History VideoGame / PrincessConnectReDive

It was announced that ''Re:Dive'' would be localized by Website/{{Crunchyroll}} via their game branch on December 3rd, 2020 with a projected release date of March 2021.

** The Astraea royal family, continent of Astraea, and world of Astrum are all named after the goddess Astraea, who is completely non-existent in the world of Astrum.

* HighTurnoverRate: The vice captain position of Nightmare, the palace guards, has gone through quite a few characters. Saren left the position to run an orphanage, and Christina is fired from the position after going rogue and launching an attack on Caon.

** Subverted in the case of Kiiri, a Shadow of Kasumi who Kasumi herself captures to perform experimental research on. Over the course of several days, Kiiri develops from being unable to do anything but utter broken phases on repeat to being able to hold an extended conversation and express joy as she talks with Kasumi and Yuuki. [[spoiler: Tragically, she ultimately ends up being subject to deletion by the world, but Ameth manages to archive her data so that she can continue to interact with Kasumi and Yuuki in their dreams, acknowledging her as a rare AI that has managed to attain true sentience like herself.]]

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: All named playable characters, save for the main character, are female, making him ThatOneGuy in the cast.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: A pastel-colored, high fantasy setting filled to the brim with whimsical adventure and fantastical sights... that nonetheless is still filled to the brim with monsters and danger around every corner, even if many of said monsters ''are'' adorable in design. Depending on which character you ask, Astraea may be ''too'' saccharine or ''too'' crapsack for their tastes. Kaiser Insight is sickened by how unrealistically soft and forgiving the world is, while Muimi considers it an unending hell that everyone has been trapped in.

* ConspiracyRedemption: Despite being some rather amoral {{evil genius}}es intent on [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] in ''Princess Connect'', the Seven Crowns and Wisdom as a whole get hit with this in ''Re:Dive'' to the point of becoming {{karma houdini}}s, going from being Yuuki’s former enemies to becoming allies and gaining playable status. It helps, though, that their most villainous member, Mana, is the one they’ve allied with Yuuki to fight against, and that [[spoiler:of the three main heroines, Kokkoro ends up being one of the Seven Crowns herself and Pecorine’s family turns out to be their main financial backer.]]

* OnlineAlias: Averted to an incredibly illogical degree. Almost every character uses their real name as their online handle, despite being able to freely choose any username, which makes recognizing each other in real life incredibly easy.

It was announced that ''Re:Dive'' would be localized by Creator/{{Crunchyroll}} via their game branch on December 3rd, 2020 with a projected release date of March 2021.

* FiveRaces: In ''Princess Connect'', there are five races present in Landsol. The [[LittleBitBeastly Beasts]] are generally associated with the Stout archetype, being known for their physical strength, the Fairy archetype is represented by the [[FairyCompanion Navigational Fairies]] and the [[OurElvesAreBetter Elves]], envoys of Minerva and the most magically proficient race, respectively, and the Mundane archetype contains the [[HumansAreAverage humans]] and somewhat surprisingly, the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Fiends]]. In ''Re:Dive'', the Navigational Fairies have disappeared from the face of Landsol, with Nebia being more or less LastOfHerKind, and the fifth slot has been replaced with the Dragonfolk, who are a whole race of [[VideoGame/RageOfBahamut Grea]] {{expies}}.

* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler: Labryista warns Yuuki that this could be a possible consequence of restoring his memories, his current personality ceasing to exist and being replaced by his old self.]]

* FishOutOfWater: [[spoiler: Kokkoro eventually manages to return to the real world in an android body, albeit with the majority of her memories of the real world still missing. As such, [[StrangerinaFamiliarLand she ends up being bewildered by the technologically advanced civilization she was once part of not too long ago]], and Akira has to slowly acclimate her with explanations from a Landsol cultural point of view.]]

* BribingYourWayToVictory: As per usual with {{Creator/Cygames}}, the game is free-to-play but to get all the best characters, you often have to pay money via the gacha.

It received an animation adaption by Cygames Pictures in April 2020.

