History VideoGame / SenkoNoRonde

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

* {{Megane}}: Karel, and to some extent, Mika. ''Dis-United Order'' introduces three more meganes, Jasper Hilqult Hongo, Alexandro Gilardino, and Isuka Gotoh.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Because of the odd mix of Japanese and French in the game's title, there has been confusion on how it is pronounced in the West, so much most reviewers either don't bother looking up how it is supposed to be pronounced or use its slapped-on American title instead. The proper pronunciation is "''[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY Sen-Ko No Rond]]''", as the "e" in the title is silent.
* [[NonStandardCharacterDesign Non-Standard Mecha Design]]: Most of the Rounders in this series generally have humanoid designs while ones developed by Opera such Ernula's Castrato resembles closer to a space ship. Theo's Rounder in ''DUO'' / ''2'', Basso Cavalier, change morph between a tank-like "Knight Mode" and a space ship-like "Rook Mode" when performing Bullet Canceller attacks.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Cuilan and Ernula in the first game. Lilli in one of the first game's endings also sports thigh-highs. 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.
** In the sequel, Philomena, Shinbou Sanjo, Changpo, and Ursure Uexkull also wear thigh-highs.

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 [[CombiningMecha 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, with varying bullet patterns between the two. 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.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Homing lasers. [[{{Roboteching}} Arching lasers]]. Ring lasers. Laser bombs. The future loves lasers!

A follow-up title was announced in 2012 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita that would be very different from its predecessors and possibly a different game altogether, but nothing has been heard about this title since. An updated {{reboot}} of ''Dis-United Order'', titled ''Senko no Ronde 2'', was announced in late April 2017 and was released in late Summer 2017 on UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 4}} and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. A trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwPZanJQfio here]]. A pair of crossover character [=DLCs=] was announced during Tokyo Game Show 2017, one being the fan-favorite Temjin from Sega's ''Virtual-ON'' series (particularly its ''Operation Moongate'' variant) and the titular Assault Suit from NCS's ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'' (otherwise known as ''Cybernator'' overseas).

* ZettaiRyouki: Cuilan and Ernula in the first game. Lilli in one of the first game's endings also sports thigh-highs. 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.

A follow-up title was announced in 2012 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita that would be very different from its predecessors and possibly a different game altogether, but nothing has been heard about this title since. An updated {{reboot}} of ''Dis-United Order'', titled ''Senko no Ronde 2'', was announced in late April 2017 and was released in late Summer 2017 on Useful/{{PlayStation 4}} and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. A trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwPZanJQfio here]]. A pair of crossover character [=DLCs=] was announced during Tokyo Game Show 2017, one being the fan-favorite Temjin from Sega's ''Virtual-ON'' series (particularly its ''Operation Moongate'' variant) and the titular Assault Suit from NCS's ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'' (otherwise known as ''Cybernator'' overseas).

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

* BerserkButton: Cuilan, an android boy, gets very angry if he's treated like a kid.
** [[MamaBear Sakurako Sanjo]] and [[BigBrotherInstinct Changpo]] gets pretty angry at anyone who messes with Cuilan.

* 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.

* DidntNeedThoseAnyway: 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.

* [[NonStandardCharacterDesign Non-Standard Mecha Design]]: In the first game, most of the Rounders have generally humanoid designs while Ernula's Castrato has a more space ship-like design.

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

* WaveMotionGun: Boss unit Squid and some of the gun emplacements on the Basso Serio battleship. Ernula's Curtain Call has one, as well, using its crab-like arms as a WaveMotionTuningFork.

* DownloadableContent: The first game has extra DLC costumes for the characters that also changes the palette of their Rounders. Unfortunately, the [=DLCs=] was never released outside of Japan, however it may be possible to use them in the English version by purchasing them with a Japanese Xbox LIVE account.

A follow-up title was announced in 2012 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita that would be very different from its predecessors and possibly a different game altogether, but nothing has been heard about this title since. An updated {{reboot}} of ''Dis-United Order'', entitled ''Senko no Ronde 2'', was announced in late April 2017, and will be released at late Summer 2017 on Useful/{{PlayStation 4}} and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. A trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwPZanJQfio here]].

* ApocalypseHow: Told in metaphor during the opening narration, where the end of the world is described as a crying girl whose wailing caused the entire world to suffer.
** Finding the truth about the "Great Disaster" is the motivation for several characters in the game. Supposedly, the records are closely guarded by Goddiver's CorruptCorporateExecutive.

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

-->'''Changpo:''' "[[GratuitousEnglish Scimitar smash!!]]"

''Senko no Ronde'' is a {{bullet hell}} 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, ZUNTATA alumni Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

''Senko no Ronde'' is a {{bullet hell}} 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, ZUNTATA alum Yasuhisha Wanatabe to compose the game's music, and a cast of various seiryuus to help bring this title into inception.

