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{{Game
| Game_name = Silver Beast Machine God Liger Zero
| ImageName = SZ_Titlescreen.png
| Publishers =
| Platforms = Game Boy Color
| Released = June 2001
| Genre = RPG
| Modes =
| Media = Cartridge
}}

==Overview==
Silver Beast Machine God Liger Zero (白銀の獣機神　ライガーゼロ shirogane no juukishin raigā zero) is a Zoids Game Boy Color game originally released in June of 2001. Being a true Color game, it does not play in the original Game Boy, and features fairly decent graphics for a tie-in game of the era.

Like [[Zoids Jashin Fukkatsu: Genobreaker Hen|Genobreaker Story]], Silver Zero was never released outside Japan, and the menus are entirely in kana, though a fan-translated ROM with (only) the menus translated exists. More uniquely, it features entirely original characters and setting: it tells the story of Allstar, Party, and Solid, and the silvery-white Liger Zero is not related to [[Bit Cloud]]'s (or any other). These characters later show up in parts of the [[Zoids Saga]] series.

==Gameplay==

[[image:SZ_Specialattack.gif|thumb|left|160px|Strike Laser Claw!]]

Combat is turn-based and one on one, with the player taking their team of three chosen Zoids against enemies one at a time. Random encounters are always single Zoids, bosses may be single Zoids or come with a couple accompanying Zoids they must defeat first. The fights themselves feature both cutaway animations (with unique ones for any Zoids with a special attack) and animations of an attack hitting the target Zoid, both of which can be turned off.

[[image:SZ_Attack.png|thumb|right|160px|Scoring a hit on the BF]]

Weapons and customization are extremely simple: a Zoid has a few slots for parts, and all parts work the same on all Zoids. There's a few size restrictions, but they're not very common. You have your choice of four preset color schemes per Zoid, and an oddly high number of them contain pink/purple color schemes. Stats are split between melee, laser/beam, and solid shell/explosive weapons, with each Zoid having attack and defense for both. These can all be raised to a max of 255 with the use of items, meaning any Zoid can be very powerful if trained (though some have farther to go than others). Notably for a Zoids game, melee weapons other than special attacks are unable to hit flying Zoids from the ground.

[[image:SZ_Colors.png|thumb|left|160px|Color select screen for Gojulas the Ogre showing pink/purple option]]

The game itself consists mostly of adventuring around an overworld map and exploring various caves and ruins. Each of the ruins for the Liger armors features progressively trickier puzzles, mostly of logic and guesswork, and while the Panzer's keycard portion requires reading passwords in kana (or else luck), none of them are particularly daunting or intimidating.
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==Characters==
[[image:Silver_Zero_Characters.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Official character profiles and art]]

===Allstar===
While he's from the frontier bits of the Western Continent, Allstar ends up falling into adventure in the underground world along with the Liger Zero he was trying to rescue. He's best described as stubbornly optimistic and moral in a positive way, and is determined to make friends with and help out anyone he meets, human or Zoid. He's not out for glory, though, and tends to go all humble and stutter if called anything like a "savior" (as villagers are fond of doing).

===Solid===
Initially Allstar's rival, Solid is a soldier in the Empire army out to bring the Liger Zero back for personal glory. He starts out snobbish and elitist, only helping out when it's in his best interests, but their rivalry turns friendlier (and Solid less abrasive) via shared adventuring. Solid's promise that he and Allstar will be enemies the next time they meet seems more excuse than truth, especially with their teaming up again in the Saga games.

===Party===
Party is a resident of the underground world, and immediately takes interest in the Liger Zero, as it looks to be the "legendary silver beast machine god" that will save them from problems like a rampaging [[Berserk Fury]]. She notices Allstar after that, and they very quickly become friends. Party, being an honest and cheerful sort, finds it quite amusing to kiss Allstar at unexpected moments, and flat out tells him she followed him because she likes him at the game's end.

===Village Chief===
Party's unnamed grandfather, he's the guy in charge of keeping the whole silver beast machine god legend. He also knows much about the world's history, and ends up helping Allstar and company work out the true cause of the berserk Zoids.

===Bluejem===
A Republic scientist who moved to the frontier after his pacifist beliefs came in conflict with the whole Zoids for combat deal, Bluejem finds and saves the Zero after the Empire soldiers first attack it.

