History VideoGame / WildGuns

''Wild Guns'' is a fixed-view RailShooter developed and published by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the UsefulNotes/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]]. It's very much like an old-time Carnival or Theme Park shooting gallery that shoots back.

In a surprise announcement, Natsume [[http://natsume.com/news/news_pdffiles/pid_204_May122016_WGReloaded_Announced.pdf revealed]] another installment for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, ''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. The remake also saw a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port in April 2018.

* 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.

* SmartBomb: Your character can find and [[EveryTenThousandPoints earn]] screen clearing explosives. Wouldn't be an old-school shooter if you didn't get these.

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

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. The remake also saw a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port in April 2018.

''Wild Guns'' is a fixed-view RailShooter developed and published by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the UsefulNotes/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.]] It's very much like an old-time Carnival or Theme Park shooting gallery that shoots back.

The [[ExcusePlot rather thin premise is as follows]]. Frontier settler [[ActionGirl Annie]]'s family was attacked and a number of them were killed by a major bandit lord and his cronies. Annie enlists the aid of BountyHunter Clint in order to track down said bandit lord and [[RoaringRampageofRevenge exact her revenge.]] [[TheWestern Standard western plot, no?]] Well, here's the twist. [[SpaceWestern It's a Western with futuristic tech!]] [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]] Annie and Clint are armed with [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]], and the bandit lord and his men also have automatics, in addition to [[WeaponizedCar turret-equipped buggies]], [[MechaMooks robotic gunmen]], [[AttackDrone floating gun drones]], [[KillItWithFire flamethrowing]] [[TankGoodness tanks]] and HumongousMecha that possess the power of GatlingGood.

* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: "The Kid" rules by the gun, and he won't go down easily when you finally confront him.

** The Extra Life sound is the opening to [[Music/EnnioMorricone Ennio Morricone's]] theme for ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.

* OperaGloves: Annie wears a pair.

* MagicSkirt: Annie's dress is slit in the front far enough to enable her acrobatic jumps and [[ShesGotLegs show off her legs]], but otherwise protects her modesty at all times.

* ShesGotLegs: Despite Annie having an old style dress, it's slit so that her legs show when she runs and leaps.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Doris's victory animation has a little bit of this.

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[[caption-width-right:256: Draw, pilgrim.]]

* ClimacticMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBGIe00ecU The boss music]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol1dg6QCxE8 The Reloaded version]] takes this UpToEleven.

* PimpedOutDress: Annie wears a pretty fancy dress, with a few frills, shoulder guards, a bow on her waist, and [[FluffyFashionFeathers some feathers]] on her NiceHat.

''Wild Guns'' is a fixed-view RailShooter developed and published by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the UsefulNotes/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.]]

* BrawnHilda: ''Reloaded'' adds Doris, who is simultaneously [[AmazonianBeauty very muscular]] and [[StoutStrength very fat]]. Downplayed, however, in that she's got a [[BigBeautifulWoman pretty cute face]].

[[quoteright:256: Draw, pilgrim.]]

''Wild Guns'' is a fixed-view RailShooter developed and published by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the UsefulNotes/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.]]

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

* BrawnHilda: ''Reloaded'' adds Doris, who is simultaneously [[AmazonianBeauty very muscular]] and [[BigBeautifulWoman very fat]]. Downplayed, however, in that she's got a [[BigBeautifulWoman pretty cute face]].

* BrawnHilda: ''Reloaded'' adds Doris, who is simultaneously [[AmazonianBeauty very muscular]] and [[FatGirl very fat]]. Downplayed, however, in that she's got a [[BigBeautifulWoman pretty cute face]].

''Wild Guns'' is a fixed-view ThirdPersonShooter developed by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the UsefulNotes/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.]]

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

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Doris and Bullet play differently enough compared to Clint and Annie, and even between ''each other'', that players will probably be exclaiming this repeatedly while playing ''Reloaded''. Specifically, Bullet can move freely while firing while every other character stays in place, increasing his risk of just running into danger, but his drone hits a wide area and homes in on targets in that area, meaning he doesn't need to move his targeting reticle as much. Meanwhile, Doris doesn't even use guns, she uses grenades (exclusively, so no power ups), which are powerful but slow. Plus her "dodge" has no invincibility frames, meaning she has to actively avoid everything all the others can dodge through. These characteristics make her the hardest character to master, [[DifficultButAwesome but if you do...]]
* DegradedBoss: The trenchcoat-wearing "Hitman" robot minibosses appear in the final stage as a regular Mook and take a few hits to die.

* DoNotRunWithAGun: You cannot run and shoot at the same time, although you ''can'' dodge roll while shooting. Averted with Bullet the dog, who ''can'' move around while firing since he's a dog and his weapon is a combat drone.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Seriously, everything on the screen that ''isn't you is trying to kill you.''

* FlunkyBoss: Kid, the final boss. Some of the others too- like Flash Boy, the enhanced "Fly" robot that spawns more Fly-bots, and the Gaes Crystal (the snake-like orb boss of the Ammunition Depot stage).

** Get a load of the guy that ''hola-hoops'' stun lassos at you in the armored train stage.

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

** Bullet is a dog that can move freely while attacking. For weapons, he has an AttackDrone that hovers around him and targets enemies in an enlarged targeting zone, and said drone is invulnerable but can get hit which will stun it for a while. Bullet's jump is short, but he can hang onto his drone to move around in the air quickly and freely.

** Bullet is a dog that can move freely while attacking. For weapons, he has an AttackDrone that hovers around him and targets enemies in that general area, and said drone is invulnerable but can get hit which will stun it for a while.

%%* CoresAndTurretsBoss
* CranialProcessingUnit: Played straight with the first boss, as well as the crab boss. Their weak points are located in their head.

** 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 and rack up a score multiplier.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: All of the large-sized bosses have a weakpoint, even if it's usually small.

* JetPack: Flash Boy has one.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Robot Cowboys with gatling guns...