History VideoGame / RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus

** The game's final stage [[spoiler:in Meridian City from ''Tools of Destruction'']] contains a museum portion that have audio descriptions of past villains, planets, enemies and the like.

** Circle can no longer be used to fire.
** L1 is used to aim/strafe, rather than L2 for strafing.

*** This is especially bad once you get the Hoverboots: in ''[=ACiT=]'', boosting with the Hoverboots and preparing for a Comet Strike are both R2, meaning that if you were boosting, you would throw your Omniwrench. In this game, using the Hoverboots is still R2; however, this is to use them, rather than just boosting. This may lead to some confusion for veteran ''[=ACiT=]'' players who try to throw the Wrench while Hoverbooting and then wonder why they came to a dead stop to swing the Wrench instead, since they probably weren't holding L1 at the time.
** Gadgets are mapped to their own buttons, rather than being equipped with the D-pad.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Due to all the work the Progs have done to weaken the barriers between this world and that of the Nethers the sector is considered haunted. [[spoiler:It turns out that Robots do have souls or at least ghosts in the stinger when Cronk & Zephyr's ghosts show up at the end. Judging by their comments on picking up women at the robot cemetery, they're not and isolated case.]]

The 10[[superscript:th]] ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters or]] [[VideoGame/SecretAgentClank twelfth]]) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, ''Into the Nexus'' is the first game since ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' that doesn't focus on multiplayer. It was released on November 12, 2013.

* GenreShift: The game turns into a gravity puzzle platformer during Clank's Netherverse segments.

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Cronk and Zephyr during the opening level in space. Because of their deaths, Ratchet decides that ItsPersonal.]]

* PreOrderBonus: Pre-ordering this game gives you the [[http://ratchet.wikia.com/wiki/Volcanox_Armor Volcanox Armor]], which gives you a 5% damage reduction. There's no other way to get the armor.

The 10th ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters or]] [[VideoGame/SecretAgentClank twelfth]]) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, '''Into The Nexus''' is the first game since ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' that doesn't focus on multiplayer. It was released on November 12, 2013.

.......... for now, at least.

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The tenth ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters or]] [[VideoGame/SecretAgentClank twelfth]]) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, '''Into The Nexus''' is the first game since ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' that doesn't focus on multiplayer. It was released on November 12, 2013.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This game has a spookier atmosphere than usual, and many of the planets visited have been evacuated thanks to being haunted by Nethers. In addition, the Progs are plotting to release an EldritchAbomination into the Polaris galaxy from another dimension, and [[spoiler:Cronk and Zephyr are KilledOffForReal.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: Not the game itself, mind you, but the museum in Meridian City has no evidence that the events of ''Size Matters'' or ''Secret Agent Clank'' ever took place; this officially renders the two games, both considered among the worst games in the franchise, non-canon.

[[caption-width-right:230:[[{{Tagline}} Lighter Gravity, Heavier Weaponry.]]]]

--> '''Mrs. Zurkon''': The family that slays together, stays together.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This game has a spookier atmosphere than usual, and many of the planets visited have been evacuated thanks to being haunted by Nethers. In addition, the Progs are plotting to release an EldritchAbomination into the Polaris galaxy from another dimension, and [[spoiler: Cronk and Zephyr are KilledOffForReal.]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Subverted with Cronk and Zephyr. [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Anticlimactic death]]? Check. NoOneCouldSurviveThat? Check. NeverFoundTheBody? Check. [[RobotBuddy Being repairable]]? Check. It would have been expected for them to show up at the end perfectly alive, but no - they really were KilledOffForReal, and rather unceremoniously at that.]]
** Played straight with [[spoiler: The Plumber]], who is revealed to have survived [[spoiler: the destruction of the Nebulox 7]] when Ratchet receives a message from him after finding a RYNO holo-plan.

