History Videogame / DanballSenki

* ActionGirl: Ami and Mika whenever she’s involved with the plot. To everyone’s surprise except her [[spoiler:husband’s, Saki/Sadie turns out to be one as well]]. In the ranking battles, other females get to show their capabilities including Ban’s mother!

* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime, the regular Hissatsu Functions/Special Attack Routines are just as effective as the Super ones.

* CallingYourAttacks: By both the players and the remote controls.

* EyeCatch: Somewhat inconsistent as they switch from a closeup of Achilles in the dark to [[spoiler:a shot of Ban and [[MidSeasonUpgrade Odin]] together,]] in a well-lit backdrop instead.

** Becomes [[Main/HilariousinHindsight Hilarious in Hindsight]] after they really get a Crossover Movie

* FightingYourFriend: In the first anime, Ban with Sendou Daiki and Hanzo Gouda is pitted against Kazu and Ami, with Jin making up their number.
** Ban's and Hiro's teams are in the same Artemis preliminary group in ''W''.

* FirstNameBasis: For the kids and even some of the adults.
* FlightStrengthHeart: The Otarangers boast that they have [[ThePowerOfLove the powers of love]], courage, and... curry.
* FriendlySniper: Most prominently Kazu's LBX.

** TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler:Dr. Mummy. Yes he’s not fooling anyone with his disguise, or is he? Mummy is the LBX engineer who creates Killer[=/=]Slayer Droids. Later, said person successfully becomes TheStarcream]]

*** The [ToylessToylineCharacter LBX Jeanne D]] is actually a reference to {{Level5}}'s own ''VideoGame/JeanneDArc''.

An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Danball Senki Boost'' was released in 2011, followed by a further-updated Nintendo3DS port titled ''Danball Senki Baku Boost'' in 2012.

* AceCustom: The norm for good players. Also LBX producers hire test players, for whom special models are produced such as [[spoiler: Justin, who was hired specifically by Cyba Lance to test what would be his new LBX, Zenon/Xenon and future LBX]].
** Kirito is a test player for Omega Dain, the International LBX Federation [[spoiler: until the events of the Paradise arc leads Tyler to inviting him to be a test player at Tiny Oribt]].
* ActionGirl: Ami and Mika whenever she’s involved with the plot. To everyone’s surprise except her [[spoiler: husband’s, Saki/Sadie turns out to be one as well]]. In the ranking battles, other females get to show their capabilities including Ban’s mother!
** DarkActionGirl: Eeny/Mano before her HeelFaceTurn and Rika before it turns out Gouda’s gang is GoodAllAlong. ''W'' has [[spoiler: Mami Hiyama, TheStarscream and the true villain of the three fourths of the series]].

** Kojou Asuka in ''W''[[spoiler: She on the other hand is less annoying]] but like Maa, [[spoiler: she]] has the skills to back it up.

** In ''Danball Senki W'', [[spoiler: after the first fight with Dr. Mummy's gigantic (compared to an LBX) anti-LBX "Killerdroid" called Wyvern, Prof. Yamano modifies Perseus, Elysion and Minerva, enabling them to combine into the anti-Killerdroid "Super LBX" Sigma Orbis.]]

** Can’t win an important plot coupon in an important LBX battle? Easy, just [[spoiler: have human foot soldiers attack and steal it for you]].

** Configuration 2: Van remains TheLeader and TheHero to the point where he’s leads his friends against the Innovators and acts as leaders in both tournaments. Kazu remains as TheLancer. Amy still has shades of TheSmartGirl but is TheChick and the sole female now.Her knowledge coming in second to [[spoiler: Jin. When he performs a HeelFaceTurn, his intelligence combined with his experience with the Innovators becomes invaluable to the Seekers and Ban’s team]]. Gouda moves up as TheBigGuy due to being the strongest in fighting and most physically aggressive in his LBX battles. Dak is the SixthRanger, joining Van’s team 5/8ths into the original series after being defeated by Gouda and decides to join up full time to stop the Innovators, [[ItAmusedMe for his own amusement]].

