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'''''Code Shifter''''' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between their franchises. Tying them all together is a story about Stella, a programmer working at the '''A'''wesome '''R'''ainbow '''C'''orp ('''[[FunWithAcronyms ARC]]''') that's developed a debugging program (the titular Code Shifter) to get rid of bugs affecting her co-workers' computers before their big crossover game, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Colorful Fighters]]'', goes out to print. To accomplish this, you guide Stella's avatar, Sera, through their computer files, change into the forms of ''Colorful Fighters'' characters (aka the Arc System Works characters), defeat malicious bugs, and try to find out who put them there in the first place.

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'''''Code Shifter''''' ''Code Shifter'' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up platformer/beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between their franchises. Tying them all together is a story about Stella, a programmer working at the '''A'''wesome '''R'''ainbow '''C'''orp ('''[[FunWithAcronyms ARC]]''') that's developed a debugging program (the titular Code Shifter) to get rid of bugs affecting her co-workers' computers before their big crossover game, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Colorful Fighters]]'', goes out to print. To accomplish this, you guide Stella's avatar, Sera, through their computer files, change into the forms of ''Colorful Fighters'' characters (aka the Arc System Works characters), defeat malicious bugs, and try to find out who put them there in the first place.






* ''????:'' Desert Ship, Avatar, Gear, Explorer

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* ''????:'' ''Of Mice and Sand'': Desert Ship, Avatar, Gear, ExplorerShip
* ''Damascus Gear'': Gear
* ''Inferno Climber'': Explorer
* ''Birthdays the Beginning'': Avatar


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* BoringButPractical: Sera's attack output is far weaker than any of the playable heroes, doesn't have any of the special abilities necessary to clear certain obstacles, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she's obviously not as fun as previously established characters]]. On the other hand, she's the only one capable of destroying memory nodes (which you need to do in order to get a better ranking), her Special Move can be turned into a temporary status buff depending on her outfit, her handling when walking is far less slippery, and she's much better at jumping than nearly half of the heroes.

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* ''VisualNovel/JakeHunter:'' Jake Hunter
* ''????:'' Desert Ship, Avatar, Gear, Explorer
* ''Wizard's Symphony:'' Alto Travers, Spica Celest



* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear:'' Chip Zanuff, Jack O, Johnny, May, Raven,
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Arakune, Bang Shishigami, Carl Clover, Iron Tager, Hakumen, Litchi Feiling, Nine, Platinum the Trinity, Valkenheim,
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon:'' Chin Taimei, Yagyu Ranzou, Burnov

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* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear:'' Chip Zanuff, Jack O, Johnny, I-No, May, Milia Rage, Raven,
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Arakune, Bang Shishigami, Carl Clover, Iron Tager, Hakumen, Litchi Feiling, Nine, Platinum the Trinity, Taokaka, Valkenheim,
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon:'' Chin Taimei, Yagyu Ranzou, Burnov
Burnov, Marian


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* InterfaceSpoiler: Minor example, but when the level-select screen shows locked folders featuring the names of Stella's co-workers and even Stella herself, it's safe to assume that you'll be debugging their folders at some point. [[note]]And your assumptions would be correct[[/note]]
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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom:'' Kunio, Riki, Kobayashi, Mizoguchi, [[VideoGame/RiverCityGirls Kyoko and Misako]]

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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom:'' ''VideoGame/KunioKun:'' Kunio, Riki, Kobayashi, Mizoguchi, [[VideoGame/RiverCityGirls Kyoko and Misako]]



* {{Retraux}}: ''Colorful Fighters'' (and by extension the ASW characters) are all represented in an 8-bit art style and their theme tunes are similarly done as 8-bit renditions. The ''RCR'' and ''DD'' characters and songs are all also redone compared to how they originally were on the NES in order to match better with those from ''GG'' and ''BB''.

