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http://schwer-muta.blogspot.com/What is Rosenkreuzstilette?Rosenkreuzstilette, or RKS for short, is a 2D action, platforming game created by the doujin game circle [erka:es]. Released at Comiket 73 on December 31, 2007, Rosenkreuzstilette is described on its own case as "2D Scroll Rock Action," no doubt in tribute to the game that it copies. RKS uses various game mechanics and locales taken straight from other Megaman games and is known for referencing various other video games including Castlevania and Touhou Project, using an often humorous combination of German and Japanese languages, and featuring a soundtrack that consists entirely of free music by different Japanese artists.
StoryThousands of years ago, there existed people who could use magic. However, as time went on, the numbers of those who could use the magical arts were beginning to wane. The few remaining who were born to have this power, known as Magi, were, unfortunately, brought into a world where beings of such a nature were fated to persecution and hatred from the Holy Empire and the Orthodox Church. Finally, a man by the name of Rosenkreuz rose up with his eight followers and, using the tremendous powers they held, fought against the Empire. Eventually, he offered his own life to them in exchange for the desistance of the persecution. He was granted this wish, and with his death, the remaining Magi-users were allowed to co-exist within the Empire as members of their military. Those Magi-users were known as "RKS: The Blades of the Rose-Cross". Unfortunately, such a peace did not last, as contempt for their existence was too much for the Empire to hide. Eventually, the persecution began once more.
However, this time, the Magi-users were not going to stand idly as the Empire brought them back down, disrespecting their former leader Rosenkreuz. With this, the current leader of RKS, Graf Michael Sepperin, commanded Freudia Neuwahl to lead a rebellion against the Empire. With the Empire destroyed, no one could stand in the way of RKS and their newfound journey to create a land where they can exist without being hated.
Spiritia Rosenberg, the heroine of the story, works as a training instructor for the Imperial Army. Upon returning from a six-month training session, she is greeted by Iris Sepperin, Michael Sepperin's daughter. Suddenly, a dragon crashes into the building and captures Iris. Spiritia's fairy friend, Lilli, attempts to chase the dragon, who appears to be under some sort of mind control, and without warning, the entire area is under attack. Spiritia travels to find the source of the attack and discovers that it is none other than Freudia, Spiritia's childhood friend. Freudia explains the situation to Spiritia, but Spiritia does not like this idea and condemns it. She believes that there must be another way to gain acceptance from the Empire. She then takes it upon herself to stop all the members of RKS, eventually working her way up to Michael Sepperin himself.
RKS FreudenstachelA pseudo-sequel of sorts starring Freudia Neuwahl was announced with an original release of Summer Comiket 76; however, [erka:es] has stated that due to certain circumstances, they will be unable to release it by then, so it has a projected release time of Winter Comiket 77, a fitting date for the heroine in question. Aside from a collection of fan-made bosses, not much is known about the sequel. A web demo free of the bugs displayed in the original Comiket demo has yet to be released, but the original demo is floating around.
So maybe if I actually get to work, we can have an English patch released soon.
