Trouble Shooter Reloaded

Trouble Shooter Reloaded (Batorumania Saisei (Japanese: バトルマニア再生) lit. Battle Mania Rebirth) is a 2021 scrolling shooter video game developed by WayForward, and published by Vic Tokai as a high-definition remake of Trouble Shooter, a shoot 'em up game released for the Sega Genesis in 1991 (1992 in Japan). The third game in the Trouble Shooter/Battle Mania series, the game stars Mania and Maria who shoot their way through enemies and obstacles to rescue the Prince Denka, kidnapped by Don Morgstein. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows in September 2021. A PlayStation 5 version was released on January 21, 2022.

Battle Mania Daiginjō (1993), where Mania and Maria previously appeared, was localized as a prequel, Trouble Shooter Vintage, in 2022. A sequel, Trouble Shooter: Age of the Emperor, is in development.

Plot
The son of King Heika (voiced by Mike Pollock), Prince Denka (Nathan Sharp) has been kidnapped by Don Morgstein (Xander Mobus) during a royal trip to South Japan. The King's butler, Colonel Patch (Kirk Thorton) contacts the Trouble Shooter to deal with the situation. To his surprise, a teenage girl by the name of Mania (voiced by Kira Buckland) and her sidekick Maria (voiced by Kayli Mills) appear. Mania and Maria battle their way through the continent to look for the King's son and rescue him.

Gameplay
Players assume control over Mania who is accompanied at all times by Maria. Unlike Mania, Maria can flip firing positions, allowing her to fire behind Mania, and is invulnerable to all enemy fire.

At the beginning of almost every stage, the players have to choose a special weapon they can use during combat. After every use, however, the weapon needs to recharge in order to be used again. Players can select from four different power-ups consisting of the usual shooter icons (speed-ups, life-ups, firepower and speed-downs). The player can stock up on Mania's hit points by collecting life-up icons, which is necessary as the game has no lives system and only offers the player three continues.

Trivia

 * 1) This game was inspired by River City Girls, a game that WayForward developed with Arc System Works, as a spin-off of the Kunio-kun series,