History VideoGame / ElViento

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The [[https://videogamesstats.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/El-Viento-stats-facts.jpg cover for the US version]] has a more realistic art style and features Annet fighting a bunch of mobsters.

* BareYourMidriff: Annet, in this game and its sequel ''VideoGame/AnnetFutatabi''.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Annet has green hair.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Henry, the main villain.

The game is set in the USA, at the end of the Twenties, and features unexpected references to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos: Annet Myer must stop the combined efforts of TheMafia and some guy named Henry, who are trying to perform dark rituals on top of the Empire State Building in order to summon the elder god Hastur. She is armed with a set of bladed boomerangs and a small selection of magic spells, which she has to charge. Among the many goons, creatures and environment hazards, Annet will also have to fight Restiana, a distant relative of hers and one of Henry's misguided followers, that in the end [[spoiler:will be sacrificed into becoming the vessel for Hastur]].

* SequelHook: The ending has Zigfried deciding to let "them" be happy with themselves for a while, remarking that the world will fall into [[UsefulNotes/WorldWar1 chaos]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWar2 and wars]] soon, and that he won't let Hastur destroy the "beautiful plan" he's got ready. This would later be followed up in ''Annet Futatabi''.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: [[spoiler: The ending has a nice shot of Restiana's mutilated corpse once the final boss Hastur has been beaten, blood spurting and all]].

* LovecraftLite

* TheUnfought: Henry

The game is set in the USA, at the end of the Twenties, and features unexpected references to the Franchise/CthulhuMythos: Annet must stop the combined efforts of TheMafia and some guy named Henry, who are trying to perform dark rituals on top of the Empire State Building in order to summon the elder god Hastur. She is armed with a set of bladed boomerangs and a small selection of magic spells, which she has to charge. Among the many goons, creatures and environment hazards, Annet will also have to fight Restiana, a distant relative of hers and one of Henry's misguided followers, that in the end [[spoiler:will be sacrificed into becoming the vessel for Hastur]].

* BareYourMidriff: Annet, in this game and its sequel ''Annet Futatabi''.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Annet.

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The game is set in the USA, at the end of the Twenties, and features unexpected references to the CthulhuMythos: Annet must stop the combined efforts of TheMafia and some guy named Henry, who are trying to perform dark rituals on top of the Empire State Building in order to summon the elder god Hastur. She is armed with a set of bladed boomerangs and a small selection of magic spells, which she has to charge. Among the many goons, creatures and environment hazards, Annet will also have to fight Restiana, a distant relative of hers and one of Henry's misguided followers, that in the end [[spoiler:will be sacrificed into becoming the vessel for Hastur]].

* EldritchAbomination: As mentioned before, a few CthulhuMythos creatures make an appearance, most notably FinalBoss Hastur.

* CthulhuMythos: The concept of elder gods is mentioned, "Hastur" is featured as the SealedEvilInACan of the game, and a couple of creatures are lifted from some drawings depicting Lovecraft's creations.

''El Viento'' is a 1991 platform sidescroller made by [[Creator/TelenetJapan Wolf Team]] for the SegaGenesis. While not a groundbreaking game by any means, ''El Viento'' is full of fun and fast-paced action.

* MotoiSakuraba: Composed the music for the trilogy.

* DubNameChange: ''El Viento'' and ''Earnest Evans'' feature AlCapone as one of the principal antagonists...but only in the Japanese version. In the US ''El Viento'' he is renamed Vincente [=DeMarco=] and in the US Mega Drive port of ''Earnest Evans'' he is renamed Brady Tressider in the manual.

* TheFaceless: Most of the human characters, up to Annet, during the gameplay seem to be an instance of this, because of the way the sprites are drawn. Creepy...

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Zigfried, from the cutscenes.

''El Viento'' is a 1991 platform sidescroller made by Wolf Team for the {{SEGA}} Genesis/Megadrive. While not a groundbreaking game by any means, ''El Viento'' is full of fun and fast-paced action.

The game retroactively became the second chapter of the ''EarnestEvans'' trilogy, even though it is not an Earnest Evans game (almost) at all, since the player controls young sorceress Annet and Evans just appears in some cutscenes.