Magical Crusaders Matagi Magica

Mami battles Gertud.

Magical Crusaders Matagi Magica (魔法討伐隊 またぎ☆マギカ, Mahō Tōbatsu Tai Matagi Magika) is an fanmade action-adventure sidescroller based on the anime, developed by 耳小屋. The latest version can be downloaded here. In the game, the player selects between several magical girls and battles through various witches' labyrinths to defeat witches and obtain their Grief Seeds. As of version 1.11, players can play as Madoka, Mami, Kyouko, Sayaka, megane Homura, and Kyubey and play through stages based on Gertrud's, Charlotte's, Oktavia von Seckendorff's and Elsa Maria's labyrinths.

An English localization project has initiated here. A partial translation of version 1.10 is available here.

Installation

Download the latest version of the game and unzip it into a new directory.

• It needs the regional settings to use dot (.) and not comma (,) as decimal separator to run (control panel/region and language/formats/additional settings/decimal symbol).
• To see kanji and not random mojibake, change regional settings to Japanese or use AppLocale.
• It is a Windows binary, but works just fine on WINE for Linux or WINE for Intel Mac. It is recommended to use this setting:

'env LANG=ja_JP.utf8 wine Player.exe' .

Controls

Magical Crusaders Matagi Magica Menu

Menu

Use ↑ / ↓ to select and X to change menu options:

• Start
• Lair: Tutorial, Gertrud, Charlotte, Oktavia von Seckendorff, Elsa Maria
• Magic Girl: Mami, Sayaka, Kyouko, Megane Homura, Kyubey, Madoka
• Difficulty: Recruit, Veteran, Expert
• Framerate Processing: Reduce Frames Drawn, Reduce Game Speed

Basic Control

• ↑ / ← / → / ↓: Move avatar using the arrow keys.
• X: Jump, press X again to leap forward.
• X + ↑: High jump, press X + ↑ again to double jump, or X to leap forward.
• X + ↓: Dash forward.
• Z: Basic attack.
• [Charge] Z: Hold down Z to initiate a charged attack.

Characters

Madoka

Move list

• Z: Bow Attack
• Z + →: Bow Attack
• Z + ↓: Charge
• Z + ↑: Bow Attack
• [Charge] Z + ↑: Activates Wings
• [Charge] Z + ↓: Godess form (needs 300 MP)

Mami

Move list

• All of Mami's air dashes (in air X, X+←/→/↓, X+↑ after dash) summon a ribbon to swing Spiderman-like towards the arrow direction. This is otherwise the same as every other characters air dash.
• Z: Summon five guns. If midair the guns fall on top of the avatar. Touching a gun fires it in the direction of the nearest enemy. Summoning guns uses 10 MP.
• Z + ↓: Swing a gun in melee, useful for hit something close fast.
• Z + ↑: Summon five guns in a row that fire in unison after a couple seconds, can be used in mid air.
• [Charge] Z + ↑: Tiro Finale, uses 100 MP.
• [Charge] Z + ↓: summon a trap that immobilizes, doesn't seem to work on bosses, uses 50 MP. As of 1.05 this is a buff that adds the bind property to all of your shots and takes 100 mp to activate. It still doesn't work on bosses.

Strategy

• X + ↓ dash into X + ↑ double jump to gain the most horizontal momentum possible. You can even jump clear over the first steps at the beginning of the level, even clearing the enemy's trail on Veteran.
• Z + ↓ can be canceled into X + ↓ or aerial X + ←/→. This is really useful for escaping Charlotte when she eats you. Conversely, you can also cancel dashes back into Z + ↓, so you can go X + ↓ to Z + ↓ to X + → for a really fast attack that covers a lot of ground.
• The fastest way to get access to small rifles is to do it on the ground and then short hop up and catch them in the air. Aerial rifle spawn is obviously really slow, and this way is slightly faster than waiting for the grounded ones to land. Also, facing a wall and spawning rifles will spawn them all in the exact same place.
• Minor trick for Charlotte, if you go up on the top left platform of the three where she spawns, and stand all the way on the left, you can ↑Z and then move forward so that she spawns into a facefull of bullets.

Sayaka

Move list

• Z: Slash, can be used very rapidly or after a single jump upwards.
• Z + →: Thrust, dealt higher damage but slower, can be used when jumping forward.
• Z + ↓: Dash forward, temporarily invulnerable and anything the avatar passes through is killed. Stoppable by wall or ledge and uses 20 MP. In midair it's a down thrust and takes no MP.
• Z + ↑: Slash up.
• [Charge] Z + ↑: Kill everything on the screen, uses all MP and takes at least 100 MP to activate.
• [Charge] Z + ↓: Gives a temporary buff. While activated any damage taken is refunded at the end the effect. Drains MP rather fast and if it runs out.

Strategy

• Sayaka's Z + ↓ dash attack will stop at the edge of platforms, so there is no need to worry about falling off. It's convenient for lines of enemies, or for avoiding attacks.
• Sayaka's midair Z + ↓ can be used as a safeguard for when enemies are below you, but you aren't sure of their location and are falling. When you damage an enemy with her down thrust attack, she bounces back up slightly, and using Z + ↓ again will usually finish off the enemy.
• Sayaka's normal attack can deflect range attacks.

