History VideoGame / TroubleWitches

''Trouble Witches NEO!'' is the game's first-time venture into the mainstream market. Published by [[Creator/{{SNK}} SNK Playmore]] and released world-wide for the {{Xbox 360}} via XboxLiveArcade on April 27th, 2011. It is essentially an [[VideoGameRemake enhanced port]] of ''Trouble Witches AC'' while featuring the return of the PC game's Story Mode, a BossRush and Score Attack mode, introducing two new characters into ''Episode 1'' (one of which is DownloadableContent), co-op gameplay (both locally and online), updated visuals for widescreen presentation, [[ArtEvolution new character artwork]], [[MetaMultiplayer online leaderboards]], sharable replays, {{Achievements|System}}, and ''Trouble Witches AC'' as an added bonus. The two new witches introduced that are [[{{Miko}} Sakurako]] [[FanGirl Kujo]], an astrologist anime otaku who wants to become a witch like in her favorite MagicalGirl animes; and [[LadyOfBlackMagic Luca]] [[CuteMonsterGirl Yurievna]] [[Really700YearsOld Vinakol]], a downloadable devil princess with LightningBruiser-like qualities, MP almost double compared to every other witch in the game, and whose also madly in-love with the Draupnir.

Along with the return of the Story Mode, it also featured an option for English voice-overs as the developers puts it, "offers a full-voice dubbing in English and in Japanese to enjoy twice the game!", although it has GoneHorriblyWrong as it features terrible English voice-acting and translations this side of ''[[VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro Castle Shikigami II]]'' and ''VideoGame/ChaosWars''. Adding to the abysmal localization quality, the Story Mode is also abridged compared to it's original PC counterpart, lots of [[DubNameChange name]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS changes]] for the characters (for better or worse), and the included ''Trouble Witches AC'' is more-or-less the same game save for the most of the terrible voice-acting. It also lacks the personal score rankings, the ability to revisit past stages, and the ability to switch Magic Cards on the fly of the original game. Despite its faults, the gameplay still holds up fairly well.

* ActingForTwo: Several, most with even ''three'' roles, hence some of the [[TalkingToHimself Talking to Theirselves]] moments:
** Nanami Yua has three; she voices Pril, Sies, and Pelu.
** Satsuki has two; she voices Al the Blackcat and Ptheni.
** Rio Kisaka also plays three roles; she voices Chime, Lili, and as of ''Trouble Witches AC'' and ''NEO!'', Louis.
** RuleOfThree again with Kotetsu Arakawa; in ''Trouble Witches AC'' he's Toras and Conon's father, and in ''NEO!'' he's Uruchi.
** Another three from Sachika Souno; in ''Trouble Witches AC'', she's Lyla's partner Sasha, Wrinkle Mail, and Snowberry White.
** And another three Jun Kaidou; he voices Aqua's butler Spur, Luca's grandfather Victor in ''NEO!'', and the BigBad himself the Drauphnir.
* AprilFools: In 2012, Studio [=SiestA=] made an update to their website featuring a "patch" for the PC game that would allow players to play as four of Amalgam's children instead of the main characters. It turns out to be a joke.

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl and Her X]]: Everyone except Lili, who's familiar was cut from appearing in ''Trouble Witches NEO!'' for reasons unknown.

