History YMMV / Divekick

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Subverted. People like TotalBiscuit questioned the marketability of a fighting game simplified down to just two buttons (implying a fighting game for fighting game newbies,) but loaded to the gills with references to the FightingGameCommunity that few outside of it would get. Despite this, it still proved popular with the FGC anyway.

* DudeNotFunny: The characters of Mr. N and Alex Jefailey are incredibly mean-spirited and spiteful. Jefailey may be worse, given that Alex Jebailey effectively paid money to be insulted (at least [[ActuallyPrettyFunny he got a kick out of it]]).
* HypeBacklash: DiveKick had a ton of hype before it's release. It was featured on fighting game tournament streams, was at any big gaming convention, and was even getting some press attention. After Divekick's release, the game's hype fell down at an almost 90 degree angle. Tournaments were not getting any entrants and streams became few and far in between. It didn't help that [[UnderNightInBirth newer]] [[BlazblueChronophantasma fighting]] [[KillerInstinct games]](DiveKick developers Iron Galaxy now work on KI) were being released and picked up the hype that Divekick had lost. There is a community still, but you are not going to see Divekick on the main stage a major fighting game tournament anytime soon. That most of its humor is based on mocking the FGC doesn't help; people tend not to play games that make fun of them.

* HypeBacklash: DiveKick had a ton of hype before it's release. It was featured on fighting game tournament streams, was at any big gaming convention, and was even getting some press attention. After Divekick's release, the game's hype fell down at an almost 90 degree angle. Tournaments were not getting any entrants and streams became few and far in between. It didn't help that [[UnderNightInBirth newer]] [[BlazblueChronophantasma fighting]] [[KillerInstinct games]](DiveKick developers Iron Galaxy now work on KI) were being released and picked up the hype that Divekick had lost. There is a community still, but you are not going to see Divekick on the main stage a major fighting game tournament anytime soon.

* AwesomeMusic: Dive Bar, JEO Main Stage, and New Angle Dojo.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The background music to the stage, "[[{{Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir}} Most Of Our Days]]".

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Dive Bar, JEO Main Stage, and New Angle Dojo.

** [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales The Fighting Game Community Loves DiveKick]]

** [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales Fighting Game Enthusiasts Love DiveKick]]

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* PeripheryDemographic: It was designed as a parody of competitive fighting games. That said, it's also popular among competitive fighting game players due to being what a fighting game is meant to be TabletopGame/({{chess}} with reflexes) without the need to learn enormous combos to even be decent.

* PeripheryDemographic: It was designed as a parody of competitive fighting games. That said, it's also popular among competitive fighting game players due to being what a fighting game is meant to be ({{chess}} with reflexes) without the need to learn enormous combos to even be decent.

* DudeNotFunny: The characters of Mr. N and Alex Jefailey are incredibly mean-spirited and spiteful. Jefailey may be worse, given that Alex Jebailey effectively paid money to be insulted (at least the latter got a kick out of it).

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Of all the WillSmith quotes that Kick crips for his own, the one he never uses is "Aw HELL naw!"

* DudeNotFunny: The characters of Mr. N and Alex Jefailey are incredibly mean-spirited and spiteful. Jefailey may be worse, given that Alex Jebailey effectively paid money to be insulted.

-->''"I liked this game better when Dive and Kick were the only two characters."''

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As of late, there has been a growing Hatedom for the game, saying that it has become a joke that now takes itself too seriously. People have also said that this game would have been better if it were just Dive and Kick.

* PeripheryDemographic: It was designed as a parody of competitive fighting games. That said, it's also popular among competitive fighting game players.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Dive Bar, JEO Arena and New Angle Dojo.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As of late, there has been a growing Hatedom for the game, saying that it has become a joke that now takes itself too seriously. People have also said that this game would have been better if it was just Dive and Kick.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: the most basic rock/paper/scissors of 2D fighting games, and only that. Complete with references to scrappy mechanics and fighting game players.