History VideoGame / MyWorldMyWay

...just kidding. That would be too easy. Since this is ''My World, My Way'' ([[TitleDrop her words]]), fighting, questing, and ''especially'' pouting are the only reasonable paths to victory in this 2009 UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game. It goes as far as having menus dedicated to this.

!!''My World, My Way'' contains examples of:
* AdventureTowns: Every town you pass through is an adventure town.
%%* ActionGirl: Elise
* ButThouMust: Unless thou [[RealityWarper feelst not like it.]]

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the typical RPG, to the point that it's technically a mechanic. Most of what can be changed relates to common complaints people can have about RPG systems in general. you can make enemies that are impossible for you to fight weaker and more on/less than your level, {{Fetch Quest}}s can be bypassed entirely, and annoying penalties for dying can be rendered null and void.

* GenreSavvy: Say what you will about the princess' methods, but she certainly knows the conventions of the quest she's on.

%%* InfinityPlusOneSword: Masamune.
* MarketBasedTitle: Originally called "The World Revolves Around Me" in Japan, it was renamed to avoid confusion with the recently released ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. Of course, the TitleDrop sounds slightly awkward in the English because of it...

* NoFourthWall

* RealityWarper: The princess. By means of sheer spoiled-bitchiness, through the pout system.

** The publishing company is Atlus, so that shouldn't surprise anyone too much. [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Oh mister,]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes won't you please]] [[NightmareFuel die for me?]]
** When Elise complains about her quest sounding too much like a [[MediumAwareness lazy RPG script]], Nero responds with a "[[WellExcuseMePrincess Well excuuuuse me, princess.]]"
* SpoiledBrat: The entire premise of the game is spoofing this.

* TwentyBearAsses: Half of all quests are "get me 5/10/20 of whatever from some terrain that doesn't exist". However, get your level high enough and you can [[RealityWarper make them go away.]]

* YouALLLookFamiliar, [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded frequently]]. Every town has {{NPC}}s who look the same, and they're the ''only'' [=NPCs=] the princess will see in any town at any given time. [[spoiler:It's AllPartOfTheShow, of course, as they're all paid actors running from town to town to [[SecretTestOfCharacter test her worthiness as a hero]].]]

For all her life, Princess Elise ([[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 no, not that one]]) has had everything she wanted handed to her on a silver platter - a fancy castle, [[PimpedOutDress the finest of dresses]], and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney lots and lots of money]]. She eventually bumps into a handsome adventurer (whom she describes as "Level 99 in handsome") at [[DancesAndBalls a royal ball]], expecting him to praise her and wait on her hand and foot. It didn't quite work out that way, as the adventurer blows her off for being too spoiled for her own good.

** Its also sort of one for the typical journey plot as Elise does it for fairly selfish reasons and [[spoiler: the victories Elise gets over the course of the game were set ups by Nero more than they are actual exploits.]]

* {{Deconstruction}}: of the typical RPG, to the point that its technically a mechanic. Most of what can be changed relates to common complaints people can have about RPG systems in general. you can make enemies that are impossible for you to fight weaker and more on/less than your level, {{Fetch Quest}}s can be bypassed entirely, and annoying penalties for dying can be rendered null and void.

* {{Deconstruction}}: of the typical RPG, to the point that its technically a mechanic. Most of what can be changed relates to common complaints people can have about RPG systems in general. you can make enemies that are impossible for you to fight weaker and more on/less than your level, FetchQuests can be bypassed entirely, and annoying penalties for dying can be rendered null and void.

* PrinceCharmless: After rejecting her a few times for increasingly unreasonable reasons, you can't help but feel the princess' would be suitor is this.

* ActionGirl: Elise

* GirlyRun

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Masamune.

* MoneySpider

* StealthMentor: Nero.
* TalkingAnimal: The owl.

* TricksterMentor: Nero again.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

*** Somewhat? It's literally alice with weird looking eyes.

For all her life, Princess Elise has had everything she wanted handed to her on a silver platter - a fancy castle, [[PimpedOutDress the finest of dresses]], and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney lots and lots of money]]. She eventually bumps into a handsome adventurer (whom she describes as "Level 99 in handsome") at [[DancesAndBalls a royal ball]], expecting him to praise her and wait on her hand and foot. It didn't quite work out that way, as the adventurer blows her off for being too spoiled for her own good.

...just kidding. That would be too easy. Since this is ''My World, My Way'' ([[TitleDrop her words]]), fighting, questing, and ''especially'' pouting are the only reasonable paths to victory (seriously, there are menus dedicated to this).
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* ItsAllAboutMe: The plot hinges on Elise trying to avert this.

* {{Crossover}}: The two dungeon diggers commissioned by [[spoiler:Nero]] are Owen and Kate, main characters of ''VideoGame/MasterOfTheMonsterLair'', an Atlus/Global A dungeon crawler released months before ''My World''.

* {{Crossover}}: The two dungeon diggers commissioned by [[spoiler:Nero]] are Owen and Kate, main characters of ''{{Master of the Monster Lair}}'', an Atlus/Global A dungeon crawler released months before ''My World''.

* PowerCopying: In order to learn new spells, the princess must first [[DieOrFly be hit by them]] (and survive the blow, of course). Her parrot Paro will be able to use these spells after she levels up.
** And just like Gloop from ''MasterOfTheMonsterLair'', Pinky the pink slime can copy enemy body parts and use their abilities against them.

* MarketBasedTitle: Originally called "The World Revolves Around Me" in Japan, it was renamed to avoid confusion with the recently released VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou. Of course, the TitleDrop sounds slightly awkward in the English because of it...

* PrincessesPreferPink: Nero remarks that if Pinky ''weren't'' pink, Elise would simply ignore it and wouldn't bring Pinky along. And a pink slime monster is really hard to find, too.