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JustAKid: Joe is often looked down upon for being young, and proves himself over the course of the game.
* JustifiedTutorial: Joe's never driven a weaponized carbefore.before, so the tutorial teaches him how to. Thankfully, they're also skippable.
*LikeFatherLikeSon
LikeFatherLikeSon: Joe is as good at driving and battling as his father.
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''Car Battler Joe'' is an obscure UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance ActionRPG developed by Ancient (also responsible for ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis'') and published in the U.S. by Creator/{{Natsume}}. It was also released on the UsefulNotes/WiiU Virtual Console in 2015.
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''Car Battler Joe'' is an obscure UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance Platform/GameBoyAdvance ActionRPG developed by Ancient (also responsible for ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis'') and published in the U.S. by Creator/{{Natsume}}. It was also released on the UsefulNotes/WiiU Platform/WiiU Virtual Console in 2015.
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* BirthdayBeginning: The game begins on Joe's [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth]] birthday.
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* ArcVillain: In the first quarter of the game the antagonists are the Dohmo gang led by Shirley. Oddly enough you never fight her and instead come across her bumbling second-in-command Casey.
* BackForTheFinale: The Dohmo gang just happens to dissolve offscreen midway through the plot. Shirley and Casey then appear from out of nowhere at the end of the game to help Joe.
* BackForTheFinale: The Dohmo gang just happens to dissolve offscreen midway through the plot. Shirley and Casey then appear from out of nowhere at the end of the game to help Joe.
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* BigBad: Ryu Mossoud, the leader of the criminal Empire gang.
* BigGood: Sho Kaido, the leader of the benevolent Red Guns gang.
* BigGood: Sho Kaido, the leader of the benevolent Red Guns gang.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: When you defeat Ken for the final time, he goes on a self-reflective rant about his [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter inferiority complex]] towards his brother Sho, his master Jim and now Joe. Ken then concludes he's been taking things too seriously and that it's better for him and Joe to be [[FriendlyRival friendly rivals]].
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** The game lets you upgrade and degrade equipment, stating certain combinations work better or worse at certain levels. But even looking at your machines stats it's hard to judge whether the combination of levels is working well or not.
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* TheRival: Ken Kaido, who has ties to both Joe's father and the Red Guns gang. He is something of an ArrogantKungFuGuy in regards to car battling.
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* ButThouMust: At certain points you get to pick between two choices that actually have the same outcome even if there's different dialogue for both.
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** When you fight Jim he has a perpetual shield on. When you get low on health, the Red Guns leader arrives to destroy the shield and hand you a recovery item.
** Same thing happens on the second phase of the final boss. Survive for a while until every other supporting character crashes their cars into the BigBad.
** When you fight Jim he has a perpetual shield on. When you get low on health, the Red Guns leader arrives to destroy the shield and hand you a recovery item.
** Same thing happens on the second phase of the final boss. Survive for a while until every other supporting character crashes their cars into the BigBad.
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* HeroicMime: Pal speaks for Joe.Joe, though the boy [[SuddenlyVoiced does get a single line]] at the very end of the story.
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** Playing without the instruction manual can be difficult as many items have short labels, and unless you're familiar with cars, some terms may beconfusing.confusing.
** The game lets you upgrade and degrade equipment, stating certain combinations work better or worse at certain levels. But even looking at your machines stats it's hard to judge whether the combination of levels is working well or not.
** The story loses direction towards the end, and you'll have to TalkToEveryone on a wild goose chase until you get the Red Guns clan to show up and start the end-game of the story.
** Playing without the instruction manual can be difficult as many items have short labels, and unless you're familiar with cars, some terms may be
** The game lets you upgrade and degrade equipment, stating certain combinations work better or worse at certain levels. But even looking at your machines stats it's hard to judge whether the combination of levels is working well or not.
** The story loses direction towards the end, and you'll have to TalkToEveryone on a wild goose chase until you get the Red Guns clan to show up and start the end-game of the story.
