History VideoGame / FairyTail2020

* CriticalStatusBuff: All characters can enter an "Awakened" state where their stats are increased for a certain number of turns after hitting a certain HP threshold. Specific characters undergo a "[[SuperMode Mode Change]]" with exclusive attacks when they awaken, such as Dragon Force for any of the Dragon Slayers, or dual elemental Dragon Mode for certain such as [[LightningFireJuxtaposition Lightning Fire Dragon Mode]] for Natsu, and Devil Slayer mode for Gray.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime version, Flare shows up to save Lucy from dragonlings for a single scene before slinking back into the shadows. Here, she actively fights by Lucy's side against Zirconis, due to the Sun Village arc being omitted and reduced to just a voice-over courtesy of Lucy.

* ItemCrafting: Players can synthesize Lacrima and make drinks at the guild's Laboratory and Bar, respectively, which increase a character's stats.
* LeakedExperience: Characters not in your party will still receive 50% of available EXP from battles, ensuring that it will be generally possible for them to quickly catch up to active party members once switched in. Building and upgrading a certain guild facility will increase the maximum amount of EXP inactive party members get.

** Out of all the Nine Demon Gates, Tempester and Torafuzar only appear in very brief shots lifted from the anime, and their battles are only described through Lucy's brief narrative recaps. Franmalth and Ezel are downplayed examples, since they are instead made into TheUnfought.

* CriticalStatusBuff: All characters can enter an "Awakened" state where their stats are increased for a certain number of turns after hitting a certain HP threshold. Specific characters undergo a "[[SuperMode Mode Change]]" with exclusive attacks when they awaken, such as Dragon Force for any of the Dragon Slayers, or dual elemental Dragon Mode for certain such as [[LightningFireJuxtaposition Lightning Fire Dragon Mode]] for Natsu. Also Devil Slayer mode for Gray.
* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation:
** Instead of simply killing Hades, Zeref flat-out [[NoBodyLeftBehind destroys any trace of him]]. This seems to have been in service to how the fight with Franmalth (and his usage of Hades' soul as his OneWingedAngel form) were reduced to an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome for Natsu and Lucy.

* DuelBoss: It's possible to challenge the other members of the guild to duels, where you control the selected character of your choice against another one in a one-on-one contest. The first-ever victory against said character will yield a reward.

* EvilIsHammy: One quest has Natsu, Lucy, Erza, and Gajeel receiving a request from Arcadios to stage a mock battle for the guards after they underwent training following the dragon attack. While Erza's acting is as wooden as ever despite her efforts, Gajeel and ''especially'' Natsu take to the roles as villains with gusto.

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** Zeref flat-out [[NoBodyLeftBehind destroys any trace of Hades]] rather than just killing him. This seems to have been in service to how the fight with Franmalth (and his usage of Hades' soul as his OneWingedAngel) were reduced to an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome for Natsu and Lucy (as well as the lack of appearance from Hades' spirit).

** Doranbolt first appears in-game when he saves Wendy and Carla from the first Face's self-destruction like he does canon. However, the moment loses impact since his appearances during the Grand Magic Games were cut, meaning that if you didn't already know who he was (or just looked at his Encyclopedia entry that only updates after this appearance) he would come off as a flat-out DeusExMachina.

** Ezel doesn't use his [[OneWingedAngel Etherious Form]] against Wendy's Dragon Force, and is ultimately defeated by her [[LimitBreak Scattering Light: Sky Drill]], whereas in the manga/anime he managed to cut through it even before he used his Etherious Form (the technique he instead cuts through is the weaker Sky Dragon's Wave Wind).
* AdaptedOut: Numerous events and characters from the anime are either condensed and/or outright removed. The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hungry Wolf Knights]] and most secondary Fairy Tail members are nowhere to be seen, and some of the events during the Grand Magic Games are shuffled around. While the seven dragons do indeed get through Eclipse, Scissor Runner, the Dark Dragon, and the Rock Dragon don't even get a specific mention.

