History VideoGame / WildGuns

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter:

* AirborneMook: There are mooks with hang gliders. Also, many hovering robotic drones appear throughout the levels. The second game also has an entire stage set in the air.

** Bullet is a dog with no weapons, but he can move freely while attacking and has an AttackDrone that hovers around him and targets enemies in that general area, and is invulnerable (but getting hit will stun it for a while).
** Doris' playstyle eschews guns altogether for bombs, meaning that weapon pickups are useless for her. Additionally, her bombs can be charged up to deal extra damage.

* SteamPunk: It ''looks'' like the old west, but there's tanks and giant robots.

* ShoutOut: Clint and Annie's names are references, to Creator/ClintEastwood and Annie Oakley (same with Doris and [[Film/CalamityJane Doris]] [[Creator/DorisDay Day]] in ''Reloaded''). Clint and Annie's names are also stealth references to Film/BonnieAndClyde.

* PoisonMushroom: The pea shooter, which deals no damage.

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: Clint has the standard poncho-and-cowboy-hat arrangement, but Annie has a fully-frocked ankle-length "high-class" dress and frilly hat. Doesn't slow her down at all, and doesn't even tear.

In a surprise announcement, Natsume [[http://natsume.com/news/news_pdffiles/pid_204_May122016_WGReloaded_Announced.pdf revealed]] another installment for the [[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 Playstation 4]], ''Wild Guns: Reloaded'', in 2016. The remake features selectively updated graphics, two new stages, two new ''heroes'', and 4-player simultaneous play. This was later confirmed to be releasing on [=PC=] via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} late into 2017, being Natsume's first game on PC.

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''Wild Guns'' is a fixed-view ThirdPersonShooter developed by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, released in Japan in 1994 and the United States a year later. A PAL version was published by Titus software a year after that. If you've played ''Videogame/{{Cabal}}'', ''Videogame/BloodBros'', or ''Videogame/{{Nam1975}}'', you'll be familiar with the concept, as this sort of game is rather rare and hard to describe. Essentially, your character is standing in the foreground shooting at enemies in the background, and the directional pad controls both lateral movement and the position of the [[CrosshairAware on-screen crosshair.]]

* {{Expy}}: Clint, [[WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd a man as dangerous as he is unshaven]], is obviously based on Creator/ClintEastwood's various western characters, most likely The Man With No Name from the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy''. Annie is likely based on the real life female sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Doris is also possibly based on Doris Day, who played Calamity Jane in the [[Film/CalamityJane film of the same name]].

* ShoutOut: Clint and Annie's names are references, to Creator/ClintEastwood and Annie Oakley (same with Doris and [[Film/CalamityJane Doris Day]] in ''Reloaded''). Clint and Annie's names are also stealth references to Film/BonnieAndClyde.

* TomTheDarkLord: [FinalBoss Kid]]. Not even a [[UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid memorable]] [[Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid one]], just "Kid". Not that this keeps him from being a threat to you.

* XMeetsY: As one review on Website/ScrewAttack aptly put it, ''Wild Guns'' is basically "''Film/TrueGrit'' with [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]]" [[note]]The ''Film/TrueGrit'' analogy [[SurprisinglySimilarStories makes even more sense when you survey the basic story points]]: that a girl (Mattie/Annie) gets help from an experienced gunslinger (Rooster/Clint), to get revenge on a gang that wronged her family (Mattie's father being murdered/Annie's family farm being attacked)[[/note]].

%%* ForMassiveDamage: Best way to get the high scores.

* XMeetsY: As one review on Website/ScrewAttack aptly put it, ''Wild Guns'' is basically "TrueGrit with [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]]" [[note]]The TrueGrit analogy [[SurprisinglySimilarStories makes even more sense when you survey the basic story points]]: that a girl (Mattie/Annie) gets help from an experienced gunslinger (Rooster/Clint), to get revenge on a gang that wronged her family (Mattie's father being murdered/Annie's family farm being attacked)[[/note]].

In a surprise announcement, Natsume [[http://natsume.com/news/news_pdffiles/pid_204_May122016_WGReloaded_Announced.pdf revealed]] another installment for the [[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 Playstation 4]], ''Wild Guns: Reloaded'', in 2016. The remake features selectively updated graphics, two new stages, two new ''heroes'', and 4-player simultaneous play,

* XMeetsY: As one review on ScrewAttack aptly put it, ''Wild Guns'' is basically "TrueGrit with [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]]" [[note]]The TrueGrit analogy [[SurprisinglySimilarStories makes even more sense when you survey the basic story points]]: that a girl (Mattie/Annie) gets help from an experienced gunslinger (Rooster/Clint), to get revenge on a gang that wronged her family (Mattie's father being murdered/Annie's family farm being attacked)[[/note]].

