Line #88 VideoGame/DarakuTenshiTheFallenAngels


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Where angels go to die.'']]
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4	->''"The earthquake that struck the city at 7:13 A.M. on February 10, 2000, measured 7 on the richter scale.''
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6	->''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.''
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8	->''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.''
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10	->''[[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.]]"''
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12	->''It is now a decade later. The year is 2010."''
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14	''Daraku Tenshi: The Fallen Angels'' is a 1998 2D FightingGame developed by The Steel Hearts development team and published by Creator/{{Psikyo}}. It is their second attempt in the 2D versus fighting genre after ''VideoGame/BattleKRoad''.
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16	This game is known for mainly two things. One, that it was developed by ex- Creator/{{SNK}} designers. And two, for being incomplete when it was released despite some pretty ambitious plans for the time. Notably, the presence of four character sprites that never got fleshed out as full parts of the roster.
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18	Rumor has it that the devs went back to SNK after the game's rushed release. This is supported by how many of the characters (both finished and unfinished) have striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' series and ''VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves''.
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20	''VideoGame/{{Yatagarasu}}'', also made by the same development team, is seen as a SpiritualSuccessor.
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22	To get more info about this game, you can see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fallen_Angels_(video_game) the article]] in Website/TheOtherWiki, as well in [[https://darakutenshi.wikia.com/wiki/Daraku_Tenshi_Wiki its own wiki]]. Also, these archived pages with info and galleries (in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20030501094225/http://www.twin.ne.jp:80/~itohaji/ Japanese]] and [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050206071807/http://www.darakutenshi.4t.com:80/index.html English]]) thanks to Website/WaybackMachine.
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24	In 2019, it was reported that Zerodiv [[https://gematsu.com/2019/05/the-fallen-angels-complete-edition-announced-for-console-arcade will attempt to finish the game after two decades]].
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27	!!''Daraku Tenshi'' provides examples of:
28	* AllThereInTheManual: Due to the game's unfinished nature, a lot of the backstory has been culled from supplemental material and storyboards released online years after the game.
29	* AfterTheEnd[=/=]ApocalypseAnarchy: The main plot of ''Daraku Tenshi''.
30	* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: For Creator/{{SNK}}'s ''VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves'' and Creator/{{Atlus}}'s ''VideoGame/GrooveOnFight''.
31	* AntiHero: Cool, being closer to a NinetiesAntiHero.
32	* AWinnerIsYou: There's no endings for any of the characters. Chalk that up to it being unfinished.
33	* TheBartender: Yuiran, who also manages the bar along with Yuiren.
34	* BigBad: Carlos, the man behind many of the events of the game.
35	* BoxingBattler: Haiji Mibu. Years after Haiji escaped from Carlos he resurfaced as a reckless bouncer.
36	* TheCameo: Apart of this game, the only appearance of characters from this game was in the Psikyo[=/=]Creator/{{Capcom}} TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} {{crossover}} ''[[VideoGame/CapcomVs Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom vs. Psikyo All Stars]]''. Also some of them appeared with other Psikyo characters in company's artworks.
37	* ChargeInputSpecial: Cool's special and super moves are this, and he happens to be a rare case of a charge based fighting game ''protagonist''.[[note]]Usually, protagonists in fighting games tend to have quarter-circle motion based special moves.[[/note]]
38	** There's also Yuiran, who happens to be a charge-based ''grappler''.
39	* TheCracker: Carlos. He managed Harry's files on FBI and sent it to Eden.
40	* CreepyChild: Ruccio Roche. Apart of his look, he's also an assassin and a hired killer. With just 16 years old.
41	* {{Cyberpunk}}: In the same vein as ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', in which lacks many of the clichés of the genre, but plants itself firmly in this.
42	** {{Dystopia}}: Likewise, one of the few dystopic fighting games that play this straight.
43	* DeconstructiveParody: If [[Characters/StreetFighterI Ryu]] evokes the fantasy of a noble martial artist WalkingTheEarth to seek stronger opponents to hone his skills, Torao shows that such a person in real life would more likely be a filthy vagrant obsessed with martial arts to the detriment of their own well-being.
44	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: 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.
45	** TheForeignSubtitle: As explained above, this is more a case of YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord.
46	* DiningInTheBuff: One of the four unfinished characters found on the ROM is a naked man named Jimmy with no genitalia that looks like a clone of the FinalBoss Carlos. One artwork found in the game depicts him drinking a glass of wine... also naked.
47	* TheDragon: Trigger, Carlos' henchman.
48	* {{Expy}}[=/=]ShoutOut
49	** The main story of the game, mostly the {{Cyberpunk}}-theme and ClosedCircle aspect, is based on ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' as mentioned above.
50	** Haiji Mibu's moveset and outfit (white hair and pants) could resemble [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Yashiro Nanakase]].
