History VideoGame / Maribato

* CatchPhrase: All girls open the duels sometimes with a calm ''"Gokigenyou!"''[[note]]A formal greeting used by the dtudents[[/note]], and there's also ''"Onee-sama"'', when the ''petit soeurs'' tag with their ''grand soeurs''.

* EnergyBow: Touko creates one of these for one of her supers, and fires an electrically charged arrow. Of course, Being Touko, the point of the arrow is in the shape of a [[ThisIsADrill drill.]]

* CatchPhrase: All girls open the duels sometimes with a calm ''"Gokigenyou!"''[[note]]Have a nice day![[/note]], and there's also ''"Onee-sama"'', when the ''petit soeurs'' tag with their ''grand soeurs''.

The game features the [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule Catholic schoolgirls]] from Lillian High School as playable characters, and all of them sport quirky yet very funny and interesting moves and styles, most of them as [[ShoutOut references]] to other fighting games, or aspects from the light novel. It is a TagTeam FightingGame in a similar vein to the Capcom Crossover games, where you can pick a team of two ''soeurs''[[note]]Sisters[[/note]], and go against another group of two. Gameplay-wise, it uses three buttons: Two attacks (Weak and Strong), and a third button to change to your partner. Each girl has their own LifeMeter, however, if one of the girls is defeated, the entire team loses, unless you somehow manages to change characters just in time, the other girl can go on the fight even if her ''soeur'' is down.

* DanceBattler: Shimako fights with [[DualWielding a pair]] of [[PaperFanOfDoom paper fans]], and most of her moves are based on some sort of japanese dance. She also takes a few from [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Anji Mito]].

** Sei incorporates a lot of grapling moves in her moveset, most of them from [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Zangief's]] book, such as a SpinningPiledriver, a double suplex, her aerial throw is an Izuna drop, and one of her supers is a Final Atomic Buster variant.

* CatchPhrase: All girls open the duels sometimes with a calm ''"Gokigenyou!"'' (Have a nice day!), and there's also ''Onee-sama'', when the ''petit soeurs'' tag with their ''grand soeurs''.

* CatchPhrase: All girls open the duels saying sometimes ''"Gokigenyou!"'' (Have a nice day!), and there's also ''Onee-sama'', when the younger sisters tag with the older ones.

* SomethingAboutARose: Some girls throw roses in battle, although each one has their own style. Yumi, for example, throws roses describing an arc, Sachiko does it in a straight horizontal line, Youko can throw three roses at the same time, or unleash a flurry of roses raining from above, etc.

* CarFu: In a reference of how Sei DrivesLikeCrazy, One of her supers has her driving a car, in an attempt to run over her opponent.

* ImprovisedWeapon: One of Yoshino's supers has her throwing a barrage of magician implements, such as hats, staffs, paper fans, wooden swords and even ''shurikens'' in an arcing trajectory.

The game features the [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule Catholic schoolgirls]] from Lillian High School as playable characters. It is a TagTeam FightingGame in a similar vein to the Capcom Crossover games, where you can pick a team of two ''soeurs''[[note]]Sisters[[/note]], and go against another group of two. Gameplay-wise, it uses three buttons: Two attacks (Weak and Strong), and a third button to change to your partner. Each girl has their own LifeMeter, however, if one of the girls is defeated, the entire team loses, unless you somehow manages to change characters just in time, the other girl can go on the fight even if her ''soeur'' is down.

* FinalBoss: In vanilla ''Maribato!'', Youko and Eriko are the last opponents; Particularly, Eriko's moveset references to other final bosses in fighting games back then, as she has [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese Howard's]] [[RazorWind Reppuken]], her DP is a Genocide Cutter-esque kick, and one of her supers is a powerful WaveMotionGun. Later, in ''Maribato! Plus'', the last opponent can sometimes be Sei, with the second character being decided randomly.

* NerfArm: Rei uses a wooden sword in battle, as a reference to her position as [[KendoTeamCaptain captain of her Kendo team.]] Her ''soeur'' Yoshino also wields a wooden sword of her own, although she hs other tricks up her sleeve.