==Story==

[[image:SZ_Underground_world.png|thumb|left|160px|Looking out over the underground world]]

The story begins in the frontier of the [[Europa|Western Continent]], where a [[Liger Zero]], pursued and shot by an Empire soldier, is rescued by a scientist named Bluejem. A second soldier, Solid, returns to claim it, and the shots that are fired attract the attention of one of the local boys, Allstar. He takes the Zero's controls, and he and Solid's Super Geno Saurer fight...until the ground opens up beneath them, dumping and stranding them in an underground world.

[[image:SZ_Stare_at_Zero.png|thumb|right|160px|Party is...a bit surprised by the Zero's appearance]]

They argue and part ways, and Allstar realizes he's being watched—not by Solid, as he suspects, but by a girl, who identifies his Liger as her world's legendary "silver beast machine god". Introducing herself in a roundabout way as Party, she drags him off to talk to her grandfather, the village elder. He finds that his Liger is the only Zoid that can scare off the [[Berserk Fury]] terrorizing local villages, and the elder explains the rest of the Zoids in this world have gone feral along with it.

After a cryptic mention of Hope Tower (as its name suggests, it's a tall tower, stretching nearly to what passes for the underground world's sky) and how its doors have mysteriously locked shut, the elder sends Allstar and Party out to some ruins to prove his Liger Zero really is the one their legends talk about. Allstar's skeptical until he finds an old statue of the Zero, complete with [[Schneider]] armor that fits his Liger perfectly.

[[image:SZ_Jaeger.png|thumb|left|160px|Finding the Jaeger armor]]

The Fury ambushes them outside the ruins, and Solid gets in its way. He loses, and stalks back off none too happy about this or Party's attempts to tell him that the Zero is special. Allstar travels back to Party's village for more information, and then back out to Tone Village to aid them with a berserk [[Salamander]]. His Zero can't keep up, and so it's out to more ruins for the [[Jäger]] armor.

[[image:SZ_Kiss.png|thumb|right|160px|But girls have COOTIES!]]

The ruins happen to be hidden in a dangerous valley, but Party wants to keep following. When Allstar says that's fine with him, following it quickly with a stammered "don't get so excited!" when she gloms onto his side and kisses him on the cheek.

Jäger found and Salamander taken care of, Allstar heads for Rune Village. The elder thinks he may come close to the surface (and thus get home) by climbing the rocks there, but upon investigation the way is blocked by sheer cliffs. When he and Party ask around for help, the Fury interrupts—and this time, Solid shows up to prove actual help. They work together to drive off the Fury, and Solid helps scale the cliffs with use of a rope...only to find their way blocked by a landslide.

[[image:SZ_Water.png|thumb|left|160px|The Zero leads its human friends to its armor]]

The solution? Big guns, in the form of the [[Panzer]]. They search for where the third ruins could be, and find them underwater. Allstar and Party go diving and liberate them with puzzle-solving and plastic explosives, while Solid watches the Zero, not attempting to steal it any longer in the name of teamwork. But with the Panzer obtained, Allstar finds himself reluctant to just go home. If his Liger's meant to be the legendary savior of this underground world, what sort of guy would he be if he just left it? He's got to defeat the Fury and stop whatever's going on in Hope Tower.

[[image:SZ_Tower_Doors.png|thumb|right|160px|The doors to Hope Tower]]

Party's grandfather finally admits the full story: Hope Tower is built from the remains of a giant Zoid the underground people constructed, believing it could take them to the surface. Something went wrong, possibly with the AI, and they turned what was left into the tower, giving it the name "Hope" in contrast to the failure it represented. Allstar uses the Panzer to break down the doors, and along with party and Solid battles his way to the control room through swarms of unfriendly Zoids.

The AI is indeed to blame: trapped in the tower alone and immobile for years after its initial malfunction, it's gone mad with its inability to reach the skies, and wants to destroy the underground world. The wild Zoids are its doing, driven mad by its Rare Hertz signals. Solid favors smashing the whole thing so it's stuck useless, but Allstar argues that'd be cruel, as it's still alive, in a way. He keeps trying to talk to the AI system, getting repeatedly shocked by consoles for his troubles, and eventually convinces it to let him power things down, giving it a chance to rest.