The original PC game featured three witches to chose from: [[CuteWitch Pril]] [[IneptMage Patowle]], [[MagicIdolSinger Aqua]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Seep]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Seal]], and [[SpoiledSweet Yuki]] [[FieryRedhead Longate]], with [[CuteAndPsycho Sies]] [[RecurringBoss Fabric]] [[BlondesAreEvil Tinydream]] as an [[UnlockableContent unlockable fourth character]] (although she becomes immediately playable after the "Ver.2" update). Each character have their own shot type, strengths, and their own take on the storyline in a fully-voiced Story Mode. One of the unique aspects of the game is the risk-and-reward mechanics of the game, of which the Magic Barrier system where each witch can summon [[InstantRunes a barrier]] to slow down enemy fire and convert them into gold by destroying the enemy that originally fired the shots. However, this could work against the player if the enemies flees from the screen with their shots trapped in the barrier, which the bullets will zero-in on the player, or get blown away from the bullets if their MP runs out. The gold earned not only go towards ScoringPoints, but it can be used at the Pumpkin Sister's shop (which usually appears twice during each stage) to spend your gold on [[PowerUp Magic Cards]] and other goods such as [[OneUp 1-Ups]] and MP-boosting potions. The Magic Cards would give the user a different shot-type for brief periods of time, but destroying enemies under this effect would yield for score-boosting Star Coins, although taking a hit will knock the card out of you (though saves you from losing a life), and losing a life would also result in losing a fraction of Star Coins earned as well.

''Trouble Witches NEO!'' is the game's first-time venture into the mainstream market. Published by [[{{SNK}} SNK Playmore]] and released world-wide for the {{Xbox 360}} via XboxLiveArcade on April 27th, 2011. It is essentially an [[VideoGameRemake enhanced port]] of ''Trouble Witches AC'' while featuring the return of the PC game's Story Mode, a BossRush and Score Attack mode, introducing two new characters into ''Episode 1'' (one of which is DownloadableContent), co-op gameplay (both locally and online), updated visuals for widescreen presentation, [[ArtEvolution new character artwork]], [[MetaMultiplayer online leaderboards]], sharable replays, [[CosmeticAward Achievements]], and ''Trouble Witches AC'' as an added bonus. The two new witches introduced are [[{{Miko}} Sakurako]] [[FanGirl Kujo]], an astrologist anime otaku who wants to become a witch like in her favorite MagicalGirl animes; and [[LadyOfBlackMagic Luca]] [[CuteMonsterGirl Yurievna]] [[Really700YearsOld Vinakol]], a downloadable devil princess with LightningBruiser-like qualities, MP almost double compared to every other witch in the game, and whose also madly in-love with the Draupnir.

* OneUp: They can be bought through the Pumpkin Girls shop occasionally at certain points in the late stages of the game.

* BulletHell

* EveryTenThousandPoints

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[[caption-width-right:279:So many [[MagicalGirl magical girls]] to choose from... [[note]]From top to bottom: Luca, Conon, Lyla, Louis, Symphony, Aqua, Yuki, Sakurako, and Pril[[/note]]]]

* HitboxDissonance

* ManaMeter
* MoreDakka

* ScoringPoints

* ShoutOut: At one point, Sakurako insists that her [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Katana is a Device, and that her Miko vestments are a Barrier Jacket]].

* XMeetsY: It's ''VideoGame/MagicalChase'' with story elements of ''[[VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro Castle of Shikigami]]''.

* MsFanservice: Many of the older witches are, but special mention goes to Amalgam for being a HotMom with '''[[ThickerThanWater SIX]]''' kids.

[[caption-width-right:279:So many [[MagicalGirl magical girls]] to choose from... [[hottip:*:From top to bottom: Luca, Conon, Lyla, Louis, Symphony, Aqua, Yuki, Sakurako, and Pril]]]]

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl and Her X]]: Everyone except Lili, who's familiar was cut from appearing in ''Trouble Witches NEO!'' for reasons unknown.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar. Even though touching the Pumpkin Girls' chest was cut in ''Trouble Witches NEO!'', players can still make them giggly by touching their ears or their pumpkin. Do this too much and Ptheni's older sister [[CoolBigSis Pleu]] will personally kick the player out of the store while saying things like "Are you having fun? Well I'm not!".

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl and Her X]]: Everyone except Lili, who's familiar was cut from appear in ''Trouble Witches NEO!'' for reasons unknown.

-> ''[[CuteEmUp Cute shooter]] with a [[NintendoHard Hard]] [[BulletHell challenge]]!!''

