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| |title = Zone of the Enders | | {{Game |
| |image = [[Image:Zone of the Enders.jpg|250px]] | | |completion=0 |
| |developer = [[Konami Computer Entertainment Japan]] | | |image=Zone of the Enders boxart.jpg |
| |publisher = [[Konami|Konami Computer Entertainment]] | | |title=Zone of the Enders |
| |designer = Noriaki Okamura<br />[[Hideo Kojima]]<br />[[Nobuyoshi Nishimura]] | | |developer=[[Konami Computer Entertainment Japan]] |
| |engine = | | |publisher=[[Konami]] |
| |released = {{vgrelease|Japan|JPN|[[March 2]], [[2001]]}}<br />
| | |year=2001 |
| {{vgrelease|Europe|EUR|[[March 23]], [[2001]]}}<br /> | | |systems={{syslist|ps2}} |
| {{vgrelease|North America|NA|[[March 26]], [[2001]]}} | | |ratings={{ESRB|M}}{{BBFC|15}} |
| |genre = [[Action game|Action]] | | |designer=Noriaki Okamura, Hideo Kojima, Nobuyoshi Nishimura |
| |modes = [[Single player]], Two-player versus
| | |genre=[[Action]] |
| |ratings = [[ESRB]]: Mature (M)<br />[[BBFC]]: 15+ | | |players=1-2 |
| |platforms = [[PlayStation 2]] | | |modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]] |
| |media = 1 [[DVD-ROM]], 1 [[CD-ROM]] (for the MGS2 demo) | | |series=Zone of the Enders |
| |requirements = | | |website=http://konami.jp/gs/game/zoe/ |
| |input = | |
| }} | | }} |
| '''''Zone of the Enders''''', also known as '''''Z.O.E''''', is a [[video game]] that was [[video game developer|developed]] and [[video game publisher|published]] by [[Konami]] in [[2001 in video gaming|2001]] for the [[PlayStation 2]]. It was produced by, and is closely associated with, [[Hideo Kojima]]. The game is based around [[mecha]] combat. The mechas were designed by [[Yoji Shinkawa]], the character and mechanical designer for the ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series. The game is rated M for animated blood and animated violence, though not in such an excess that it would normally have constituted an M rating. The reason for the M rating is most likely due to its inclusion of the ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' demo, the second installment of Kojima's popular stealth-based action game.
| | '''Zone of the Enders''', also known as '''Z.O.E.''', is a video game that was developed and published by [[Konami]] in [[2001]] for the [[PlayStation 2]]. It was produced by, and is closely associated with, Hideo Kojima. The game is based around mecha combat. The mechas were designed by Yoji Shinkawa, the character and mechanical designer for the [[:Category:Metal Gear Solid|Metal Gear Solid series]]. The game is rated M for animated blood and animated violence, though not in such an excess that it would normally have constituted an M rating. The reason for the M rating is most likely due to its inclusion of the ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' demo, the fourth installment of Kojima's popular stealth game. |
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| ==Series==
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| {{main|Zone of the Enders Series}} | | {{Zone of the Enders}} |
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| Zone of the Enders was initially shipped in 2001, packaged with a demo version of Metal Gear Solid 2. A sequel, [[Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner]], was released in 2003. A Game Boy Advance game, [[Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars]] was also released in 2001, shortly after the original Playstation 2 title. All three games were developed and published by Konami.
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| Following the release of the three games, two anime series were produced: one was a film direct-to-video story entitled ZOE 2167 IDOLO, which is set just prior to the events of the first game at an event called the ''Deimos Incident'' (It was initially released as part of a premium for the ''Special Edition'' release of the first ZOE game, and to supply some of the game's back story.) Another one was a 26-episode TV series in which it is called ZOE Dolores, i. The anime series were done by Sunrise, an animation studio best known for its Gundam franchise.
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| All three games, and both anime series have been commercially released outside of Japan.
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| While ''ZOE'' focuses mostly on the loss of innocence of a child faced with having to kill to survive, ''IDOLO'' and ''The Fist of Mars'' explore issues surrounding colonialism, independence, political and personal power and ambitions, and revenge -- many of the same themes explored in the various ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' series. ''Dolores, i'' adds the emotional conflicts and tensions of a family, split by distance and circumstance, as they try to come together to overcome their differences in the face of an impending conflict.
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| It must be noted that ''Dolores, i'' and ''Fist of Mars'' are officially regarded as part of the ''ZOE'' history (with Kojima's consent).
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| ===Characters===
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| '''Leo Stenbuck'''
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| :The main [[protagonist]] of the game, Leo is a withdrawn youth who has difficulties getting along with others. While trying to evade the rampaging forces of BAHRAM, he accidentally boards the Orbital Frame, Jehuty, and thus is forced against his will into the Antilia conflict.
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| '''Celvice Klein'''
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| :A surprisingly mature 14-year-old girl, Celvice volunteers her time tending to orphans at a local church. Having lost both parents during their emigration to Antilia, she has grown very close to Leo. While on her way back to the church during the Antilia Raid, she is discovered by a small group of Raptors, who are timely destroyed by Leo as he comes to her aid in Jehuty. She then joins Leo and ADA (Jehuty's AI) as they travel through Antilia on their mission to bring Jehuty to Atlantis.
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| '''[[Viola (Zone Of The Enders)|Viola]]'''
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| :She is a decorated officer for BAHRAM's primary offensive unit. A belligerent fighter, she has caused problems for many experienced UNSF pilots. Oddly enough, she finds an equal in Leo Stenbuck, who refuses to kill her on two separate occasions despite her aggressiveness towards him and Celvice Klein. Not afraid of death due to her prolonged experiences on the battlefield, she is always at the forefront of a battle, waiting to find one who has the ability to kill her so that she can be with the person she cared about most before he died some years before the Antilia Raid.
