History VideoGame / Guwange

* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Shishin's daughter, Mikoto, was abducted by Amagizu two years prior to the events of the game, using the child as a vessel for Guwange's power.]]

** TokenGoodTeammate: Compared to Rikiou and Kirinmaru, where the former has Shishin become a mass murderer and feed his victims to the him as a means of sustaining his host while the latter possesses Gensuke, Yatsuhisa comes off as this among the playable Shikigami.

* CatsAreMean: The stage 3 boss, Nekogumi,
* CoolMask: Shishin wears an oni mask.

* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: Mikoto, especially her eerie smile in Shishin's ending. She is also fully aware of her powers.]]
* {{Curse}}: Kirinmaru considers itself to be this for Gensuke's family.
* DeadlyDoctor: Kamono Gensuke, now an assassin.
* DealWithTheDevil: Shishin is able to live for longer than a year, despite being bonded with a shikigami, due to a special deal. Rikiou allows him to live as long as he kills humans to feed him. This led to his reputation as a man-eating murderer.

* FourIsDeath: '''Shi'''shin's name.

* ManiacMonkeys: Magira, the monkey demon.

* RazorWind: Enemy ''mooks'' do this.

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Lots of them, stuck in pots or coming out of tombstones, in stages 3 and 6.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Hiiragi, the beautiful priestess, is bonded with a beautiful fox spirit. They are the nicest of the playable characters, and have the most positive relationship.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Shishin's ending suggests that he will have to fight for the rest of his life in order to protect his daughter. Also Kosame's ending, since Yasuhisha has sacrificed himself to save her life from the shikigami curse.]]

* CreepyChild: Mikoto, especially her eerie smile in Shishin's ending. She is also fully aware of her powers.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The cutscenes are black-and-white, except for red blood and the blue eyes of some characters.
* DemonicPossession: All three playable characters. Only Hiiragi Kosame has any sort of friendly connection with her shikigami. [[spoiler:Shishin's daughter, Mikoto, is possessed by the final boss Guwange-sama.]]

* EnfantTerrible: The second-to-last boss is a gigantic demon baby.

* EvilLaugh: Heard in the background of stage 3, probably the ghosts themselves laughing. [[spoiler: Mikoto also giggles evilly in the final boss battle.]]

* GenderBender: The first boss is a male demon wearing the guise of a female dancer with six attendant ladies.
* GottaCatchEmAll: Several elemental artifacts must be collected before Guwange-sama himself can be reached.
* HeroicSacrifice: Yatsuhisha's goal is to free Kosame from her curse, and is willing to throw his life away so she can live.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The boss of Stage 3, Nekogumi (literally "[[MegaNeko Cat]] [[GiantSpider Spider]]").

* {{Youkai}}: The game's setting is based on this.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Shishin's ending suggests that he will have to fight for the rest of his life in order to protect his daughter. Also Kosame's ending, since Yasuhisha has sacrificed himself to save her life from the shikigami curse.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Shishin is able to live for longer than a year, despite being bonded with a shikigami, due to a special deal.

* DemonicPossession: All three playable characters. Only Hiiragi Kosame has any sort of friendly connection with her shikigami. [[spoiler: Shishin's daughter, Mikoto, is possessed by the final boss Guwange-sama]]

* UpToEleven: The XBOX Arrange Mode causes all enemy bullets on the screen to be considered painted (bullets are slower and turn into coins when ''any'' enemy dies) for as long as your shikigami is bombing something, and gives a constant stream of coins from whatever that your shikigami is bombing. The result is considerably more coins than the arcade versions.