** #24 and #25: [[spoiler: Ban wins Artemis by defeating Jin in the closest match to date. However, the Innovators planted a self destruct switch in Emperor M2 as a failsafe being Jin’s back and uses it to destroy Achilles and take the Platinum Capsule with Deqoos, has the Red Brigade killing off several guards to take the Metanoia GX, cuts off all power to the tournament area, then Yagami finds out about the later and after being fired, Kaidou is shot by a mysterious assailant. Jin is revealed to be one of the two survivors of the Tokio Bridge collapse many years ago alongside Yuya, Kaidou caused the bridge collapse and him being adapted by Yoshimitsu as a result, Ban meets up with Lex to find out Lex switched the Capsule with a fake and hands him the real one. The group sets out to Tiny Orbit to find the Innovators using trucks to shield them while an army of cars surround Takuya’s cars as the end episodes]]. Damn.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: ''Inverted'' in ''W''. [[spoiler:The Odin is taken over by Mizel, forcing our heroes to fight it.]] Played straight when Amy [[spoiler: uses the Pandora model Yuusuke had after her Pandora was destroyed in the beginning of #W]].

* TheBusCameBack: A lot of old friends show up later up in the series [[spoiler: most notably to prepare for the final battle]].
* CrazyPrepared: The assassination plot in ''W''. [[spoiler: After the main signal router LBX is destroyed by Ban and Hiro, it turns out there is yet another back up one. Also the assassin avoids being found by putting dummy signal transmitters all over the stadium where he's working.]]

* EquippableAlly: LBX Icarus Zero and Icarus Force. Though its usually for the Double Hissatsu Functions, [[spoiler: the anime actually has Hiro and Ban use them consistently to defeat Zeus’s SuperMode]].

* FiveBadBand: [[spoiler: Omega Dyne (The International LBX Federation) in season 2[=/=]#W]]
** BigBad: [[spoiler: Alfred Gordon. The true mastermind, using Alan Worthing as a proxy and UnwittingPawn to further his goals of becoming ruler of the world and ending corruption through Adam and Eve]]
** TheDragon: [[spoiler: Bishop, Alan and Alfred’s NumberTwo. He’s trusted with all the behind the scenes issues for both BigBad and to command large swarms of LBX. ]]
** TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler: Dr. Mummy. Yes he’s not fooling anyone with his disguise, or is he? Mummy is the LBX engineer who creates Killer[=/=]Slayer Droids. Later, said person successfully becomes TheStarcream]]

** DarkChick: [[spoiler: Haruka Oozora, Hiro’s mother. The only reason she’s working with them is ForScience and to create Adam and Eve, which leaves her apathetic and underbracing about her co-workers other plans until she hears about Hiro’s suffering and pulls a HeelFaceTurn]].

** #7 ‘’W’’: Good news, our heroes find Ami! [[spoiler: Bad news, Ami is being [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Slave Player]] for Detector, and she doesn’t know where Kazu is.]]

* TheButlerDidIt:[[spoiler: Literally! Gendo's butler Ayabe was a mole for the bad guys the whole time!]]

* WhamEpisode: #17-18. [[spoiler:All those training missions are NOT preparing our heroes to protect the world, but ''actual CombatByChampion battles deciding real world politics.'' And Kaidou Jin is revealed to be fielding a platoon of his own, explaining the connection needed to get Kojou Asuka's brother involved.]]

* CleavageWindow: [[TwoGuysAndAGirl Shouko[=/=]Mano[=/=/Eeny, The female member]] of the TerribleTrio. And invoked later on with a RidiculouslyHumanRobot... [[FanDisservice which cracks open to store the Metanus GX CPU.]]

* AceCustom: The norm for good players. Also LBX producers hire test players, for whom special models are produced.
* ActionGirl: Ami.
** DarkActionGirl: Mika.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Ryu.
* AnimeHair: In fine Level-5 tradition.

* BaitAndSwitchOpening: The game's opening movie shows what seems to be a relatively light-hearted, standard RealRobot anime... until the very end, where you see that the robots that you've assumed are several feet tall are actually around ''six inches'' tall.

* BareYourMidriff: Saki.
%%* ABoyAndHisX

** Kojou Asuka in ''W''.

* ChekhovsSkill: [[IAmNotLeftHanded Ban can do kung fu kicks with the AX-00 frame if disarmed.]] This is precisely how he gets through the first round at Artemis.
* CleavageWindow: [[TwoGuysAndAGirl The female member]] of the TerribleTrio. And invoked later on with a RidiculouslyHumanRobot... [[FanDisservice which cracks open to store the Metanus GX CPU.]]
* CoatHatMask: [[TerribleTrio The agents.]]

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted. In the game, standing in lava will make your LBX take 50 damage every few seconds.

* FinishingMove: All [=LBXs=] have at least one, called an Attack Function, though the characters themselves call them "Hissatsu Functions."

