Universal Retribution

Universal Retribution is a 3D fighting-game developed by SBEntertainment and Namco Bandai and published by the latter. It's available for the NX, PS4 and arcade It was released on December 16th of 2017 on Arcade and April 2nd of 2018 on Consoles and the fifth installment of the Heroic 10 project.

This time focusing on Loconator's personal projects in both the literature and gaming section, with counted assistance from Dragon-Kid and Zhinkani. It's widely considered as a very challenging yet unique game in the fighting game history. This is done in assistance of the famous Namco Bandai company who worked in the Tekken and Soul Calibur series and became part of the project as a personal request of Loconator.

The game focuses on a goddess called Gaila which after receiving some sort of disturbing dream, decides to summon two universes to take part in the "Tournament of Eternity" to demonstrate their strength to her.

Plot
Gaila, a very gentle and curious goddess in the Universe just awoke from a terrible dream, she can't currently describe what she saw but disturbing enough to consider a course of action for the rest of universe, thinking the dream as a prophecy. She decides to open the so called "Tournament of Eternity" in which she summons the combatants from a very specific multiverse and decides to test them to see if they can be worthy of facing off against the dream she had. Which fighters would prove their worth to the goddess or will she be forced to handle the feared vision alone?

Gameplay
The game is played in a way similar to Super Smash Bros and Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, in which a group of total 8 characters fight each other in a random arena, however the main difference between the two is that this one would played similarly from classic fighting games, namely a health bar. Nonetheless, there's the addition of the Gauge Bar, in which when filled up it can execute two types of super-moves, namely Retro-Retribution and Tagging-Retribution. Retro-Retribution functions similarly to the Final Smashes of Super Smash Bros but it functions cinematically to the Supers of Injustice. Each RRs can deal with different amount of damage depending on the type of character used to fight. TRs are similar to the Crossover combos of MVC but can only be used in Team Battles.

Game Modes

 * Deathmatch: Fight in battle of maximum of 8 players in a battle of many proportions.
 * The Great Journey: Uncover the many secrets of the tournament in the exciting story mode.
 * Godly Missions: Participate in a huge variety of special missions given by Gaila to prove your skills.
 * Online: Demonstrate your skills to players around the world.
 * Gallery: Check the saved matches, character biographies, bonus movies, unlockable artwork and more.
 * Options: Adjust the game volume, brightness, control settings and more.

Characters
There are two sections of characters reserved for SBEntertainment in the game. One are the "Literature" characters which come from the stories that are published in DeviantArt and Wattpad and the "Game" section, which originates from the game ideas done by said company. What's more interesting is that most of the characters and their original IPs haven't released yet, so the game is considered by many as the first look to the previously unknown characters.

Literature
•Logan Preaker (Earth Warriors) (Daisuke Kishio/Sam Riegel)

•Seiner Butch (Earth Warriors) (Hiroyuki Yoshino/Troy Baker)

•Amira Dhorian (Earth Warriors) (Saori Seto/Laura Bailey)

•Tania Maestas (Earth Warriors) (Kana Hanazawa/Christie Marie Cabanos)

•Raven (Earth Warriors) (Akio Otsuka/Steve Blum)

•Dakrin Cavendish (Earth Warriors) (Nobuyuki Hiyama/Josh Keaton)

•Yamja Tomentradi (Earth Warriors) (Mariko Suzuki/Grey DeLisle)

•Jane Worren (Earth Warriors) (Hoko Kuwashima/Vanessa Marshall)

•Walter Carter (Earth Warriors) (Kenji Hamada/Travis Willingham)

•Agent W (Earth Warriors) (Ryoko Shiraishi/Lauren Landa)

•Zat Evans (Rumbles to Death) (Hideyuki Tanaka/Alec Newman)

•James Kid (Rumbles to Death) (Makoto Furukawa/Trevor White)

•Naya Duran (Rumbles to Death) (Aoi Yuuki/Samantha Dakin)

