Trigger Heart Exelica

Trigger Heart Exelica (トリガーハート エグゼリカ) is a vertical shoot-’em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega NAOMI and Sega Dreamcast. Being released in 2007 it remains one of the last officially licensed Dreamcast games to hit the market. A port on Xbox Live Arcade was eventually released internationally as Triggerheart Exelica.

In an unknown alien galaxy far away from the Milky Way, a war is waging between the Tilde Fleet, a group of human-like people and mysteriously violent robotic vehicles known as the Ver’mith led by the mysterious young woman Faintear. Two humanoid-soldiers belonging to the Triggerheart strike team, Exelica and programmed sister Crueltear, were busily fighting the Ver’mith during an attack when a portal opened and sucked the two young women in. Materializing on planet Earth, Exelica and Crueltear soon made Earth their new home as they had no means of return until a new portal opened and the Ver’mith appeared. Intent on making Earth their primary fortress of attack, the Ver’mith quickly make short work of Earth’s Defenses. Earth’s only hope rests on the Triggerheart sisters.

The game involves playing 1 of 2 anthropomorphic fighters to battle against 5 stages of enemy ships. Exelica specializes in wide area attacks, while Crueltear uses concentrated front shots. Players can fire anchors to catch enemy ships, then use the caught unit as a shield or throw it to inflict more damage