The original PC game featured three witches to chose from: [[CuteWitch Pril]] [[IneptMage Patowle]], [[MagicIdolSinger Aqua]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Seep]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Seal]], and [[SpoiledSweet Yuki]] [[FieryRedhead Longate]], with [[CuteAndPsycho Sies]] [[RecurringBoss Fabric Tinydream]] as an [[UnlockableContent unlockable fourth character]] (although she becomes immediately playable after the "Ver.2" update). Each character have their own shot type, strengths, and their own take on the storyline in a fully-voiced Story Mode. One of the unique aspects of the game is the risk-and-reward mechanics of the game, of which the Magic Barrier system where each witch can summon [[InstantRunes a barrier]] to slow down enemy fire and convert them into gold by destroying the enemy that originally fired the shots. However, this could work against the player if the enemies flees from the screen with their shots trapped in the barrier, which the bullets will zero-in on the player. The gold earned not only go towards ScoringPoints, but it can be used at the Pumpkin Sister's shop (which usually appears twice during each stage) to spend your gold on [[PowerUp Magic Cards]] and other goods such as [[OneUp 1-Ups]] and MP-boosting potions. The Magic Cards would give the user a different shot-type for brief periods of time, but destroying enemies under this effect would yield for score-boosting Star Coins, although taking a hit will knock the card out of you (though saves you from losing a life), and losing a life would also result in losing a fraction of Star Coins earned as well.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original PC and arcade versions of ''Trouble Witches'', the players can poke the Pumpkin Girls' pumpkin, ears, and even their chest. Poking the Pumpkin Girls' chest was cut from ''Troubles Witches NEO!'', [[TropesAreNotBad which was a good move on their part]] since any implications of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl (even if it's played for laughs) would of meant jail time for the developers in these times.

* SplitPersonality: Aqua and Jules when their BerserkButton is pressed.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original PC and arcade versions of ''Trouble Witches'', the players can poke the Pumpkin Girls' pumpkin, ears, and even their chest. Poking the Pumpkin Girls' chest was cut from ''Troubles Witches NEO!'', which was a good move on their part since any implications of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl (even if it's played for laughs) would of ment jail time for the developers in these times.

* XMeetsY: It's ''MagicalChase'' with story elements of ''[[VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro Castle of Shikigami]]''.

'''''Trouble Witches Episode 2 ~With Decendents of Ancient Dragon the Souless~''''' (TBA) is an upcoming follow-up to ''Episode 1'' that's currently in the works. From what is shown on circle's website, the game will be set in a different country with (currently) four new witches.

** HarderThanHard: The unlockable fourth difficulty.

Along with the return of the Story Mode, it also featured an option for English voice-overs as the developers puts it, "offers a full-voice dubbing in English and in Japanese to enjoy twice the game!", although it has GoneHorriblyWrong as it features terrible English voice-acting and translations this side of ''[[VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro Castle Shikigami II]]'' and ''ChaosWars''. Adding to the abysmal localization quality, the Story Mode is also abridged compared to it's original PC counterpart, lots of [[DubNameChange name]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS changes]] for the characters (for better or worse), and the included ''Trouble Witches AC'' is more-or-less the same game save for the most of the terrible voice-acting. It also lacks the personal score rankings, the ability to revisit past stages, and the ability to switch Magic Cards on the fly of the original game. Despite its faults, the gameplay still holds up fairly well.

* XMeetsY: Its ''MagicalChase'' with story elements of ''[[VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro Castle of Shikigami]]''.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In the original PC and arcade versions of ''Trouble Witches'', the players can poke the Pumpkin Girls' pumpkin, ears, and even their chest. Poking the Pumpkin Girls' chest was cut from ''Troubles Witches NEO!'', which was a good move on their part since any implications of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl would of ment jail time for the developers in these times.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels, HarderThanHard

* InstantRunes: The Magic Barriers, runes seen before a boss battle, and with certain with Amalgam.
* {{Lolicon}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Victor, Luca's grandfather, when they run into the Mail sisters.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: In Conon's story, her father was turned into floating eye-ball and requested his daughter to him back to normal. After three months of serving his daughter, he was able to get Conon to take time and undo his curse. Problem is, without knowing how he become a monster, Conon couldn't help him.]]

