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** AndYourRewardIsInteriorDecoration: Some wallpapers and floor covers.
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** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' also comes to mind.

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** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' also comes to mind.mind, as aprevious RolePlayingGame and SliceOfLife combo in which you had to do your own ItemCrafting to get the best weapons.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: Level-5 also developed ''DragonQuestIX'', and the two games share many similarities.

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Level-5 also developed ''DragonQuestIX'', ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'', and the two games share many similarities.similarities.
** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' also comes to mind.

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* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou: ...and furnish with furniture you make, buy, or find.

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* ** AnInteriorDesignerIsYou: ...and furnish with furniture you make, buy, or find.find.
* AncientGrome: Origin Island in the DLC.


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* SpiritualSuccessor: Level-5 also developed ''DragonQuestIX'', and the two games share many similarities.

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* GodIsGood: [[spoiler:Divinus, Yuelia and Noelia's father.]]

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* GodIsGood: [[spoiler:Divinus, Yuelia and Noelia's father. He's surprisingly down-to-earth and somewhat of a BumblingDad.]]



* TakeYourTime: Even when told to get somewhere as fast as possible, nothing is really keeping you from shopping before doing so. Somtimes subverted if you're early in the story as you eventually get vocation challenges that require going to a location that hasn't been unlocked yet.

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* TakeYourTime: Even when told to get somewhere as fast as possible, nothing is really keeping you from shopping before doing so. Somtimes Sometimes subverted if you're early in the story as you eventually get vocation challenges that require going to a location that hasn't been unlocked yet.


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* RousseauWasRight: Seems to be the underlying message of the game. Nobody acts out of malice, and the worst characters in the game are a pair of hoodlums, and even they go straight. Most problems are caused by misunderstandings, monsters (who all appear to have the intelligence of wild animals), and the Doom Stones.


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* WhatsUpKingDude: King Erik invokes this trope by allowing all the common folk of Castele to walk into his royal court. However, the guards insist you at least dress decently.
* WorldTree: [[spoiler:The Starlight Garden on Lunares has trees that each contain ''[[UpToEleven an entire universe]]'', including Reveria's. And for some reason, the Goddess' ship that you use to get their is next to Reveria's tree in miniature form.]]
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* TakeYourTime: Even when told to get somewhere as fast as possible, nothing is really keeping you from shopping before dong so. Somtimes subverted if you're early in the story as you eventually get vocation challenges that require going to a location that hasn't been unlocked yet.

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* TakeYourTime: Even when told to get somewhere as fast as possible, nothing is really keeping you from shopping before dong doing so. Somtimes subverted if you're early in the story as you eventually get vocation challenges that require going to a location that hasn't been unlocked yet.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Characters with an alter ego are quite bad about this when it comes to the player.


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* TakeYourTime: Even when told to get somewhere as fast as possible, nothing is really keeping you from shopping before dong so. Somtimes subverted if you're early in the story as you eventually get vocation challenges that require going to a location that hasn't been unlocked yet.
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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Franchise/ProfessorLayton. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]]. The day you start your new job, you befriend a talking butterfly who seems very curious about your world, where falling meteorites known as Doom Stones are a regular occurrence.

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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Franchise/ProfessorLayton. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]]. The day you start your new job, you befriend a talking butterfly who seems very curious about your world, where falling meteorites known as Doom Stones are a regular occurrence. After, one of them strikes your roof, you end up investigating and finding out that TheEndIsNear. The only solution to this is for the world's entire population to band together. Unfortunately, the three kingdoms are not on best terms with each others and ThePowersThatBe seem to have decided that you are the one that will resolve the issue.
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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Franchise/ProfessorLayton. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]]. The day you start your new job, you befriend a talking butterfly who seems very curious about your world, where falling meteorites are a regular occurrence.

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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Franchise/ProfessorLayton. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]]. The day you start your new job, you befriend a talking butterfly who seems very curious about your world, where falling meteorites known as Doom Stones are a regular occurrence.
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** Whenever you go to a new location, or meet a new person in the Main Story, the game acts as if you have never been there before or met the person in question, even though it is easily possible to, say, [[spoiler:meet the Princess free-roamingly before you meet her "for the first time" in the story]].

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** Whenever you go to a new location, or meet a new person in the Main Story, the game acts as if you have never been there before or met the person in question, even though it is easily possible to, say, [[spoiler:meet the Princess meet [[spoiler:the Princess]] free-roamingly before you meet her [[spoiler:her]] "for the first time" in the story]].story.
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**Whenever you go to a new location, or meet a new person in the Main Story, the game acts as if you have never been there before or met the person in question, even though it is easily possible to, say, [[spoiler:meet the Princess free-roamingly before you meet her "for the first time" in the story]].

