Line #56 YMMV/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable


1	!!![=YMMVs=] introduced by the ''VideoGame/TheBattleOfAces'':
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3	* AwesomeEgo: Material-D aka Lord Dearche. Figures, since she is a bizzaro version of the soft-spoken and humble Hayate. And her ego became more awesome in ''G.o.D.''
4	* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Materials were really minor characters despite being the main villains in this game. However, they were popular enough to appear again in the next game, where their personalities have been fleshed out and their backstory is expanded. They have become even more popular, gaining their own spin-off manga[[note]]Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny - Material Musume[[/note]] and appearing as major characers in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaINNOCENT''.
5	* HilariousInHindsight: Material-L is a PaletteSwap of Fate in this game, however, if you've ever played ''VideoGame/MagicalBattleArena'', you'll remember that some stages in both the story mode and the survival mode have palette swaps of the characters as well, and one of Fate's swaps? The hair color is blue.
6	* JerkassWoobie: Some of the Dark Pieces, especially the Dark Pieces of Vita (with the one exception in Zafira's route).
7	* {{Moe}}:
8	** Nanoha, especially her Dark Pieces.
9	--> '''Dark Piece Nanoha''' ''(Signum's route)'': "I'm just a normal third-grader in elementary school. And I'm a new magic disciple."
10	*** The Dark Piece Nanoha in Vita's route still wants her to clarify everthing with words. And she admits that Vita is cute. Isn't Nanoha cute?
11	*** The Dark Piece Nanoha is Shamal's route is a bit less moe because she's less friendly there, but how she apologizes to Raising Heart after losing the battle, could count as moe.
12	** Nanoha and Fate's LesYay moment. Two lolis who are bathing together.
13	** For some reason, Hayate sounds cuter than in any other media. In ''The Gears of Destiny'', she sounds more normal.
14	* {{Shipping}}:
15	** The Materials with their originals.
16	** Stern x Levi, mirroring Nanoha and Fate. There is also the OneTrueThreesome option with Dearche.
17	** Stern x Fate, giving Nanoha a rival.
18	** Stern x Yuuno. It seems it has become more popular since the sequel.
19	* ThatOneAttack:
20	** Hayate's BeamSpam.
21	** Nanoha and Material-S's can BeamSpam just as good.
22	** Vita's Schwalben Fliegen.
23	* TheWoobie: Reinforce. She is DoomedByCanon, even in this AlternateContinuity.
24	** The Dark Pieces. Also in the sequel.
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27	!!![=YMMVs=] introduced by the ''VideoGame/TheGearsOfDestiny'':
28	* CatharsisFactor:
29	** The Liese Twins are in the game. [[BreakTheCutie 'Nuff]] [[KarmaHoudini said]].
30	** So is Precia. If you want to have Fate repay her abuse with a beat down, go right ahead!
31	* EvenBetterSequel: Eleven more characters, even ones from [[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid other]] [[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce seasons]], a better, long story instead of nine character routes, better animation, fluid battles, more clear sound quality, developded gameplay, more modi, better voice acting, and the CharacterizationMarchesOn for the Materials.
32	* GameBreaker:
33	** Einhart is the most broken character. Her long range skills include a spell that makes her immune to bind spells and increases her defensive power for a short amount of time and her CatchAndReturn move which not only applies to projectile spells but even long range physical attacks like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gr9fYaf2n4 Tödlichschlag]]. Heck she and Zafira are the easiest to use against the SNK boss in the first round.
34	** Chrono's Blaze Cannon isn't particularly strong and has rather short range, but it's one of the quickest long range spells to use, making it easier to destroy U-D's Super Armor quickly.
35	** Zafira's [[ButtonMashing Circle Button Mashing]] is the AIBreaker in this game.
36	** Nanoha, the White Devil herself. While not particularly strong in close range, she's not that bad either and has very simple, but effective combos in that range. In long range, however, she's probably the best character there. Her uncharged Divine Buster is very quick, but still strong and has a excellent range, and the charged version is even stronger. Her Accel Shooter are homing bullets, and she can bind the opponents with Restrict Lock while they are blocking. Her LimitBreak has a good range and its power is a little above average. And then we have her Full Drive exclusive move, the Hyperion Smasher. Its charge time is long, but the energy is protecting Nanoha while it charges, so if you don't attack her from other directions than straight forward, you cannot stop her, unless it is U-D's Vesper Ring. And the damage is ''massive''. Also, Nanoha's defense is average, so she's not a GlassCannon. In the second round against U-D, Nanoha is the easiest one to use because you don't have to be afraid of U-D's long range moves with Nanoha's quick Divine Buster.
37	* GoodBadBug: Having trouble punching through the second phase of U-D in Round 2 of the Final Sequence, but don't mind winning cheaply? No worries. [[DoWellButNotPerfect Just beat down her first life bar so that she has less HP than you do but hasn't been reduced to zero]], then wait for the timer to run out. The timer doesn't take her second life bar into consideration if it isn't active yet, so you automatically win.
38	* HilariousInHindsight: When U-D is first introduced, Hayate nicknames her "Yami-chan". Dearche isn't amused.
39	* JerkassWoobie:
40	** The Liese Twins, especially Lotte is more of a jerk.
41	** Arf, if you play her against Levi.
42	** Kyrie. The only things she wants is saving Eltria and her father, but her methods and attitude towards other character are not the best.
43	** Dearche, after [[spoiler:Stern and Levi's deaths]].
44	* {{Moe}}:
45	** U-D. Especially after her [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]].
46	** Vivio, of course. Even in adult mode, she manages to be cuter than anyone else, even her loli-mothers.
47	* ThatOneAttack:
48	** Yuuno's shield charge Protection Smash. Get used to seeing it if you're playing against anyone familiar with his more damaging combos.
49	** Basically all of U-D's attacks in the later parts of the story can count. Particularly:
50	*** Her BeamSpam. Not only she fires dozens of magical balls, they do a lot of damage. Risking a Guard Crash is one of the better options rather than dodging (unless you are at a long-enough-range to move aside). If you are close enough to her, you can actually rush up and throw her since the move's charge time is long. And of course, anyone playing a character with a CatchAndReturn move will actually want the AI to abuse the BeamSpam move.
51	*** Her grab move has a ridiculous cheap range.
52	*** Her counter attack works not only in close range, but in long range, too (if you're close enough to her). And the counter is basically a middle range attack.
53	* ThatOneLevel: Sequence 6, the one with Chrono and the Liese Twins. Bad enough that you're forced to play with these rather hard to use characters, but you must also fight against opponents who had just gotten their {{Mid Season Upgrade}}s and are thus stronger and tougher than usual. Oh, and you need to finish this sequence to unlock the Liese Twins outside of story mode, so no getting used to them in training mode for you.
54	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: When the official names for the Materials were revealed, there was RAEG. The fact they misspelled Material-D's name as "Load" Dearche was pretty hilarious though.
55	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Actually costume. Some fans are disappointed that Vivio can't use her Sankt Kaiser Form as an alternate costume, despite it appears in the Story Mode. The costume can only be accessed through a PSP hack code [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0vPpJin3kg as shown here]].
56	* TheWoobie:
57	** U-D. She's a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds despite she doesn't want to be.
58	** Fate in Sequence 3 (especially if you play Arf against Presea) and later in Sequence 7-R.
59	** Professor Granz Florian. A NiceGuy who just wants to save his homeworld instead of leaving it, but he makes little to no progression. In the end, he dies from overworking before he could see how his works eventually pay off.

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