History VideoGame / DengekiBunkoFightingClimax

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Not as extreme as other examples of this kind, but the playable cast consists of four guys[[note]]Kirito, Shizuo, Rentaro and Akira[[/note]] and ten girls[[note]]Asuna, Shana, Kirino, Taiga, Mikoto, Tomoka, Miyuki, Yukina, Kuroyukihime and Selvaria[[/note]]. By ''Ignition'', that ratio has changed to six guys[[note]]Qwethur and Tatsuya[[/note]] and sixteen girls[[note]]Emi, Yuuki, Ako and Kuroko[[/note]]. Practically averted for the Support cast, which features seven guys ([[DemotedToExtra all of which are protagonists]]) and seventeen females, including Last Order.

* DeathOrGloryAttack: The Trump Cards - moves which, as their names imply, can turn the tide of battle if used properly. These are usually a powerful move that can act as a reversal, possesses great damage or can act as a combo utility tool. For some characters[[note]]Kirito, Kuroyukihime, Rentaro, Shana, Yuuki and Emi[[note]] , they get transformations which buff up their movelist or stats. What makes it this trope is their limited amount: players can only use two Trump Cards throughout the whole match, with one stock restored after a loss.

* DeathOrGloryAttack: The Trump Cards - moves which, as their names imply, can turn the tide of battle if used properly. These are usually a powerful move that can act as a reversal, possesses great damage or can act as a combo utility tool, with characters like Kirito and Kuroyukihime getting transformations which buff up their movelist. What makes it this trope is their limited amount: players can only use two Trump Cards throughout the whole match, with one stock restored after a loss.

** One of Taiga's Climax Arts is a cinematic super where Ryuuji appears. Since he is also an AssistCharacter in the game, his color chosen as an assist will be the one used when he appears in the Climax Art. If he isn't Taiga's assist, the color he uses in the super will match the color palette that Taiga has.

** Unlike other characters, Shizuo only gets SuperArmor on Ranbus as opposed to start-up invulnerability, which is meant to represent his personality and his status as TheJuggernaut.

* {{Shoryuken}}: Commonly for Impact Skill users, particularly Kirino (Amazon Upper), Tomoka (Dancing Playday - Anti-Air), Taiga (Tiger Upper), Rentaro (Unebiko Ryu), Emi and Selvaria (Pursuit). However, Asuna, Yukina and Akira are different:

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: This was naturally a given considering the majority of the roster hails from non-action oriented properties.

* ThemeSongPowerUp: If a match reaches Round 3, the BGM is replaced by the theme song.

** Climax Arts.

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Not as extreme as other examples of this kind, but the playable cast consists of four guys and twelve girls. By ''Ignition'', that ratio has changed to six guys and sixteen girls. Practically averted for the Support cast, which features seven guys ([[DemotedToExtra all of which are protagonists]]) and seventeen females, including Last Order.

* DevelopersForesight: Picking characters from the same franchise gives unique interactions. For example, Yukina and Shizuo have special introductions if Koujo and Izaya are chosen as their Supports, and Shizuo calls out Celty's name if she is chosen as his Support.

** Black Lotus functions as this for Kuroyukihime and does most of the fighting for her, as she is largely incapable of actual combat, except maybe some jabs and weak attacks. Think of it as a [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo]] character.

** Akira also counts. Despite the weirdness of his opponents' moves, he can stand up to them with just his knowledge of kung fu and possibly come out on top.

** Izaya's Neutral Support creates a Jugdement Cut-like move with his knife.

* PromotedToPlayable: Tatsuya Shiba, originally a Support, was made into a full playable character in ''Ignition''. He can still he chosen for Support provided he has not been chosen as the point character, and his sister, who originally started as playable, can now also be a Support as well under the same rules.

* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: Regardless of who your player is when you start Story Mode, the backstory is the same: everyone ''else'' was already defeated by Zetsumu, and the player character is the last remaining hope for the worlds.

** Akira's Shoryuken, Renkantai is very unique: One is for QCF+C (which bounce the opponent on the corner), while the air version has a variation ranges (such as EX)).

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The game's antagonist, Zetsumu, uses this in the Arcade ladder to pose as other characters, culminating with either Akira or Selvaria in the final stage.
* WhatIf: Story Mode is fueled by this. The essential premise is to put two different characters together and see how they react to each other, occasionally with humorous results.

* WouldntHitAGirl: Subverted with Shizuo: In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', he believed passionately and firmly that "hurting girls is bad", however, in this game he seems perfectly fine with fighting female adversaries (And speaking of which, Izaya also has no problem stomping on them).

* CelebrityParadox: Of a sort. ''Durarara'' has established that Dengeki Bunko properties exist in their universe, and Shizuo has the opportunity to fight characters from those series.

** Tekken Seisai is based off Asuna's reaction to Kirito asking to "spend the night together". Mother's Rosario is also based off a description of an attack described in the light novel to be "of god-like speed, with five strikes from the upper right, five strikes from the upper left, and a single thrust at the point they meet."

** Unlike other characters, Shizuo only gets SuperArmor on Ranbus as opposed to start-up invulnerability, which is meant to represent his personality.

** Izaya's Forward Support creates a Jugdement Cut-like move with his knife.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The game's antagonist, Zetsumu, uses this in the Arcade ladder to pose as other characters, culminating with either Akira or Selvaria in the final stage.

* BadassNormal: As mentioned above, you have characters like Kirino and Taiga who have no powers whatsoever take on a [[PlayingWithFire Flame Haze]], a [[ShockAndAwe Level 5 Esper]], a Magician, two [[IKnowMortalKombat skilled VRMMO players]], a Burst Linker, a [[GoodOldFisticuffs martial artist]] and a [[AmazonianBeauty Valkyria]] (just to name a few). Yet, they are able to hold their own against these fighters using nothing but every day traits and items from their series[[note]]Save Kirino, who happens to also have ARKS weaponry and a [[ImprobableWeaponUser claw machine]] at her disposal[[/note]].

* ArtShift: Each of the characters' portrait designs are taken from the light novels themselves so you have a huge variety of art styles into one game. Ranging from {{Moe}} looking characters (like Shana, Taiga, Kirino, and Tomoka) to characters with either {{Shounen}} and {{Bishoujo}} designs (like Shizuo, Rentarou, Miyuki, and Selvaria).

* ArtShift: Each of the characters' portrait designs are taken from the light novels themselves so you have a huge variety of art styles into one game. Ranging from {{Moe}} looking characters (like Shana, Taiga, Kirino, and Tomoka) to characters with either {{Bishounen}} and {{Bishoujo}} designs (like Shizuo, Rentarou, Miyuki, and Selvaria).

* SpotlightStealingCrossover: ''Sword Art Online'' has slightly heavier representation than any other franchise; the original title included two playable characters and one support whereas most other playable franchises had a single character. In ''Ignition'', this gets expanded to three playable characters and two support; the only other franchises with two or more playable characters are ''Index''(three support characters; the most of all of the roster) and ''Magic High'' (two support characters, who are also playable).

** ''LightNovel/ShakugannoShana'': Shana

** ''LightNovel/ShakugannoShana'': Wilhelmina Carmel

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The game's antagonist, Zetsumu, uses this in the Arcade ladder to pose as the other characters, culminating with either Akira or Selvaria in the final stage.

* SpotlightStealingCrossover: ''Sword Art Online'' has slightly heavier representation than any other franchise; the original title included two playable characters and one support whereas most other playable franchises had a single character. In ''Ignition'', this gets expanded to three playable characters and two support; the only other franchises with two or more playable characters are ''Index'' and ''Magic High''.