by Josh Jackson Monday 17th August 2015

Asuna From ‘Sword Art Online’ Leads The First Four Fighters In ‘Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax’

Have you had your fill of crossover fighting games yet? Never! If you’re like me, you can’t get enough of the fast paced, flashy, over the top action of these 2D brawlers.

Courtesy of Sega and developers Ecole Software and French Bread, (the developers behind the indie hit, Melty Blood, and not a delicious Olive Garden dish,) Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax pulls characters from the pages of the Dengenki Bunko brand of light novels and into the fighting arena. Ranging from more popular series like Sword Art Online and DURARARA!!! to some obscure choices, alongside a few Sega representatives as guest stars, and you have one of the more exciting fighting games of the year that you probably haven’t heard of!

Sega’s latest trailer showcases four of the characters showcased in Fighting Climax, including SAO‘s Asuna. Here are the character descriptions from the press release:

Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax has a full roster of characters based on the Dengeki Bunko light novels and we’re going to begin introducing them to you! First up in this collection of four characters:
Character Descriptions

Asuna (“Sword Art Online”) — The sub-leader of the Knights of the Blood,
the strongest guild in Aincrad. Her nickname is “The Flash” due to her speed with her rapier, Lambent Light. Kirito is her boyfriend.
Kuroyukihime (“Accel World”) — The Umezato Jr. High student council V.P. She’s nicknamed Kuroyukihime, or “Snow Black,” because of her beauty. Her Brain Burst avatar is Black Lotus and she is Legion Master of the Nega Nebulas.
Shizuo Heiwajima (“DURARARA!!”) — A debt collector who dresses like a bartender. He hates violence, but when he loses his temper, he’s the strongest man in Ikebukuro. Flying vending machines are a clue that he’s around.
Tomoka Minato (“RO-KYU-BU!”) — A basketball ace at Keishin Academy.
Her mother does traditional dance and her father is a tea master, so her manners are impeccable. But when she starts to play basketball…

After seeing the game in action while keeping who’s behind it in mind, this suddenly went from being completely unknown to me, to being one of my top games for the end of the year. Any fighting game and anime fans out there who can’t wait to play? Let us know in the comments, and get those fight sticks ready for when Dengeki Bunko releases on the PS3 and PS Vita on October 6th.