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* WindsOfDestinyChange: The Emerald Wave is a power bequeathed to the five protagonists that allows them to manipulate destiny, helping them identify points of interest in each world and alter the set paths of their inhabitants.
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* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Pulchra contains both men and women, but they're practically different species: all of the women are Witches, beings of phenomenal magical power and destined to put their lives at risk to protect their world, and all of the men are Squires, beings incapable of using magic at all and often exist as just nameless servants for their Witch mistresses.
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** The National Extradimensional Exploratory Task Force formed in Diva No. 5's story is an organization of people from various Conjoined Worlds seeking artifacts to help bridge the worlds together [[spoiler:as a cover for Constantine trying to merge them into one perfect world]]. Diva No. 5 and Constantine are from Avalon, Imakoo is from Yomi, and Bláth is from Kamala.
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** The National Extradimensional Exploratory Task Force formed in Diva No. 5's story is an organization of people from various Conjoined Worlds seeking artifacts to help bridge the worlds together [[spoiler:as a cover for Constantine trying to merge them into one perfect world]]. Diva No. 5 and Constantine Boudica are from Avalon, Imakoo is from Yomi, and Bláth is from Kamala.Kamala, Wednesday's origins are unknown, and Constantine has been living in Avalon but [[spoiler:is truly a member of Quisstatium]].
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* ForScience: The inhabitants of Delta Base have this mentality, to everyone else's detriment. From reforming the Necronomicon to study it, to breeding poisonous Tsuchinokos because of their rarity, to sneaking into Miyako City to experiment on its frogs, to Philosopher [[spoiler:in his life as a Yellow Division member getting absorbed into a mold colony by Red Division under the pretense it would heal wounds inflicted by an escaped experiment]], to [[spoiler:the Man from the Heavens, aka Constantine, being one of Delta Base's progenitors that recently awoke from cryosleep]].
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* ForScience: The inhabitants of Delta Base have this mentality, to everyone else's detriment. From reforming the Necronomicon to study it, to breeding poisonous Tsuchinokos because of their rarity, to sneaking into Miyako City to experiment on its frogs, to Philosopher [[spoiler:in his life as a Yellow Division member getting absorbed into a mold colony by Red Division under the pretense it would heal wounds inflicted by an escaped experiment]], to [[spoiler:the Man from the Heavens, aka Constantine, being one of Delta Base's progenitors that recently awoke from cryosleep]].experiment]].
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Bonnie and Formina's story is a classified operation, due to the government not wanting the public to panic over aliens from the Conjoined Worlds [[spoiler:or that they've secretly been collaborating with them for generations]].
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* BareFistedMonk: In addition to one- and two-handed swords and guns, as well as magic, humans can specialize in fighting and learning techs with their bare hands. Some of the characters that naturally have an advantage with unarmed combat include Sukune, the Kugutsu with the spirit of the man that created Sumo wrestling; Shinobu Kato, a Squire tasked with bodyguarding his undercover Witch master; and Champion, who was a famed fighter in Avalon before his passing.
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* BareFistedMonk: In addition to one- and two-handed swords and guns, as well as magic, humans can specialize in fighting and learning techs with their bare hands. Some of the characters that naturally have an advantage with unarmed combat include Sukune, the Kugutsu with the spirit of the man that created Sumo wrestling; Shinobu Kato, a Squire tasked with bodyguarding his undercover Witch master; Bonnie, who trained in the marine corps before joining the CCPD; and Champion, who was a famed fighter in Avalon before his passing.
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** Siugnas can recruit [[spoiler:Last Emperor]] in Grelon as part of General's character arc, but it requires unfreezing specific people in order to fight a specific boss instead of two other potential outcomes.
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** Siugnas can recruit [[spoiler:Last [[spoiler:Final Emperor]] in Grelon as part of General's character arc, but it requires unfreezing specific people in order to fight a specific boss instead of two other potential outcomes.
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* GuideDangIt: Due to the game heavily encouraging multiple playthroughs of each story, trying to get a specific outcome is sometimes unintuitive; for example, the introduction to Ameya's story encourages making pacts with cats and doing so rewards stat boosts and powerful accessories, but it also [[spoiler:ends her adventure before she can fight the TrueFinalBoss]]. Even if the player is aware of this, making pacts is mandatory in some worlds, so knowing which to avoid takes trial and error.
