Line #4 Creator/Psikyo


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/psikyo.png]]
2	Psikyo was a defunct Japanese {{videogame}} company active between 1992 and 2005 that specialized in vertical ShootEmUp and erotic TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} games. Psikyo was founded by former Video System employees who worked on ''Turbo Force'' and the first ''VideoGame/AeroFighters''.
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4	Following financial troubles, Psikyo was acquired by X-Nauts in 2002. X-Nauts primarily released CompilationRerelease of Psikyo's shmups, low-budget 2D games and a {{Sequel}} of ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'' series (''Sengoku Cannon: Sengoku Ace Episode III'') before itself going bankrupt in 2005. Recently, a whole decade after the bankruptcy of both companies, X-Nauts decided to license the Psikyo games to anyone they could find, resulting in a LOT of Psikyo games being released on mobile devices ([[PortOverdosed sometimes with multiple versions from different companies]]). At the end of 2017, Japanese developer Zerodiv started releasing ports of Psikyo's games to the Platform/NintendoSwitch for [=eShop=] and in 2018 as physical games by H2 Interactive under the publishing of Creator/ArcSystemWorks.
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6	Website/HardcoreGaming101 has reviews for [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/?s=psikyo various of the games they made, as well the ones by X-Nauts]].
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8	!!Famous games developed and published by Psikyo (and X-Nauts):
9	[[index]]
10	* ''VideoGame/BattleKRoad''
11	* ''VideoGame/CannonSpike'' (developed for Capcom)
12	* ''VideoGame/ChoAniki: Seinaru Protein Densetsu''
13	* ''VideoGame/DarakuTenshiTheFallenAngels'' (developed by The Steel Hearts)
14	* ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Blaze\|2000}}''
15	* ''G-Taste Mahjong'' (based on the famous Hentai series of the same name)
16	* ''VideoGame/{{Gunbird}}'' series (published by Capcom)
17	** ''Gunbarich'' (a ''Breakout'' game which is a spin-off of this series)
18	* ''VideoGame/LodeRunner: The Dig Fight''
19	* ''VideoGame/PilotKids'' - ShootEmUp with LivingToys
20	* ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'' series[[note]]The first 2 games (''Sengoku Ace'' and ''Sengoku Blade'') were made by Psikyo, the third title (''Sengoku Cannon'') was made by X-Nauts.[[/note]]
21	* ''VideoGame/SolDivide: Sword of Darkness''
22	* ''VideoGame/SpaceBomber''
23	* ''VideoGame/Strikers1945'' series
24	* ''Taisen Hot Gimmick'' series (famous erotic Mahjong games)
25	** ''Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom vs. Psikyo All Stars'' (SFW Mahjong crossover with this company)
26	* ''VideoGame/ZeroGunner'' duology
27	[[/index]]
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29	!!Psikyo[=/=]X-Nauts provides examples of:
30	* AfterTheEnd[=/=]ApocalypseAnarchy: The main plot of ''Daraku Tenshi: The Fallen Angels''.
31	* TheBadGuyWins: Each ''Gunbird'' game has an ending where the pirates get the wish instead.
32	** In the first game, the Marion/Tetsu ending. They start squabbling over who gets to make the wish. The pirates sneak in behind them and steal it.
33	** In the second one, Marion and Valpiro's ending just has them both tied and gagged with no explanation while the pirate queen makes her wish.
34	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the ''Gunbird'' series, the characters' wishes at the end often go awry, either due to them not being specific enough, or not considering the unintended consequences.
35	* {{Bowdlerise}}: In ''Sengoku Ace'' series, Koyori shows a NavelDeepNeckline. In the 2014 ''Sengoku Blaze/Tengai'' port made for Platform/{{iOS}} and Platform/{{Android}}, that was covered with more clothes below the haori (kimono jacket).
36	* BreakingOut: There's a ''Gunbird'' SpinOff called ''Gunbarich'' starred by Marion, the protagonist of ''Gunbird'' series, which is a VideoGame/{{Breakout}}[=/=]VideoGame/{{Arkanoid}} game.
37	* {{Breakout Character}}s: Koyori and Tengai, both from ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'' series. The former became the {{Mascot}} and face of this series as well for the company itself, the latter first appears as one of the pilots of the first ''Strikers 1945'' and later became part of ''Sengoku Ace'' series as well appeared in other Psikyo games.
38	** The special case is Ayin, which appeared in a lot of videogames of the company, mostly for ShootEmUp games, appearing in the 3 most important series of the company: ''Sengoku Ace'', ''Gunbird'' and ''Strikers 1945''.
39	* BulletHell: The bread and butter of Psikyo's shmups, ''VideoGame/CannonSpike'' included.
40	* CollisionDamage: In some Psikyo [=STGs=], notably the ''VideoGame/Strikers1945'' series, collision damage would only make your ship power down a level instead of instantly kill you like a bullet would. Players could abuse this to milk the appearance of targets containing powerups for extra points during boss fights or to [[DynamicDifficulty control the game's rank]].
41	* CompilationRerelease: The ''Psikyo Shooting Collection'' released for Platform/PlayStation2 in 2004 by X-Nauts and distribuited by Creator/{{Taito}} in Japan and by [[Creator/FiveZeroFiveGameStreet 505 GameStreet]] in Europe, 3 volumes in where compiled 2 games for each compilation: ''VideoGame/Strikers1945 I & II'' (Vol.1), ''VideoGame/SengokuAce & Sengoku Blade'' (Vol.2; released separately in Europe under ''Samurai Aces'' and ''Tengai'' names) and its 2 medieval shmups: ''Sol Divide & Dragon Blaze'' (Vol.3). Not to mention ''Gunbird Special Edition'' released at the same year, that compiles the 2 games of this series.