•Suila Zitrope (Rumbles to Death) (Ayumi Fujiwara/Ashly Burch)

•Nasan Rida (Rumble to Death) (Yuichi Nakamura/Anthony Hansen)

•Gorge Ills (Rumbles to Death) (Banjo Ginga/Richard Epcar)

•Neygel (Rumbles to Death) (Hikaru Midorikawa/Richard Ian Cox)

•Kalam Zal (Rumbles to Death) (Aya Endo/Andrea Libman)

•Yasha Kahn (Rumbles to Death) (Hiroshi Kamiya/Johnny Yong Bosch)

•Ruth Taybon (Rumbles to Death) (Atsuko Tanaka/Jo Wyatt)

•Logan the Hedgehog (Mobian Warriors) (Daisuke Sakaguchi/Bryce Papenbrook)

•Tania the Cat (Mobian Warriors) (Shiori Mikami/Kate Higgins)

•E-101 Atlas (Mobian Warriors) (Nobutoshi Canna/Mark Whitten)

•Logan Rieker (The Next Journey) (Natsuki Hanae/Lucien Dodge)

•Adam Kore (The Next Journey) (Atsushi Kisaichi/Ben Pronsky)

•Nayleen Heyma (The Next Journey) (Akemi Okamura/Sarah Williams)

•Yakov the Reborn (Eternal Slayers) (Takuya Kirimoto/Keith Sliverstein)

•Traudl the Greater (Eternal Slayers) (Megumi Han/Carina Reeves)

•Sherlock Holmes (The Last Haven) (Kosuke Toriumi/Timothy Watson)

•Amanda Mansfield (The Last Haven) (Nana Mizuki/ Susannah Fielding)

Gaming
•Rie/Male (Man’s Era) (Tomokazu Seki/Adam Howden)

•Shina (Man’s Era) (Romi Park/Cara Theobold)

•Hoare (Man’s Era) (Rikiya Koyama/Patrick Seitz)

•Valdri (Man’s Era) (Emiri Kato/Karen Strassman)

•Tauro (Man’s Era) (Yoshimasa Hosoya/Troy Baker)

•Titus Pullo (Man’s Era) (Takayuki Kondo/Parry Shen)

•Jonas (Man’s Era) (Kenjiro Tsuda/Liam O’Brien)

•Ryong (Man’s Era) (Saori Hayami/Kelly Hu)

•Sofia (Man’s Era) (Risa Taneda/Wendee Lee)

•YOTR (Man’s Era) (Daisuke Ono/Matthew Mercer)

•Simon Bolivar (Libertador Warriors) (Eiji Takemoto/Alex Organ)

•Jose Antonio de Sucre (Libertador Warriors) (Hiroyuki Yoshino/Sonny Strait)

•Jose Gervasio Artigas (Libertador Warriors) (Tatsuhisa Suzuki/Chuck Huber)

•Juan Jose Castelli (Libertador Warriors) (Hiro Shimono/Justin Briner)

•Jose de San Martin (Libertador Warriors) (Tessho Genda/Kent Williams)

•Bernardo O’ Higgins (Libertador Warriors) (Toshio Furukawa/Jason Douglas)

•Pedro I (Libertador Warriors) (Masaki Terasoma/Mark Stoddard)

•Thomas Cochrane (Masashi Ebara/George Manley)

•Miguel Hidalgo (Libertador Warriors)  (Yoshihasa Kawahara/Christopher Bevins)

•Vicente Guerrero (Libertador Warriors) (Hiroaki Hirata/Mike McFarland)

•Daniel Galvez (Talon’s Chest) (Toshiyuki Morikawa/Phillip-Anthony Rodriguez)

•Juana Gerham (Talon’s Chest) (Shizuka Ito/Cherami Leigh)

•James Nobuyoshi (Talon’s Chest) (Nobunaga Shimizaki/Erik Kiremer)

•Herman Kim (Ares’ Path) (Yuki Kaji/Spike Spencer)

