History VideoGame / LittleWitchNobeta

A SoulsLikeRPG ThirdPersonShooter where the player takes control of Nobeta, a young girl who seeks a mythical throne in an ancient castle to discover the secret of her past. Guided along the way by a mysterious black cat.

The game follows the usual soul-like formula of a focus on dodging and evading enemies and bosses with pushing combos but with shooter typed gameplay in the form of magic spells being the primary attack. The game also uses enemy soul essence to buff Nobeta.

''Little Witch Nobeta'' first launched in early access for PC via Steam in June 2020. The game would get a full release worldwide on Sep 29, 2022, launching on Playstation 4 and the Nintendo Switch in Japan and Asia.

!!''Little Witch Nobeta'' contains examples of:

* HundredPercentCompletion: The game has both spell upgrades and lore items to collect throughout it. With the Lore items being required to view bonus videos on most of the female bosses backstories before they became crafted souls.
* BearsAreBadNews: The third boss, [[CuteAndPsycho Monica]] has a phase where you fight her monstrous teddy bear.
* BlackoutBasement: The first part of the fourth stage has areas dark areas where you need to find an orb to restore normal lighting.
* BloodierAndGorier: The game doesn't show anything in the way of blood and gore beyond [[DisappearsIntoLight Crafted Soul bodies dissipating into light]] after defeat. In contrast, Nobeta's own focus motion comic, "Wanderer in the Dream", shows the intricacies of her [[ResurrectionDeathLoop respawn mechanic]] by starting with her dying bloody and brutally with one shot of her being '''''split at the waist''''' before she [[AllJustADream wakes up in cold sweat]] by a Goddess Statue.
* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:The game starts with Nobeta walking into the castle and ends wither her leaving it but with Nonota in Black Cat's body joining her.]]

* ChargedAttack: You have a dedicated button that makes Nobeta [[MagicalIncantation chant]] until she charges up a spell of the Element she is equipped with currently (this can be sped up if Nobeta receives mana in the middle of chanting, or does a perfect dodge when attacked), which then gives you two choices: release the charge through its unique attack, or remain in that [[PowerGlows charged state]] until the ChargeMeter depletes, which itself offers it's own benefits like elemental melee attacks.

* {{Meido}}: Some Crafted Souls in the later stages are dressed as maids. Nobeta can also get such an outfit after beating Tania, the second boss.
* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: Lava in the game is treated more like hot water than anything else, with the Nobeta even sinking to the bottom.
* LethalLavaLand: The Third Stage is underground ruins with lava pits as a frequent hazard with it serving as an OneHitKill.

* PerversePuppet: Many enemies including most of the bosses are some kind of living puppet with varying levels of monstrousness.

* SadBattleMusic: [[spoiler:The first phase of the final boss theme, Absolution, is a somber piano piece, fitting with a boss that simply doesn't want to be erased]].

* StandardJapaneseFantasySetting: From what little is gleaned of the game's [[StoryBreadcrumbs item descriptions and motion comics]], the world is set in a MedievalFantasy where humanoids known as "demi-humans" apart from plain old humanity exists, which includes [[LittleBitBeastly beast-like peoples]], [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] and [[OurOrcsAreDifferent ever-violent orcs]]. Judging by how Crafted Souls are a LostTechnology, it implies there used to be {{Precursors}}. And to top it all, there's a church called "The Church" that seems like a SaintlyChurch on paper but is in truth a CorruptChurch gathering power for its own ends.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Monica serves as a huge spike in difficulty compared to the bosses that came before and sets up for the kind of challenge the player will face from here on out.

* BoomStick: Nobeta uses her MagicStaff to fire shots this way like in a ThirdPersonShooter. While the Arcane Element seems like your standard Magic Missile spell straight out of TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons or any other similar media, the rest of the three elements, at least with their basic attacks, correlate to one firearm of the StandardFPSGuns:

* DarkerAndEdgier: The game already makes it clear that the world it's in is far from nice, but the motion comics you can view in the video section, particularly the uncensored versions, show all the atrocities the humans have committed. Nobeta's own focus comic, "Wanderer in the Dream", shows the intricacies of her [[ResurrectionDeathLoop respawn mechanic]] by starting with her dying bloody and brutally with one shot of her being '''''split at the waist''''' before she [[AllJustADream wakes up in cold sweat]] by a Goddess Statue.

* HauntedCastle: The first stage and last-half of the fifth are this by the nature of the being full of [[PerversePuppet Perverse Puppets]]
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: In the game's backstory, humanity went from being oppressed by other races to becoming merciless aggressors under the tutelage of the church. Their discovery of the power of the [[AmplifierArtifact Throne]] marked a turning point, ultimately leading to the creation of powerful super soldiers called Heroes and later the development of the Crafted Souls.

* StandardJapaneseFantasySetting: From what little is gleaned of the game's [[StoryBreadcrumbs item descriptions and motion comics]], the world is set in a MedievalFantasy where humanoids known as "demi-humans" apart from plain old humanity exists, which includes [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] and [[OurOrcsAreDifferent ever-violent orcs]]. Judging by how Crafted Souls are a LostTechnology, it implies there used to be {{Precursors}}. And to top it all, there's a church called "The Church" that seems like a SaintlyChurch on paper but is in truth a CorruptChurch gathering power for its own ends.

* HumansAreBastards: In the game's backstory, humanity went from being oppressed by other races to becoming merciless aggressors under the tutelage of the church. Their discovery of the power of the [[AmplifierArtifact Throne]] marked a turning point, ultimately leading to the creation of powerful super soldiers called Heroes and later the development of the Crafted Souls.

* ChargedAttack: You have a dedicated button that makes Nobeta [[MagicalIncantation chant]] until she charges up a spell of the Element she is equipped with currently, which then gives you two choices: release the charge through its unique attack, or remain in that [[PowerGlows charged state]] until the ChargeMeter depletes, which itself offers it's own benefits like elemental melee attacks.

** The Arcane Element's basic shot is a simple blast, making it the [[{{Handguns}} pistol]] of the spells, although it can be charged to fire a more devastating blast like a HandCannon.

* CorruptChurch: In the game's backstory, the human nations are under the control of the Church, which is responsible for brutal conquests, and is perfectly willing to label any groups that question them as heretics and eliminate them. That's not even getting to the cruel [[UnwittingTestSubject human experimentation]] involved in the creation of Crafted Souls.

* FireIceLightning: Besides the base Arcane Element Nobeta gets at the start, she'll learn the Ice, Fire, and then Lightning Elements in order as she progresses.