Silhouette Mirage



Silhouette Mirage (シルエットミラージュ Shiruetto Mirāju) is a 2D action side-scrolling video game developed by Treasure and released in 1997. The game's primary mechanic is the two opposing attributes, "Silhouette" and "Mirage" and the way they are able to cause damage to each other. Shyna features as the female protagonist who is able to switch between these attributes at will by facing either left or right on-screen. Secondary mechanics in the form of various melee moves are used to get enemies onto the correct side of the screen so that when Shyna is facing them, she is able to use the correct, opposing attribute to damage them.

The game is set on Earth in the year "2XXX" after a system known as Edo has catastrophically failed and caused the world's inhabitants to be genetically mutated into beings known as either "Silhouette" or "Mirage". The protagonist Shyna Nera Shyna is a creation that is activated by the computer system Gehena. Shyna's purpose is to track down and repair Edo to undo the damage that has been done and unite the two opposed types of beings that were created.

Plot Summary
Shyna's rival Zohar proudly believes that s/he is the only Protesian from the pre-apocalyptic world, and that the Guardian Angels are artificial imitations of him/her. However in the last Area, it is revealed that s/he is just another one of the Angels.

Lose Against Zohar in Area 6
Har deletes Zohar like he does to Guardian Angels, while insinuating that his/her memories of not being an Angel are fake.

Win Against Zohar in Area 6
Har removes Zohar's rationality and reverts him/her to his/her true state as Cypher Ha-Zohar (Silhouette) and Cypher Za-Zohar (Mirage).

In the Japanese version, Har states that it is his/her fake memories that have been allowing him/her to stay rational.