Guardian's Sword: Alpha Era

aka: Shouhuzhe zhi Jian

Moby ID: 18750

Released

1998 on Windows

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Publishers

Technical Group Laboratory, Inc.

Developers

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 4 players

Genre: Role-playing (RPG)
Perspective: 3rd-person (Other)
Art: Anime / Manga
Pacing: Real-time
Turn-based
Setting: Fantasy

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: CD-ROM

Description

During a war with the demons, a young man named Shot has lost everything - his home, his family, his friends, and his beloved one. One day he hears a rumor about the Guardian's Sword, which is told to grant a wish to whoever discovers it. Shot decides to dedicate his life to the search of the Guardian's Sword, hoping to bring the people who were dear to his heart back to life.

Guardian's Sword is a Chinese (Taiwanese)-made role-playing game, influenced by Japanese anime style and RPG gameplay. It utilizes point-and-click horizontal movement on screens with pre-rendered backgrounds and 2D hand-drawn characters. Battles with enemies occur on the same screen as the main navigation. The battles are a mixture of turn-based and real-time style, in Final Fantasy spirit.

Spellings

ガーディアンズソード - Japanese spelling
守护者之剑 - Chinese spelling (simplified)
守護者之劍 - Chinese spelling (traditional)

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Guardian's Sword / Shouhuzhe zhi Jian series

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Version differences

All the four main characters were renamed in the Japanese version of the game. In the Chinese (Taiwanese) release they are called Shot (修特, "Xiute"), Shary (雪麗, "Xueli"), Kunna (柯娜, "Kena"), and Jean (小珍, "Xiao Zhen"). In the Japanese version they were renamed to Guy (ガイ), Setsuka (セシカ), Rosanna (ロザンナ), and Mana (マナ), respectively.

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MobyGames ID: 18750

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Game added by Unicorn Lynx.

Additional contributors: Dawgbb.

Game added August 10, 2005. Last modified February 22, 2023.