Queen's Gate (gamebook) explained

Queen's Gate
Ja Kanji:クイーンズゲイト
Ja Romaji:Kuīnzu Geito
Type:novel series
Author:Eiji Okita
Eiichi Shitara
Illustrator:Niθ
Kanko Nakamura
Publisher:Kenkyūsha
Demographic:Male
First:April 1, 2009
Last:July 1, 2009
Volumes:3
Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos
Developer:Bandai Namco Games
Publisher:Bandai Namco Games
Genre:RPG
Platforms:PlayStation Portable
Released:July 28, 2011

is a series of visual combat books published by Hobby Japan. The supplement to the Queen's Blade series, it features licensed female characters from other games and works, including those from Hobby Japan. Like Queen's Blade before it, it is also compatible with Flying Buffalo's Lost Worlds gamebooks. The first gamebook, featuring Alice, was released on November 30, 2007, with a total of nineteen gamebooks released as of June 29, 2012. A novel adaptation by Eiji Okita and Eiichi Shitara was published by Kenkyusha from April to July 2009. A video game adaptation of Queen's Gate was developed by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation Portable and released on July 28, 2011.

Plot

In the original game, the general story comes from Alice's bio: she is a treasure hunter who one day discovers the "Queen's Gate", which unleashes a battle across space-time.

In the novels, the plot is expanded a little more (though characters from other franchises do not appear), introducing her rival Dorothy, Alice's mother Lewis, and Dorothy's mother Glinda, as they fight against various monsters.

Characters

An original character from Nitroplus who wields a pair of modified Mauser C96 pistols with built-in combat knives and a whip that she wears as a tail. The pistols are called and, for the black and silver one respectively. Illustrated by Niθ.[1]

In the novels, she follows an Alice in Wonderland theme, as not only her mother is called Lewis, but she has a tactician expert subordinate called, a subordinate expert in machinery dressed in a bunny girl costume called, and she belongs to the .

From the anime series Moetan. Illustrated by POP.[2]
From the Samurai Shodown video game series. Illustrated by Tasuku Iizuki.[3]
From The King of Fighters and Fatal Fury video game series. Illustrated by Mahiru Izumi.[4]
From the Guilty Gear video game series. Illustrated by Takumi Inoue.[5]
From Samurai Shodown. Illustrated by Otsudo Shinozuki.[6]
From Samurai Shodown. Illustrated by BLADE.[7]
From the Dead or Alive video game series. Illustrated by Insert it's.[8]
From . Illustrated by Meiwa Morita.[9]
From The Qwaser of Stigmata. Illustrated by Hoods Entertainment.[10]
From the light novel and anime series Demon King Daimao. Illustrated by Zundarepon.[11]
From the light novel and anime series Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls. Illustrated by Mahiru Izumi.[12]
From the Soulcalibur series. Illustrated by 2-go.[13]
From Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls. Illustrated by Keitaro Arima.[14]
From the BlazBlue series. Illustrated by Nagi Takatsuki.[15]
From the Soulcalibur series. Illustrated by Isse.[16]
From the Koihime Musō series. Illustrated by Takumi Inoue.[17]
From Soulcalibur V. Illustrated by refeia.[18]
From the mahjong games Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai. Illustrated by Kenichi Sonoda.[19]

Video game characters

Protagonists

The main heroine of Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos. Illustrated by Poyoyon Rock.
From the Hyper Nurse series. Illustrated by Junichi Inoue.
From the video game Wonder Momo. Illustrated by Poyoyon Rock.

Antagonists

Illustrated by Atsuko Ishida.
Illustrated by Keiji Gotoh.
Illustrated by Makoto Koga.
Illustrated by Poyoyon Rock.

Gal Monsters

One of the Gal Monsters featured in the game. Illustrated by Y Nin.
One of the Gal Monsters featured in the game. Illustrated by Shinichiro Otsuka.
One of the Gal Monsters featured in the game. Illustrated by Makoto Koga.
One of the Gal Monsters featured in the game. Illustrated by Muraneko.
One of the Gal Monsters featured in the game. Illustrated by Muraneko.
One of the Gal Monsters featured in the game. Illustrated by Keiji Gotoh.

Novel characters

Protagonists

She is Alice's childhood friend, and became her rival as a treasure hunter in school. Although she isn't clever, she has the specific skill of not getting trapped ever, and she usually forestalls Alice. People call her a "good luck fairy". She follows a Wizard of Oz theme, as not only her mother is called Glinda, but she has a tactician expert subordinate called, an armored subordinate called, a subordinate with leon genes expert in battle called, and she belongs to the . Illustrated by Niθ.

Dodgson Foundation

Alice's mother. Her look is that of an intellectual woman, with glasses and a ponytail. A world-leading treasure hunter, she went missing when she discovered Queen's Gate. For weapons, she uses the double hatchet cannons and, two hand cannons whose tips end in huge hatchets. Although she prides herself in her gun using .600 Nitro Express rounds, 20 times the power of Alice's. Lewis can stand the terrible recoil even when firing it one-handed. Illustrated by Niθ.

Baum Foundation

Dorothy's mother. She once formed a duo with Alice's mother. Illustrated by Niθ.

