History VideoGame / FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesRingOfFates

** Selkies take this trope UpToEleven:while they cannot double-jump or use ziplines when holding a key, they can just throw the key against a wall, make it bounce on their head, and ''run on the zipline as if it was a tightrope while balancing the key on their head''. Someone sign them up for circus already.

* NewGamePlus: Can be done ''[[UpToEleven twice.]]'' Also allows access to the BonusDungeon.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:"My power can undo this! Over and again!" You almost have to pity him when you hear him think ''Help me...'']]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Everything the Magicite seller in the Connecting Worlds chapter says makes her sound like a drug dealer.

* FlashSideways: Shortly before the FinalBattle, Galdes [[spoiler:shifts everyone to a world where he killed Kolka and became ruler of the city]]. Most of the NPCs either praise him listlessly or resign themselves to tyranny, but a few of them question if this was really what happened.

* CorruptChurch: The Crystal Temple. One NPC complains that it used to be a place of contemplation and peace until the new Hierophant took charge--her complaint is about the new entrance fee, but that's really the top of the iceberg. It gets more openly malicious as the game goes on. Plus [[spoiler:its temple is the final dungeon, and its Pope is using it to recreate the world in his own image]].

* HappilyEverBefore: The game is set an indeterminate time before the original, but seems to be many years before. [[spoiler:Otherwise Yuri and Chelinka might have been expected to use their power against the Meteor Parasite and its miasma.]]

* ShoutOut: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull mog."

* ChewToy: Alhanalem. Between Chelinka' glomps and Meeth's pots, he takes quite a licking.

* AmbiguousSituation: The party gets to "???" by way of not escaping a volcano and are informed that they are in he Realm of the Dead. But it's not made explicit if ''they'' are dead or how they got back to Rebena Te Ra alive, and the place can be accessed in multiplayer mode after beating Sinners' Isle.

* ArtificialStupidity: Your partners AI is phenomally stupid, making them much more of a liability than anything else. They rarely move, don't attack often and if an enemy is lining up an attack at them, most of the time they will not get out of the way. Their self preservation is atrocious, as they will not get out of the way, even if their HP is critical. A particularly egregious example is their ineptitude in platforming, as they cannot time jumps and will often kill themselves trying to get to you if you're on a far away platform. You ''will'' waste a lot of raise magicite on them in the later boss battles, which can get rather infuriating.

* BanOnMagic: Crystals are banned after the timeskip thanks to the emergence of crimson crystals (actually a result of the Temple's experiments). Some of the townspeople express disbelief while others commend the Temple's action. This eventually becomes a problem for the magicite seller because people associat her product with crystals.

* BonusDungeon: River Belle.

* ChechovsVolcano: Naturally, the final cutscene on Sinners' Isle is of the volcano there erupting.

* ManualLeaderAIParty

* ChehovsVolcano: Naturally, the final cutscene on Sinners' Isle is of the volcano there erupting.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: [[BigBad Galdes]]]]

* [[{{Alternate Universe}} Alternate Universe(s)]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: "My power can undo this! Over and again!" You almost have to pity him when you hear him think ''Help me...'']]

* EndOfTheWorldSpecial: Starsingers are a somewhat limited form of this. [[spoiler: Yuri and Chelinka fulfill the trope more literally in the end.]]

* GainaxEnding: The ending sequence. [[spoiler: Chelinka's HeroicSacrifice to heal Yuri of his mysterious illness causes Yuri to become UnstuckInTime, and after wandering around for a little bit, the collective Yuris and Chelinkas of all the parallel universes CosmicRetcon the events of the game from ever occuring, because Magic in this continuity works based on alternate universes]].

** The way to defeat the final boss, [[spoiler: by locking magic spells onto the circle.]] Subverted in that you ''do'' get instructions, but only after you fail several times.

** You get it again after the final boss fight when [[spoiler: Yuri is dying]].

* LimitedLoadout: Magicite and restoratve items are carried in "pockets" on the right-hand side of the bottom screen. Initially, the player starts with a maximum of ten for each, which means you'll be leaving a lot of magicite laying around in dungeons. Extra pockets are obtainable as treasure, however, and can also be purchased when you find Artimecion's shops.

* CorruptChurch: The Crystal Temple. Gets progressively more oppressive as the game goes on. Plus [[spoiler:its temple is the final dungeon, and its Pope is using it to recreate the world in his own image]].

