Line #37 VideoGame/SuperHeroineChronicle


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3	A crossover game by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment that features superheroines in addition to a bunch of BadassNormal(s) from ten different anime and manga franchises. It got released for both Platform/PlayStation3 and Platform/PlayStationVita.
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5	The ten franchises and their characters include:
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7	* ''Anime/KaitouTenshiTwinAngel''
8	** Heroines: Haruka Minazuki (Red Angel), Aoi Kannazuki (Blue Angel), Kurumi Hazuki (White Angel)
9	** Villains: Tesla Violet (Twin Phantom), Nine Violet (Twin Phantom)
10	* ''Anime/{{Kyousogiga}}''
11	** Heroines: Koto
12	** Villain: Yase
13	* ''Anime/DiGiCharat''
14	** Heroines: Dejiko (Di Gi Charat), Puchiko (Petit Charat)
15	** Villain: Usada Hikaru (Rabi~en~Rose)
16	* ''[[Anime/{{Symphogear}} Swan Song of the Valkyries: Symphogear]]''
17	** Heroines: Hibiki Tachibana, Tsubasa Kazanari
18	** Villain: Chris Yukine
19	* ''Anime/SuperSonico''
20	** Heroines: Super Sonico
21	* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
22	** Heroines: Rena Ryuuguu, Mion & Shion Sonozaki (duo), Rika Furude & Satoko Houjou (duo)
23	* ''Literature/AriaTheScarletAmmo''
24	** Heroines: Aria H. Kanzaki, Shirayuki Hotogi, Reki
25	** Villains: Riko Mine, Jeanne d'Arc
26	* ''Literature/InfiniteStratos''
27	** Heroines: Houki Shinonono (both in training and Akatsubaki form), Cecilia Alcott, Lingyin Huang, Charles Dunois
28	** Villain: Laura Bodewig
29	* ''[[Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero The Familiar of Zero]]''
30	** Heroines: Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, Lemon-chan (Louise alt costume), Siesta, Tiffania
31	* ''Anime/DreamHunterRem''
32	** Heroines: Rem Ayanokouji (both in human/detective form and warrior form)
33	** Villain: Professor Shinigami
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35	OriginalGeneration main characters include:
36	* Meru Ransheru: A magical [[ImprobableWeaponUser yo-yo]] prospective idol, and is a schoolmate and childhood friend of Noel. Designed by Toru Minazuki of ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' fame.
37	* Noel Kazamatsuri: A magical magician (as in, a StageMagician) who attends St. Montblanc Academy. Designed by Satoshi Urushihara, popular for ''VideoGame/{{Growlanser}}'' and various hentai works.
38	* Claude: A [[CowardlyLion cowardly]] [[AmnesiacHero amnesiac]] [[TheOneGuy boy]] who mainly serves as [[ThisLoserIsYou a stand-in for the player]], [[TheMedic supporting the girls from the rear with healing skills]].He's similar to Jean [[Anime/QueensBlade from the Spiral Chaos games.]] Designed by Shinichiro Otsuka.
39	* Eve Valentine: Meru and Noel's magical teacher at St. Montblanc Academy. Designed by Fumie Muroi of ''Anime/CorrectorYui''.
40	* Mii Madobe: One-half of the game's original villain, a TokenMiniMoe using various inventions and gadgets to wreak destruction.
41	* K-86X: The other half of the villain, a [[MoeAnthropomorphism Mecha Musume]] EmotionlessGirl.
42	* Rin: The energetic item shop owner and RidiculouslyHumanRobot, who likes to speak in GratuitousEnglish. Full name: Catherine.
43	* Dorothy: The petite blacksmith owner and another RidiculouslyHumanRobot, who speaks in an archaic dialect.
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45	The first trailer can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mIBZVvmz3gk viewed here]]. And the second trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbYfdwnm14 here.]]
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47	The game was released on February 6, 2014.
