History VideoGame / ArcanaHeart

** One of the console trophies is named "Sword Summoner mark III." Mark I and II were used by Nu and Lambda in the ''BlazBlue'' series.
** Some of the downloadable color palettes in ''Arcana Heart 3'' make references to ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' and ''BlazBlue'' ([=ASW=]'s other works). For example.

*** Konoha's DLC 3 palette is [[BlazBlue Bang Shishigami]].
*** Kamui's DLC 3 palette is [[BlazBlue Hakumen]]. For a moveset ShoutOut, she gets something of [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Johnny]]'s Mist Finer
*** Mei-Fang's DLC 3 palette is [[BlazBlue Litchi Faye-Ling]].
*** Petra's DLC 3 palette is [[BlazBlue Rachel Alucard]].
*** Dorothy's DLC 3 palette is [[BlazBlue Carl Clover]].

** Dorothy Albright's overall design (down to the NiceHat) pretty much resembles that of ''BlazBlue's'' Carl Clover. Although, [[OlderThanTheyThink Dorothy comes first]].

''Arcana Heart 3'' was released December 2009. It was ported to {{PlayStation 3}} and {{Xbox 360}}. And the one ported the game is ArcSystemWorks. The game is only available in North America through the {{PlayStation Network}}, while it received a disc release in Europe. The Japanese arcade version will see an UpdatedRerelease with the name ''Arcana Heart 3 Love MAX!!!!!'', which is mostly rebalancing issues and cosmetic update.

The series is developed by Examu but has had various publishers: AQ Interactive (''1 & ''2'', JP), {{Atlus}} (''1'', NA), [[ArcSystemWorks Arc System Works/Aksys Games]] (''3'', JP & NA), and Zen United (''3'', EU).

''Arcana Heart 3'' was released December 2009. It was ported to {{PlayStation 3}} and {{Xbox 360}}. And the one ported the game is ArcSystemWorks. The game is only available in North America through the {{PlayStation Network}}, while it receiver a disc release in Europe. The Japanese arcade version will see an UpdatedRerelease with the name ''Arcana Heart 3 Love MAX!!!!!'', which is mostly rebalancing issues and cosmetic update.

This is the tale of ''Arcana Heart'', an [[ImprobablyFemaleCast all-girls]] fighting game released in arcades and on the [=PlayStation=] 2. Apart from the roster of characters, this game's play mechanics are similar in some respects to ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', with their emphasis on speed and combos, and the ability to take battles really high into the air. An updated version, entitled ''Arcana Heart FULL!'' addressed some character balancing issues (the regular and ''FULL!'' versions of each character are selectable in the home version).

There's also the sequel ''Arcana Heart 2'', and its enhanced remake ''Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2''. The latter got a Playstation 2 port of... [[PortingDisaster questionable performance]].

Arcana Heart 3 was released December 2009. And it will be ported to Playstation 3 and XBox 360 by Winter. And the one doing the port will be... ArcSystemWorks. Confirmed for a Playstation Network release in the US, and a disc release in Europe. The Japanese Arcade will see an UpdatedRerelease with the name ''Arcana Heart 3 Love MAX!!!!!'', which is mostly rebalancing issues and cosmetic update.

The series is developed by Examu but has had various publishers: AQ Interactive (1 & 2, JP), {{Atlus}} (1, NA), [[ArcSystemWorks Arc System Works/Aksys Games]] (3, JP & NA), and Zen United (3, EU).

* AllYourPowersCombined - Mildred.

* AnimalMecha - Two of the new Arcana in ''3'', Gottfried and [[spoiler: Baldur]] are this. This is because [[spoiler: they are artificially created Arcana, as is the boss Ragnarok]]
* AnimeChineseGirl - Mei-Fang, particularly in some of her winning poses.

* BattleButler - Fiona Mayfield
* {{BFS}} - Fiona
* BigBad - Mildred Avalon in the first game, and her older sibling, Angela Avalon in the second game. Interestingly, Mildred serves as Angela's Arcana when she debuted.

* BlackMagicianGirl - Dorothy Albright from ''Arcana Heart 2''

* CuteLittleFangs - Lilica

* DeadpanSnarker - Saki
* DisturbedDoves - One of Petra's winning poses has her shoot one of her guns in the sky, and a flock of doves fly past her.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins - Zenia's default Arcana, "Almacia", the [[AnIcePerson ice Arcana]]
* EvilAlbino - Liesolette Achenbach.

* FragileSpeedster - Lilica
* GenkiGirl - Heart and Lilica

** [[spoiler: Ragnarok, the final boss of Arcana Heart 3, is a true humongous mecha... sort of. It's actually an oversized artificial arcana.]]

* InsufferableGenius - Kira Daidohji. She's extremely intelligent, but also very arrogant and condescending.
* JackOfAllStats - Heart
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Mike, the self-proclaimed "demon king" sealed in Yoriko's staff. He's abrasive, boastful, and often callous (he's the one responsible for Yoriko's pact with the Death arcana, which terrifies her)...but he's also intensely protective of Yoriko, and seems to cause her inconvenience only out of denseness.

* LoveFreak - Come on, her name is '''''[[MeaningfulName Heart Ai]]'''no''.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros [[NoExportForYou For those who didn't play the second game]], every character from there will look like they're coming from Arcana Heart 3
* {{Meido}} - Fiona

* NunsAreMikos - Elsa and Clarice from the sequel game. Elsa plays this straight, but Clarice is [[NaughtyNuns kinda naughty]].
* TheOjou - Petra
* PantyShot - Surprisingly for a fighting game like this, almost completely Averted. The sole exception being one of Petra's supers, with the appropriate LampshadeHanging from Petra herself.