42	* {{Crossover}}: Mostly with Creator/{{Capcom}}, the 2 notable crossovers are [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan Aensland]] as SecretCharacter in console versions of ''Gunbird 2'' (game distributed by Capcom) and the TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} Crossover ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVs Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom vs. Psikyo All Stars]]'' for Platform/SegaDreamcast.
43	** TheAlliance: With Creator/{{Capcom}}, which distributed some of Psikyo games (like ''Gunbird'' series) and they developed ''VideoGame/CannonSpike'' for them.
44	* CuteEmUp: ''Gunbird'' series. ''Space Bomber'', in a way, is this too.
45	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: ''Daraku Tenshi: The Fallen Angels'', Japanese and English names of the same game, respectively. Usually the game is known as one of these 2 names instead using the 2 at the same time.
46	* FightingGame: Psikyo has very few titles in this genre, but aren't less known for them: ''VideoGame/BattleKRoad'' and ''VideoGame/DarakuTenshiTheFallenAngels''. 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}}''.
47	* {{Freemium}}: Mobirix's iOS and Android ports of ''[[VideoGame/{{Strikers1945}} Strikers 1945 II, Strikers 1945 III]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SengokuAce Tengai]]'' (''Sengoku Blade'') add leaderboards, achievements, multiplayer, ads, and... locking all but the first character, maybe giving a second character if an achievement is complete. The rest can be earned grinding through hundreds of playthroughs to earn gems to unlock a character. Or buy $15 worth of gems to unlock all the characters, and further spend gems and gold for power-ups and continues.
48	* InNameOnly:
49	** One of Medieval shmups is called ''Dragon Blaze'' and was released for Arcades, which has the same name as a [[Videogame/DragonBlaze 2-D sidescrolling role-playing game for iOS and Android systems]] released decades later.
50	** From ''[[VideoGame/SengokuAce Sengoku Blade]]'' there's the {{Samurai}} [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Robot]] called "Hagane", which has nothing to do with [[VideoGame/{{Hagane}} the Ninja Robot who has his own game]] for SNES.
51	* JapaneseSpirit: Mostly seen in ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'' series, in which since main characters to {{final boss}}es are based on classic Japanese mythologies and stereotypes.
52	* {{Licensed Game}}s: Psikyo made some games for other game series (like ''VideoGame/LodeRunner'' and ''VideoGame/ChoAniki'') as well licenses from other media (like ''G-Taste'' {{hentai}} series, a TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} game.)
53	* {{Mascot}}: Marion, the bratty witch from the ''Gunbird'' series. Also Koyori from the ''Sengoku Ace'' series. Also the P-38 Lightning from the ''Strikers 1945'' series. Also Quaid the Blazing Knight Archer from ''Dragon Blaze''.
54	* MeaningfulName: The company name, "Psikyo", is a {{pun}} of ''Saikyo''[[note]]"The Stronger One" in Japanese[[/note]], which it's pronounced like this word. Also, the kanjis of the word "Saikyo" in red are shown above the logo sometimes, as you can see in the image of this page.
55	* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Two of Psikyo's shmups are settled in this: ''Dragon Blaze'' (JustForFun/{{not to be confused with}} another ''VideoGame/DragonBlaze'') and ''Sol Divide: Sword of Darkness''.
56	* MsFanservice: Koyori from ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'' series, [[http://www.giantbomb.com/koyori/3005-14510/images/ definitely]]. Also, some of the girls of this series.
57	** ProgressivelyPrettier[=/=]GirlinessUpgrade: Koyori passed from a UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} {{Tomboy}} with BoyishShortHair in the first game to an adult BigBreastPride LadyOfWar with long hair in the next games and appearances. At least the {{miko}} outfit and [[GogglesDoNothing aviator goggles]] are still there.
58	* ShootEmUp: Probably the main videogame genre Psikyo became specialist, especially in TheNineties. Some of its famous game series are in this genre: ''VideoGame/Strikers1945'', ''Gunbird'' and ''VideoGame/SengokuAce''.
59	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Inverted in ''Strikers 1945'', in which all pilots are beautiful women... and [[{{Samurai}} Ayin]].
60	* TabletopGame: As [=STGs=], other of Psikyo's trademark games are their TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} video games, mostly known for their [[{{NSFW}} lewd]] ''Taisen Hot Gimmick'' series.
61	* TournamentArc: The main plot of one of his {{fighting game}}s, ''VideoGame/BattleKRoad''.
62	* TranslationMatchmaking: ''Gunbird'' came to the US and Europe as ''Mobile Light Force''. Also, Alfa System's ''Castle of Shikigami'' came to the US as ''Mobile Light Force 2'', and to PAL regions as ''[=MLF2=]''. The games have no relation to each other, though XS Games' strongly implied they were part of a series of budget-priced ''Series/CharliesAngels'' knockoffs.
63	* UpdatedRerelease:
64	** The 2014-2016 ports for Android and iOS of Psikyo's ShootEmUp like ''Tengai/Sengoku Blade'', ''Gunbird 2'' and ''Strikers 1945 II'', all made by Korean company Mobirix.
65	** In 2018, Creator/ArcSystemWorks brought ''Psikyo Collection'' to the Platform/NintendoSwitch in 2 volumes[[note]]Vol.1 had ''Strikers 1945'', ''Sol Divide'', ''Sengoku Ace/Samurai Aces'' and ''Gunbird''; Vol.2 had ''Gunbird 2'', ''Sengoku Blade/TENGAI'', ''Dragon Blaze'' and ''Strikers 1945 II''[[/note]], which were already released on the [=eShop=] of this console.
66	* VehicularCombat: The ''Zero Gunner'' series (basically "Helicopter Combat.")

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