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* GuideDangIt: Due to the game heavily encouraging multiple playthroughs of each story, trying to get a specific outcome is sometimes unintuitive; for example, the unintuitive.
** The introduction to Ameya's story encourages making pacts with cats and doing so rewards stat boosts and powerful accessories, but it also [[spoiler:ends her adventure before she can fight the TrueFinalBoss]]. Even if the player is aware of this, making pacts is mandatory in some worlds, so knowing which to avoid takes trial anderror.error.
** Siugnas can recruit [[spoiler:Last Emperor]] in Grelon as part of General's character arc, but it requires unfreezing specific people in order to fight a specific boss instead of two other potential outcomes.
** In Capitol City, the election between Allen and Bailey heavily favors the former; helping the latter to win requires knowing what events to take part in during the limited time before the elections take place, and knowing which stories Lita Caryx (as her reporter cover identity) should and shouldn't make public.
** The introduction to Ameya's story encourages making pacts with cats and doing so rewards stat boosts and powerful accessories, but it also [[spoiler:ends her adventure before she can fight the TrueFinalBoss]]. Even if the player is aware of this, making pacts is mandatory in some worlds, so knowing which to avoid takes trial and
** Siugnas can recruit [[spoiler:Last Emperor]] in Grelon as part of General's character arc, but it requires unfreezing specific people in order to fight a specific boss instead of two other potential outcomes.
** In Capitol City, the election between Allen and Bailey heavily favors the former; helping the latter to win requires knowing what events to take part in during the limited time before the elections take place, and knowing which stories Lita Caryx (as her reporter cover identity) should and shouldn't make public.
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* GuideDangIt: Due to the game heavily encouraging multiple playthroughs of each story, trying to get a specific outcome is sometimes unintuitive; for example, the introduction to Ameya's story encourages making pacts with cats and doing so rewards stat boosts and powerful accessories, but it also [[spoiler:ends her adventure before she can fight the TrueFinalBoss]].
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* GuideDangIt: Due to the game heavily encouraging multiple playthroughs of each story, trying to get a specific outcome is sometimes unintuitive; for example, the introduction to Ameya's story encourages making pacts with cats and doing so rewards stat boosts and powerful accessories, but it also [[spoiler:ends her adventure before she can fight the TrueFinalBoss]]. Even if the player is aware of this, making pacts is mandatory in some worlds, so knowing which to avoid takes trial and error.
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* BareFistedMonk: In addition to one- and two-handed swords and guns, as well as magic, humans can specialize in fighting and learning techs with their bare hands. Some of the characters that naturally have an advantage with unarmed combat include Sukune, the Kugutsu with the spirit of the man that created Sumo wrestling; Shinobu Kato, a Squire tasked with bodyguarding his undercover Witch master; and Champion, who was a famed fighter in Avalon before his passing.
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* CombinationAttack: By manipulating the battle timeline so party members attack consecutively, they can form a combo string, powering up their attacks and potentially even getting a free round of attacks if the combo reaches 200% power. However, it is possible that enemies adjacent in the timeline can pull off their own combos on the party.
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* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: A battle party can consist of up to five active members, as well as one support member to offer a buff such as resistance to certain attack types or increased combo rate. Up to five excess members can still gain health or weapon skills by training with Mr. S or fellow reserves, but are then unable to be swapped into the active formation until training completes.
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* ForScience: The inhabitants of Delta Base have this mentality, to everyone else's detriment. From reforming the Necronomicon and breeding Tsuchinokos, to sneaking into Miyako City to breed frogs, to Philosopher [[spoiler:in his life as a Yellow Division member getting absorbed into a mold colony by Red Division under the pretense it would heal wounds inflicted by an escaped experiment]], to [[spoiler:the Man from the Heavens, Tsunanori's main antagonist, being one of Delta Base's progenitors that was put in cryosleep]].
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* ForScience: The inhabitants of Delta Base have this mentality, to everyone else's detriment. From reforming the Necronomicon and to study it, to breeding Tsuchinokos, poisonous Tsuchinokos because of their rarity, to sneaking into Miyako City to breed experiment on its frogs, to Philosopher [[spoiler:in his life as a Yellow Division member getting absorbed into a mold colony by Red Division under the pretense it would heal wounds inflicted by an escaped experiment]], to [[spoiler:the Man from the Heavens, Tsunanori's main antagonist, aka Constantine, being one of Delta Base's progenitors that was put in recently awoke from cryosleep]].
