Miraculous Fighters

Miraculous Fighters
Developer(s)	Aidan Drury
Released	April 1st, 20XX
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer, Online multiplayer
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Windows PC

Miraculous Fighters is a 2D fighting game centered around Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. It features every Miraculous holder as a playable character, as well as other Zagtoon characters.

Development

After having started work on an idea for an anime crossover traditional fighting game, Aidan Drury quickly found that, after not dedicating as much time to it as he used to, they didn't have the same interest in anime as he had before. However, one of their interests prominently laid at the top of their list: the world of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. They had begun to think up ideas for a 3D action game centered around the show, but had also thought up ideas for a fighting game with the show's main cast. These ideas quickly grew as the show itself was progressing and introducing other characters with new abilities, and Aidan settled on the idea of every Miraculous holder being their own playable character. In the process of deciding on the game's roster, they also came up with the idea of including other Zagtoon Animations protagonists, as they enjoyed crossovers and guest characters, but also felt the inclusion of such characters would feel natural in a game already centered around a Zagtoon Animations production.

Aidan later brought a close friend onto the team, due to their shared love of the show, and being aware of their own lack in creativeness, determining that they would fit the role perfectly, but they later left due to an undisclosed event behind the scenes, which Aidan emphasizes was not related to any bad blood or disagreements.

Gameplay

Miraculous Fighters is a traditional 2D fighter, albeit with a somewhat simpler control scheme. Instead of six attack buttons, there are only four attack buttons. The player is able to pick two characters per team and is able to switch between them, much like many vs. Capcom games; players can also summon the stored character to use a single attack. Characters can regenerate health if they are stored away, but if one character loses their health, the next character comes in.

Its most unique feature, however, is the ability to unify. By performing a full circle input and pressing all attack buttons with only one player left, the player can merge their teammate's Miraculous's powers with their own, becoming a unified hero. With this, they are able to use the other teammate's moves by usage of the other attack button (for example, if an attack is normally activated with a punch button, a unified hero can use it with the kick button).

Miraculous Fighters also has an infinite combo detector, first seen in the indie fighting game Skullgirls: in short, the game can detect when a player is caught in an infinite combo, and if the game detects such, the player can simply press a single button to blow the opponent back and end the combo. This allows for more variety in gameplay, as opposed to cheap and stale combos that are endlessly repeated.

Characters

Miraculous Fighters features every Miraculous holder as a playable character. Each fighter is also able to use their regular appearance as an alternate costume, though they keep their Miraculous tool. Some characters also have alternate character swaps, switching them out for an entirely different character, though with the same moveset in tact, inspired by the Premier Skins from the Injustice series. There are also several slots for one character, utilizing different combinations of Miraculouses seen in the show, akin to Dragon Ball FighterZ and its utilization of the same character in multiple slots.

Other characters come from fellow Zagtoon Animations productions; namely, Pixie Girl, Zak Storm, Ghostforce, Tales of Feryon, Miss Rose, and Gayajin. Additionally, Knightowl, Majestia, and Uncanny Valley, three non-Miraculous superheroes from America, appear as playable characters as well. Finally, as special guest characters (outside of the Zagtoon heroes), the main cast of Code Lyoko, a fellow French cartoon to which Miraculous follows a similar story premise, appears within the roster. However, the ability to unify is unavailable to all guest characters, due to their lack of a Miraculous.

Ladybug		Cat Noir		Rena Rouge		Carapace		Vesperia		Hawk Moth		Mayura		Viperion
Pegasus		Ryuko		Bunnyx		King Monkey		Pigella		150x150px Polymouse		150x150px Purple Tigress		150x150px Minotaurox
						150x150px Caprikid		150x150px Coq Courage		150x150px Traquemoiselle
Eagle		150x150px Whoever has the Thunderbird Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Buffalo Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Otter Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Wolf Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Falcon Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Beaver Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Deer Miraculous
	150x150px Whoever has the Woodpecker Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Salmon Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Bear Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Raven Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Owl Miraculous		150x150px Whoever has the Goose Miraculous		150x150px Whoever the Brazillian Miraculous holder is
		Knightowl		Majestia		Uncanny Valley		Ladydragon		Lady Butterfly		LadyLion
Zak Storm		Pixie Girl		Fury		Myst		Krush		The girl from Tales of Feryon		Pink suited woman from Miss Rose		Blue suited woman from Miss Rose
						Green haired kid from Gayajin		150x150px Pink haired kid from Gayajin
			150x150px Jeremie Belpois		150x150px Aelita Schaeffer		150x150px Odd Della Robbia		150x150px Ulrich Stern		150x150px Yumi Ishiyama

Stages

• Eiffel Tower
• Louvre
• Notre-Dame de Paris
• Jardins du Trocadéro
• Collège Françoise Dupont
• Le Grand Paris
• Agreste Mansion
• Hawk Moth's Lair