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Gunslinger Stratos
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Developer(s)	Byking Taito
Publisher(s)	Square Enix
Platform(s)	Arcade, Windows
First release	Gunslinger Stratos JP: July 12, 2012
Latest release	Gunslinger Stratos Σ JP: April 24, 2017

Gunslinger Stratos is a series of third-person hero shooter video games, developed by Byking and Taito, and published by Square Enix. It debuted in arcades on July 12, 2012, with the scenario provided by Norimitsu Kaihō (from Nitroplus) based on a concept by Gen Urobuchi. It uses Silicon Studio's Orochi game engine, and runs on the Taito Type X³ arcade system board.

Its sequel, Gunslinger Stratos 2, was released on February 20, 2014, featuring new characters, new battle mechanics, and new stages. Tetsuya Nomura and Akira Yasuda each created two characters exclusively for the game. A sequel, titled Gunslinger Stratos: Reloaded, was announced to be released in 2016 for Windows PC. The servers were closed on March 29, 2016.

A fourth game, Gunslinger Stratos 3, was released on May 12, 2016. An upgraded version, Gunslinger Stratos Σ, with four character types and six new weapon packs for each character and several changes to the respawn and awake systems, was released on April 24, 2017.

The servers for the arcade version of Gunslinger Stratos were shut down on April 1, 2021.

An anime adaptation of the series, Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation, made its premiere on April 4, 2015.

Gameplay

All of the games are played from a third-person perspective, and the player must move around the massive battleground (using the analog sticks and buttons on the two gun controllers), while using the Gun Controllers to aim and shoot at enemies. The goal is to survive and shoot down the rival teams to decrease the opposing team's team meter within a given time limit. The round ends when either teams' team meter drops to zero and/or if the timer reaches zero.

Players can switch weapons in-battle, utilizing various strategies and tactics, by melding the two gun controllers together into different positions, such as:

• Side Style: by clipping the side of the gun controllers together, the players can use their character's secondary arsenal.
• Tandem Style: by clipping the tip of right gun controller onto the top of the left gun controller, the players can use their character's powerful arsenal.

As the players progressed to the game's multiplayer mode, those who using the NESiCAxLive card can accumulate "Team Points" by winning battles, and using it to purchase and equip "Weapon Packs". Weapons Packs are a set of weapons that can be purchased and use in battle. Some of the packs has upgraded versions of the character's default weapons with boosted stats.

Plot

Setting

In 2115, the country known formerly as Japan has been split into two parallel worlds: the Frontier S (Stratos) and the 17th Far East Imperial City Management District. Frontier S is an outlaw universe in which freedom runs rampant, while the 17th Far East Imperial City Management District is a totalitarian universe completely bereft of freedom and is under constant surveillance. When the two universes are starting to fuse into one, the government of each worlds initiates the Operation Stratos, a world-scale protocol wherein a handpicked group of gunslingers, mercenaries, and special individuals, each from the two universes, will be sent to the year 2015 to alter the past by eliminating the other side until only one group survives, erasing a parallel universe in the process.

Story

The story revolves on a group of gunslingers, each from the two universes who participate in Operation Stratos, particularly on a group of four childhood friends: Tohru Kazasumi, Kyōka Katagiri, Kyōma Katagiri, and Shizune Rindo, who all must confront their own flaws and differences when they battle their alternate selves in order to survive.

Notes

1. Japanese: ガンスリンガー ストラトス, Hepburn: Gansuringā Sutoratosu
2. Japanese: ガンスリンガー ストラトス2, Hepburn: Gansuringā Sutoratosu 2
3. Japanese: ガンスリンガー ストラトス リローデッド, Hepburn: Gansuringā Sutoratosu Rirōdeddo
4. Japanese: ガンスリンガー ストラトス3, Hepburn: Gansuringā Sutoratosu 3
5. Japanese: フロンティアS（ストラトス）, Hepburn: Furontia S (sutoratosu)
6. Japanese: 第十七極東帝都管理区, Hepburn: Dai jū nana Kyokutō no teikoku kanri-ku
7. Japanese: オペレーション・ストラトス, Hepburn: Operēshon sutoratosu

References

1. "＜急募＞世界を守るだけの簡単なお仕事なっしー！ 虚淵玄原案の『ガンスリンガー ストラトス2』稼働開始 ― 記念イベントにはふなっしーも". Inside (in Japanese). February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
2. "Square Enix' next game is Gunslinger Stratos, uses Orochi Engine - GamerTell". TechnologyTell. January 31, 2012. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
3. "Tetsuya Nomura And A Street Fighter Artist Worked On This Square Enix Game". Siliconera. November 3, 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
4. "Gunslinger Stratos Spawns PC Online Game, Magazine, Manga". Anime News Network. December 9, 2014. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
5. "What? Gunslinger Stratos Reloaded is Shutting Down!". MMOSite. February 14, 2016. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
6. "『ガンスリンガー ストラトス3』ティザーPVやオードナー三兄妹の詳細ほか、最新情報が続々解禁！". Famitsu. November 21, 2015. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
7. ガンスリンガー ストラトスΣ, Error: error: {{nihongo foot}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help): transliteration text not Latin script (pos 23) (help)
8. "『ガンスリンガー ストラトスΣ』プロモーションムービー (Gunslinger Stratos Σ Trailer)". YouTube. April 23, 2017. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
9. "Official Gunslinger Stratos Twitter account". Twitter. December 23, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
10. "Square Enix Game Gunslinger Stratos Gets TV Anime in 2015". Anime News Network. December 9, 2014. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2015.

External links

• Gunslinger Stratos official franchise website
• Gunslinger Stratos official English website
• Game websites:
  • Gunslinger Stratos official Japanese website
  • Gunslinger Stratos 2 official Japanese website
  • Gunslinger Stratos 3/Σ official Japanese website
  • Gunslinger Stratos Reloaded official Japanese website

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