A follow-up title was announced in 2012 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita that would be very different from its predecessors and possibly a different game altogether, but nothing has been heard about this title since. A revised {{reboot}} of ''Dis-United Order'', entitled ''Senko no Ronde 2'', was announced in late April 2017, and will be released at late Summer 2017 on Useful/{{PlayStation 4}} and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. A trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwPZanJQfio here]].

''Senko no Ronde'' is a {{bullet hell}} 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.

A follow-up title is currently in the works for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita although it will very different from its predecessors and will most likely be an entirely different game. A sequel, ''Senko no Ronde 2'', was announced in late April 2017, and will be released for Summer 2017 on Useful/{{PlayStation 4}} and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. This installment seems to be {{reboot}} of the series as hinted in its announcement trailer, which can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwPZanJQfio here]].

A follow-up title is currently in the works for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita although it will very different from its predecessors and will most likely be an entirely different game.

** Cuilan and Ernula have [=DLC=] costumes that resembles the main characters from ''Mamoru-kun Curse!'', G.rev's SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PockyAndRocky''.

** Cuilan and Ernula have [=DLC=] costumes that resembles the main characters from ''Mamoru-kun Curse!'', G.rev's SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/KikiKaiKai''.

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 [[ObviousBeta 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 the 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.

A follow-up title is currently in the works for the {{PlayStation Vita}} although it will very different from its predecessors and will most likely be an entirely different game.

* 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 Brinstä 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.]]

->''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.''

'''''Senko no Ronde''''' is a {{bullet hell}} 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.

* TheMerch: Although very few merchandise were spawned for this series compared to other mecha games, of which includes: two artbooks for the first game; a few [=OST=]s to each respective game; a figurine of Changpo by Max Factory in her [[WalkingSwimsuitScene Cartridge-B1 costume]] while in her Final B.O.S.S. cut-in's pose (it's also possible to remove the transparent dress); and another figure of Eernula in her Cartridge-B2 costume kneeling next to a jumbo-sized version of her stuff rabbits.

* CompetitiveBalance: In the first game:
** FragileSpeedster -- Fabian's Graphride and Cuilan's Orangette.
** GlassCannon -- Mika's Ventuno-II and Sakurako's Triad.
** JackOfAllStats -- Changpo's Citronette and Lili's Brinstä.
** MightyGlacier -- Karel's Azureus.
** StoneWall -- Ernula's Castrato.

* 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 {{under|Boobs}}-boobage underneath a see-through hooded shirt complete with [[ZettaiRyouiki thigh-highs]].

The story setting of ''Senko no Ronde'' and character art-style is heavily influenced by KeikoTakemiya's {{space opera}} 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.

* AMechByAnyOtherName: Rounders.

* BeardOfEvil: Ansel Modred.

** DidntNeedThoseAnyway: 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.

* GameplayGrading: After each stage in Score Attack Mode, you earn bonus points for how quickly you cleared the stage and how much life 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 life bonus. At the end of the Score Attack Mode, you also get a final bonus for your remaining [[VideoGameLives lives]] and B.O.S.S. Stocks.

** Heck, ''[[FanservicePack Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order]]'' in general.

* KickChick: Sakurako, or at least the way she pilots her Triad in the first game.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Cuilan.

* RoseHairedGirl: Lili.

A follow-up title is currently in the works for the {{PlayStation Vita}} 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.

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

* 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 {{Under|Boobs}}-boobage underneath a see-through hooded shirt complete with [[ZettaiRyouiki thigh-highs]].
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ansel Modred from the first game and Mieze Merckx from ''Dis-United Order''.

* BewareMyStingerTail: The tail of Cuilan's Orangette can be used as a weapon.

** GlassCannon -- Mika's Ventuno-II.

** MightyGlacier -- Karel's Azureus and Ernula's Castrato.
** StoneWall -- Sakurako's Triad.

* 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 a Japnese Xbox LIVE account and import the yen to purchase them since the North American and European versions of ''Senko no Ronde'' are region-free.

* EveryTenThousandPoints: In the Arcade Mode of the first game, scoring 1,000,000pts earns you an extra life and B.O.S.S. Stocks while further extends builds up by another 1,000,000pts (2,000,000pts, 3,000,000pts and so forth).

* GameplayGrading: After each stage of the Arcade Mode, you earn bonus points for how quickly you cleared the stage and how much life 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 life 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.

* OperaGloves: Ernula in one of her outfits. Also Anechka in the sequel.

* ShesGotLegs: Anechka and Ranatus in the sequel. [[DudeLooksLikeALady Cuilan]] is a [[DistaffCounterpart spear counterpart]] of this, especially in the second game.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Taito's ''VideoGame/PsychicForce'' although ''Senko no Ronde''[='=]s gameplay is more akin to a bullet hell shooter than its spiritual ancestor. G.rev was founded by Taito's former arcade division that worked on games such as ''G-Darius'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Storm'', and they also implement the special move input system from ''Psychic Force'' into this game.

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