Line #82 VideoGame/MugenSouls


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2	[[caption-width-right:250:LiteralSplitPersonality, in action.]]
3	The next Creator/CompileHeart game developed for Platform/PS3 under the direction of Keiji "Shin" Inafune (no, [[Franchise/MegaMan not that one]]).
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5	The plot revolves around Chou Chou, [[AGodAmI a self-proclaimed god]] who wishes for [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]].
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7	It was released in Japan on March 22, 2012, and by [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] in Europe on September 28th, 2012 and in the U.S. on October 16th, 2012.
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9	Not to be confused with ''{{VideoGame/MUGEN}}'' ([[{{Crossover}} though somebody might put this game's characters in there if they haven't already]]).
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11	A sequel was released in 2014, entitled ''"Mugen Souls Z"'' detailing the adventures of Syrma, who wants to become the "Ultimate God" once again with the help of Nao and Chou Chou. In 2015, the first game was ported to [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], and the sequel followed in 2016. Another port of the first game, this time for Platform/NintendoSwitch, was released in 2023; this version was not only faithful to the original Japanese release, it included all of the extra content that was originally DLC.
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13	!!Tropes Associated with the first game, ''Attouteki Yuugi Mugen Souls'':
14	* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: 9999 is the highest level you can obtain in this game.
15	* AIIsACrapShoot: The original purpose of the Dimensional God was to be a WeatherControlMachine, however a corruption from a virus caused it to attack everything on sight.
16	* AmnesiacGod: Chou Chou has no idea who she is other than knowing that she's a god.
17	* ArmourPiercingAttack: The G-Castle's Pierce attack ignores all shields and attack absorption.
18	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Normal Ending. Chou-Chou abandons her peons in order to destroy Vorgis for good. While a post-credits scene shows they eventually found her somewhere at the edge of the universe and can speak with her, she is unable to come back with them. Thankfully, it seems this ending isn't canon.]]
19	* {{Bowdlerize}}:
20	** NISA decided to remove a mini-game that has controversial elements in it to avoid the [=AO=] [=ESRB=] rating ([[http://nisamerica.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=9704 as discussed by a mod]]).
21	** The PC port was going to avert this until Ghostlight was instructed by Steam that they could not keep the mini-game. The Steam port, however, did avert this as part of "faithfully adapting the content of the Japanese original".
22	* CallingYourAttacks: A variation with Soul. When casting a spell, he'll say "Spell" and then just say whatever it does. Such as "Spell! That magically teleports me safely to the castle!" Or "Spell! That heals all wounds in a flash of light!".
23	* CensorSteam: Necessary for the various bath scenes, and in the Japanese version, a small extra mechanic to the hot spring minigame.
24	* CharacterCustomization: Not only are you able to create different characters, you can customize the clothing of everyone in the playable party, including the main characters.
25	* ColorCodedElements:
26	** Ego - Pink
27	** Bipolar - Brown
28	** Sadist - [[FireIsRed Red]]
29	** Masochist - [[WaterIsBlue Blue]]
30	** Hyper - [[WindIsGreen Green]]
31	** Ditz - Yellow
32	** Terse - [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack Purple]]
33	** Graceful - Black
34	* CoolShip: The [[{{Engrish}} G-castle]].
35	* CrushBlush: Ryuto gets this all the time when someone pokes fun at his crush on Chou-Chou.
36	* DaddysLittleVillain: Subverted, [[spoiler:Vorgis is NOT Belleria's father after all, and she isn't much of a villain]].
37	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Every single boss fight ends with Chou-Chou having the defeated person as their slave.
38	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The 7th World is called "Earthen Soil World". Gee, might as well say "Planet Planet Planet".
39	* DiscOneNuke:
40	** It's pretty easy to wander into the Mugen Field at early levels, get into a random ship battle and get a huge EXP bonus, propelling your party forward 20 levels or more, pretty much steamrolling the rest of the main story for a time. Generally that could be bad, but in a game where you can increase the level way higher than you should, it's a pretty good thing.
41	** The equipment in some of the DLC packs are endgame level in terms of power and can be used as soon as you buy the DLC which can make the early levels a complete cakewalk. The Steam version of the game goes even further as it comes with some of said DLC packed into the base game.
