History YMMV / NUCarnival

* GameBreaker: Both of Olivine's SSR cards are considered to be currently among the best to roll for.

** His Aqua Bloom SSR is a very powerful attack buffer, conferring humongous buffs to the party's damage and healing output, improving their overall performance and allowing for faster stage clears. The only problem is that he's limited.

* {{Narm}}: Players from the Philippines have a very hard time taking Kuya seriously, as his name means "big brother" in Tagalog. To them, it's kind of like calling him "Onii-chan" every time...

* MisaimedFandom:
** Around the time of the games release there was quite a bit of controversy surrounding who this game was intended for, as LGBT allies had claimed that since the game featured [[CastFullOfGay gay men]] it should not be played by women, inadvertently treating the game as a source of representation for LGBT people. This is despite the fact that [[WordOfGod Infinity Alpha]] has openly said that their primary goal in creating the game was to remedy the lack of adult games aimed at ''women'' on the market, while also hinting at future plans to create more BoysLoveGenre games with the female demographic in mind. This also has to do with ValuesDissonance in regards to how media is marketed in Asia as well as the YaoiGenre, as Western media tends to put more focus on representation in their marketing.
** As expected of a game with an attractive cast of men, the game has attracted shippers who often ship the crystal bearers with each other rather than Eiden, the canonical target of everyone's affections. A certain subset of these shippers take their ships so seriously that they have come to despise Eiden for even existing, viewing him as the thing stopping their ship from becoming canon and basically calling for him to be removed from the game. This, despite the fact that the game is quite explicitly harem genre, and that Eiden is the main protagonist without whom the plot would not be able to happen. One has to wonder why anyone who hates the harem aspects of the game would play it in the first place.

** His Aqua Bloom SSR is the best attack buffer in the game, conferring humongous buffs to the party's damage and healing output, improving their overall performance and allowing for faster stage clears. The only problem is that he's limited.

* {{Narm}}: Players from the Philippines have a very hard time taking Kuya seriously, as his name means "big brother" in Tagalog. It's kind of like calling him "Onii-chan" every time...

* MisaimedFandom: Around the time of the games release there was quite a bit of controversy surrounding who this game was intended for, as LGBT allies had claimed that since the game featured [[CastFullOfGay gay men]] it should not be played by women, inadvertently treating the game as a source of representation for LGBT people. This is despite the fact that [[WordOfGod Infinity Alpha]] has openly said that their primary goal in creating the game was to remedy the lack of adult games aimed at ''women'' on the market, while also hinting at future plans to create more BoysLoveGenre games with the female demographic in mind. This also has to do with ValuesDissonance in regards to how media is marketed in Asia as well as the YaoiGenre, as Western media tends to put more focus on representation in their marketing.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Huey. Was he as wonderful as Aster and Morvey remember him? There are hints from both Quincy and Kuya in the main story and Aster's intimacy stories that he was a little darker than first thought. In that same vein, the reasons for his disappearance are very vague.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Of the cast romanceable cast, Edmond, Yakumo and Olivine are the most popular by a large margin. It helps that they're among the first guys Eiden gets to know after the game's tutorial phase.

* {{Shipping}}: Despite every character's interest primarily being in Eiden, fans have begun to ship the clansmen together based on their existing dynamics in the game. For example, as of the event ''White Storm,'' Yakumo/Edmond has gotten quite popular, due in part to Edmond's PetTheDog moments with him. Olivine/Quincy has been received similarly.

* DiscreditedMeme: Comparing ''nu: Carnival'' characters to ''Genshin Impact'' characters has become this because of how common it has become for these comparisons to be made, especially on Twitter on the posts featuring fan art of the characters. It's gotten to the point where artists have made posts asking their followers to not make comparisons to ''Genshin Impact'' characters on their Tweets.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Of the cast romanceable cast, Edmond and Yakumo are the most popular by a large margin. It helps that they're among the first guys Eiden gets to know after the game's tutorial phase.

* FandomRivalry: Is this with ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' as much as it is FriendlyFandoms with it due to the controversy surrounding comparisons being made between the characters by fans of ''Genshin Impact''.

* {{Fanon}}: While fans have their own specific pairings in Eiden's harem, a number of fans have decided to depict Eiden and the other clansmen as being polyamorous.

* {{Shipping}}: Despite every character's interest primarily being in Eiden, fans have begun to ship the clansmen together based on their existing dynamics in the game. For example, as of the event ''White Storm'' Yakumo/Edmond has gotten quite popular, due in part to Edmond's PetTheDog moments with him. Olivine/Quincy has been received similarly.

* {{Fanon}}: While fans have their own specific pairings in Eiden's harem, most people depict Eiden and the other clansmen as polyamorous.

* PeripheryDemographic: While the games target audience is the female demographic that hasn't stopped LGBT people, particularly gay and bi men, from downloading and enjoying the game as well. Although, the devs have at various times namedropped Fudanshi as well as Fujoshi when talking about their fans, so the demographic is not quite so periphery as one might think.

* Sugar wiki/AwesomeMusic: Many have noted that the opening song for the game "Bright Purity" was an incredible piece for what's a mature BL game.

* AwesomeMusic: Many have noted that the opening song for the game "Bright Purity" was an incredible piece for what's a mature BL game.

