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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight I ask of you]]: [[CrossoverShip Are you my master?]]"'']]

''Battle Moon Wars'' is a {{Doujin}} game made by the group Werk. It is, as the name suggests, a [[SatireParodyPastiche Pastiche]] in the style of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.

Take the three major facets of the ''Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}'': ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners''. Then mix them together into a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, and add a duo of [[OriginalGeneration original characters]] on top. Through four acts, what starts as a not-so simple maidnapping explodes into a new Grail War, as one by one, a mysterious enemy is bringing back defeated villains from Nasuverse past, with shiny new power boosts to boot.

Translation Patch so far can be found [[http://blog.seiha.org/2008/07/battle-moon-wars-translation-journeys-temporary-end/ here.]]

See also ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'', an official Nasuverse crossover anime focused on comedy.
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!!Contains the following tropes:

* AllThereInTheManual: You ''have'' read/seen ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'', played the Heaven's Feel version of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (which was ''not'' [[RoadCone in the anime]]), played ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'', played ''Fate/Hollow Ataraxia'', played ''Kagetsu Tohya'', and read ''Literature/FateZero'', right? Actually, the game is pretty good at explaining the major bits, but the sheer {{backstory}} is overwhelming.
** For example, the reason that Saber was able to defeat [[spoiler: Nrvsnqr is because his mage self was resurrected as well as his vampire self, and had extended his reality marble with his magic. However, in the Nasuverse, an old famous sword can rip apart magic by having history. Old swords really don't get more famous than Excalibur. Boost that with a Command Seal backed Noble Phantasm; and his magic didn't have a chance.]] Even more telling is the WordOfGod via interview that Saber's Excalibur as the type of attack that is able to [[spoiler: kill Nrvsnqr, apparently because it has the sheer power to be able to kill all his lives in one shot.]]
*** Another interesting tidbit is in the ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' manual; that had a few lines stating that the general rule regarding "Youkai" in Misaki Town is "Let the Youkai police themselves" and that Akiha Tohno is the Youkai political guardian of the city. The game took those lines and ran with it.
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Quite a few actually. After all, Kuu wants to save the world, and some characters wouldn't have followed her if she was fully evil. Apart from her, Caster just wants to find Kuzuki, Kiritsugu and Irisviel are mainly here to see how their children are doing, Aoko is her usual ChaoticNeutral self, Ilya doesn't really care and helps the heroes on several occasions, and Archer... well yeah.]]
* ArtEvolution: The game was released in four episodes over an extended period. The quality of the animation and sprites improves drastically as the game goes on. Compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmTr88HRKo Haruna's attacks]] when she first starts the game, and then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_d40FUh7Y one of her attacks after getting upgraded in Act 3.]]
** Now that the 'Perfect Edition' is out, several of the old attacks have been retouched, and among others, Haruna, Takumi, and Nanaya Shiki have been completely redrawn and reworked, now having some of the best looking attacks in the game. Sadly, despite occasionally redrawing the old sprites for some of the new moves, Werk never bothered to completely replace the old sprites. As such, if you do a new move with a character who was there from the beginning (such as 17 Dissection with Shiki), you can actually see the sudden shift in sprites.
* ArtificialStupidity: You know those black spheres near Kuu that use field attacks? If one of your party members - even one they can't hit - is in their range, they ''will'' attack, and hit a few of their allies. It is possible to kill the BigBad without ever directly attacking her.
* BackFromTheDead: Most of the villains from the various series of the Nasuverse. [[spoiler: Kuu says she "didn't really resurrect them but instead fused the power of the Tatari and the broken Grail to reanimate their existence" but Tomato, Toma-toe.]]
* BadassAdorable: ''Every'' player character, quite frankly. They're slightly less messed up than in the source material, and the [[SuperDeformed visual aesthetic]] dilutes much of the original darkness.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Kuu counted on the heroes defeating all the villains brought BackFromTheDead. Their deaths are all part of the Soul Suppression ritual.]]
* BerserkButton: Arcueid gets angry perhaps three times in entire game. [[spoiler: First, when she gets beaten by Gilgamesh - she is REALLY eager for revenge. Second is when Gaia forces her to assume duties of her Planet Guardian - by fighting Shiki and her group. Third time, is when Kohaku kidnaps Shiki - she swears, that if he is unharmed, she will 'only' break her arm or two - but if he IS hurt, then she will tear off Kohaku limbs one by one.]]
