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''Langrisser'' is a series of [[Turn -Based Strategy]] games that is mostly [[No Export for You|Japan-only]]. They were published by NCS and developed by Career Soft, the latter of which went on to make the ''[[Growlanser]]'' series. The main series of ''Langrisser'' games is made up of five installments, many of which have been ported and [[Updated Rerelease|updated]] a bewildering number of times. From a gameplay perspective, ''Langrisser'' is similar to games like ''[[Fire Emblem]]'', but what sets ''Langrisser'' apart is its sense of scale. In a typical [[Turn -Based Strategy]] game, the player commands around twelve fighters per battle, while in ''Langrisser'', there are hundreds of soldiers on the player's side alone, organized into battalions which are led by [[Hero Unit|more powerful commanders]]. While ordinary soldiers fight in groups, commanders can [[Badass|single-handedly mow down scores of enemies]] in a single turn.
 
The main series games are set in a [[Medieval European Fantasy]] world, and most take place on a continent called El Sallia (later games introduce a second continent). El Sallia's history is not so much a series of conflicts as one long knock-down, drag-out war where everyone is fighting everyone else. Constantly. To make matters worse, there's an ongoing feud between the [[God of Evil|dark god]], Chaos, and the [[Hot Goddess|goddess of light]], Lushiris. Starting with ''Der Langrisser'', the remake of ''Langrisser 2'', the many of the games feature multiple story paths which allow the hero to ally with each of the factions. ''Der Langrisser'' was especially good at making all the different groups seem sympathetic. ''Langrisser 3'' adds [[Relationship Values]] and [[Romance Sidequest|Romance Sidequests]] to the mix as well, which reappear in all the games to follow.
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* ''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 Onon the Tin|subtitle of]] ''[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Langrisser V]]'' [[Exactly What It Says Onon 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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* [[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 Withwith 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.
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Langrisser sword. It's name is German for "lung ripper".
* [[Not Blood Siblings]]: (''Langrisser IV'') One of the hero's potential love interests is his [[Little Sister Heroine|adoptive sister]].
* [[Oddball in Thethe 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.
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