Strider Hiryu: Difference between revisions

** [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: Well, ''look at him''. The action is great, but doesn't involve a lot of stealth.

** [[Rank Inflation]]: The Striders go from C to A, and then Special (or Super) A.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Both the NES and the original arcade games are really hard due to Hiryu's [[Hitbox Dissonance|funky hitboxes]]. The arcade has a extra whammy of not [[Jump Physics|being able to control Hiryu mid-jump]]. The final stage in the original arcade game is almost impossible to complete without excessive credit munching.

* [[One-Man Army]]: The Striders are billed as being as such. The lowest ranked guys in the group can fight on par with ''entire special force units''.

* [[Creating Life]]: The Grandmaster has the ability to create any form of life at will. He created [[Enemy Summoner|wolves, piranhas and pteranodons]] in his boss fight in the first game, and has created most of the [[Mooks]] found in the second game.

* [[Compilation Rerelease]]/[[Embedded Precursor]]: ''Strider 2'' came packaged with a second CD with the first arcade game.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: In the manual for the Genesis version, the Grandmaster is referred by the name of "Grandmaster Meio". However, "Meio" is not actually a name, but a Japanese title equivalent to "Grandmaster".

* [[Depopulation Bomb]]: The Grandmaster's plan was this, erasing all lifeforms (all the "Sons of Old Gods") off Earth so he could create his own lifeforms and thus [[A God Am I|become a god]].

* [[Teleport Spam]]: The Grandmaster gains this tactic in ''Strider 2''.

* [[This Is a Drill]]: The humongous drill machine used as a giant boss in ''Strider 2''.

** [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: Hien spins his [[Double Weapon|dual-bladed cypher]] to [[Spin to Deflect Stuff|parry your attacks]], [[Precision-Guided Boomerang|throw his blades like boomerangs]], and fire a [[Shock and Awe|beam of concentrated lightning]] at you.

* [[Timed Mission]]: With all the slowly approaching hazards, you probably wouldn't see ''Time Over'' very often.

 

== Manga and NES ==

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Striders' director Kuramoto, in the manga. Not for nothing he's known as the "[[In-Series Nickname|God of Death]]".

* [[Big Bad]]: Faceas Clay, with {{spoiler|Matic as the true mastermind.}}

** [[The Dragon]]: Manga-exclusive character Yuri.

* [[Boss Rush]]: The NES game has a [[Mini Boss]] Rush, pitting the player against previous stage sub-bosses before facing Matic and the Zain machine.

* [[Continuity Cameo]]: Both manga-exclusive enemies Arana and Kubira appear as enemy grunts in some stages of the NES game.

* [[Contract on the Hitman]]: Both stories start out with Matic forcing Hiryu out of retirement to kill Kain, who was captured by the enemy.

** {{spoiler|Sheena}} becomes one for Kain, and the main motivation for him joining Hiryu.

* [[Death by Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Strider Kain in the NES game just before the final stage (he survives in the manga).}}

* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: Faceas Clay's motivation in the manga is to force humanity to evolve through mind control, as he believes all humans to be [[Humans Are Bastards|flawed since inception with malice.]]

** [[A God Am I]]: He actually says he wants to "take the seat of God" and finish his work.

* [[Evil Brit]]: {{spoiler|Matic.}}

* [[The Gunslinger]]: Sheena.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: The manga has one, working for Enterprise.

* [[Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Matic is revealed at the end of the manga as this.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: One of the manga's enemies is Arana, which is Spanish for spider, and he uses [[Razor Floss|web-like threads to ensnare his targets]].

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Kain ''really'' freaks out after {{spoiler|finding out he killed Sheena while under mind control}} in the manga.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Kain {{spoiler|and Kuramoto}} in the manga.

* [["On the Next..."]]: The NES game has short "episode previews" when you leave the game after requesting a password.

* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: Faceas Clay is calmly awaiting for Hiryu while sitting in one, in both versions.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Hiryu gains several fire-based attacks as he levels up.

** [[Shock and Awe]]: In the manga, Hiryu's cypher makes use of electricity.

* [[Retired Badass]]: Hiryu starts as one in both.

* [[Samurai]]: One of the bosses in the NES game.

* [[Schrodinger's Cast]]: {{spoiler|Kain}} dies at the end of the NES game, but survives in the manga.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Matic in the manga, ''full stop''.

* [[Space Station]]: The Striders' main base, the Blue Dragon, in the game. Matic has a [[Space Base]] that's his personal copy of it, named the Red Dragon.