* BecomingTheMask: Kohaku's goofy persona was a creation to hide her trauma at repeated child abuse. In ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' she's an {{Yandere}} who killed her emotions and just acted silly to manipulate others. Somewhere between Kagetsu Tohya and ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood''; she is depicted as at least partially being ''really'' that way. Oh, she still manipulates others, but it's less soulless. Given that this game is via ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' {{continuity}}, it's not entirely certain what in the mythical [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold Satsuki Arc]] caused that.
** Even in this game, Kohaku's first scene was plotting the "Tohno Family Takeover Plan" and she initially welcomed Saber because "one should never look a gift minion in the mouth." However, Saber grew into her MoralityPet. Heck, even if the original ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', Kohaku ''stopped'' nefarious doings when someone other than Hisui gave her love and loyalty.
*** She's still wily, though, as Stage 53 shows.
* TheBattleDidntCount: Much like ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', many of early bosses just ignore it if you drive their HP to 0 (even if their battle screen sprite comments you killed them and you get experience!) and just unleash their nefarious plan anyway.
* BeYourself: Part of the lesson that Shiki Ryougi gives to Tohno Shiki in gaining strength. There's no need to fight his origins as a Nanaya; merely master it. Kill one's enemies and don't kill one's friends.
** Symmetrically, when Shiki accepts himself, Nanaya starts accepting himself too. In ''Kagetsu Tohya'', he's infuriated to be created as a "mass murderer" in Shiki's dream world. Nobody there was real, so the only person he can kill is Shiki so he can't be a "mass" murderer. When Shiki has his revelation, Nanaya stops caring about killing other people and only wants to kill Shiki or be killed by him.
* {{BFG}}: Ciel's Seventh Holy Scripture is kind of iffy since it's not an actual ''gun'' (though it's frequently listed under this trope elsewhere, and ''looks'' the part if nothing else), but [[NinjaMaid Natsuki]] wields an anti-tank rifle, which definitely fits. Also examples of SmallGirlBigGun
* BigBrotherMentor: Takumi places himself into this role: Giving advice, supporting, teasing, and occasionally scolding Shiki and Akiha as need be. His comparisons of them to his little sister at home who is their age clinches it.
* BigDamnHeroes: So very much. Given the source material, it's to be expected. Everyone will suddenly pull someone else's bacon out of the fire at some point.
* BlessedWithSuck: Haruna has the power to see possible futures. '''ALL''' possible futures. If unsealed, she would be immediately besieged with seeing the countless ways everyone will eventually die. This Vision also makes her particularly weak to TheCorruption.
* BonusDungeon: Have fun dealing with the "Tohno Family Takeover Plan" should you get all Battle Masteries. [[spoiler: Kohaku unleashes the Robopocalypse of Mecha-Hisui's as well as unlocks her Magical Amber form and Saber's Saber Lily form. She somehow takes control of Arcueid and the cast has to deal with five rounds of this. Upon failure, Kohaku breaks out the EasyAmnesia gas.]] This does, however, unlock those extra abilities in NewGamePlus as well as a special item that increases all stats.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Arcueid, usually when in MagicalGirl form.
* CharacterDevelopment: Arcueid, [[TheDitz of all people]], gets one thanks to Kohaku, [[CuteAndPsycho of all people]]. As part of her [[ZanyScheme scheme]], Kohaku tells Arcueid, that because she keeps picking up fights with Ciel, she is shortening Shikis life by putting him in much stress. Despite [[LaserGuidedAmnesia amnesia]] introduced later by Kohaku, Arcueid still mostly remembers the lesson, although she has no idea where is came from. When Ciel tries to provoke her into another fight by standing in front of Shikis room when Arcueid wants go go in, Arcueid with sarcastic smile reminds her, that Shiki will hate her (Ciel) if she gets violent for no good reason. And then [[MundaneSolution simply walks around her]]. Naturally, Ciel is utterly shocked that Arcueid [[OutOfCharacterMoment behaves like rational adult]].
