Line #77 VideoGame/GalGun


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3	''Gal*Gun'' is a RailShooter series developed by Creator/IntiCreates. The premise is different from most other rail shooters out there — instead of shooting zombies or enemy troops with guns, here you have to [[UnwantedHarem stop a mob of lovestruck girls]] with a [[ThePowerOfLove Pheromone Shot]].
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5	The ExcusePlot of both the original and ''Double Peace'' are fairly similar. The FeaturelessProtagonist (Tenzou Motesugi in the original, Houdai Kudoki in ''Double Peace'') is scouted out by a cupid-in-training, who is tasked with helping him find love. Unfortunately, the protagonist is accidentally shot (for one reason or another) by an overcharged love arrow, which causes him to become a super ChickMagnet who is making nearly every single female on campus ''incredibly'' horny. The cure? Find [[OneTrueLove true love]] by sunset, or else [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment he will lose his chance at love]] — ''forever''.
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7	''Gal Gun 2'' changes things up, as this time the protagonist was randomly selected to become a demon-fighting hero and given equipment that lets him see and fight them. And also makes him irresistible to girls. Instead of having one day to find his true love, the protagonist has 20 days to rack up enough Demon Buster points to help an angel meet her monthly quota. Missions are divided up into Main, Side, and Free missions — main being about the main story, side being interactions with important female characters, and free missions being given out by the various other female characters. Two missions can be performed each day.
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9	The first game, ''GalGun'', was released for the Platform/Xbox360 in 2011 and Platform/PlayStation3 in 2012 [[NoExportForYou only in Japan]], but thanks to Ekoro's unexpected popularity as a playable character in ''VideoGame/MightyGunvolt'', ''GalGun'' made the jump overseas with its first international game, ''GalGun Double Peace'' for the Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlaystationVita and PC in 2015. A VR spinoff title was also released for [=PCs=] known as ''GalGun VR'', whose style and mechanics would later become the basis for the third main series title, ''GalGun 2'' ([[SequelNumberSnarl yes, the third game is officially labelled "2"]]) for the Platform/NintendoSwitch, [=PS4=] and PC in 2018. A remastered version of the first game, titled ''GalGun Returns'', released in 2021 for the Switch and PC via Platform/{{Steam}} to celebrate the franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]].
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11	A spinoff under the title ''VideoGame/GalGuardiansDemonPurge'' was released in 2023. The game stars Shinobu and Maya Kamizono in a GothicHorror 2D RunAndGun setting not unlike the ''{{Franchise/Castlevania}}'' and ''VideoGame/BloodstainedCurseOfTheMoon'' series.
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13	Has a [[Characters/GalGun character page here]].
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15	!!The ''Gal*Gun'' games provide examples of:
16	* AirVentPassageway: Several levels in ''Double Peace'' will have both Houdai and random girls using the school's air vents as convenient crawlspaces.
17	* AlliterativeTitle
18	* AllWomenAreLustful: Thanks to '''at least sixteen normal cupid arrows''' in the first game, that overcharged cupid arrow in ''Double Peace'', and the Pheromone Goggles in ''2''. Though the bios of some of the various girls around the school state that they've got reputations for being flirtatious and boy-crazy already.
19	* AntiFrustrationFeature:
20	** In the True Love route of ''Double Peace'', you're given the option to skip straight to the end once you've got a girl's affection maxed out.
21	** Completing the True Love route once in ''Double Peace'' unlocks an item in the store that increases the rate girls gain affection for you.
22	** You don't need to get every single student journal on one playthrough. The student records are saved to the system file, not the individual saves.
23	** Once you've met the prerequisites for an ending in ''Gal*Gun 2'', you can choose to skip straight to the final day. You can then continue from the point you skipped, allowing you to see multiple endings in one playthrough.
24	* AttackItsWeakPoint: Most bosses work that way.
25	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: During the first boss fight on the "Angel and Demon" route ''and'' the FinalBoss of "Shinobu's Route" in ''Double Peace'', the player-character repeatedly [[MaleGaze gets distracted by a pornographic magazine on the floor]], allowing the boss to get a jump on the player.
