Line #31 VideoGame/QPShooting


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2	''QP Shooting'' is a vertical doujin cute 'em up game produced by Creator/OrangeJuice, released for Windows PC during Comiket 66 on August 15, 2004. This was the first game developed by the circle and first entry of their "speed shoot 'em up" line of games.
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4	The story is set in a contemporary setting and its plot revolves the titular QP, a happy-go-lucky [[LittleBitBeastly dog girl]] who was leisurely humming along as she tends to some errands at the local convenience store one day, hoping to find something delicious. At the store, stops something that caught her eye: some newly released pudding. QP was quickly heartbroken to find out that she didn't have any money at all to buy it, but after looking through her pockets, she finds a mysterious 500 Yen in her pocket. Without a second thought, she quickly purchased the pudding from the store and took it home, but when she arrived home and found out it was already dinner time, QP decided to save it for tomorrow. The next day, however, she wakes up to find her precious pudding missing, and in its place was a letter telling her that if she wants her pudding back, she must find the mysterious thief. Determined to get her pudding back, QP, along with her friend [=Rbit=], sets out to find the culprit and rescue her sweet dessert.
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6	Like many vertical shooters of its kind, players control QP as she shoots down various cutesy enemies that stand in her way on her quest to reclaim her pudding, and score points along the way. However, there are some features of this game features to stand out from other shooters in the genre. QP herself can use and acquire various "formations" that [=Rbit=] can take form for various situations, such as a frontal {{spread shot}}, a linear focus shot, a rear two-way shot, an orbiting shot, a "sword" formation, and many others, which can be purchased from the Usa Room by spending Usa Points earned from each session. It also features a chain-based scoring system where gathering point items without letting the chain meter deplete will steadily build your score bonus as more of these items are collected. After filling the Hyper Meter by collecting point items from defeated enemies and canceling their bullets, QP can go into a [[SuperMode Hyper Mode]] which boosts her attack power and increases score bonuses, however, it can end prematurely if she takes damage while in Hyper Mode, but it will also save her from losing a life. The game features a Story Mode where stages can be played one-by-one with dialogue between stages and bosses, and an Arcade Mode where all stages are played in succession.
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8	During the Christmas season of the same year, Orange_Juice released a short but free (and [[NintendoHard brutally hard]]) expansion pack called ''[=Xmas=] Shooting'', which centers around Aru, a bunny girl serving as an apprentice to Santa Claus, who, on the night of Christmas Eve, has discovered that all the presents were mysterious stolen. Santa however caught a glimpse of the culprit, which he believes is someone with bunny ears similar to Aru, in which Aru takes her partner reindeer partner Rein with her to track down the thief get back the stolen presents on time for Christmas. Unfortunately, neither ''QP'' and ''[=Xmas=] Shooting'' have seen an English release, official or otherwise. A translated plot summary of the former for the curious however can be found [[https://100orangejuice.gamepedia.com/QP_Shooting here]]. Many characters from ''QP Shooting'' would go on to be featured in the crossover virtual board game, ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice'', and the RPG game, ''200% Mixed Juice'', along with characters from Orange_Juice's later titles such as ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'', ''VideoGame/{{sora}}'', and ''VideoGame/FlyingRedBarrel''. QP also made an appearance in ''Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition'' as the final boss of one of its story scenarios and as an unlockable character. There was also ''QP Kiss'', a freeware boy's love dating sim parody game by Orange_Juice that used to be available from their website during AprilFoolsDay until the downloads where removed, which featured gender-bent versions of characters from ''QP Shooting'' and ''SUGURI''.
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10	During the Summer of 2012, the game received a sequel with ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'', released during Comiket 83. The plot of this installment revolves around the existence of pudding suddenly vanishing, and any memory of the existence of pudding being wiped from everyone in the world. Strangely, QP is the only one in the world who remembers pudding, thus she sets out to find the cause of this phenomenon and search for any remaining traces of pudding. ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'' retains many aspects of its predecessor, however, it features three unique playstyles for QP's Hyper Mode: [[JackOfAllStats Orthodox]], [[StoneWall Defensive]], or [[GlassCannon Aggressive]]. Unlike its predecessor, ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'' was localized by Fruitbat Factory in 2016 through Steam and DRM-free directly from their website. Likewise, ''[=Xmas=] Shooting'' received a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] with ''X-Mas Shooting - SCRAMBLE!!'' released on August 23, 2015 during Comiket 88, and was also localized by Fruitbat Factory.
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13	!!The ''QP Shooting'' series features examples of:
14	* AnAssKickingChristmas: ''[=Xmas=] Shooting'' and its remake, which involves Santa Claus' apprentice Aru, along with her partner Rein, shooting things up to reclaim the stolen Christmas presents.
15	* ArtEvolution: Between the 8-year gap between the first ''QP Shooting'' and its sequel, this series has seen substantial improvement in the visual department and character art.
