History Trivia / PandorasTower

* TheWikiRule: [[https://pandorastower.fandom.com/wiki/Pandora%27s_Tower_Wiki Has one.]]

* BadExportForYou: The North American version ([[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/620591-pandoras-tower/79456455 both for the Wii and the Wii U re-release]]) has a major {{Game Breaking Bug}} involving the inability to go inside the 11th & 12th towers. This doesn't happen in any other version of the game. This manifests in two ways: the inability to go inside these towers after the 13th and final tower has been opened, and the inability to do so even before completing said towers. There are solutions for both scenarios. For the former, there's a way around this through the use of a Shard of Divinity.[[labelnote:To wit...]]Choose Tower 13 from the stage select menu, then enter one of the doors leading to the Tower 13 outer wall staircase, and then use a Shard of Divinity to teleport back to the Observatory. From there, Towers 11 & 12 should now be accessible from the stage select menu without any issues, but this will have to be repeated after beating the game and replaying a past chapter.[[/labelnote]] For the latter, you just need to give the game ample time to load the area.[[labelnote:Specifically...]]When resuming the playthrough, don't hastily choose either tower. Wait around 7 seconds after the tower list appears, and then another 7 seconds before confirming the entry. In case the scene where Elena appears and tells Aeron to take care, don't skip the cutscene. With all this waiting, there will be enough time for the game to properly load these two towers.[[/labelnote]]
* LateExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, as by 2012 it became available in Japan and Europe with nary a word about a US release. Then [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] came through in the clutch, but it would end up releasing several months after Nintendo released the UsefulNotes/WiiU. Later on, Nintendo themselves would re-release this version digitally for the Wii U eShop in 2015, with [[https://twitter.com/XSEEDGames/status/631642556435202048 XSEED having no involvement]].
* NetworkToTheRescue: [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED Games]]. Because of the publishing success of ''[[VideoGame/TheLastStory The Last Story]]'', which quickly became their best-selling game at the time, they went and got the North American publishing rights to ''Pandora's Tower'', the final game in the original set of three games wanted by Operation Rainfall, which was a fan campaign to get a series of [=JRPGs=] released for North American audiences (the other two being ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' and ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'').

* NoExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, but [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] [[AvertedTrope came through in the clutch]], though it would end up releasing several months after Nintendo released the UsefulNotes/WiiU. Speaking of, Nintendo themselves would re-release this version digitally for the Wii U eShop in 2015, with [[https://twitter.com/XSEEDGames/status/631642556435202048 XSEED having no involvement]].
* TheWikiRule: [[https://pandorastower.fandom.com/wiki/Pandora%27s_Tower_Wiki Has one.]]

* NoExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, but [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] [[AvertedTrope came through in the clutch]]. Nintendo themselves would re-release this version digitally for the UsefulNotes/WiiU eShop in 2015, with [[https://twitter.com/XSEEDGames/status/631642556435202048 XSEED having no involvement]].

* BadExportForYou: The North American version ([[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/620591-pandoras-tower/79456455 both for the Wii and the Wii U re-release]]) has a major {{Game Breaking Bug}} involving the inability to go inside the 11th & 12th towers. This doesn't happen in any other version of the game.
** This manifests in two ways: the inability to go inside these towers after the 13th and final tower has been opened, and the inability to do so even before completing said towers. There are solutions for both scenarios. For the former, there's a way around this through the use of a Shard of Divinity.[[labelnote:To wit...]]Choose Tower 13 from the stage select menu, then enter one of the doors leading to the Tower 13 outer wall staircase, and then use a Shard of Divinity to teleport back to the Observatory. From there, Towers 11 & 12 should now be accessible from the stage select menu without any issues, but this will have to be repeated after beating the game and replaying a past chapter.[[/labelnote]] For the latter, you just need to give the game ample time to load the area.[[labelnote:Specifically...]]When resuming the playthrough, don't hastily choose either tower. Wait around 7 seconds after the tower list appears, and then another 7 seconds before confirming the entry. In case the scene where Elena appears and tells Aeron to take care, don't skip the cutscene. With all this waiting, there will be enough time for the game to properly load these two towers.[[/labelnote]]
* FanNickname: Creator/DavidCronenberg’s ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', thanks to being an action-adventure game where you play as a blonde-haired man traversing several dungeons for the sake of helping the princess he loves. Oh, and the horror of said princess slowly turning into a monster and needing to devour flesh in order to keep the transformation at bay.

* FanNickname: Creator/DavidCronenberg’s [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]], thanks to being an action-adventure game where you play as a blonde-haired man traversing several dungeons for the sake of helping the princess he loves. Oh, and the horror of said princess slowly turning into a monster and needing to devour flesh in order to keep the transformation at bay.

* FanNickname: Creator/DavidCronenberg’s [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]].
* NetworkToTheRescue: [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED Games]]. Because of the publishing success of ''[[VideoGame/TheLastStory The Last Story]]'', which quickly became their best published game at the time, they went and got the North American publishing rights to ''Pandora's Tower'', the final game in the original set of three games wanted by Operation Rainfall, which was a fan campaign to get a series of [=JRPGs=] released for North American audiences (the other two being ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' and ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'').

