The PROTOCOL Anthology is a [nonexistent] 2009 third-person shooter/action RPG hybrid with 1 main prequel campaign centered around Mikado, 3 humorous side-ops stories centered around other characters, as well a local/online multiplayer component.
- Origin of PROTOCOL: The main focus of the Anthology, and also the longest; a prequel to the first Famicom game focusing on Mikado and how he meets Leon and shapes the events of the series.
- Déjà Vu: A brief summation of the first game, with the other party members acting like that game’s Quirky Miniboss Squad. In the end it was revealed to be a set up for Leon’s birthday, and the 20th anniversary of the series as a whole.
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- PROTOCOL Online: Anthology's multiplayer component. The title is misleading since Online does not have only online multiplayer; it also has local multiplayer for 1-4 players. The modes include Free-For-All, Team Deathmatch, Survival, Capture-The-Flag, King Of The Hill, and Hill Flag.
Anthology was included along with Saga in The PROTOCOL HD Collection [not] released in 2015 for the Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Steam.The game has 7 Difficulty Levels:
- Very Easy
- Easy
- Normal
- Advanced
- Hard
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Expert - Extreme-Expert
Tropes related to Origin
- Hopeless Boss Fight: The fight against Leon where Mikado pilots Gunner Gerdanlant, since it's a recreation of PROTOCOL I's Final Boss. Fortunately, Mikado survives and the game continues.
- Zero-Effort Boss: The joke boss "fight" against Noel is deliberately pathetically easy. Even on Extreme-Expert difficulty it is impossible to lose.
Characters
(Most tropes on each character's main page also apply here.)
Origin of PROTOCOL
Mikado
Voiced by Ryō Horikawa (Japanese)
Voiced by Tim Curry (English)
- Doomed by Canon: He loses to Leon in his fight in Gunner Gerdanlant. However, he doesn't die.
- Faking the Dead: How he survives the Hopeless Boss Fight.
- Friendly Enemy: To Leon
- Villain Protagonist: Of Origin
- Worthy Opponent: Sees Leon as this. The feeling is mutual.
Leon Sierra
Voiced by Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese)
Voiced by Quinton Flynn (English)
- Child Soldier: He's about 14 by the time of Origin, but he's far more than competent in a fight.
- Heel–Face Turn: Although, like Mikado he was never truly evil.
- Hero Antagonist: Serves as the secondary antagonist of Origin of PROTOCOL.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Large Ham
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Mikado brings this out in him. As he becomes a better soldier the more he fights Mikado, it actually helps him become a nicer person.
- Worthy Opponent