16	* AstralFinale: [[spoiler:The final stage in ''DANGEROUS!!'' has QP flying up to the sky and into space far above the Earth, contending with rockets, [=UFOs=] and asteroids along the way, to confront the mastermind of the game, Sweet Breaker]].
17	* BigBad: A few to be exact: Yuki for the first game, Arthur for ''X-Mas Shooting'', [[spoiler:Sweet Breaker]] for ''DANGEROUS!!'' and Nico for ''SCRAMBLE!!''.
18	* [[BigGuyLittleGuy Big Girl, Little Girl]]: Tomato and Mimyuu respectively.
19	* CompanyCrossReferences: Quite a good few for Orange_Juice's library in ''Dangerous!!'' and ''Scramble!!'':
20	** Kyosuke (a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] version of [[VideoGame/{{SUGURI}} Kyoko]]) from ''QP Kiss'' shows up as the boss of ''DANGEROUS!!'''s second stage, mistaking QP for her own gender-flipped counterpart, Kyupita.
21	** The hot-air balloons and biplanes from ''VideoGame/FlyingRedBarrel'' appear as enemies in the third and fourth stages of ''DANGEROUS!!'' respectively. The Green Frog and [[spoiler:Flying Castle]] also appear as mid-bosses in stage four of ''DANGEROUS!!'' (piloted by the [[TerribleTrio Waruda Trio]]) and stage three of ''SCRAMBLE!!'' respectively.
22	** In Yuki's last phase of her boss fight in ''DANGEROUS!!'', she'll use a [[VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice card]] to summon Shifu's mecha from ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'' to fight QP with.
23	** Yuki's outfit in ''DANGEROUS!!'' also appears to share some similarities with Sora, Sham, and Nath's military uniforms in ''VideoGame/{{sora}}'', albeit with her own take on it (such has having an armband with the Waruda insignia on it).
24	** The way Yuki refers to the BigBad of ''DANGEROUS!!'' as "S. Breaker" is clearly an allusion to Star Breaker, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{sora}}''.
25	* CuteAndPsycho: Syura from the sequel, who might appear as your typical ditzy otaku at first glance, but there has been rumors that she is also a whackjob demon with powers greater than Hell itself. Syura's name can also be translated as "bloodshed" and "carnage".
26	* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''[=Xmas=] Shooting'' games feature Aru, who's usually the owner of the formation shop, as the main protagonist.
27	* DifficultyLevels: ''QP Shooting'' and its sequel has an Easy, Normal, Hard, and [[HarderThanHard Super]] difficulty, whereas the ''X-Mas Shooting'' expansion has none and thrusts players on the hardest set of levels.
28	* EleventhHourSuperpower: In ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'', [[spoiler: when Sweet Breaker decides to stop playing arround and utilize her full godly power. QP's love of pudding combines with that of the rest of the world to make her into a new sweet god, the Sweet Guardian. This gives QP wings like Sweet Breaker's as well as permanent hyper mode for Sweet Breaker's final attack.]]
29	* EveryoneIsASuper: Seriously, everyone in this game is capable of flying and pelting each other with bullets for no adequately explained reason. While the ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{sora}}'' casts have the excuse of being [[SuperSoldier Super Soldiers]] made to fight wars, here the ''QP Shooting'' cast have no such excuse[[note]]That said, there are some justified examples, such as Aru being Santa's assistant and Sweet Breaker being one of the six gods of sweets.[[/note]]. This actually gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in ''200% Mixed Juice'', where Marc is dumbfounded at QP's ability to fly without an aircraft, while QP nonchalantly tells her that most people she knows can do that.
30	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Let's see, we have chickens, traffic lights, trains, aeroplanes, balloons, ferris wheels, stuffed dolls, robots, tanks, rockets, [=UFOs=]...
31	* FeatheredFiend: Birds such as chickens, crows and doves appear as enemies in this series, oftentimes [[FeatherFlechettes firing their own feathers at you]].
32	* FighterMageThief: The three main playstyles in ''DANGEROUS!!'' and ''SCRAMBLE!!'', Orthodox, Aggressive and Defensive.
33	** Orthodox is the JackOfAllStats with average stats and Hyper Mode time all around.
34	** Aggressive is the GlassCannon, being an offensive Fighter/Thief hybrid boasting a shorter Hyper Mode time in exchange for increased firepower.
35	** Defensive is the opposite, being a defensive Fighter StoneWall that has a longer-lasting Hyper Mode in exchange for weaker firepower.
36	** There's also a fourth unlockable style called Maniac[[note]]unlocking it requires clearing the game with one style each, totalling at three playthroughs[[/note]], which increases the maximum number of R-Bits you can have at the cost of being unable to use the normal shot. Hyper mode time remains unchanged.
