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* FantasticVoyage: Enemies micronize to enter Ki's body, your party does the same in order to save her.
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* AfterCombatRecovery: Characters killed in battle are revived with 1 HP afterward.
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* AfterCombatRecovery: Characters killed in battle are revived with 1 HP afterward. Also counts as something of an [[AntiFrustrationFeatures Anti Frustration Feature]], as this replaces the costly system of hearts and the life house from the previous game.
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* SoupCans: one may still have to look at a guide to figure out what weapons level up which stat.
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* SoupCans: [[SolveTheSoupCans Soup Cans]]: one may still have to look at a guide to figure out what weapons level up which stat.
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** And on top of ''those'', the only way to get it is by beating the absurdly powerful enemy, [[ThatOneBoss Hinawa]]. Hinawa only appears in the [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon last dungeon]], is arguably as powerful as the [[FinalBoss Arsenal]], if not more so, and it's a slim chance that you will get the Seven Sword anyway!
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** And on top of ''those'', the only way to get it is by beating the absurdly powerful enemy, [[ThatOneBoss Hinawa]]. Hinawa Haniwa]]. Haniwa only appears in the [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon last dungeon]], is arguably as powerful as the [[FinalBoss Arsenal]], if not more so, and it's a slim chance that you will get the Seven Sword anyway!
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* EliteTweak: Martial arts moves are deliberately built to not only become more powerful when you use the last use of one, but to increase the power of future uses of said moves when you buy another "batch" of them. Problem is, ordinarily, that you normally have to burn through a huge number of uses (for example, 99 punches, when the cap for uses of other weapons is 50) to get to that point. However, there are tweaks to plow through the uses faster, allowing someone with enough patience and cash ([[spoiler: and a robot in the party]]) to suddenly have fists that could decimate gods in the first few hours of the game.
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* EliteTweak: Martial arts moves are deliberately built to not only become more powerful when you use the last use of one, but to increase the power of future uses of said moves when you buy another "batch" of them. Problem is, ordinarily, that you normally have to burn through a huge number of uses (for example, 99 punches, when the cap for uses of other weapons is 50) to get to that point. However, there are tweaks to plow through the uses faster, allowing someone with enough patience and cash ([[spoiler: and ([[spoiler:and a robot in the party]]) to suddenly have fists that could decimate gods in the first few hours of the game.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Desert Town is a town in a desert. The Final Town is, but the Final Dungeon isn't. The Nasty Dungeon [[ScrappyLevel very much deserves its name]].
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Desert Town is a town in a desert. The Final Town is, but the Final Dungeon isn't. The Nasty Dungeon [[ScrappyLevel [[ThatOneLevel very much deserves its name]].
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* DifficultySpike: After you lose the relics. As with The7thSaga you've been using PlotCoupons to [[AmplifierArtifact increase your power]]; once the plot takes them away things become more difficult.
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* ShoutOut: The entire Edo world is basically a shout out to Japanese detective and samurai movies.
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* ShoutOut: The entire Edo world is basically a shout out to Japanese detective and samurai movies.movies.
** The main character has to keep telling people that he isn't really interested in collecting the Relics, [[IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade but is looking for his father]].
** The main character has to keep telling people that he isn't really interested in collecting the Relics, [[IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade but is looking for his father]].
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** If you don't know how to kill Apollo, [[spoiler:you might as well give up the game not knowing that he will die after a few turns and your main objective is not to dish out everything against him, but to survive]].
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Full Name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu=]'' ("Treasure Legend"). The second game in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa}}'' series for the GameBoy, released in North America as ''FinalFantasy Legend II''.
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Full Name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu=]'' ("Treasure Legend"). The second game in the ''VideoGame/{{SaGa}}'' series for the GameBoy, released in North America as ''FinalFantasy ''Franchise/FinalFantasy Legend II''.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Contains subversions and straight examples. The Desert Town is [[CaptainObvious a town in a desert]]. The [[spoiler: Final Town]] plays it straight, but the [[spoiler: Final Dungeon]] doesn't. The Nasty Dungeon [[ScrappyLevel very much deserves its name]]. The First Town and 2nd Town play it straight if you don't count your hometown as being the first town you visit.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Contains subversions and straight examples. The Desert Town is [[CaptainObvious a town in a desert]]. desert. The [[spoiler: Final Town]] plays it straight, Town is, but the [[spoiler: Final Dungeon]] doesn't.Dungeon isn't. The Nasty Dungeon [[ScrappyLevel very much deserves its name]]. The First Town and 2nd Town play it straight if you don't count your hometown as being the first town you visit.