* ColonyDrop: One of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Red Arcueid]]'s attacks involves ripping the moon out of the sky and dropping it on her hapless target.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: ([[spoiler:Sakura decides to wear darker colors to represent accepting her [[CastingAShadow Shadow elemental powers]].]])
* CoolSword: In a universe filled with Cool Swords -- Excalibur, Caliburn, Ea, etc. -- Takumi manages to compete with the Futsu-no-Mitama, an epic [[EnergyWeapon plasma]] [[FlamingSword fire]] {{magitek}} [[{{BFS}} two-handed monstrosity]] straight out of [[http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=53 Japanese mythology.]]
** [[{{BadassBoast}} "This was the first sword to kill a god. Fortunately, a Heroic Spirit is less than that."]]
* TheCorruption: Oh, take your pick. We've got Nero Chaos, Angra Mainyu, and then the stagnation happening in Misaki City. It's powerful enough to make Haruna physically sick and triggers her HeroicBSOD later on.
* {{Crossdresser}}: You can make male characters wear maid dresses or Ciel's vestment. You can even make them wear several at once. How that works is anybody's guess.
* DeadpanSnarker: Caren. Interestingly, this is more her {{doujinshi}} LittleMissSnarker personality than ''Fate/Hollow Ataraxia.'' She starts getting her original personality back as the plot goes into the ''Ataraxia'' plotline, but she's still... dry. Her apparent inability to change facial expressions doesn't help this image.
** Lancer's even better at this. Ciel and oddly enough Hisui (Mainly regarding her sister) get numerous moments of Deadpan Snarkiness.
* DemotedToExtra:
** Assassin: There's even a dummied out Assassin card that increased Arms and critical hits. Alas, no Assassin, no Samurai card to take from him.
** Kotomine. Every other {{Big Bad}} and DiscOneFinalBoss in the 'verse showed up for the party but nobody invited the {{Final Boss}} of two out of three of VisualNovel/FateStayNight's routes? [[spoiler:[[BigBad Kuu]] explains that she didn't bring him back because he would probably try to stop her. It would probably go like this "Hi, I'm Kuu. Would you help me save the world?" *Kirei kills Kuu and wakes up the Devil.*]]
* DiminishingVillainThreat: Averted for the most part, but somebody apparently thought it funny to degrade Tsukihime's BigBad, Roa/SHIKI to almost IneffectualSympatheticVillain-levels and turn him/them into a weird laser-ninja-thingy, for some reason...
* DynamicDifficulty: Like in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', it has Battle Masteries, which are optional challenges for each stage. Do them and the difficulty goes up.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Averted with Sakura, who starts using [[SealedEvilinaCan Angra Mainyu]] to power her attacks after her arms upgrade in Act 4.
* EvilTwin: Shiki Nanaya is one of the beings brought to life by the incident. Ciel speculates he's a Tatari clone, but Shiki thinks he's [[EnemyWithout something]] [[EnemyWithin more]]. Note, he uses a knife similar to Shiki Ryougi's; not Seven Nights and cannot see the Lines of Death like the one from the ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' games. This is a more direct reference to the ''Kagetsu Tohya'' version.
** Later, after learning how to overcome his darkness and defeating that Nanaya, Shiki ''does'' fight a copy of Nanaya and notes how it was much weaker than his previous nemesis. Also, Tatari later states it can't be a Master, and Nanaya was Archer's Master.
* EverybodyKnewAlready: Kohaku very quickly knows everything about Saber through a combination of her own intelligence and the ability to see Saber's dreams, although she [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretends to be clueless]] until Saber is ready to tell her about herself.
* {{Expy}}: The fact that several characters are Expies of each other is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] a few times, such as when Touko points out that Shiki Tohno is very similar in appearance to Mikiya Kokutou (from ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'') and Rin remarks that Kohaku and Sakura are similar, as they both share {{Yandere}} tendencies and [[spoiler:a history of sexual abuse]].
** In fact, the VisualNovel/FateStayNight crew are ''unable'' to recognize that SHIKI is not actually Shinji Matou; something to his extreme irritation. "Stop calling me that!"
* {{Fanservice}}: Any female character's OverlyLongFightingAnimation has a good chance of featuring this at some point. Special mention has to go to Shirou and Sakura's combination attack, which features Sakura temporarily changing into a revealing dress that'd be fanservicey enough by itself, then includes bouncing breasts and teases WardrobeMalfunction in several shots.
