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Produced by G.REV, the same developers who released ''[[Metal Black]]'' and ''[[Border Down]]'', ''Senko no Ronde'' is a [[Shoot 'Em Up|SHMUP]]-[[X Meets Y|meets]]-[[Fighting Game|Fighter]] game featureing two-dimensional movement. The vehicles, called Rounders, fight in a circular field with a variety of [[More Dakka|bullets]], [[Macross Missile Massacre|missiles]], and [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser]] [[Roboteching|weaponry]].
 
The world itself is a typical anime sci-fi setting in which humans fled earth following a great disaster, and after 1500 years are only now returning to the planet. Much of the story takes place in colonies set up across the solar system. While the Aria Federation acts as a systemwide government, much of the police activity and military work is actually handled by private security organizations run by large corporations such as Goddiver. Many character backgrounds harken to an incident in the past known as the Embassy Occupation Incident, where terrorists took several hundred people hostage, then self-destructed, killing dignitaries, ambassadors, and civilians.
 
The game is best known for the way it incorporates [[Shoot 'Em Up]] features, particularly the fact that each Rounder possesses a superpowered boss mode (called [[Fun With Acronyms|B.O.S.S.]]) which, when activated, turns the player from a small fighter into a large-scale boss with many intricate attack patterns.
 
''Senko no Ronde'' is often compared to ''[[Virtual On]]'', as it has a few similar gameplay elements.
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** [[Cool Big Sis|Sakurako Sanjo]] gets pretty angry at anyone who messes with Cuilan.
* [[BFG]]: Orangette's Shell, the Orbital Sword.
* [[Bullet Hell]]: The final stages in each character's story mode is a more straight version, with the character's Rounder facing a battleship or space station in true [[Shoot 'Em Up]] fashion.
** Almost every attack from every Rounder invokes this in some fashion, B.O.S.S. modes [[Up to Eleven|even moreso]], but still pale in comparison to the Story Mode final battles.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]
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* [[Downloadable Content]]: Sadly the first game suffers from the "[[No Export for You]]" rule for North America and Europe, but it ''may'' be possible to use them by obtain the DLCs with Japanese Microsoft Points and a Japanese Xbox Live account to purchase them via the Japanese Xbox Marketplace since the North American and European versions of ''Senko no Ronde'' is region-free..
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "B.O.S.S.," said aloud, doesn't always convey quite what it is. Some players refer to the B.O.S.S. modes as simply as ''Shell''.
** As it turns out, several characters [[In -Series Nickname|shorthand]] it to "Shell" too.
* [[Forehead of Doom]]: One of Sakurako's costumes has her holding bangs back by a headset.
* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: B.O.S.S. stands for ''Booster for Over-armed Shell System''.
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** G.S.O. stands for Goddiver Security Organization.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Cuilan's Orangette.
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: Homing lasers. [[Roboteching|Bending]] lasers. Ring lasers. Laser bombs. The future loves lasers.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: The North American and European manual of the first game contain inaccurate command input to perform each Rounders' special attacks. The actual button input for each attack can be found in game's Image Gallery under "Others" in the Extras menu.
** It also doesn't help the Xbox 360 version of ''Senko no Ronde'' lacks any sort of tutorials for playing the game in general that the original arcade game had.
* [[Hair of Gold]], [[Eyes of Gold]]: Ernula.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: What do you mean, [[Makiko Ohmoto|Sakurako Sanjo]] is [[Kirby]]?!
* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]: ''Senko no Ronde'' is, at its core, a [[Bullet Hell]] game. It would be considerably more difficult if not for this.
* [[Hot Blooded]]: Fabian, as he he is competitive with Mika and his position as squad leader.
** Changpo was also somewhat competitive with her progidy-like piloting skills, which ends up causing trouble for everybody. As she spent time as Sakurako's subordinate, Changpo matured and grew out of this.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Rounders, which are "as common as cars". Special military-use Rounders called "Hi-Rounders" require a special licence.
* [[In -Series Nickname]]: "Lili" is pet name for Feltelen Levinas.
** Fabian Fatman gave himself the nickname of "Fastman" simply because he does not like his surname.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Changpo's Citronette.
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* [[Shout Out]]: Whenever another player enters in the game during a single-player session in the arcade game, [[Darius|"THE HI-ROUNDER IS APPROACHING FAST!"]] appears on screen.
** Changpo's Citronette is named after Takayama Mizuki doujin circle of the same name.
** Cuilan and Ernula have DLC costumes that resembles the main characters from ''Mamoru-kun has been Cursed!'', a ''[[Kiki Kai Kai]]''-styled [[Shoot 'Em Up]] game also by G.REV.
* [[Split Personality]]: Lili due to experimental augmentations. {{spoiler|During her Scenario-A ending, it was revealed that she knew all along about her unstable personality.}}
* [[Super Deformed]]: Chibi versions of the characters can be purchased as DLCs.
* [[Super Mode]]: The B.O.S.S. found with each Rounder turns it into a [[Shoot 'Em Up]]-inspired boss vehicle with large arrays of devastating weaponry and the ability to damage the enemy just by touching them. Knowing when to activate a B.O.S.S. stock is important in high-level play strategies.
* [[Team Mom]]: Sakurako, to Changpo and Cuilan.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: Boss unit Squid and some of the gun emplacements on the Basso Serio battleship. Ernula's Curtain Call has one, as well, using its crab-like arms as a [[Wave Motion Tuning Fork]].
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Lili.
* [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]]: Narukami.
* [[Zettai Ryouki]]