42	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
43	** Beat [[spoiler:the clones of your party members in the post-game of the GoldenEnding (good luck with that by the way)]] and look at the CG picture. That is all.
44	** Also, the CG images that show up whenever someone goes into Syrmas coffin.
45	* DuelBoss: [[spoiler:Chou-Chou has a one-on-one match with Belleria.]]
46	* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Personalities in Mugen Souls act as elements, and have corresponding strengths and weaknesses. Incompatible personalities will reduce the power of team attacks, adding a certain degree of strategy to party formation.
47	* EncounterRepellant: Warding Powder
48	* EpicFail: InUniverse, Altis failed so hard at being a demon that she was reincarnated as an angel instead.
49	* {{Expy}}:
50	** [[spoiler:Chou-Chou's true form]] really looks like [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Goddess Madoka]] albeit with more...[[LampshadedDoubleEntendre filling]].
51	** Ryuto has the same look, temperance, and even has the same English VA as Almaz, from ''VideoGame/Disgaea3''.
52	** Syrma has the same personality and [[Creator/CheramiLeigh English VA]] as [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory Plutia]].
53	** Reu is a young child who has a surprising amount of energy and strength just like [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory Peashy]].
54	* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: [[spoiler:Belleria is Chou Chou's first friend and she forgot all about it.]]
55	* GuideDangIt: Getting the True Ending in typical Compile Heart fashion. Granted, they do give you some ideas on how to get it after getting the Normal End, but figuring out what the threshold is is up to you. [[spoiler:It requires 20% average charm level and at least 19% on all personalities.]]
56	* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Chou-Chou loves doing this all the time. To a lesser extent, so does Altis.
57	* HappinessInSlavery: Ryuto. To the max. This guy will never stop serving Chou-Chou if he can help it. Admittedly, Chou-Chou isn't a particularly harsh master... Most of the time...
58	* HatesBeingAlone: [[spoiler:Chou-Chou. It's the reason she created her world in the first place. She became even lonelier after realizing that she was only an observer of the world she made, not a participant.]]
59	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[SchmuckBait Go ahead, go overload]] that [[EnergyBall Peon Ball]]. [[TotalPartyKill We'll wait to see]] your reaction.
60	* HotSpringsEpisode:
61	** Brings back the good ol' fashion minigames from ''VideoGame/RecordOfAgarestWar2''
62	** Unusual for Compile Heart, this happens ''at the beginning of the game''.
63	* InformedAbility: Chou Chou Sadistic personality is actually not a real sadistic in fact she's more like of an arrogant queen, a real sadistic would be her Terse personality who shows absolute zero compassion to others and even [[TooKinkyToTorture managed to save Shirogane by torturing him so much that it excites him.]] NISA later confirmed they would make significant changes to the character in order to make her more sadistic to a western audience.
64	* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Vorgis.]]
65	* LauncherMove: Some skills enable you to launch enemies up in the air.
66	* LethalLavaLand: Fire World is a place covered in hot molten rocks.
67	* LevelGrinding: Say hello to the [[BonusDungeon Mugen Field]].
68	* LiteralSplitPersonality: Chou-Chou Infinite has split herself up into seven different personalities: [[TheDitz Ditz]], [[GenkiGirl Hyper]], [[YamatoNadeshiko Graceful]], [[ElegantGothicLolita Terse]], [[FetishizedAbuser Sadistic]], [[TooKinkyToTorture Masochist]], and [[{{Tsundere}} Bipolar]].
69	* MarshmallowHell:
70	** Never shown on-screen, but it's implied Chou-Chou ran face-first into Marina's chest when they first met.
71	** In the ending, [[spoiler:Belleria is hanging out at Chou-Chou's cleavage, who's now grown HUGE.]]
72	* MontyHaul: If you download the {{DLC}}; it's a Compile Heart tradition after all.
73	* MundaneUtility: The main purpose for the shampurus apart from being servants or [[AbnormalAmmo live ammunition]], is to be used as living soap. They start to foam up when they get wet, and temporarily shrink in size when used in baths.
74	* NoseBleed: Ryuto makes one at the beginning of the game when he sees Chou-Chou and Altis naked in the bath. In fact, he gets these a lot.
75	* OneHitKill:
76	** The Death status effect will instantly kill anyone who is inflicted by it regardless of their health.
