History VideoGame / DarakuTenshiTheFallenAngels

* RealIsBrown:

In 2019, it was reported that City Connection, after acquiring Psikyo's library, [[https://japanesenintendo.com/2019/05/26/the-fallen-angels-announced/ will attempt to finish the game after two decades]].

Information about the game's development and fate are scarce, though it is widely reported that it was released without being completely developed. The most well known element of this being four unused characters in the game files. The developers of the game then reportedly moved back to Creator/{{SNK}}, supported by the observation that many of the characters bear striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series and ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''. ''VideoGame/{{Yatagarasu}}'', also made by the same development team, is seen as a SpiritualSuccessor.

''Daraku Tenshi: The Fallen Angels'' is a 1998 2D FightingGame developed by The Steel Hearts development team and published by Creator/{{Psikyo}}. It is the second attempt in the 2D versus fighting genre after ''Battle K-Road''.

Information about the game's development and fate are scarce, though it is widely reported that it was released without being completely developed. The sprites for 4 unplayable characters have been found in the ROM's of the game. The developers of the game then reportedly moved back to Creator/{{SNK}}, supported by the observation that many of the characters bear striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series and ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''. ''VideoGame/{{Yatagarasu}}'', also made by the same development team, is seen as a SpiritualSuccessor.

* GeniusBruser: Carlos isn't just a skilled swordsman, he's also a genius level hacker and dabbles in genetic experiments. His mingling in the latter resulting in Taro and Haiji.

Information about the game's development and fate are scarce, though it is widely reported that it was released without being completely developed. The sprites for 4 unplayable characters have been found in the ROM's of the game. The developers of the game then reportedly moved back to Creator/{{SNK}}, supported by the observation that many of the characters bear striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series and ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''. ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Yatagarasu Yatagarasu]]'', also made by the same development team, is seen as a SpiritualSuccessor.

* TheProtagonist: Cool, but also Haiji is seen as one.

* DummiedOut: [[https://tcrf.net/The_Fallen_Angels A lot.]] Not just the four unused characters but also several pieces of art that were intended to be part of a larger, more elaborate arcade mode story as well as unused sound files and graphics of some {{WorkingTitle}} cards.

* DummiedOut: [[https://tcrf.net/The_Fallen_Angels A lot.]] Not just the four unused characters but also several pieces of art that were intended to be part of a larger, more elaborate arcade mode story as well as unused sound files and graphics of WorkingTitles.

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[[caption-width-right:320:''Where angels go to die''.]]

Information about the game's development and fate are scarce, though it is widely reported that it was released without being completely developed. The sprites for 4 unplayable characters have been found in the ROM's of the game. The developers of the game then reportedly moved back to Creator/{{SNK}}, supported by the observation that many of the characters bear striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series and ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''. ''VideoGame/Yatagarasu'', also made by the same development team, is seen as a SpiritualSuccessor.

Information about the game's development and fate are scarce, though it is widely reported that it was released without being completely developed. The sprites for 4 unplayable characters have been found in the ROM's of the game. The developers of the game then reportedly moved back to Creator/{{SNK}}, supported by the observation that many of the characters bear striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series and ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''.

[[caption-width-right:320:Where angels go to die]]

->''"The earthquake that struck the city at 7:13 A.M. on February 10, 2000, measured 7 on the richter scale.''\\
''The veneer of peace that had been maintained in the city's streets by total information control suddenly vanished, and the computer-controlled [[BigBlackout concrete jungle]] stopped functioning.''\\
''A major shift in the Earth's crust had severed the city from its surrounding landform, leaving it an island with [[ClosedCircle virtually no outside contact]]. Money-crazed inhabitants soon lashed out for the city's remaining but useless vestiges of power, preaching salvation while hiding their wicked motives.''\\
''[[WretchedHive Sex, crime and drugs ruled the streets]], as the city began to decay. Ironically, they called the wretched remains of their city "[[IronicName Eden- the last paradise.]]"''\\
''It is now a decade later. The year is 2010."''

This is the opening states from game's scrolling intro:

''"The earthquake that struck the city at 7:13 A.M. on February 10, 2000, measured 7 on the richter scale.''

''The veneer of peace that had been maintained in the city's streets by total information control suddenly vanished, and the computer-controlled [[BigBlackout concrete jungle]] stopped functioning.''

''A major shift in the Earth's crust had severed the city from its surrounding landform, leaving it an island with [[ClosedCircle virtually no outside contact]]. Money-crazed inhabitants soon lashed out for the city's remaining but useless vestiges of power, preaching salvation while hiding their wicked motives.''

''[[WretchedHive Sex, crime and drugs ruled the streets]], as the city began to decay. Ironically, they called the wretched remains of their city "[[IronicName Eden- the last paradise.]]"''

''It is now a decade later. The year is 2010."''

* CloningBlues: various of the characters of the game are {{Artificial Human}}s escaping of their destiny, like Haiji Mibu (called as [[YouAreNumberSix Number 8]]) and Taro.

* GentleGiant: Taro, who always has [[KindheartedCatLover a cat who follows him]].
* GunsAkimbo: Trigger.
* HumanoidAbomination: Taro, another of Carlos' experiments.

* MovesetClone: Cool plays with charging commands, very similar to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile and Remy]].

* OldMaster: Torao Onigawara, a RetiredBadass who's also was Harry's master.

* ThePigPen: Torao Onigawara. To say it all, probably [[{{Squick}} he isn't dark-skinned by birth]]. And we don't mentioned the flies around him, of course.

