Queen's Gate (gamebook)


Queen's Gate is a series of visual combat books published by Hobby Japan. The supplement to the Queen's Blade series, it features licensed female characters from other games and works, including those from Hobby Japan. Like Queen's Blade before it, it is also compatible with Flying Buffalo's Lost Worlds gamebooks. The first gamebook, featuring Alice, was released on November 30, 2007, with a total of nineteen gamebooks released as of June 29, 2012. A novel adaptation by Eiji Okita and Eiichi Shitara was published by Kenkyusha from April to July 2009. A video game adaptation of Queen's Gate was developed by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation Portable and released on July 28, 2011.

Plot

In the original game, the general story comes from Alice's bio: she is a treasure hunter who one day discovers the "Queen's Gate", which unleashes a battle across space-time.
In the novels, the plot is expanded a little more, introducing her rival Dorothy, Alice's mother Lewis, and Dorothy's mother Glinda, as they fight against various monsters.

Characters

;Alice
;Ink Nijihara
;Iroha
;Mai Shiranui
;Dizzy
;Mina Majikina
;Cham Cham
;Kasumi
;Lili
;Katja
;Junko Hattori
;Jubei Yagyu
;Ivy Valentine
;Yukimura Sanada
;Noel Vermillion
;Taki
;List of Koihime Musō characters#Kanu
;List of Soul characters#Pyrrha
;Suchie-Pai

Video game characters

Protagonists

;Maron Makaron
;Painkiller Kotone
;Wonder Momo

Antagonists

;Luna
;Eine
;Humina
;Arutta Catus

Gal Monsters

;Audrey Plum
;Lovlila Ani
;Tenko
;Stella
;Tino
;Fairy Charlotte

Novel characters

Protagonists

;Dorothy Loreena Baum

Dodgson Foundation

;Hatter
;March Hare
;Lewis

Baum Foundation

;Scarecrow
;Lumberjack
;Löwe
;Glinda Baum

Irukinuf's Cult

Queen Faction

;Rin / Faye Wright
;Leonidas
;Al-Kāhinat
;Zenobia
;Alp Arslan
;Irukinuf
;Trump Soldiers

Tentacle King Faction

;Rama
;Musanna
;Minamoto no Yorimitsu
;Hikita Bungoro
;Moonlight
;Harald
;Finn McCool
;Swodar Nyarmain

Other characters

;Gate Watcher
;Kwun

Media

Gamebooks

  • Alice – Released November 30, 2007.
  • *A limited edition "Boost Version" of Alice was also released with the "Special Set" during Hobby Japan's 2011 MegaHobby Expo. It is now available in Hobby Japan's online shop.
  • Ink Nijihara – Released November 30, 2007.
  • Iroha – Released April 18, 2008.
  • Mai Shiranui – Released October 31, 2008.
  • *A limited-edition 2P version of Mai was released on May 23, 2009 with a limited edition PVC statuette by Volks.
  • Dizzy – Released November 28, 2009.
  • Mina Majikina – Released November 28, 2009.
  • Cham Cham – Released February 27, 2010.
  • Kasumi – Released February 27, 2010.
  • Lili – Released April 30, 2010.
  • Junko Hattori – Released June 25, 2010.
  • Ekaterina "Katja" Kurae – Released June 25, 2010.
  • Jubei Yagyu – Released September 30, 2010.
  • Isabella "Ivy" Valentime – Released March 25, 2011.
  • Yukimura Sanada – Released April 28, 2011.
  • Noel Vermillion – Released August 12, 2011.
  • Taki – Released September 30, 2011.
  • Kanu – Released January 20, 2012.
  • Pyrhha – Released March 17, 2012.
  • Suchie-Pai – Released June 29, 2012.

Novel

A novel adaptation of Queen's Gate was written by Eiji Okita and Eiichi Shitara with illustrations by Niθ and Kanko Nakamura. Three volumes were published by Kenkyusha between April 1, 2009 and July 1, 2009.

Video game

A video game adaptation, titled Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos, was developed by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation Portable. Released on July 28, 2011, the game is the sequel to Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos, featuring characters from the Queen's Gate series as well as characters from the original series. Like the first game, Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos also features an original storyline with game-exclusive characters. A limited edition version of the game was also released, featuring a Maron Makaron figure from Figma.