Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-172.1.44.57-20150206011443/@comment-25045164-20150206124656

Without the story-driven elements in Shattered Skies, Mobius 1 is just the same legend as Scarface, a pro who just flies out shooting everyone stupid enough to get into his plane's line of fire. In AC04, the story enforces Mobius 1 as a flying destructive beast of a legend who has destroyed sky slasher Stonehenge, rival devil Yellows, and Judgment Day's weapon Megalith. Since then, the formula is kept being used as evident in subsequent games, 5, Zero, 6, X, X2, and 2's remake 3D.

Thus, like Sly said, being first is a bonus for something.

Personally, I prefer Razgriz the most.