** There's also the Shiki-Shiki combo attack that quite blatantly shows off Ryougi's ass.
** And Magical Amber's attack
* FantasyKitchenSink: The game opens up with a MadScientist {{Meido}} who accidentally summons a female Myth/KingArthur. This is interrupted by a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] kidnapping the other {{Meido}}, so King Arthur's Meido Master sends her Robot after them; and while the chase is on they're joined by a Mage and the Vampire Moon Princess; who has decided to use her awesome RealityWarper abilities to become a MagicalGirl for giggles. This is just Stage 3.
* FinalSpeech: [[spoiler:After you beat Kuu in Stage 49.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Kuu:''' Haruna, I leave everything in your care.]]
* FoodAsBribe: Kohaku generally only relies on this to get Saber to do anything.
%% * FragileSpeedster: Tohno Shiki, Lancer, most Real-type characters.
* FusionDance: Roa + SHIKI = [=RoSHIaKI=] the ninja!!! Yes really.
* GaiasVengeance: The Earth itself recruits [[spoiler: Arcueid to protect Kuu so she can suppress the Devil. Interestingly beating Arcueid and Kuu convinces the Earth they make better guardians anyway.]]
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: The events have all been caused by OriginalGeneration villainess Kuu who is generating a ritual to suppress a Devil that is about to emerge. While the "Soul Suppression" technique was mentioned earlier, the Devil is only mentioned near the end in the game.]]
* GlassCannon: Haruna initially, if you don't level up her defense. Shiki Ryougi as well, at least until you activate her True Mystic Eyes ability during battle.
* GratuitousGerman: Sakura. Just Sakura. Kaleido Ruby also invokes this in her intro.
* GroundhogDayLoop: The events of ''Ataraxia'' occur during all of this due to the various dream magics thrown around and quite a few extra players get involved the repeating four days.
* HarderThanHard : As if the game wasn't hard enough with the Battle Masteries and all, in a NewGamePlus, you get to set the difficulty of the game from 0 to 10 with 10 being the highest.
* HeroicWillpower: Sakura's powerup comes when she accepts her Darkness powers and can control them without hurting people.
* HundredPercentCompletion: Oh, you want to reach Stage 53 and unlock Saber Lily and Magical Amber? Have fun getting every single Battle Mastery.
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Saber chooses to stay with Kohaku. Kohaku realizes that Saber needs an honorable reason, not only an emotional one, so she uses Akiha as an example of showing Saber leadership. How to handle loyalty, how to handle treachery, how to be a lion at home and a diplomat away. And, incidentally, she can stay with Kohaku as well. Sakura and some broken grail fragments help out with the mana requirement.]]
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Shirou to Sakura while Angra Mainyu is attempting to corrupt her. Rin amusingly shows some directness and just tells him to [[CanNotSpitItOut spit it out already and tell her he loves her.]]
* IntimateHealing: In the Post-Game Bonus stages, Touko comments on how Shirou's healing into his new body is so fast is because he's been getting ''lots'' of {{mana}} from what he and Sakura do at night.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Kohaku and Hisui use a broom and a mop respectively in their attacks.
** * Scoffs* Warcueid hits you with '''''the moon''''' (at least that's how it appears). The moon, people. It can't ''get'' any more improbable than this.
* ItsPersonal: Arcueid picks up a beef with Gilgamesh in Act 4 for not treating her like a WorthyOpponent.
* JackOfAllStats: Ciel and Archer. Ciel is a Super-type unit with some evasion, Archer is a Real-type unit with high HP and Toughness.
* JokeCharacter / SpoonyBard: Avenger. His main gimmick is to counter every damage he received... but he isn't built for tanking ''at all'', and even if he was, he'd still do less damage than anybody else.
* LadyOfWar: Several of the characters, including many that use magic rather than weapons. Saber, Caster (to a certain extent), most of the women in the Einzbern family and even Kuu. Her background theme practically ''oozes'' power and majesty.
* LargeHam: Arcueid. Whether showing up as a BigDamnHeroes and admitting that she didn't do so earlier because she didn't have a lamppost to [[DramaticHighPerching show off on]] or becoming a MagicalGirl just for lulz and busting through the FourthWall (The Throne of Heroes?) to steal Caster's Staff after she's no longer in the plot, or messing with Gilgamesh just because she ''can.''