->'''Annie''': Let's go, Clint!
->'''Clint''': Okay, Annie!

* ShoutOut: Clint and Annie's names are references, to Creator/ClintEastwood and Annie Oakley (same with Doris and [[Film/CalamityJane Doris Day]] in ''Reloaded''). Clint and Annie's names are also stealth references to BonnieAndClyde.

* StoutStrenth: Doris, a very rare female example.

* ActionGirl: Annie, [[WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd a woman as beautiful as she is deadly,]] one of the two playable characters. She manages to kick major ass and perform various acrobatic feats whilst wearing [[ImpracticallyFancyOutfit a period dress and hat.]] Reloaded adds [[BrawnHilda Doris]], who hurls grenades with cybernetic arms.

* BoobsOfSteel: [[BrawnHilda Doris's]] melee attack consists of punching her enemy with her giant cybernetic fists. Of course, she sports a pair of breasts larger than Annie's (whose melee attack involves a bat/umbrella).

* DoNotRunWithAGun: You cannot run and shoot at the same time, although you ''can'' dodge roll while shooting.

* VocalDissonance: A minor case with Doris: her normal grunts sound suitably for someone like her, but her death yell is oddly higher pitched than one would expect.

In a surprise announcement, Natsume [[http://natsume.com/news/news_pdffiles/pid_204_May122016_WGReloaded_Announced.pdf revealed]] that they will be releasing a new game for the [[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 Playstation 4]], ''Wild Guns: Reloaded'', in 2016. The remake features selectively updated graphics, two new stages, two new ''heroes'', and 4-player simultaneous play,

* AirborneMook: There are mooks with hang gliders. Also, many hovering robotic drones appear throughout the levels.

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* BrawnHilda: Reloaded adds Doris, who is simultaneously [[AmazonianBeauty very muscular]] and [[FatGirl very fat]].

* DepthPerplexion: Seen particularly in the battle against Flash Boy (the jetpack sub-boss of the Armored Train stage). The dynamite you pick up from Flash Boy is able to affect him as well as the horse-riding Mooks who are ''much'' further behind.

* ExclusiveEnemyEquipment: Dynamite, which can be picked up off the ground and thrown back at enemies. Not so much in the remake, where it's Doris' thing.
* {{Expy}}: Clint, [[WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd a man as dangerous as he is unshaven]], is obviously based on Creator/ClintEastwood's various western characters, most likely The Man With No Name from the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy''. Annie is likely based on the real life female sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

* GiantEnemyCrab: The boss of the Gold Mine stage is literally a mechanical "Giant Crab"

* OneHitPointWonder: Annie and Clint, the player characters, die from one hit.
* OperaGloves: Annie wears a pair

* ShoutOut: Both the heroes' names are references, to Creator/ClintEastwood and Annie Oakley. Their names are also stealth references to BonnieAndClyde.

* XMeetsY: As one review on ScrewAttack aptly put it, Wild Guns is basically "TrueGrit with [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]]" [[note]]The TrueGrit analogy [[SurprisinglySimilarStories makes even more sense when you survey the basic story points]]: that a girl (Mattie/Annie) gets help from an experienced gunslinger (Rooster/Clint), to get revenge on a gang that wronged her family (Mattie's father being murdered/Annie's family farm being attacked)[[/note]].

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: A few bandits in the Ammunition Depot stage have riot shields, protecting them from your attacks unless they peak out to fire at you.

* ClimacticMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBGIe00ecU The boss music]].

* ActionGirl: Annie, [[WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd a woman as beautiful as she is deadly,]] one of the two playable characters. She manages to kick major ass and perform various acrobatic feats whilst wearing [[ImpracticallyFancyOutfit a period dress and hat.]] Reloaded adds [[BrawnHilda Doris]].

%%* AttackDrone: Several {{Mooks}} are these.

* ExclusiveEnemyEquipment: Dynamite, which can be picked up off the ground and thrown back at enemies.

In a surprise announcement, Natsume [[http://natsume.com/news/news_pdffiles/pid_204_May122016_WGReloaded_Announced.pdf revealed]] that they will be releasing a new game for the [[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 Playstation 4]], ''Wild Guns: Reloaded'', in 2016. The remake features selectively updated graphics, two new heroes, and 4-player simultaneous play,

In a surprise announcement, Natsume [[http://natsume.com/news/news_pdffiles/pid_204_May122016_WGReloaded_Announced.pdf revealed]] that they will be releasing a new game for the [[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 Playstation 4]], ''Wild Guns: Reloaded'', in 2016.