Fate/stay night
Type-Moon's first game as a commercial company. An 18+ visual novel that was extremely popular, and was one of the best-selling Gal Game in 2004, selling a total of 146,686, the game went on to sell 28,557 copies in 2005. The game's fandisk, Fate/hollow ataraxia, was released in October of 2005 and as with its predecessor, also broke sales records. Fate/stay night was one of Type-Moon's most commercialized/milked series, with a huge line of merchandise, books, accessories, dolls, cards, as well as a manga adaptation and an anime TV series that aired in 2006.
A DVD version of the game was released in March of 2006, and a non-ero PS2 port titled Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] was released in 2007. During the 2006 Winter Comiket, the first volume of Fate/Zero, a 4-volume prequel novel to Fate/stay night, was released, subsequent volumes were released in 2007. Not to be outdone by Melty Blood on the fighting game front, in September 2007, Capcom released a PSP 3D fighting game called Fate/tiger colosseum. In 2008, Capcom released Fate/unlimited codes, a 3D Fate fighting game for the arcades as well as PS2.
Story
Fate/stay night revolves around the Holy Grail War, a competition between various magicians and people-with-a-lot-of-power to gain the Holy Grail. Each Grail War has seven participants, and each participant, also called "Master," can summon a "Servant," which usually comes in the form of a heroic spirit from the past. After days of fighting, the last man (or woman) standing gets the Holy Grail, and gets his or her wish granted.
Fate tells the story of Emiya Shirou, who accidentally summons Saber (King Arthur, who happens to be a girl in this game) and gets himself involved in the 5th Holy Grail War. As the story progresses, Shirou meets various friends and foes, including his classmate Rin and her Servant Archer, his other classmate and Rin's tragic sister Sakura, the phony priest/Grail War supervisor Kirei Kotomine and his King of Heroes Gilgamesh (they are the main bad guy). There are three routes in Fate/stay night, each one comes with a completely alternate telling of the story, revealing various aspects of the Grail War and the characters involved.
Fate/hollow ataraxia, like Kagetsu Tohya is to Tsukihime, happens half a year after Fate's story. In Ataraxia Shirou finds himself stuck in a 4-day time loop that reenacts the events of the 5th Holy Grail War. Shirou must deal with a new Master, Bazett Fraga McRemitz and her servant Avenger, as well as a mysterious woman named Karen Ortensia, all the while figuring out how to get himself out of the time loop.
Fate/Zero, on the other hand, tell the story of the 4th Holy Grail War, and sets up the stage for events in Fate/stay night.
フェイト/ステイナイト (初回限定版)
Release Date: 2004-01-30
フェイト/ステイナイト
Release Date: 2004-03-26
Release Date: 2005-10-28
The limited first edition of Fate/hollow ataraxia.
フェイト/ホロウアタラクシア
Release Date: 2005-12-29
フェイト/ゼロ
Release Date: 2006-12-29
Volume 1 of
Fate/Zero, released during the 2006 Winter Comiket (C71), sold for 1,300 yen.
Release Date:2007-03-31
Volume 2 of
Fate/Zero, sold for 1,300 yen.
Release Date: 2007-04-19
Fate/stay night's PS2 adaptation, all 18+ materials were taken out, new features include all-new CG and plots, voice acting, and other improvements.
Release Date: 2007-07-27
Volume 3 of
Fate/Zero, released during the 2007 Summer Comiket (C72), sold for 1,000 yen.
フェイト/タイガーころしあむ
Release Date: 2007-09-13
A PSP 3D fighting game from Capcom based on the
Fate/stay night.
Release Date: 2007-12-29
Volume 4 of
Fate/Zero, released during the 2007 Winter Comiket (C73), sold for 1,400 yen.
フェイト/アンリミテッドコード
Release Date: 2008-06-11 (Arcade); 2008-12-18 (PS2)
A 3D fighting game based on the
Fate/stay night. The game was developed by 8ing/Raizing and released by Capcom.
Release Date: 2008-06-11 (Arcade); 2008-12-18 (PS2)
A limited boxed edition of
Fate/unlimited codes that was only available through pre-order version. It came with a limited edition Saber Lily figure.
フェイト/タイガーころしあむ アッパー
Release Date: 2008-08-28
Fate/tiger colosseum's sequel, new characters were added.
Release Date: 2009-06-18
An adaptation of
Fate/unlimited codes for the Playstation Portable. A downloadable (not UMD) North American version of the game was released on September 3, 2009 on PSN.
Related
Fate/stay night for PS2 - Dengeki Online interviews Type-Moon about the PS2 game Fate/stay night - Realta Nua.
