History VideoGame / XenoFighters

* GameBreaker: Winbee, before [[PutOnABus she was removed]], was by far the most powerful ship with a wide spread, heavy firepower, and killed most anything before it even fired. Some of her arsenal was added to Twinbee as alternate weaponry when she got removed. Twinbee ended up getting removed later on as well.
** In XFEX, the Ultima-X was pretty much the same way, plus a bomb that lasted forever.
** In XF-R, [[{{Pokemon}} Gengar]], also scrapped, was broken on all levels, having powerful fullscreen attacks and a [[DragonBall Kamehameha-like]] Bomber that killed anything in one use.

Xeno Fighters is a ShootEmUp fan game designed by [=JudgeSpear=] (whom you may know from MushroomKingdomFusion) drawing from RaidenFighters primarily, but references to and bosses from other shooters are rife throughout the stages.

The wiki can be found [[http://xenofighters.wikia.com/wiki/Xeno_Fighters_R_Wiki here]], which links to videos, and general information. The Shmups forums thread can be found [[http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=23513 here]].

* FrickinLaserBeams: Amada Vipros's Serpent Seeker subweapon, Zaiva's Fragarach's Gale, and the Raiden mk-II's Plasma Lock-On Beam.

* {{Leitmotif}}A number of the [[{{GuestFighter}} guest fighters]] have their own stage clear music, primarily from their source games. Some of them go so far as to have their own theme [[spoiler:during the final half of Stage 9.]]

** Zaiva has a similar theme in its weapons, taken from legendary weapons from Irish myth.

* MarathonLevel: The [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon true final stage]], Stage 9 ([[SpaceStation Tor Inis]]) lasts '''over seven minutes''' from start to boss appearance. Compare this to other stages that are about two minutes to four minutes long.

* MarathonLevel: The [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon true final stage]], Stage 9 ([[SpaceStation BRES Colony]]) lasts '''over seven minutes''' from start to boss appearance. Compare this to other stages that are about two minutes to four minutes long.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Keto again. [[spoiler: And again, not really applicable. While all the Keto are reptilian, only the war criminals who started the whole mess qualify as "abhorrent".]]

* TheCameo: The [[GuestFighter guest roster of playable fighters]], along with many bosses of the game. All of them have no connection to the plot [[spoiler:except for [[BattleGaregga Black Heart and Black Heart mk2]] and the P-38]].

* ThatOneBoss: The v0.6 rendition of Jade Hydra is this.

* GameBreaker: Winbee, before [[PutOnABus she was removed]], was by far the most powerful ship with a wide spread, heavy firepower, and killed most anything before it even fired. Some of her arsenal was added to Twinbee as alternate weaponry when she got removed.

* ThemeNaming: Most bosses have a name consisting of (metal/gemstone) (Greek or Celtic mythical creature). Silver Banshee, Jasper Gigas, Jade Hydra, Obsidian Peryton, etc. Zaiva has a similar theme in its weapons, taken from legendary weapons from Irish myth.

* MultipleEndings: Three endings are planned. The worst is [[spoiler: BRES pulling off an emergency [[EarthShatteringKaboom activation of every fault line and supervolcano on the planet]] to protect their past campaign fronts]]. The medium is [[spoiler: destroying the Dreadnought Echidna...but BRES successfully shuts down the rift leading to their base, meaning they're still out there]]. The best is [[BRES's base and campaign being hopelessly crippled, and humanity coming into contact with the primary, peaceable Keto population]].

* TheEmpire: The Keto. [[spoiler: Actually, the Keto warring with Earth are a bunch of war criminals and their armies exiled ''from'' the Keto homeworld after their failed attempt to turn it into The Empire. BRES is part of their plot to turn Earth into a colony ahead of schedule.]]

* FrickinLaserBeams: Amada Vipros' Serpent Seeker subweapon, plus the Raiden mk-II's Plasma Lock-On Beam.
* FunWithAcronyms: '''B'''lack '''R'''each '''E'''ternal '''S'''tratocracy, derived from Bres, a major leader of the Fomorians in Irish myth.

* ThemeNaming: Most bosses have a name consisting of (metal/gemstone) (Greek or Celtic mythical creature). Silver Banshee, Jasper Gigas, Jade Hydra, Obsidian Peryton, etc.
* TimeyWimeyBall

* TheCameo: The [[GuestFighter guest roster of playable fighters]], along with many bosses of the game. All of them have no connection to the plot [[spoiler:except for [[BattleGaregga Black Heart and Black Heart mk2]] and the P-38]]

* ZeroWingrish: An optional setting to further emulate the arcade experience.

The current iteration in development is Xeno Fighters R, with vastly improved engine, art, and game mechanics over Xeno Fighters EX.

* FaceHeelTurn: A war hero of the first war with the Kato assists BRES because he feels that Earth has descended into decay.
* GameBreaker: Winbee, before she was removed, was by far the most powerful ship with a wide spread, heavy firepower, and killed most anything before it even fired. Some of her arsenal was added to Twinbee as alternate weaponry when she got removed.

* JokeCharacter: The Galaga ship.

* TheCameo: The guest roster, along with many bosses of the game.

* FaceHeelTurn: A war hero of the first war with the Kato assists BRES because he feels that Earth has descended into decay.*

Xeno Fighters is a ShootEmUp FanGame designed by JudgeSpear (whom you may know from MushroomKingdomFusion) drawing from primarily RaidenFighters, but references to and bosses from other shooters are rife throughout the stages.

The current iteration in development is Xeno Fighters R, with vastly improved engine, art, and game mechanics.

** In the original, the Ultima-X was pretty much the same way, plus a bomb that lasted forever.

FaceHeelTurn: A war hero of the first war with the Kato assists BRES because he feels that Earth has descended into decay.
GameBreaker: Winbee, before she was removed, was by far the most powerful ship with a wide spread, heavy firepower, and killed most anything before it even fired. Some of her arsenal was added to Twinbee as alternate weaponry when she got removed.
* In the original, the Ultima-X was pretty much the same way, plus a bomb that lasted forever.
JokeCharacter: The Galaga ship.
LethalJokeCharacter: The 194x series P-38.
TheCameo: The guest roster, along with many bosses of the game.
TimeyWimeyBall