* UnfortunateImplications: Edmond's H-scenes can be seen as quite problematic depending on who you ask, as they're filled with QuestionableConsent and NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalisation. The games writing generally chalks his reactions up to him being {{Tsundere}}, as he shows no ill-will toward Eiden after his H-scenes take place. Hilariously enough, multiple of his intimacy scenes actually feature Eiden almost stopping in the middle of a scene due to [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Edmond's protests and Edmond desperately asking him to continue instead]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/238029373905698817/956468045352669184/Screenshot_20220324-125422.png]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/238029373905698817/956468045017141248/Screenshot_20220324-141738.png]]. While some people still consider the game to be "promoting" this sort of "no means yes" mentality through their game, others argue that this isn't as much of a big deal as it's made out to be, and even something that should have been expected, since it's a porn game with common YaoiGenre tropes abound.

%%* BrokenBase: A small one surrounding Edmond. He's generally well-liked as a character, but certain western fans dislike that his shtick as the resident {{Tsundere}} means that his sex scenes are full of QuestionableConsent and NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalisation. Just as many fans don't mind it, citing the fact that it's only fiction, and that in a game full of FetishFuel as this, a character like Edmond who appeals to ravishing fantasies is just to be expected. ValuesDissonance is in play here, as fans in other countries such as Taiwan and Japan generally don't see any issue with such content being present in BL.

* MisaimedFandom: Around the time of the games release there was quite a bit of controversy surrounding who this game was intended for, as LGBT allies had claimed that since the game featured [[CastFullOfGay gay men]] it should not be played by women, inadvertently treating the game as a source of representation for LGBT people. This is despite the fact that [[WordOfGod Infinity Alpha]] has openly said that their primary goal in creating the game was to remedy the lack of adult games aimed at ''women'' on the market, while also hinting at future plans to create more BoysLoveGenre games with the female demographic in mind.

* UnfortunateImplications: Edmond's H-scenes can be seen as quite problematic depending on who you ask, as they're filled with QuestionableConsent and NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalisation. The games writing generally chalks his reactions up to him being {{Tsundere}}, as he shows no ill-will toward Eiden after his H-scenes take place. Hilariously enough, multiple of his intimacy scenes actually feature Eiden almost stopping in the middle of sex due to [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Edmond's protests and Edmond desperately asking him to continue instead]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/238029373905698817/956468045352669184/Screenshot_20220324-125422.png]] [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/238029373905698817/956468045017141248/Screenshot_20220324-141738.png]]. While some people still consider the game to be "promoting" this sort of "no means yes" mentality through their game, others argue that this isn't as much of a big deal as it's made out to be, and even something that should have been expected, since it's a porn game with common YaoiGenre tropes abound.

* UnfortunateImplications: Edmond's H-scenes can be seen as quite problematic depending on who you ask, as they're filled with QuestionableConsent and NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalisation. The games writing generally chalks his reactions up to him being {{Tsundere}}, as he shows no ill-will toward Eiden after his H-scenes take place. Hilariously enough, multiple of his intimacy scenes actually feature Eiden almost stopping in the middle of sex due to [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Edmond's protests and Edmond desperately asking him to continue instead]]. While some people still consider the game to be "promoting" this sort of "no means yes" mentality through their game, others argue that this isn't as much of a big deal as it's made out to be, and even something that should have been expected, since it's a porn game with common YaoiGenre tropes abound.

* UnfortunateImplications: Edmond's H-scenes can be seen as quite problematic depending on who you ask, as they're filled with QuestionableConsent and NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalisation. The games writing generally chalks his reactions up to him being {{Tsundere}}, as he shows no ill-will toward Eiden after his H-scenes take place. Hilariously enough, multiple of his intimacy scenes actually feature Eiden almost stopping in the middle of sex due to [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Edmond's protests and Edmond desperately asking him to continue instead]]. While some people still find considers the game to be "promoting" this sort of "no means yes" mentality through their game, others argue that this isn't as much of a big deal as it's made out to be, and even something that should have been expected, since it's a porn game with common YaoiGenre tropes abound.

* UnfortunateImplications: Edmond's H-scenes can be seen as quite problematic depending on who you ask, as they're filled with QuestionableConsent and NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalisation. The games writing generally chalks his reactions up to him being {{Tsundere}}, as he shows no ill-will toward Eiden after his H-scenes take place, though some find it concerning that the game is "promoting" this sort of "no means yes" mentality through their game. That said, some others argue that this isn't as much of a big deal as it's made out to be, and even something that should have been expected, since it's a porn game with common YaoiGenre tropes abound.

* PeripheryDemographic: While the games target audience is the female demographic that hasn't stopped LGBT people, particularly gay and bi men, from downloading and enjoying the game as well.

* MemeticMutation: Drawing the ''nu: Carnival'' characters with the ''Genshin Impact'' character they vaguely resemble has become one. For example, there have been quite a few fanarts featuring Zhongli and Yakumo switching outfits as well as roles.

* BrokenBase: A small one surrounding Edmond. He's generally well-liked as a character, but certain western fans dislike that his shtick as the resident {{Tsundere}} means that his sex scenes are full of QuestionableConsent and NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalisation. Just as many fans don't mind it, citing the fact that it's only fiction, and that in a game full of FetishFuel as this, a character like Edmond who appeals to ravishing fantasies is just to be expected. ValuesDissonance is in play here, as fans in other countries such as Taiwan and Japan generally don't see any issue with such content being present in BL.