26	* BittersweetEnding: Despite it sounding like it's a DownerEnding, the Blue Balls ending of ''Double Peace'' (which you get by completing the Unseen Destiny route with 0% affection) is actually this. [[spoiler:Houdai doesn't find a girlfriend by day's end, and, by extension, Ekoro, having failed in her duties, is BroughtDownToNormal. That said, she shacks up with Houdai, becomes his housewife (except for the fact that they're not married), and they live Happily Ever After]].
27	* BlandNameProduct: The school is full of Zepsi Cola vending machines.
28	* BossBonanza: Engaging Kurona's route in ''Double Peace'' involves the player fighting through a total of '''five''' bosses in their playthrough, as opposed to the usual 2 in most other routes.
29	* BoyMeetsGhoul: You're able to hit ghosts with the Pheromone Shot in ''Double Peace'', and they're just as taken with Houdai (the protagonist of that game) as everyone else is.
30	* BroughtDownToNormal: The bad ending you get if you complete the Unseen Destiny route with 0% affection has [[spoiler:Ekoro fail her test, and her makeup exam, and be sentenced to becoming human. She proceeds to shack up with Houdai, and act as his house girlfriend]].
31	* CanonImmigrant: The Demon Sweeper from ''VR'' is introduced into the main series in ''2''.
32	* ChargedAttack: In ''Double Peace'', holding down the attack button will cause a heart-shaped aura to appear. Release the button to fire a powerful Pheromone Shot that has a radius effect, useful for striking multiple girls at once.
33	* ChickMagnet: The result of Tenzou and Houdai having been struck with too many Love Arrows (normally only one arrow is needed). This will wear off at sunset, though. [[FromBadToWorse However, it's more than likely they'll never find a girlfriend if they don't by then.]]
34	* ChildhoodFriends: Shinobu and Maya have known Houdai since they were kids.
35	* CombatTentacles: As expected, in both games, you face off against a boss who fights using tentacles.
36	* CovertPervert:
37	** In ''Double Peace'', Shinobu takes your decision to "play a drum solo on her butt" surprisingly well (saying it's not her type of thing).
38	** Also in ''Double Peace'', some of the side requests you'll get include things like "what kinds of panties are first year girls wearing" or "how big are the student president's breasts?" The girls who ask you are ''very'' happy to get answers.
39	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: From ''Double Peace'':
40	** Ekoro: Blue hair and blue eyes, as seen [[https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/gal-gun/images/9/97/2682190-9229690751-20-mi.jpg here]].
41	** Kurona: Red hair and red eyes, as seen in the upper left corner of this picture [[http://inticreates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/galgunboxart.jpg here]].
42	* CriticalHit: Shooting a girl in a "weak spot" (that is different for each one) such as the breasts or their privates will result in an "Ecstasy Shot" that [[OneHitKill incapacitates them in a single shot]].
43	* CuteGhostGirl: Found in several levels of ''Double Peace''. You earn bonus points if you can find and shoot her. If you can find her all ten times during the True Love route, she can become your girlfriend.
44	* CuttingOffTheBranches:
45	** Aoi is present in ''Double Peace'', which suggests that she did not become Tenzou's girlfriend. Her ending in ''Double Peace'' [[spoiler:has her take Houdai as her new manager, with her immunity to the Pheromone Shot meaning he never gets to find out if she's his girlfriend in time]].
46	** Early in ''Double Peace'', you also meet [[spoiler:Patako, from the first game, who clearly was [[BroughtDownToNormal punished for what happened in the first game...]]]]
47	* DamageSponge: Though you won't notice in normal gameplay because of Ecstasy Shots, the student council members and teachers are able to take a massive amount of hits, regardless of your damage output level. This becomes a problem if you want any of the bad endings, since you need to avoid hitting their weak points to keep either the route of the girl you're on or the character themselves' affection down.
48	* DamselInDistress: On at least one route in both games, the girl that you're romancing will be kidnapped and you'll have to use the Pheromone Shot to rescue her.