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* {{Retraux}}: ''Colorful Fighters'' (and by extension the ASW characters) are all represented in an 8-bit art style and their theme tunes are similarly done as 8-bit renditions. The ''RCR'' ''Kunio-kun'' and ''DD'' characters and songs are all also redone compared to how they originally were on the NES in order to match better with those from ''GG'' and ''BB''.
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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom:'' Kunio, Riki, blank, blank, [[VideoGame/RiverCityGirls Kyoko and Misako]]

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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom:'' Kunio, Riki, blank, blank, Kobayashi, Mizoguchi, [[VideoGame/RiverCityGirls Kyoko and Misako]]
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* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear:'' Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske, Dizzy, blank, Faust, Jam, Potemkin

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* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear:'' Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske, Dizzy, blank, Elphelt, Faust, Jam, Potemkin



* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Arakune, Carl Clover, Iron Tager, Hakumen, Litchi Feiling, Platinum the Trinity, Valkenheim,

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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Arakune, Bang Shishigami, Carl Clover, Iron Tager, Hakumen, Litchi Feiling, Nine, Platinum the Trinity, Valkenheim,



* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Despite Billy being the Lee brother that's almost always Player 1 in his home series (or the only playable character, in some cases) it's Jimmy that's unlocked by default. This is most likely due to the fact that the other default characters include Sol and Ragna, who also wear red (Kunio gets a free pass due to his franchise being named after him, and he at least has some red in his outfit).
* {{Retraux}}: ''Colorful Fighters'' (and by extension the ASW characters) are all represented in an 8-bit art style and their theme tunes are similarly done as 8-bit renditions. The ''River City Ransom'' and ''Double Dragon'' characters and songs are all also redone compared to how they originally were on the NES in order to match better with those from ''Guilty Gear'' and ''Blazblue''.

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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Despite Billy being the Lee brother that's almost always Player 1 in his home series (or the only playable character, in some cases) cases), it's Jimmy ''Jimmy'' that's unlocked by default. This is most likely due to the fact that the other default characters include Sol and Ragna, who also wear red (Kunio gets a free pass due to his franchise being named after him, and he at least has some ''some'' red in his outfit).
* {{Retraux}}: ''Colorful Fighters'' (and by extension the ASW characters) are all represented in an 8-bit art style and their theme tunes are similarly done as 8-bit renditions. The ''River City Ransom'' ''RCR'' and ''Double Dragon'' ''DD'' characters and songs are all also redone compared to how they originally were on the NES in order to match better with those from ''Guilty Gear'' ''GG'' and ''Blazblue''.''BB''.

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'''''Code Shifter''''' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between their franchises. Tying them all together is a story about Stella, a programmer working at the '''A'''wesome '''R'''ainbow '''C'''orp ('''[[FunWithAcronyms ARC]]''') that's developed a debugging program (the titular Code Shifter) to get rid of bugs affecting her co-workers' computers before their big crossover game, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Colorful Fighters]]'', goes out to print.

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'''''Code Shifter''''' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between their franchises. Tying them all together is a story about Stella, a programmer working at the '''A'''wesome '''R'''ainbow '''C'''orp ('''[[FunWithAcronyms ARC]]''') that's developed a debugging program (the titular Code Shifter) to get rid of bugs affecting her co-workers' computers before their big crossover game, ''[[ShowWithinAShow Colorful Fighters]]'', goes out to print. To accomplish this, you guide Stella's avatar, Sera, through their computer files, change into the forms of ''Colorful Fighters'' characters (aka the Arc System Works characters), defeat malicious bugs, and try to find out who put them there in the first place.



* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom:'' Kunio, Riki, blank, blank [[VideoGame/RiverCityGirls Kyoko and Misako]]
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon:'' Billy Lee, Jimmy Lee, Abobo, blank, blank

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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom:'' Kunio, Riki, blank, blank blank, [[VideoGame/RiverCityGirls Kyoko and Misako]]
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon:'' Billy Lee, Jimmy Lee, Abobo, blank, blankWilly



* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear:'' Chip Zanuff, Jack O, Johnny, May,
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Arakune, Litchi Feiling, Platinum the Trinity, Raven,

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* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear:'' Chip Zanuff, Jack O, Johnny, May,
May, Raven,
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Arakune, Carl Clover, Iron Tager, Hakumen, Litchi Feiling, Platinum the Trinity, Raven, Valkenheim,
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon:'' Chin Taimei, Yagyu Ranzou, Burnov

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'''''Code Shifter''''' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between four of their franchises: ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', and ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''. Tying them all together is a story about Stella, a programmer working at the '''A'''wesome '''R'''ainbow '''C'''orp ('''[[FunWithAcronyms ARC]]''') that's developed a debugging program (the titular Code Shifter) to get rid of bugs affecting her co-workers' computers before their big crossover game, [[ShowWithinAShow Colorful Fighters]], goes out to print.