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49	Compare and contrast with ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''.
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51	!! Tropes include the following:
52	* AnimationBump: [[spoiler: The second opening. [[MemeticMutation Time will tell if fans]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ will treat this just like the animation bump]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack with the Nu Gundam.]]]]
53	* ArtShift: The artwork switches from SuperDeformed sprites to artwork of the characters for cut-ins, battle intros and outros and quick shots in battles.
54	* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Noel's final attack [[spoiler: as well as her and Meru. Both even have a conversation with each other when they save the entire party from the crashing space ship.]]
55	* CallingYourAttacks: Surprisingly averted for the most part this time around. Might have to do with a lack of variety in battle dialogue, however.
56	** Played straight with Louise's spells and Dejiko/Puchiko's eye beams though.
57	* ChickMagnet: Quite a few of ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'''s harem comedy events still happen, but since Ichika is absent, the girls end up settling for the next best thing. [[TheOneGuy Claude]], right? Nope. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Hibiki]].
58	* ContinuityNod: St. Montblanc Academy, the school that Meru and Noel attend and where Eve teaches, is the same school that [[Anime/QueensBlade Maron Macaron and Aryutta Katz]] attended as magical patisserie students.
59	** The very beginning of the game starts with Noel and Meru lost in a desert (though they change locations shortly after running into Claude). Jean also met Maron and Alice in the desert at the start of Queen's Gate. Going along with the above point, Noel also name-drops "Maron-chan" during the opening.
60	** Meru's first free talk is basically this to Maron's free talk. Not only does Meru mention Maron by name, she talks about Maron's pursuit in becoming an idol (which Jean helped with in Queen's Gate), and how Meru strives to do the same with Claude's help.
61	* CutenessOverload: Noel describes Meru as having a "no-good Lovely Radar". The first thing that sets it off? [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} The Noise]] monsters in chapter 1. [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe Meru goes as far as wanting to take all of them home]]. Unfortunately for her, they're hostile.
62	* DefeatMeansFriendship: The trailers outright state that there's a system for recruiting the villains this way. Some have special conditions attached, such as requiring a NewGamePlus.
63	* {{Fanservice}}: W Impact illustrations and the CG in the final Free Talk for each girl are typically this.
64	** CosmeticAward: Unlike the Spiral Chaos games, since there is no relationship system, the Free Talks in this game are purely fluff and for unlocking CGs.
65	* GunsAreWorthless: Averted for a decent portion of the cast. Aria, Riko, Mion, and Rem are all proficient with pistols, and a few of the mecha girls wield various large arms and/or laser weaponry.
66	** And then played straight in other parts. For instance, Rem's SuperMode drops the gun for a sword (and a ChainmailBikini), and out of the PoweredArmor wearing girls one of if not THE strongest damage output belongs to [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} Hibiki]] and her rather... hands-on approach to fighting.
67	* HeelFaceTurn: Let's just say that villain roster up there gets a lot less crowded as time goes on.
68	* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Not counting generic enemies, Claude is the only guy around. Even main characters like Ichika or Keiichi are nowhere to be seen.
69	* LethalJokeCharacter:
70	** Just like Jean in ''[[Anime/QueensBlade Spiral Chaos]]'', Claude can rip through any enemy in pieces, coupled with some Soul Sympathy attacks from adjacent allies or by himself.
71	** A few of the crossover characters who are non-combatants in their original series also qualify. These include Anime/SuperSonico, the Higurashi characters (to varying degrees; Rika is more of a joke compared to the others), Puchiko, and Siesta.
72	** Also, Louise. Most of her moveset is her hilariously failing a variety of spells. Her strongest attack is just actually getting one right after a long pep talk from Siesta.
73	* LetsSplitUpGang: Unlike in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', route splits in this game happen at the end of a stage instead of being able to choose at the beginning of a stage.