49	* DemonicPossession: ''Double Peace'' introduces Kuromi, SuperDeformed avatars of Kurona that possess girls and cause them to be abusive to the person that they love, which would be you. In order to turn them back to normal, you must shoot the Kuromi off the girls. ''VR'' adds a Demon Sweeper device that can be used to suck up the Kuromi instead without having to shoot them; however, it runs on a limited battery supply that can only be restored by shooting girls, so shooting Kuromi is still an option if you're low on power.
50	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In ''Double Peace'', you have to free Shinobu and Maya from a predicament. When you go to help push or pull them free, the way the camera is positioned makes it look like much more is going on.
51	* DownloadableContent: There's a lot of it, typically alternate outfits for the girls. Exaggerated with ''Double Peace'', which has $90 DLC that allows you to see through the girls' clothes (notably not available to European console gamers).
52	* EarnYourBadEnding: ''Double Peace'' has an ending for if you complete the Unseen Destiny route with 0% affection, which is, apparently, much harder to do than it sounds. That said, it isn't really much of a bad ending, since [[https://youtu.be/KA8bAZhftOU?t=2m20s the devs decided to throw you a bone for going through the effort]].
53	** Similarly, getting the Ekoro or Kurona bad endings are very difficult without actively trying to get them and are still somewhat difficult even if you are, since it requires you to play very poorly. Unlike with the Unseen Destiny route, they ''are'' bad ends, and have [=CGs=] locked behind them if you want the platinum trophy.
54	* {{Fanservice}}: This game's primary selling point is this.
55	* FeaturelessProtagonist: Tenzou and Houdai are pretty generic in personality, and their faces aren't shown.
56	* FinalBoss: With a couple of exceptions, the general rule of thumb is that the girl you're romancing is the final boss of their respective route.
57	* TheGlomp: One of the "attacks" that girls at close range can perform is to tackle you off your feet, then kiss you until you shake them off.
58	* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: In ''Gal Gun 2'', your Pheromone Goggles gives you the ability to use Pheromone Shots and see demons. And make you irresistible to girls.
59	* GottaCatchThemAll: If you can find the ghost girl all ten times during the True Love route of ''Double Peace'', she becomes an option for you as a girlfriend.
60	* GroinAttack: Groin stomps are the SignatureMove of those who have been hit by the Demon Spear.
61	* GuideDangIt: Finishing Chiru's side quest in ''2'' causes her to disappear until the final day. Since she's the one responsible for upgrading your gear, this means you're SOL if you haven't gotten any of the upgrades yet.
62	** 2 has a lot of these in general, since there's quite a few mechanics (like how the Rendezvous sections work) the game never bothers to explain, and when they do, you'd better pay attention since there's no way to see a tutorial again.
63	* HaremEnding:
64	** In ''Double Peace'', you don't have to just go with one girl; sometimes, you can pick multiple girls.
65	** ''GalGun 2'' offers something similar. But while ''Double Peace'' had at least one serious ending option with multiple girls, ''GalGun 2'' presents its equivalent ending inconclusively and as a joke.
66	* HospitalHottie: The school nurse in ''Double Peace'' is noted for being both attractive and for [[AllWomenAreLustful constantly dropping innuendo]] which results in her having a constant stream of boys who fake illness to get sent to her office.
67	* TheImmodestOrgasm: Essentially, this is how you are "subduing" the girls that are trying to confess their love to you, since you are literally filling them with ecstasy. Special note goes to Doki Doki mode, however, where you can cause girls to ''explode'' with ecstasy and taking out everyone else around them.
68	* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The player-character is the only male character who appears in the game.
69	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Shinobu and Maya both like Houdai, but believe that the other should be the one to go out with him. By the end, whichever one he chooses, the other is fine with it. The fact that they each want the other to be happy with Houdai is one of the main reasons they agree to the harem ending.
70	* JumpScare: Sometimes enemies appear suddenly in front of you. Not ''that'' scary because they are all cute schoolgirls wanting to make love to you, but otherwise it's the standard application of this trope.
71	* LegendaryInTheSequel: Tenzou becomes part of a "Super Popular Legend" talked about around the school.
