Line #34 VideoGame/VampireNight


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4	''Vampire Night'' is a LightGunGame and a joint collaboration between [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] and Creator/{{Sega}} (Under the ''WOW Entertainment'' label) that was later ported to Platform/PlayStation2, published by the former. It is influenced by the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' games and utilize many of the assets from that series
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6	The game takes place in an AlternateHistory version of 2006 where everything looks like the 19th century. Two {{Dhampyr}}s named Light (or Michel) and Shadow (or Albert) are on a mission to kill the Vampire to end his reign of terror from a local village.
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8	Not to be confused with ''Manga/VampireKnight''. Or Creator/{{Konami}}'s fellow light gun game ''VideoGame/EvilNight'', also influenced by ''House of the Dead''.
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10	!!The game provides examples of:
11	* AffablyEvil: Diane foremost, but Count Auguste has shades of this. The other bosses avert it.
12	* AlasPoorVillain: Diane and Raoul are the only villains played sympathetically, with the former's genuine love for the BigBad and pretty sad death, and the latter's DarkAndTroubledPast. Raoul even ends up becoming human again, [[RedemptionEarnsLife being the only villain to survive]].
13	* AllYourPowersCombined: Count Auguste's OneWingedAngel form can use the ElementalPowers of all his vassals during the last stage of the FinalBattle.
14	* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Both hunters.]]
15	* BarrageOfBats: In phase 1 of the last boss fight, he turns into a bat-winged demon and surrounds himself with a protective barrier made entirely of bats he can sic at the player characters.
16	* BenevolentBoss: His interactions with Diane and his intention to avenge his vassals hint that Count Auguste is this.
17	-->'''Auguste''': ''This battle is for my devoted followers!''
18	* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: After being defeated, Guillaume lets himself [[DisneyVillainDeath fall off]] a ledge rather than let Albert and Michel kill him.
19	-->'''Guillaume''': ''So...that's the way it is, is it? Me...defeated by humans? Never!''
20	* BigBad: Count Auguste, resident VampireMonarch.
21	* BigFancyCastle: Count Auguste lives (ahem, so to speak) in one.
22	* BlackMagic: The Nerlphor (Raoul's mooks) cast shadow balls after emerging from a moving shadow. Their name in the Japanese version? Mage.
23	* BreathWeapon: The Votroche (Bathe'lemy's mooks) are specialists at this. They circle around you and spray toxic breath towards you when you're open.
24	* CaptainErsatz: From the looks, the clothing, the SlouchOfVillainy, the LargeHam speech pattern, the gothic HauntedCastle, the OneWingedAngel demonic forms and the fighting style, pretty much every fibre of the BigBad screams Dracula from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''.
25	* DarkMistress: Diane is this to Count Auguste.
26	* DeathEqualsRedemption: It is only in the throes of death that Diane seriously considers Caroline's pleas for peace which she scoffed at moments before.
27	* DeathSeeker:
28	** [[spoiler: It's implied that Auguste created Albert and Michel to end his existence as he was tired of his undead life.]]
29	** Bathe'lemy, who became a vampire, [[WhoWantstoLiveForever found no joy in being an immortal]]. This instead gave him an unquenchable thirst for death he had not known as a human.
30	* DoppelgangerSpin: Raoul uses the technique to distract the hunters as he charges at them.
31	* DoubleWeapon: The Petrovuh (one of Diane's mooks) wields a double-edged crystal sword.
32	* DreamLand: Where the second stage of the BossBattle against Raoul takes place.
33	* ElementalPowers: The bosses of the game have power over one of four elements. This is more evident in their true forms.
34	** AnIcePerson / MakingASplash: Diane, Queen of Ice. In her human form (through her shadow clones), she summons ice bullets to halt the Vampire Hunters' advance, and her true form allows her to create not only uniquely-shaped ice projectiles (such as chakrams and spears), but also summon a pillar of water to defend herself.
35	** CastingAShadow: Raoul, Dark Mind. He can [[DoppelgangerAttack create shadow clones of himself]], [[MindOverMatter levitate objects]] to use as jumping platforms with his hand. And in the final phase of the battle, he turns the castle into nothing but darkness, creating an evil DreamLand with a phantasm demon accompanying him as he mutates into...well...a mutant.
36	** DishingOutDirt: Bathe'lemy, the Knight. His slashes are strong enough to create a shock wave that can move the earth. And in the final phase of the battle, he becomes a golem who can cut through stone pillars with relative ease.
37	** PlayingWithFire: Guillaume, the Genius. In his human form, he summons fireballs to distract the Vampire Hunters, and his true form [[WreathedInFlames has his body being engulfed in a flaming aura]].
38	* EvilOverlord: Count Auguste, a vampire with many loyal vassals and {{Mooks}} threatening the populations and corrupting the land, and lives in an ominous BigFancyCastle.
39	* FailureKnight: Raoul, who mentions he became a vampire after [[ILetGwenStacyDie failing]] to save [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his love]].
40	* FireBreathingWeapon: The Ignis (Guillaume's mooks) wield flamethrowers on their left hands alongside a fireball launcher on their right hands.
41	** Doubles as MeaningfulName as "ignis" is Latin for "fire", [[BilingualBonus the former of which would be the basis for the English word "ignite"]]. Their name in the Japanese version? Igniter.