* XMeetsY: Its ''MagicalChase'' with story elements of ''VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the shop, touching Ptheni's ears and her hat makes her giggly, and touching her chest will make her the beg player to stop that (touching her chest was removed in ''Trouble Witches NEO!'', which is a good move on their part). Do this too much, and her big sister Pleu kicks the player out of the store, saying things like "Are you having fun? Well I'm not!".
** It's possible to do the same with Pleu, if she ever shows up to work at the store counter...

The original PC game featured three witches to chose from: [[CuteWitch Pril]] [[IneptMage Patowle]], [[MagicIdolSinger Aqua]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Seep]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Seal]], and [[SpoiledSweet Yuki]] [[FieryRedhead Longate]], with [[CuteAndPsycho Sies]] [[RecurringBoss Fabric Tinydream]] as an [[UnlockableContent unlockable fourth character]] (although she becomes immediately playable after the "Ver.2" update). Each character have their own shot type, strengths, and their own take on the storyline in a fully-voiced Story Mode. One of the unique aspects of the game is the risk-and-reward mechanics of the game, of which the Magic Barrier system where each witch can summon [[InstantRunes a barrier]] to slow down enemy fire and convert them into gold by destroying the enemy that originally fired the shots. However this could work against the player if the enemies flees from the screen with their shots trapped in the barrier, which the bullets will zero-in on the player. The gold earned not only go towards ScoringPoints, but it can be used at the Pumpkin Sister's shop (which usually appears twice during each stage) to spend your gold on [[PowerUp Magic Cards]] and other goods such as [[OneUp 1-Ups]] and MP-boosting potions. The Magic Cards would give the user a different shot-type for brief periods of time, but destroying enemies under this effect would yield for score-boosting Star Coins, although taking a hit will knock the card out of you (though saves you from losing a life), and losing a life would also result in losing a fraction of Star Coins earned as well.

The developers originally had planned an updated version of the game for PC titled ''Trouble Witches AC'', however it was scrapped when the game got picked up for an arcade release instead in 2009 by Creator/{{Taito}}. The game ran on the Taito Type X arcade hardware and it did featured some of the WhatCouldHaveBeen aspects that was originally planned for the PC game, like introducing [[LoanShark Louis Leondyke]], [[CatGirl Cynfi]] [[CloudcuckooLander Porat]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Conon]] [[TokenMiniMoe Mildiazzhe]] [[CombatMedic Krakow]], and [[FortuneTeller Lyla]] [[GrumpyBear Arctauras]] into ''Episode 1'''s storyline along with some changes made to the original gameplay. Of course, this version of ''Trouble Witches'' also lacks much of the features the original PC game had, namely the fully-voiced Story Mode. The game later made it's way into the [=NESiCAxLive=] arcade service in Japan in 2012, which also brought back [[NoExportForYou Sies Fabric Tinydream]] into the game's roster of magical girls. At the time ''Trouble Witches AC'' was being produced, Studio [=SiestA=] were also in production of a self-made "English" release of the first game with ''The Tomboyish Witches ~With Amalgam's Cutie Girls~'', but like the updated PC version, it was also scrapped.

