Sky's Quest

Sky's Quest (Known in Japan as KARIN: Little Witch Heroine in Japan) is a 1994 video game by Vic Tokai and published by Murphy's for the Super Box, it's the sequel to The Krion Quest (Known as Magical Doropie in Japan), the game later got ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in October 1, 1994, unlike how Magical Doropie's NES version got butchered, the SNES version (of this game) is a Near-Perfect Conversion

Plot
The year is 2023, the earth is at peace since 2000, that is however, changed when Princess Graphene striked.

casting an army of robots to invade to earth, in which again, the robots can't get destroyed by normal weapons, Doropie on the way, gets kidnapped by her sister Amelia midway.

while later, Karin was at home, and sees the news on her television, and after she saw her mother getting kidnapped, is worried for her mother and goes to an adventure to foil the plans of the evil princess, with the help of Kagemaru, whom she randomly encountered on the way

TBA

Gameplay
Like how Magical Doropie was like Classic Mega Man, Sky's Quest has many mechanic similarities with Mega Man X, Unlike it's predecessor, you can freely choose what stage of the Brainwashed Ten, Sky only begins with her Max health at 20, but can get Cats to increase it, each stage hides a single cat, and each cat increases her max health by 2, here's how much maximum health they have

It's possible to clear the game with no upgrades (except Mac's wand upgrade, since he automatically gives it to Sky after the final battle against Shuker) Unlike Mega Man X, Sky can dash at the start
 * Sky: 20-40 (add 2 per cat you found)
 * MP Capacity: 36
 * Brainwashed Ten And Heather: 40
 * Shuker: 40 (Miniboss) 80 (Krion Stage 2)
 * Princess Graphene: 120 (40 per phase)

Stages

 * Intro Stage
 * Any Stages of the Brainwashed Ten (First Five of any active boss, any choice)
 * Mid Stage
 * Any Stages of the Brainwashed Ten (Second Five of any active boss, any choice)
 * Krion/Akumada Stage 1
 * Krion/Akumada Stage 2
 * Krion/Akumada Stage 3
 * Krion/Akumada Stage 4
 * Krion/Akumada Stage 5

Gameplay

 * D-Pad (Move left or right)
 * X and Y (Controller/Arcade Stick) S and D (Keyboard) - Switch Weapons
 * C (Controller/Arcade Stick) X (Keyboard) - Shoot
 * B (Controller/Arcade Stick) Z (Keyboard) - Jump
 * A (Controller/Arcade Stick) C (Keyboard) - Dash

Alternate Dash Inputs

 * Double Tap Direction

Characters
Japan/English names


 * Doropie/Francesca - Now a Late-30's woman, she is a runaway witch who was captured and brainwashed heavily by the minions of the New Krion queen
 * Karin/Sky - the protagonist of the game, she's Doropie/Francesca's 16-year old daughter, desperate to find her mother, what she doesn't know that her quest will be complicated
 * Kagemaru/Kenneth - The one who lead Doropie/Francesca 24 years ago, now as an adult man, he gives Sky/Karin the upgrades she needed

The Brainwashed Ten
Pls suggest, and their weapons they drop too (Sky copies their weapons like Mega Man X)


 * Mikami/Minnie (Weapon: Card Slash)
 * Makoto/Marcus (Weapon: Homing Glove)
 * Akira/Aaron (Weapon: Dashing Snakes)
 * Satoshi/Sean (Weapon: Light Blade)
 * Hikaru/Holly (Weapon: FIre Ring)
 * Ryou/Ryan (Weapon: Water Warp)
 * Nanase/Natasha (Weapon: Monsoon Sheild)
 * Kazuhito/Kevin (Weapon: Snow Cement)
 * Tomoyo/Taylor (Weapon: Thunder Lazer)
 * Nigo/Nick (Weapon: Time Bomb)