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| '''Rock Thunderheart'''
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| :A worker and LEV pilot on the civilian transport vessel ''Atlantis''. Initially has his doubts about allowing Leo to pilot Jehuty through Antilia, he eventually comes to recognize Leo as Jehuty's true Runner, admitting that even he would not have been able to defeat Neith and Viola. He loves the adventure of taking on dangerous tasks, and he hopes to fulfill his mission of bringing Jehuty to Mars. Eventually, he will become a role model to the young Leo Stenbuck and teach him how to pilot LEVs after the events of the first game.
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| '''Elena Weinberg'''
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| :Commander of the civilian transport vessel ''Atlantis'', she is a rational and kind woman. Originally, her lover Alan was slated to pilot Jehuty, but sadly he was killed while on his way to the factory where Jehuty was built. Despite learning that he'd died and that a mere boy was now the Runner of Jehuty, she persevered through her grief and helped Leo in his mission to escape Antilia. She later becomes Leo's commanding officer and something resembling a mentor to the young man. She commands the troupe trying to secure Jehuty for transport to Mars.
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| '''Colonel Nohman aka Ridley Hardiman'''
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| :A Colonel in the BAHRAM military, he acquired the orbital frame Anubis shortly after the raid on Antillia began. Anubis is said to be the most powerful Orbital Frame ever built. Colonel Nohman and the motivations of his actions remain shrouded in mystery. The ''ZoE: Dolores, I'' anime series (ep.16) quotes ''Liquor Hardiman'' as being Nohman's father, as well as the 'father of orbital frame technology'.
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| ==Mechanics==
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| [[Image:S17013 PS2 2.jpg|right|256 px|Screenshot showing Jehuty flying along a canyon]]
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| '''[[Jehuty]]'''
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| <br>Class: Type C [[Orbital frame|Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: Leo Stenbuck, Dingo Egret
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| <br>Weapons: Primary - Arm Cannon, Sword, Homing Laser, Burst Attack, Grab
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| <br>Sub Weapons - Decoy, Javelin, Sniper, Phalanx, Geyser, Comet, Halberd, Gauntlet, Bounder, Mummy, Vector Cannon, Homing missile, F-Mine, Zero Shift
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| '''[[Anubis (Orbital Frame)|Anubis]]'''
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| <br>Class: Type C [[Orbital frame|Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: Nohman
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| <br>Weapons: Battle staff, Shield, Zero Shift
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| '''[[Raptor (Orbital Frame)|Raptor]]'''
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| <br>Class: Mass Produced [[Orbital frame|Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: A.I.
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| <br>Weapons: Javelin, Sword x 2, Geyser
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| '''[[Cyclops (Orbital Frame)|Cyclops]]'''
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| <br>Class: Mass Produced [[Orbital frame|Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: Melee
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| <br>Piloted By: A.I.
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| <br>Weapons: Arms
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| '''[[Mummyhead (Orbital Frame)|Mummyhead]]'''
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| <br>Class: Mass Produced [[Orbital frame|Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: Long Range Support
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| <br>Piloted By: A.I.
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| <br>Weapons: Halberd, Phalanx
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| '''[[Neith (Orbital Frame)|Neith]]'''
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| <br>Class: Type C [[Orbital frame|Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: [[Viola (Zone Of The Enders)|Viola]]
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| <br>Weapons: Sword, Burst Attack, Fire Trail, Arm Cannon
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| '''Phantoma'''
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| <br>Class: Mass Produced Combat [[LEV]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: Antilia Defense Force pilots
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| <br>Weapons: Vulcan Machine Gun
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| <br>Note: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ZOE_LEV_Mecha.jpg Phantoma Image]
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| '''[[Tempest (Orbital Frame)|Tempest]]'''
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| <br>Class: [[Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: Slash
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| <br>Weapons: 6 arms and powerful energy blaster.
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| '''[[Tyrant (Orbital Frame)|Tyrant]]'''
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| <br>Class: [[Orbital frame|Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: Axe
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| <br>Weapons: Laser cannon, mortar gun
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| '''[[Nebula (Orbital Frame)|Nebula]]'''
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| <br>Class: [[Orbital frame|Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: Nightraid
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| <br>Weapons: 2 tentacles and missiles
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| '''Selkis'''
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| <br>Class: [[Orbital Frame]]
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| <br>Purpose: General
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| <br>Piloted By: Nohman (formerly)
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| <br>Weapons: Unknown
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| ==Staff==
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| * '''Yoji Shinkawa''' - Mechanical Designer
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| * '''Hideo Kojima''' - Producer
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| * '''Nobuyoshi Nishimura''' - Original Character Designer
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| * '''Shuyo Murata''' - Assistant Scenario Director/Render Demo Supervisor
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| ==See also==
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| {{ZOE See Also}}
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| *[http://konami.jp/gs/game/zoe/ ''Zone of the Enders''] - Konami Official Site, contains concise background information of the game. | | * [http://www.zoneoftheenders.org ''Zone of the Enders: The Unofficial site''] - Unofficial Zone of the Enders site, contains character, story, orbital frames, LEV, gameplay, timeline, informations. |
| *[http://elektr1k.com/zoe/ ''Zone of the Enders: The Unofficial site''] - Unofficial Zone of the Enders site, contains character, story, orbital frames, LEV, gameplay, timeline, informations.
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| {{ZOE series}}
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| [[Category:2001 video games]]
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| [[Category:Mars in fiction]]
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| [[Category:PlayStation 2-only games]]
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| [[Category:Zone of the Enders games]]
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| [[Category:Hideo Kojima games]]
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| [[fr:Zone of the Enders]] | | [[Category:Konami Computer Entertainment Japan]] |
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