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''Car Battler Joe'' is an obscure GameBoyAdvance ActionRPG developed by Ancient (also responsible for ''VideoGame/BeyondOasis'') and published in the U.S. by Creator/{{Natsume}}. It was also released on the UsefulNotes/WiiU Virtual Console in 2015.
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* NominalImportance: Joe's father gets a name, Jim Todoroki, while his mother doesn't.
** Actually, she does, her name is Wanna. Making this trope [[AvertedTrope Averted]].
** Actually, she does, her name is Wanna. Making this trope [[AvertedTrope Averted]].
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* XMeetsY: ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
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* XMeetsY: ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.''Film/MadMax''.
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''Car Battler Joe'' is an obscure GameBoyAdvance ActionRPG published by Natsume. Yes, the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' company.
The plot is fairly standard--you, Joe, must find your missing father by traveling the wastelands and dropping off cargo between towns, entering tournaments along the way.
What makes the game unique is the action-oriented battle system and the sheer amount of customization available--there are over ''3 million'' part combinations. All cars have weapons attached, used with the GBA's shoulder buttons, and you can employ both those and traps to wreck your opponents' cars.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* ActionRPG
* AdjectiveNounFred
* AncestralWeapon: Joe's G-COM that weaponizes his car was a gift from his father.
* CollisionDamage: Only in the first battle, though, as you're using a regular car.
* CoolCar
* ChainsawGood: A couple weapons are saws of various types.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: All those Save Points? They all have ''different'' expositional information.
* DisappearedDad
* EasingIntoTheAdventure
* FieryRedhead: Joe.
* GuideDangIt: Playing without the instruction manual can be difficult as many items have short labels, and unless you're familiar with cars, some terms may be confusing.
* HelloInsertNameHere: This goes for Joe and Pal.
* HeroicMime: Pal speaks for Joe.
* TheHerosBirthday: The game begins on Joe's [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth]] birthday.
* InTheBlood: "You're pretty good at this, kid! Must be your father's genes..."
* JustAKid
* JustifiedTutorial: Joe's never driven a weaponized car before. Thankfully, they're also skippable.
* LikeFatherLikeSon
* MechaGame
* NominalImportance: Joe's father gets a name, Jim Todoroki, while his mother doesn't.
* RobotBuddy: The aptly-named Pal.
* SavePoint: Various Link Points, which also double as an in-game library.
* SeriousBusiness
* VehicularCombat
* WeaponizedCar: Every car in the game.
* XMeetsY: ''{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''MadMax''.
The plot is fairly standard--you, Joe, must find your missing father by traveling the wastelands and dropping off cargo between towns, entering tournaments along the way.
What makes the game unique is the action-oriented battle system and the sheer amount of customization available--there are over ''3 million'' part combinations. All cars have weapons attached, used with the GBA's shoulder buttons, and you can employ both those and traps to wreck your opponents' cars.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* ActionRPG
* AdjectiveNounFred
* AncestralWeapon: Joe's G-COM that weaponizes his car was a gift from his father.
* CollisionDamage: Only in the first battle, though, as you're using a regular car.
* CoolCar
* ChainsawGood: A couple weapons are saws of various types.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: All those Save Points? They all have ''different'' expositional information.
* DisappearedDad
* EasingIntoTheAdventure
* FieryRedhead: Joe.
* GuideDangIt: Playing without the instruction manual can be difficult as many items have short labels, and unless you're familiar with cars, some terms may be confusing.
* HelloInsertNameHere: This goes for Joe and Pal.
* HeroicMime: Pal speaks for Joe.
* TheHerosBirthday: The game begins on Joe's [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteenth]] birthday.
* InTheBlood: "You're pretty good at this, kid! Must be your father's genes..."
* JustAKid
* JustifiedTutorial: Joe's never driven a weaponized car before. Thankfully, they're also skippable.
* LikeFatherLikeSon
* MechaGame
* NominalImportance: Joe's father gets a name, Jim Todoroki, while his mother doesn't.
* RobotBuddy: The aptly-named Pal.
* SavePoint: Various Link Points, which also double as an in-game library.
* SeriousBusiness
* VehicularCombat
* WeaponizedCar: Every car in the game.
* XMeetsY: ''{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''MadMax''.