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** Combat: These are along the lines of typical RPG "jobs" with an emphasis on different weapons. Includes Paladin, Mercenary, Hunter and Magcian.
** Gathering: Lives based around gathering raw matertials. Includes Miner, Woodcutter and Fisher.

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** Combat: These are along the lines of typical RPG "jobs" with an emphasis on different weapons. Includes Paladin, Mercenary, Hunter and Magcian.
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** Gathering: Lives based around gathering raw matertials.materials. Includes Miner, Woodcutter and Fisher.



* KleptomaniacHero: The best way to gain vegetables is to pick them straight from the the NPC farmer's patches. The game handwaves this by saying the farmers already picked all the sellable crops and the ones left are for the taking.



* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:The boy with the blue hat AKA princess Laura.]]

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* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:The boy with the blue hat AKA princess Princess Laura.]]

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* BearsAreBadNews: Played straight with the regular-sized bears you can fight, but averted with the Great Spirit who lives in the Elderwood.



* TheCorruption: The Doom Stones, which fall from the sky and turn monsters into shadow monsters.



* ExpositionFairy: Flutter, a talking butterfly, is the player's companion and voice. Unlike most examples, she's clueless about the world and her asking about how everything works is what clues the player in.

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* ExpositionFairy: Flutter, a talking butterfly, is the player's companion and voice. Unlike most examples, she's clueless about the world and her asking about how everything works is what clues the player in. [[spoiler:She's actually Yuelia, one of the daughters of Reveria's creator.]]
* FloatingContinent: Levitania. It's the homeland of the Plushlings [[spoiler:and used to be a gigantic Doom Stone until Yuelia's mother purified it]].



* GodIsGood: [[spoiler:Divinus, Yuelia and Noelia's father.]]



* [[spoiler:NoAntagonist]]



** It's lampshaded several times when characters say that you don't talk a lot.



* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:The boy with the blue hat AKA princess Laura]].

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* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:The boy with the blue hat AKA princess Laura]].Laura.]]



* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Plushlings and Leafes.



* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Character hair can be one of many colors ranging from typical shades of brown and yellow to pink, Green and indeed, blue.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Character hair can be one of many colors ranging from typical shades of brown and yellow to pink, Green green and indeed, blue.

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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Franchise/ProfessorLayton. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]].

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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Franchise/ProfessorLayton. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]]. The day you start your new job, you befriend a talking butterfly who seems very curious about your world, where falling meteorites are a regular occurrence.


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* CallToAgriculture: Averted in that an earlier version was going to have a farmer job and non-combat classes in the current one can still use a dagger or their pets.

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* CallToAgriculture: Averted in that an earlier version was going to have a farmer job and non-combat classes in the current one can still use a dagger or their pets.job.


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* ItemCrafting: Since items you make yourself are usually higher quality than their store-bought counterparts, you'll be doing a lot of this.

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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Professor Layton.Franchise/ProfessorLayton. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]].


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* TheBeastmaster: The player, if he/she owns pets and brings them along in combat.


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* CallToAgriculture: Averted in that an earlier version was going to have a farmer job and non-combat classes in the current one can still use a dagger or their pets.


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* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:The boy with the blue hat AKA princess Laura]].

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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Professor Layton.

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An expansive RPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Professor Layton. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]].


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* SlidingScaleOfLinearityVSOpenness: Level 5. The game is a WideOpenSandbox, but OpeningTheSandbox requires progression of the story.
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* JobSystem: The basic idea of Fantasy Life is taking the idea of a Job system and running with it. There's 12 "lives" that are broadly put into three categories.
** Combat: These are along the lines of typical RPG "jobs" with an emphasis on different weapons. Includes Paladin, Mercenary, Hunter and Magcian.
** Gathering: Lives based around gathering raw matertials. Includes Miner, Woodcutter and Fisher.
** Crafting: Involves refining raw materials into usable and more valuable items. Includes Blacksmith, Tailor, Carpenter, Cook and Alchemist.

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: The tutorials themselves note that "life" is a fancy work for vocation.

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* AHomeOwnerIsYou: There are a number of houses in Reveria that you can purchase...
* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou: ...and furnish with furniture you make, buy, or find.
* CallARabbitASmeerp: The tutorials themselves note that "life" is a fancy work word for vocation.


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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: They live in Port Puerto and are surprisingly chummy with the local aristocrats. [[spoiler:The current governor and her brother are even the children of a pirate and an aristocrat.]]

