Play Choukou Goukami Xardion Online

Summary

Xardion lets you juggle three distinct robot warriors—Alcedes the red insect‑like biped, Triton the oceanic mech, and Panthera the cat‑like quadruped—each hailing from a different world. Their abilities are purpose‑built: Panthera can slip through tight corridors, Triton excels at underwater navigation, and Alcedes packs raw firepower, while each character tracks its own health and special‑ability meters.

The game treats these robots like a tag‑team roster; you can swap on the fly, and if one falls you’re whisked back to the level start with that robot fully healed, ready to try a different approach. Defeating foes grants experience points, and every level‑up expands both your life pool and the pool of special‑ability points, adding a subtle RPG flavor to the platforming action.

Near the climax, the trio is superseded by Xardion, a hybrid mech that inherits every skill from its predecessors and pushes them further. However, Xardion starts at level one, forcing you to backtrack and grind earlier stages to unlock the power needed to clear the final barrier.

The mecha designs were crafted by industry veterans Moriki Yasuhiro and Hajime Katoki, with creative input from Gainax, and the English script was penned by former Wizardry writer Robert Woodhead, giving the game a uniquely polished sci‑fi vibe.

Storyline

The three inhabited worlds of the Alpha 1 Solar System have been locked in a seven‑month war when a new menace emerges from the artificial planet NGC‑1611. The Alpha 1 Federation scrambles its best defenses, dispatching two transforming mecha and a self‑aware robot to the hostile world with orders to destroy the invaders’ power source and, if possible, locate the legendary weapon Xardion.

NGC‑1611 was built by an unnamed scientist under the banner of “Project New Frontier,” a failed attempt to create an immortal planet. Violent monsters quickly made the world uninhabitable, and after the scientist’s daughter died, the planet’s supercomputers were left with a cryptic directive to “protect my daughter.” Lacking a real child, they projected a holographic image of her into a protective capsule and later launched an invasion against the Alpha 1 system.

Three champions answer the call: Triton, a humanoid wielding an upward‑firing rifle; Alcedes, a four‑armed beast‑bot mage with a staff and antenna laser; and Panthera, a cat‑like quadrupedal robot that can slip into tight spaces and fire head‑mounted guns. After Panthera is destroyed by concentrated hydrochloric acid, the ultimate cyborg mecha, Xardion, takes its place, firing a powerful blast from its arm. The game, known in the West as Xardion, follows these heroes as they set aside their planetary rivalries to confront a common alien threat.