History VideoGame / FateEXTRA

** In ''CCC'', the second fight with Lancer. The first time she's fairly easy and rarely uses her [[MakeMeWannaShout Noble Phantasm]] at all. The second time though she has way more skills, higher attack damage, and her Noble Phantasm becomes used nearly right away. It's Curse debuff is unfair too and she's easily a jump in difficulty compared to the other bosses.

-->''What power do you hold in your hands...? \\

''Fate/EXTRA'' is a [[EasternRPG JRPG]] {{Spinoff}} of the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', developed by [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} Type-Moon]] & Creator/{{Imageepoch}} and released for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable in 2010 by Marvelous AQL. It is a combination of VisualNovel and RPG elements, based around a TacticalRockPaperScissors system. Aksys Games localized it into English, releasing it in America on 11/1/11, and in Europe half a year later in 2012. It was also adapted into a Sound Drama series, released in Winter 2012.

A third game, ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'', was released in 2017 for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita and UsefulNotes/Playstation4. This game occurs after the events of ''Fate/EXTRA'' and ''CCC'', and [[GenreShift shifts genre]] to a ''[[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Dynasty Warriors-esque]]'' HackAndSlash. This was followed by a sequel in 2018 named ''VideoGame/FateExtellaLink''.

* AlternateTimeline: Supposedly, this game takes place in a timeline that diverged from the normal ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' universe in 1980, when the [[{{Mana}} prana]] of the world [[TheMagicGoesAway suddenly vanished]]. According to Rin and [[spoiler:Twice]], this shouldn't have happened, and history is corrupted somehow. Also, the moon landings haven't taken place yet, despite occurring in the normal timeline before the prana vanished. Leo's dialogue implies the Harway family prevented space-travel to prevent anyone from landing on the Moon.

* ArmorOfInvincibility: The Demonic Atlas Formal Wear is dropped by the BonusBoss when defeated. [[NoSell It completely nullifies any damage from a single move, even Noble Phantasms]].

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler: The original has Shiki Ryougi. ''CCC'' includes three more bosses of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rin Tohsaka]] and Alternate Playable Archer, Kotomine and Lancer, and Twice H. Pierceman and Playable Caster. All three appearing thanks to the [[RealityWarper Moon Cell]].]]
* BonusDungeon: The Zeroth/[[DubNameChange Infinite]] Chimeric Lunar Sea, accessible before you go to claim the Holy Grail. However, it's not that difficult and doesn't have anything of value [[spoiler: except for the BonusBoss, if you've unlocked her.]]

* DisappearsIntoLight: Masters and Servants defeated in the Elimination Battles are covered in darkness and are deleted; [[spoiler: Nursery Rhyme just vanishes to become someone new, Arcueid tears her way out, [[BonusBoss Ryougi]] vanishes, probably to another world, and [[FinalBoss Savior]] disappears into glowing light.]]

** The BonusBoss insta-kills you if all your moves are [[StatusEffects Sealed]].

*** '''BonusBoss''': [[spoiler: Shiki Ryougi]], who has the Class of '''"Monster"'''.

** You get to carry over your Arena [[{{Mooks}} enemy]] combat data, money, your Formal Wear (aside from Servant specific ones and one unlocked through plot progression), and it lets you skip the prologue to the point when you select your Servant. [[spoiler: You also get a chance to fight the BonusBoss.]]

** For enemies like the BonusBoss, whom you have no way of gathering info on or memorizing their pattens beforehand, three of their actions are revealed per turn.

** There's also the fact that [[spoiler: [[BonusBoss Shiki Ryougi]] killed 99 Servants (and their Masters by proxy), possibly during the prelims as well, since there was mention of a spate of murders going on in the prologue.]]

** There's mention of a book about [[{{Literature/Twilight}} sparkly vampires]] if you look at one of the shelves in the library.

** From ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'':

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Archer's well-known chant for activating his Noble Phantasm, so much so that some people thought the entire game had been dubbed.

* CrapsackWorld: Several people have pointed out that even with all the horrible things going on in the Moon Cell, the regular world is [[UpToEleven even worse]].

** Apparently a requirement of the Archer class. The playable Archer takes this trope UpToEleven.

*** ''CCC'' introduces three Sakura clones, one of which, named Passionlip, is [[UpToEleven even bustier]]. [[spoiler:This ultimately ends up not being that fun for her, though, and it's played as a "Fan Disservice Pack" in some ways.]]

* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: [[UpToEleven Even more so than the original universe]]; killing the Servant kills the Master as well (except in very special circumstances, like in the [[spoiler: Rin vs Rani battle]]). Also, only 1 out of 128 Masters may claim the Holy Grail, and even more had died in the prelims. [[spoiler: The winner also has to beat Twice H. Pieceman, because he still counts as a Master, and only when there is one Master left do they get to leave.]]

** In ''Fate/Extra CCC'', to acquire Gilgamesh's SG's, you must at least 10 items, used Gilgamesh's skills 30 times cumulative, and spent 300000 Sakurament at the school store. They also have to be done before you reach a certain chapter, making them all a timed mission, with the first requiring you to have completed the objective before Chapter 3 is unlocked.

* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: Everything takes place in a virtual world with competitors controlling avatars, though as Shinji's Rider points out, its a war at the end of the day, and ThereCanBeOnlyOne survivor.

* TacticalRockPaperScissors: The three main choices of action when fighting follow the ''Guard'' > ''Attack'' > ''Break'' > ''Guard'' pattern of advantages. There are justifications of each of them:

* OneSteveLimit: Averted, due to the fact that there are far more than seven Servants in this version of the Holy Grail War and they all go by [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep one of the seven Class titles]].

* TacticalRockPaperScissors: The three main choices of action when fighting:
** ''Guard'' > ''Attack'' > ''Break'' > ''Guard''
*** ''Guard'' blocks and {{Counter Attack}}s ''Attack''.
*** ''Attack'' strikes before ''Break''.
*** ''Break'' smashes through ''Guard''.

** [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters A gigantic cast of characters,]] [[TangledFamilyTree most of whom are somehow distantly related to one another]] [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex while also making love at the drop of a hat]] and [[RevolvingDoorCasting manage to be replaced almost as quickly as they appear]].

** Sakura has one of the biggest bosoms in the {{Franchise/Nasuverse}}, which is combined with [[UnkemptBeauty rather unkempt hair]], both of which were amplified here. Sakura's already well-sized breasts became even more noticeable, and her unkempt waist-length hair now goes [[RapunzelHair down to her knees]]. Sakura basically took Medusa's measurements for herself, except for her [[StatuesqueStunner height]].

** In ''Fate/Extra CCC'', to acquire Gilgamesh's SG's, you must at least 10 items, used Gilgamesh's skills 30 times cumulative, and spent 300000 Sakurament

* GuideDangIt: Getting the playable Caster's Matrix Level to E relies on a series of specific conversation choices throughout the game, and most of these don't look like they're significant at all. [[http://cirnopoly.blogspot.com/2011/12/fate-extra-caster.html Here is a very detailed guide.]]

** In CCC Normal Ending, [[spoiler:everything's back to normal now that you've finally returned to the Near Side from where you left off. But you have no recollection of Sakura and the Far Side.]] While in the CCC Route Ending, [[spoiler:you permanently lose your servant and BB sacrifices herself. Sakura ends up creating a new body for herself and the Protagonist. Jinako, Rani, and Rin are also implied to have survived as well since they were the remaining masters, but the events of Extra still continue even in the CCC Route, leaving it inevitable that either Rani or Rin will be dead in the end.]]

* PantyShot:
** The playable Caster, due to [[MaleGaze the camera angles during battle.]]
** Playable Saber's outfit is designed so that it seems as though she's giving the viewers a constant panty shot, but she's actually wearing a [[LeotardOfPower leotard]].
** In ''CCC'', BB wears a skirt so ludicrously short it's near impossible ''not'' to see them, especially given her habit of appearing somewhere above the character. Not that she seems to care at all.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Shinji's got blue. Rani VIII has lavender and/or purple hair. Rider has bright pink hair, whereas the playable Caster has a lighter shade of pink. The player character even ''acknowledges'' that it's pink in a [[FourthWallPsych hilarious and quite meta sequence]].

** Sakura has one of the biggest bosoms in the {{Franchise/Nasuverse}}, which is combined with [[UnkemptBeauty rather unkempt hair]], both of which were amplified here. Sakura's already well-sized breasts became even more noticeable, and her unkempt waist-length hair now goes [[RapunzelHair down to her knees]]. Sakura basically took Medusa's measurements for herself, except for her [[StatuesqueStunner height]], hence her FanNickname Sakurider.

** [[spoiler: Saber Servant Ending. Saber saves the Protagonist from certain death and uses Aestus Domus Aurea to create a Church, where the two get married. The Protagonist then changes the rules so that Servants can now live without a Master, and humans (Wizards anyway) can soon come living on the Moon to escape the DyingEarth]].
** [[spoiler: Caster Servant Ending. Caster saves the Protagonist by using the Moon Cell to summon her other 8 Tails as Servants, with the Nine working together to save them. It is also mentionned that human Wizards have left the DyingEarth behind, [[BrainUploading uploaded]] themselves to the Moon Cell, and begun to populate the Moon a new frontier for humanity. Later, SE.RA.PH becomes a new frontier for not only mankind, but aliens from other planets as well]].

* LuckStat: Determines chances of getting a CriticalHit, increases defense when your Servant's health is in the red and decreases the chance of being affected by {{Standard Status Effect}}s or by [[OneHitKill Gae Bolg]].

** The BonusBoss insta-kills you if all your moves are [[StandardStatusEffect Sealed]].

* StandardStatusEffect: Poison[=/=]Curse[=/=]Sacrifice (standard damage inflicted per turn), Paralysis[=/=]Stun (prevents being able to act on random moves on a turn, Stun only lasts for one turn) and Seal (prevents the afflicted from using the move that is sealed). Typically inflicted by ''Skills'', though some of the later [[{{Mooks}} enemy programs]] and Servants have a small chance of inflicting them using normal moves.