Azure Striker Gunvolt Septima Arena

Azure Striker Gunvolt Septima Arena is a 2D fighting game by Arc System Works and Aetherpolis Games, developed under the supervision of Inti Creates.
It is a spin off to both Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, set inmediately after the events of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 and before Azure Striker Gunvolt 3, featuring characters from both games and from the series of Gunvolt Chronicles. It's strongely recommended to finish both games first, or else Septima Arena will spoil major plot points from both games.
A sequel game called Azure Striker Gunvolt Septima Arena 2.0 was released, it tells after the events of Azure Striker Gunvolt 3.
== Plot ==
It's had been passed 2 years after the Eden's incident, and with Joule truly dead and gone, and now with Mytyl very tranquil. Suddenly, when he was taking a nap, he wakes up in a digital world with Joule in front of him. Gunvolt amazed to see her, Joule tells which she stills alive but in the digital world, and her spirit is in the real world.
Joule tells Gunvolt where strange events are ocurring in the metropolis, when Joule decides to help again Gunvolt to defeat that new danger incoming.
== Gameplay ==
The gameplay is very similar to his appearence in Blade Strangers, also with similarities with Blazblue and Under Night In-Birth. A similar mechanic to Blazblue and Guilty Gear is the Septima Overdriver, similar to the Astral Finishes of Blazblue and the Instant Kills of Guilty Gear.
== Game Modes ==
* Story Mode
** Septima Arena: This is the game's main story, it's divided by 8 mini stories: Gunvolt Story, Copen Story, Kirin Story, Nova Story, Asimov Story, Blade Story, Tenjian Story and Final Story.
** Episode Gunvolt 1: The Story at the view point of Sumeragi Arc.
** Episode Gunvolt 2: The Story at the view point of Eden Arc.
** Episode Chronicles (DLC): The Story at the view point of Seven Falcon Arc.
** Episode Zonda (DLC): The Story at the view point of Zonda and the Eden's party Drama CD.
* Arcade: Similar to Guilty Gear Arcade modes, the player will fight with 8 characters and the 9th fight will be with Exavolt, after that battle it appears an ending which tells what happened with that character after defeating Seraphon X
* Versus: You can create your own dream match.
* Challenge: You will prove your abilities of Adept with this mini modes: Survival, Time Attack and Dream Battle.
* Training: No difficulties and Punches, only you can train your abilities.
* Special: You will see the bios of the characters, the OVA of the first game, etc.
* Options: Configurate the volume, Contrast, etc.
== Characters ==
=== Base Roster ===
Artwork	Name 	Septima 	Description
 	Gunvolt 	Azure Striker 	The protagonist of the main series is back! Now with Joule again, he will defeat that new danger incoming to the metropolis.
 	Copen 	None 	The adept slayer, he heard about that new danger incoming so he decides to investigate about that.
 	Kirin 	Sealing 	An adept shrine maiden who possesses a septima capable of sealing the abilities of other adepts.
 	Merak 	Wormhole 	The Slothful conjurer is revived again. But now, he is ordered to seek something about that new danger
 	Carrera 	Magnetic Arts 	The magnetic avarice is revived again. But now, he is ordered to seek something about the new danger incoming.
 	Jota 	Lightspeed 	The prideful silhouette is revived again. But now, he is ordered to seek something about the new danger incoming.
 	Elise 	Rebirth 	The Eternal Envy is revived again. But now, she is ordered to seek something about the new danger incoming.
 	Viper 	Explosion 	The Burning Wrath is revived again. But now, he is ordered to seek something about the new danger incoming.
 	Stratos 	The Fly 	The Gluttonous Fly is revived again. But now, he is ordered to seek something about the new danger incoming.
 	Gibril 	Metallon 	The Full Metal Jacket is revived again. But now, she is ordered to investigate about that new danger.
 	Teseo 	Hack the Planet	The Serial Experiment is revived again. But now, he is ordered to investigate that new danger.
 	Milas 	Ichor 	The Aquadynamic Merman is revived again. But now, he is ordered to investigate that new danger.
 	Asroc 	Puppetmaster 	The Pygmalion Furnace is revived again. But now, he is ordered to investigate that new danger.
 	Ghauri 	Prism Cataclysm	The Prism Master is revived again. But now, he is ordered to investigate that new danger.
 	Desna 	Splitting Ends 	The Starstruck Beauty is revived again. But now, she is ordered to investigate that new danger.
 	Tenjian 	Permafrost 	Seeing to his sister (Zonda) stills weak after her defeat and her resurrection, he decides to send The Seven to investigate that new danger.