* SiblingYinYang: The twins Yuiran and Yuiren, also doubling with RedOniBlueOni.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Yuiren. If it wasn't for the [[AllThereInTheManual story and cutscenes]], we'd never figure it out he wasn't a woman at all. Also Yuiran, which is [[{{Tomboy}} the opposite]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: Being made by the same group of creators, ''VideoGame/{{Yatagarasu}}'' is this to ''Daraku Tenshi''. And in part, also ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '99'' since the creators from this game went to SNK and put their designs on the NEST Saga.

* SiblingsYinYang: The twins Yuiran and Yuiren, also doubling with RedOniBlueOni.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Being made by the same group of creators, ''VideoGame/{{Yatagarasu}}'' is this to ''Daraku Tenshi''. And in part, also ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '99'' counts as this for NESTS Saga.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Where angels go to die]]

** Haiji Mibu's moveset and outfit (white hair and pants) could resemble [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Yashiro Nanakase]]. And having people from this game in ''KOF'', maybe he could be base for another boxer from this series: Shen Woo in ''2003''.

** Trigger looks like [[Anime/{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]] went mad. Not to mention he has [[Creator/KoujiIshii Ryuji]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Yamazaki's]] voice.

* {{Shotoclone}}: Cool, has some similarities, but the move commands are quite different compared to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu and Ken's]].

To get more info about this game, you can see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fallen_Angels_(video_game) the article]] in Wiki/TheOtherWiki, as well in [[https://darakutenshi.wikia.com/wiki/Daraku_Tenshi_Wiki its own wiki]].

* HumanoidAbomination: Taro.

* SNKBoss: Both [[TheDragon Trigger]] and [[FinalBoss Carlos]] qualify. Especially since both uses guns in hand-to-hand fights ([[OneHitKill and if they shoot you with them, you're dead]])
* SpiritualSuccessor: Being made by the same group of creators, ''VideoGame/{{Yatagarasu}}'' is this to ''Daraku Tenshi''.

* {{Cyberpunk}}: In the same vein as Akira, in which lacks many of the clichés of the genre, but plants itself firmly in this.

* FightingGame: One of the two titles made as this, being the second one after ''Battle K-Road''. Also, some of the character designers of the latter game passed to Creator/{{SNK}} to create some designs for ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '99''[[note]]K' and Maxima are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Cool and Ness from ''Daraku Tenshi''[[/note]] and years later created their own company, ''Circle Edge'', and made ''VideoGame/{{Yatagarasu}}''.
* ObviousBeta: There's so much cut content that an alternate title to the game'd be:[[https://www.unseen64.net/2008/09/15/daraku-tenshi-beta-analysis/ "Daraku Tenshi: The Fallen Beta"]]

This is the opening states from Wiki/TheOtherWiki:

''The earthquake that struck the city at 7:13 A.M. on February 10, 2000, measured 7 on the richter scale.

The veneer of peace that had been maintained in the city's streets by total information control suddenly vanished, and the computer-controlled [[BigBlackout concrete jungle]] stopped functioning.

A major shift in the Earth's crust had severed the city from its surrounding landform, leaving it an island with [[ClosedCircle virtually no outside contact]]. Money-crazed inhabitants soon lashed out for the city's remaining but useless vestiges of power, preaching salvation while hiding their wicked motives.

[[WretchedHive Sex, crime and drugs ruled the streets]], as the city began to decay. Ironically, they called the wretched remains of their city "[[IronicName Eden- the last paradise.]]"

It is now a decade later. The year is 2010."''

Information about the game's development and fate are scarce, though it is widely reported that it was released without being completely developed. The sprites for 4 unplayable characters have been found in the ROM's of the game. The developers of the game then reportedly moved back to Creator/{{SNK}}, supported by the observation that many of the characters bear striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series and ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''. Game director Mitsuo Kodama was a designer on some SNK titles, including ''The King of Fighters '99'', and has been a founding and active member of K2 LLC. In ''The King of Fighters '99'', the boss character Krizalid's theme is titled "Dear Falling Angel".

!! Daraku Tenshi provides examples of:

From [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]:

The opening states:

''[[AC:The earthquake that struck the city at 7:13 A.M. on February 10, 2000,]] ''

''[[AC:measured 7 on the richter scale.,.]] ''

''[[AC:The veneer of peace that had been maintained in the city's streets by total information control suddenly vanished, and the computer-controlled [[BigBlackout concrete jungle]] stopped functioning]] ''

''[[AC:A major shift in the Earth's crust had severed the city from its surrounding landform, leaving it an island with [[ClosedCircle virtually no outside contact]]. Money-crazed inhabitants soon lashed out for the city's remaining but useless vestiges of power, preaching salvation while hiding their wicked motives]] ''

''[[AC:[[WretchedHive Sex, crime and drugs ruled the streets]], as the city began to decay. Ironically, they called the wretched remains of their city [[IronicName "Eden- the last paradise.]]" ]] ''

''[[AC:It is now a decade later. The year is 2010."]] ''


Information about the game's development and fate are scarce, though it is widely reported that it was released without being completely developed. The sprites for 4 unplayable characters have been found in the ROM's of the game. The developers of the game then reportedly moved back to SNK, supported by the observation that many of the characters bear striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in Creator/SNKPlaymore VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters series and [[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]. Game director Mitsuo Kodama was a designer on some SNK titles, including The King of Fighters '99, and has been a founding and active member of K2 LLC. In The King of Fighters '99, the boss character Krizalid's theme is titled "Dear Falling Angel".


The Fallen Angels (堕落天使 Daraku Tenshi) is a 1998 2D versus fighting arcade game developed by the Steel Hearts development team and published by Psikyo. It is Psikyo's second attempt in the 2D versus fighting genre after Battle K-Road.

!! This show provides examples of:

* ObviousBeta: There's so much cut content that an alternate title to the game'd be:[[https://www.unseen64.net/2008/09/15/daraku-tenshi-beta-analysis/ "Daraku Tenshi: The Fallen Beta"]]