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Trouble Witches Episode 1 ~Daughters of Amalgam~ (トラブル☆ウィッチーズ-アマルガムの娘たち-) is a doujin bullet hell shoot 'em up by Studio SiestA and Adventure Planning Service. It is the first of two games currently in the Trouble Witches series. Since its release, Trouble Witches Episode 1 has been released on Arcades in Japan as Trouble Witches AC and then re-released worldwide on Xbox Live Arcade as Trouble Witches NEO! on April 27, 2011. Studio SiestA had originally planned to release Trouble Witches AC for Windows PC as an updated version of the original game with a self-made English PC version dubbed "The Tomboyish Witches ~With Amalgam's Cutie Girls~," however the two games were canceled around the time when Trouble Witches AC was brought into arcades.

A sequel, Trouble Witches Episode 2 ~With Ancient Dragon the Souless~, is currently under development.

Gameplay
In the original Trouble Witches, the player can play as one of three characters with an unlockable fourth character (a version update in the original PC version unlocks this character immediately), each with their own strengths and abilities, MP recovery and shot-types. Enemies destroyed leave behind bronze, silver, and gold coins that normally falls to the bottom of the playing area until the player releases the Fire button, which causes every falling coin to be immediately drawn to the player's character. Players can also accumulate coins by using their character's Magic Barrier (the size of the barrier depends on how long the button is held) to slow down most enemy fire and defeat the enemy that fired the shots to convert enemy bullets trapped in the barrier into coins through alchemy. If however the enemy that originally fired the shots leaves the screen, then the bullets will zero-in on the player's location. Using the Magic Barrier will consume MP based on how large the barrier the player sets up and the player regains MP once the barrier is down.

The coins collected serves two purposes: to raise the player's score and to purchase items at the Pumpkin Girls Shop to purchase items and Magic Cards. At certain points during a stage, the Pumpkin Girl's house will appear as hot-air balloon floating in the stage. Players can fly into the house and used their gold to purchase Magic Cards that acts as power-ups for their character, Magic Potions to raise their maximum MP, or 1-Up Hearts to gain extra lives. Magic Cards acts as temporary power-ups that can change the behaviour their attacks, such as firing rapid-fire bullets in front of your character or shoot a wide-spread attack from behind. While the Magic Card is activated, enemies and the shots fired will convert into Star Coins that boosts the player's score until the card's effect wears off or if the player takes damage. Players can also inappropriately touch poke the shop owners until they get kicked out of the store, resulting with the shop not appearing that the next section of the stage. At the end of the each stage, players receive a bonus for defeating the stage boss, how much gold was spent, the amount of Star Coins accumulated, remaining lives, and a no-miss bonus for clearing the stage without losing a life. In Trouble Witches AC and Trouble Witches NEO!, characters no longer are capable of creating a Magic Barrier to any size and every character have individual barrier sizes.

Trouble Witches
Main characters Pril is a witch is going through her apprenticeship of becoming a full-fledged witch.
 * Pril Patowle


 * Yuki Longate

Aqua is genius pop-idol singer of Tio Ferris. Her idol singer career has been declining recently. She is known to have a violent temper whenever insulted about herself, her idol singer career, or her clothing.
 * Aqua Seep Seal


 * Sies Fabric Tinydream


 * Louis Leondyke

Cynfi is a cat-girl princess of the fairies. One day after a cat-nap, she finds her crown missing and searches for Amalgam's children for the "missing" crown, when the truth is she actually has the crown with her the entire time.
 * Cynfi Porat


 * Conon Mildiazzhe Krakow


 * Raya Arcturus


 * Sakurako Kujo


 * Rucka Iurienva Vinocour

Familiars
 * Al the Blackcat


 * Spur


 * Minesk


 * The Beast


 * Taurus


 * Ponta


 * Conon Papa


 * Sasha


 * Uruchi


 * Victor

Pumpkin Elf Sisters
 * Ptheni


 * Pelu

Story-only characters

Antagonists
 * Chime Brown


 * Wrinkle and Mell Mail


 * Snowberry White


 * Lili Reacmaier


 * Malcem Yukika


 * Amalgam Caries


 * Draupnir

Trouble Witches NEO!
On April 27, 2011, Trouble Witches was published by SNK Playmore as Trouble Witches NEO! and was released worldwide on Xbox Live Arcade. This version of Trouble Witches introduces two more characters into Episode 1: Sakurako Kujo, an anime otaku from an eastern kingdom whose wish is to become a witch like in her favorite Magical Girl animes; and Luca Yurievna Vinakol, a downloadable 100,013-year-old love-struck devil princess who desperately wants to marry the Draupnir. Trouble Witches NEO! features redrawn character artwork, high-definition graphics, 16:9 widescreen presentation, online co-op through Xbox Live, sharable replays and leaderboards. The game also features the original Trouble Witches AC, a boss attack and score attack modes, and English voice-overs. However, Sies remains missing as a playable character, the Practice Mode and the ability to switch Magic Cards in possession seen the in the original PC game where not implemented into Trouble Witches NEO!. It also features the Story Mode of the original Trouble Witches, however the story in Trouble Witches NEO! has been abridged.