** [=RoSHIaKI=], oh so much.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Arcueid ''stops'' being a MagicalGirl is when she shows off her true power.
* LightningBruiser: Although Takumi and Saber, as Super characters, can't dodge as well as the likes of Shiki or Lancer, but their high HP, toughness, and movement range allows them to tank at the frontlines with the sweepers unlike some of the {{Mighty Glacier}}s.
* MadScientist: In this game it is {{canon}} that Kohaku constructs Mecha-Hisui's in her secret lair under the Tohno mansion.
* MagicalGirl: ''Two'' of them. Arcueid, after watching too much anime, decides to become one. Thus the Magical Girl Phantasmoon is born. She takes Len as her sidekick. Rin, to her horror, gets stuck with her Kaleido Ruby alter ego again...
** With the Perfect patch released by Werk, it got worse. Saber and Kohaku both receive playable Magical Girl forms - Saber Lily from ''VideoGame/FateUnlimitedCodes'' and the infamous Magical Amber.
* MagikarpPower: Shiro, in the beginning is weak and hard to use. He eventually gets upgraded after [[spoiler:telling Archer he rejects his ideals]] and gains a big boost in stats, a new attack, Nine Lives, and the special skill "Indomitable" which makes him stronger the more he gets damaged, making him a fantastic tank.
** Sakura also gets one of these in Act 4, going from a pathetic artillery character in Act 2, into a tank with amazing ranged attacks which carry some great status effects.
* MightyGlacier: Akiha has very powerful attacks, but she is ''slow'' and takes a long time to advance up the field.
* MistakenForGay: In Takumi's path, Arcueid assumes that Takumi is interested in Shiki because "usually Shiki only fights alongside people who are attracted to him." Can't really argue with that logic there.
** Arcueid seems convinced of it enough, to calmly consider [[{{Yandere}} killing him]] if he gets in her way. Shiki senses her murderous intent and freaks out a little.
** And then Akiha reflexively almost accuses him of it. Though she immediately apologizes when Takumi reminds her she invited him to help out.
* MoralityPet: Kohaku is nothing but caring and gentle towards Saber.
* MultipleEndings: More like alternate mid-game. If you do not allow Shiki to kill Satsuki the 3 times she shows up against you, [[spoiler:she will die protecting Shiki from Nanaya.]] If you do allow him to kill her those 3 times, [[spoiler:she becomes an unlocked character that you can now use in deployment.]]
* NewGamePlus: Like the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series, completing one mode let's you get the SecretCharacter from the other mode. Also, upon finishing the game, one can increase difficulty 1-10 as well as add a special item that increases stats. Unused stat points also carry over as well as certain special abilities should you beat the BonusDungeon.
* NinjaMaid: Hisui and Kohaku, plus new character Natsuki.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [=RoSHIaKI=], a fusion of one of the most powerful vampires and a [[HalfHumanHybrid demon hybrid]]. He's also a freakin' ninja!
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Kohaku, one of the most normal (relatively speaking) characters in the game takes a blast from Gilgamesh's [[WaveMotionGun Ea]] in Act 4 and comes out pretty torn up but alive and in one piece. [[spoiler:[[JustifiedTrope Fortunately she has Avalon, the Sheath of Excalibur.]]]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kohaku: "I don't recognize the name 'Excalibur', I'm just not good with history!" [[CoughSnarkCough *Cough*yeahright!*Cough*]]
* OddCouple: [[{{Yandere}} Kohaku]] ends up being [[LadyOfWar Saber's]] new Master.
** One of the underlying themes in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' was that Masters tended to summon Servants who lead similar lives to their own.
*** The game itself explores this. Saber killed off her emotions as a woman to become "The King" while Kohaku killed off her emotions to become "The Doll." Both wish there was another way.
* OneStatToRuleThemAll: One of the ways of undermining the risks of using the [[GlassCannon glass cannons]] is to pump BP into Quick (which, in conjunction with your base Evade, determines how successful you'll be at avoiding enemy attacks). As a lot of these characters have high Quick values to begin with, their fragility becomes a non-issue once their dodge rate approaches 100% (usually around 160+ Quick). The Shikis also gain Perfect Evade based on Will increase.