* SempaiKohai: As a reference to this tradition at Lillian, the girls in Arcade Mode are paired according to which group they belong, older sister with younger sister (For example, Yumi with Sachiko, Sei with Shimako, and Rei with Yoshino), and when they tag, the ''petit soeur'' usually shouts "''Onee-sama''" so her ''grand soeur'' can go on. A particular example is Yumi who, when paired with the leader of one of the groups, dooesn't call them by name but by her position, so she exclaims "''Rosa Foetida''" for Eriko, ''"Rosa Chinensis"'' for Youko, and ''"Rosa Gigantea''" for Sei.

* ThisIsADrill: Touko fights by summoning drills in her hands, and ram her opponents with them.

An UpdatedRerelease called ''Maribato! Plus'' was presented in Comiket 70 in 2006, it adds five new characters in addition to the existing eight ones, as well as new stages, it also makes a big rebalance of everyone.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Due to the game following the slapstick route, weapons used in this game include: Roses, an [[ParasolOfPain umbrella]], basketballs, magician implements, and even a rosary.
* ImprovisedWeapon: One of Yoshino's supers has her throwing a barrage of magician implements, such as hats and staffs, in an arcing trajectory.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Shizuka (''aka Rosa Kanina'') uses her voice in battle; when singing, she poduces a note that causes damage, and her DP has her creating a force field with her voice.

* ExcitedShowTitle: ''Maribato!'' and ''Maribato! Plus'',including the exclamation point!

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Noriko can use her rosary as a weapon, giving her good range.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Shizuka uses her voice in battle; when singing, she poduces a note that causes damage, and her DP has her creating a force field with her voice.

* FinalBoss: In vanilla ''Maribato!'', Youko and Eriko are the last opponents; Particularly, Eriko's moveset references to other final bosses in fighting games back then, as she has [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese's]] [[RazorWind Reppuken]], her DP is a Genocide Cutter-esque kick, and one of her supers is a powerful WaveMotionGun. Later, in ''Maribato! Plus'', the last opponent can sometimes be Sei, with the second character being decided randomly.
* GroundWave: One of Rei's supers has her hitting the ground with her wooden sword, with enough force to create an energy wave tht travels across the floor.

* NerfArm: Rei uses a wooden sword in battle, as a reference to her position as captain of her Kendo team. Her ''soeur'' Yoshino also wields a wooden sword of her own, although she hs other tricks up her sleeve.

* {{Combos}}: Like other doujin games, this game follows the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' route, as it incorporates chain combos, such as: Weak-Strong-Special, or also Weak-Strong-Launcher-Air Combo.

* GroundWave: One of Rei's supers has her hitting the ground with her wooden sword, with enough forcé to créate an energy wave tht travels across the floor.
* HumanCannonball: Yoshino's throw turns her oponent into this: Yoshino starts by stuffing her opponent into a trick cannn, and fires her up into the sky, slamming her against a wall.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: Kanako can throw basketballs in battle, in a similar fashion to Lucky Glauber.

* AssistCharacter: Noriko summons [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand-like]] buddhist statues in battle to protect her, as a reference to her passion to her passion for that religion; the orange one has a RapidFireFisticuffs attack, and the gray one swings a sword upwards, useful as anti-aerial. And a bigger one which catches Noriko's opponent, and crushes her with a grapple move.

* FinalBoss: In vanilla ''Maribato!'', Youko and Eriko are the last opponents; Particularly, Eriko's moveset references to other final bosses in fighting games back then, as she has [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese's]] [[RazorWind Reppuken]], her DP is a Genocide Cutter-esque kick, and one of her supers is a powerful WaveMotionGun. Later, in ''Maribato! Plus'', the last opponent can sometimes be Shiori, with the second character being decided randomly.
* GroundWave:

* LittleBitBeastly: Yumi can temporarily grow tanuki ears, and a tail, which [[TailSlap she uses to slap opponents]]. One of her supers has her spinning in mid-air while [[TurnsRed turning red]], and ram her opponent with a powerful tail slap.

* FinalBoss: In vanilla ''Maribato!'', Youko and Eriko are the last opponents; Particularly, Eriko's moveset references to other final bosses in fighting games back then, as she has [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese's]] [[RazorWind Reppuken]], her DP is a Genocide Cutter-esque kick, and one of her supers is a powerful WaveMotionGun. Later, in ''Maribato! Plus'', the last oponent is Shiori, with the second character being decided randomly.

