History VideoGame / AntonballDeluxe

* MenLikeDogsWomenLikeCats: Anton is seen offering some of his breakfast to his dog in one of his intermissions. Meanwhile, Annie's intermission has her struggling to walk her cat in one of hers.

''Antonball Deluxe'' is a {{Retraux}}-style puzzle/platformer hybrid game compilation developed by Summitsphere and published by Proponent Games, released on September 28, 2021 for Platform/NintendoSwitch and Platform/{{Steam}}. It combines a cozy GBA-style presentation reminiscent of the ''VideoGame/{{Wario}}'' games with an interesting combo of the controls of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' and the brick-breaking of ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''. ''Antonball Deluxe'' compiles three distinct game modes based on the same core mechanics:

''Antonball Deluxe'' is a {{Retraux}}-style puzzle/platformer hybrid game compilation developed by Summitsphere and published by Proponent Games, released on September 28, 2021 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It combines a cozy GBA-style presentation reminiscent of the ''VideoGame/{{Wario}}'' games with an interesting combo of the controls of ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' and the brick-breaking of ''VideoGame/{{Breakout}}''. ''Antonball Deluxe'' compiles three distinct game modes based on the same core mechanics:

** Clive from ''Clive [='N'=] Wrench'' can be selected for ''Antonball''.

* InjuredVulnerability: In ''Punchball'', Ballbusters can only be taken out after being hit with said Punchball.
* {{Invisibility}}: Nothing, a playable character added in the "Better Than Nothing" update, is an invisible person. VisibleInvisibility is not in effect for them, however, so the player has to work out where on the screen they are.
* {{Jerkass}}: The two protagonists aren't pleasant people -- each one an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, at best. One of Anton's intermissions has him laughing at Brulo upon learning that the latter's wife left him.

* VisualPun: In Fudge Mountain, Phase 19's bricks form the shape of a person when viewed from the side. A pair of multiballs is located right where the figure's crotch would be.

* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: Boiler City's final level pits the player against every single stage hazard ''Antonbsll'' can throw at you--moles, spiky bricks, dissolving platforms, grey blocks, moving blocks, enemies and objects that stun you, and more come to make your life miserable before you can finish the game.

* NoOSHACompliance: The Factory has moving platforms and conveyor belts hanging over bottomless pits, and the player is welcome to break bricks and launch balls all over the place.

** Don and Clive can be unlocked for ''Antonball''.
** Peppino from ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'' is a playable character in ''Vs. Antonball'', due to Summitsphere and [=McPig=]'s friendship and their respective protagonists being {{exp|y}}ies of VideoGame/{{Wario}}. Snick also cameos in the SAGE 2020 demo, and can be unlocked as a playable character by collecting "Ruckus Rubies".

** In the SAGE 2020 demo, ''Vs. Antonball'' is accessed from interacting with a "Red Tent" Nintendo VS. System.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Fudge Mountain is a snow-covered area where the platforms are solid ice, forcing the player to tread carefully when chasing after the ball.

* CosmeticAward: Averted with every level but the first in ''Antonball''. When completing a bonus level, it's essentially proof of mastery for the whole stage, so the game rewards you with the stage to play in versus mode as well as gives you a continue. It also gives the player a shiny golden ball on the corner of the level to show you beat it. Stage 1 is the exception, as it will only give you the golden ball and nothing else.