* EpicFlail: Neftin and his robo duplicate has two flails that he can use to create various types of electric shockwaves.
* EquippableAlly: The Netherbeast weapon has a tamed netherbeast that sits on Ratchet's arm, it can be sent out to chew on anyone who dares to come near our lovable furball.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Neftin protests at having to [[spoiler: destroy the Nebulox 7]] after helping Vendra escape. [[spoiler: This could have been foreshadowing his HeelFaceTurn later on.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Neftin (and eventually Vendra) team up with Ratchet and Clank to stop the Nethers after they're released.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Nether Blades were a weapon created by Vendra when she was a child. The upgrades version, the Prog Blades, was modified by Neftin and bears the twins' name. You can end up using this weapon against Neftin himself later on. [[spoiler: There's also the "An Eye for an Eye" Skill Point, which requires you to defeat the Nether Leader using only Nether-based weapons.]]

* IGaveMyWord: [[spoiler: Neftin promises that if Ratchet and Clank save Vendra and help her defeat the Nethers, he'll turn himself in to the police for the murders of Cronk and Zephyr. At the end of the game, he says, "A deal's a deal," and heads to jail along with Vendra (though the latter needs to be carried off by her brother, and she isn't exactly pleased with being forced back into imprisonment).]]

--> '''Announcer''': In case anyone cares, that's natural lava we're using. Because Thugs-4-Less cares about the environment.

--> '''Neftin''': Look at me! I'm a lot of things, but nimble isn't one of them.

* NostalgiaLevel: [[spoiler: The museum in Meridian City is full of references to past games. There's even a boss battle against [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal a functional replica of the Biobliterator.]]]]

--> '''Announcer''': Our engineers built the Prog Bot as a practice robot for new thug recruits, and it looks like Neftin because - well, who wouldn't want to get a chance to smack around their boss?!

* TheDreaded: The Nightmare Box/Terroriser can scare any enemy in the game...[[spoiler: Save for Mr. Eye, who ''scares it.'']]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler: Vendra]].
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Mr. Eye and the rest of the Nethers don't care about Vendra at all; they're simply using her to enter the world.]]

* LighterAndSofter: While the atmosphere of the game is definitely darker than the previous ones, the way the plot is handled is more like a cartoon, rather than the heavier stories of ''Tools of Destruction'' and ''A Crack in Time''.

* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: Pollyx does this to Ratchet in his first scene.

->''"...it's good to see the return of the Ratchet we used to know."''
-->-- '''Tim Turi''', ''Magazine/GameInformer'' (September 2013)

* DoubleUnlock: Obtaining the RYNO VII requires a ''triple'' unlock. First, you need to find all the holo-plans. Next, to actually gain the option to trade the plans in you must [[spoiler:obtain all six keys to the vault on planet Thram. Only five of the keys can be found by exploring the level; the last is obtained by finding all the Gargathon horns and giving them to the Smuggler.]]

** The description for the Nightmare Box says that you can use it to exploit the carpool lane.
** Similarly, the RYNO VII's description says that it makes a killer quiche.

* HoverSkates: Ratchet uses a pair of hoverboots to speed around and jump off ramps

* AttackItsWeakPoint: the [[SniperRifle Plasma Striker]] returns, with it's ability to display and hit weak points for additional damage intact. In this game, however, you can purchase upgrades to increase the amount of extra damage that is done. One upgrade even slows down time when zoomed in...

** Vendra Prog, while not exactly tiny, is certainly very small compared to her brother, and [[spoiler: in the climax of the game, uses her telekinesis to throw the colossal Nether Leader back through the portal leading to the Netherverse.]]

* RiseToTheChallenge: In a couple of occasions on planet Silox you must escape from rising water. Which is incredibly funny given that Ratchet can still officially swim AND has an O2 mask, meaning that rising water shouldn't even BE an issue except for the fact that Insomniac is refusing to add swimming back in. Made even funnier when Ratchet is saying "That was a close one" as if he's forgotten how to swim completely.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Clank takes the broken Dimensionator in the very last cutscene for an unknown reason, despite knowing that it's too dangerous to use]].

The tenth ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters or]] [[VideoGame/SecretAgentClank twelth]]) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, '''Into The Nexus''' is the first game since ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' that doesn't focus on multiplayer. It was released on November 12, 2013.

The tenth ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters or]] [[VideoGame/SecretAgentClank twelth]]) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, '''Into The Nexus''' will be the first game since ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' that will not focus on multiplayer. It was released on November 12, 2013.

* HoverBoots: Ratchet uses a pair of hoverboots to speed around and jump off ramps