* NeverMyFault: In Natsu and Lucy's follow-up quest to deal with the threat that caused the InvadingRefugees scenario, they discover that the culprit was in fact {{Golem}}s created by a rogue wizard who claims he was making them to have a powerful weapon, but he was excommunicated from his guild by the Magic Council due to his actions. When Lucy brings up that he's been causing destruction by displacing the wildlife to test his creations, he claims that he's not at fault for whatever wild animals do as a result, and he even further claims that he's only committing self-defense when Natsu and Lucy reveal they're here to defeat him as per their guild request, not caring at all for all the lives he's put at risk.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: One quest has Natsu and Lucy having to hunt down a monster called a Mimic, which has the ability to turn into other people so perfectly it can even fool Natsu's SuperSenses and forces them to get creative in making it reveal itself. First, Natsu pretends he ''can'' smell it, causing it to drop its guard in panic. Then Natsu and Lucy are forced to pick out the real Mimic from other humans by watching how it acts while they're around (such as a person who's acting unusually defensive and confrontational).

* [[GravityMaster Kagura Mikazuchi]]
* [[TheNoseKnows Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki]]
* [[LightEmUp Sting Eucliffe]]
* [[CastingAShadow Rogue Cheney]]
* [[StarPower Jellal Fernandes]]
* [[PrehensileHair Flare Corona]] ([[GuestStarPartyMember Guest]])

* [[WordsCanBreakMyBones Levy McGarden]] ([[DownloadableContent DLC]])
* [[{{Animorphism}} Lisanna Strauss]] ([[DownloadableContent DLC]])
* [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Elfman Strauss]] ([[DownloadableContent DLC]])

** [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Ichiya]]'s status as TheChewToy is practically non-existent in the game, where he's played up more as the [[BunnyEarsLawyer highly eccentric yet skillful wizard]] he's always been regarded to be. Case in point, he doesn't suffer a OneHitKO from Jura in the Grand Magic Games, but rather stands toe-to-toe with Erza and Gajeel, the former being the series' paramount example of an ActionGirl.

* AdaptedOut: Numerous events and characters from the anime are either condensed and/or outright removed. The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hungry Wolf Knights]] and most secondary Fairy Tail members are nowhere to be seen, and some of the events during the Grand Magic Games are shuffled around.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Darton's realization that Princess Hisui used Fairy Tail to help free Arcadios from the dungeon is brought up in the game, but loses most of the sense due to Natsu's team finding him in a regular cell and freeing him entirely on their own without any involvement from Hisui. The most the game suggests is that he always suspected but couldn't confirm that Hisui was connected to Arcadios and so he chose to wait and watch her unsurprised yet satisfied reaction to learning about Fairy Tail's break-in and prison rescue to be certain.

** Ezel doesn't use his [[OneWingedAngel Etherious Form]] against Wendy's Dragon Force, and is ultimately defeated by her [[LimitBreak Scattering Light: Sky Drill]], whereas in the manga/anime he managed to cut through it even before he used his Etherious Form.

** More of Natsu's friends team up with him in the battles against Future Rogue and Mard Geer, respectively, with Lucy letting Natsu in on the plan to destroy the Eclipse Gate during the former battle, rather than Natsu destroying the gate by coincidence.

** After getting pulled into a DuelBattle with Silver, Gray will be joined by whatever three characters the player chooses for his team (among Kagura, Sherria, Ichiya, and Jellal) during the second phase of their battle, though Silver traps them all in blocks of ice during the final phase when he freezes the whole area to keep Gray from using any rubble.

** Kagura's character arc is expanded so that she actually meets Jellal face-to-face and makes an attempt on his life in the middle of the Games, but stops thanks to Erza's involvement, which gives her further incentive to attack Erza on the final day. She also [[TeethClenchedTeamwork begrudgingly teams up with them]] against Motherglare's dragonlings, though she makes it clear that [[ForgivenButNotForgotten she hasn't forgiven Jellal yet]].

* PostFinalBoss: After the FinalBoss fight against Mard Geer, [[spoiler:the story continues with an extended epilogue sequence that includes a boss against Ikusa-Tsunagi, the WarGod summoned by Avatar.]]

