History VideoGame / StreetsOfRageRemake

* AdaptationalVillainy: A retroactive example in Shiva, whom in this game is almost [[StupidEvil suicidally evil]], going as far as to challenge the player ''while the building they're in is about to explode''. In ''Streets of Rage 4'' (released after this game), Shiva [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn leaves the Syndicate]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards in protest of their mind-controlling experiments]], and even joins the heroes to help take it down]].

* CompositeCharacter: The "Galvice" enemy, whose name is portmaneau of Galsia and Vice, is essentially an ```SOR3``` Galsia wearing Vice's vest. He has some unique moves though.

* ArtificialStupidity: Invoked with the "Stupid" setting for the friendly AI. Even on the other settings, the AI partner completely ignores whether its attacks will damage the player. Thankfully, friendly fire can be turned off in the options. Also, the AI tends to waste its police summons on mooks rather than save them for bosses.

* MsFanservice: Rudra could well rival Blaze. She wears a vest that emphasizes [[BareYourMidriff her stomach]], she's got NavelDeepNeckline [[spoiler:especially in her unique ending]], she wears [[StockingFiller fishnet stockings]] that help to [[LegFocus emphasize her legs]], her skirt's short enough that you can get ''very brief'' panty shots if she kicks high, and the lower half of her outfit gives a subtle outline of her butt [[spoiler:if she BECOMES THE BOSS]].

* ToTheBatNoun: The cutscenes don't do much to explain progression between levels besides "There's a door here." or "Our helicopter/bike/yacht will arrive to our destination soon." [[ExcusePlot They do even less for the story anyway.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Mr. X becomes this in version 5.0, due to the fact he is WAY more challenging than his original incarnations.

* DevelopersForesight: How does Roo, a kangaroo with boxing gloves, ride motorcycles and motorboats? [[spoiler:He doesn't. Your nameless policeman buddy drives while Roo rides pillion!]] See also the spoiler under SmartBomb.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: The remake fully separates the two sets of twins, Onihime/Yasha and Mona/Lisa. Onihime and Yasha are the set of twins that resemble Blaze, and Mona and Lisa are the more muscular, American looking twins with ground spark powers.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Remake makes Ash an intentional example, with unusual but strong attacks, a blazing fast run speed, and a universal SmartBomb that's great in a pinch.
* LightningBruiser: Adam Hunter. Not to the extent of Shiva, but his stat totals come out to 2 stars higher than the rest of the main cast, and his standard striking combo sends enemies flying so hard they damage any other enemies they hit. So he hits almost as hard as Max, but moves a lot faster.

* MightyGlacier: Adam is partially this, and partially LightningBruiser.

* PromotedToPlayable: Mr. X is now a hidden character. Yes, he has the tommy gun. He's also unable to call for police backup.

* AxCrazy: You are re-introduced to Souther [[spoiler:while he is brutally slashing some poor offscreen fella to ribbons, standing on a giant pool of blood!]]

* MindScrew: Mr. X is [[spoiler:unlockable, and can defeat himself in the [=SOR1=] route to BECOME THE BOSS... wait, what?]]

* PaletteSwap: After you've beaten the game at least once, you can choose the color of your player character's outfit at the select screen.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard:
** Onihime and Yasha take off more of your health per successful impact than the ''final boss.'' In Mania, getting suplexed by either of them is a [[OneHitKO guaranteed death, no matter how high your health is!]] No other boss, not even in their respective game, does that much damage at once.
** The boss with knife-hands will ''shadow-step and counter'' any jumping attacks, and their reach is slightly longer than your own.
** Mr. X owns a Tommy-Gun, and is more than happy to mow down your character whenever he pleases! At least the bullets barely do any damage.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:If you fail to get out of Mr. X's building before time runs out in one route, all of the heroes die from the ensuing explosion, and their policeman ally makes a salute at their graves afterwards.]]

* MsFanservice: Rudra could well rival Blaze. She wears a vest that emphasizes [[BareYourMidriff her stomach]], she's got NavelDeepNeckline [[spoiler:especially in her unique ending]], she wears [[StockingFiller fishnet stockings]] that help to emphasize that ShesGotLegs, her skirt's short enough that you can get ''very brief'' panty shots if she kicks high, and the lower half of her outfit gives a subtle outline of her butt [[spoiler:if she BECOMES THE BOSS]].

** The [=SOR3=] style branch is completely absent, and as such, there is no mention of Rakushin and General Ivan (apart from a brief mention) does not make an appearance there.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Break, Axel's robot doppelganger from 3, is inexplicably the ''only'' enemy that does not appear in the remake in any capacity.

* FinalBoss: Mr X acts as this in most routes, speficically his [=SOR2=] version.
** In the [=SOR3=] route [[spoiler:Shiva is the final boss. You actually have the choice of trying to defeat him before or after you disable the bomb... it's extremely satisfying and difficult to beat him while the clock is ticking, [[ItsAWonderfulFailure but then you're left with an alternate version of the worst ending.]]]]

* [[ShopliftAndDie Shoplift and Pay]]: There's a shop (staffed by Blaze, of all people) that unlocks after you beat the game, enabling you to buy secret characters, cheats, and extras. Should you access the shop while your computer's clock is between 5 and 7 AM, Blaze will be asleep, and you can attempt to steal an item. The chance of successfully stealing an item is 50/50, and the computer decides this at random. If you fail, Blaze wakes up, screams "THIEF!" in your face, and you get banned from the shop until you beat the game again. If you succeed, however, you can get any one item — even the super-expensive ones like the [=SOREditor=] and the infinite lives cheat — for free... and you still end up locked out of the shop. And this time you have to pay Blaze back for the item you stole by beating the game. Did you steal the [=SORmaker=]? Have fun playing through the game 10+ times!

* MsFanservice: Rudra could well rival Blaze. She wears a vest that emphasizes [[BareYourMidriff her stomach]], she's got AbsoluteCleavage [[spoiler:especially in her unique ending]], she wears fishnet stockings that help to emphasize that ShesGotLegs, her skirt's short enough that you can get ''very brief'' panty shots if she kicks high, and the lower half of her outfit gives a subtle outline of her butt [[spoiler:if she BECOMES THE BOSS]].

* DevelopersForesight: How does Roo, a kangaroo with boxing gloves, ride motorcycles and motorboats? [[spoiler:He doesn't. Your nameless policeman buddy drives while Roo drives pillion!]] See also the spoiler under SmartBomb.

* NoFairCheating: Using cheats lowers your money points at the end. If you steal from the shop, you're forced to pay for it later.

* SmartBomb: The remake gives one of these to all but three of its 19 playable characters, though some are special fighting techniques that don't actually involve summoning the police. The three that don't get one are [[spoiler:Mr. X, who taunts you for trying to call the police (he ''is'' a crime lord, after all) and both the ''[=SOR2=]'' and ''[=SOR3=]'' versions of Shiva, for whom the "police call" button increases his speed as of version 5.1]].

* MsFanservice: Rudra could well rival Blaze. She wears a vest that emphasizes [[BareYourMidriff her stomach]], she's got AbsoluteCleavage [[spoiler:especially in her unique ending]], she wears fishnet stockings that help to emphasize that ShesGotLegs, her skirt's short enough that you can get ''very brief'' {{Panty Shot}}s if she kicks high, and the lower half of her outfit gives a subtle outline of her butt [[spoiler:if she BECOMES THE BOSS]].