* BittersweetEnding -- [[spoiler: Shishin's ending suggests that he will have to fight for the rest of his life in order to protect his daughter. Also Kosame's ending, since Yasuhisha has sacrificed himself to save her life from the shikigami curse.]]
* CoolMask -- Shishin wears an oni mask.
* CreepyChild -- Mikoto, especially her eerie smile in Shishin's ending. She is also fully aware of her powers.
* {{Curse}} -- Kirinmaru considers itself to be this for Gensuke's family.
* DeadlyDoctor -- Kamono Gensuke, now an assassin.
* DealWithTheDevil -- Shishin is able to live for longer than a year, despite being bonded with a shikigami, due to a special deal.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome -- The cutscenes are black-and-white, except for red blood and the blue eyes of some characters.
* DemonicPossession -- All three playable characters. Only Hiiragi Kosame has any sort of friendly connection with her shikigami. [[spoiler: Shishin's daughter, Mikoto, is possessed by the final boss Guwange-sama]]
* DemonSlaying -- Kosame comes from a lineage of demon hunters.
* EnfantTerrible -- The second-to-last boss is a gigantic demon baby.
* EvilCounterpart -- Most of the player characters and their shikigami are not very good to begin with, but [[spoiler: Mikoto and Amagizu are even more powerful, and Amagizu is even more evil.]]
* EvilLaugh -- Heard in the background of stage 3, probably the ghosts themselves laughing. [[spoiler: Mikoto also giggles evilly in the final boss battle.]]
* FourIsDeath -- '''Shi'''shin's name.
* GenderBender -- The first boss is a male demon wearing the guise of a female dancer with six attendant ladies.
* GottaCatchEmAll -- Several elemental artifacts must be collected before Guwange-sama himself can be reached.
* {{Magitek}} -- Shoulder-fired cannons, flying wooden gunships, mobile demonic temples, etc.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast -- Shishin's shikigami, Rikiou, is also known as "The One Who Comes And Takes."
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot -- The boss of Stage 3, Nekogumi (literally "[[MegaNeko Cat]] [[GiantSpider Spider]]").
* OneHitPointWonder -- Averted, surprisingly. You can take multiple hits on one life.
* PapaWolf -- Shishin puts himself through a Creator/{{Cave}} game in order to rescue his daughter.
* RazorWind -- Enemy ''mooks'' do this.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl -- Lots of them, stuck in pots or coming out of tombstones, in stages 3 and 6.
* UpToEleven -- The XBOX Arrange Mode causes all enemy bullets on the screen to be considered painted (bullets are slower and turn into coins when ''any'' enemy dies) for as long as your shikigami is bombing something, and gives a constant stream of coins from whatever that your shikigami is bombing. The result is... let us say... considerably more coins than the arcade versions.
* {{Youkai}} -- Part of the setting.

Unlike most shmups, the player characters are humans walking on foot, and the stages scroll in many different directions as opposed to just straight-up or straight-right.

* DemonSlayer -- Kosame comes from a lineage of demon hunters.

It is available in English on the X-Box Store (On X360 and BC on X1). This version has an XBOX Arrange Mode which allows independent movement of the character and shikigami, and some gameplay changes to make high-scoring more interesting.

''Guwange'' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp by Creator/{{Cave}} with artwork by "Joker" Creator/JunyaInoue. It is the Muromachi Period in Japan, a time of great strife, chaos, and violence. Plagues are befalling the land, people are getting possessed by shikigami and dying after a year, and a malevolent power named Guwange-sama rules from Mount Gokumon. Three protagonists decide to attack Guwange, each having their own motives for doing so:

* PapaWolf -- Shishin puts himself through a {{Cave}} game in order to rescue his daughter.

''Guwange'' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp by {{Cave}} with artwork by "Joker" Creator/JunyaInoue. It is the Muromachi Period in Japan, a time of great strife, chaos, and violence. Plagues are befalling the land, people are getting possessed by shikigami and dying after a year, and a malevolent power named Guwange-sama rules from Mount Gokumon. Three protagonists decide to attack Guwange, each having their own motives for doing so:

* TheHunter -- Kosame comes from a lineage of demon hunters.

It is available in English on the X-Box Live Marketplace. This version has an XBOX Arrange Mode which allows independent movement of the character and shikigami, and some gameplay changes to make high-scoring more interesting.

* MacGuffinGirl -- Mikoto, who was extremely powerful even before getting possessed by Amagizu / Guwange-sama.

* Kamono Gensukie: He was studying medicine when Kirinmaru came and possessed him. Now, he assassinates others for money and to appease Kirinmaru, but has heard that anyone who defeats Guwange-sama will be freed from possession by shikigami. Thus, Kamono Gensuke ventures forth.

* BigBadassWolf -- Kosame's shikigami, Yasuhisha / "Eight Rooks."

* TheArcher -- Hiiragi Kosame, a.k.a. Light Rain

''Guwange'' is a BulletHell ShootEmUp by {{Cave}} with artwork by "Joker" JunyaInoue. It is the Muromachi Period in Japan, a time of great strife, chaos, and violence. Plagues are befalling the land, people are getting possessed by shikigami and dying after a year, and a malevolent power named Guwange-sama rules from Mount Gokumon. Three protagonists decide to attack Guwange, each having their own motives for doing so: