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=== The series exhibits the following tropes: ===
=== The series exhibits the following tropes: ===
* [[Anti Grinding]]: Players that milk bosses will find nasty surprises in the form of undodgeable patterns or sudden death waves.
* [[Anti-Grinding]]: Players that milk bosses will find nasty surprises in the form of undodgeable patterns or sudden death waves.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Most of the impressive-looking weaponry is far outclassed by ships with boring-looking but effective weaponry, especially the Slave's. [[Awesome Yet Practical|The Flying Ray and Ixion's laser attacks follow a different rule, though.]]
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Most of the impressive-looking weaponry is far outclassed by ships with boring-looking but effective weaponry, especially the Slave's. [[Awesome Yet Practical|The Flying Ray and Ixion's laser attacks follow a different rule, though.]]
* [[Bad Export for You]]: ''Raiden Fighters 2 2000'' is easier than Raiden Fighters 2, and the hardware was simpler (i.e. cheaper), sacrificing the sound quality. Why is this a bad export? One would assume that since it was primarily for the Chinese market, the cost needed to be dropped. [[Irony|Ironically]], this inferior sound sounds ''better'' in MAME, since the better-sounding sound is not yet fully emulated (the intended generally-upbeat techno sounds like hokey hardcore techno instead).
* [[Bad Export for You]]: ''Raiden Fighters 2 2000'' is easier than Raiden Fighters 2, and the hardware was simpler (i.e. cheaper), sacrificing the sound quality. Why is this a bad export? One would assume that since it was primarily for the Chinese market, the cost needed to be dropped. [[Irony|Ironically]], this inferior sound sounds ''better'' in MAME, since the better-sounding sound is not yet fully emulated (the intended generally-upbeat techno sounds like hokey hardcore techno instead).
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* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Expert Mode maxes out the bullet speed of enemies and gives them revenge bullets upon death.
* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Expert Mode maxes out the bullet speed of enemies and gives them revenge bullets upon death.
* [[Homage]]: ''Jet'''s campaign is more or less taken out of Image Fight.
* [[Homage]]: ''Jet'''s campaign is more or less taken out of Image Fight.
* [[It's a Wonderful Failure|It's A Wonderful Failure]]: In ''Jet'', fulfill the conditions for the bad ending (continue in Real Battle 2, or die at least once in Real Battle 1) and you're told that nuclear materials have been stolen because you didn't arrive on time and as the screen fades, an explosion is heard. It's implied that the [[Right Wing Militia Fanatic|right-wing terrorists]] used it to make a nice city-sized crater.
* [[It's a Wonderful Failure|It's A Wonderful Failure]]: In ''Jet'', fulfill the conditions for the bad ending (continue in Real Battle 2, or die at least once in Real Battle 1) and you're told that nuclear materials have been stolen because you didn't arrive on time and as the screen fades, an explosion is heard. It's implied that the [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic|right-wing terrorists]] used it to make a nice city-sized crater.
* [[Joke Character]]: The Raiden Mk. II ship, despite being the slowest and weakest to start with, [[Lethal Joke Character|is a subversion of this when powered up]], but any ship with the word "Beast" slapped on to it plays it straight with the biggest hitbox (bigger than some patterns' holes!) and worst, longest-to-charge weaponry.
* [[Joke Character]]: The Raiden Mk. II ship, despite being the slowest and weakest to start with, [[Lethal Joke Character|is a subversion of this when powered up]], but any ship with the word "Beast" slapped on to it plays it straight with the biggest hitbox (bigger than some patterns' holes!) and worst, longest-to-charge weaponry.
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Several ships' charged Missile weapon attacks, most notably the Chaser series' charged Missile attack.
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Several ships' charged Missile weapon attacks, most notably the Chaser series' charged Missile attack.
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* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]
* [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]]
* [[One Up]]: Almost entirely averted; the only way to get 1-ups is to complete a loop in a multi-loop difficulty setting. This has the effect of making, for instance, ''Jet'''s Simulation Level 50, impossible to reach on one credit without fulfilling a different, counterintuitive requirement.
* [[One Up]]: Almost entirely averted; the only way to get 1-ups is to complete a loop in a multi-loop difficulty setting. This has the effect of making, for instance, ''Jet'''s Simulation Level 50, impossible to reach on one credit without fulfilling a different, counterintuitive requirement.
* [[Right Wing Militia Fanatic]]: The main villains in ''Jet'''s Real Battle campaign, instead of the usual evil dictatorships.
* [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic]]: The main villains in ''Jet'''s Real Battle campaign, instead of the usual evil dictatorships.
* [[Shows Damage]]
* [[Shows Damage]]
* [[Smart Bomb]]: Several
* [[Smart Bomb]]: Several
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