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* GambitPileup: [[spoiler:The Guardians misled Apollo by spreading the misinformation that there were 77 Relics, rather than the 78 there actually were. When Apollo obtains 77 and immediately tries using them to transform into a "true god", the incomplete transformation causes him to melt and then explode instead. But the heroes, the Guardians ''and'' Gods were part of Goddess's own GambitRoulette, as she intentionally divided herself into 78 pieces and scattered them around the world precisely to inspire legends and raise heroes strong enough to help her do regular maintenance on the world, the Sky Pillars and the Central Temple. At the end of the story, she divided herself up again so that the entire process could repeat itself sometime in the distant future.]]
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** GambitPileup: [[spoiler:The Guardians misled Apollo by spreading the misinformation that there were 77 Relics, rather than the 78 there actually were. This destroys Apollo instead. But the heroes, the Guardians ''and'' Gods were part of Goddess's own GambitRoulette, as she intentionally divided herself into 78 pieces and scattered them around the world precisely to inspire legends and raise heroes strong enough to help her do regular maintenance on the world, the Sky Pillars and the Central Temple. At the end of the story, she divided herself up again so that the entire process could repeat itself sometime in the distant future.]]
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* ArrangedMarriage: The the thrust of the Mini-Story of Venus' World is the arranged marriage between Flora/Olivia and Nils/Julius, despite the former's love for Leon/Anthony.
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Full Name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu=]'' ("Treasure Legend"). The second game in the SaGa series for the Game Boy, released in North America as ''FinalFantasy Legend II''.
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Full Name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu=]'' ("Treasure Legend"). The second game in the SaGa ''VideoGame/{{SaGa}}'' series for the Game Boy, GameBoy, released in North America as ''FinalFantasy Legend II''.
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Several years later, you, accompanied by several schoolmates, set out in a search through many different worlds for your missing father and collecting various MAGI around the way. Along the way, you see different and varied worlds, meet helpful allies and powerful enemies, and eventually, save the worlds.
Despite the obtuse gameplay that would characterize the SaGa series, ''SaGa2'', like its predecessor, was one of the original Game Boy's most memorable RPG's, thanks in part to the (at the time) high level of character customization and varied set pieces—one minute you'd be exploring a high-tech metropolis ruled by a beauty-obsessed tyrant queen who has forced two young lovers apart and the other, you'd be in a world inspired by medieval Japan, taking part in a detective story.
In 2009, the game was [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the Nintendo DS for the series' 20th anniversary, with upgraded graphics, tweaked gameplay elements, new characters, designs by ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s Gen Kobayashi, and a new name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny=]''. Although [[NoExportForYou it will never come out on western shores]], thanks to ''UnlimitedSaga'' and ''RomancingSaga'' bombing hard, A fan translation group has translated it.
Despite the obtuse gameplay that would characterize the SaGa series, ''SaGa2'', like its predecessor, was one of the original Game Boy's most memorable RPG's, thanks in part to the (at the time) high level of character customization and varied set pieces—one minute you'd be exploring a high-tech metropolis ruled by a beauty-obsessed tyrant queen who has forced two young lovers apart and the other, you'd be in a world inspired by medieval Japan, taking part in a detective story.
In 2009, the game was [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the Nintendo DS for the series' 20th anniversary, with upgraded graphics, tweaked gameplay elements, new characters, designs by ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s Gen Kobayashi, and a new name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny=]''. Although [[NoExportForYou it will never come out on western shores]], thanks to ''UnlimitedSaga'' and ''RomancingSaga'' bombing hard, A fan translation group has translated it.
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Several years later, you, accompanied by several schoolmates, set out in a search through many different worlds for your missing father and collecting various MAGI around the way. Along the way, you see different and varied worlds, meet helpful allies and powerful enemies, and eventually, save the worlds.
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Despite the obtuse gameplay that would characterize theSaGa ''[=SaGa=]'' series, ''SaGa2'', ''[=SaGa=] 2'', like its predecessor, was one of the original Game Boy's most memorable RPG's, [=RPGs=], thanks in part to what was at the (at the time) time a high level of character customization and varied set pieces—one pieces -- one minute you'd be exploring a high-tech metropolis ruled by a beauty-obsessed tyrant queen who has forced two young lovers apart apart, and the other, next you'd be in a world inspired by medieval Japan, taking Japan to take part in a detective story.
