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Main Story
- When Tsubasa is abducted in the prologue by phantoms from another world, Itsuki doesn't bat an eyelash or even think about running away. He charges right on in after her, despite protests from Touma, who was already a Mirage Master and knew what he was getting into.
- Touma pulls a Big Damn Heroes moment for Itsuki and Tsubasa in the first dungeon, jumping in to help them fight Garrick and assist their escape from the Idolasphere.
- The Live shows are all pretty cool to watch. Say what you will about the game's idol setting, but the actual musical segments are at least pleasing to look at.
- After Tsubasa breaks Aversa's Mind Control on her sister, the Dark Flier tries to flee the scene. Tsubasa is having none of the witch's crap and jumps off a skyscraper after her in an awesome CG scene, cutting her off at ground level with Caeda's help and then having a boss fight in the middle of Shibuya.
- After the whole preceding dungeon full of Topic conversations worrying about how Tsubasa is going to handle herself, this one moment definitive proves this is a girl who has her head on straight in the clutch - after breaking Ayaha's mind control, she hesitates only long enough to make sure her sister's alright before jumping in the finish the job, saving the tears until after the crisis is over.
- One for Ms. Maiko on top of that as she somehow managed to film the above moment and utilize it in Tsubasa's debut video.
- The fact that everyone in the party manages to become successful idols and actors over the course of the story. They made their dreams happen through hard work and determination. And maybe some heroic spirits.
- In order to perform the Opera of Light to summon Marth and defeat Medeus, the party has to overcome three trials, which involve fighting Marth's army from Shadow Dragon! Characters like Jagen, Gordin, Ogma, and other significant Fire Emblem characters. If Gharnef hadn't crashed the third trial, Itsuki and the others would have gone up against Marth himself!
- The leadup to the final battle. The main cast climbs a floating ruin above a slowly-being-consumed Tokyo, eventually coming face-to-face with the Shadow Dragon Medeus. Itsuki gets seemingly killed in one shot, but manages to revive with Heroic Willpower to fuse with Marth, the Hero-King himself. Tiki transforms into Divine Dragon form to weaken Medeus, and the entire party powers up for the final battle by singing a vocal version of the Fire Emblem theme. Cue boss fight.
Side Stories
- The conclusion of Touma's story. The kid he's been trying to impress by becoming a super hero gets kidnapped and Touma goes to rescue him. However, an audition for something that could be Touma's big break into acting is happening at the same time, but even though Touma knows that Itsuki and the others could handle the rescue, he goes anyway because he wants the kid to believe in him. In the end, Touma manages to rescue the kid, make his audition with Cain's help, and land the part, thereby getting the dream job he always wanted as a TV superhero. His debut even has him saving the hero of another popular show that he had been idolizing!
- After being yanked around through several tone shifts on her own cooking show, Mamori finally puts her foot down and explodes on her producer, coercing him into letting her sing a ballad on the cooking show. Not only does he agree to it, but this particular gimmick does wonders for the show's ratings and lets Mamori follow her dream of being a ballad singer.
- By the end of her side story, Ellie finally achieves her dream of becoming a Hollywood star by landing the lead part in an action film directed by a big name director.
- Tsubasa's progression throughout her story. She goes from a meek, school girl that eventually rises to being an idol star that can perform an enormous show all on her own. This is the same girl that decided to meow at a cat for hours to learn about feminine wiles when Touma tells her to learn about "cat charm".
Requests/Other
- The art design for all of the Heroic Mirages is pretty badass. Chrom and Virion in particular have been highly praised, even if the Dark Is Not Evil look for Chrom is somewhat out of place for his character.
- Sessions allow other party members to join in on attacks, linking all of their attacks together for huge combos based on the skills characters have equipped that sync up with each other and when attacking an enemy with the appropriate weakness. By the end of the game, it's possible to get all seven party members in on a single attack. Once you start using Dual Arts, they allow a whole other session to start when it's done. And it can happen twice in a row. It's possible to land up to twenty attacks on an enemy in a single turn.
- And then Encore adds in three additional Session skills for each of the three members of Fortuna who don't normally fight, meaning it is now possibly to land up to twenty seven attacks on an enemy in a single turn!
- The Ad-Lib sessions that aren't intentionally goofy can be pretty awesome.
- Kiria's Labrinyth has her step in, sing the titular song and then blast enemies with a blizzard that can inflict confuse.
- Itsuki's Back Chorus has him grab a mic and shout an electric attack at his foes. He could give Mic Kirby a run for his money.
- Itsuki's Firm Resolve has him charge up a massive Sword Beam while everyone else cheers him on before unleashing it on the enemy.
- Touma's Ouga Flame Thrust has him leap into battle and unleash a blaze on the enemy as a Henshin superhero, all while his own theme music plays.
- Ellie's Arrow of Destiny has her fire a lightning arrow into the crowd of enemies and then turn her back on the scene before it explodes for heavy damage.
- Same with the Duo Arts:
- Itsuki utilizing Tsubasa as a Fastball Special and the latter not even being fazed by it.
- Touma and Yashiro recreating an epic sword fight all while clashing against their shared target.
- Tsubasa and Ellie's having not only some of the best dance moves in the game where they move in perfect synchronization, but also unleashes what can be a considered a nuclear and effective Pink Sugar Heart Attack. Even better? The Art itself is a Shout-Out to Splatoon.