77	** Small Crystals with the ''Enemy Attacks Inflict Death'' effect will allow enemies to score a kill no matter how many Death resistance you have.
78	* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Vorgis gets a second form when he eats Belleria's gemstone to fuse with her to become a God of Destruction.]]
79	* PersonOfMassDestruction: Chou-Chou, the protagonist, is able to literally drop an EnergyBall ''the size of a freaking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4EqZ6WXbAGw galaxy!]]''
80	* PersonalityPowers: Each of the 8 personalities have a corresponding [[ElementalPowers element]] assigned to them.
81	** Ego - NonElemental
82	** Bipolar - DishingOutDirt
83	** Sadist - PlayingWithFire
84	** Masochist - MakingASplash for physical attacks, and AnIcePerson for magical attacks
85	** Hyper - BlowYouAway
86	** Ditz - LightEmUp
87	** Terse - CastingAShadow
88	** Graceful - ShockAndAwe
89	* PinballProjectile:
90	** Turning on Blast Off allows certain attack skills to launch enemies to bounce people, creatures and crystals around just like playing a game of pool. The amount of Blast Off points determines how far the target will go, and can be increased by using offensive skills to attack. Hitting an enemy before entering battle to trigger an Encounter Attack will increase the initial amount of Blast Off points from 200 to 300. Getting caught from the back by enemies will decrease your Blast Off points to 100. This is the only method for all characters without Moe Kill or Captivate abilities to break crystals. Enemies can even use Blast Off against you to deal powerful knockbacks in later parts of the games.
91	** You can enter Fever Mode by moe killing or captivating the small crystals, if you target the blue crystal balls that are above you by launching an enemy with a Blast Off skill that contains Float. The flying enemy will be mercilessly knocked around by the balls, and you can earn large sums of money depending on the number of times you have launched your foes into the crystals and the damage limit of Triple Counter Stop / Damage Carnival.
92	* PragmaticAdaptation: Nippon Ichi made changes to the original US versions of the game, such as removing the extremely lewd bathing minigame in its entirety.
93	* SequelHook: The game ends with [[spoiler:Chou-Chou declaring her new ambition to rule the entire universe. And Altis still wishes to become a demon even after being promoted into an even higher rank Angel.]]
94	* ShoutOut: Lots.
95	** The trailer ends with a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Peon Ball]]. The size of a ''Galaxy''. That does 8.9 billion damage.
96	** In Z, after a while an NPC named [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason who is wearing a hockey mask]] appears.
97	** One of the twin swords you can can use is named [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Amaterasu after the sun goddess and uses a similar colour scheme]].
98	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Even the website ''and'' the game can't seem to agree whether it's Shu-Shu or Chou-Chou. However, the official translation is the latter, and it should be noted that it's pronounced "Shu Shu" either way.
99	* SphereOfDestruction:
100	** A purple one appears when Alys finishes posing on the concert stage.
101	** The effect of Dees' [[WaveMotionGun Catastrophe Magnum]] causes a green one, when the beam hits its mark.
102	** The impact of a derpy anthropomorphic wolf dummy causes an orange one when it drops from an irregular "Magical Sphere" Marina made in her special attack.
103	* SpiritualSuccessor: It's basically a ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' game. Of course ''Creator/NipponIchi'''s American branch is publishing it overseas...
104	* TacticalRockPaperScissors: How the ship-to-ship combat works in this game.
105	* ThemeMusicPowerup: When entering Fever Mode, you are treated to the game's themesong overriding the battle theme for as long as the Fever Mode lasts.
106	* ThreeStrikeCombo: When a character equipped with [[PowerFist gloves]], they will punch their target three times. When using DualWielding weapons, they will strike twice every time they attack.
107	* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Vorgis to Belleria.]]
108	* UnknownRival: Well, more like "unacknowledged rival". Alys thinks she's Chou-Chou's rival, and while Chou-Chou does pity her, she knows that she is infinitely superior.
109	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:You never do get to actually visit/conquer Soil World. While it is freed from Vorgis' stomach in both endings, Chou-Chou and company never actually go there in the story or the postgame.]]
110	* WordSaladTitle: If you must know, the literal translation of this game is "Overwhelming Game Infinite Souls".
111	* YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler:The group gives Chou-Chou this treatment when she recalls how lonely she was as a god.]]