Kyouko

Move list

• Z: Thrust forward, hitting anything three squares ahead, and misses everything else.
• Z + →: Sends spearhead forward, does no damage on the return and has a minimum range of 3 squares. Uses 10 MP. It can be used in midair and can also jump after using it.
• Z + ↓: Twirl spear for a few seconds, hitting everything close. In midair this uses 10 MP and sends spear-chain out, 270 degrees from avatar's back. Like Z + →, only the spearhead deals damage and it hits nothing in a 4 square radius, or anything beyond.
• [Charge] Z + ↑: Summons a huge spear from the ground three squares ahead. The shaft does not block or damage enemies, uses 100 MP.
• [Charge] Z + ↓: Kyouko's nuke from Episode 9, blasts all enemies on screen, uses all MP. Requires 100 to activate, deals 50 damage to self at the end (yes it can kill you).

Strategy

• When Kyouko is in midair and sees an enemy she will sometimes put a cross hair over them, briefly. If you press Z and ONLY Z, you will fly towards the enemy. If you hit them you will bounce back a ways. You can use it again sometimes while you're bouncing back. This uses 10 mp per attack.

Megane Homura

This character is based on the glasses-wearing Homura in the second timeline, not the one we know for much of the show.

Move list

• X: All of Homura's jumps and dashes do not travel as far as other characters.
• Z: Golf Swing: melee Attack with a golf club. Can be used to punt bombs.
• Z + →: Thrust: Push enemies back. Launches bombs forward with great force.
• Z + ↓: Drop bomb: Drops a bomb which activates when an enemie touches it, the explosion can hurt you too, uses 20 MP. When used in midair the bomb is thrown.
• Z + ↑: Bunker Shot. A golf swing that sends bombs primrarily upwards.
• [Charge] Z + ↑: Currently undefined.
• [Charge] Z + ↓: Time warp: Freeze time as long as you have MP left but drains rapidly. You can still attack but your attacks will only take effect after time unfreezes. Press Z again to cancel.

Strategy

• Take advantage of Homura's ability to punt bombs with her golf club.
• Bombs can be detonated by other bombs. Hence, you can toss two bombs in quick succession, or create a bomb, punt it with Z, and repeat. Since each explosion has a large radius, this method is useful for taking out most enemies.
• Enemies hit by a bomb will also explode like a bomb. This is useful when there are a lot of enemies in one place
• Homura's timestop special ability, activated by Z + ↓, is crucial against bosses. It lets you get in a large amount of damage in a short range of time.

Kyubey

Move list

• Z: Melee Attack; rolling attack when in mid air
• Z + →: Melee Attack with longer range
• Z + ↑: Upward kick
• [Charge] Z + ↑: Kyubey will stand with a pink ball. When anything touches that ball it will start moving in circles. Killing with this attack releases a number of homing pink balls to take out other enemies.
• [Charge] Z + ↓: Short lasting barrier that converts enemy projectiles into homing pink balls.

• Kyubey is able to walk on walls

Stages

Tutorial

This is a training stage, for new players to get accustomed to the game controls. It features several obstacles to clear, like tall walls and spikes, which need to be jumped, high-jumped or double-jumped through. All your attacks have no effect: for example, summoning guns with Mami will make them spawn them, but not fire them. However, Homura's bombs still explode and can damage her in this stage. In the updated version, It will also shows how to use the characters' skills depending on who you choose. Other characters will give you advice, depending on the character you selected. Note that Homura (in her most common form) and Madoka are present in this stage, hinting at a possible future appearance.

Gertrud

This stage is a vertical stage, with the boss door on the top floor. Beware of pitfalls, they can send you back several levels or even kill you. Time is of the essence, the level is the longest on the game.

Hovering Anthonies will drop damaging tears: they are dealt with easily, though. Green ones will follow you (and shoot petals in Veteran and Expert), but will run away if you approach them. Kill them with a long range or by using a faster attack (example, Sayaka's Z + ↓). Some others will hover up and down, shotting scissors. Just carefully get close and kill them. Large blue Adelberts have sizable HP and will use a soundwave attack which damages in a wide area. If you need to approach it, d it between waves. Be careful with roses: destroying or picking one will summon a pink Adelbert, which will pursuit you aggressively. Do not worry if a stationary Anthony holds them, they will harmlessly fall if they are killed. The number of roses dropped and summoned roses will change according to the difficulty level. There is shortcut on the extreme east side of the map which requires good jumping skills to clear. It is riddled with minions, so be ready for high intensity combat. The time saved is only recommended for expert players.

Gertrud is the biggest boss of the game, by size. Her only weak point is her head, and she is invulnerable when her witch seal covers it. The fight has three stages. First, Gertrud walks around while shooting roses at the player. These roses aren't harmful, but will summon Adelberts on contact, like in the regular map. Due to the constant stream of roses, it can get out of hand if not dealt with quickly. After getting rid of her first life bar, Gertrud will fly horizontally around the battlefield at the same height the player is. She attacks at high speed and you will only have one chance per run to hit her with close-range attacks. Her last stand involves shooting pink petals, dealing damage on contact. Herder levels will increase the number of petals, with Expert being quite close to a Touhou game. Throughout the battle, she will summon mini Adelberts that, while not inflicting direct damage, attempt to attach themselves to the player, making movements slower, and too many of them will cancel any attack as well as draining the player's energy. A simple attack will kill them.

