History Main / SuperMovePortraitAttack

* In ''Wolf of the Battlefield: VideoGame/{{Commando}} 3'', the M-Crash special attack is accompanied by a cut-in portrait.

** ''Ultimate'' also has [[VideoGame/Persona5 Joker]] doing this when his Rebellion Gauge is full, summoning Arsene and powering up his attacks and abilities.

* [[http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Zidanecombo.gif One take]] on [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup Zidane's]] UseYourHead moment.

** Zigzagged in the first ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro no Kiseki]]'' game; it discards cut-ins for faster combat flow, but its turn-based mode still has a lot of dramatic close-ups shown during Crafts and S-Crafts. However, it's hard to pinpoint close-ups with the same impact as cut-ins in previous games. Regardless, ''Kuro II'' brings cut-ins back, though these ones still use the 3D models instead of 2D artwork.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky]]'' trilogy has eyes-only cut-ins, while ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails From Zero]]'' uses characters' normal speaking portraits with determined expressions. ''Trails to Azure'', however, replaces these with full-body artworks.

** Zigzagged in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro no Kiseki]]''. The game discardes cut-ins for faster combat flow, but its turn-based mode still has a lot of dramatic close-ups shown during Crafts and S-Crafts. However, it's hard to pinpoint close-ups with the same impact as cut-ins in previous games.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': When 5-star characters--and Barbara--initiate an [[LimitBreak Elemental Burst]], you get a small cutscene zooming in on the character’s face as they unleash their attack while their elemental color flashes in the background.

** Starting with ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Trails of Cold Steel]]'', series undergoes VideoGame3DLeap and starts using dramatic close-ups even for most normal Crafts. Cut-ins, however, are still being used for S-Crafts.
** ''Trails of Cold Steel'' also uses cut-ins for Link Attacks and HumongousMecha battles. The latter uses mostly the same mechanic as the former, which means that the second cut-in displayed is cut-in for the ''mecha''. It makes some sense for sentient [[SuperRobot Divine Knights]], but less so for [[RealRobot Panzer Soldats]], which are just inanimate war machines.

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* In ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey V: Beyond the Myth'', when a Union Skill -- CombinationAttack meets LimitBreak -- is used, all participants' portraits flash on the screen momentarily before the skill animation takes place.

* ''VideoGame/MarioParty 3'' does this on the duel boards when one player's partner attacks the opposition.
** ''Mario Tennis'' uses a "VS" version of this.

* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', when you or a boss uses an offensive skill.

* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'': Just before executing their Charge Attack animations, characters will have their own static portraits flash horizontally on the screen, along with a sound effect. This is taken UpToEleven with some characters introduced in 2017 onwards, such as ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' characters Mikasa and Levi, who have animated portraits zooming in and with a different background color.

** Taken [[UpToEleven up a few notches]] with Utsuho's, wherein the portrait is accompanied by large, yellow, radiation-symbol-spammed "CAUTION!" text scrolling across the screen as well as a blaring klaxon. Reason for this being that she is a ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction living thermonuclear weapon.]]''

*** ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten Disgaea 4]]'' takes this UpToEleven with the Prism Rangers ultimate attack. It shoves 13 portraits on screen at once!

* In ''Monster Girl Quest'', using an elemental sword skill while the corresponding spirit is summoned will cause portraits of both Luka and the spirit to appear. This is taken UpToEleven in ''Monster Girl Quest: Paradox'', where every single playable character (and there are hundreds of them) has one when they use particular skills.

* In ''Monster Girl Quest'', using an elemental sword skill while the corresponding spirit is summoned will cause portraits of both Luka and the spirit to appear. This is taken UpToEleven in ''Monster Girl Quest: Paradox'', where every single playable character (and there are [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters hundreds of them]]) has one when they use particular skills.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'', whenever a Mii executes a new skill (be it a class skill, a personality skill or a relationship skill), we see a close up of their portrait with the name of the attack next to it.

* ''VideoGame/ArcRiseFantasia'' with its Trinity Acts and Excel Trinity Acts.

* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' uses this for its strongest attacks, known as Mystic Artes (Hi-Ougis) or Blast Calibers, depending on the game.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has two grades of Mystic Arte, one which gets a little portrait of the character and the strongest ones, which [[spoiler:you can't get in the first playthrough and]] show a full pic of the character in dramatic combat pose.
** If you're on a ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' New Game +, you have a chance to see Kunzite's Mystic Arte use a different portrait from normal - specifically, with his helmet off.
** There's a similar case in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'', where after using a certain move on a NewGamePlus, Judas will go through a DramaticUnmask and his Super Move Portrait Attack will show him as such.
** The UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' gives all the main characters new Mystic Artes, and just to show how awesome and powerful they are, the accompanying new Super Move Portrait Attacks are ''animated''. (Because nothing quite says "power" like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zy8LUZ1kzM boobie bounce]].)
** The Link artes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' briefly display a face portrait of the two participating characters whenever they're used.

** They return in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', the artwork used looking somewhat more dynamic. Fitting the game's comic book-like aesthetic, the critical hit cut-ins look as if parts of the screen are "torn away" to reveal the portrait.

* The ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' does this with the "[[LimitBreak S-Crafts]]":
** The ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky]]'' trilogy, as well as ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails From Zero]]'', uses facial cut-ins.
** Every game from ''Trails to Azure'' onwards, including the ''Evolution'' remakes of the ''Sky'' games flashes a unique portrait of the user. The ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Trails of Cold Steel]]'' games, as well as ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie Trails into Reverie]]'', would also use said portraits for "Link Attacks."
** Averted in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki Kuro no Kiseki]]'', discarding the cut-ins for faster combat flow.

* Starting from''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'', the zoom-in, screen freeze, flashy lights variant when a Super/Critical Art is activated. ''[=SFIV=]'' goes one step further, and uses full motion zoom-ins for Ultra Moves, to enhance that OhCrap feeling. ''[=SFV=]'' adds a little more with a screen freeze after the finishing off the opponent with an autocombo.

* Starting around 2002, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} series of games (formerly WWE Smackdown or WWE Smackdown Vs Raw) began adding more cinematic touches to the fights, typically dramatic zoom-ins, slow-mo, camera pans and/or [[RepeatCut repeating replays]] of successful finishing moves. In previous games you could invoke this trope in singles matches.