History YMMV / EndlessFrontier

%%* EvilIsSexy: Saya and T-elos

** The [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Katanas]] aka Saya {{clon|ingBlues}}es in ''EXCEED'': they require more than just one full {{Combo}} string to go down and are capable of dishing out its own long, attack strings. God bless players if they happen to do battle with more than one of them at the same time. We're looking at you, [[FlunkyBoss Mark]] [[ThatOneBoss Hunter]].

* FanWank: The aforementioned {{Fanon}} flub inveritably led to this, specifically among those who refused to ignore the mistranslation. To them, in "the American {{Continuity}}", [[spoiler:Lemon's (or rather, the "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Shadow-Mirror]]" AlternateUniverse version of Excellen's) father called "Raymond" is the one who began the W-Series. When his daughter was killed in the shuttle crash, Lemon, after being resurrected through robotics and science, switched the focus to androids after taking over [[CloningBlues in order to understand herself]]]]. Some players even summed it up due to Aschen misreading the name as a result of her occasionally buggy nature, but also because the computer she reads it from is heavily damaged, thus justifies the flub. It would ultimately be {{Jossed}} in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration The Moon Dwellers]]'', as Haken casually mentions that the person who created him [[spoiler:is female, whom he explicitly calls "his mother"]].

-->'''Haken''': *sigh* "I'm starting to wonder which side is supposed to be the bad guys..."

* ThatOneBoss

* NamesTheSame: Obviously characters in the ''Endless Frontier'' games having the same surname as those in ''Original Generation''. {{Lampshaded}} InUniverse during ''The Moon Dwellers'' - most of the "[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGenerationSteelDragonBattleGroup Steel Dragon Battle Group]]" are puzzled Haken has Excellen's surname. Naturally, [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Kyosuke Nanbu]] quickly puts two-and-two togther by pointing almost everything about Haken links back to the Shadow-Mirror.
-->'''Kyosuke''': (Shadow Mirror, Browning...and Axel. The answer that can be deduced from this is...)

** {{Downplayed}} in the first game after Reiji, Xiaomu and KOS-MOS were unveiled as playable characters, since the three of them previously pulled a {{Crossover}} stint in ''Namco X Capcom''. That ''Endless Frontier'' was initially promoted as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Namco X Capcom'' and co-developed by Banpresto with Creator/MonolithSoft (who were responsible for the latter), had some people correctly guess Reiji and Xiaomu would be added onto the roster.

* TheissTitillationTheory: No matter what, Kaguya will never pop out of that dress of hers like she ought to, nor will players ever get to see if Neige Hausen's legs go all the way up for a PantyShot, yet it still feels it might every time her LimitBreak is used.

* FoeYay: Why would [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Dorothy Mistral]] have a statue of her [[TheRival rival]] BountyHunter [[Characters/EndlessFrontier John Moses]], when he was in his 30s, in her bedroom?

** The first fight with Kyon: [[FlunkyBoss she and her "Joker Soldier" flunkies]] inflict StandardStatusEffects with their attacks at a point in the first game where players can only use items to remove them (unless they LevelGrind Kaguya to gain the "Prayer" Spirit Command[[note]]Remove a negative status effect on an allied party member[[/note]]). Should Kyon attack one party member instead of three, there's a chance it's going to be a long {{Combo}} string that includes her "[[LimitBreak Overdrive]]".

** Before Reiji and Xiaomu join the party, [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Kaguya Nanbu, Aschen Brodel and Princess Suzuka]] cheerfully talk about beating information out of [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Kyon Feulion]]:

* EvenBetterSequel: ''Endless Frontier EXCEED'' has vastly improves upon the foundation of its predecessor: ''EXCEED''[='=]s revamped combat system allows players to be able to properly gauge when enemies will pull a Forced Evasion (and each enemy has their own chance rate of Force Evasion), added new skills to use and tweaked some of the past ones, players can use 3 skill sets and switch between them on the fly in and out of battles, added a system that encourages mixing skills up to save on COM%, tweaked the Frontier Gauge to not only be carried over between fights, but have character's special skills use a portion of it rather than cost SP, players can perform a Forced Evasion when being attacked (if a party member's HP is below 30% and the F.Gauge is at least 50%), added a plethora of customizable assist characters who can give passive buffs and stat boosts, rebalances some of the Spirits in the game, frontline members can be switched out with the ones in the reserve party or have them tank an enemy's attack, encourages players to win with a high hit count to recover SP between battles, and finishing a battle with either an Overdrive, Assist Attack, or Support Attack rewards more EXP, Gold, or F.Gauge respectively. The game's visuals has seen subtle improvements, features an even bigger soundtrack with remixes from the first game, and the game features sidequests and a bonus dungeon for its NewGamePlus, all while offering a bigger challenge and longer story.