** This manifests in two ways: the inability to go inside these towers ''after'' the 13th tower has been opened, for the inability to do so even before completing said towers. There are solutions for both. For the former, there's a way around this through the use of a Shard of Divinity.[[labelnote:To wit...]]Choose Tower 13 from the stage select menu, then enter one of the doors leading to the Tower 13 outer wall staircase, and then use a Shard of Divinity to teleport back to the Observatory. From there, Towers 11 & 12 should now be accessible from the stage select menu without any issues, but this will have to be repeated after beating the game and replaying a past chapter.[[/labelnote]] For the latter, you just need to give the game ample time to load the area.[[labelnote:Specifically...]]When resuming the playthrough, don't hastily choose either tower. Wait around 7 seconds after the tower list appears, and then another 7 seconds before confirming the entry. In case the scene where Elena appears and tells Aeron to take care, don't skip the cutscene. With all this waiting, there will be enough time for the game to properly load these two towers.[[/labelnote]]

* BadExportForYou: The North American (NSTC-U) version ([[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/620591-pandoras-tower/79456455 both for the Wii and the Wii U re-release]]) has a major {{Game Breaking Bug}} involving the inability to go inside the 11th & 12th towers. This doesn't happen in any other version of the game.

** This manifests in two ways: the inability to go inside these towers ''after'' the 13th tower has been opened, for the inability to do so even before completing said towers. There are solutions for both. For the former, there's a way around this through the use of a Shard of Divinity.[[labelnote:To wit...]]Choose Tower 13 from the stage select menu, then enter one of the doors leading to the Tower 13 outer wall staircase, and then use a Shard of Divinity to teleport back to the Observatory. From there, Towers 11 & 12 should now be accessible from the stage select menu without any issues, but this will have to be repeated after beating the game and replaying a past chapter.[[/labelnote]] For the latter, you just need to give the game ample time to load the area.[[labelnote:Specifically...]]When resuming the playthrough, don't hastily (quickly) choose either tower. Wait around 7 seconds after the tower list appears, and then some other 7 seconds before confirming the entry. In case the scene where Elena appears and tells Aeron to take care, don't skip the cutscene. With these waits, there will be enough time for the game to properly load these two towers.[[/labelnote]]

** This manifests in two ways: the inability to go inside these towers ''after'' the 13th tower has been opened, for the inability to do so even before completing said towers. There are solutions for both. For the former, there's a way around this through the use of a Shard of Divinity.[[note]]Choose Tower 13 from the stage select menu, then enter one of the doors leading to the Tower 13 outer wall staircase, and then use a Shard of Divinity to teleport back to the Observatory. From there, Towers 11 & 12 should now be accessible from the stage select menu without any issues, but this will have to be repeated after beating the game and replaying a past chapter.[[/note]] For the latter, you need to give the game ample time to load the area.[[labelnote:Specifically...]]When resuming the playthrough, don't hastily (quickly) choose either tower. Wait around 7 seconds after the tower list appears, and then some other 7 seconds before confirming the entry. In case the scene where Elena appears and tells Aeron to take care, don't skip the cutscene. With these waits, there will be enough time for the game to properly load these two towers.[[/labelnote]]

* BadExportForYou:
** The North American Wii release has a few {{Game Breaking Bug}}s, like the inability to go inside the 11th & 12th towers after the 13th tower has been opened. This doesn't happen in any other Wii version, nor any version of the UsefulNotes/WiiU re-release. There's a way around this through the use of a Shard of Divinity.[[note]] Choose Tower 13 from the stage select menu, then enter one of the doors leading to the Tower 13 outer wall staircase, and then use a Shard of Divinity to teleport back to the Observatory. From there, Towers 11 & 12 should now be accessible from the stage select menu without any issues, but this will have to be repeated after beating the game and replaying a past chapter.[[/note]]
** For some players, the glitch may be triggered even before completing the affected towers, but it too has a solution.[[note]]When resuming the playthrough, don't hastily (quickly) choose either tower. Wait around 7 seconds after the tower list appears, and then some other 7 seconds before confirming the entry. In case the scene where Elena appears and tells Aeron to take care, don't skip the cutscene. With these waits, there will be enough time for the game to properly load these two towers.[[/note]]

* NoExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, but [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] [[AvertedTrope came through in the clutch]]. Nintendo themselves would re-release it digitally for the UsefulNotes/WiiU eShop in 2015, with [[https://twitter.com/XSEEDGames/status/631642556435202048 XSEED having no involvement]].

* NoExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, but [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] [[AvertedTrope came through in the clutch]]. Oddly enough, Nintendo themselves would re-release it digitally for the UsefulNotes/WiiU eShop, with [[https://twitter.com/XSEEDGames/status/631642556435202048 XSEED having no involvement]].

** After its release in America, some {{Game Breaking Bug}}s have been found, like the inability to go inside the 11th & 12th towers after the 13th tower has been opened. This doesn't happen in the Japanese, European or Australian versions. There's a way around this through the use of a Shard of Divinity.[[note]] Choose Tower 13 from the stage select menu, then enter one of the doors leading to the Tower 13 outer wall staircase, and then use a Shard of Divinity to teleport back to the Observatory. From there, Towers 11 & 12 should now be accessible from the stage select menu without any issues, but this will have to be repeated after beating the game and replaying a past chapter.[[/note]]

* FanNickname: Creator/DavidCronenberg’s [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]
* NetworkToTheRescue: [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED Games]]. Because of the publishing success of ''[[VideoGame/TheLastStory The Last Story]]'' (it's XSEED's best published game in its history), they went and got the North American publishing rights to ''Pandora's Tower'', the final game in the original set of three games wanted by Operation Rainfall.
* NoExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall, which sought a US release alongside ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, but [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] [[AvertedTrope came through in the clutch.]]

* NoExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall, which sought a US release alongside ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, but [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] [[AvertedTrope came through in the clutch.]]

* NoExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall, which sought a US release alongside ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, but [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] [[AvertedTrope came through in the clutch.]]

* NoExportForYou: The game was one of the targets of Operation Rainfall, which sought a US release alongside TheLastStory and ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. For a while, it seemed as though this game wasn't coming to America at all, but [[Creator/XSEEDGames XSEED]] [[AvertedTrope came through in the clutch.]]