History VideoGame / SayonaraWildHearts

* StumbledIntoThePlot: The Fool's world is literally turned upside down by the fairy the Arcanum sent to recruit her.
* TarotMotifs: The Arcanum is represented by a world where they are CardsOfPower that can become people, items, or locations. Vaguely existing in parallel pocket dimensions in another reality that is loosely connected in some way to the mundane world.

* BalefulPolymorph: The fight with Hermit64 involves her transforming The Fool into a game card and loading it into her VR headset.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The Fool's tactics are to mirror those of her opponent until she can create an opening to beat them. She flies after the Dancing Devils, returns fire to the Howling Moons, and takes over the snap-switching between worlds with the Stereo Lovers as well as beat them at swordfighting ''and'' swordflying.

* EnemyWithout: After Little Death is truly defeated in her final form, her and all the other arcana cards pull The Fool card, which manifested from her broken heart, out of the heroine and fuse with it. This causes it to manifest its own form which is a clone of her that repeats all their battles where the heroine must kiss her instead to finally restore her broken heart.

* TrueFinalBoss: The last battle isn't with Little Death but with the manifestation of The Fool's own broken heart.

* TarotMotifs: The Arcanum is represented by a world where they become people, items, or locations. Vaguely existing in parallel pocket dimensions in another reality that is loosely connected in some way to the mundane world.

* TheNarrator: Done by Music/QueenLatifah, of all people. According to WordOfGod, her inclusion was both very last minute (i.e. a ''week'' before release) and only half-seriously considered until it turned out she had an opening.

* {BFS}: Taken UpToEleven with the Stereo Lovers, whose swords progressively get bigger as the fight goes on, before turning into a gliding plane during the final part.

* AsteroidMonsters: The Stereo Lovers start off as a single being wearing a black and white heart mask. After being sliced in two, they reform as the Lovers, each one wearing one half of the mask.

* AsteroidMonster: The Stereo Lovers start off as a single being wearing a black and white heart mask. After being sliced in two, they reform as the Lovers, each one wearing one half of the mask.

The game starts when Death of the Arcanum teams up with the Devil, the Moon, the Lovers, and the Hermit to steal all the love for themselves. In response, the Divine Trio set out to create The Fool to combat them.

* OneWingedAngel: Instead of disappearing the fragments of Little Death's heart liquefy into black slime and regenerate into a monstrous winged form.

* BoyishShortHair: The Fool's appearance at the beginning of the game features her

* DualWorldGameplay: The Parallel Universes level involves the Stereo Lovers changing the level between two layouts by snapping, eventually adding a third with a high five. At the climax of the level, The Fool turns this against them with snapping of her own.

* BoyishShortHair: The Fool's civilian appearance has her hair cut short.

* DanceBattler: Par for the course with the Dancing Devils, who use flowing, ballet-like movements in their fighting style. The Fool also pulls of some dance battling of her own when fighting them.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:After beating what's left of Little Death, you unequip the Fool, which fuses with the five Arcanum to fight against in a BossRush style. After kissing it several times, it turns into a dragon that you take control of. After you kiss it again, it turns into [[BookEnds the butterfly from the first stage,]] which you captures and fuses with you. After all of that, the Fool turns back to normal, but older and with a guitar. Cue credits.]]

A bizarre mix between autorunners and rhythm games. The game starts when Death of the Arcanum teams up with the Devil, the Moon, the Lovers, and the Hermit to steal all the love for themselves. In response, the Divine Trio set out to create The Fool to combat them.\\
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* TarotMotifs: The Arcanum is represented by a world where they become people, items, or locations. Vaguely existing in parallel pocket dimensions in another reality that is loosely connected in some way to the mundane world.

* StuntCasting: Averted; Queen Latifah is the narrator, but this was completely unadvertised as she was only brought about a week before the game's launch. She was proposed jokingly before they got word that she was available.

* HurtingHero: The prologue narration describes the hero as someone whose heart had been broken so profoundly that it echoed throughout time and space. The ending narration says she spent some time spiraling into stages of depression before the events of the game brought her out of it.
* NotAsYouKnowThem: The Arcanum aren't monsters in the traditional sense, superpowers notwithstanding. They're teams, The Dancing Devils, The Howling Moons, The Stereo Lovers, [=Hermit64=], and Little Death.

* BoyishShortHaiar: The Fool's civilian appearance has her hair cut short.

* DualWorldGameplay: The Parallel Universes level involves the Stereo Lovers changing the level between two layouts by snapping, eventually adding a third with a high five. At the climax of the level, The Fool turns this against them with her snapping of her own.

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* BreatherLevel: The confrontation with Hermit64 isn't a chase on motorcycles but a slow progression through a virtual reality that's a notable speed bump in the pacing of the game.

* BadassBiker: Everyone but [=Hermit64=] can can ride at breakneck speeds and pull off impossible maneuvers, sometimes even standing atop their motorcycles to clash weapons with each other.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:After beating what's left of Little Death, you unequip the Fool, which fuses with the five Arcanum to fight against in a BossRush style. After kissing it several times, it turns into a dragon that you take control of. After you kiss it again, it turns into [[BookEnds the butterfly from the first stage,]] which you captures and fuses with you. After all of that, the Fool turns into a different girl with a guitar. Cue credits.]]
* NotAsYouKnowThem: The Arcanum aren't monsters in the traditional sense, superpowers notwithstanding. They're teams, The Dancing Devils, The Howling Moons, The Stereo Lovers, [=Hermit64=], and Little Death.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: The Fool looks like a guy with her short hair, but her voice and bust give it away.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:After beating what's left of Little Death, you unequip the Fool, which fuses with the five Arcanum to fight against in a BossRush style. After kissing it several times, it turns into a dragon that you take control of. After you kiss it again, it turns into [[BookEnds the butterfly from before,]] which you captures and fuses with you. After all of that, the Fool turns into a different girl with a guitar. Cue credits.]]

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:After beating what's left of Little Death, you dequips the Fool, which fuses with five Arcanum to fight against in a BossRush style. After kissing it several times, it turns into a dragon that you take control of. After you kiss it again, it turns into [[BookEnds the butterfly from before,]] which you captures and fuses with you. After all of that, the Fool turns into a different girl with a guitar. Cue credits.]]
* NotAsYouKnowThem: The Arcanum aren't monsters in the traditional sense, superpowers notwithstanding. They're teams, The Dancing Devils, The Howling Moons, The Sister Lovers, [=Hermit64=], and Little Death.

* LadyLooksLikeADude: The Fool looks like a guy, but her voice and bust give it away.

* GainaxEnding
* NotAsYouKnowThem: The Arcanum aren't monsters in the traditional sense, superpowers notwithstanding. They're teams, The Dancing Devils, The Howling Moons, The Sister Lovers, [=Hermit64=], and Little Death.

'''(UNDER CONSTRUCTION!)'''