Weapons

 * Sky Wand (Unlimited uses) - Sky can shoot up to 3 bullets at a time and can charge it for 2 or 3 levels depending if she has a wand upgrade or not
 * Card Slash (1 MP per uncharged shot, 4 MP per charged shot) - Sky just shoots a card, it's a bit slow and deals weak damage but it can attract items with the right angle, fully charge it and Sky summons two giant cards orbiting around her, damaging anyone who touches it (of course Sky will also take damage if she's not careful), enemies taking damage off the two cards orbiting Sky will also consume mana, the cards disintigrate when the mana bar empties, maximum damage it can do in one hit is 4HP, also consuming 4MP)
 * Homing Glove (1 MP per uncharged shot, 3 MP per charged shot) - Sky shoots a glove and it move to it's target, it's speed and damage is average but when charged, it becomes a bigger glove that does follow it's target too albeit slower, but it does greater damage
 * Dashing Snakes (1MP per uncharged shot, 4 MP per charged shot) - The uncharged version is like the Search Snake from Mega Man 3, while the charged version is Sky shooting two large snakes like a Normal Charge Shot
 * Light Blade (2 MP per uncharged shot, 5 MP per charged shot) - The uncharged version is Sky launching a knife, it's fast and deals good damage, the charged version is a Sword spinning around, it deals great damage and is a bit faster, and it also bounces around the screen forever until it hits something sturdy enough to survive the hit
 * Fire Ring (1 MP per uncharged shot, 5 MP per charged shot) - the uncharged version works like Ring Boomerang from Mega Man 4, while the charged version is like the charged boomerang cutter from Mega Man X, but with Fire Rings instead of Cutters
 * Monsoon Shield (1 MP per uncharged shot, 4 MP per charged shot) - the uncharged version is similar to Mega Man X's Storm Tornado, only shorter, the charged version is a Grey Barrier protecting Sky, unlike the charged Card Slash, hitting enemies will not consume the Mana Meter, also hitting an enemy who has more HP than the shield will make the shield burst, but Sky gets invincibility frames when that happens
 * Snow Cement (1 MP per uncharged shot, 4 MP per charged shot) - the uncharged version is Sky shooting a ball of snow that turns into an ice block when it hits something, the charged version is Sky shooting out an ice platform that stays in it's position, but it only lasts for 5-6 seconds
 * Thunder Lazer (2 MP per uncharged shot, 6 MP per charged shot) - the uncharged version is like Mega Man 1's thunder beam, except she only shoots one beam instead of three, the charged version is Sky summoning one to three lightning zaps across the screen (the number of beams varies on how far the screen is in her direction
 * Time Bomb (1 MP per uncharged shot, 8 MP per charged shot) - the uncharged version is Sky shooting a clock, when the clock hits an enemy, the enemy gets slower, it also does weak damage but it's useful for very fast enemies to give you more focus and she can dash under if the gap is large and small enough, the charged version is Sky freezing everything for 10 seconds

New Krion Kingdom/Neo Akudama Empire

 * Amelia (Doropie's Sister, who happens to work for Krion. also kidnapped Doropie)
 * Princess Graphene - the daughter of Empress Elysia, also the main antagonist of the game, when Doropie/Francesca defeated Empress Elysia 24 years ago (when she was 1 year old), she was filled with rage and agony of not being ever to remember her mother

Other Bosses

 * 8-Headed Dragon (Intro Stage Boss)
 * Shuker (The Robot Mini-Boss Sky would randomly encounter if she's unlucky enough to find a secret room in each stage)
 * Moss Stone Golem (Krion Stage 1)
 * Heather (An imposter of Sky, she has orange hair as opposed to Sky's Cyan)

Soundtrack
Note that all music are that of recorded on the Tannoy Q123, idk when the YM2151 version is ever going to be made (Credit All to the ones who made the music)


 * Boss (One Of The Brainwashed Ten/Heather Reprise)
 * Princess Graphene/Final Boss

Damage Chart
Sky's Quest/Damage Chart

Dialouge
Sky's Quest/Dialouge

Reception
It was loved by Fans of The Krion Quest and Mega Man X fans alike, some critics also liked it as well

Famitsu gave it a 26 out of 40

Metacritic gave it a 72 for critics and a 8.3/10 for users

1up.com instantly gave the game a 3/10 because of just being the sequel of Magical Doropie, however, after actually playing it when 1up.com was getting backlash from fans of the Super Box and the Sky's Quest series in general (as well as mixed thoughts from Mega Man X fans towards 1up.com for not even trying the game), they admit that this game is an improvement over it's predecessor, and raised the rating to 6.5/10, the fans were disappointed, but they were happy with the rating being raised