•Laura Zinkani (Ares’ Path) (Rie Kugimiya/Michele Knotz)

•Adar Miro (Ares’ Path) (Tarusuke Shingaki/Ben Lepley)

•Taylor Ruperts/Female (Arms of the Souls) (Sayuri Yahagi/ Erin Yvette)

•Cole Darren (Arms of the Souls) (Koichi Yamadera/Gideon Emery)

•Sinda Gelvir (Crusaders of the Wills) (Miyuki Sawashiro/Tara Strong)

•Yeon Gauro (Crusader of the Wills) (Kenjiro Tsuda/Phil LaMarr)

Bosses
•Malgan Tomentradi (Earth Warriors/Literature Boss) (Taiten Kusunoki/ Michael McConnohie)

•Taita Boves (Libertador Warriors/Gaming Boss) (Shunsuke Fukuya/David Wald)

•Gaila (Original) (Gara Takashima/ Mary Elizabeth McGlynn)

Guests

 * Carlos Velasquez (Battle Rhythm) (Toshiyuki Morikawa/Reuben Langdon)
 * Joaquin Ortiz (Battle Rhythm) (Mamoru Miyano/Andrew Bowen)
 * Rina Yamanaka (Battle Rhythm) (Maaya Uchida/Christie Marie Cabanos)
 * Ivan Diaz (Battle Rhythm) (Takeshi Kusao/James Arnold Taylor)
 * Adriana Salazar (Battle Rhythm)(Mao Ichimichi/Cherami Leigh)
 * Akagi Palmer (Super Fighters Megamix) (Koki Uchiyama/Micah Solusod)
 * Blossom Kurenai (Super Fighters Megamix) (Risa Taneda/Cristina Valenzuela)
 * Cerina Arquette (Super Fighters Megamix) (Saori Hayami/Alexis Tipton)
 * Oliver Kimachi (Super Fighters Megamix) (Kosuke Toriumi/Ben Pronsky)
 * Guarnet Underwood (Super Fighters Megamix) (Yumi Uchiyama/Amanda Celine Miller)

Stages
•Battlecruiser hangar (Earth Warriors)

•Graphar Bay (Rumbles to Death)

•Ultra-Tundra Zone (Mobian Warriors)

•Vellir Forest (The Next Journey)

•Dallas Showdown (Eternal Slayers)

•Lianmi Island (The Last Haven)

•Higher Ones Council (Man’s Era)

•Apure Siege (Libertador Warriors)

•Esperanto District (Talon’s Chest)

•Fort Odysseus (Ares’ Path)

•St. Wellington Town (Arms of the Souls)

•Siege of Voldot Castle (Crusaders of the Wills)

* Eternal Colliseum (Original)

Items

 * Blaster gun
 * Fire Hammer
 * Mini-black hole
 * Super gauntlets
 * Shining Sword
 * Freezing Cannon
 * Electric Whip
 * Waterthrower
 * Dancing Bomb
 * Caffeine Machine
 * Bubble Shield
 * Horseback Ride

True Ending
If the player completes the game with all characters starting from normal difficulty or plays The Great Journey in Hard difficulty, then an extra sequence after the credits play. It shows Gaila supposedly alone in her room talking with an unknown entity, which can only be known from the voice heard. She tells them in how her expectations far exceeded her, it turned out that all the fighters that came to the tournament are all worthy to deserve their status in their Universe, probably having demonstrated a large of abilities that could match even the previous champions of the best. The entity congratulates on her fact but also asks her about if the fighters are worthy in facing what she saw in her vision, Gaila only reply is: "When there are more than one evil, there's the need of more heroes to protect us all. But even heroes need their own help in a fight like that. Now, it's time for my "call" for action." After saying this, the scene cuts to black and some letters appear that say: "The fight continues...In the Royale", hinting a sequel.

Trivia
The main theme song in the Japanese version is Starbust from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas while in the overseas version it's A Gentleman's Coup from Rise Against.