--->'''Haken''': *sigh* "I'm starting to wonder which side is supposed to be the bad guys..."

%%* EarWorm: [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Koma's]] {{Leitmotif}}

* ContinuityLockout: Not as bad as the main ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' {{Continuity}}, where the developers insisted the games must be played to fully absorb its narrative, but it still exists in ''Endless Frontier'', as this setting relies heavily on what occurred in-between events throughout ''Original Generation''. Moreover, several {{Unexpected Character}}s would wind up entering the Endless Frontier in the ''EXCEED'' {{Sequel}}, but don't provide {{Exposition}} as to how and why, thus one must know from the ''Original Generation'' games no matter what. And that's all to say nothing of the crossover characters like [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Reiji, Xiaomu, and Saya]] or [[{{VideoGame/Xenosaga}} KOS-MOS and T-Elos]], whose backstories are also largely unexplained.
* SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Upon hearing that she and [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Reiji Arisu can't get home, Xiaomu]] immediately turns to Reiji and tells him she wants to settle down with him.

** The [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Katanas]] aka [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Saya]] [[CloningBlues clones]] in ''EXCEED'': they require more than just one full {{Combo}} string to go down and are capable of dishing out its own long, attack strings. God bless players if they happen to do battle with more than one of them at the same time. We're looking at you, [[spoiler:[[FlunkyBoss Mark]] [[ThatOneBoss Hunter]]]].

%%* EvilIsSexy: Saya and [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} T-ELOS]]

** The first fight with Kyon: she [[FlunkyBoss and her "Joker Soldier" flunkies]] inflict StandardStatusEffects with their attacks at a point in the first game where players can only use items to remove them (unless they LevelGrind Kaguya to gain the "Prayer" Spirit Command[[note]]Remove a negative status effect on an allied party member[[/note]]). Should Kyon attack one party member instead of three, there's a chance it's going to be a long {{Combo}} string that includes her "[[LimitBreak Overdrive]]".

** {{Downplayed}} in the first game after Reiji, Xiaomu and KOS-MOS were unveiled as playable characters, since the three of them previously pulled a {{Crossover}} stint in ''Namco X Capcom''. That ''Endless Frontier'' was initiallly promoted as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Namco X Capcom'' and co-developed by Banpresto with Creator/MonolithSoft (who were responsible for the latter), had some people correctly guess Reiji and Xiaomu would be added onto the roster.

* ContinuityLockout: Not as bad as the main ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' {{Continuity}}, where the developers insisted the games must be played to fully absorb its narrative, but it still exists in ''Endless Frontier'', as this setting relies heavily on what occurred in-between events throughout ''Original Generation''. Moreover, several {{Unexpected Character}}s would wind up entering the Endless Frontier in the ''EXCEED'' {{Sequel}}, but don't provide {{Exposition}} as to how and why, thus one must know from the ''Original Generation'' games no matter what.

* SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Upon hearing that she and Reji can't get home, Xiaomu immediately turns to Reji and tells him she wants to settle down with him.
* DesignatedHero: Ironically, [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu]] note that sometimes the native part of the gang acts just as bad as the villains.
** Before Reiji and Xiaomu join up, [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Kaguya Nanbu, Aschen Brodel and Princess Suzuka]] cheerfully talk about beating information out of [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Kyon Feulion]]:
--->'''Haken''': *sigh* I'm starting to wonder which side is supposed to be the bad guys...

