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* [[Strider Hiryu]]
* [[Strider Hiryu]]
* [[Grandmaster Meio]]
* [[Grandmaster Meio]]
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* '''Ton Pooh''' - Ton Pooh was a member of the Kuniang M.A. and one of three assassin sisters that were sent after Hiryu to stop him from getting to the Third Moon. Her looks are quite misleading. She can be as beautiful as she is deadly on the battlefield, due to her kicks. Not much is known about where she's from, but since she speaks the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, she could be from Beijing or from one China's many other provinces. She has also appeared in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes]]'' as a helper.
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* '''Ton Pooh''' - Ton Pooh is the leader and middle sister of the Kuniang M.A. Team, a trio of Chinese assassin sisters that were sent after Hiryu to stop him from getting to the Third Moon. Their looks are quite misleading. All expert martial artists, Ton Pooh and her sisters (Bei Pooh and Sai Pooh) are capable of creating a whirlwind blade of plasma by kicking, said to be as strong as Hiryu's Cypher. The trio fights Hiryu atop a ship over the skies of Siberia, and Hiryu defeats them. She has also appeared in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes]]'' as a helper.
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* '''Solo''' - Solo is a bounty hunter with a very costly price on his head. This skilled individual uses jet-propelled attack armor to eliminate his targets clean and fast. He has been hired by Grandmaster Meio to dispose of Strider Hiryu whose skill is practically equal to Solo's. When it came to combat however, Hiryu came out the victor, not only once in Siberia, but twice when confronted by him again on Meio's base, the Third Moon.
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* '''Solo''' - Solo is a ruthless bounty hunter and hired hitman. This skilled individual uses jet-propelled attack armor and a large flamethrower/missile launcher hybrid weapon to eliminate his targets clean and fast. He has been hired by Grandmaster Meio to dispose of Strider Hiryu whose skill is practically equal to Solo's. When it came to combat however, Hiryu came out the victor, not only once in Siberia, but twice when confronted by him again on Meio's base, the Third Moon.
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* '''Captain Beard Jr.''' - Beard is a bearded pirate who pilots the flying fortress Balrog. If Hiryu can cause the collapse of the Balrog, Beard fights to the death as he flees using his hooked hand and his whip that has great reach.
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* '''Captain Beard Jr.''' - Beard Jr. is the pirate-styled captain of the Flying Battleship Balrog. Once allied with the Earth forces, he changed sides after a confrontation with Grandmaster Meio cost him his limbs and one eye. Once Hiryu causes the collapse of the Balrog, Beard fights to the death as he attempts to escape using his hooked hand and his long-reaching whip.
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* '''Mikiel''' - Prime Minister of the Russian Confederacy, Michiel and his subordinates pledged allegiance to Grandmaster Meio for world domination. In return, they are endowed with the ability to fuse themselves into the eternal serpent of Mother Russia's hammer and sickle... Ouroboros!
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* '''General Mikiel''' - Head of the Kazakh Federation's ruling party, Mikiel and his subordinates pledged allegiance to Grandmaster Meio for world domination. In return, they are endowed with the ability to fuse themselves into Ouroboros.
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* '''Ouroboros''' - a boss composed of many enemies that come together to form a centipede-like composite.
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* '''Ouroboros''' - A boss created by the merging of Kazakh's 24 officers into a serpent or centipede-like composite creature wielding Russia's sickle and hammer. He's fought at the end of the first stage and destroyed by Hiryu.
== Story ==
== Story ==
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Hiryu, an elite class Strider, must defeat a legendary being known as Grandmaster Meio. Meio has observed Earth from his dwelling in a far-off galaxy, and has created a space station (known as "The Third Moon"), between Earth and its original moon in order to rule earth and continue observation. The year is 2048. Armed with a cypher (a razor-sharp blade, wielded similarly to a tonfa which generates metal-cutting plasma) called Falchion, Hiryu must travel around the globe (including the Soviet Union and the Amazon Rainforest) to find and destroy the evil being. Throughout his travels, Hiryu encounters many power-ups, including robotic animals called "Options" (a hawk and a panther) which help him defeat enemies. He also has the ability to latch onto walls and ceilings using a metallic hook — an aspect which set the game apart from other platformers.
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Hiryu, an elite class Strider, must defeat a legendary being known as Grandmaster Meio. Meio has observed Earth from his dwelling in a far-off galaxy, and has created a space station (known as "The Third Moon"), between Earth and its original moon in order to rule earth and continue observation. The year is 2048. Armed with a cypher (a razor-sharp blade, wielded similarly to a tonfa which generates metal-cutting plasma) called Falchion, Hiryu must travel around the globe (including the Soviet Union and the Amazon Rainforest) to find and destroy the evil being. Throughout his travels, Hiryu encounters many power-ups, including robotic helpers called "Options" (a satellite drone, a hawk and a smilodon) which help him defeat enemies. He also has the ability to latch onto walls and ceilings using a metallic hook — an aspect which set the game apart from other platformers.
==Music==
==Music==
The original arcade game soundtrack was composed entirely by female video game music composer [[Junko Tamiya]], who was not credited for her work in the arcade version but was mentioned as part of the original arcade staff and original composer in some console adaptations and game soundtrack compilations released afterwards.
The original arcade game soundtrack was composed entirely by female video game music composer [[Junko Tamiya]], who was not credited for her work in the arcade version but was mentioned as part of the original arcade staff and original composer in some console adaptations and game soundtrack compilations released afterwards.
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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*Strider Hiryu's first appearance was in the pages of a 1988 Kadokawa Shoten's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strider_Hiryu#Manga manga] by Hiroshi Motomiya. The arcade game was not based on his adventures on this publication. However, the NES port of the game that wasn't released in Japan follows the plot of the manga more closely.
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*Strider Hiryu's first appearance was in the pages of a 1988 Kadokawa Shoten's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strider_Hiryu#Manga manga] by Hiroshi Motomiya's artist circle, Moto Kikaku. The arcade game was not based on his adventures on this publication. However, the NES port of the game that wasn't released in Japan follows the plot of the manga more closely.
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*Strider Hiryu, Ton Pooh, Solo and Grandmaster Meio all appeared in the crossover strategy-RPG game ''[[Namco x Capcom]]'' and the ''SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters'' series.
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*Strider Hiryu, Ton Pooh, Solo and Grandmaster Meio all appeared in the crossover strategy-RPG game ''[[Namco x Capcom]]''. Hiryu, Ton Pooh, Grandmaster Meio and the Options appear as cards in the ''SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters'' series.
==Credits==
==Credits==