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* ForScience: The inhabitants of Delta Base have this mentality, to everyone else's detriment. From reforming the Necronomicon and breeding Tsuchinokos, to sneaking into Miyako City to breed frogs, to Philosopher [[spoiler:in his life as a Yellow Division member getting absorbed into a mold colony by Red Division under the pretense it would heal wounds inflicted by an escaped experiment]], to [[spoiler:the Man from the Heavens, Tsunanori's main antagonist, being one of Delta Base's progenitors that was put in cryosleep]].
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* ViciousCycle: Most of the various worlds have some form of constantly repeating pattern of actions, and in the more bleak settings, this trope is in full force. Whether that be a war destined to repeat, a tragedy fated to happen again and again, or a sealed foe reintroduced to the world, oftentimes there's little the player can do but stop the current problem and hope the next major conflict is just as easily resolved when they are gone.
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* MultinationalTeam:
** While the souls that Siugnas initially recruits were all sent to Brighthome after their natural deaths, they all originate from different Conjoined Worlds, and are unable to be fully enthralled until their regrets have been dealt with. Philosopher is from Delta Base, Hero is from Mare Nostrum, General is from Grelon, Lifetaker is from Miyako City, Warrior is from Crowrealm, and Champion is from Avalon.
** The National Extradimensional Exploratory Task Force formed in Diva No. 5's story is an organization of people from various Conjoined Worlds seeking artifacts to help bridge the worlds together [[spoiler:as a cover for Constantine trying to merge them into one perfect world]]. Diva No. 5 and Constantine are from Avalon, Imakoo is from Yomi, and Bláth is from Kamala.
** While the souls that Siugnas initially recruits were all sent to Brighthome after their natural deaths, they all originate from different Conjoined Worlds, and are unable to be fully enthralled until their regrets have been dealt with. Philosopher is from Delta Base, Hero is from Mare Nostrum, General is from Grelon, Lifetaker is from Miyako City, Warrior is from Crowrealm, and Champion is from Avalon.
** The National Extradimensional Exploratory Task Force formed in Diva No. 5's story is an organization of people from various Conjoined Worlds seeking artifacts to help bridge the worlds together [[spoiler:as a cover for Constantine trying to merge them into one perfect world]]. Diva No. 5 and Constantine are from Avalon, Imakoo is from Yomi, and Bláth is from Kamala.
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** In Cinq, the people are split into four tribes, each worshipping a different element: Flame, Gale, Water, and Wood. Regardless of whether a storyline ends with only one tribe remaining or all four reaching a truce, only one of their representatives will be able to join the protagonists afterwards.
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* MultipleEndings: There are multiple ways a story can end, not just due to who's the main protagonist, but also due to actions taken during the story. For example, Tsunanori has access to two endings from his very first run, dependent on [[spoiler:whether he mainly brings home weak spirits that fail to maintain Miyako's barrier or strong spirits that can]], with successive runs allowing him to instead choose whether to [[spoiler:seal Miyako off permanently, betray Miyako City by destroying the barrier, or treat the Conjoined Worlds as potential friends they should reach out to]].
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** In Kosmos, [[spoiler:if the world's plot is caused by parasites, Byaku will join the party, whereas if it's caused by the cancerous Canker, Erytheia will volunteer to throw Canker's body into The Junction before it revives and join instead]]
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** In Kosmos, [[spoiler:if the world's plot is caused by parasites, Byaku will join the party, whereas if it's caused by the cancerous Canker, Erytheia will volunteer to throw Canker's body into The Junction before it revives and join instead]]instead]].
** In Mare Nostrum, [[spoiler:either Ivar or Azure will join the protagonists, though both are unable to before the world's "default" story is completed by at least one character]].
** In Mare Nostrum, [[spoiler:either Ivar or Azure will join the protagonists, though both are unable to before the world's "default" story is completed by at least one character]].