* OneSteveLimit: The One Shiki Limit [[AvertedTrope doesn't exist]]. There are ''three people'' in this game with the name Shiki (four if you count Shiki Tohno's "Nanaya" personality; they only refer to him as "Nanaya" though).
* OriginalGeneration: Haruna, Takumi, and Natsuki all work for an organization called "Shin'i." They generally use {{Magitek}} in order to prevent the supernatural from preying on humans, as well as encourage cooperation and co-existence between the neutral supernaturals. Anybody or anything magical, good or bad, get termed as "{{Youkai}}." Vampires, Servants, etc. Including themselves. However, they are considered small potatoes against the big players of the Nasuverse like the Mages Association and the Church. They have only been around in the last 50 years and only active in the Nasuverse region the last 10. They are, however, more native to Japan than either of those organizations and have ties to the general supernatural community such as the Tohno family.
** In the first chapter we see them taking orders from a housecat named Mike. Mike is never shown again, although Takumi comments that he is their trainer. There are also some name drops to other members named Megami (weapon maker) and Tsukiyo, but they never show up.
*** Kuu is a feared ancestor of Haruna's.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep:
** Normally, characters like Shiki and Shirou would be crushed by the insanely powerful Servants, despite their special skills. And the Servants in turn would be taken out by Arcueid without her even breaking a sweat. For purposes of [[CompetitiveBalance Game Balance]] they evened things out. Plus it's awesome to have Hisui kill Nero Chaos with a ''mop.''
** Also, all of the OneHitKill attacks (Gae Bolg, Point of Death, and others) now simply do high damage.
* PowerLimiter: Haruna has several built in; to only be released for short periods of time by Natsuki.
* PrecisionFStrike: Caren busts out with TWO f*** s in Stage 53.
* PsychicPowers: Certain members of the Mochizuki family have strong powers of Precognition. Archer explains that they work in a similar way to his and Shirou's Projection magic, meaning they can be applied to Clairvoyance and Postcognition as well.
* PurposelyOverpowered: Arcueid when she finally drops the MagicalGirl idea and starts fighting seriously is horribly broken. She ''is'' among the most powerful beings on Earth, after all.
** Even when fooling around as a MagicalGirl, she's still easily one of the strongest player characters before upgrades ''because Arcueid is just that powerful.''
* TheRival: MagicalGirl Arcueid and MagicalGirl Rin (spoofed to hell), Arcueid and Gilgamesh, Takumi and Berserker.
* RoadCone: One can either choose the "Super" (Takumi) or "Real" (Haruna) route; most of the game is the same but the Super route deals more with the Tsukihime side while the Real route is more Fate/Stay Night. Bonus characters from each can be carried over into NewGamePlus.
** And regarding RoadCone franchises: Not much of a problem on the Tsukihime side, since ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' has established a sort of canon for them to follow. But on the ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' side, they decided to follow the Heaven's Feel route. This also makes Saber being with Kohaku less awkward.
*** Although in the [=BMW=]-verse, both SHIKI and Roa are canon. And ''both'' are revived at the same time. Don't... try to think about it too hard; the game mostly hides the implications behind RuleOfFunny.
* RuleOfCool: WordOfGod states the odds of multiple people possessing the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception at once are something on the order of trillions to one and other Nasuverse works have established that Kara no Kyoukai and Tsukihime exist in different continuities. But come on, them getting a CombinationAttack is too awesome ''not'' to have.
* RousingSpeech: Haruna gives one just before the final battle. See the [[CrowningMoment/VideoGames Crowning Moment]] page for more details.
* SecretCharacter: [[DemotedToExtra Satsuki]] and Mech-Hisui are unlockables. Satsuki's usable on one stage even if you don't unlock her. [[spoiler:Also, if you get enough Battle Masteries, Aozaki Aoko will join you on the final stage.]]
** [[spoiler: Getting every single Battle Mastery, then beating Stage 53 and creating a NewGamePlus will allow you to use Saber's and Kohaku's MagicalGirl forms, Saber Lily and Magical Amber.]]
* ShoutOut: ''Tons.'' Every {{Mook}} is a shout out to some anime, game, or show. Plus several characters attacks are {{Shout Out}}s to ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' and other Mecha shows, here's just some of them.