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113	!! Tropes Associated with the second game, ''Mugen Souls Z''
114	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Peon Ball is replaced with Ultimate Soul, which summons a Chou Chou whose size varies based on Syrma's charm levels.
115	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Normal ending. Chou-Chou and the rest escape the final battle between Awakened Tioni and Belleria and the two manage to survive their battle, but the 12 worlds were destroyed in the aftermath and the two are in a deep sleep for an undetermined amount of time, Chou-Chou is also stuck in her chibi form for the foreseeable future.]]
116	* BreakingTheFourthWall: After defeating [[spoiler:Fake Ace]] Bellaria asks the player if they would want a reward for [[spoiler: beating all of the clone characters]].
117	* CoveredInGunge: Victims caught in Syrama's coffin will get covered with purple ooze and have their powers drained.
118	* DarkIsNotEvil: The Renegade Shampurus [[spoiler:or Belleria's shampurus in the first game]] may be a demonic version of the regular shampurus with a slasher smile. They are actually quite friendly, rather than being malicious or mischievous that their appearance leads us to believe.
119	* DemotedToExtra: Chou-Chou loses her powers and gets shrunk down to a tiny chibi form in the beginning, handing the playable character status to Syrma.
120	* FemmeFatalons: Syrama's coffin forms two liquid clawed hands that pull its victims into it. When captivating enemies, the claws will reach out in a 360 degree motion, dragging them into the coffin. After learning Ultimate Snatch, Syrama can use it to grab flying chests.
121	* FetchQuest: Many of the Planet Spots require this; instead of asking the player for enough money to buy an item (as in the first game), they now ask for the item directly.
122	* {{Flanderization}}: Zigzagged. Some characters' personality traits are downplayed (such as Alys losing much of her ValleyGirl speak), while others are exaggerated (such as Marina's clumsiness).
123	* FunSize: Chou-Chou gets shrunk down after losing her powers because of Syrma's coffin malfunctioning.
124	* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:Belleria]] is this, if you're locked into the normal ending, only being in the party for the Ivory World Arc, she's immediately removed from post game afterwards.
125	* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: While Reu and [[spoiler:Fake Reu]] are playing together Tsukika askes Shirogane if she can take [[spoiler:Fake Reu]] with her.
126	-->'''Tsukika:''' Um... Mister Shirogane...?
127	-->'''Shirogane:''' No.
128	-->'''Tsukika:''' I-I didn't say anything yet!
129	-->'''Shirogane:''' You want to take the other one with us. No way.
130	-->'''Shirogane:''' One is enough of a handful already. There's no way we can handle [[spoiler:two]].
131	-->'''Tsukika:''' I-I'll take care of [[spoiler:them both]]. I'll make sure to feed her, and walk her every day...!
132	-->'''Dees:''' [[LampshadeHanging It sounds like they're talking about a dog...]]
133	* HopelessBossFight:
134	** When Nao and Syrma fight together for the first time, they suffer an overwhelming defeat from Chou Chou and Ryuto.
135	** The first boss fight against Ace. It is impossible to beat him even in NewGamePlus, as he will hog the invincibility crystal and you can't knock him away because the Blast Off mechanic isn't available at the beginning of the game. The only way to end the battle is to wait until the round counter runs out.
136	* LateArrivalSpoiler: The game is a direct sequel, so this is to be expected. For starters, anything regarding [[spoiler:Belleria]].
137	* PermanentlyMissableContent: [[spoiler:The twelve worlds are destroyed in the Normal Ending, denying the player access to ''anything'' except the G-Castle, Mugen Field and the option to start NewGamePlus.]]
138	* WeaponWieldsYou: One of the Ultimate Gods is a pair of swords. [[spoiler:The swords take control of Nao once she touches it, forcing her to turn against her allies. Once the group [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim beats the curse out of her]], the blades are [[ClingyMacGuffin stuck in her hands like glue]]. The swords finally separate from Nao after she gets pushed into the coffin and gets to keep it as her legendary weapon.]]
139	* WesternZodiac: The theme for the twelve worlds.
140	* YinYangClash: [[spoiler:Belleria and Tioni the two goddesses of destruction end up destroying the 12 worlds when the two clash into each other in their true forms in the normal ending.]]

Context VideoGame / MugenSouls