History VideoGame / PopfulMail

* WakeUpCallBoss: The Wood {{Golem}}. It does a lot of damage per hit, has an annoying to avoid bum rush, and when you defeat its body, you have to keep hitting its head or else it will respawn its body forcing you to repeat the whole process.
** There's a way to [[AIBreaker exploit its AI]], though.
* WarmUpBoss: The MadBomber, whose attacks are easy to take cover from and it dies in 10 hits.

* SexyPackaging: The original PC-98 version's box-art of the game features Mail getting dressed by tanukis, with Mail showing some legs and her leotard's strap falling off. And that's not talking about the drama [=CD=]s where she and other elf women are either posing in simple leotards (with or without [[PlayboyBunny animal ears]]) or playing naked in an onsen while [[DirtyKid Slick]] and [[DirtyOldMan Muttonhead]] are [[ThePeepingTom peeping on them]] in the bushes ([[FunnyBackgroundEvent and Tatt is too ashamed of himself to look]])...

* SexyPackaging: The original PC-98 version's box-art of the game features Mail getting dressed by tanukis, with Mail showing some legs and her leotard's strap falling off. And that's not talking about the drama [=CD=]s where she and other elves are either posing in simple leotards or playing naked in an onsen while two young men and a DirtyOldMan are peeping on in the bushes...

* SexyPackaging: The original PC-98 version's box-art of the game features Mail getting dressed by tanukis, with Mail showing some legs and her leotard's strap falling off. And that's not talking about the drama CDs where she and other elves are either posing in simple leotards or playing naked in an onsen while two young men and a DirtyOldMan are watching them in the bushes...

* SexyPackaging: The original PC-98 version's box-art of the game features Mail getting dressed by tanukis, with Mail showing some legs and her leotard's strap falling off.

''Popful Mail'' is a side-scrolling action-adventure game, originally made by Creator/{{Falcom}} (developers of the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series) for NEC's PC-88 home computer, and then ported to the PC-98, UsefulNotes/SegaCD and UsefulNotes/PCEngine CD systems. Creator/WorkingDesigns worked on the localization for the North American Sega CD version. There's also a little-known UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom version which is essentially a ReformulatedGame due to the remixed area layouts and some plot structure differences, but it still recognizably contains the same overall story as other incarnations.

* DolledUpInstallment: The UsefulNotes/SegaCD version was going to be one of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', replacing the characters with Sonic characters, and featured Sonic's LongLostSibling, hence the name, ''Sister Sonic.'' However, fans screamed it was ruined before it could get anywhere. The screaming wasn't about ''Sonic'' being ruined; it was about ''Popful Mail'' being ruined.

* CameraScrew: The camera is ''very'' short sighted.

It stars a charmingly inept elven bounty hunter named Popful Mail (think [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Lina Inverse]] with PointyEars), who's spent much of her adventuring life chasing after the notorious criminal Nuts Cracker. She manages to corner him, but is only able to retrieve Nuts' head (as his body runs away from her during their melee), which is practically worthless. Frustrated, she takes her trophy and wanders toward a town, where she learns of an even better bounty -- 2,000,000 gold for the capture of an evil old wizard named Muttonhead.

* HilariousOuttakes: It's a Working Designs game, after all. Clear the game quickly and you'll get to hear voice acting bloopers after the credits have finished rolling.

** Sven's introduction is filled with these puns: "Listen to me now and fear me pretty soon... I am no [[Film/KindergartenCop kindergarten cop]]! The sissy-man Venuncio could not teach you a lesson, so I have come to [[Film/TheTerminator terminate]] you! i am the [[Film/{{Predator}} predator]], and you are my prey. This little skirmish will be your [[Film/LastActionHero last action, hero]] person. It's [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay judgment day]]!"

%%* ThirdPersonPerson: Gaw.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Chilly, the fourth world, is full of them.

* ShesGotLegs: Mail. Boy howdy, does she ever.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Chilly.

* ThemeTwinNaming: Wriph and Wraph.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Gaw.

* BossArenaUrgency: The [[FinalBoss Overlord]] shoots fireballs at the floor, turning them into spikes. Better beat him quickly before you don't have a safe spot to stand...

* MoneySpider: Every normal enemy coughs up either gold or a healing item.
** The best one would have to be two specific mummies in the Mine, who drop Gold Bullions that sell for 500 gold each! They're there because you will need four Gold Bullions to complete a required quest.

''Popful Mail'' is a side-scrolling action-adventure game, originally made by Creator/NihonFalcom (developers of the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series) for NEC's PC-88 home computer, and then ported to the PC-98, UsefulNotes/SegaCD and UsefulNotes/PCEngine CD systems. Creator/WorkingDesigns worked on the localization for the North American Sega CD version. There's also a little-known UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom version which is essentially a ReformulatedGame due to the remixed area layouts and some plot structure differences, but it still recognizably contains the same overall story as other incarnations.

* BossRush: For the final battle of the game, you must first fight Kazyr, followed by Morgal with Gaw, Necros with Tatt, and finally the Overlord as Mail.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The Overlord.

* SerialEscalation: [[spoiler: The events of the game eventually go from a mere bounty hunting operation adventure into a full scale questing crusade against a diabolical cabal bent on the domination not just the world but all of existence. It's when you get to the lands of Volcano and into the ruins stage does the game give greater detail on the importance of the great war of old and why its events are far reaching and relevant to what Mail and friends are facing on their journey.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Mail ''finally'' earns her well-deserved money after thwarting the Masters of Evil and their follower's plans, vanquishing for good Nutscracker and the evil fallen god Olgra, and enjoys the spoils of their massive treasure room in the ending.]]

* {{Golem}}: Three of 'em, and you have to [[BossBattle fight them all]]: Muttonhead's Wood Golem, Venuncio's Mythril Golem, and Sven's Fire Golem transformation.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Mail ''finally'' earns her well-deserved money after arresting Muttonhead in the ending.

* OneWingedAngel: Sven does this ''twice''. Also, Draquin, the evil penguin boss of the fourth stage.

* VerbalTic: "Gaw!"

''Popful Mail'' is a side-scrolling action-adventure game, originally made by Creator/NihonFalcom (developers of the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series) for NEC's PC-88 home computer, and then ported to the PC-98, UsefulNotes/SegaCD and UsefulNotes/PCEngine CD systems. Creator/WorkingDesigns worked on the localization for the North American Sega CD version. There's also a little-known SuperFamicom version which is essentially a ReformulatedGame due to the remixed area layouts and some plot structure differences, but it still recognizably contains the same overall story as other incarnations.

''Popful Mail'' is a side-scrolling action-adventure game, originally made by Creator/NihonFalcom (developers of the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series) for NEC's PC-88 home computer, and then ported to the PC-98, UsefulNotes/SegaCD and PCEngine CD systems. Creator/WorkingDesigns worked on the localization for the North American Sega CD version. There's also a little-known SuperFamicom version which is essentially a ReformulatedGame due to the remixed area layouts and some plot structure differences, but it still recognizably contains the same overall story as other incarnations.