The Dimensional Heroes series is a Massive Multiplayer Crossover fanfic series based in what the authors refer to as the "Color-Verse". The series revolves around a group known as the Hero Alliance, a group made up of canon and original characters which is made up of five teams: The Dimensional Heroes (the flagship team, led by Jexi the Hunter), The Shining Hope Squadron (led by Hope the Victor), The Brave Adventures (led by David Ishihara), Spirit Force (led by Ace Neptune), and Team Chronicle (led by Mark Anarchy). The series is set up into different sagas, with the Alliance taking part in the events of various anime and video games while dealing with threats to the Color-Verse.
As a long-term spin-off to the Dimensional Heroes series, there is the Unmei Force series, which counts as side-story volumes, set within the same setting in different worlds, within certain chronological time-frames, that revolves around the titular organization led by Richard Liu. It has been shown to cross-over with the main series several times.
The Dimensional Heroes series contains examples of:
- Acceptable Breaks from Canon: This happens quite often, mostly using Retroactive Discontinuity, as the presence of the heroes bends the canon storyline in different ways, resulting in different endings to key points in the world's history. In fact, it even has a unique variant of the Canon Mixing category of the trope: Another world's canon events occurring on the same setting as one of the worlds, even spanning across multiple worlds.
- Adaptational Badass: Many canon characters in the series have managed to gain powers they did not have access to in their own series. A few notable examples include:
- Dan Kuso: Once a Bakugan Brawler master, by the end of the first series, he's also the Pokémon Kanto Champion, has moderate success in Buddyfighting, and can also fight himself with his Dragon Blade.
- MLP Characters: Both the original Mane 6 and their human counterparts have been members of the team, with the Human Mane 6, in particular, having a much more noticeable boost. Meanwhile, several students of Crystal Prep Academy have also joined the team and obtained abilities allowing them to fight. Even more of a shock, after their defeat in the Seven Great Demon Lords Saga, two of the Dazzlings (Aria and Sonata) join the team at the beginning of the Ginova Family Saga, obtaining ways to make up for their lost magic.
- Danganronpa Characters: The Ultimates of both the 77th class of Hope's Peak Academy and the contestants of the 53rd Danganronpa game have joined the team, several of them obtaining abilities known as "Laws", which are related to their talents. Meanwhile, Hajime Hinata has become a member of the Wanderers. Even more so as of Astral Chain, where Miu has her own set of Legions to fight with if the need arises.
- Elma from Trillion: God of Destruction, manages to retain her powers as Overlord of Gloom. Not only that, but thanks to an epiphany from a simulated Rias Gremory in UF: Inherited Wills, she becomes a Martial Pacifist, with a whole new arsenal of magic spells.
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: Due to the way some of the media that the stories are based on are structured, it's not uncommon for perspective to change from one character/group to another between stories, sometimes even within stories. Some characters even get a Day in the Limelight.
- Ascended Extra: Characters that had seemingly minor roles in their original works get moments to shine in this series. Most notable for Cheetah, Connor and Theo, who went from having brief appearances throughout Part 2, to each having their own lines of stories as of Part 3. And Cheetah herself is even more ascended by having her own group, and being one of Part 3's main protagonists. Quite the change from how her other counterparts are portrayed.
- Back from the Dead: Theseus/Theo manages to make a return in the second chapter of Dimensional Heroes: Into Infernity, where he returns to save his guild, the Mytho Hearts, from the attack of the Universal Villains. Surprisingly, he also got a power up thanks to a skill known as the Cosmos's Gift, which grants one immense power, once they return from death.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Theodore Flux, head scientist of the All Science Go Corporation is this, with prominent shades of Mad Scientist and Card-Carrying Villain.
- Defeat Means Friendship: A running theme with several teams in this series is that some members are fought at least once as enemies before they officially join.
- Despair Event Horizon: Partially averted by Richard, by the fact that he did recover, although its effect remains within him. The events that occurred in his past had changed him drastically, by Gus's own account, his emotions are far more repressed, and much more volatile when he loses control over them. Not only that, but it contributed to him turning into a Pragmatic Hero.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: Theseus/Theo dies this way in the arms of Ace Neptune, his 'heart' being stolen by Xehanort in DH: Kingdom Hearts III.
- Disappears into Light: When Theo died, he turned into fragments of lights that scattered to the winds
- Heroic Sacrifice: Like his canonical counterpart, Pedro the Mink from One Piece sacrificed himself to break the effects of the Pero-Pero Fruit from Ace, Chopper and Petra, by taking out the user, Perospero Charlotte, in Spirit Force Brotherhood: Mega Man X Command Mission
- Pay Evil unto Evil: The drive for most of Richard's actions towards villains during the Unmei Force series.
- Spared by the Adaptation: This has happened many times across all series, even though it is only a few out of the many. Sometimes, when done to a villain, this results in a Heel-Face Turn
- Story Arc: The series is known to have several different arcs, each with their own set of villains that the heroes must face off against. Here is a list of arcs that have been done in the series, in order of appearance.
- Flux Saga: The first saga, details the founding of both the Dimensional Heroes and the Universal Villains.
- Mega Stone Saga: Dimensional Heroes battle the Pokémon Kingdoms and race to gather the Mega Stones before Flux and his Universal Villains.
- Seven Great Demon Lords Saga: Dimensional Heroes battle the Seven Great Demon Lords in order to stop the return of Ogudomon. Introduces Hope the Victor to the series.
- Nebula Saga: The Dimensional Heroes battle the robotic Nebula, led by ShadeMan.EXE.
- The Multiverse: The Color-Verse consists of many universes, each which are ruled by a Colour God/Goddess. Due to Hope's wish to the God's Core in the Talent War story, two new universes are born every year. The current number of universes that exist is 30, which are as follows:
- Standard Universe: The universe where most of Dimensional Heroes Stories take place. A universe filled with hundreds of worlds all separate from one another, although due to some circumstances, the fact that other worlds exist is slowly becoming realized. Ruled by the leading Color God, White.