Charlotte

Charlotte's level is simple, although you should be careful with the platform mid-section.

Several Pyotr variations will attack you. Red ones are fast and will run along a straight line, leaving damaging bubbles in their path: either deal with them before they reach you or jump and deal with it when it comes back. Yellows are slow, but have a lot of health and fire large blue circles. They are dangerous in numbers, and can leave you with no place to run. Be especially careful on the uphill section. Finally, orange Pyotrs will jump around, emitting a shock wave near where they land. Avoid it and hit them afterwards, or in midair. There is also a shortcut near the ceiling of the map, entered by high jumping to the first high platform. It requires careful jumping, and the end section is crammed with opponents.

Like in the anime, Charlotte will first appear as a little doll. According to the difficulty level, she might fire blue balls or jump around, but is an easy foe regardless. After the doll is destroyed, her "caterpillar from" will emerge and start following the player in the battlefield. The caterpillar can "chomp" the player and the only way to get out is by using an attack, but the caterpillar can be stopped for a moment if the player hits its head with an attack. Charlotte's real form, another doll, will appear in the left top platform for a few seconds from time to time. The only way to beat Charlotte is kill the real doll. Use the caterpillar's temporary slow down to hit it, or leave a trap on the platform (Homura's bomb, Mami's in-line rifles).

Elsa Maria

Her map is a true labyrinth, being horizontally continuum: walking to the left of the right will eventually bring you back to the start. The boss room is right below the start, you will just need to find the way there. For that, you will need to go down a few levels before coming back up.

Several beasts will attack you. Mice run fast on horizontal surfaces: jump when needed. Ogre heads hug the walls and fire large amounts of bullets, be careful and use long range attacks if possible. Birds will fly around, hit them when they're inbound. Snakes hang horizontally and shoot bullets, but shouldn't be too worrisome. Dragons will bounce up and down the map, simply hit them when they're visible. Finally, several trees will block you way: mow them down.

Elsa Maria doesn't move nor attack, but can neither be hit. From time to time, a Sebastian will come out of her, carrying a tree's root. The Sebastian will love in predetermined patters: some will run in circles, some will home at you. Take a close look at the shape of the head, as similar heads have similar attack patterns. If the player falls in a root, it will become stuck: a simple attack will destroy a section of the root. Destroying a Sebastian will destroy the root where it came from and damage Elsa Maria. Taking too long will cause the Sebastian to disappear and fire a single bullet at the player, with no damage done to Elsa.

Oktavia von Seckendorff

Her stage is a time attack: a giant Sayaka-like cutlass will move across the map, behind the player. Getting hit by it damages the player and getting stuck between the sword and a wall is an instant kill.

Brown wheels hop around, while grey wheels roll. Avoid them and destroy when possible, but beware that grey wheels will push you back along it's path. There are a couple of giant grey wheels, where jumping is not an option: hit them with everything you got. The Kamijou-like violinists fire musical notes (a beamed pair of sixteenth notes) in all directions. They're not dangerous individually, but beware with groups.

Oktavia attacks by summoning wheels and by using her sword. Her lair is continuous, so the wheels will keep coming back until they are destroyed. Destroying her hand will allow the player to attack her head without any obstacles, but her hand is recovered when the player get's rid of one of her life bars. Destroying Oktavia will not end the map, but engage the player in a fight with Dark Sayaka.

Dark Sayaka

A bonus stage after killing Oktavia von Seckendorff, the dark Sayaka can attack with any skill from her moveset and block attacks using quick slash, making her a formidable opponent. Dark Sayaka also has a move from Mami's move list: she can produce several swords (instead of rifles) and when she touches them it throws them toward the player. Maintain some distance and do not attack recklessly: you will be punished. Diversify your attacks if you want to stand any chance of hitting her. She is guardless when airborne, so give her no mercy when she jumps or dives.

Version History

• 1.11 - Madoka added as playable character.
• 1.10 - New tutorial stage
• 1.09 - Kyubey added as playable character.
• 1.08 - Added Tutorial stage.
• 1.07 - Added Elsa Maria's lair. Added character and lair picture to the main menu.
• 1.06 - Fixed bonus stage to Oktavia von Seckendorff. Bug fix.
• 1.05 - Added Oktavia von Seckendorff's lair.
• 1.04 - Megane Homura added as playable character.
• 1.03 - Added Charlotte's lair stage and Kyouko as playable character.
• 1.02 - Added Gertrud's lair.
• 1.01 - Sayaka added as playable character.
• 0.02 - Charlotte's stage completed
• 0.01 - Public beta

External links

• Gameplay series
• Mami gameplay demo
• Kyouko gameplay demo
• Megane Homura gameplay demo
• Kyubey gameplay demo
• Move list
• Mami strategy