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The eXceed series is a Japanese dōjin game series. It was first created by the dōjin circle, FLAT, then continued by Tennen-Sozai. Similar to the Touhou Project, the series is focused on bullet hell shooters, but varies vastly in gameplay. The first game, eXceed- Gun Bullet Children was made by FLAT. The second and more popular game, eXceed 2nd- VAMPIRE, was made and released in 2006. The third game, eXceed 3rd- JADE PENETRATE, and a remake of the second game called VAMPIRE REX were released in 2007. FLAT eventually shut down and transferred its copyrights to Tennen-Sozai. An expanded version of the third game, eXceed 3rd- JADE PENETRATE- BLACK PACKAGE was released in 2009.

Games

eXceed- Gun Bullet Children

The first game of the eXceed series, made and released in 2005 by FLAT. Vampires, humans who has the blood of fallen angels, have been released into modern day Tokyo. In order to fight the invaders, the Catholic Church trained and released the Gun Bullet Children, young children who sacrifice most of their life span for magic competitive those of the vampires' commanders. The player chooses one of the three characters with different abilities. Each have a basic attack, a special attack which you get for "grazing" bullets, and a bomb attack.

eXceed 2nd- VAMPIRE

The second game of the eXceed series, made and released in 2006 by FLAT. After the war in the first game, vampires began to coexist with humans. Meanwhile, the Catholic Church was rumored to be suffering from internal power struggles. Eventually, xenophobic fanatics opposed to the Church seized power and ordered Gun Bullet Children to initiate a worldwide extermination of vampires and their hybrids. The game tells the story of Ria File, a vampire who fights as she struggles to survive the genocide. The gameplay includes the polarity mechanic, which was famously used in Tresaure's Ikaruga. The player can change polarities, being immune to his/her own polarity while doing double the damage to enemies with the opposite polarity. An improved remake called eXceed 2nd- VAMPIRE REX was released in 2007 by FLAT and its Original Sound Track was released in 2008.

eXceed 3rd- JADE PENETRATE

The third game of the eXceed series, made and released in 2007 by FLAT. JADE PENETRATE has a story much different from the first games, which is about a young dragon/demon hybrid named Raine Lindwurm, who wants to become the ruler of the Underworld. She eventually has to fight several opponents, including her older sister and the heiress, Celestia Lindwurm, and the current thousand-year old ruler, Remendy. The gameplay is some similar to the first eXceed game, where the player has a basic attack, a special attack acquirred when "grazing" bullets, and a bomb attack. An expanded "BLACK PACKAGE" version of the game was released in 2009 by Tennen-Sozai and the Orginal Sound Track was released in 2010.

Characters

The series has a large set of characters. Boss characters in VAMPIRE and JADE PENETRATE have their own themes.

Gun Bullet Children and VAMPIRE

Tinatu Kagaya

Boss Theme: Shock!!, Shock!! (arranged version) (in remake)
Species: Half-vampire
A playable character in Gun Bullet Children and the Stage 2 boss in VAMPIRE. Tinatu is a human/vampire hybrid who uses dark powers. In VAMPIRE, he was sent to wipe out all the vampires and their hybrids despite being a hybrid himself.

Sowel Divosiana

Boss Theme: Playful
Species: Human
A playable character in Gun Bullet Children and the Stage 3 boss in VAMPIRE. Sowel is a commander of the Gun Bullet Children who uses familiars. In VAMPIRE like Tinatu, she was sent to wipe out all the vampires.

Miyabi Housen

Boss Theme: Dd, Ignite (in remake)
Species: Human
A playable character in Gun Bullet Children and the Stage 4 boss in VAMPIRE. Miyabi is another one of the Gun Bullet Children and uses fire powers. In VAMPIRE like Tiniatu and Sowel, she was sent to wipe out all the vampires.

Gilles de Rais

Boss Theme: Shakes to Obscene
Species: Vampire
The Stage 1 boss in Gun Bullet Children and the Stage 5 boss in VAMPIRE. Gilles is a knight-like vampire commander who uses ancient and medieval magic. In VAMPIRE, she is Ria's superior.

Lunatica Malice

Species: Vampire
The Stage 2 boss in Gun Bullet Children. Lunatica is still very young despite being thousands of years old. She has the power to destroy the lives of other people.

Seele Chan

Species: Vampire
The Stage 3 bass in Gun Bullet Children. Seele is the strongest of all the vampires.

Sense Abel

Species: Vampire
The Stage 4 boss in Gun Bullet Children. Sense is nicknamed the "Blue Moon Songbird" since she could kill her enemies with her singing.

Ria File

Species: Vampire
The main character in eXceed 2nd- VAMPIRE and its remake. Ria is Gilles' associate as they struggle to survive in the world when a fanatical group orders the Gun Bullet Children to exterminate their kind. She can be able switch polarities unlike the other characters.

Brynhidr & Siegrune

Themes: KINZYOU (Level 1), System Slaughter (Final Level), Bestrafung (Level 1 in remake), Puppe (Level 7 in remake), CONQUEST (Final boss)
Species: Vampire
The Stage 1 and final Stage bosses in VAMPIRE. They are vampire twins named after valkyries and have opposite polarities (Brynhidr being dark and Siegrune being light). After Brynhidr dies in Stage 7, Siegrune absorbs her body to become the final boss.

Angel

Theme: Light like Thorn, Flugel (in remake)
The Stage 6 boss in VAMPIRE and mentioned in Gun Bullet Children.

See also

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