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Spiritia takes it upon herself to quell the rebellion alone and restore peace...
''Rosenkreuzstilette'' or ''Blades of the Rose Cross'' is a [[Doujin]] platformer made by [erka:es] that is heavily inspired by the ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' series. The game is notable for having sufficiently good art and music to distinguish itself from other ''Mega Man'' clones, as well as toning down the [[Nintendo Hard]] difficulty typically associated with them. It also has a small, but growing English-speaking community. An English translation patch is available [https://web.archive.org/web/20130724220112/http://www.darksidetranslations.com/index.php?page=projects&project=rks here].
A sequel is in the works entitled ''Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel'', which features Freudia Neuwahl as the protagonist.
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The sewers under the city of Zuverburg, Sichte's stage.
* [[Advancing Boss of Doom]] / [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: The Cross Wall.
* [[Another Side, Another Story]]: Completing the game will give you the code to play as {{spoiler|Grolla, in her own special sidestory, Rosenkreuzstilette Grollschwert}}.
* [[Badass Family]]: The Seyfarth clan, as they've wielded Grollschwert for generations.
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Raimund}}''': "THE MYSTIC SWORDS OF THE SEYFARTH CLAN POSSESS SENTIENCE. IF ONE IGNORES ITS WILL, ONE CAN NEVER HARNESS GROLLSCHWERT'S TRUE POWER."
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* [[Happy Ending]]: The first main game combines this with a [[Bittersweet Ending]], as {{spoiler|Tia wonders what happened to Iris and hopes that she learned her lesson from the defeat she landed her with thanks to [[The Power of Friendship]] (after which Iris had already self-destructed the palace and escaped in an attempt to crush her too only for Talos to save her), and otherwise still feels good about her victory and at the end happily reunites with her colleagues}}.
* [[Have a Nice Death]]: Each individual stage has its own game over screen and some of them are even [[Shout-Out|shout outs]] in their own right.
** Actually, [http://rks.wikia.com/wiki/Custom_Game_Over_Screens all of them are] [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]]. Furthermore (more apparent in the English patch for those not familiar with Japanese) if you lose all your lives in the very last stage, the game calls you a [[You Suck|Completely Incompetent Half-Wit]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140601010744/http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af200/ViperAcid72/AR_Iris_Gameover_ENG.png?t=1259116199 Seriously].
** One of these actually helps you somewhat. The game over screen for the Thanatos stage is a shout-out to the game over screen from Shadowgate. {{spoiler|If you bother taking a look at the inventory, you can see two items besides the torch: Sword and Harness - Which is referencing the weaknesses of the stage boss, Grollscwhert and the Klageharnisch.}}
* [[High Altitude Battle]]: The battle against Luste takes place on a falling temple of some kind, and the final battle against {{spoiler|Iris}} is above the clouds [[Scenery Porn|as dawn breaks]].
* [[Holy Roman Empire]]: The setting of the game, though it's just called the Holy Empire here.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: In ''spades''. [[Lampshaded]] by Iris {{spoiler|just before the final battle}}.
* [[Meaningless Lives]]: In a way. Energy tanks carry over ''and'' respawn when you continue. There's nothing stopping you from collecting the energy tank in a stage and jumping off a cliff just to collect it again.
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* [[Password Save]]: As another part of its nod to the Blue Bomber.
* [[Rain of Blood]]: The bloody rainstorm near the end of Grolla's ''Freudenstachel'' stage.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Most of the female characters all have hair that reaches at least their knees.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Rink and Lecht, respectively. Also Zorne and Trau.
* [[Scenery Porn]] / [[Scenery Gorn]]: One of the other main draws of the game.
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