''Trouble Witches NEO!'' is the game's first-time venture into the mainstream market. Published by [[{{SNK}} SNK Playmore]] and released world-wide for the {{Xbox 360}} via XboxLiveArcade on April 27th, 2011. It is essentially an [[UpdatedRerelease enhanced port]] of ''Trouble Witches AC'' while featuring the return of the PC game's Story Mode, a BossRush and Score Attack mode, introducing two new characters into ''Episode 1'' (one of which is DownloadableContent), co-op gameplay (both locally and online), updated visuals for widescreen presentation, [[ArtEvolution new character artwork]], [[MetaMultiplayer online leaderboards]], sharable replays, [[CosmeticAward Achievements]], and ''Trouble Witches AC'' as an added bonus. The two new witches introduced are [[{{Miko}} Sakurako]] [[FanGirl Kujo]], an astrologist anime otaku who wants to become a witch like in her favorite MagicalGirl animes; and [[LadyOfBlackMagic Luca]] [[CuteMonsterGirl Yurievna]] [[Really700YearsOld Vinakol]], a downloadable devil princess with LightningBruiser-like qualities, MP almost double compared to every other witch in the game, and whose also madly in-love with the Draupnir.

* InstantRunes: The Magic Barriers and runes seen before a boss battle.

[[caption-width-right:279:So many [[MagicalGirl magical girls]] to choose from... [[hottip:*:From top to bottom: Luca, Conon, Lyla, Louis, Symphony, Aqua, Yuki, Sakurako, and Pril]].]]

'''''Trouble Witches Episode 1 ~Daughters of Amalgam~''''' (2007) is the first game of the series and debuted as a doujin PC game. The story is set in the [[MagicalLand magical country]] of Eihemland where a great witch named Amalgam has stolen [[MacGuffin a ring]] [[SealedEvilInACan sealing away a powerful devil]] known as the Draupnhir, and divided the pieces of said ring to her children where they wreak havoc as they see fit. The king of Eihemland spread flyers all across the country with a award to anyone who can stop Amalgam and her children with any wish they desire.

The original PC game featured three witches to chose from: [[CuteWitch Pril]] [[IneptMage Patowle]], [[MagicIdolSinger Aqua]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Seep]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes Seal]], and [[SpoiledSweet Yuki]] [[FieryRedhead Longate]], with [[CuteAndPsycho Sies]] [[RecurringBoss Fabric Tinydream]] as an [[UnlockableContent unlockable fourth character]] (although she becomes immediately playable after the "Ver.2" update). Each character have their own shot type, strengths, and their own take on the storyline in a fully-voiced Story Mode. One of the unique aspects of the game is the risk-and-reward mechanics of the game, of which the Magic Barrier system where each witch can summon [[InstantRunes a barrier]] to slow down enemy fire and convert them into gold by destroying the enemy that originally fired the shots. However this could work against the player if the enemies flees from the screen with their shots trapped in the barrier, which the bullets will zero-in on the player. The gold earned not only go towards ScoringPoints, but it can be used at the Pumpkin Sister's shop (which usually appears twice during each stage) to spend your gold on [[PowerUp Magic Cards]] and other goods such as [[OneUp 1-Ups]] and MP-boosting potions. The Magic Cards would give the user a different shot-type for brief periods of time, but destroying enemies under this effect would yield for score-boosting Star Coins, although taking a hit will knock the card out of you (though saves you from losing a life), and taking a hit without any protection will result in losing a fraction of Star Coins as well.

The developers originally had planned an updated version of the game for PC titled ''Trouble Witches AC'', however it was scrapped when the game got picked up for an arcade release instead in 2009 by Creator/{{Taito}}. The game ran on the Taito Type X arcade hardware and it did featured some of the WhatCouldHaveBeen aspects that was originally planned for the PC game, like introducing [[LoanShark Louis Leondyke]], [[CatGirl Cynfi]] [[CloudcuckooLander Porat]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Conon]] [[TokenMiniMoe Mildiazzhe]] [[CombatMedic Krakow]], and [[FortuneTeller Lyla]] [[GrumpyBear Arctauras]] into ''Episode 1'''s storyline along with some changes made to the original gameplay. Of course, this version of ''Trouble Witches'' also lacks much of the features the original PC game had, such as the fully-voiced Story Mode. The game later made it's way into the [=NESiCAxLive=] arcade service in Japan in 2012, which also brought back [[NoExportForYou Sies Fabric Tinydream]] into the game's roster of magical girls. At the time ''Trouble Witches AC'' was being produced, Studio [=SiestA=] were also in production of a self-made "English" release of the first game with ''The Tomboyish Witches ~With Amalgam's Cutie Girls~'', but like the updated PC version, it was also scrapped.