 	Blade 	Azure Striker 	Once Kohaku's older sister and the leader of their group of young Minos, Blade was captured in a Sumeragi raid and forcefully implanted with Azure Striker Septimal inducers from the body of Gunvolt, which gave her the ability to control electricity. Following the success of this procedure, Demerzel brainwashed Blade into his loyal servant, seeking to have her play the role of "king" in his new world order. After a vivid reminder of her past, however, Blade broke free from her brainwashing and assisted Kohaku and Copen in destroying Demerzel.
 	Nova Tsukuyomi	Psychokinsesis 	The Mighty is BACK! But he stills alive after his defeat. Now, when he heard that thing of new danger, decided to join with Zonda to seek something that new danger incoming.
 	Asimov 	Azure Striker 	After his death, he was mysteriously revived. He seeks revenge to Gunvolt about his defeat.
=== DLC ===
Artwork	Name 	Septima 	Description
 	Kohaku 	None 	A young lady who acts as the leader of the Mino children in the underground slums. Her bright personality supports the children living through such desperate times. She has a knack for repairing machines, and has managed to furnish their underground base with equipment salvaged from junk parts. However, she has no real formal training with machines, working only by intuition. As such, many of the machines she manages to get working are far removed from their original purposes...
 	Rebellio 	Energy Wool 	He is sent by Asimov to defeat Gunvolt
 	Stella 	Gravity 	She is sent by Asimov to defeat Gunvolt.
 	Crimm 	Detonation 	He is sent by Asimov to defeat Gunvolt.
 	Isola 	Companion 	She was sent by Asimov to defeat Gunvolt.
 	Bakto 	Spiral 	An Adept sent by Asimov to defeat Gunvolt.
 	Dystnine 	Vectored Cloth 	An android Adept sent by Asimov to defeat Gunvolt
 	Zonda 	Phantasm Mirror and Reverie Mirror	WHAT?! SHE IS BACK? Well, Tenjian brought back to life to Zonda, but now she is weak, cause of her defeat.
 	Beck 	None 	The disastrous beck is here to change the things. Heard that new danger in Gunvolt's World, he opens a portal to that world to defeat that new danger.
 	Shovel Knight 	None 	After his boss cameo in the second game, he decides to have a rematch with Gunvolt.
 	Jason Frudnick	Sophia 3rd 	When he heard about that new danger, he decides to investigate about that.
 	Ekoro 	Mr. happiness and Heart Guns 	Our favourite angel is back! Now decides to help Gunvolt to defeat that new danger.
=== Bosses ===
Artwork	Name 	Septima 	Description
 	Exavolt 	Azure Striker	A perfect clone of Gunvolt, sent by defeat him and to complete a mission.
 	Seraphon X	All-One 	The true main antagonist of the story mode and the creator of Exavolt
=== NPC ===
Artwork 	Name 	Description
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Joule 	Joule is back. It's revealed to be still alive, but she stills alive in the digital world, and her spirit is in the real world, she tells to Gunvolt about the new danger incoming, so she decides to help Gunvolt again to defeat that new danger.
Joule returns in his normal appearence only in the digital world, and her spirit form can be seen as her first form before to fusion with Lumen.	
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Lola 	After defeating Zonda, Copen leaves from the metropolis with Lola, now in her battle pod form. But when Copen heard about that new danger, he decides to go back to the action.
Lola can go back to her Muse form only when she is in the digital world. Also she has 2 new forms: The awakened form and The darkened form.	
 	Moniqa 	A former member of QUILL after the defeat of Asimov
 	Zeno 	A former operative of QUILL
 	Quinn 	A kind, gentle though somewhat ditzy girl, she takes Gunvolt in after he saved her life.
 	Xiao Wu	Serving as Gunvolt's tech support and weapons dev, Xiao's calm and serious attitude masks a fierce hatred of Eden.
 	Null 	A robot native to the parallel universe Copen and his friends have found himself in and its only friendly face.
 	Olga 	Olga (オルガ) is a minor character introduced in Paradise's Capriccio ~ Eden's Party. She's described as a young girl, likely not older than 13. She was a resident of an Adept settlement that was annihilated by normal humans, leaving her the sole survivor. When Tenjian and Zonda first encounter her, she possesses abilities similar to that of Lumen, and as such they bring her back to Eden for protection.
==Stages==
There are 2 types of worlds to choose any stage: The real world and The digital world.
===Real World===
Stages 	Stages 	Stages 	Stages
 	 	 	
Septima Polis 	Seaside Highway	Abandoned Factory	Scorching Dunes
 	 	 	
Skytech Garden	Eden Facility 	Midnight Ride 	Falcon Construction
=== Digital World ===
Stages 	Stages 	Stages 	Stages
 	 	 	
Malware City 	Astral StarHills 	Neostrife Bridge	Gearpass Towers
 	 	 	
Virtual Dimension	Sumeragi Dystopia	Stamina Streets 	Crystal Ruins
== Gallery ==
File:Azure Striker Gunvolt Septima Arena Cover.png|Nintendo Switch Cover
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