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Liberation Maiden (解放少女, Kaihō Shōjo) is a shooter game developed for Nintendo 3DS by Grasshopper Manufacture. It was published as part of the Guild01 compilation on May 31, 2012 in Japan, and was later released in Europe as a Nintendo 3DS eShop downloadable title on October 4, 2012 and in the US on October 25, 2012.
Plot
Liberation Maiden is set 100 years in the future. High school student Shoko Ozora is the second president of New Japan, as well as the daughter of the assassinated first president. When a foreign country seals off the source of the country's energy (Shinjuu) and invades New Japan, President Shoko fights back with the use of a giant mecha named Kaihoki Kamui ("Liberation Machine").
There are animated sequences in this game done by the Studio BONES, creators of Wolf's Rain and Eureka Seven.
Gameplay
The 3DS touchpad is used to control Shoko's mech.
Guild01
Guild01 is the video game compilation in which Liberation Maiden appears, containing four complete games helmed by four distinct scenario writers. In addition to Goichi Suda's Liberation Maiden, these are Yoshiyuki Hirai's Rental Bukiya de Omasse, Yoot Saito's Air Porter and Yasumi Matsuno's Crimson Shroud. The compilation's publisher, Level-5, also handled development on Crimson Shroud, while Vivarium Inc. served as developer for Air Porter. The remaining Guild01 games are expected to be released in North American and European eShops by the end of 2012.