* TheDogBitesBack: Happens with ''distressing'' frequency to Mana. [[spoiler: In the original ''Princess Connect'', [[TykeBomb Novem]] and [[ForcedIntoEvil Octo]] backstab her during the final battle and join the protagonists, smugly revealing that they’ve been [[DoubleAgent working with]] [[ArtificialIntelligence Minerva]] the entire time to free themselves from [[NebulousEvilOrganization Wisdom’s]] clutches. In ''Re:Dive'', Kyaru ''also'' betrays her during the final battle, pretending to accept Mana’s offer of reconciliation to return to her side, only to attempt a TakingYouWithMe via magical explosion. Christina also goes from fanatically loyal to Mana in ''Princess Connect'' to furiously trying to gut her in the final battle of ''Re:Dive'' after one too many betrayals.]]

* PretendPrejudice: [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Despite being the vice captain of a police force known for discriminating against Beasts]] and ''launching an unprovoked assault on a Beast guild herself for the explicit purpose of starting a race war'', Christina doesn't ''actually'' hold a beef against Beast people. No, she just likes provoking racial tensions because [[BloodKnight war is fun and she's bored out of her mind]].

* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoiler: Labryista warns Yuuki that this could be a possible consequence of restoring his memories, his current personality ceasing to exist and being replaced by his old self.]]

* BribingYourWayToVictory: As per usual with {{Creator/Cygames}}, the game is free-to-play but to get the best items, you often have to pay money via the gacha.

* AscendedExtra: Ayumi started out as a RecurringExtra who would appear in various cutscenes and CGs as "mob" character. During the game's original run, she was the last playable character released before the game's termination. In ''Re:Dive'', she once again serves as "mob filler", even showing up as early as Chapter 1 of the main story, before being made playable once more after being a main character in the ''Great Detective'' event, though she still serves her original "mob character" role. Hillariously, they justify her always being arround in the background by making her a StalkerWithACrush on Yuuki.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Though their change in personality can also be chalked up to [[spoiler: memory modification]], many of the characters are softer around the edges compared to how they behaved in ''Princess Connect''. Examples include Rei's character defining [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy streak]] becoming a rarer occurrence and Nozomi being much more serious and genuine about her dream of becoming top idol, as well as Saren's {{Miser}} qualities being downplayed for her newfound TeamMom attributes. The notable aversions such as Eriko becoming even more AxeCrazy are implied to explicitly be the reuslt of said [[spoiler: memory modification]] causing certain roleplaying traits of theirs to be exaggerated.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Despite being the villain, Mana is no slouch when it comes to being a competent ruler. [[spoiler: Pecorine too tries her best to keep the kingdom on course after her allies depose Mana and seat her on the throne, but realizes just how difficult the job of running a nation is.]]
%%* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Re:Dive'' is this to ''Princess Connect!'' after the original proved to be a critical failure, kicking out its old main trio in favor of a new trio of Pecorine, Kokkoro, and Karyl.

* [[spoiler: GroundhogDayLoop]]: [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed by Mana that she has already experienced multiple loops where Yuuki and his allies have defeated her. The player can choose to trigger the loop in Chapter 15 after Yuuki is mortally wounded by Mana and Labryista presents him with a choice to activate his DeadlyUpgrade and continue fighting at great risk or go back and do it all over again.]]

* [[spoiler: LotusEaterMachine]]: [[spoiler: The kingdom of Landsol and its surrounding world are actually part of the [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame VRMMO]] ''Legend of Astrum''. In an event that eventually became known as "Minerva's Imprisonment" in the real world, the minds of the players were [[InsideaComputerSystem trapped inside]] and {{brainwashed}} into believing it to be reality. Much of the overarching plot deals with trying to return to the real world.]]

* FantasticRacism: The human and Beast races have been at odds for as long and anyone can remember on the Astraea continent, and the kingdom of Landsol in particular has been known for pushing human supremacist policies and discriminating against its Beast citizens. The elves, true to form, as distrustful of all other races and tend to keep to themselves in their HiddenElfVillage. On the other hand, contrary to their AlwaysChaoticEvil depiction in other works, ‘’nobody’’ seems to have a beef against the Demons in Landsol and they have good relations with every other race, making them the sole exception to this.

* ConspiracyRedemption: Despite being some rather amoral {{evil genius}}es intent on [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] in ''Princess Connect'', the Seven Crowns and Wisdom as a whole get hit with this in ''Princess Connect'' to the point of becoming {{karma houdini}}s, going from being Yuuki’s former enemies to becoming allies and gaining playable status. It helps, though, that their most villainous member, Mana, is the one they’ve allied with Yuuki to fight against, and that [[spoiler:of the three main heroines, Kokkoro ends up being one of the Seven Crowns herself and Pecorine’s family turns out to be their main financial backer.]]