History VideoGame / RWBYAmityArena

* FakeBalance: At this early stage, a lot of matches boil down to "ZergRush the turrets and towers". Since many {{Mook}}s are in the 2-3 range, it's easy to wait for a player to make a small miscalculation, then launch a swarm of enemies too numerous for characters like Ice Weiss or Scythe Ruby to take out with their AOE attacks effectively.

* ShoutOut: Ribbon Blake's character hint refers to her as a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Faunus Ninja]] {{Catgirl}}.

* OneHitPointWonder: Emerald's illusions are this but retains the originals' attack powers. Now you just have to make sure that they attack before getting attacked.

* RevisitingTheRoots: Despite coming around the same time as Volume 6, almost all the elements from this game are from the first three seasons before the short TimeSkip. The only elements taken from the "Maya Engine era" are two Mistral locations and the Beringel Grimm (all of them only available late game) plus some [[CostumeEvolution outfits]] for Team RWBY.

** Sun sends 4 semblance-induced copies of himself, but they all progressively lose life over time. Though not clones per se, this mechanic also applies to Glynda's turrets.

* AnIcePerson: Ice Weiss, whose special skill lets her encase her opponents in ice.

-->''"The [[BearsAreBadNews Ursa Major]] uses its major size and major claws to do major damages to your buildings."''

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The games keeps spoilers to a minimum, but still refers multiple time to Blake as a Faunus, strongly hints that Penny is an android, and straight-out reveals Qrow's ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]]. On minor notes, it also shows multiple characters and special outfit that wouldn't appear until several volumes, including Cinder who spent all Volume 1 [[HiddenVillain hidden in shadows]].

* ShoutOut: Ribbon Blake's character hint refer to her as a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Faunus Ninja]] {{Catgirl}}.

** Emerald's phantom don't decay, but they instantaneously die at the first damage.

-->''"It's not exactly a color. [[BigBadDuumvirate But they still make a dangerous team.]]"''

** Team RWBY, with the exception of Weiss, has multiple selves. thus it is quite possible to launch two different versions of the same heroine.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The games keeps spoilers to a minimum, but still refers multiple time to Blake as a Faunus, strongly hints that Penny is an android, and straight-out reveals Qrow's ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]]. On minor notes, it also shows multiple characters and special outfit that wouldn't appear until several volumes, including Cinder who spent all Volume 1 [[HiddenVillain hidden in shadows]].

** Both the Griffin Grimm and Roman Torchwick's biographies mention Torchwick's infamous FamousLastWords.

-->''"The [[BearsAreBadNews Ursa Major]] uses its major size and major claws to deal major damages."''

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Most people, even diehard fans, would have a hard time telling who Nolan Porfirio from Team BRNZ is, as he is a very minor character with little to no relevance to the plot and his inclusion comes out as unexpected. But as the game points out "you won't forget after getting shocked by his weapon". His teammate May is also included in the game, but her design and fighting style were already more recognizable for people to remember her.

-->''"The Ursa Major uses its major size and major claws to deal major damages."''

* TheVoiceless: Neo continues to be this, like in the series. For the most part only teams RWBY and JNPR have voiced dialogue, most of which is recycled from ''RWBY: Grimm Eclipse.'' Sun and Coco were originally voiceless, but the January update gave them voice lines. [[Creator/KathleenZuelch Glinda]] and [[Creator/VicMignogna Qrow]] are part of the voiceless characters for behind-the-scenes reasons and will remain like this for a while, at least until they are recasted.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The games keeps spoilers to a minimum, but still refers multiple time to Blake as a Faunus, strongly hints that Penny is an android, and straight-out reveals Qrow's ability to [[shapeshift VoluntaryShapeshifting]]. On minor notes, it also shows multiple characters and special outfit that wouldn't appear until several volumes, including Cinder who spent all Volume 1 [[HiddenVillain hidden in shadows]].

** As a sort of AscendedMeme, Shadow Blake's character hint possible references the infamous "Over and over again!" [[spoiler:Hazel]] quote from Volume 5.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Or rather, your shield, as Pyrrha pulls a Captain America and throws her shield around.
* TheVoiceless: Neo continues to be this, like in the series. For the most part only teams RWBY and JNPR have voiced dialogue, most of which is recycled from ''RWBY: Grimm Eclipse.'' Sun and Coco were originally voiceless, but the January update gave them voice lines.

* MythologyGag: With both the main series and ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'':

* The Voiceless: Neo continues to be this, like in the series. For the most part only teams RWBY and JNPR have voiced dialogue, most of which is recycled from ''RWBY: Grimm Eclipse.'' Sun and Coco were originally voiceless, but the January update gave them voice lines.

* The Voiceless: Neo continues to be this, like in the series. Originally Sun and Coco were also voiceless, but the January update finally gave them voices.

* GlassCannon: Neo hits ''really'' hard, especially during her counterattack, but actually has very few HP once her super-armor is broken.

* CanonForeigner: An odd variant as this game reveals various symbols for characters who hadn't had theirs revealed or you wouldn't think had them, such as the Xiong Family and Zwei.

* The Voiceless: Neo and Yatsuhashi continue to be this way like they are in the series. Originally Sun and Coco were also voiceless, but the January update finally gave them voices.

* MesACrowd: Team RWBY, with the exception of Weiss, has multiple selves. thus it is quite possible to launch two different versions of the same heroine.

* ShockAndAwe: Nolan, who uses a taser rod and Neptune who uses a rifle/trident hybrid.

* LightEmUp: Nolan, who uses a taser rod, Rocket Yang, who uses Ember Cella, and Sun Wukong.

Set prior to the events of Volume 3, you're confronted by Ruby Rose and her half-sister Yang Xiao Long over the brand-new game "Amity Arena", using people participating in the Vytal Tournament. Thanks to Ruby and Yang's help, you're given the basics over how this new Tower Defense game works and you set off to climb the ranks in your own way.