* DungeonBypass: Only scripted obstacles and doors with keys, of which are few, are unpassable. Most of the room puzzle's purpose is to materialize or move platforms to reach points that are just out of reach.Not only can your chatacters jump on each other, but you can stack any item to make a ladder. And most of the items you find are cheap rubbish you can buy for less than 5 gil at the shops.Do the math.
** Selkies take this trope UpToEleven:while they cannot double-jump or use ziplines when holding a key, they can just throw the key against a wall, make it bounce on their head, and ''run on the zipline as if it was a tightrope while balancing the key on their head''.Someone sign them up for circus already.

* ActionRPG

* CallBack: Some zones are covered by poisonous mist, and require a party member to carry an aptly-charged Urn to cross safely. Crystal Bearers and the Chalice, anyone?

* TimeCompressionMontage: The game moves forward several years in a single cutscene. The twins' age is still ambiguous, but they go from five-ish to somewhere between eight and ten.

* BadMoonRising - It's even the tagline on the back of the box! It's hard for a blood-red moon to be anything but ominous...

* ContinuityNod: The appearance of Lich is a nod to her role in the first game.

* DungeonBypass: Only scripted obstacles and doors with keys, of which are few, are unpassable.Most of the room puzzle's purpose is to materialize or move platforms to reach points that are just out of reach.Not only can your chatacters jump on each other, but you can stack any item to make a ladder.And most of the items you find are cheap rubbish you can buy for less than 5 gil at the shops.Do the math.

* GuideDangIt: The way to defeat the final boss, [[spoiler: by locking magic spells onto the circle.]] Subverted in that you ''do'' get instructions, but only after you fail several times.

* HeroicRROD: Yuri falls victim to this when he uses his power to stop the falling ceiling in Rela Cyel.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: A secondary ability of Star Singers. [[spoiler:When they alter reality, they can remember the original timeline--nobody else does, though.]]

* HailfirePeaks: One level where you'll have to chose between running over lava that [[CaptainObvious burns you]] or ice that freezes you in a slightly lengthened period of time. You need not worry about doing large amounts of backtracking if you decided you don't like the path you chose. ''The ice path is side by side with the lava''.

* PatchworkMap: One level where you'll have to chose between running over lava that [[CaptainObvious burns you]] or ice that freezes you in a slightly lengthened period of time. You need not worry about doing large amounts of backtracking if you decided you don't like the path you chose. ''The ice path is side by side with the lava''.
** Which is in fact [[HailfirePeaks a trope of its own as well.]]

* {{Shotacon}}: The female Selkie scroll-dealer in Rebena Te Ra has this reaction towards Yuri.

A spinoff of the [[RunningGag foot-impalingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise, and the first VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles game for the {{DS}}. Unlike the first game, its main mode of play is a story-mode with lots of dialog and pre-made characters. The story follows a pair of Clavat twins named Yuri and Chelinka, whose hometown is attacked and Chelinka falls into a coma. When she awakens, she has lost the ability to speak. Together, they set out on a journey to help Chelinka regain her voice, find their childhood teachers Alhanalem and Meeth, discover why their home was attacked, and learn the purpose of a unique crystal they own. All while trying to stop an ancient prophecy from destroying the world.

A spinoff of the [[RunningGag foot-impalingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise, and the first FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles game for the {{DS}}. Unlike the first game, its main mode of play is a story-mode with lots of dialog and pre-made characters. The story follows a pair of Clavat twins named Yuri and Chelinka, whose hometown is attacked and Chelinka falls into a coma. When she awakens, she has lost the ability to speak. Together, they set out on a journey to help Chelinka regain her voice, find their childhood teachers Alhanalem and Meeth, discover why their home was attacked, and learn the purpose of a unique crystal they own. All while trying to stop an ancient prophecy from destroying the world.

* WhatTheHellDad: Latov loves his children, but one has to question his judgment in allowing them to play with hatchets, spelunk in the monster-filled cave on their property, and walk around the city alone.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile2Silmeria Lezard Valeth]], [[{{Naruto}} Gaara]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Kain]] is doing a great job as resident pshycopath Cu Chaspel.
** [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Izzy]], at least this troper thinks it's Izzy, does a really good Yuri.

* MacGuffinGirl: Chelinka is pursued by the Temple for her crystal abilities. Yuri might be of value to them too, but Chelinka is the only one who can make the crystal shine on her own. [[spoiler:Tilika and Lady Aleria were also this, with tragic results.]]