** Takumi is a walking shout out to Sanger Zonvolt, complete with '''[[{{BFS}} A SWORD THAT SMITES EVIL!]]''' He also visually resembles [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Shiro Amada]].
*** Berserker viewing Takumi as a WorthyOpponent wouldn't be remarkable in and of itself... except that one of his attack animations copies the style of [[EvilTwin Wodan Ymir]]'s Colossal Blade.
** Haruna's second attack (before it was updated in the Perfect Edition) is a near imitation of Ibis Douglas's [=RaMV=] attack, but adds in the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 F91's VSBRs]].
** Phantasmoon's attacks are a homerun shot and the [[Anime/GunBuster Inazuma Moon Kick]].
** Then Phantasmoon Eclipse uses the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Spirit Bomb]] (unless it's a [[Manga/GetterRobo Stoner Sunshine]]).
** And when Arcueid eventually drops the magical girl shtick, her new basic attack becomes Cat Hand Smash, which is all but identical to [[Toys/MachineRobo Vikungfu's]] God Hand Smash.
*** Two more references to Vikungfu in the double Shiki combo mimicking Vikungfu and Jet's combo, and Saber Lily mimicking Vikungfu's strongest attack of SRW fame with her Excalibur/Caliburn dual-sword attack. If that wasn't enough, remember all those scenes with Phantasmoon appearing out of the blue to give a heroic speech and kick some ass? Players of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Super Robot Wars IMPACT]]'' should be able to notice just how much Werk loves Machine Robo.
** Arcueid, Ciel, and Akiha have an insanely powerful combo attack called "Final Typenic Special" a reference to the common combo attack in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfEIAKpJP14 Final Dynamic Special]]" which involves Mazinger and Getter robots.
** Speaking of Anime/MazingerZ, Mech-Hisui comes complete with a lawyer-friendly Jet Scrander.
** [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gilgamesh pulls out the Goldion]] [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter GUNhammer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5zVUxdP32w for one attack]].
** Several of the enemy monsters are thinly veiled {{Shout Out}}s to other series. For instance, three enemies are quite clearly the Paper Sisters from ''Anime/ReadOrDie''. There's also enemies based on the Manga/GetterRobo types (complete with a Black Getter, a Shin Getter who has [[Manga/{{Zeorymer}} Meioh]] for some reason, and even a pink one labeled "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Live Version]]"). [[note]]For a longer list : the DX Robots are named after ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' mechs, the Zectan types are based on ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'', the Onis on ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'', the -bine enemies are cola-powered [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Aura Battlers]], and the zombie girls are from a VisualNovel called ''Shizuku''.[[/note]]
** If you DO get Sacchin, she comes with Bakunetsu God Finger from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''. Likewise, Shirou and Sakura later get a pastiche of the Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken.
** There's ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' in Kaleido Ruby; her Prism Hammer attack bears an uncanny resemblance to the many incarnations of Vita's Graf Eisen and the animation for [[WaveMotionGun Schweinstein]] even features an Intelligent Device-esque [[LockAndLoadMontage assembly sequence]].
** Ciel's best attack is a variation on [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Kyosuke Nanbu]]'s Trump Card.
** The special item gained from beating the game once, the "Abnormal Agonist" seems to be a reference to the main character of Nasu's new novel series, ''Literature/{{DDD}}'' aka ''Decoration Disorder Disconnection''.
** Magical Amber's attack cut-in does not really strike anything fancy outside of a panty shot, until when Akiha, Shiki, and Hisui have a portrait that looks similar to the All-Out attack of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''.
*** The attack itself is also a shout out to ''Anime/{{Eureka Seven}}''.
** [=RoSHIaKI=]'s High Mega Cannon attack of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'' fame yet. Not to mention the emblem on his forehead...
** No one seems to care about old shows. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBjgK_8ZUWc#t=1m18s Hisui and Kohaku's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3qUPLs5U4 combination attack]].
** Speaking of old shows, Nrvsnqr gets the [[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Jeeg Breaker]].
** Aoko's attack has her yelling "[[Franchise/KamenRider RIDER KIIIIIIICK!]]"
** Phantasmoon's "[[Anime/SailorMoon In the Name of the Moon]]." Also, the magical girl movie that Shiki and Arc were watching is an obvious reference to ''Anime/CuteyHoney''.