* RankUp: The game features a guild ranking system that determines the kinds of missions and merchandise available to you, with Fairy Tail starting at the bottom with Rank D, with the goal being to climb through Ranks C, B, A, and finally S. The guild's rank also determines how much recognition and respect they get from the populace.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Any instance of using a Magic Chain will result in your character(s) "[[DestructiveSavior overdoing it]]" with their magic [[RunningGag as usual]], as they continue to wail on enemies after the FinishingMove is done, causing bonus damage. There's also a random chance where an AssistCharacter like [[BigGood Makarov]] will show up and perform their own devastating [[FinishingMove Extreme Magic]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime version, Flare shows up to save Lucy from dragonlings for a single scene before slinking back into the shadows. Here, she actively fights by Lucy's side against Zirconis, due to the Sun Village arc being omitted.

* DuelBoss: It's possible to challenge the other members of the guild to duels, where you control the selected character of your choice against another one in a one-on-one contest (and in Gildarts's case, only Natsu). The first-ever victory against said character will yield a reward.

* InvadingRefugees: One quest has Natsu and Lucy being tasked with dealing with a breed of monsters suddenly attacking Akane Beach that the ecologist quest giver wants to study. While they complete the task, Lucy notes this type of monster doesn't normally appear around Akane; later, they hear roaring coming from deep in the jungle that ''doesn't'' sound like the monsters in question, leading her to believe that they were running away from something and attacked the resort since it was in the way. Since they were only tasked with clearing out the monsters, however, they leave whatever it was alone.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Darton's realization that Princess Hisui used Fairy Tail to help free Arcadios from the dungeon is brought up in the game, but loses all sense due to Natsu's team finding him in a regular cell and freeing him entirely on their own without any involvement from Hisui.

*** Ivan puts Laxus through a ZergRush of warriors and monsters instead of siccing his guild's five-man team on him.

** [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Ichiya]]'s status as TheChewToy is practically non-existent in the game, where he's played up more as a [[BunnyEarsLawyer highly eccentric yet skillful wizard]] like he's always been regarded. Case in point, he doesn't suffer a OneHitKO from Jura in the Grand Magic Games, but rather stands toe-to-toe with Erza and Gajeel, the former being the series' paramount example of an ActionGirl.

** Ichiya gets to prove his mettle as Blue Pegasus's ace by providing a challenging BossBattle for Erza and Gajeel during the final day of the Grand Magic Games. Compare this to the manga/anime, where he's knocked out of the competition by a CurbStompBattle from Jura.

** When Lucy figures out that the horde of dragons will come through Eclipse, she moves to close the gate without consulting Crux over the truth like she does in the manga/anime. [[TropesAreNotBad This is not necessarily a bad thing]], as the original explanation was a HandWave for a BaitAndSwitch {{Cliffhanger}}[[note]]Up until that point, Lucy and the reader were informed that closing the gate was something the heroes would want to avoid; when Lucy changed her mind, [[MindControlEyes her eyes were glazed over as if she was acting against her will]], only for her to give the aforementioned explanation in the following chapter/episode[[/note]], whereas here, Lucy comes across more as [[AdaptationalIntelligence piecing the truth together based on everything she learned about Eclipse]].

** {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Plue[=/=]Nikora is borderline useless in combat in the manga and anime, but here, he has the ability to [[TheMedic restore HP]] to a single target.

* AdaptationalPlotHole: Darton's realization that Princess Hisui used Fairy Tail to help free Arcadios from the dungeon is brought up in the game, but loses all sense due to Natsu's team finding him in a regular cell and freeing him entirely on their own without any involvement from Hisui.

* AllThereInTheManual: The game contains an encyclopedia accessible from the pause menu that updates frequently with relevant information on characters and story elements. This also includes synopses of previous {{Story Arc}}s not featured in the game, which begins [[InMediaRes smack dab in the middle of the manga and anime's main events]].

** The dragons aren't invulnerable to different forms of magic like they are in the main story, allowing non-Dragon Slayers to deal damage to them.