''Trouble Witches NEO!'' is the game's first-time venture into the mainstream market. Published by [[{{SNK}} SNK Playmore]] and released world-wide for the {{Xbox 360}} via XboxLiveArcade on April 27th, 2011. It is essentially an [[UpdatedRerelease enhanced port]] of ''Trouble Witches AC'' while featuring the return of the PC game's Story Mode, a BossRush and [[ScoringPoints Score Attack]] mode, introduced two new characters into ''Episode 1'' (one of which is DownloadableContent), co-op gameplay (both locally and online), enhanced visuals for widescreen presentation, [[ArtEvolution new character artwork]], [[MetaMultiplayer online leaderboards]], sharable replays, [[CosmeticAward Achievements]], and ''Trouble Witches AC'' as an added bonus. The two new witches introduced are [[{{Miko}} Sakurako]] [[FanGirl Kujo]], an astrologist anime otaku who wants to become a witch like in her favorite MagicalGirl animes; and Luca, a downloadable devil princess with LightningBruiser-like qualities, MP almost double compared to every other witch in the game, and whose also madly in-love with the Draupnir.

Along with the return of the Story Mode, it also featured an option for English voice-overs as the developers puts it, "offers a full voice dubbing in English and in Japanese to enjoy twice the game!", although it has GoneHorriblyWrong as it features terrible English voice-acting and translations this side of ''[[VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro Castle Shikigami II]]'' and ''ChaosWars''. Adding to the abysmal localization quality, the Story Mode is also abridged compared to it's original PC counterpart, lots of [[DubNameChange name]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS changes]] for the characters (for better or worse), and the included ''Trouble Witches AC'' is more-or-less the same game save for the most of the terrible voice-acting. It also lacks the personal score rankings, the ability to revisit past stages, and the ability to switch Magic Cards on the fly of the original game. Despite its faults, the gameplay still holds up fairly well.

'''''Trouble Witches Episode 2 ~With Decendents of Ancient Dragon the Souless~''''' (TBA) is an upcoming follow-up to ''Episode 1'' that's currently in the works. From what is shown on circle's website, the game will be set in a different country with (currently) four new magical girls.

* {{Engrish}}: Again, ''Trouble Witches NEO!'' is full of it. Especially Sakurako.

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The only boss fought directly is Almagam. The rest summon a monster.

* XMeetsY: Its ''MagicalChase'' with a mix of story elements of ''VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro''.

The developers originally had planned an updated version of the game for PC titled ''Trouble Witches AC'', however it was scrapped when the game got picked up for an arcade release instead in 2009 by {{Taito}}. The game ran on the Taito Type X arcade hardware and it did featured some of the WhatCouldHaveBeen aspects that was originally planned for the PC game, like introducing [[LoanShark Louis Leondyke]], [[CatGirl Cynfi]] [[CloudcuckooLander Porat]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Conon]] [[TokenMiniMoe Mildiazzhe]] [[CombatMedic Krakow]], and [[FortuneTeller Lyla]] [[GrumpyBear Arctauras]] into ''Episode 1'''s storyline along with some changes made to the original gameplay. Of course, this version of ''Trouble Witches'' also lacks much of the features the original PC game had, such as the fully-voiced Story Mode. The game later made it's way into the [=NESiCAxLive=] arcade service in Japan in 2012, which also brought back [[NoExportForYou Sies Fabric Tinydream]] into the game's roster of magical girls. At the time ''Trouble Witches AC'' was being produced, Studio [=SiestA=] were also in production of a self-made "English" release of the first game with ''The Tomboyish Witches ~With Amalgam's Cutie Girls~'', but like the updated PC version, it was also scrapped.

