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4	Xuanyuan Jian AKA Xuan-Yuan Sword (Chinese: 軒轅劍, literally "Sword of Yellow Emperor") refers to a series of Chinese role-playing video games for personal computers developed by DOMO group, named to represent a group of friends with common goals, of Softstar Entertainment Inc. based in Taiwan.
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6	These games incorporate elements from Chinese history and mythology. The first game, released in 1990, was a short game with a somewhat fragmented plot (retconned in the second game) and lifted names for its protagonists straight from ''Film/AChineseGhostStory'' (also retconned in the second game), but paved the way to the establishment of a groundbreaking franchise of video games as well as the Chinese video gaming industry at large.
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8	!!The series consists of the following games:
9	[[index]]
10	->[+Main entries:+]
11	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword'' (軒轅劍) (1990, DOS)
12	** Set in an ambiguous time period in Chinese history
13	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword 2'' (軒轅劍貳) (1994, DOS, iOS)
14	** Direct sequel to the first game
15	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword 3: Mists Beyond the Mountains'' (軒轅劍參：雲和山的彼端) (1999, Windows, Platform/NintendoSwitch)
16	** Set in the UsefulNotes/TangDynasty, as well as Europe and Arabia
17	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword 4: The Black Dragon Dances as the Storm Rages'' (軒轅劍肆：黑龍舞兮雲飛揚) (2002, Windows)
18	** Set in the UsefulNotes/QinDynasty
19	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword 5: A Sword Above the Clouds & the Sentiments of Shanhai'' (軒轅劍伍：一劍凌雲山海情) (2006, Windows)
20	** Set in the [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu Three Kingdoms period]]
21	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword 6: The Phoenix Soars over Millennial Clouds'' (軒轅劍陸：鳳凌長空千載雲) (2013, Windows)
22	** Set in the UsefulNotes/ZhouDynasty
23	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword 7'' (軒轅劍七) (2020, Windows, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/XboxOne)
24	** Set in the UsefulNotes/HanDynasty
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26	->[+[[{{Gaiden Game}} Waizhuan]] entries:+]
27	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword: Dance of Maple Leaves'' (軒轅劍外傳：楓之舞) (1995, DOS, iOS)
28	** Set in the [[UsefulNotes/ZhouDynasty Warring States period]]
29	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Scar of Sky'' (軒轅劍參外傳：天之痕) (2001, Windows)
30	** Set in the UsefulNotes/SuiDynasty
31	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Millennial Destiny'' (軒轅劍外傳：蒼之濤) (2004, Windows)
32	** Set in the [[UsefulNotes/ZhouDynasty Spring and Autumn period]] and UsefulNotes/JinDynasty
33	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Cloud of Han'' (軒轅劍外傳：漢之雲) (2007, Windows)
34	** Set in the [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu Three Kingdoms period]]
35	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Clouds Faraway'' (軒轅劍外傳：雲之遙) (2010, Windows)
36	** Set in the Three Kingdoms period
37	* ''VideoGame/XuanYuanSwordEXTheGateOfFirmament'' (軒轅劍外傳穹之扉) (2015 Windows, [=PS4=], Xbox One)
38	** Set in the UsefulNotes/ShangDynasty
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40	->[+Other entries:+]
41	* ''Xuan-Yuan Demonbane Chronicles'' (軒轅伏魔錄) (2001, Windows)
42	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword Online: Chain of Life'' (軒轅劍網路版) (2002, Windows)
43	* ''VideoGame/DreamOfMirrorOnline'' (飛天歷險：軒轅劍網路版2代) (2005, Windows)
44	* ''The Scar of Sky Online'' (天之痕：軒轅劍網路版) (2010, Windows)
45	* ''Xuan-Yuan Sword Gaiden Online'' (軒轅劍外傳Online) (2012, Windows)
46	* ''Flying [=PuPu=]'' (飛天噗噗) (2011, iOS)
47	* ''Battle Legends'' (伏魔傳奇) (2012, iOS)
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49	See also ''VideoGame/SwordAndFairy'', another RPG series made by Softstar.
50	[[/index]]
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52	!!This Franchise contains examples of:
53	* {{Autosave}}: Featured in the newer installments of the series.
54	* BreakingTheFourthWall: From the second game onwards, the developers DOMO Studio can be found in hidden areas.
55	* CelShading: ''Dream of Mirror Online'', or ''Xuan-Yuan Sword Online 2'', utilizes this to great effect.
56	* CombatantCooldownSystem: Added in ''Xuan-Yuan Sword 3'', which also changed the combat system closer to ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
57	* CutAndPasteEnvironments: Several generic environments from ''Xuan-Yuan Sword 3'' were reused in its gaiden title, ''The Scar of Sky''.
58	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first game has minimal plot, with character names lifted from then popular media such as ''Film/AChineseGhostStory'', and was influenced in gameplay by the ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' series. The series' trademark Chinese painting artwork and [[YourSoulIsMine monster absorption]] system were not introduced until the second game.
59	* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Typically, the better looking the equipment is, the more powerful its stats are.
60	* FauxFirstPerson3D: Featured in the first three games.
61	* FixedCamera: A point of controversy in the three games of generation 5, where there were usually no environments to render outside of the camera frame.
62	* GoingThroughTheMotions: A staple from generation 4 (the first 3D generation) onward.
63	* IconicItem: The Xuan-Yuan Sword that provided the series name. It was once wield by the Yellow Emperor to protect ancient China from monsters, and handed down from generation to generation.
64	* IsometricProjection: Experimented with in ''Xuan-Yuan Demonbane Chronicles'', a spinoff StrategyRPG.
65	* LoadingScreen: Present in the series during environment transitions.
66	* MultiPlatform:
67	** ''Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Scar of Sky'', has been ported on to mobile platforms, including [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xuan-yuan-jian-can-wai-chuan/id784373321?mt=8 iOS]] and [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softstar.swd3e&hl=en Android]].
68	** ''VideoGame/XuanYuanSwordEXTheGateOfFirmament'' is the first game in the series to be ported into consoles, such as Platform/PlayStation4 and Platform/XBoxOne.
69	* RealTimeWithPause: ''Gate of Firmament'' features the Cross Dynamic Time Battle system, in which the players can use a pause function and yet still issue commands to the currently selected character, while actions initiated before the pause resolve.
70	* RespawnPoint: Averted. Being defeated in battles that are not [[HopelessBossFight hopeless boss fights]] takes the player back to the starting menu screen.
71	* {{Retcon}}: The second game standardized the character names, and removed those lifted from ''Film/AChineseGhostStory''.
72	* SpinOff: The franchise has generated a great deal of spin-off media and events, such as music concerts, mobile games, [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMOs]], novels, comics, fanart, and a TV show, ''Xuanyuan Jian: Tian zhi Hen'' (軒轅劍之天之痕, lit. Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky), a 2012 Chinese TV series adapted from the game of the same name.

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