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* EscalatingWar: [[spoiler: King Erik of Castele and the former Dark Sultan of Al Maajik are engaged in an ongoing exchange of practical jokes. It's why the former looks like a little kid.]]



* FountainOfYouth: [[spoiler:The former Dark Sultan turned King Erik into a child as part of their ongoing PrankWar.]]

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* FountainOfYouth: [[spoiler:The former Dark Sultan turned King Erik into a child as part of their ongoing PrankWar.EscalatingWar.]]



* PrankWar: [[spoiler: King Erik of Castele and the former Dark Sultan of Al Maajik are engaged in one. It's why the former looks like a little kid.]]

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: The tutorials themselves note that "life" is a fancy work for vocation.

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: The tutorials themselves note that "life" is a fancy work for vocation. vocation.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:The Dark Sultan, Daemon, and his father, the former Dark Sultan are both actually very nice people despite their titles and the latter's sinister appearance.]]


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* FountainOfYouth: [[spoiler:The former Dark Sultan turned King Erik into a child as part of their ongoing PrankWar.]]


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* PrankWar: [[spoiler: King Erik of Castele and the former Dark Sultan of Al Maajik are engaged in one. It's why the former looks like a little kid.]]
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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Potential mild cases show up a few times in the story. At some point, your landlord needs a carpenter to repair your roof while you go somewhere else, which may feel strange if you happen to be a carpenter at that point. Later, you to pull the "that person you're looking for went that way" trick on Mustang, who's your master if you're a paladin.

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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Potential mild cases show up a few times in the story. At some point, your landlord needs a carpenter to repair your roof while you go somewhere else, which may feel strange if you happen to be a carpenter at that point. Later, There is also short periods during which you to pull are somewhat working against Mustang and the "that person you're looking for went that way" trick on Mustang, who's your master other paladins, which may feel like mild treason if you're a paladin.playing one.
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* ExpositionFairy: Flutter, a talking butterfly, is the player's companion and voice.
* FrothyMugsOfWater: Barley Juice, served in taverns, makes drinkers hiccup and raised the luck stat. Think about it for a minute.

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* ExpositionFairy: Flutter, a talking butterfly, is the player's companion and voice.
voice. Unlike most examples, she's clueless about the world and her asking about how everything works is what clues the player in.
* FrothyMugsOfWater: Barley Juice, served in taverns, makes drinkers hiccup and raised raises the luck stat. Think about it for a minute.
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An expansive RPG made by Creator/Level5, better known for creating Professor Layton.

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An expansive RPG made by Creator/Level5, Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating Professor Layton.
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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Potential mild cases up a few times in the story. At some point, your landlord needs a carpenter to repair your roof while you go somewhere else, which may feel strange if you happen to be a carpenter at that point. Later, you to pull the "that person you're looking for went that way" trick on Mustang, who's your master if you're a paladin.

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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Potential mild cases show up a few times in the story. At some point, your landlord needs a carpenter to repair your roof while you go somewhere else, which may feel strange if you happen to be a carpenter at that point. Later, you to pull the "that person you're looking for went that way" trick on Mustang, who's your master if you're a paladin.
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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Potential mild cases up a few times in the story. At some point, your landlord needs a carpenter to repair your roof while you go somewhere else, which may feel strange if you happen to be a carpenter at that point. Later, you to pull the "that person you're looking for went that way" trick on Mustang, who's your master if you're a paladin.
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* CallARabbitASmreep: The tutorials themselves note that "life" is a fancy work for vocation.

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* CallARabbitASmreep: CallARabbitASmeerp: The tutorials themselves note that "life" is a fancy work for vocation.
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* YouGottaHaveGreenHair: Character hair can be one of many colors ranging from typical shades of brown and yellow to pink, blue and indeed, green.

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* YouGottaHaveGreenHair: YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Character hair can be one of many colors ranging from typical shades of brown and yellow to pink, blue Green and indeed, green.blue.
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* CallARabbitASmreep: The tutorials themselves note that "life" is a fancy work for vocation.
* ExpositionFairy: Flutter, a talking butterfly, is the player's companion and voice.
* FrothyMugsOfWater: Barley Juice, served in taverns, makes drinkers hiccup and raised the luck stat. Think about it for a minute.
* SilentProtagonist: While a voice can be picked for the player it will only be for battle cries while Flutter does most of the talking.
* YouGottaHaveGreenHair: Character hair can be one of many colors ranging from typical shades of brown and yellow to pink, blue and indeed, green.

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