37	* GameBreakingBug: The original ''QP Shooting'' and ''X-Mas Shooting'' unfortunately have poor compatibility with modern Windows operating systems and crashes before the game could even start unless you can find the right [=DirectX=] wrappers to side-step this issue.
38	* GangOfHats: The Waruda Gang, a group of miscreants with a [[CatsAreMean cat theme]] and a penchant for causing trouble wherever they go. Known members include Yuki, Yuuki, Tomato, Mimyuu, Kiriko and Krilalaris.
39	* GuestFighter: QP made her way into ''Acceleration of SUGURI''[='=]s ''X-Edition'' expansion pack as the final boss of the "Pudding Deity" story and a secret bonus character, which was likely the first introduction to her and her series for many of those that played the English version released by Rockin' Android.
40	* LittleBitBeastly: There are some animal girls across these games, such as a dog girl (QP), bunny girl (Aru), and a cat girl (Yuki).
41	* MacGuffin: In ''QP Shooting'', it's QP's cup of pudding. In ''X-Mas Shooting'', it's the stolen Christmas presents.
42	* MissionPackSequel: ''X-Mas Shooting'' is basically this to the main game, with some differences[[note]]different playable character, only three stages and only one difficulty setting (which is set to obscenely hard)[[/note]].
43	* MrFanservice: Kyosuke from ''QP Kiss'' appears as a boss in ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'', who, after his HP hits a low threshold, begins to use his [[WalkingShirtlessScene Cast Off]] as his FINAL ATTACK.
44	* MultipleEndings: ''QP Shooting'' has three possible endings, a "Good"[[note]]Yuki eventually explains to QP why she stole her pudding in the first place (she had sent her out on an errand to pick up a magazine for Yuki, only for QP to forget about it and spend the money she was given on the pudding, prompting Yuki to steal it in retaliation). Just as QP begs for forgiveness, all the bosses she had fought show up for revenge, prompting her to run for the hills[[/note]], "Normal"[[note]]QP succeeds in retrieving her pudding from Yuki and wonders why she did that to begin with, before brushing it off[[/note]], and "Bad"[[note]]Yuki agrees to give QP her pudding back, but not before [[CordonBleughChef deliberately spoiling it with soy sauce]] to spite her[[/note]] ending.
45	* NonHumanSidekick: QP has [=Rbit=] while Aru has Rein as their animal side-kick.
46	* OldSaveBonus:
47	** For players of the original ''QP Shooting'', it is possible to transfer any leftover Usa Points from their save file and bring them into the sequel. Any Usa points and formations that they have in ''DANGEROUS!!'' can also be brought over to ''X-Mas Shooting - SCRAMBLE!!''.
48	** Owning ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'' and ''X-Mas Shooting - SCRAMBLE!!'' on Steam will unlock QP (Dangerous) and Aru (Scramble) respectively for the Steam version of ''100% Orange Juice''.
49	* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler: Sweet Breaker gains a pair of wings when she decides to stop holding back, and QP gains her own pair when she becomes the Sweet Guardian.]]
50	* ProtagonistTitle: QP's name is on the title of this series.
51	* RealTimeWeaponChange: Done in two ways: For Operation Mode A, there's a Formation Switch button that will cycle through Formations A-C, while Operation Mode B, each Formation have their own dedicated button to switch to.
52	* ResolvedNoodleIncident: The "Pudding Deity" story in ''Acceleration of SUGURI — X-Edition'' had the kooky premise that [[spoiler: QP would become a god of pudding after ''QP Shooting''.]] ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'' is where that happens.
53	* SeriousBusiness: Pudding. So much so that [[spoiler:the BigBad of ''DANGEROUS!!'' erased it from existence out of the belief that it would cause nothing but war and strife]].
54	* SuperMode: After filling the Hyper Meter, QP and Aru can enter Hyper Mode to boost their damage output and score bonuses. Hyper Mode can end prematurely if they take a hit from enemy fire or obstaces, but they won't lose a life if this happens so it still pays to pop it if they start to feel overwhelmed.
55	* SomethingAboutARose: Kyosuke in ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'' attacks the player with rose-themed attacks, and when he enters his Final Attack, a huge rose is seen behind him as unleashes it.
56	* SpreadShot: And in various directions, such a frontal spread shot, a side-ways spread shot, and a rear spread.
57	* TurnsRed: Many of the boss will employ more difficult bullet patterns and attacks as their life meter reaches a certain threshold, accompanied with a SuperMovePortraitAttack during their "FINAL ATTACK".
58	* UpdatedRerelease : The overseas version of ''QP Shooting - DANGEROUS!!'' and ''X-Mas Shooting - SCRAMBLE!!'' feature some quality-of-life improvements such as higher resolution graphics, Xbox 360 controller support, and native keyboard remapping.
59	* VideoGameRemake: ''X-Mas Shooting - SCRAMBLE!!'' is a modernized remake of the original ''X-Mas Shooting'', however it is a commercial standalone instead of a free expansion.

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