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[[File:slai_5_5328.jpg|frame|The Sport of the Future is Here]]
 
A somewhat rare [[PSPlay Station 2]] game, SLAI Steel Lancer Arena International, is a sequel to the Xbox game, [[Phantom Crash]]. It keeps many of the same features, such as the trademark Stealth-capable [[Mini-Mecha]], although they underwent a name change. Set in 2071 (a few decades after the original), the sport of "Rumbling" (same as Phantom Crash: Mecha blowing each other and their surroundings up in semi-gladatorial deathmatches in urban settings) has underwent a boom in popularity, although, it's significantly safer (thanks to Remote-control technology) than it was back in the days of Club Wired... it's also, notably an international phenomenon now, with Rumbling arenas across the globe.
As the player, you start of as a new Rumbler with intent to making it to be the #1 Ranker... initially, that's all that matters: Win games, become an online-superstar, earn cash... then things take [[Plot Twist|interesting turns]]. Not unlike the original, you come across a wide array of characters, including the enigmatic [[Shout-Out|God Mode Team]], and many, many, many pop-culture references.
 
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This game gives examples of:
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* [[AFGNCAAP]]: [[Playing Withwith a Trope|Played with]]: Considering the game is "psuedo-online", every character in the game isn't quite what he/she looks like, because everyone is technically this, but has an online "Persona".
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: {{spoiler|JOL manages to break the 3 laws of robotics somehow and goes full-on [[Killer Robot]].}}
* [[A Mech Byby Any Other Name]]: SVs: '''S'''coot '''V'''ehicles. (The used to be called Scoobees, but that name lost popularity, but they're the same mecha).
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: The 1v1 battles. The Highest Rank Ranker fights are all one on one duels... which are a LOT easier than normal boss battles... and the [[Final Boss]] {{spoiler|Jack O Lantern}}'s mech is just an {{spoiler|unmodified Elint}}... virtually identical to a Ranker in Germany.
* [[Attack Drone]]: Dusters return from the last game, but now there's Sweepers, which are slightly stronger, and carry missile launchers.
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* [[Boss Rush]]: Master Rank battles, which are high-level rumbles that only Rankers (and DD) can enter... Considering the hardlined kirby-styled [[Boss Dissonance]]... these are notably [[Nintendo Hard]].
* [[Bragging Rights Reward]]: Ardito, Elint, Molynia.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The opening cutscene mentions The First Ranker battle took place on New York Field. And that's exactly where the final boss fight takes place. {{spoiler|Pay no attention to the fact that someone hacked their way to a muscle-relaxant formula from a pharmaceutical lab... that can't have anything to do with the Rumbling... [[Oh, Wait!]].}}
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: The KNT's melee weapon is normal chainsaw... The Proton's combines this with [[Katanas Are Just Better]] for a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Chainsaw Katana]].
* [[Cherry Tapping]]: You can beat high-end rankers in a Sweeper. Or take down {{spoiler|JOL}} in an uncustomized Carro, like the one you do your first rumble in.
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* [[Dual-Wielding]]: You can dual-wield any two arm or shoulder weapons. In some cases it's actually viable to quad-wield certain weapons, up to, and including the [[BFG|BFGs]], provided you can manage the weight. And yes, you can dual wield the previously mentioned Chainsaw Katana.
* [[Die, Chair, Die!]]: Destructible terrain from [[Phantom Crash]] is still here, and still worth extra money when shot.
* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: This game is a mecha arena fighter. Nothing else.
* [[Exploding Barrels]]: Any destructible terrain when shot... explodes. Although it never does damage to nearby enemies.
* [[Final Boss]]: A very intimidating SV with a shark-mouth paint job that you cannot obtain. {{spoiler|The boss character is also splutteringly insane, and... that paint job is the only thing that differentiates his SV from the other 3 Elint models you could've fought by now. (And the one you can obtain after beating him.)}}
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* [[Gatling Good]]: Diavolo and it's Boss-only Cousin Vampiro.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: See [[Dual-Wielding]].
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Lynx locks himself in his own SV, which is an old [[Phantom Crash]] model instead of a remote control modern SV to avoid being arrested. This, ironically, serves to get him killed by JOL, after you wreck him.}}
* [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity +1 Mech]]: The three Boss SVs, one of which is the Final Boss's mech from [[Phantom Crash]] (It's also {{spoiler|Lynx, the Second Ranker's}}), and another is the final boss's mech from this game. Sadly, they're [[Awesome but Impractical]].
* [[Killer Robot]]: {{spoiler|JOL}}
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