History VideoGame / NatsukiChronicles

''Natsuki Chronicles'' is a 2019 [[HorizontalScrollingShooter horizontal-scrolling]] [[ShootEmUp shooter]] for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne. It is a spin-off of ''VideoGame/GingaForce'' focusing on Natsuki Sugiura, who originally appeared in the latter game as a boss character.

The game was released for UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and PC (via Steam) on February 18th, 2021. The Steam release can be bought [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1175190/Natsuki_Chronicles/ here]].

* VillainProtagonist: Natsuki, before her HeelFaceTurn; her missions are spent putting down resistance groups with legitimate grievances and killing their leaders.

* VillainProtagonist: Natsuki, before her HeelFaceTurn.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Most of the bosses you face come across as this, as they are rebelling against the [[MegaCorp Magni Company]]. [[ForegoneConclusion Alex and Margaret have already followed suit at this point]], [[HeelFaceTurn and so does Natsuki]].

* BoringButPractical: The Front Vulcan and Rear Vulcan weapons aren't the flashiest weapons in your arsenal, but they're good for almost any situation. The Front Vulcan simply fires out a steady stream of bullets in front with two more angled thinner streams, while the Rear Vulcan fires at angles behind you, and directly behind you if firing your main weapon at the same time.

* ObviouslyEvil: Maroon shows signs of being a TreacherousAdvisor early on, ordering Natsuki to kill her targets regardless of their sympathetic motives or if she manages to neutralize them. Natsuki ends up dueling against him in a [[FinalBoss final showdown]] in Chapter 10 after realizing that the Magni Corporation is corrupt.

* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: If you run out of shield and get destroyed prematurely in Stage 7, it's game over as usual. If you survive up to a certain point in the fight, Natsuki gets defeated by Alex and Margaret, [[DoomedByCanon just like]] in ''Ginga Force''. It's impossible to actually capture their ship.

* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: If you run out of shield and get destroyed prematurely in Stage 7, it's game over. If you survive up to a certain point in the fight, Natsuki gets defeated by Alex and Margaret, [[DoomedByCanon just like]] in ''Ginga Force''. It's impossible to actually capture their ship.

* ObviouslyEvil: Maroon shows signs of being a TreacherousAdvisor early on, ordering Natsuki to kill her targets regardless of their sympathetic motives or if she manages to neutralize them. Natsuki ends up dueling against him in a [[FinalBoss final showdown]] in Chapter 10.

* ArrangeMode: Arcade Mode, which turns the game into a more conventional "play a sequence of stages" game. Story elements like character dialogue are removed. Instead of buying and equipping weapons beforehand, you simply collect weapon pick-ups to upgrade and swap out your weapons, although they will only provide upgrades and swaps when you have a full set of regular shields, otherwise they will just refill your shield meter one bar at a time. Upgrading and changing weapons also adds to youe EX Shields, and losing EX Shields will cause you to lose weapon upgrades.

* ForegoneConclusion: When you fight Alex and Margaret in Stage 7, you already know Natsuki is going to lose, because that's precisely what happens in the "Turning Point" cutscene that you saw at the very start of the game and which is next in line on the timeline menu.