** Near the beginning when Saber doesn't understand how the same caster was summoned this war, caster replies saying "Who was it that said it again? [[Manga/XxxHolic 'there are no such thing as coincidences, only inevitability.'"]]
** In a more subtle example, Saber's Invisible Air Combo is taken from one of the [[Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam Crossbone X1]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pxaEtPqMW5U#t=44s attacks]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha 2''.
** Three enemies that have blatant ProductPlacement of famous colas assume the shape of [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Aura Battlers, particularly the Dunbine.]]
** With the exception of [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto Kabuto]], there are moe versions of Gattack and Sasword, with Gattack being represented by [[VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia Luvia-lookalike]], she even uses a forklift throw to make it even more blatant.
* ShownTheirWork: If it's not a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' reference, then rest assured it's something from the [[AllThereInTheManual manual]]. Even Kohaku's love of video games is from ''Kagetsu Tohya''.
* SmallGirlBigGun: Natsuki seems to be using an Anti-Tank gun as her standard weapon. Fortunately her Youkai ability is SuperStrength.
* SpectacularSpinning: Saber Lily's main attack involves creating a second sword out of the back of Caliburn, and basically spinning the enemy to death. And it is awesome.
* SuperMovePortraitAttack: Comes with being a game based off the SRW series.
* SuperStrength: Takumi. How strong is he? [[spoiler:He can match Berserker, AKA ''Hercules'', in strength.]] The Magical [[{{BFS}} Two-Handed]] LaserBlade helped.
* TamerAndChaster:
** The game as a whole, considering it borrows all of its canon from games or novels originally rated adult, manages to be teen rated content wise at it's absolute worst, partially due to the art style and partially due to the nature of the CompressedAdaptation of the various plots.
** Instead of being someone whose only way of giving {{mana}} was [[SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious blood]] and [[DeusSexMachina other fluid exchange]] that a Synchronizer can give and the typical way for a Servant to receive from a non-Mage; Kohaku somehow has a LeyLine (which supposedly requires years of training to create) with Saber that simply transmits {{mana}} through proximity. Saber only once in the beginning notes that somehow Kohaku has "something similar enough to Mana" and Kohaku wonders if that's her Synchronizer status.
* ThroughHisStomach: Saber loves eating and Kohaku loves cooking. Kohaku has no problems using this to get anything she wants from Saber. She is nice about it. Amusingly Shirou warns Kohaku not to go overboard with cooking because Saber never, ever forgets a dish. Kohaku smiles, nods, and then does the exact opposite.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Shiki Tohno goes through this at his request to be his "Nanaya" self.
* UnbrokenVigil: Shirou attempts this on Sakura [[spoiler:after they rescue her]] but she really is okay; just tired. Rin scolds him to go outside. Saber for [[spoiler:Kohaku, after Gilgamesh slams her with an attack where everyone thought she was rendered permanently brain damaged.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Berserker seems to regard Takumi as one of these. Even with his Mad Enhancement killing his sanity, Ilya comments that he wanted to fight Takumi a second time at the end of Act 3.
* VampireRefugee: Satsuki and Sion. Sion handles it better due to alchemic research on the subject and her old Sire not caring as much.
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Stage 51 takes place [[spoiler:inside a devil. If you've unlocked Stage 52, it's [[SubvertedTrope on a regular snowy field, complete with a snowman. if you've unlocked Stage 53, it's in Kohaku's Underground Dungeon.]]]]
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: In both the Super and Real paths, Stage 13 features the first major boss fight in the game, against Nrvnqsr Chaos.
* WeirdnessCensor: Ilya has a ''castle'' in Misaki City that nobody ever notices. It's specifically mentioned that there's magic on it to prevent {{Muggles}} from paying attention. Rin remarks that it's one of her "smaller" castles.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Kuu, a major role model of Haruna's until she found out that there was nothing she wouldn't sacrifice for the greater good. The Soul Suppression Ritual, for example, would have levelled the whole city and killed millions of people, and Kuu didn't even bat an eyelid. It would have also completely nullified the Devil that was about to emerge which supposedly would have killed more; and her original plan would have sealed herself with it.]]
* WorldOfBadass: It's the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} as a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' game. They couldn't dodge this trope if they ''tried''.
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