51	** Taro seems to be a hillbilly Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}, green skin and sewered parts of his body included.
52	** Carlos is like a [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard]] in a ''Film/BladeRunner''-like world. Also, his special attack with his katana seems similar to [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Hajime Saito's Gatotsu]].
53	** Trigger looks like [[Anime/{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]] going mad. Not to mention he has [[Creator/KoujiIshii Ryuji]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Yamazaki's]] voice.
54	** One of the discarded characters, Snake, is a cunning looking character dressed in a suit and wears bondage pants very reminisce of [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersRivals Iori Yagami]].
55	* FightingGame: One of the two titles Creator/{{Psikyo}} made as this, being the second one after ''VideoGame/BattleKRoad''.
56	* GeniusBruiser: 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, Haiji, and the unused character Jimmy.
57	* GentleGiant: Taro. Despite his bizarre appearance he is actually [[FriendToAllLivingThings very friendly and loves animals]].
58	* GunsAkimbo: [[MeaningfulName Trigger]].
59	* HalfIdenticalTwins: Yuiran and Yuiren. Also, they're PolarOppositeTwins.
60	* HellBentForLeather: Cool and Haiji.
61	* {{Hobo}}: Torao, a karateka example.
62	* HumanoidAbomination: Taro, another of Carlos' experiments.
63	* InTheHood: Ruccio Roche.
64	%%* KatanasAreJustBetter: Carlos' .
65	* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Carlos, as the crime lord he is.
66	* MarriedToTheJob: Harry Ness has a daughter but he and his wife are seperated as a result of him always working.
67	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: [[CuteBruiser Yuiran]] and [[StraightGay Yuiren]], respectively.
68	* MeaningfulName
69	** Cool, his name isn't there for anything, especially being TheProtagonist.
70	** Trigger, who uses guns as part of his attacks.
71	* MightyGlacier: Taro, closer to a StoneWall.
72	* MovesetClone: Cool plays with charging commands and his moves are very similar to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile, Charlie and Remy]].
73	* OnlyOneName: All characters in the game are known with just one name (or at least [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname it seems]]), with the exceptions of Harry Ness, Torao Onigawara and Ruccio Roche.
74	* OldMaster: Torao Onigawara, a RetiredBadass who also was Harry's master.
75	* OneHitKill: Trigger's LimitBreak is a shoot from one of his guns. As could be in RealLife, if you got the bullet, you're dead.
76	* ThePigPen: Torao Onigawara. To say it all, probably [[{{Squick}} he isn't dark-skinned by birth]]. And we didn't mention the flies around him, of course.
77	* TheProtagonist: Cool, but also Haiji is seen as one. [[spoiler: Given the art seen in the credits of him being the one taking Carlos and Trigger down and his more personal connection to the former, Haiji might have been the planned protagonist all along.]]
78	* RealIsBrown: The game employs a uniquely desaturated, washed-out aesthetic to reflect the dystopian atmosphere.
79	* SceneryPorn: Not just the stages, all in the game is beautifully drawn and plenty of details, like Cool's feathers and Torao's flies, to name some.
80	* {{Shotoclone}}: Cool, has some similarities, but the move commands are quite different compared to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu and Ken's]]. Also Torao for the Karate outfit and moves, which are more similar to [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Sakazaki's school]].
81	* SiblingYinYang: The twins Yuiran and Yuiren, also doubling with RedOniBlueOni respectively.
82	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Yuiran, even when she's a {{Tomboy}}. In part subverted by Lapis, the only girl from the four cancelled characters, which could be the second girl on the roster.
83	* SNKBoss: Both [[TheDragon Trigger]] and [[FinalBoss Carlos]] qualify. Especially since both use weapons in hand-to-hand fights (Trigger got guns and Carlos a katana).
84	* SomeDexterityRequired: The game is more focused to hand-to-hand fights than in specials and supers unlike other {{fighting game}}s. But also, various commands are hard to perform, especially about super moves.
85	* 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 NESTS Saga.
86	* TheStoic: Roche.
87	* SweetPollyOliver: Yuiran.
88	* TakeThat: Torao is probably one to the "homeless, wandering martial artist" character archetype in fighting games set by [[Characters/StreetFighterI Ryu]] and his various {{exp\|y}}ies by showing how [[ThePigPen filthy]] and [[{{Hobo}} unglamorous]] such a lifestyle would actually be.
89	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Yuiren. If it wasn't for the [[AllThereInTheManual story and cutscenes]], we'd never figure it out [[DudeLooksLikeALady he wasn't a woman at all]]. Also Yuiran, which is [[{{Tomboy}} the opposite]].
90	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Harry Ness and Yuiran, the grapplers of the game.
91	* WretchedHive: Eden, the city where the events of the game occurs, which also has an IronicName.

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