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[[Battle Moon Wars]] is a [[Doujin]] game made by the group Werk. It is, as the name suggests, a [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|Pastiche]] in the style of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''.

 

 

Battle Moon Wars is notable for successfully blending Nasuverse canon together, and pulling together a unique story of its own ([[Word of God]] about power levels --or several of them ''existing'' together-- be damned!). Yes, even Phantasmoon stealing her staff from Caster is from the [http://img157.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kc330042vb8.jpg official artbooks.]

Contains the following tropes:

 

** 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 [[Word of God]] 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.}}

* [[Anti-Villain]]: {{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 Iris are mainly here to see how their children are doing, Aoko is her usual [[Chaotic Neutral]] self, Ilya doesn't really care and helps the heroes on several occasions, and Archer...well.}}

* [[Back From the Dead]]: ....most of the villains from the various [[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.}}

* [[Badass Adorable]]: ''Every'' player character, quite frankly. They're slightly less messed up than in the source material, and the [[Super-Deformed|visual aesthetic]] dilutes much of the original darkness.

*** She's still wily, though, as Stage 53 shows.

* [[The Battle Didn't Count]]: Much like ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', 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.

* [[Bleached Underpants]]: Instead of being someone whose only way of giving [[Mana]] was [[Supernaturally Delicious and Nutritious|blood]] and [[Deus Sex Machina|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 Ley Line (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.

** 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 absolute worst, partially due to the artstyle and partially due to the nature of the Compressed Adaptation of the various plots.

* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: Have fun dealing with the "Tohno Family Takeover Plan" should you get all Battle Masteries. {{spoiler|Kohaku unleashes the Robopocalypse of Mecha-Hisuis 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 [[Easy Amnesia]] gas.}} This does, however, unlock those extra abilities in [[New Game+]]; as well as a special item that increases all stats.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Arcueid, usually when in [[Magical Girl]] form.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]:

** 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.

* [[Dynamic Difficulty]]: Like in [[Super Robot Wars]], it has Battle Masteries, optional challenges for each stage, do them and the difficulty goes up.

** 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.

* [[Fandom Nod]]: One of the oldest unanswered questions in the Nasuverse fandom is the question of whether Arcueid could beat Gilgamesh and vice versa. Guess who picks a fight with who in Acts 3 and 4?

* [[Fan Service]]: Any female character's [[Overly-Long Fighting Animation]] 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, and then includes [[Gainaxing]] and teases [[Wardrobe Malfunction]] in several shots.

* [[Final Speech]]: {{spoiler|After you beat Kuu on Stage 49.}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Kuu:''' Haruna, I leave everything in your care.}}}}

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Tohno Shiki, Lancer, most Real-type characters.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: This troper just realized Shirou's Nine Lives BGM is actually a very, very, very, '''[[Overly Long Gag|very]]''' modified version of Emiya/Unlimited Blade Works. {{spoiler|His rejection of his ideals not only warps his reality marble, but warps his [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]}}.

** RoSHIaKI, so much.

* [[Les Yay]]: To remove Haruna's [[Power Limiter]] and activate their [[Combination Attack]] Natsuki has to... [[Intimate Healing|kiss her]]. She then asks if Haruna's blushing. (She is.)

** Phantasmoon: If you're ever lonely, Ciel, come over and we'll play.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: When Arcueid ''stops'' being a [[Magical Girl]] is when she shows off her true power.

* [[The Rival]]: [[Magical Girl]] Arcueid and [[Magical Girl]] Rin (spoofed to hell), Arcueid and Gilgamesh, Takumi and Berserker.

* [[Road Cone]]: One can either choose the "Super" (Takumi) or "Real" (Haruna) route; most of the game is the same but Super deals more with the Tsukihime side while Real is more Fate/Stay Night. Bonus characters from each can be carried over into [[New Game+]].

*** 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 [[Rule of Funny]].

* [[Rule of Cool]]: [[Word of God]] 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 [[Combination Attack]] is too awesome ''not'' to have.

** {{spoiler|Getting every single Battle Mastery, then beating Stage 53 and creating a [[New Game+]] will allow you to use Saber's and Kohaku's [[Magical Girl]] forms, Saber Lily and Magical Amber.}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: ''Tons.'' Every [[Mook]] is a shout out to some anime, game, or show. Plus several characters attacks are [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to [[Super Robot Wars]] and other Mecha shows, here's just some of them.

*** Berserker viewing Takumi as a [[Worthy Opponent]] wouldn't be remarkable in and of itself...except that one of his attack animations copies the style of [[Evil Twin|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.

** Then Phantasmoon Eclipse uses the [[Dragonball Z|Spirit Bomb]] (unless it's a [[Getter Robo|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 [[Machine Robo|Vikungfu's]] God Hand Smash.

** Arcueid, Ciel, and Akiha have an insanely powerful combo attack called "Final Typenic Special" a reference to the common combo attack in [[Super Robot Wars]] called "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfEIAKpJP14 Final Dynamic Special]" which involves Mazinger and Getter robots.

** Speaking of [[Mazinger Z]], Mech-Hisui comes complete with a lawyer-friendly Jet Scrander.

*** Even funnier since "[[Red Baron|King of Heroes]]" and "[[Fan Nickname|King of Braves]]" are both valid translations of ''Yuusha-Oh''.

** If you DO get Sacchin, she comes with Bakunetsu God Finger from [[G Gundam]]. Likewise, Shiro and Sakura later gets a pastiche of Sekiha Love Love Tenkyoken.

** Ciel's best attack is a variation on [[Super Robot Wars|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, ''[[DDD]]'' aka ''[[Decoration Disorder Disconnection]]''.

*** The attack itself is also a shout out to [[Eureka Seven]]

** No one seems to care about old shows... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBjgK_8ZUWc#t=1m18s Hisui and Kohaku's] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3qUPLs5U4 combination attack]...

** Speaking of old shows, Nrvsnqr gets the [[Kotetsu Jeeg|Jeeg Breaker]].