* HollywoodHacking

* LightningBruiser: Ban and Jin use this type of LBX. [[spoiler:Especially when they get Odin and Zenon.]]
** ''W'' adds the Perseus, Minerva, the improbable Vampire Cat and several others.
* LimitedWardrobe: A character wears the same outfit throughout the series.

* MacGuffin: Ban's AX-00. [[spoiler:Its core skeleton contains a mysterious item called the "Platinum Capsule", inside which is contained data on how to create a device called the "Eternal Cycler" that could theoretically produce infinite energy. Naturally, the Innovators getting their hands on it would be a [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt very bad thing]].]]

* MoodWhiplash: Two instances: [[spoiler:after Ban's victory in the Artemis final, and after the successful defense against the siege of Tiny Orbit]].

* {{Otaku}}: Ban and co. first encounter one of them in Artemis, and then a whole group in Akihabara Tournament.
* ThePowerOfFriendship
* RapidFireTyping: On both computer keyboards and the cellphone-like remote controls.

* SeriousBusiness: The LBX toys, apparently. The business is SO serious that at one point [[spoiler:Ban and his friends are asked by the brother of the CEO of a major LBX manufacturer to help him stop an assassination attempt on the Prime Minister of Japan, which is ALSO being carried out by an LBX]].

* TalkToTheFist: How Jin wins some of his battles in Akihabara Kingdom.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Gouda and Sendou are jr. high schoolers.

* AnimeAccentAbsence: Foreigners speak perfect Japanese in ''W''.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: ''Inverted'' in ''W''. [[spoiler:The Odin is taken over by Mizel, forcing our heroes to fight it.]]

* EquippableAlly: LBX Icarus Zero and Icarus Force.

* WhamEpisode: Starting from #31 of ''W'', we learn that [[spoiler:Detector was really Yamano Junichiro in a massive CreatorBacklash, Hiro's MissingMom is found, our heroes THINK Dr. Mummy is really Lex BackFromTheDead, and worst of all, TheManBehindTheMan makes his move, killing the supposed BigBad, the head of Omega Dyne, and is revealed to be TheStarscream to the American president, using the name of Detector for a FalseFlagOperation!]]

''Danball Senki'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable RPG developed by Creator/{{Level 5}}. Players assume the role of Ban, a young boy who is a fan of LBX, or Little Battler eXperience, a line of toys which are equal parts model kit and fully functioning robot. They are most commonly used to battle each other in miniature diorama arenas. One day, he is approached out of the blue by a mysterious female scientist who hands him an attache case containing a prototype LBX called "AX-00", which the scientist claims is "the key to saving the world". Unbeknownst to Ban, however, is the fact that the model is wanted by a mysterious group, and he soon finds himself being hunted by the group's masked agents.

The franchise was adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The English version of the anime began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W''-based episodes aired in 2015 as ''LBX'''s second season, cutting the down its 58 episodes into 49. In the United States, the show was broadcast on Creator/{{Nicktoons}}.

The sequel, ''Danball Senki W'', came for PSP and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita in 2012. A Nintendo 3DS UpdatedRerelease has been announced, titled ''Danball Senki W Super Custom'' and scheduled for a July 2013 release.

A second sequel, titled ''Danball Senki Wars'', has been announced for the Nintendo 3DS.

There's also an [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]] of the three games that aired from 2011 to 2013.

The franchise has also been adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The anime dub began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W'' episodes are scheduled to air in 2015 as ''LBX'''s second season. A localization of the first game (the updated 3DS ''Baku Boost'' version) was released on August 2015 in North America, and in Europe one month later.

** In the games, the list of changed names include: Yamano Ban to Van Yamano, Kawamura Ami to Amy Cohen, Aoshima Kazuya to Kaz Walker, Kitajima Kojirou to Ken Navarro, Kitajima Saki to Sadie Navarro, Daikouji Ryuu to Gabe Lewis, Mikage Mika to Mika Morris, Kameyama Tetsuo to Tank Middleton, Shikano Ginji to Benji Darby, Yazawa Riko to Rika Yazawa, Gouda Hanzou to Hanz Gordon, Uzaki Takuya to Tyler Osgood, Hiyama Ren to Len Hiyama, and Kaidou Jin to Justin Kaidou, among others. The LBX themselves aren't exempt, either; the games change Egypt to Pharaoh, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Hakai-O/Hakaioh]] to Destroyer, Queen to Ruby Queen, Nazuu to Gillman, and Mad Dog to Chameleon, among others.

