Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition

Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition (2015)

by Ecole Software, French Bread, Sega
Genres:Fighting
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition is a Japanese fighting game based on various Dengeki Bunko light novel properties and an updated version of the original Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax. The update contains additional characters and more balanced gameplay.
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user avatar@luckky300user avatar@luckky300
January 30, 2025
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition is a hidden gem of a fighting game, developed by Melty Blood/UNI devs French Bread and Ecole Software, and published by Sega. It plays as a 2D sprite-based fighter with 3D backgrounds and features 20 fighters, most of which are from Dengeki Bunko's various light novels, and two Sega guests. There are also over 30 assist characters to choose from with unique abilities. Ignition is the updated version of the game with more characters, released exclusively on PS3, PS4, Vita, and arcades in Japan. While the original DBFC was released in the West on PS3, Ignition never received a localization, nor is it (or the original DBFC) easily available for purchase outside of Japan. Despite its inaccessibility, DBFCI still has a competitive scene, even getting a dedicated tournament at CEO 2025 this June. DBFCI, like all fighting games, is worth preserving. If not for its fun gameplay and competitive scene, it should be made available again for the characters, light novels and anime featured in the roster. The game features stories that are still actively ongoing today, such as Sword Art Online, Devil is a Part-Timer, and Virtua Fighter, while also featuring some fan-favorite, dormant classics like Toradora. DBFCI still has a lot of appeal in 2025, as forums for some of these anime featured have member counts in the hundreds of thousands. Releasing (and possibly even localizing) DBFCI in the west after over a decade would not only be a huge win for the fighting game community, but for anime fans as well. Apologies for the wall of text, it looks like paragraphs aren't supported here lol.
user avatar@kaizuiauser avatar@kaizuia
February 02, 2025
I played in a local tournament for this game on Black History Month with the tag "Piccolo is Black". This game means a lot to the local fighting game communities that like to run tournaments of smaller games.
user avatar@Lucestenuser avatar@Lucesten
February 02, 2025
Dengeki is peak fighting game and it's stuck on PS4 with delay based netcode from 2015 I will sell both of my kidney's and my first born child if it means this game will get rereleased or fpan, dengeki, and sega drop a second.
user avatar@JulianRockuser avatar@JulianRock
February 02, 2025
This is one of those goated fighting games that never got the true shot it deserved. The gameplay is simple to pick up but has a surprising amount of depth, and the characters are all fun to play. I'm sure if more people knew about this one they'd love it.
The original version of this game came out in the west, translated and everything it was great. And then almost immediately afterwards, Ignition came out in Japan. We NEVER got a western release of this game, and this is the perfect opportunity to get one. Or to at least a JP version available in the west. The game deserves a second chance at life and is a solid fighting game. Everyone is getting mad at one clip of Ro-Kyo-Bu, why not show everyone that the girls can actually do. They turn their opponents into basketballs and literally dunk them! Let me see Kirito and Tatsuya Shiba fight! Let me see Kirino Kousaka and Leafa team up and fight Taiga Aisaka or Shana. I want to see Selvaria and Kuroyukihime fight!
Dengeki really deserves a pc port with good netcode, spectates and lobbies. It really is an almost perfect fighting game with great balance, limitless potential and exploration of synergies. Even after several hundreds of hours of playing, I discover some new tech and combinations! The game is very deep, while also being easy to grasp, and the strict resource management really makes you use your brain!
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