Irukinuf's Cult

Queen Faction

Rin / Faye Wright
Leonidas
Al-Kāhinat
Zenobia
Alp Arslan
Irukinuf
Trump Soldiers

Tentacle King Faction

Rama
Musanna
Moonlight
Harald
Finn McCool
Swodar Nyarmain

Other characters

Gate Watcher
Kwun

Media

Gamebooks

Novel

A novel adaptation of Queen's Gate was written by Eiji Okita and Eiichi Shitara with illustrations by Niθ and Kanko Nakamura. Three volumes were published by Kenkyusha between April 1, 2009 and July 1, 2009.

Video game

A video game adaptation, titled, was developed by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation Portable. Released on July 28, 2011, the game is the sequel to , featuring characters from the Queen's Gate series as well as characters from the original series. Like the first game, Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos also features an original storyline with game-exclusive characters. A limited edition version of the game was also released, featuring a Maron Makaron figure from Figma.[41]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Alice Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  2. Web site: Official Ink Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  3. Web site: Official Iroha Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  4. Web site: Official Mai Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  5. Web site: Official Dizzy Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  6. Web site: Official Mina Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  7. Web site: Official Cham Cham Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  8. Web site: Official Kasumi Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  9. Web site: Official Lili Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja. May 10, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130510120652/http://queensblade.net/qg/characters/char_009.php. dead.
  10. Web site: Official Katja Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  11. Web site: Official Junko Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  12. Web site: Official Jubei Bio. Hobby Japan. February 5, 2011. ja.
  13. Web site: Official Ivy Bio. Hobby Japan. February 28, 2011. ja.
  14. Web site: Official Yukimura Bio. Hobby Japan. February 28, 2011. ja.
  15. Web site: Official Noel Bio. Hobby Japan. July 15, 2011. ja.
  16. Web site: Official Taki Bio. Hobby Japan. August 21, 2011. ja.
  17. Web site: Official Kanu Bio. Hobby Japan. December 27, 2011. ja.
  18. Web site: Official Pyrrha Bio. Hobby Japan. February 20, 2012. ja.
  19. Web site: Official Suchie-Pai Bio. Hobby Japan. May 22, 2012. ja.
  20. Book: Kui-nzugeito when You Open the Gate Alice . ja:クイーンズゲイト 門を開く者 アリス. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-89425-627-9 . 30 November 2007 . ホビージャパン .
  21. Web site: MegaHobby Expo 2011 Spring. Hobby Japan. August 11, 2011. ja.
  22. Book: Kui-nzugeito Mahou Shoujo Rainbow Original Clouds A . ja:クイーンズゲイト 魔法少女 虹原いんく. February 11, 2011. ja. 9784894256286. ホビージャパン. 2007-11-30 .
  23. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4894256975?. ja:クイーンズゲイト 恩を返すもの いろは. February 11, 2011. ja. 9784894256972. ホビージャパン. 2008-04-18.
  24. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4894257750. ja:クイーンズゲイト 紅の忍 不知火舞. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-89425-775-7 . ホビージャパン . 31 October 2008 .
  25. Web site: Official page on Volks' Mai Shiranui figurine. Volks. September 18, 2023. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100420015527/http://www.volks.co.jp/jp/moekore/pls_sp01mai.html. April 20, 2010.
  26. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4894258625. ja:クイーンズゲイト「運命の子ディズィー」. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-89425-862-4 . ホビージャパン . 30 April 2009 .
  27. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4894259648. ja:クイーンズゲイト「聖弓の射手 真鏡名ミナ」. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-89425-964-5 . ホビージャパン . 28 November 2009 .
  28. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4798600040. ja:クイーンズゲイト「密林の守護者 チャムチャム」. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-7986-0004-8 . ホビージャパン . 27 February 2010 .
  29. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4798600032. ja:クイーンズゲイト「運命のくの一 かすみ」. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-7986-0003-1 . ホビージャパン . 27 February 2010 .
  30. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4798600202. ja:クイーンズゲイト 格闘令嬢リリ. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-7986-0020-8 . ホビージャパン . 30 April 2010 .
  31. Book: クイーンズゲイト 一年A組委員長 服部絢子. 25 June 2010 . ホビージャパン . 978-4-7986-0075-8 . February 11, 2011. ja.
  32. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4798600741. ja:クイーンズゲイト 赤銅の人形遣い カーチャ. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-7986-0074-1 . ホビージャパン . 25 June 2010 .
  33. Book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4798601195. ja:クイーンズゲイト 覚醒せし剣姫 柳生十兵衛. February 11, 2011. ja . 978-4-7986-0119-9 . ホビージャパン . 30 September 2010 .
  34. Book: ja:クイーンズゲイト 絡みつく孤高の刃 アイヴィー . ja. .
  35. Book: ja:クイーンズゲイト 剣姫軍師 真田幸村. ja. .
  36. Book: ja:クイーンズゲイト 蒼の継承者 ノエル＝ヴァーミリオン. ja. .
  37. Book: ja:クイーンズゲイト神速の封刃タキ. ja. .
  38. Book: ja:クイーンズゲイト 蜀の武神 関羽. ja. .
  39. Book: ja:クイーンズゲイト 運命に翻弄される娘 ピュラ. ja. .
  40. Book: ja:クイーンズゲイト 美少女雀士 スーチーパイ. ja. .
  41. Web site: Official website for Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos. Bandai Namco Games. ja. February 5, 2011.

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