14-year-old Takeshi is a game designer to-be who is creating a new video game for his younger brother Hiroshi, a child who is dealing with an illness and wants nothing more than to finish playing the video game. Takeshi has to design the game to give Hiroshi a fair challenge but not so hard that he winds up losing.
Tropes present in this game:
- Big Brother Mentor: Obviously Hiroshi really looks up to Takeshi and treats him as a hero.
- Console Cameo: One of the consoles on the boys' shelf clearly represents a Nintendo Switch.
- Fatal Flaw: Takeshi's is Pride. On some level, his desire for Hiroshi's praise and admiration is why he's making Mighty Warrior to begin with. However, he doesn't want others to see his game because he's afraid they'll see how sparsely programmed it actually is. When Erika suggests he work with another classmate on the game, he gets so worked up he makes a monster version of her in the game. He eventually overcomes these flaws for Hiroshi's sake.
- Girl Next Door: Erika is trying to play this role, but Takeshi refuses to give her the time of day. He grows out of this after some time.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Takeshi immediately takes a dislike to Yosuke because of the guy's talent with game design. Teaming up with him to make Mighty Warrior helps Takeshi realize Yosuke's honestly perfectly nice.
- No Challenge Equals No Satisfaction: Hiroshi, though young, likes challenging games, so if you make encounters too easy for him, he'll get bored and his Joy score will drop.
- Show Within a Show: More accurately, the game within a game, which is the video game that Takeshi is developing.
- Unexpected Gameplay Change: Chapter 3 shifts into Yosuke's game 250m Zombie Escape, for as long as the player chooses.
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Write What You Know: The few characters present in Mighty Warrior are not so subtly inspired by Takeshi's surroundings. A merge of Takeshi and Hiroshi gets to be the hero, while Erika is transformed into a monster. After getting to know Yosuke, Takeshi turns him into the hero's trustworthy and helpful partner.