74	* LuckBasedMission: Anyone who says that they've cleared Stage 34 on their first time is either BornLucky or a liar. You are on a stage where [[spoiler: [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} Chris]] is a neutral and thus you can't control her actions. To make matters worse, she decides to counterattack enemies instead of just defending and moving to a better position. You only have Noel with you at the start and get your allies on 2nd turn but good luck ''getting there''.]]
75	* TheMedic: Claude is the main one, though Sonico can focus on group healing, and a few other characters have their own healing spells as well, like Siesta, Tiffania, Rena, and Satoko.
76	* MascotRPG: Namco practically specializes in this genre, with this MassiveMultiplayerCrossover of these anime superheroines being perfectly at home with its other MascotRPG offerings.
77	* MidSeasonUpgrade: [[Literature/InfiniteStratos Just like from her source novel and anime]], Houki upgrades from her Training IS suit into her Akatsubaki.
78	* TheOneGuy: The OriginalGeneration Claude is this for the good guys, and [[Anime/DreamHunterRem Professor Shinigami]] is this for the bad guys.
79	* PaintingTheMedium: A few of Sonico's attacks have accompanying Website/NicoNicoDouga comments running across the screen, just like a video from the site.
80	* PeninsulaOfPowerleveling: The Free Stages are back in this game.
81	* ShoutOut: A few with the OriginalGeneration characters, as usual with Banpresto's crossovers.
82	** Meru's "Magical Force Cutter" bears resemblance to the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Destucto Disk]].
83	** Both OriginalGeneration villains are walking Shout-Outs to mech series in general.
84	** Noel's final attack [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration may]] [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha remind]] players of [[spoiler: Euzeth's Elyon Yeda Domar]].
85	* SidelinedProtagonistCrossover: This game has a {{Chromosome Cast\|ing}}, due to using the heroines of multiple franchises while removing the male protagonists. One of the stranger results of this is that [[Literature/InfiniteStratos Ichika Orimura]]'s [[UnwantedHarem harem]] remains intact... but [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer is transferred]] to [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} Hibiki Tachibana]] instead.
86	* SkinshipGrope: Both Noel and Meru have no problems doing this to each other [[spoiler: to find out that they've switched bodies after [[StaircaseTumble falling down the stairs]] when Claude, dragged by J, bumps into them.]]
87	* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''[[Anime/QueensBlade Spiral Chaos games]]'', since it shares the same publisher and programmer team (Creator/{{Tose}}). It borrows elements from both games, including stat breaking (as opposed to armor breaking), extra attacks (both the typical version and the new Soul Sympathy system), free stages, free talks, and more. Unfortunately, there is no sparring, nor are there any gal monsters to capture as before.
88	* [[spoiler:SpoilerOpening: The second opening.]]
89	** Possibly subverted in the sense that players must finish the game before they can view this.
90	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: To activate a W-Impact, the character must reduce the HP of an enemy to zero, then said character must reduce the Attack, Hit, and Speed stats to zero. Only then will W-Impact will occur which plays a mini-game where players must push buttons prompted in the screen. This allows characters to attack an already-dead enemy up to three times while also showing off portraits of various clothes that characters have worn in their home series (or new clothes for the OriginalGeneration female characters). Completing a W-Impact sequence also gives a lot more experience and money, as well as extra items.
91	* ATwinkleInTheSky: Very commonly happens to enemies or bosses after getting hit by special attacks.
92	* {{Tsundere}}: Aria, Louise, Kurumi, Chris, and Houki have a conversation with Noel which is nothing but this.
93	* WakeUpCallBoss: Most people can breeze through the first 27 stages thanks to a number of people [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome that are really useful]], but then stage 28 comes in and will kick your ass if you haven't taken the time to level up your other characters who are a forced deploy and you're up against [[Literature/AriaTheScarletAmmo Riko and Jeanne]] with their army.
94	* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: Some stages require certain characters to be alive till the end of the stage. There are also some stages where it's required that none of the characters are allowed to die.

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