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This is also where the series drops the yearly naming convention in favor of numbered sequels starting with XI. It also experienced a change of hardware platforms multiple times ('03 on Neo Geo as with all the previous games, XI on Atomiswave and XII and XIII on Taito Type X2) the first in-game Art Shift ever, and turmoil in the parent company, but managed to get on Steam in the end. It had Nona, Falcoon, Shinkiro's unnoficial "successor" Hiroaki and Eisuke Ogura as artists. The main enemy of this arc is a band of enigmatic people named "Those from the Past". The story involves a sinister plot to capture the powers of the Kusanagi, Yagami, and Kagura clans and use them to seize the sealed power of Orochi, as well as the question of just whose side Ash is on. XII is more a dream match and test run for the new engine they were developing), which introduces androgynous French pretty boy Ash Crimson as the new main character.