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Warning Forever is a Bullet Hell game developed by Japanese freeware programmer Hikoza T. Ohkubo available for download here. In the game, you play as the pilot of a starfighter tasked with defeating an endless series of enemy bosses. The game is notable in that the enemies actively adapt to your tactics; if you've been focusing on destroying one particular segment, expect that segment to be reinforced. Likewise, if a certain weapon kills you, expect more of that weapon in the next form.

It also inspired the real-time tactical game Battleships Forever and the Xbox Live Indie Games title Infinity Danger.

Tropes used in Warning Forever include:

Adaptive Ability
Beam Spam
Boss Game
Boss Subtitles - Of course!
Bullet Hell
Cognizant Limbs - The different sections of the bosses are all individually destructible.
Collision Damage: Oh yes. Gets real bad when the boss evolves into something HUGE.
Death in All Directions - Including:
- Beam Spam - Laser
- Macross Missile Massacre - Pod
- More Dakka - Vulcan and Needle
- Ramming Always Works: "Force". This isn't exactly a weapon, but allows the boss to propel towards your character, and if the boss is too large you may not be able to avoid getting killed.
- Shotguns Are Just Better - Smash
- Spam Attack - Yes, melee. The enemy's Cognizant Limbs may track your movement and try to smash your ship.
- Spread Shot - Cannon
Deflector Shields: in higher evolutions the boss can surround segments in a glowing field that makes the segment indestructible (although this may also may be a kind of power armor rather than a shield).
Dynamic Difficulty
Endless Game: In theory, anyway. Eventually the enemy ship will get so big you'll die multiple times just from having it come on screen, let alone fire, which is basically game over.
Frickin' Laser Beams
Guide Dang It: How to get the boss to evolve into the "ISE-ONE" form. You have to kill the top/bottom two "corners" before killing off the core of a form WITHOUT hitting the bottom/top two, so that the top/bottom will evolve into an "armor" form. Then you have to do the same with the other side, again NOT hitting the (already evolved) opposite side.
- If done correctly, both top and bottom sides will have the "armor" form, which will eventually make the boss evolve into the ISE-ONE.
Names to Run Away From Really Fast - The early ships have simple names like "The Wider" or "The Attacker", but as it evolves, you end up with "The Berserker", "The Armageddon", or the "Giga-Beamed Hammerhead Hell"
Painfully Slow Projectile - But as the game goes on, there's an awful lot of 'em.
Shoot'Em Up
Spread Shot: Bosses have a regular variety (Cannon), while your ship has an aim-able Spray Burst.
Timed Mission - One mode of gameplay gives you a timer to beat. If you destroy the boss fast enough, you can gain time for the next level.
Up to Eleven- Just how outrageous can the ships get? No, more than that.
Video Game Lives - Another mode of gameplay gives you three lives, with the opportunity to gain more as you destroy parts.

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 It also inspired the real-time tactical game ''[[Battleships Forever]]'' and the Xbox Live Indie Games title ''[[Infinity Danger]]''.
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 * [[Dynamic Difficulty]]
 * [[Endless Game]]: In theory, anyway. Eventually the enemy ship will get so big you'll die multiple times just from having it come on screen, let alone fire, which is basically game over.
-* [[Frickin Laser Beams]]
+* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]
 * [[Guide Dang It]]: How to get the boss to evolve into the "ISE-ONE" form. You have to kill the top/bottom two "corners" before killing off the core of a form WITHOUT hitting the bottom/top two, so that the top/bottom will evolve into an "[[Stone Wall|armor]]" form. Then you have to do the same with the other side, again NOT hitting the (already evolved) opposite side.
 ** If done correctly, both top and bottom sides will have the "armor" form, which will eventually make the boss evolve into the ISE-ONE.
 * [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] - The early ships have simple names like "The Wider" or "The Attacker", but as it evolves, you end up with "The Berserker", "The Armageddon", or the "[[Overly Long Name|Giga-Beamed Hammerhead Hell]]"
 * [[Painfully Slow Projectile]] - But as the game goes on, there's an ''awful lot'' of 'em.
-* [[Shoot Em Up]]
+* [[Shoot'Em Up]]
 * [[Spread Shot]]: Bosses have a regular variety (Cannon), while your ship has an aim-able Spray Burst.
 * [[Timed Mission]] - One mode of gameplay gives you a timer to beat. If you destroy the boss fast enough, you can gain time for the next level.