What do the characters of Sword Art Online, Black Bullet, The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, The Irregular at Magic High School, and Valkyria Chronicles all have in common? They’re all ready to beat the living hell out of each other in Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax.
Like Jump Ultimate Stars or J-Stars Victory VS, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is a mega-crossover fighting game filled with famous characters from many popular Japanese anime. However, while Jump V-Stars Victory VS technically pulls its characters from some of Japan’s most popular manga, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax gets its characters from some of Japan’s most popular light novels—as well as some of publisher Sega’s most acclaimed game series. In fact, Fighting Climax sports a total of 37 characters (14 playable, 23 assist) from across 21 different series. But what characters you may ask?
Accel World: Kuroyukihime, Haruyuki Arita (Assist)
A Certain Magical Index: Mikoto Misaka, Accelerator and Last Order (Assist), Toma Kamijo (Assist)
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan: Dokuro Mitsukai (Assist)
Black Bullet: Rentaro Satomi, Enju Aihara (Assist)
Boogiepop: Boogiepop (Assist)
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko: Erio Towa (Assist)
The Devil Is a Part-Timer!: Sadao Mao (Assist)
Durarara!!: Shizuo Heiwajima, Celty Sturluson (Assist), Izaya Orihara (Assist)
Golden Time: Koko Kaga (Assist)
The Irregular at Magic High School: Miyuki Shiba, Tatsuya Shiba (Assist)
Kino's Journey: Kino (Assist)
Oreimo: Kirino Kosaka, Kuroneko (Assist)
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou: Mashiro Shiina (Assist)
Ro-Kyu-Bu!: Tomoka Minato, Hinata Hakamada (Assist)
Shakugan no Shana: Shana, Wilhelmina Carmel (Assist)
Spice and Wolf: Holo (Assist)
Strike the Blood: Yukina Himeragi, Kojou Akatsuki (Assist)
Sword Art Online: Asuna, Kirito, Leafa (Assist)
Toradora!: Taiga Aisaka, Ryuji Takasu (Assist)
Valkyria Chronicles: Selvaria Bles, Alicia Melchiott (Assist)
Virtua Fighter: Akira Yuki, Pai Chan (Assist)
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax was released in Japan for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on November 13, 2014. There is currently no word on an international release.
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