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'''''Code Shifter''''' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between four of their franchises: ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', and ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''. franchises. Tying them all together is a story about Stella, a programmer working at the '''A'''wesome '''R'''ainbow '''C'''orp ('''[[FunWithAcronyms ARC]]''') that's developed a debugging program (the titular Code Shifter) to get rid of bugs affecting her co-workers' computers before their big crossover game, [[ShowWithinAShow ''[[ShowWithinAShow Colorful Fighters]], Fighters]]'', goes out to print.
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Compare to ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'', another ASW crossover game, although one involving only a single ASW IP and a bunch of characters owned by other companies.

!!Playable Characters:
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear:'' Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske, Dizzy, blank, Faust, Jam, Potemkin
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, Noel Vermilion, Rachel Alucard, Hazama, Kokonoe, Jubei
* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom:'' Kunio, Riki, blank, blank [[VideoGame/RiverCityGirls Kyoko and Misako]]
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon:'' Billy Lee, Jimmy Lee, Abobo, blank, blank
!! [[AssistCharacter Assist Characters]]:
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear:'' Chip Zanuff, Jack O, Johnny, May,
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Arakune, Litchi Feiling, Platinum the Trinity, Raven,



* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Completing chapters/folders will award you with new outfits for Sera that change her Special Move



* {{Retraux}}: Colorful Fighters (and by extension the ASW characters) are all represented in an 8-bit art style and their theme tunes are similarly done as 8-bit renditions. The ''River City Ransom'' and ''Double Dragon'' characters and songs are all also redone compared to how they originally were on the NES in order to match better with those from ''Guilty Gear'' and ''Blazblue''.

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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Despite Billy being the Lee brother that's almost always Player 1 in his home series (or the only playable character, in some cases) it's Jimmy that's unlocked by default. This is most likely due to the fact that the other default characters include Sol and Ragna, who also wear red (Kunio gets a free pass due to his franchise being named after him, and he at least has some red in his outfit).
* {{Retraux}}: Colorful Fighters ''Colorful Fighters'' (and by extension the ASW characters) are all represented in an 8-bit art style and their theme tunes are similarly done as 8-bit renditions. The ''River City Ransom'' and ''Double Dragon'' characters and songs are all also redone compared to how they originally were on the NES in order to match better with those from ''Guilty Gear'' and ''Blazblue''.

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'''''Code Shifter''''' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between four of their franchises: ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', and ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''.

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'''''Code Shifter''''' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between four of their franchises: ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', and ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''. Tying them all together is a story about Stella, a programmer working at the '''A'''wesome '''R'''ainbow '''C'''orp ('''[[FunWithAcronyms ARC]]''') that's developed a debugging program (the titular Code Shifter) to get rid of bugs affecting her co-workers' computers before their big crossover game, [[ShowWithinAShow Colorful Fighters]], goes out to print.

!!This game provides examples of:
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: This is one of those rare Switch games where the B button is used for confirmation and A is used for cancel in the menus. Also, despite the entire game being 2D, the option to control your movement with the d-pad/directional buttons is strangely absent.
* {{Retraux}}: Colorful Fighters (and by extension the ASW characters) are all represented in an 8-bit art style and their theme tunes are similarly done as 8-bit renditions. The ''River City Ransom'' and ''Double Dragon'' characters and songs are all also redone compared to how they originally were on the NES in order to match better with those from ''Guilty Gear'' and ''Blazblue''.
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'''''Code Shifter''''' is a side-scrolling platformer / beat-em-up from publisher Creator/ArcSystemWorks that serves as a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between four of their franchises: ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', and ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''.

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