* NerfArm: Rei uses a woden sword in battle, as a reference to her position as captain of her Kendo team. Her ''soeur'' Yoshino also wields a wooden sword by herself, although she hs other tricks up her sleeve.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Sei incorporates a lot of grapling moves in her moveset, most of them from [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Zangief's]] book, such as a SpinningPiledriver, a double suplex, her aerial throw is an Izuna drop, and one of her supers is a Final Atomic Buster variant.

The game features the [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule Catholic schoolgirls]] from Lillian High School as playable characters. It is a Tag Team FightingGame in a similar vein to the Capcom Crossover games, where you can pick a team of two ''soeurs''[[note]]Sisters[[/note]], and go against another group of two. Gameplay-wise, it uses three buttons: Two attacks (Weak and Strong), and a third button to change to your partner. Each girl has their own LifeMeter, however, if one of the girls is defeated, the entire team loses, unless you somehow manages to change characters just in time, the other girl can go on the fight even if her ''soeur'' is down.

* SempaiKohai: As a reference to this tradition at Lillian, the girls in Arcade Mode are paired according to which group they belong, older sister with younger sister (For example, Yumi with Sachiko, Sei with Shimako, and Rei with Yoshino), and when they tag, the ''Petit Soeur'' usually shouts "''Onee-sama''" so her sister can go on.

As the title indicates, the game features the [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule Catholic schoolgirls]] from Lillian High School as playable characters. It is a Tag Team FightingGame in a similar vein to the Capcom Crossover games, where a group of two characters can go against another group of two. Gameplay-wise, it uses three buttons: Two attacks (Weak and Strong), and a third button to change to your partner. Each girl has their own LifeMeter, however, if one of the girls is defeated, the entire team loses, unless you somehow manages to change characters just in time, the other girl can go on the fight even if her partner is down.

* {{Combos}}: Like other doujin games, this game follows the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' route, as it incorporates chain combos, such as: Weak-Strong-Special, or also Weak-Strong-Launcer-Air Combo.

* FinalBoss: In vanilla ''Maribato!'', Youko and Eriko are the last opponents; Particularly, Eriko's moveset references to other final bosses in fighting games back then, as she has [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese's]] [[RazorWind Reppuken]], her DP is a Genocide Cutter-esque kick, and one of her supers is a powerful WaveMotionGun.

* LittleBitBeastly: Yumi can temporarily grow tanuki ears, and a tail, which she uses to slap opponents. One of her supers has her spinning in mid-air while [[TurnsRed turning red]], and ram her opponent with a powerful tail slap.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Shizuka uses her voice in battle; when singing, she poduces a note that causes damage, and her DP has her creating a force field with her voce.

* SempaiKohai: As a reference to this tradition at Lillian, the girls in Arcade Mode are paired according to which group they belong, older sister with younger sister (For example, Yumi with Sachiko, Sei with Shimako, and Rei with Yoshino), and when they tag, the ''Petit Soeur'' shouts "''Onee-sama''" so her sister can go on.

* SomethingAboutARose: Some girls throw roses in battle, although ech one has their own style.

* AWinnerIsYou: "Congratulations! You are best ''Soeur''"
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Sei incorporates a lot of grapling moves in her moveset, most of them from [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Zangief's]] book, such as a SpinningPiledriver, a double suplex, and one of her supers is a Final Atomic Buster variant.

As the title indicates, the game features the Catholic schoolgirls from Lillian High School as playable characters. It is a Tag Team FightingGame in a similar vein to the Capcom Crossover games, where a group of two characters can go against another group of two. Gameplay-wise, it uses three buttons: Two attacks (Weak and Strong), and a third button to change to your partner. Each girl has their own LifeMeter, however, if one of the girls is defeated, the entire team loses, unless you somehow manages to change characters just in time, the other girl can go on the fight even if her partner is down.

* PrehensileHair: Kanako is able to use her long hair as a weapon, she even has a rapid-fire move, from Millia Rage's moveset.
* ThisIsADrill: Touko fihts by summoning drills in her hands, and ram her opponents with them.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Sei incorporates a lot of grapling moves in her moveset, most of them from Zangief's book, such as a SpinningPiledriver, and one of her supers is a Final Atomic Buster variant..

* FinalBoss: In vanilla ''Maribato!'', Youko and Eriko are the last opponents; Particularly, Eriko's movesare references to other final bosses in fighting games back then, as she has [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese's]] [[RazorWind Reppuken]], her DP is a Genocide Cutter-esque kick, and one of her supers is a powerful WaveMotionGun.