukami, normally an {{NPC}} character seen in the Story Mode, is playable through Karel by DownloadableContent in the first game.
** Anechka Alferov, Mika's girlfriend and another Story Mode extra in the first, becomes an assist character in ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order''.
* AssistCharacter: Build with them in mind for ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order''.
* AttackDrone: Lili's Brinsta, Karel's Azureus, Mika's Ventuno-II and Ernula's Castrato all possess attack bits. Lili's fires lasers, Karel's and Mika's fire missiles, and Ernula's reflects her Rounder's WaveMotionGun around the battlefield.

** [[CoolBigSis Sakurako Sanjo]] gets pretty angry at anyone who messes with Cuilan.
* {{BFG}}: Orangette's Shell, the Orbital Sword.

* BulletHell: The final stages in each character's story mode is a more straight version, with the character's Rounder facing a battleship or space station in true ShootEmUp fashion.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:In Lili's Scenario-A ending, she thrusts herself into the core the FinalBoss, and after a blinding flash of light, Lili and her Brinsta were never seen or heard from again. After a fruitless, week-long search for her, Mika and Fabian came across an old farewell recording of Lili made a long time ago and revealed that she knew all along about her "other" side. This became a TearJerker moment for Mika and Fabian.]]

* DownloadableContent: Sadly the first game suffers from the "NoExportForYou" rule for North America and Europe, but it ''may'' be possible to use them by obtain the [=DLCs=] with Japanese Microsoft Points and a Japanese Xbox Live account to purchase them via the Japanese Xbox Marketplace since the North American and European versions of ''Senko no Ronde'' is region-free.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Homing lasers. [[{{Roboteching}} Bending]] lasers. Ring lasers. Laser bombs. The future loves lasers.
* GuideDangIt: The North American and European manual of the first game contain inaccurate command input to perform each Rounders' special attacks. The actual button input for each attack can be found in game's Image Gallery under "Others" in the Extras menu.

* LastChanceHitPoint: When the Armor Gauge is depleted, the character's Rounder enters Armor Vanish mode. While in Armor Vanish, the Rounder's hit-box becomes visible and maneuverability increases. The Rounder's Charge Gauge also fills gradually over time during Armor Vanish. Upon entering Vanish mode, an Anti-Field clears bullets around the Rounder, as well. Any further hits while in Armor Vanish will result in defeat.

* LimitBreak: If a B.O.S.S. is activated while during Armor Vanish, it will initiate its Final B.O.S.S. mode. During this mode, the Shell gains different and more powerful attacks. A Final B.O.S.S.' energy gauge depletes slower than normal, as well. If the opponent succeeds in destroying the Shell during Final B.O.S.S. mode, the Rounder will be destroyed with it.

* PowerGlows: Karel's Azureus' sub-weapon makes it tails glow in the original arcade. In the Xbox 360 version, Azureus' entire body glows.
* ReflectingLaser: Ernula's rounder, Castrato, wields a weapon called Ensemble Laser. If she deploys her [[AttackDrone Option Unit "Consonance"]], the Ensemble Laser can be reflected around the battlefield, penning in the enemy or hitting them from unexpected angles.

* SailorFuku: Changpo, Lili, and Ernula can wear one as [=DLC=]. [[WholesomeCrossdresser So does Cuilan and Fabian]].
* SequentialBoss: S.S.S. battleship Basso Serio and Squid both do this. Squid only has two forms, while Basso Serio puts you against the bow gun emplacements, the bridge tower gun emplacements and main cannon, then the jump core defense system. All of this is followed by a battle with another character.

'''''Senko no Ronde''''' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp-[[XMeetsY meets]]-[[FightingGame Fighter]] produced by G.REV and arguably one of their most ambitious titles, as the team enlisted the help of Shuji Sogabe and Mizuki Takayama to handle the character illustrations, Koichi Mugitani handled the mecha design, ex-ZUNATA member Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

The game pits players in a circular field where they pilot [[HumongousMecha mechas]] called "Rounders," each with their own variety of [[MoreDakka bullets]], [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]], and [[FrickinLaserBeams laser]] [[{{Roboteching}} weaponry]]. The game is best known for incorporating shoot 'em up gameplay elements into a Fighting game, particularly each Rounder possesses a super-powered Shell called [[FunWithAcronyms B.O.S.S.]] which, when invoked, turns the player's Rounder into a large-scale shoot 'em up-esque end-boss with many intricate bullet patterns. Each characters' Rounders also uses two different Cartridges, one emphasizing on power and the other for speed as well as varying bullet patterns. Aside from it's shoot 'em up style of gameplay, it has been often considered as "a 2D version of ''VirtualOn''", particularly to ''Oratorio Tangram'', due to sharing many general gameplay concepts and mechanics.

Unfortunately, the original Japanese release suffered from [[RegionCoding region-locking]], effectively [[NoExportForYou making it impossible]] for anyone without a Japanese Xbox 360 hardware to play it. It was only out of sheer will (and a miracle) that those outside of Japan were able to play ''Senko no Ronde Rev.X'' in any shape-or-form thanks to {{Ubisoft}} for localizing the game to North America and Europe. The game's localization, however, is scathing for fans of the original. The game suffers from a case of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore by slapping on "''[=WarTech=]''" as the game's title just to make it pronounceable for those who can't pronounce "''Senko no Ronde''" to save their lives. Not only that, but the cover-art for the North American and European release only gives the impression that the game is all about cold-hearted machines duking it out for the player's amusement rather than its space opera storyline. The first game's final iteration was released to arcades again on August 6, 2006 as ''Senko no Ronde SP'', which was an UpdatedRerelease for the arcade version since it features the additions seen on the Xbox 360 port and balancing.

** Anechka Alferov, Mika's girlfriend and another Story Mode extra in the first, becomes playable with Mika in ''Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order''.

* {{Megane}}: Karel, and to a lesser extent, Mika.

* {{Meganekko}}: One of Sakurako's B.O.S.S. cut-ins shows her holding a pair of glasses and she them on full time in one of her [=DLC=] costumes.

* PantyShot: Changpo's Cartridge-B1 and Lili's Cartridge-A2 outfits have cut-ins with their panties peeking out.

* ZettaiRyouki: Cuilan and Ernula in the first game. Sakurako as well [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/senkonoronde/possp.jpg while wearing her]] LatexSpacesuit in ''Senko no Ronde SP'' (which is also a [=DLC=] costume for the first game's console port).

For a much more in-depth look at the game, check out HardcoreGaming101's review of the game [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/senkonoronde/senkonoronde.htm here]].

* ZettaiRyouki: Cuilan and Ernula in the first game.