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In 2009, the game was [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for theNintendo DS NintendoDS for the series' 20th anniversary, with upgraded graphics, tweaked gameplay elements, new characters, designs by ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s Gen Kobayashi, and a new name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny=]''. Although [[NoExportForYou it will never come out on western shores]], thanks to ''UnlimitedSaga'' ''VideoGame/UnlimitedSaga'' and ''RomancingSaga'' ''VideoGame/{{Romancing SaGa}}'' bombing hard, A a fan translation group has translated it.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: [[MakaiToshiSaGa It could be worse]], but it still needs a rewrite. Spruced up in the FanTranslation.
* BookEnds: The game ends [[spoiler: as the protagonists' father announces that he will be off to search for a legendary item. Unlike the first time, however, both the protagonist and his/her/its mother decide that they'll be joining him]].
* BookEnds: The game ends [[spoiler: as the protagonists' father announces that he will be off to search for a legendary item. Unlike the first time, however, both the protagonist and his/her/its mother decide that they'll be joining him]].
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: [[MakaiToshiSaGa It could be worse]], Not quite the same depth as ''VideoGame/{{Makai Toshi SaGa}}'' suffered, but it still needs a rewrite. Spruced up in the FanTranslation.
* BookEnds: The game both begins and ends[[spoiler: as with the protagonists' father announces announcing that he will be off to search for a legendary item. Unlike [[spoiler:During the first time, ending, however, both the protagonist and his/her/its mother decide that they'll be joining him]].him.]]
* BookEnds: The game both begins and ends
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* TheCameo: The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Death Machine]] appears as a boss battle in the dungeon south of Final Town. It had also previously appeared as a boss in ''MakaiToshiSaga''. (In ''[=SaGa=] 2'', this enemy's depiction is a new illustration including the digit "2" painted on the side of the machine.)
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* TheCameo: The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Death Machine]] appears as a boss battle in the dungeon south of Final Town. It had also previously appeared as a boss in ''MakaiToshiSaga''.''Makai Toshi [=Saga=]''. (In ''[=SaGa=] 2'', this enemy's depiction is a new illustration including the digit "2" painted on the side of the machine.)
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* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the first of the ''SaGa'' series. [[spoiler: EverybodyLives (except a few redshirts) in this game. Well, everybody who wasn't evil and corrupted by the MAGI, anyway.]]
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* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the first of the ''SaGa'' ''[=SaGa=]'' series. [[spoiler: EverybodyLives (except a few redshirts) in this game. Well, everybody who wasn't evil and corrupted by the MAGI, anyway.]]
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** Also one of the human female palettes you can have is of Asellus from SaGa Frontier (Green Hair, Pink clothing)
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* GayOption: ''Kinda''. There are changing interpersonal relationship dynamics between the [[TrueCompanions party]]'s characters, with bonds like family, love, friendship, hate, strife, etc. The love dynamic can be between any two characters, and [[EveryoneIsBi gender is irrelevant]], [[InterspeciesRomance as is species]] or being a robot. Considering [[HarvestMoon the PR schizophrenia]] over even a ''[[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship hinted]]'' [[GetBackInTheCloset gay relationship]] in a DS game partially [[MoralGuardians marketed at children]], one can see how this might have complicated [[NoExportForYou bringing the game to the West]].
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The Seven Sword (or Seven-pronged Sword in the remake). It hits seven times with one swing. The catch? You get only seven swings with it, and you need both a very high Strength to deal significant damage, and a high Agility to score all seven hits with it. And it doesn't even raise those stats if equipped on a Robot.
** And on top of ''those'', the only way to get it is by beating the absurdly powerful enemy, [[ThatOneBoss Hinawa]]. Hinawa only appears in the [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon last dungeon]], is arguably as powerful as the [[FinalBoss Arsenal]], if not more so, and it's a slim chance that you will get the Seven Sword anyway!
* AwesomeYetPractical: The Excalibur. It deals a minimum of 1050 damage (before defense and weapon resistances, of course), hits a whole group, never misses, and unlike other weapons, ''never breaks''.
** And on top of ''those'', the only way to get it is by beating the absurdly powerful enemy, [[ThatOneBoss Hinawa]]. Hinawa only appears in the [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon last dungeon]], is arguably as powerful as the [[FinalBoss Arsenal]], if not more so, and it's a slim chance that you will get the Seven Sword anyway!
