History VideoGame / Maribato

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

* SempaiKohai: As a reference to the ''soeur'' system 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, Rei with Yoshino, etc.), 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, doesn'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. In general, Touko seems to have an obssession for drills, as most of her normal attacks, specials and even one super are related to drills. Curious enough, if you look carefully during her standng A animation, she actually hits her opponents with one of her MegaTwintails, which you guessed, are [[VisualPun drill-shaped]].

''Maribato!'' is a doujin FightingGame developed in 2004 by DK Software, based on the LightNovel ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs''.

''Maribato!'' is a doujin FightingGame developed in 2004 by DK Software, based on the LightNovel ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru''.

* ReverseGrip: Yoshino holds her wooden sword this way.

''Maribato!'' is a doujin FightingGame developed in 2004 by DK Software, based on the Light Novel ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru''.

The game features the students from Lillian Girls' 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.

* AssistCharacter: Noriko summons [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Stand-like]] buddhist statues in battle to protect her, as a reference 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, reddish one which catches Noriko's opponent, and crushes her with a grapple move.

* ForeheadOfDoom: Eriko uses hers to fire a powerful blas to her opponent.

** One of Eriko's supers has her firing a powerful blast to her opponent.

* IaijutsuPractitioner: Although not a pure Iaijutsu stylist (Because she's more of a kendo master), Rei has some Iai style attacks that she can perform with her wooden srowd, one of them as a reference to a similar move by Moriya, from ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade''. One of her supers has her adopting a side stance and swinging her wooden sword in rapid succession.

* GlacierWaif: Shori, a girl of average size, is strong enough to carry [[{{BFG}} a massive cross-shaped gun]] over her shoulders.

* ShoutOut: This game [[FollowTheLeader follows]] ''VideoGame/TheQueenOfHeart'' and ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' route, and there are multiple references to other fighting games, as well as aspects from the light novel.

* 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. And there's also Noriko with her rosary which she uses as a [[ChainPain chain]] of some sort.

* SempaiKohai: As a reference to the ''soeur'' system 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, Rei with Yoshino, etc.), 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.

* CloningBlues: Several of Shizuka's supers has her creating energy duplicates of other characters to attack: She has a rushing super where clones of Rei and Yoshino strike her opponent, and a command grab where a clone of Sei crushes her with a SpinningPiledriver, then a clone of Shimako strikes her while she's down.

* SomethingAboutARose: The girls from the House of Chinensis throw roses in battle, although each one has their own style. Yumi, for example, throws roses describing an arc, Sachiko and Touko do it in a straight horizontal line (Altough Touko's roses vanishes after at mid distance), and Youko can throw three roses at the same time, or unleash a flurry of roses raining from above.

* IaijutsuPractitioner: Rei can actually do this with her wooden sword, as one of her specials has her adopting a side stance, and swinging it at an incredible speed before returning to her defensive stance, and one of her supers has her swinging her wooden sword in rapid succession, always in her side stance.

* AscendedExtra: The five characters introduced in ''Maribato! Plus'' (Touko, Noriko, Shizuka, Kanako and Shiori) appear as playable characters; special mention to Kanako and Shizuka, who had little screentime in the light novel and anime series.

An UpdatedRerelease called ''Maribato! Plus'' was presented in Comiket 70 in 2006 as a standalone disc. 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.

* Introduced in ''Maribato! Plus'': Touko Matsudaira, Noriko Nijou, Shizuka Kanina, Kanako Hosokawa and Shiori Kubo.

* MythologyGag: When Yumi and Sachilo are paired, they share an intro where Sachiko fixes Yumi's scarf, similar to how she did it in the light novel.

* SwordBeam: One of Rei's supers has her thrusting her wooden sword with enough force to create an energy wave that travels across the floor.

* LittleBitBeastly: In a (possible) reference to ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', 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.

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

* AcademyOfAdventure: The stages are based on actual locations at Lillian.

* LongRangeFighter: Youko is the local zoner: Her whip gives her a good range, and she has a lot of options for her projectiles, and one of her supers has her creating a rain of roses to keep her oponent at bay.

* TornadoMove: One of Shimako's supers has her flapping a huge fan and creating a big tornado in front of her and her opponent.