42	* FrenchJerk: Played straight with four of the villains, but highly averted with some regular [=NPCs=] such as Caroline and the Shop Owner.
43	* GigglingVillain: Guillaume the MadScientist spends most of his screen time emitting a creepy, high-pitched laugh, BossBattle included. The guy truly is bonkers...
44	* GuardianEntity: In his OneWingedAngel form, Raoul summons a powerful demon who punches and unleashes attacks from [[ThinkingUpPortals magic gates]].
45	* HauntedCastle: The setting.
46	* HostageSpiritLink: Thankfully averted, the only innocents you come across are those with the vampire sarcomas on them that you have to shoot off. Miss and they turn into vampire mooks you have to put down, but otherwise you are not penalized. Saving all the civilians in the chapter awards you with a bonus life.
47	* {{Homage}}:
48	** Raoul's design is reminiscent of a certain [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Balamb Garden student]].
49	** Auguste's form of attacks resemble those of the Hangedman and Magician from the first ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' game.
50	** Auguste again, whose entire character mirrors {{Dracula}} from the classical movies, and especially from [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} another video game about vampire hunters...]]
51	** Bathe'lemy is modeled after UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte. His hatred against humanity is similar to Bonaparte's hatred against Negro races.
52	* IHaveManyNames: Count Auguste is mostly referred to as Sir Vampire.
53	* MadScientist: Guillaume, who performed twisted experiments on humans.
54	* MindOverMatter: Raoul makes several things levitate during the BossBattle against him, for him to use as jumping platforms towards the heroes.
55	* MonsterKnight: Bathe'lemy is a vampire knight whose OneWingedAngel form resembles an armored golem with swords in place of his arms.
56	* MoralityPet: Caroline, both for the heroes and the less evil villains.
57	-->'''Vampire Hunter''': ''The girl, she changed us. She gave us the warmth of that of a human.''
58	* OneWingedAngel: All of the bosses pull this on you when you fight them. Special points for Auguste actually having angel wings on him.
59	* OrcusOnHisThrone: Count Auguste spends the game in his castle, letting his forces do everything. Double subverted. Upon Raoul's defeat, he was about to stand up and face Albert and Michel alone, but was stopped by Diane, who reassured him that she would deal with them.
60	* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Diane. No, seriously. A vampire mermaid.
61	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: A variety of vampires you face throughout the game.
62	* PuppeteerParasite: The sarcomas can infect innocent civilians and force them to attack player characters. The players are given a certain amount of time to gun down the sarcoma (they die in one hit) but if they took too long or accidentally shoots the host, the civilian will be forcefully converted into a vampire mook which must be killed.
63	* RedOniBlueOni: The Vampire Hunters. Michel is the Red fueled by his hatred for vampires while Albert is the Blue capable of socializing. Justified by the shots they make and the crosshairs in the [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]] port of the game (Michel has a red crosshair and his gun shoots red while Albert has a blue crosshair and shoots blue).
64	* RedemptionEarnsLife: When defeated, Raoul reminisces [[TheLostLenore his late love]] and asks for her forgiveness. He ends up becoming human again, and the hunters leave him to find himself back.
65	* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The heroes were created by the BigBad over three-hundred years ago.]]
66	* RingsOfDeath: The Cermitt (one of Raoul's mooks) wield a chakram [[DualWielding in each of their hands]].
67	* RollingAttack: The Votroche (another of Guillaume's mooks) can curl themselves into a ball and attack you on sight.
68	* SequentialBoss: Most of them.
69	* ShoutOut: Raoul mentions his lost love was named [[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead Sophie]].
70	** One of the items you can shoot for points is a stone mask. Stone mask? With vampires? [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Ya don't say...]]
71	* SinisterScythe: The Cirverg (One of Raoul's mooks) wields a scythe. In Japan, the Cirverg is named Sickle, making it a double case of MeaningfulName.
72	* SpinAttack: Some vampire mooks prefer to spin their bodies to improve their attack strength.
73	* StormTheCastle: The game scenario in a nutshell...
74	* SuicideBySunlight: [[spoiler:The way the two main characters end their lives. From their point of view, their job was done and there was little reason to go on living in a world they were a danger to.]]
75	* TagalongKid: Caroline, the little girl whom the heroes save at the beginning of the game. She is wise enough to hide out of harms ways during battles.
76	* VampireMonarch: Count Auguste is an immensely powerful, centuries old Vampire Lord "living" in a BigFancyCastle and siring uber powerful vampires, each able to go OneWingedAngel.
77	* WasOnceAMan: The Hemavora (One of the mooks faced in Chapter 1) were originally humans, but became vampires after being infected by a vampire sarcoma.
78	** All vassals of the BigBad were that before he turned them into vampires. Raoul even becomes one again.
79	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Bathe'lemy became a vampire, granting him immortal life, but this did not bring him joy. He would then become [[DeathSeeker hell-bent on dying]].
80	* WolverineClaws: The Geomige (another mook faced in Chapter 1) have their right hands fitted with a large iron claw that they can also use to burrow underground.
81	* WorthyOpponent: Before transforming into his true form, Bathe'lemy acknowledges the Vampire Hunters as worthy opponents.
82	* WreathedInFlames: Guillaume's OneWingedAngel state.
83	* {{Zeerust}}: While the game is set in the modern-day France, everything looks as though they were stuck in UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution period. This might have to do with the BigBad manipulating TimeTravel.

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