Angelique Trois

Angelique is a video game series. Currently, the series has only been released in Japan, with the exception of a Chinese PC version of the first game in the series. It is somewhat popular with overseas import gamers, who have started petitions in the hopes of English-translated releases of various games in the series. KOEI mentioned in an issue of Newtype USA that it is a possibility if enough demand is shown.

The basic lore of the series is built around a Queen who fairly and wisely rules a Cosmos. By balancing elemental forces with the help of nine Guardians, she keeps the various planets in her domain stable and her people content. However, the powers of the Queen and the Guardians fade over time, and successors must be appointed. In the first game and its various remakes, the protagonist is a 17-year-old girl named Angelique Limoges who has been chosen by the current Queen and her aide Dia as one of two candidates from the Royal Smallney Girls’ Academy to become the next Queen. She is transported to the Flying City to begin her final examination.

Angelique Trois: Third installment in the series. Angelique Collet, now queen of a new cosmos, is drawn into a pocket cosmos, Arcadia, with the rest of the Angelique Special 2 cast. She develops the wilderness of Arcadia in order to free Elda, a strange being she finds there.

In Angelique Trois (the name of the PS2 edition) “Angelique” refers to the lead character, a young girl thrust into the theater of world events as the leader of her nation. To adapt, survive and move forward in the world, she has to quickly learn the ropes of international diplomacy, dealing with the threat of other nations and the mysteries of an unexplored continent. There’s also the threat posed by her many dashing suitors, who have their eyes on the power held by an unattached female ruler. She has the help of her teachers and advisors, though, who you can consult for assistance in difficult situations.