Line #23 YMMV/Strider


1	!!YMMV pages for individual games in the series
2
3	[[index]]
4	* [[YMMV/StriderArcade Arcade Games]]
5	* [[YMMV/Strider2014 The 2014 Game]]
6	* YMMV/StriderReturns
7	[[/index]]
8
9	!!Tropes across media
10	* AntiClimaxBoss: Matic in the NES game. Matic will only parry your slashes, knocking your cypher away to render you defenseless. If you use the Plasma attack, he'll patiently await his chance to parry, only for his own weapon to be deflected for easy pickings.
11	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's common to see fanwork where Hien is a Keet to contrast TheStoic Hiryu.
12	* AdaptationDisplacement: Subversion. A common misconception about the ''Strider Hiryu'' manga was that it was an original creation by Moto Kikaku that Capcom decided to adapt into a game. In truth, the ''Strider Hiryu'' franchise was produced as a three-way collaboration between Moto Kikaku and Capcom. Moto Kikaku artist Tatsumi Wada worked on the manga version, while Capcom worked on two separate games made by different teams: an arcade version and an NES version. The manga and NES game follow the same general storyline, while the arcade version deviates completely from the story outside of a common setting in the form of Kazakh.
13	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: In particular, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaQwum7FGsw "Raid," the BGM for Stage 1 of the original game,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85KPBONLHFo gets one hell of a remix]] come ''Namco x Capcom''.
14	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cREri3qeKc8 The version]] in ''[=MvC1=]'' was pretty snazzy, too.
15	** And of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xvxu4kWGZ8 there's the rearrangement found in]] ''Ultimate [=MvC3=]''...
16	* CompleteMonster: Among the enemies the Striders fight, the following antagonists are definite proof that both [[HumansAreBastards humans]] and [[AliensAreBastards aliens]] can be monsters:
17	** [[Manga/{{Strider}} NES/Manga]]: [[BigBad Vice-Director Matic]] of the Strider organization seeks to TakeOverTheWorld. Having discovered Enterprise's ZAIN Brainwashing Project, Matic uses it to control Hiryu's sister and make her kill Strider trainees, forcing Hiryu to kill her himself. Staging the capture of Hiryu's friend Cain, Matic tries to force Hiryu to kill his friend, threatening to kill innocent civilians if he refuses. Cain's brainwashing is revealed to be part of Matic's scheme to kill Enterprise President Faysus/Faceas Clay and take control of the ZAIN project; Matic intends to keep his grip on the Striders as well so none can challenge his power over the entire planet.
18	** [[VideoGame/Strider2014 2014]] remake: [[BigBad Grandmaster Meio]] is the tyrannical ruler of the Earth. A GalacticConqueror from another world, Meio arrived on Earth and took it over in the span of a few years, establishing Kazakh City as his seat of power. However, his lust for power and control was not sated. He viewed the people of Earth as imperfect and longed to create a "[[MasterRace perfect race]]". To that end, he ordered his scientists to develop an anti-gravity device called the Gravitron, under the pretense that it would provide limitless energy to the people of Earth. In reality, Meio planned to use the Gravitron to pull his space station, the Third Moon, into Earth's orbit, which would cause worldwide natural disasters, killing off all of Earth's population and allowing Meio to create his perfect race. [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade Any scientist who learned the truth was hunted down and killed]], or, in the case of The Prisoner, tortured into insanity. Meio [[BadBoss kills subordinates]] who [[YouHaveFailedMe fail to meet his expectations]], such as [[MadScientist Professor Schlange]]. Eleven Striders before Hiryu tried and failed to kill Meio, one of them being Hien, [[HeroKiller whom Meio personally murdered]]. A being of pure evil and relentless ambition, Meio would stop at nothing to achieve his twisted version of perfection.
19	* CultClassic: The original game (both the arcade and console versions), ''Strider 2'', and SpiritualSuccessor ''[[VideoGame/CannonDancer Osman]]'' all have this status. Only time will tell if ''VideoGame/MoonDiver'' and the 2014 reboot will follow suit.
20	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Solo's popularity as one of Hiryu's most persistent rivals (appearing in all the games as well as the non canon ''Strider Returns'', ''Namco X Capcom'', and ''Project X Zone 2'') is only third to Tong Pooh and Hien.
21	* {{Fanon}}: Thanks to ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', there are a few misconceptions about him that are becoming this, most notably that he's 2021 years old through the use of advanced medicine[[note]]two facts that have never been mentioned in the official canon, with Hiryu being stated to be around his early 20 in both ''Strider'' and ''Strider 2''.[[/note]] and the existence of a teleporting device called "Vajra"[[note]]which is merely the name of one of his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' moves, where he uses FlashStep to gave the illusion of teleportation.[[/note]]
22	* IAmNotShazam: "Strider" is the name of the profession, similar to titling your game "[[VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine Space Marine]]"; the Strider you play as is named Hiryu. Even with the existence of other Striders, like Kain and Sheena in the NES game, and Hien in ''Strider 2'', people still make this mistake, at least in the FightingGame [[MediaNotes/FightingGameCommunity community]]. The Japanese version avoids this by using the name ''Strider Hiryu'' instead.
23	* MemeticMutation: The Russian senate turning into a giant hammer-and-sickle-wielding robot dragon in the first game is used as a prime example for just how ''weird'' the series is.
24	%%** Hiryu will "never leave Eurasia alive!"
25	* MoralEventHorizon: Matic in the [[Manga/{{Strider}} manga and its NES game adaptation]] never hid the fact he was not nice, while secretly in line with the [[MegaCorp Enterprise]] and their Zain [[MindControl Mind Control]] weapon. Then, he reveals to [[TheHero Hiryu]] that he set him up to kill all the figureheads of Enterprise so he'd have free way to claim their weapon, AND that he'd have the Striders' senile director killed and Hiryu and his friend Cain framed and executed for it. And even then, there's is the fact that he has known of the Zain Project for 3 years, implying that he staged the brainwashing of Hiryu's sister by Enterprise 2 years ago, which lead to her murdering 10 Strider trainees and Hiryu being forced to kill her, prompting his retirement.
26	%%* NightmareFuel: The ZAIN Project in the manga.
27	* ObviousBeta: The NES game is quite obviously a quick rush-job to fix and translate the unreleased Japanese original into English. This is most notable in the wonky controls and the very spotty collision detection (which in turns makes the Triangle Jump very difficult to perform without resorting to ButtonMashing to make it trigger since the game checks the way Hiryu is facing before he has an opportunity to change directions, causing the Triangle Jump attempt to fail, and since the player is still likely to be holding the buttons needed to trigger it 1 frame later, the game thinks the player doesn't want to try to trigger it again, as detailed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbYQOon4z84 here]]). When the Japanese prototype was dumped online, it was discovered that, outside of a general code cleanup and some layout changes, the game was pretty much the same.
28	%%* TearJerker:
29	%%** The death of Sheena at the hands of a brainwashed Cain in the manga.
30	%%** Hiryu being forced to kill his sister Mariya before the reveal that she was brainwashed by the ZAIN Project.

Context YMMV / Strider