** In the games, the list of changed names include: Yamano Ban to Van Yamano, Kawamura Ami to Amy Cohen, Aoshima Kazuya to Kaz Walker, Kitajima Kojirou to Ken Navarro, Kitajima Saki to Sadie Navarro, Daikouji Ryuu to Gabe Lewis, Mikage Mika to Mika Morris, Kameyama Tetsuo to Tank Middleton, Shikano Ginji to Benji Darby, Yazawa Riko to Rika Yazawa, Gouda Hanzou to Hanz Gordon, Uzaki Takuya to Tyler Osgood, Hiyama Ren to Len Hiyama, and Kaidou Jin to Justin Kaidou, among others. The LBX themselves aren't exempt, either; the games change Egypt to Pharaoh, Hakai-O to Destroyer, Queen to Ruby Queen, Nazuu to Gillman, and Mad Dog to Chameleon, among others.

* HoverMecha: LBX Queen, belonging to the token chick of Hanzou's posse.

** In the games, the list of changed names include: Yamano Ban to Van Yamano, Kawamura Ami to Amy Cohen, Aoshima Kazuya to Kaz Walker, Kitajima Kojirou to Ken Navarro, Kitajima Saki to Sadie Navarro, Daikouji Ryuu to Gabe Lewis, Mikage Mika to Mika Morris, Kameyama Tetsuo to Tank Middleton, Shikano Ginji to Benji Darby, Yazawa Riko to Rika Yazawa, Gouda Hanzou to Hanz Gordon, Uzaki Takuya to Tyler Osgood, Hiyama Ren to Len Hiyama, and Kaidou Jin to Justin Kaidou, among others.

''Danball Senki'' is an PlayStationPortable RPG developed by Creator/{{Level 5}}. Players assume the role of Ban, a young boy who is a fan of LBX, or Little Battler eXperience, a line of toys which are equal parts model kit and fully functioning robot. They are most commonly used to battle each other in miniature diorama arenas. One day, he is approached out of the blue by a mysterious female scientist who hands him an attache case containing a prototype LBX called "AX-00", which the scientist claims is "the key to saving the world". Unbeknownst to Ban, however, is the fact that the model is wanted by a mysterious group, and he soon finds himself being hunted by the group's masked agents.

The sequel, ''Danball Senki W'', came for PSP and PlayStationVita in 2012. A Nintendo 3DS UpdatedRerelease has been announced, titled ''Danball Senki W Super Custom'' and scheduled for a July 2013 release.

** Becomes [[Main/HilariousinHindsight]] after they really get a Crossover Movie

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Averted. In the game, standing in lave will make your LBX take 50 damage every few seconds.

The franchise has also been adapted for the West as ''LBX: Little Battlers eXperience''. The anime dub began airing in 2014, though as an abridged version that cut 44 episodes corresponding to the original game down to 26. The ''W'' episodes are scheduled to air in 2015 as ''LBX'''s second season. A localization of the first game (the updated 3DS ''Baku Boost'' version) was released on August 2015.

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and His LBX]]

* [[NeverTrustATrailer Never Trust an Opening]]: The game's opening movie shows what seems to be a relatively light-hearted, standard RealRobot anime... until the very end, where you see that the robots that you've assumed are several feet tall are actually around ''six inches'' tall.
** All those people in the shadows seen in the first opening of ''W''? They never appear!

* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath]]: Seems to be headed this way with [[spoiler:Lex and Dr. Mummy, but is ultimately subverted when it is revealed that Dr. Mummy's true identity was his sister Hiyama Mami all along]].

* [[spoiler:TheButlerDidIt]]: Literally! [[spoiler:Gendo's butler Ayabe was a mole for the bad guys the whole time!]]

* [[spoiler:PoweredByAForsakenChild]]: The true nature of Second World. [[spoiler:It has to be plugged into the brain of its own creator, Professor Mito.]]

* AnimeOfTheGame
** Although, for both ''Danball Senki'' and ''Danball Senki W'', the anime came out before the game. It's been similar for ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', where only the first game came out before its anime.

** Otacross can craft his own Music/{{Vocaloid}}s.
** Just the name ''Danball Senki [[Series/KamenRiderDouble W]]''. If that's not enough, there's a ''W'' logo that mimics the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' one, two colors down the middle and everything.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The title can translate as "Cardboard War Chronicles Wars." Let that sink in for a moment.