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** In Siugnas' story, any humans that he's turned into Thralls and drained LP from can then be converted into Knights by bequeathing sanguine equipment, boosting their stats and LP cap to higher than they were as humans. However, they can no longer access their original list of Techs, and if the equipment is ever removed, they will permanently become an undead Wastrel with 1 LP and unable to glimmer any new Techs.
** In Ameya's story, she can shortcut regaining her magical potential by forming pacts with cats across the Conjoined Worlds, but [[spoiler:it will lead to an abrupt ending to her story and prevent the Cataclysm from truly being defeated]].
** In Siugnas' story, any humans that he's turned into Thralls and drained LP from can then be converted into Knights by bequeathing sanguine equipment, boosting their stats and LP cap to higher than they were as humans. However, they can no longer access their original list of Techs, and if the equipment is ever removed, they will permanently become an undead Wastrel with 1 LP and unable to glimmer any new Techs.
** In Ameya's story, she can shortcut regaining her magical potential by forming pacts with cats across the Conjoined Worlds, but [[spoiler:it will lead to an abrupt ending to her story and prevent the Cataclysm from truly being defeated]].
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** In Kosmos, [[spoiler:if the world's plot is caused by parasites, Byaku will join the party, whereas if it's caused by the cancerous Canker, Erytheia will volunteer to throw Canker's body into The Junction before it revives and join instead]]
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** In Yomi, [[spoiler:Dolores the Maid will ask to join you at the end unless Imakoo the werewolf provided assistance in both the Lust and Sloth events, in which case he can join instead]].
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* CrutchCharacter: Robots, whether on a first playthrough or (even more so) on New Game Plus, come in with equipment boosting their stats far above what your humanoid party members have at that point in time. However, due to not gaining the same stat boosts from combat as humans do, they eventually fall in line with the rest of your retinue.
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* PlantPerson: Bláth and the other denizens of her world are humanoid plants born from seeds. They also have incredibly rapid lifespans; Bláth cycles from "Juvenile Knight" to "Elder Knight" in the span of a few combat encounters, with the cycle restarting with a new generation if she runs out of LP, and the main quest of her world to help a chosen maiden mature into a giant flower that purifies the land has already gone through over 400,000 cycles by the time the player arrives and starts its next cycle before they leave.
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* PlantPerson: Bláth and the other denizens of her world are Ephemerals that take the form of humanoid plants born from seeds. They also have incredibly rapid lifespans; seeds.
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** One of the traits of Ephemerals, like Bláthcycles and Erytheia, is this. They progress from "Juvenile Knight" "Juvenile" class to "Elder Knight" in "Young", "Mature", and then "Elder" within the span of a few combat encounters, with the cycle restarting with a new gaining higher stats overall but lowering their LP cap until it's just 1. When an Ephemeral dies, their next generation if she runs out will rise as soon as the battle's over, returning to a Juvenile state but retaining all of LP, their learned techniques and the regular stat increases.
** The main quest ofher Bláth's world to help [[TheChosenOne a chosen maiden maiden]] mature into a giant flower that purifies the land land. This has already gone through over 400,000 cycles by the time the player arrives arrives, and starts its next cycle before they leave.
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''[=SaGa=]: Emerald Beyond'' is an entry in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series of {{Eastern RPG}}s. The game is to be released worldwide on April 25, 2024, on Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/{{Android|Games}}, UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, and PC via Platform/{{Steam}}.
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''[=SaGa=]: Emerald Beyond'' is an entry in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series of {{Eastern RPG}}s. The game is to be was released worldwide on April 25, 2024, on Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/{{Android|Games}}, UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, and PC via Platform/{{Steam}}.
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* VersionExclusiveContent: While the full game is the same across platforms, each console had a different demo: Playstation 4 and 5 had the start of Tsunanori's story, Nintendo Switch had the start of Ameya's, and Steam had the start of Diva No. 5's.
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''[=SaGa=]: Emerald Beyond'' is an entry in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series of {{Eastern RPG}}s. The game is to be released worldwide on April 25, 2024, on Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/{{Android|Games}}, UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, and PC via Platform/Steam.
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''[=SaGa=]: Emerald Beyond'' is an entry in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa|RPG}}'' series of {{Eastern RPG}}s. The game is to be released worldwide on April 25, 2024, on Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/PlayStation5, Platform/{{Android|Games}}, UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, and PC via Platform/Steam.
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