History VideoGame / HoshiSaga

* {{Fanservice}}: In each of the first three installments, there's one stage that requires you to do something almost {{ecchi}} (pulling down underwear [but not ''that'' far down], [[PantyShot blowing up women's skirts]] to reveal [[GoofyPrintUnderwear star-printed underwear]], trying to get a woman to uncover her breasts [[SceneryCensor so that they immediately get covered by stars]]...). The hints of fanservice disappear entirely after the third installment... until ''Dokuringo'', where there are no less than an entire column (five stages!) that feature nude or stripped women in full color, one requiring you to ''unzip a girl's {{Meido}} outfit'', and the winning screen you get if you clear the final stage the hard way is a drawing of a naked woman whose nipples and crotch are just barely covered by other objects.

* {{Fanservice}}: In each of the first three installments, there's one stage that requires you to do something almost {{ecchi}} (pulling down underwear [but not ''that'' far down], [[PantyShot blowing up women's skirts]] to reveal [[GoofyPrintUnderwear star-printed underwear]], trying to get a woman to uncover her breasts [[SceneryCensor so that they immediately get covered by stars]]...). The hints of fanservice disappear entirely after the third installment... until ''Dokuringo'', where there are no less than an entire column (five stages!) that feature nude or stripped women in full color, one requiring you to ''unzip a girl's {{Meido}} outfit'', and the winning screen you get if you clear the final stage the hard way is a drawing of a naked woman whose nipples and crotch are just barely covered by other objects. Well, the game creator ''is'' Japanese...

* OddlyNamedSequel: All the installments after the third one, perhaps to signify that they're in color instead of black-and-white and are [[SequelDifficultyDrop considerably easier than the first three installments]] (or ''[[SequelDifficultySpike harder]]'', for the eighth one).

* SequelDifficultyDrop: There's a significant drop in difficulty in the installments after the third one.
* SequelDifficultySpike: Perhaps in response to [[ItsEasySoItSucks fans' complaints about this trend]], ''Dokuringo'' has considerably more difficult puzzles than any of the earlier installments' -- which has led fans to complain that the creator [[ItsHardSoItSucks went too far in the opposite direction]].

* ShellGame: One of the stages in ''Ringoen''. Gets a CallBack in ''Dokuringo'' where it's amped up in difficulty (instead of selecting the correct cup just once, you have to do it 3-5 times).

** Stage 100's star boss in ''Ringohime'' as well as Stage 10000's in ''Dokuringo'' are obvious references to Big Core from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'', down to the design of the boss's hitbox.
* SomeDexterityRequired: Stage 30 in ''Hoshi Saga'' asks the player to type 'I will find a star' 10 times in 40 seconds to find the star. That might not come easy to some people.

The ''Hoshi Saga'' series has thirteen installments so far:
* [[http://jayisgames.com/games/hoshi-saga/ Hoshi Saga]]
* [[http://jayisgames.com/games/hoshi-saga-2/ Hoshi Saga 2]]
* [[http://jayisgames.com/games/hoshi-saga-3/ Hoshi Saga 3]]
* [[http://jayisgames.com/games/hoshi-saga-ringo/ Hoshi Saga Ringo]]
* [[http://jayisgames.com/games/hoshi-saga-ringoame/ Hoshi Saga Ringoame]]
* [[http://jayisgames.com/games/hoshi-saga-ringoen/ Hoshi Saga Ringoen]]
* [[http://jayisgames.com/games/hoshi-saga-ringohime/ Hoshi Saga Ringohime]]
* [[http://jayisgames.com/games/hoshi-saga-dokuringo/ Hoshi Saga Dokuringo]]
* [[http://nekogames.jp/hoshisaga/hoshi9/index.html Hoshi Saga Minnano]]
* [[http://hoshisaga.s3-website-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/hoshi10/index.html Hoshi Saga Minnano 2]]
* [[http://hoshisaga.s3-website-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/hoshi11/index.html Hoshi Sagai Reishiki]]
* [[http://hoshisaga.s3-website-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/hoshi12/index.html Hoshi Saga Minnano 3]]
* [[http://hoshisaga.s3-website-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/hoshi13/html/menu.html?csn=1 Hoshi Saga 13]]

** The stages in ''Hoshi Saga 13'' are the same as the original ''Hoshi Saga'', only the game is now controlled using arrow keys rather than the mouse.

** SequelDifficultySpike: Perhaps in response to [[ItsEasySoItSucks fans' complaints about this trend]], the latest installment ''Dokuringo'' has considerably more difficult puzzles than any of the earlier installments' -- which has led fans to complain that the creator [[ItsHardSoItSucks went too far in the opposite direction]].

** Stage 100's star boss in ''Ringohime'' as well as Stage 10000's in ''Dokuringo'' are obvious references to Big Core from ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'', in terms of weakpoint.

** Ringo = [[HowDoYouLikeThemApples Apple]]

* RemixedLevel: ''Dokuringo'' is almost entirely made up of stages strongly resembling that of past installments but with very different (and more difficult) solutions.

The ''Hoshi Saga'' series has twelve installments so far: