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2035 Portugal is a possible fourth stage Xeno Fighters R. It is the second of the objective failure stages, reached by destroying Jade Hydra's turret at the wrong time in Stage 3-B (1974 Vietnam) or losing at least one, but not all, Athena base in Stage 3-A (1995 Chechnya).
Backstory
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Lisbon, Portugal, is the main communications center for ATHENA. BRES detected Lisbon's constant monitoring of the Orion complex in Iceland, sending a massive bomber run to wipe out the Lisbon ATHENA headquarters and put a stop to their surveillance.
Description
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This high-speed stage takes place over the city of Lisbon, Portugal, at night. Once the Stymphalian Birds are in sight, air raid sirens begin to blare.
Notable encounters
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Lesser enemies
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- F-14 Tomcats: Massive swarms of these fighters accompany the Stymphalian Birds.
- Miniature Obsidian Perytons: Appear onscreen at high speed, fire fast aimed shots at players, and leave just as quickly.
- Large white bombers (name unknown): Release S and/or B on destruction.
Miniboss
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Stymphalian Birds: A formation of 14 of these gigantic bomber planes is encountered throughout the stage.
Endboss
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Obsidian Peryton engages the players after leaving the bomber formation.
Stage branching
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Destroying all 14 Stymphalian Birds completely will send the player to Stage 5-B (1991 Persian Gulf)
Failure to destroy all of the bombers will send the player to Stage 5-A (2003 Afghanistan).
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Bookend stages | 1942 Midway Islands (1) ● 2035 American Midwest (2) ● Ravaged Earth (5-C) ● Asteroid Belt (F-A) ● Temporal Warp (F-B-1) ● Dreadnought Echidna Assault (F-B-2) ● BRES Colony (F-C) | |
"A" path stages | 1995 Chechnya (3-A) ● 2035 Portugal (4-A) ● 2003 Afghanistan (5-A) ● To be announced (6-A) | |
"B"-path stages | 1974 Vietnam (3-B) ● 2035 Iceland (4-B) ● 1991 Persian Gulf (5-B) ● Dimensional Abyss (6-B) | |
EX stages | Gemini Canyon (EX-1) ● Forest of Naju (EX-2) ● Parobee Fusion (EX-3) |