** The [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Katanas]] aka [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Saya]] [[CloningBlues clones]] in ''EXCEED'': they require more than just one full combo string to go down and are capable of dishing out its own long, attack string. God bless if you happen to do battle with more than one of them at the same time. We're looking at you, [[spoiler:[[FlunkyBoss Mark]] [[ThatOneBoss Hunter]]]].
** The "surfer" sub-class {{mooks}} have ridiculous high amounts of speed (thus higher initiative to go first in combat) and if they want to, attack you before you can strike back.
* EarWorm: [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Koma's]] {{Leitmotif}}
* EvilIsSexy: Saya and [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} T-ELOS]]
* {{Fanon}}: Because of {{Woolseyism}} regarding the mistranslation of [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Lemon Browning]] into "Raymond" Browning]] in the localization, fans have suggested the latter is the name of [[spoiler:[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Excellen Browning]] and Lemon's father]]. This has led to an inveritable...
** FanWank: This flub has become a wank among those who refuse to ignore the mistranslation. To them, in "the American continuity", [[spoiler:Lemon's (or rather, the "[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Shadow-Mirror]]" AlternateUniverse version of Excellen's) father called "Raymond" is the one who began the W-Series. When his daughter was killed in the shuttle crash, Lemon, after being resurrected through robotics and science, switched the focus to androids after taking over [[CloningBlues in order to understand herself]]]]. While canon for ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' has not officially {{Jossed}} this, most players find this theory ridiculous due to overextending WildMassGuessing as a result of a mistranslating a name.
** Some might sum it up due to Aschen misreading the name as a result of her occasionally buggy nature, but also because the computer she reads from is heavily damaged.
** Jossed in ''The Moon Dwellers'', Haken mentions that the person who created him is Female, as he calls her mother.
* FoeYay: Why would [[Characters/EndlessFrontier Dorothy Mistral]] have a statue of her [[TheRival rival]] bounty hunter [[Characters/EndlessFrontier John Moses]], when he was in his 30s, in her bedroom?

* {{Narm}}: Agrado Heim's primary motivation. As dangerous as it sounds, it's basically a [[spoiler:multi-dimensional "go green" project]].

-->'''Kyosuke''':( Shadow Mirror, Browning ... and Axel. The answer that can be deduced from this is ... )
* ScrappyMechanic: "[[ComboBreaker Forced Evasion]]" in the first game; rectified in the sequel with more strict requirements for enemies to trigger it. Additionally, allied characters can ''also'' use this by sacrificing the "[[LimitBreak Frontier Gauge]]".

** The first fight with Kyon: she [[FlunkyBoss and her Joker Soldier flunkies]] inflict StandardStatusEffects with their attacks at a point in the first game where players can only use items to remove them (unless they LevelGrind Kaguya to gain the "Prayer" Spirit Command[[note]]Remove a negative status effect on an allied party member[[/note]]). Should Kyon attack one party member instead of three, there's a chance it's going to be a long combo string that includes her "[[LimitBreak Overdrive]]".
** In ''EXCEED'', Mark '''FUCKING''' Hunter: another FlunkyBoss with ''[[DemonicSpiders three Katanas]]'', exceptionally devastating and LONG attack string and a heavyweight, despite appearances. Chances are if he targets one party member for a combo, expect that character to be knocked out.
* TheissTitillationTheory: You know in your heart that Kaguya's never going to pop out of that dress like she ought to, nor will you get to see if Neige's legs go all the way up, but it still feels like this time might be it every time you use their LimitBreak.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Almost no one expected Axel, [[spoiler:Alfimi and Kouta]] from the main ''Original Generation'' continuity to make a pit stop for ''Endless Frontier'', despite Axel's stated intentions at the end of ''Original Generation Gaiden''. Mark Hunter, on the other hand, blew them out of the water for not having reappeared in another video game for nearly '''20 years'''.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Aside from the one glaring mistake above, Creator/{{Atlus}} added their usual amount of benevolent tweaks. Among other things, ''Franchise/TombRaider'' and ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' get {{Shout Out}}s.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Upon hearing that she and Reji can't get home, Xiaomu immediately turns to Reji and tells him she wants to settle down with him.

* TheissTitillationTheory: You know in your heart that Kaguya's never going to pop out of that dress like she ought to, nor will you get to see if Ness's legs go all the way up, but it feels like this time might be it every time you use their LimitBreak.