Cosmo Machia acquires Triggerheart Exelica (UPDATE 2025: EXELICA EXA LABEL)

[CStarFlare]

So my understanding is that there’s a few recent Triggerheart releases - two Switch versions and a Steam release of the Enhanced version. I recall that every port of Triggerheart seemed to change the system - arcade, PS2, and X360 all functioned a bit differently, and DC had an arrange mode. Are the recent ports equivalent to any of these prior releases or are they just new wrinkles in whatever the hell is happening with Excelica?

Someone compared Enhanced to the PS2 release but mentioned a few changes. The Redart shop page for Vanilla Triggerheart mentions an arranged mode but given the game's history I don't want to just assume it's a straight DC equivalent.

[EmperorIng]

It's definitely confusing. NeoStrayCat said he was going to try and elucidate the differences, but apparently the PS2 and DC/Arc releases are not comparable because they change up the scoring. From what he said the ps2 port changes how the item multiplier works (removing it?), meaning I do not see scores rocketing up by tens of millions in stage 1 like I see in the superplay.

However, I do not know if the original "recent" port of Triggerheart is based on DC - in the way that the "new" Enhanced port is a repackaging of the PS2 release. Hopefully that does not mean there are 3-6 version of the same damn game floating around.

I have now basically switched to manual anchor and am forcing myself to learn how this shit works. I can get to stage 4 with manual but the circle rush in stage 4 is really overwhelming without the instant velocity from auto-swing. However I feel that the benefit of being able to shield an enemy in front of you -might- be worth the trade-off. That's the hope, anyhow. In manual anchor, I feel like if you swing around the enemy more than once you will quickly lose the ability to aim it properly when you throw.

[Jonpachi]

I have now basically switched to manual anchor and am forcing myself to learn how this shit works. I can get to stage 4 with manual but the circle rush in stage 4 is really overwhelming without the instant velocity from auto-swing. However I feel that the benefit of being able to shield an enemy in front of you -might- be worth the trade-off. That's the hope, anyhow. In manual anchor, I feel like if you swing around the enemy more than once you will quickly lose the ability to aim it properly when you throw.

I did the same when I first started playing, but eventually retreated to auto-swing as it was just too tedious and tiring to practice the game and have to do all those joystick loops with the right timing. You will get to a place where you can anticipate the wind-up and release for the auto-swing tosses much like a golf game, and once that starts to click you'll be tossing foes on the first swing and shredding through tough encounters. I was able to get the 1CC after a fairly brief period of practice using it.