History VideoGame / ForTheFrogTheBellTolls

** The game as a whole is a comedic love letter to the RPG genre. For example, the Prince of Sablé keeps getting treated as the king of second bananas in comparison to Richard. Who, to wit, [[SitcomArchNemesis manages to tell to the first village you visit how easy it is to mock you]]. Players from nowadays say Richard was probably the inspiration for [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue]] and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Gary Oak]] (from the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games and anime, respectively).

[[NoExportForYou The game never got a release in America or Europe]], [[http://www.romhacking.net/trans/1623/ but a complete fan translation exists]].

''For the Frog the Bell Tolls'' (original title: ''Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru'') is an action-adventure/RPG hybrid for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. It was influenced by their own ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, which inherited some elements of this game. The later released ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' shares an engine with it and has a cameo by Prince Richard in a house full of frogs and the even later released ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' had a cameo by Prince Richard in frog form as an early non-boss enemy in the Japanese version (he's named Frogog in the translation). Since then, ''For the Frog the Bell Tolls'' hasn't gotten much acknowledgment by Nintendo, but Dr. Arewo Stein managed to appear as a recurring {{NPC}} in ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'', and there is a sticker of the Prince of Sablé in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', the Prince of Sablé appears as an Assist Trophy.

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* BalefulPolymorph: Initially, the potion of Mandola turns the Prince of Sablé, Richard, and the entire Custard Army into frogs. Later, the Prince can change forms at will, and even gains a snake form.

* PointedEars: The witch Mandola.

* Foreshadowing: As he comes back from a MushroomSamba, the Prince of Sablé briefly hallucinates he's talking to a beautiful woman, only to regain his senses and see he's been hitting on the rather homely witch Mandola the entire time. [[spoiler:Mandola actually ''is'' a beautiful woman, Princess Tiramisu, in disguise.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Lord Delarin gets a sword thrown on his eye during the final battle.]]

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. When the Prince of Sablé encounters Lord Delarin, [[spoiler:the latter is revealed to be... a normal-sized snake, an enemy too weak to even hurt you at this point. The prince [[BreakingTheFourthWall verbally expresses his disappointment that the final boss is so pathetically easy]]. Then the snake transforms.]]

* AffectionateParody: The game as a whole is a comedic love letter to the RPG genre. For example, the Prince of Sablé keeps getting treated as the king of second bananas in comparison to Richard. Who, to wit, [[SitcomArchNemesis manages to tell to the first village you visit how easy it is to mock you]]. Players from nowadays say Richard was probably the inspiration for [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue]] and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Gary Oak]] (from the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games and anime, respectively).
** And the DamselInDistress [[spoiler: [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle is in another castle]] since even before the plot kicked, and both her [[ChessmasterSidekick and her guard captain]] are wringing every possible giggle they can get out of you while the crisis isn't averted.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: Initially, the potion of Mandola turns the Prince of Sablé, Richard, and the entire Custard Army into frogs. Later, the Prince can change forms and even turn into a snake willfully.

* BigDamnHeroes: The final battle is full of this.

* BribingYourWayToVictory: After a boat owner lays down the law to the Prince of Sablé, the latter offers a [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney small sum of coins]] to bribe his way to scene of the princess' abduction.

* HeartsAreHealth: Not unlike the ''Zelda'' series.

* HyperactiveSprite: All of the human {{Non Player Character}}s.
* IdiotHero: The Prince of Sablé.

* MoneySpider

* NPCRoadblock: Frogs and snakes with "bad attitudes" block some paths.
* PlayboyBunny: The waitresses at the bar in the town of Pudding.

* TheRival: Prince Richard.

* SchizoTech: On the surface it's a generic fantasy land with MedievalStasis, but there are modern-day corporate buildings, robots, among other things.
* ShoutOut: After he finishes the maze on Mt. Bavarian, the Prince of Sablé remarks that he saw [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI the trick before somewhere]].

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: [[spoiler:The final part of the battle against Lord Delarin.]]

* WickedWitch: Mandola.

''For the Frog the Bell Tolls'' (original title: ''Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru'') is an action-adventure/RPG hybrid for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. It was influenced by their own ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, which inherited some elements of this game. The later released ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' shares an engine with it and has a cameo by Prince Richard in a house full of frogs and the even later released ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' had a cameo by Prince Richard in frog form as an early non-boss enemy in the Japanese version (he's named Frogog in the translation). Since then, ''For the Frog the Bell Tolls'' hasn't gotten much acknowledgment by Nintendo, but Dr. Arewo Stein managed to appear as a recurring {{NPC}} in ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'', and there is a sticker of the Prince of Sablé in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', the Prince of Sablé appears as an Assist Trophy.

''For the Frog the Bell Tolls'' (original title: ''Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru'') is an action-adventure/RPG hybrid for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. It was influenced by their own ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, which inherited some elements of this game. The later released ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' shares an engine with it and has a cameo by Prince Richard in a house full of frogs and the even later released ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' had a cameo by Prince Richard in frog form as an early non-boss enemy in the Japanese version (he's named Frogog in the translation). Since then, ''For the Frog the Bell Tolls'' hasn't gotten much acknowledgment by Nintendo, but Dr. Arewo Stein managed to appear as a recurring {{NPC}} in ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'', and there is a sticker of the Prince of Sablé in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl''. In ''Super Smash Bros. For Wii U/3DS'', the Prince of Sablé appears as an Assist Trophy.

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* AffectionateParody: the game as a whole is a comedic love letter to the RPG genre. For example, the Prince of Sablé keeps getting treated as the king of second bananas in comparison to Richard. Who, to wit, [[SitcomArchNemesis manages to tell to the first village you visit how easy it is to mock you]]. Players from nowadays say Richard was probably the inspiration for [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue]] and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Gary Oak]] (from the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games and anime, respectively).

* HyperactiveSprite: All of the human NPCs.

* SchizoTech: On the surface it's a generic fantasy world with MedievalStasis, but there are modern-day corporate buildings, among other things.

* InsistentTerminology: Dr. Arewo Stein insists that the Hyper Glove is not simply Work Glove, even breaking the fourth wall to correct the game itself.

* EdibleThemeNaming: Various locations and characters are named after sweets, such as the Sablé and Custard Kingdoms, Princess Tiramisu, and Mt. Bavarian

* InsistentTerminology: The creator of the Hyper Glove insists that it is not simply a Work Glove, even breaking the fourth wall to correct the game itself.

''For The Frog The Bell Tolls'' (original title: ''Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru'') is an action-adventure/RPG hybrid for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. It was influenced by their own ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, which inherited some elements of this game. The later released ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' shares an engine with it and has a cameo by Prince Richard in a house full of frogs and the even later released ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' had a cameo by Prince Richard in frog form as an early non-boss enemy in the Japanese version (he's named Frogog in the translation). Since then, ''For the Frog the Bell Tolls'' hasn't gotten much acknowledgment by Nintendo, but Dr. Arewo Stein managed to appear as a recurring {{NPC}} in ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'', and there is a sticker of the Prince of Sablé in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl''. In ''Super Smash Bros. For Wii U/3DS'', the Prince of Sablé appears as an Assist Trophy.

* WhenTreesAttack: Treants appear as enemies. The first one to be fought is quite strong and has to be taken down with a saw.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Almost all of the songs in the game contain the same short, six-note tone, which later appears in Richard's Villa during his cameo in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening''.

* ThemeNaming: Some places and characters are named after sweets.

* TheCameo: Creator/ShigesatoItoi mining for gold. No, really.