The Goth and Her Eclipse Sword

 is a platforming/beat-em-up video game series created by Yokota Masayuki. The games are being developed by mostly by Colin Crew under its Japanese divison with some games being developed by various developers and published by Namco from March 8th, 2004 til TBD 2006 and Bandai Namco Entertainment since TBD 2009.

Synopsis
A gothic teenager finds a strange ancient sword known as the Eclipse Sword as she has to use it to fight villains, and protect the fictional town of Falcon Cove.

Main

 * Madeline "Maddie" Moon (voiced by Mae Whitman) - A gothic yet somewhat skilled teenager who gains the eclipse sword as she is forced to fight threats.

Introduced in the first game

 * Twilight (vocal effects by TBD) - a black cat who is the pet of Maddie and Jade.
 * The Librarian (voiced by TBD) - an ancient entity who created the Eclipse Sword as they take a form of a female librarian as they decide to mentor Maddie.
 * Patricia Snyde (voiced by TBD) - a snobby but friendly teenager who is Maddie's best friend as she tries to help her friend at times.
 * Jade Moon (voiced by Lara Jill Miller) - A gothic teenager who is Maddie's sister that was more malicious and despised her sister as she was chosen by the Tarnished King to be his champion, often loving to fight against her own sister. She eventually redeems herself in the third game when she realizes the Tarnished King was only using her for power and was saved by Maddie, now lightening up on her and tagging along with her at times, but still tends to pick on her.

Introduced in The Edge of Light

 * Andy Perkins (voiced by TBD) - a confident teenager who is curious about what the eclipse sword has to offer and researches it.
 * Gerald Wilts (voiced by TBD) - a weird yet curious teenager who accidentally saw the eclipse sword and wants to know more about it.

Introduced in Shadows United

 * TBD (voiced by John DiMaggio) - TBD.

Introduced in the first game

 * Lord Tarnished (voiced by Tony Todd) - a sinister ghoulish entity who wants to take over and enslave everything as the only thing that can defeat him is the Eclipse Sword.
 * Shadow (vocal effects by TBD) - a snake-like entity who is Lord Tarnished's pet, and is often used by him to watch over Falcon Cove and especially his arch-nemesis, Maddie.
 * Mr. Sinner (voiced by TBD) - Lord Tarnished’s tough yet soft-sided henchman who always looks after his boss’s needs and genuinely cares for him - even if he gets yelled at a lot.

Introduced in The Edge of Light

 * Queen Callisto (voiced by TBD) - an ancient dark queen who was banished in the Shadow Realm as she breaks free and wants to use her shadows to spread all over the world.
 * Leo (voiced by TBD) - an insane rogue knight who is loyal to Calisto and is madly in love with her.
 * Dark Matter (voiced by TBD) - a mythical figure believed to make people see their worst nightmares imaginable.

Introduced in The Fog Awaits

 * Mindy Phyllis (voiced by TBD) - a dark-hearted teenage girl who was chosen by Lord Tarnished as his new champion after Jade redeemed herself. She doesn’t let ANYONE have mercy.

Gameplay
The common gameplay for all games is a platformer video game with beat-em-up combat mixed in. Maddie can use her Eclipse Sword to attack enemies. In addition to the sword attacks, she can also use her fists and kicks to attack enemies, albeit not as powerful as the sword attacks. The "Eclipse" bar, when filled up, can make her sword powerful, increasing damage and using moon-based powers. In addition, the Eclipse Sword is also capable of using elements, using it to attack enemies with special abilities, while also being used for puzzles. TBD.

Games

 * 1) The Goth and Her Eclipse Sword (2004)
 * 2)  The Edge of Light (2006)
 * 3) The Goth and Her Eclipse Sword: Shadows United (2009)
 * 4) The Goth and Her Eclipse Sword: The Fog Awaits (2013)
 * 5)  The Dark Whispers (2016)
 * 6) TBD (2020)
 * 7) TBD (2023)

Spin-offs

 * TBD
 * TBD
 * 1) Colin in the New World + : The Eclipse of the New World (2020)

Television series
See The Goth and Her Eclipse Sword (television series).

On August 2009, Warner Bros. Animation and Bandai Namco Entertainment announced they are teaming up once again to produce a television series based on the game series, set after the events of the third game. The show then premiered on March 1st, 2010 and ended on TBD 2016.

Comic book adaptions

 *  (Archie Comics) (2009-2015, Archie Comics)
 *  (IDW Publishing) (2020-present, IDW Publishing)

Tropes
See /Tropes.

Trivia

 * According to the developers, it is confirmed that Maddie will not get a love interest.
 * Originally, the first game was planned to come out on a November 18th, 2003 release, but was delayed to its March 8, 2004 release to patch out the bugs and glitches.
 * EASTER EGGS:
 * A picture of Amanda is in a photo gallery.
 * In the first game, some NPCs talk about a “New World”, which is a reference to the CiTNW series.