* PlayingWithFire - Mei-Fang's default Arcana

* PowersAsPrograms - the Arcana

* RobotGirl / AnimeChineseGirl - Mei-Fang
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - Saki and Heart, and ''maybe'' Lilica and Yoriko; others are by ones own interpretation
* RollerbladeGood - Lilica
* {{Samurai}} - Kamui

* SecretCharacter - Fiona in the first Arcana Heart, [[spoiler: Scharlachrot]] in the third.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork - The North American port of the first Arcana Heart removed the voices used during dialogued due to Sony Computer Entertainment of America's policy against games without English dubs. The same region's PS3 port of Arcana Heart 3 was forced to go download-only for the same reason. It was then further screwed when Sony shut down their download service for over a month shortly after its release.

** Eko's Critical Heart bears more than a passing resemblance to [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Oni Sign "Missing Power"]]

** Some of the downloadable colour palettes in ''Arcana Heart 3'' make references to ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' and ''BlazBlue'' ([=ASW=]'s other works). For example.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Mostly averted at first, as the most well known seiyuu present in the first Arcana Heart is just Mikako Takahashi (as Heart, other people know her as [[{{Grenadier}} Rushuna Tendou]] or [[SuperRobotWars Kusuha Mizuha]]). The 2nd game introduces better known names like MarinaInoue (Petra), KaoriShimizu (Zenia), YuKobayashi (Dorothy) and SayakaOhara (Clarice). The third game adds in MiyukiSawashiro (Weiss, the new heroine) and YukiMatsuoka ([[PlayingAgainstType Scharharlot]]).
** You can also find several ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' seiyuus here, in particular HiromiHirata (Makoto Kikuchi) as Kamui, Mayako Nigo (Yayoi Takatsuki) as Lilica and Juri Takita (Kotori Otonashi) as [[TalkingToHimself Mei-Fang and Mei-Ling]]

* TallDarkAndBishoujo - Saki, a young lady whose family studied in England, and who appears to have gotten her [[ShoutOut character design inspiration]] from Chikane of ''KannazukiNoMiko''.
** Kamui could also count.

* GenkiGirl - Heart

* FiveManBand - [[TheHero Heart]], [[TheLancer Saki]], [[TheBigGuy Maori]], [[TheSmartGuy Yoriko]] and [[TheChick Lilica]]: as seen in Heart's ending and their dialogues, they are all classmates and great friends among each other.

* EmpathicWeapon - Yoriko's staff... who is actually a very [[strike:stiff]] powerful demon [[strike:stuck]] transformed in a [[strike:rigid]] [[strike:flacid?]] staff shape. [[FreudianSlipperySlope Penis]].

* ShoutOut - [[spoiler: Scharlachrot]] has two. A number of fans have compared one of her attacks with [[MarvelVsCapcom the Omega Destroyer]], while on the character select screen she may mutter [[NeonGenesisEvangelion "Anta baka?"]]

Arcana Heart 3 was released December 2009. And it will be ported to Playstation 3 and XBox 360 by Winter. And the one doing the port will be... ArcSystemWorks. Confirmed for a Playstation Network release in the US, and a disc release in Europe.

** Several of the characters' alternates unlocked through DLC/Online resembles ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', in particular, Heart as Madoka Kaname, Saki as Homura Akemi ([[LesYay HMMMM...]]) and Petra as Mami Tomoe.

* FiveManBand - Heart, Saki, Maori, Yoriko and Lilica: as seen in Heart's ending and their dialogues, they are all classmates and great friends among each other.

* DarkIsNotEvil - Only in Yoriko's case. Her Arcana's Element is Death, but she's really a good-natured witch (and friends with prankster half-demon Lilica, who is herself rather friendly and cheerful). Lieselotte, the Shadow Arcana holder, [[CreepyChild isn't so nice]]. In the sequel, Clarice di Lanza is a demonic nurse and seems rather nice all around, and [[SayItWithHearts speaks with music tones.]]

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros [[NoExportForYou For those who didn't play the second game]] ,every character from there will look like they're coming from Arcana Heart 3

* PantyShot - One of Petra's supers invokes this, [[LampshadeHanging as Petra herself lampshades]]

* PlayboyBunny (Catherine's outfit. Or perhaps, better said: Swimsuit + Bunny Ears)

** Some of the downloadable colour palettes in ''Arcana heart 3'' make references to ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' and ''BlazBlue'' ([=ASW=]'s other works). For example.

* LoveFreak - '''[[MeaningfulName Heart]]'''

* PrincessCurls - Petra

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* ImprobableAge: Kira has a ''[[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctorate]]'', a freaking ''Ph.D'' at the age of '''[[FridgeLogic 11]]''' [[FridgeLogic years old]].
** [[KingdomOfLoathing That's ridiculous. That's not even funny.]]
** Catherine Kyoubashi one-ups her by getting her Ph.D at the age of ''10'' years old!

--> '''[[StreetFighter M. Bison]]''': ''[[RunningGag OF COURSE!]]''
--> '''[[Manga/DeathNote Kira]]''': [[MemeticMutation Just as planned.]]

* WidgetSeries - [[ImrobablyFemaleCast All]]. [[MoeMoe Moe]]. [[FightingGame Fighting]]. [[FightingGame Game]]. The fact that it actually stands on its own merits....

--> '''[[DeathNote Kira]]''': [[MemeticMutation Just as planned.]]

** Dorothy Albright's overall design (down to the NiceHat) pretty much resembles that of ''BlazBlue's'' [[CuteShotaroBoy Carl Clover]]. Although, [[OlderThanTheyThink Dorothy comes first]].