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* ''Langrisser IV'' - Saturn (1997). Also released on Playstation.
* ''Langrisser V: The End of Legend'' - Saturn (1998). Also released on Playstation.
* ''Langrisser Millennium'' - [[Sega Dreamcast]] (1999).
* ''Langrisser Millennium WS: The Last Century'' - Bandai [[Wonder Swan]] (2000).
So far, only a few games have been translated into English. In 1992, Treco released ''Langrisser'' stateside under the title of ''Warsong'', and a fan-made translation of the PC version exists. There is also a fan-made translation of the SNES remake of ''Langrisser II'', ''Der Langrisser'', which probably deserves a page of its own. As the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|subtitle of]] ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Langrisser V]]'' [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|suggests]], the series concluded right around the time Sega abandoned the [[Sega Saturn]]. NCS went on to produce the ''Millenium'' [[Gaiden Game|spinoff]] series without the input of the main series development team, with unfavorable results.
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* [[A Father to His Men]]: General Valk and General Lanford in ''Langrisser IV''.▼
* [[A God Am I]]: [[Big Bad|Gizlof]]'s main goal in ''Langrisser IV''. ▼
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: [[Fire Emblem|Just like another famous TurnBasedStrategy series out there]].
* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: General Wiler to the King of Caconsis.
* [[Bleached Underpants]]: The series' character designs are by noted ''ecchi'' and ''hentai'' artist Satoshi Urushihara, who also worked on more recent series ''[[Growlanser]]''. The man is fond of reusing his character designs [[Fetish Fuel|in his more adult art]].
* [[Blob Monster]]: The slimes that show up in the fourth mission in ''Langrisser'', which are resistant to physical attacks. You're not actually trying to beat them... you just need to [[Hold the Line|stay alive long enough]] for them to retreat. They are, however, weak against [[Kill It with Fire|fire]], which is used by {{spoiler|Chris' guardsmen when she and Sir Thorne come to rescue you at the halfway point}}.
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Happens to {{spoiler|Rachel}} in ''Langrisser IV''.
* [[Cyborg]]: McLaine, one of the characters from Langrisser IV, is converted to this due to Gizlof's experiments. ▼
* [[Costume Porn]]: The character designs. Costumes are lavish, hair is [[Anime Hair|over-the-top]], and considering that Satoshi Urushihara is the man behind them, porn is an ideal word for it.
* [[Crutch Character]]: Volkov
▲* [[Cyborg]]: McLaine, one of the characters from ''Langrisser IV'', is converted to this due to Gizlof's experiments.
* [[Different As Night and Day]]:
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Ubiquitous in ''Warsong''.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Lambda, one of the heroines from ''Langrisser V'', starts out as this.
▲* [[A Father to His Men]]: General Valk and General Lanford in ''Langrisser IV''.
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: Rachel, one of the heroines from ''Langrisser IV'', is said to have extraordinary magic power, {{spoiler|which [[Big Bad|Gizlof]] later uses to power his superweapon}}. However, in terms of gameplay, she is mostly relegated to being the party healer.
▲* [[A God Am I]]: [[Big Bad|Gizlof]]'s main goal in ''Langrisser IV''.
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Angelina is secretly jealous of her sister Shelfanil, who is beloved by everyone for her kind nature.
* [[Heroic Lineage]]: Throughout the series, the protagonist is one of the "Descendants of Light" who have the capacity to wield the [[Sword of Plot Advancement]], Langrisser. {{spoiler|This is subverted with Landius, the hero of ''Langrisser IV''
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: In one of the paths in ''Langrisser IV'', {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Gizlof]] brings this out in the final stage as a hidden card against the heroes. Destroying it nets you a bad ending since it is piloted by Rachel
▲* [[Heroic Lineage]]: Throughout the series, the protagonist is one of the "Descendants of Light" who have the capacity to wield the [[Sword of Plot Advancement]], Langrisser. {{spoiler|This is subverted with Landius, the hero of ''Langrisser IV''.}}
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Gizlof.
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: This happens to General Valk and General Lanford in ''Langrisser IV''.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Langrisser sword. It's name is German for "lung ripper".
* [[Not Blood Siblings]]:
* [[Oddball in the Series]]: ''Langrisser III'' introduces new gameplay mechanics, but most of them get rolled back in the games that follow.
* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]: The [[Mooks]] under you all only have one hit point each (with a couple of exceptions), which is part of what makes the hero characters...
* [[One-Man Army]]: Every hero under your control will probably kill at least a hundred enemy soldiers over the course of the game. Yes, even that healer/caster in your back line.
* [[Plant Person]]:
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Present in
* [[Red Shirt]]: The Civilians being protected by Chris in Scenario 2 of ''Langrisser'' have zero attack power, and are rather swiftly killed off by the roving barbarians on the map.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: [[Chainmail Bikini|ChainmailBikinis]] and leotards for all! See [[Costume Porn]] and [[Bleached Underpants]] entries above.
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Langrisser.
* [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Staple gameplay mechanic. ''Langrisser I'' uses soldiers > archers > cavalry > soldiers. ''Langrisser II'' and the games that follow switch to soldiers > spearmen > cavalry > soldiers.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Those who have played ''Langrisser IV'' should know that the King of Caconsis is a colossal idiot who gets himself (and his country by default) into trouble at every possible moment. It is a miracle that 1. his two daughters do not take after him at all, and 2. the whole country has not been run to ground.
* [[The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter]]: The King of Caconsis and his hot daughters Shelfanil and Angelina.
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Shelfanil from ''Langrisser IV''.
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== ''Der Langrisser'' provides examples of ==
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Hein is just the cute plucky sidekick, right? Except that his two best class-change paths lead to him becoming either a wizard on the level of Jessica or Eggbert, or the game's foremost [[Magic Knight]], with access to healing spells, support magic, an awesome summon, and a formidable sword attack.
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* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: The Goddess of Light is a racist, [[The Empire]] is a bunch of ruthless conquerors, the Demon Tribe are led by a psychotic monster, and even if you avoid all of these, you're still a backstabbing Lu Bu who racks up a massive body count in the name of peace and justice.
** [[Gray and Grey Morality]]: [[Black and White Morality|Light]] vs. [[Hobbes Was Right|the Empire]] vs. [[Nay Theist|Independent]]. Chaos is the "black
* [[Black Knight]]: Lance.
* [[Broken Aesop]]: Done intentionally here, where the only path that isn't racist still involves the unification of the continent through force of arms.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: The Independent path requires you to backstab every faction you work with. Betraying the Empire, in particular, is portrayed as something done solely for your own power rather than for the good of everyone.
** The problem being that every path shift seems to shift Elwin's personality dramatically and instantly.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: In the Independent path, {{spoiler|you get to kill Lushiris, who is a goddess. It's not even very hard, since by that point in the game, you'll be insanely powerful yourself
** You can do the same with {{spoiler|Chaos in one of the Light endings, though it's Eggbert who finishes him off
* [[Elite Tweak]]: This game has a lot of these. One of the biggest is how you can start Elwin off as a Warlock, which requires only a tiny fraction of the experience that other classes need to level up, allowing you to get your first class change near the beginning of the ''second scenario''.
** Further compounded by the fact that one of the quiz paths leading to Warlock allows Elwin to start with obscenely high stats (31 AT - 21 DF). Considering that ''Der Langrisser'' is about the easiest game ever made, it's really just a wee bit silly.
** Most characters' class development paths have "best practices" that are usually easiest to determine by reading a guide.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Everyone treats the Demon Tribe as if they were [[Exclusively Evil]] when that is simply untrue. ''Some'' of them were subjected to [[More Than Mind Control]] by Bozer, but for the most part, they only supported Chaos because everyone else treated them like crap. This actually makes the Light path [[Light Is Not Good|seem really horrific if you think about it]], as it implies the continued marginalization and possible genocide of an entire race just because Lushiris never liked them, and they have funny ears.
* [[Hazy Feel Turn]]: Light to Imperial. Even more so, Light to Independent taken as a whole.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Necessary for the Independent path.
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Depending on which side you take... well, really, most of the NPCs. Leon is among the noblest of the characters
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Independent Elwin. He's gone through a lot of [[Heel Face Revolving Door|messy]] [[Character Development]] that has left him murderously cynical of all the factions' goals and methods, and now he's fighting so that [[The Extremist Was Right|everyone in El Sallia can finally live in peace]].
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: The motivation for the Empire's heroes.
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