* AdultsAreUseless: Mainly in ''Trouble Witches NEO!'' due to abridging of the storylines.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the shop, touching Ptheni's ears and her hat makes her giggly, and touching her chest will make her the player to stop that (touching her chest was removed in ''Trouble Witches NEO!''). Do this too much, and her big sister Pleu kicks the player out of the store, saying things like "Are you having fun? Well I'm not!".

* SplitPersonality: Aqua and Jules.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels, HarderThanHard

* ShoutOut: At one point, Sakurako insists that her [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Katana is a Device, and that her Miko vestments are a Barrier Jacket.]]

!!In the MagicalLand of Eihemland, Trouble Witches Episode 1 features examples of:

'''''Trouble☆Witches''''' is a series of [[DoujinSoft doujin]] BulletHell CuteEmUp games by Studio [=SiestA=] and Bouken. The series consist of two games, one of which has been re-released three times already with an "English" version of the PC game canceled sometime during its production, with a sequel currently under development.

'''''Trouble✰Witches Episode 1 ~Daughters of Amalgam~''''' (2007) is the first game of the series and debuted as a doujin PC game. The story is set in the [[MagicalLand magical country]] of Eihemland where a great witch named Amalgam has stolen [[MacGuffin a ring]] [[SealedEvilInACan sealing away a powerful devil]] known as the Draupnhir, and divided the pieces of said ring to her children where they wreak havoc as they see fit. The king of Eihemland spread flyers all across the country with a award to anyone who can stop Amalgam and her children with any wish they desire.

The developers originally had planned an updated version of the game for PC titled ''Trouble✰Witches AC'', however it was scrapped when the game got picked up for an arcade release instead in 2009 by {{Taito}}. The game ran on the Taito Type X arcade hardware and it did featured some of the WhatCouldHaveBeen aspects that was originally planned for the PC game, like introducing [[LoanShark Louis Leondyke]], [[CatGirl Cynfi]] [[CloudcuckooLander Porat]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Conon]] [[TokenMiniMoe Mildiazzhe]] [[CombatMedic Krakow]], and [[FortuneTeller Lyla]] [[GrumpyBear Arctauras]] into ''Episode 1'''s storyline along with some changes made to the original gameplay. Of course, this version of ''Trouble✰Witches'' also lacks much of the features the original PC game had, such as the fully-voiced Story Mode. The game later made it's way into the [=NESiCAxLive=] arcade service in Japan in 2012, which also brought back [[NoExportForYou Sies Fabric Tinydream]] into the game's roster of magical girls. At the time ''Trouble✰Witches AC'' was being produced, Studio [=SiestA=] were also in production of a self-made "English" release of the first game with ''The Tomboyish✰Witches ~With Amalgam's Cutie Girls~'', but like the updated PC version, it was also scrapped.

''Trouble✰Witches NEO!'' is the game's first-time venture into the mainstream market. Published by [[{{SNK}} SNK Playmore]] and released world-wide for the {{Xbox 360}} via XboxLiveArcade on April 27th, 2011. It is essentially an [[UpdatedRerelease enhanced port]] of ''Trouble✰Witches AC'' while featuring the return of the PC game's Story Mode, a BossRush and [[ScoringPoints Score Attack]] mode, introduced two new characters into ''Episode 1'' (one of which is DownloadableContent), co-op gameplay (both locally and online), enhanced visuals for widescreen presentation, [[ArtEvolution new character artwork]], [[MetaMultiplayer online leaderboards]], sharable replays, [[CosmeticAward Achievements]], and ''Trouble Witches AC'' as an added bonus. The two new witches introduced are [[{{Miko}} Sakurako]] [[FanGirl Kujo]], an astrologist anime otaku who wants to become a witch like in her favorite MagicalGirl animes; and Luca, a downloadable devil princess with LightningBruiser-like qualities, MP almost double compared to every other witch in the game, and whose also madly in-love with the Draupnir.