History VideoGame / ScarletNexus

''Scarlet Nexus'' is an ActionRPG developed and published by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for the Platform/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, Platform/XboxOne, Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS and PC. It was released on June 25th, 2021.

''Scarlet Nexus'' is an ActionRPG developed and published by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS and PC. It was released on June 25th, 2021.

* MultiEthnicName: Quite a few characters have Japanese first names but last names that belong to other ethnicities, such as Arashi and Fubuki's family name being "Spring", which is of English origin, and Tsugumi's last name being "Nazar", which is Arabic. It's worth noting that even in the Japanese audio, all names are done using the Western order of "given name, family name" - even for names like Yuito's where both the given and family name are of Japanese origin; the Japanese version even writes the names in katakana instead of kanji or hiragana to highlight this.

* DoubleTake: Kasane and Yuito end up doing this briefly with each other after they both [[spoiler:call out to Wakana as their mom.]]

* SuperheroSpeciation: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] Both player characters have the same power and while all the nonplayable party members have unique powers others within the supporting cast have the same powers, with Captain Seto having Electrokinesis the same as Shiden; Wataru, Haruka and Satori all having telepathy; [[spoiler: and Wakana having the Red Strings along with Kasane and Yuito.]] Beyond the featured characters several unnamed OSF members are seen using the same powers as party members in the background of news reports. This is played straight, however, for Karen, and to potent effect; he's considered the most powerful man in the world because [[PowerCopying Brain Eater]] is unique to him, though his considerable talent using each power he taps into effectively also plays a part in his status. It's then played with [[spoiler:in his final battle, in that, aside from Telekinesis and Pyrokinesis, he uses ''all'' the powers the cast has - including Cyrokinesis.]]

* SuperheroSpeciation: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] Both player characters have the same power and while all the nonplayable party members have unique powers others within the supporting cast have the same powers, with Captain Seto having Electrokinesis the same as Shiden, Wataru, Haruka and Satori all having telepathy [[spoiler: and Wakana having the Red Strings along with Kasane and Yuito.]] Beyond the featured characters several unnamed OSF members are seen using the same powers as party members in the background of news reports.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: There are only two blond characters in the plot, Naomi and Alice, and both a utter sweethearts without a bad bone in their bodies. [[spoiler: Both also [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth come to very unpleasant ends.]]]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler: Most of the human race evacuated to the Moon due to changes in the environment that made living on Earth next to impossible before the game started.]]

* WorldHealingWave: [[spoiler:Shortly after Karen borrows the power of the Red Strings and leaves the timeline to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong resolve the entanglement he caused]], glowing red strings start to appear around them and gradually envelop the landscape and, eventually, the planet. This results in his dead lover [[TheLostLenore Alice]] being brought back as if nothing happened, but nobody [[RippleEffectProofMemory outside the main cast]] remembers Karen.]]

* GenderBlenderName: Arashi (a girl) has a tradionally female name and Karen is a man.

* GambitPileup: The poor protagonists are stuck dealing with the fallout of six different factions, all with different, often conflicting, agendas. [[spoiler: There's the Suoh and Seiran governments with their separate [[PlayingWithSyringes awful experiments with Others and human brains.]] Then there's Togetsu [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight attempting to undo the last 2,000 years of human history.]] All three a reacting to the Moon civilisation's [[AbusivePrecursors attempt to push the Other problem onto their colonists on Earth.]] As a WildCard there's Karen, willing to burn down the timeline over and over [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong to prevent Alice Ichijo from dying.]] And underlying it all are the Others and their HorrorHunger for BrainFood.]]