72	* MultipleEndings: Each game has several endings depending on who you pursue.
73	** In ''Double Peace'', you have endings for Shinobu and Maya, plus [[MarryThemAll both of them]], plus endings where you either court [[MissionControl the angel who shot you in the first place]] or the demon who distracted her, or even an ending with [[LegacyCharacter Patako, the angel from the previous game!]]
74	** In ''2'', love interests Chiru and Nanako each have two routes. There's also an ending with angel partner Risu, and a HaremEnding.
75	* NewGamePlus: In ''2''. You start over with everything you unlocked in the previous playthrough — weapon upgrades, sweets, room decorations, even your score transfers to the new game.
76	* NonStandardGameOver: Complete all the donations to [=LoveHeart=] in ''Double Peace''. [[spoiler:Aoi will give you the option to come with them to America as the band's manager, at the cost of losing your shot at romance forever. [[ViolationOfCommonSense Accepting the offer is required]] for [[OneHundredPercentCompletion 100% Completion]], since it's the only way to unlock Aoi's ending.]]
77	* OffscreenTeleportation: Girls frequently appear in places where they couldn't have gotten so quickly. It happens quite frequent that the player clears a room, looks away just for a few seconds, and suddenly it's full of girls again.
78	* OneHitKill: Every girl has a weak spot which takes her down in one hit.
79	* PantyThief: A ''Double Peace'' side mission is to find a girl's panties after they were stolen [[spoiler:by a kitten]]. You become one yourself in one route.
80	* PlayableEpilogue: Doki Doki Carnival in the first game serves as one for the original story as it ties between it and Double Peace as well as explaing how Patako got turned into a human.
81	* ThePowerOfLove: The Pheromone Shot, which incapacitates the girls hit by it with love.
82	* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Some girls in both games have these. It's most evident on Kaoruko Sakurazaki, the resident {{Ojou}} of the academy.
83	* RefugeInAudacity: ''The entire series.'' In what other game that isn't explicitly a hentai game can you defeat girls by using a special gun to sexually overstimulate them into unconsciousness and use a vacuum to "accidentally" suck their clothes off?
84	* SchoolSwimsuit: This is a given since one of the levels is the Sakurazaki Academy Pool.
85	* SequelNumberSnarl: ''GalGun 2'' is the third main game, coming after ''Double Peace'' (and not counting ''VR''). Probably because ''DP'' was primarily aimed at the VITA handheld system, ''VR'' for well- virtual reality; making ''GalGun 2'' only the second primarily console release.
86	* StealthPun:
87	** The premise of the game's gameplay is that you shoot girls with pheromones to pacify them [[spoiler:(i.e., you're running around the school banging girls)]].
88	*** Or, alternately, [[spoiler:shooting them down]].
89	** ''Double Peace''. As in, "double peace signs". [[TheImmodestOrgasm Guess what those are associated with?]]
90	*** Also, the initials "DP" known more widely for referencing Double... something else.
91	* StickySituation: In ''Double Peace'', Maya becomes stuck on a demon-catching trap when Houdai accidentally knocks her into it.
92	* UnsettlingGenderReveal: One of the side missions in ''Double Peace'' is to find a "girl" on the track field who's got [[OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe an unsettling bulge in her shorts]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Turns out]] it really was a girl, she was just [[TrouserSpace carrying a banana there]] for some reason]].
93	* UpdatedRerelease: ''Gal*Gun Returns'', a remake of the original game that includes full voice acting, new [=CGs=], an expanded selection of undergarments, and the DLC packed in from the get go. Also unlike the original, the game was officially localized.
94	* WeaponsThatSuck: The Demon Sweeper in ''VR/2''. Initially, it just sucks up the Mini-Kurona demons, but once upgraded, it gains the power to also [[TheNudifier suck girls' clothes right off them]].
95	* YearOutsideHourInside: When you pay into the donation box in the School Store, Aoi begins discussing with you the band's tribulations. However, the way they're framed, like discussing a concert in the gym, this is a rapport occurring over several WEEKS, and Houdai leaving with her is a RelationshipUpgrade.

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