Rare Hertz stopped, Allstar still has one more problem: the Fury has not gone peaceful with the rest of the Zoids, and he has to fight it with the Zero as the legends suggest. After a successful battle, though, the Fury appears defeated, dropping deep into the earth it burrowed out from.

[[image:SZ_Return.png|thumb|left|160px|Back home, Allstar finds out Party plans to stay with him]]

The underground world's residents are quite grateful, but Allstar would rather not stay to be hailed as a savior—he finds it embarrassing when he was just trying to help out. Party catches up with him, quite sad about him leaving, and Allstar reassures her he can come back and hang out any time. Party insists on following him and Solid back to the surface anyway, and Allstar's not terribly surprised when it turns out she meant to ''stay'' with him. As she said before (and does again), she likes him.

Solid departs for the military, promising he'll get the Liger Zero ''next'' time, and Allstar and Party head off to show Bluejem the Liger's new armor bits—"I bet he'll be surprised!"

[[image:SZ_BF_climb.png|thumb|right|160px|The Fury seeks the surface too...]]

Deep in the ground, the Fury stirs again, starting a slow climb back to the surface...
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==Available Zoids==
[[image:SZ_Exclusives.gif|thumb|right|395px|Exclusive Zoids, shown in order listed here]]
Silver Zero, as the title suggests, features the Liger Zero and its armors. The Zero is the player's main Zoid and must be kept throughout the game, but the Hover Cargo allows for twenty more. Most of the other Zoids are designs from the mid-NJR, and there's a good deal of overlap with [[Zoids: New Century (Anime)|/Zero]] as a result (though no anime customs). There are also a few more obscure windups... and oddly, extremely fast and dangerous [[Gator|Gators]].

There are, however, a few game-unique designs:

* New Tiger, a bulky tiger-type Zoid with blades.

* Gojulas 3, a sleek Gojulas that appears to have been based off concept art.

* Geno Saurer S, a melee-oriented Geno Saurer with a lot of blades. May originate from a fanbook/hobby magazine custom.

* Solid's Super Geno Saurer, a Geno Saurer with four long-range cannons and what looks to be boosters. In Saga, it had X-breakers...and by [[Zoids_Saga_II|Legacy]], he'd replaced it with a [[Genobreaker|Breaker]].

* [[Double Sworder]] S, which has buzzsaws on its pincers.

* A form of [[Berserk Fury]] sporting a back cannon rather than the "eggbeaters". This is the form the BF appears in until confronted as the final boss, and can be found again in a separate cave after its "true" form has been beaten.

* Redler Mk.II, a large dragon Zoid based off the prototype unreleased Zoid originally codenamed "Shooting Star".

==Additional resources==

[http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/file/581354/21780 Walkthrough on GameFAQs]

[http://www.pointytilly.net/zoids/?page_id=437 Summary, profiles, sprites, and a basic items list]

[http://www.zoidsland.com/siroganenojyuukisinn-rebyu.htm Japanese review of the game]

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 * Geno Saurer S, a melee-oriented Geno Saurer with a lot of blades.  Originates from the [[Zoids: Battle World]] manga.
-* Solid's Super Geno Saurer, a Geno Saurer with four long-range cannons and what looks to be boosters.  In Saga, it had X-breakers...and by [[Zoids_Saga_II|Legacy]], he'd replaced it with a [[Genobreaker|Breaker]].
+* Solid's Super Geno Saurer, a Geno Saurer with four long-range cannons and what looks to be boosters.  In Saga, it had X-breakers...and by [[Zoids_Saga_II|Legacy]], he'd replaced it with a [[Geno Breaker|Breaker]].
 * [[Double Sworder]] S, which has buzzsaws on its pincers.

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 * Gojulas 3, a sleek Gojulas that appears to have been based off concept art.
-* Geno Saurer S, a melee-oriented Geno Saurer with a lot of blades.  May originate from a fanbook/hobby magazine custom.
+* Geno Saurer S, a melee-oriented Geno Saurer with a lot of blades.  Originates from the [[Zoids: Battle World]] manga.
 * Solid's Super Geno Saurer, a Geno Saurer with four long-range cannons and what looks to be boosters.  In Saga, it had X-breakers...and by [[Zoids_Saga_II|Legacy]], he'd replaced it with a [[Genobreaker|Breaker]].

Zoids Shirogane no Juukishin Liger Zero - Revision history

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