* AwesomeYetPractical: The Excalibur. It deals a minimum of 1050 damage (before defense and weapon resistances, of course), hits a whole group, never misses, and unlike other weapons, ''never breaks''.
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* InfinityMinusOneSword: The {{Excalibur}} mentioned above; it's found in a treasure chest near the end of the game.
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* SoundOfNoDamage: Metallic "ping" whenever a physical attack is blocked by a shield or otherwise does no damage (the latter accompanied by the text "No damage."
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In 2009, the game was [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the Nintendo DS for the series' 20th anniversary, with upgraded graphics, tweaked gameplay elements, new characters, designs by ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s Gen Kobayashi, and a new name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny=]''. Although [[NoExportForYou it will never come out on western shores]], thanks to ''UnlimitedSaga'' and ''RomancingSaga'' bombing hard, Fan Translation group [[http://crimson-nocturnal.com/forums/index Crimson Nocturnal]] has translated it.
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In 2009, the game was [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the Nintendo DS for the series' 20th anniversary, with upgraded graphics, tweaked gameplay elements, new characters, designs by ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s Gen Kobayashi, and a new name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny=]''. Although [[NoExportForYou it will never come out on western shores]], thanks to ''UnlimitedSaga'' and ''RomancingSaga'' bombing hard, Fan Translation A fan translation group [[http://crimson-nocturnal.com/forums/index Crimson Nocturnal]] has translated it.
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* GayOption: ''Kinda''. There are changing interpersonal relationship dynamics between the [[TrueCompanions party]]'s characters, with bonds like family, love, friendship, hate, strife, etc. The love dynamic can be between any two characters, and [[EveryoneIsBi gender is irrelevant]]. Considering [[HarvestMoon the PR schizophrenia]] over even a ''[[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship hinted]]'' [[GetBackInTheCloset gay relationship]] in a DS game partially [[MoralGuardians marketed at children]], one can see how this might have complicated [[NoExportForYou bringing the game to the West]].
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* GayOption: ''Kinda''. There are changing interpersonal relationship dynamics between the [[TrueCompanions party]]'s characters, with bonds like family, love, friendship, hate, strife, etc. The love dynamic can be between any two characters, and [[EveryoneIsBi gender is irrelevant]].irrelevant]], [[InterspeciesRomance as is species]] or being a robot. Considering [[HarvestMoon the PR schizophrenia]] over even a ''[[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship hinted]]'' [[GetBackInTheCloset gay relationship]] in a DS game partially [[MoralGuardians marketed at children]], one can see how this might have complicated [[NoExportForYou bringing the game to the West]].
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* GayOption: ''Kinda''. There are changing interpersonal relationship dynamics between the [[{{Nakama}} party]]'s characters, with bonds like family, love, friendship, hate, strife, etc. The love dynamic can be between any two characters, and [[EveryoneIsBi gender is irrelevant]]. Considering [[HarvestMoon the PR schizophrenia]] over even a ''[[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship hinted]]'' [[GetBackInTheCloset gay relationship]] in a DS game partially [[MoralGuardians marketed at children]], one can see how this might have complicated [[NoExportForYou bringing the game to the West]].
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* BloodKnight: Repsira, she will award points for fighting while allies have fallen in combat.
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* {{Geisha}}: Erato, complete with Shamisen.
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* RedOniBlueOni: The muses Polynia and Melmene. Polynia will award you points for dealing large amounts of damage while Melmene will award points for taking minimal damage (Defending and Parrying).
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* BonusBoss: The Arena of the Dead; souped up versions of bosses you already fought; the only reason to challenge it is to get an item based on your team status (Using Threads of Fate). All weapons/spellbooks/items and threads consumed during the battle are returned to you afterwards. Extremely easy to exploit given that some bosses are weak to petrification (Ashura Soul for example)
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* FantasyKitchenSink: Frequently used in the series as a whole, but the diety lineup in this installment provides a good example: Ashura/Asura (Indian), Venus and Apollo (Roman), and Odin (Nordic). The English translation continues the theme by naming the Goddess Isis (originally Egyptian, which clashes with a her look and mismatched weaponry).
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* FantasyKitchenSink: Frequently used in the series as a whole, but the diety deity lineup in this installment provides a good example: Ashura/Asura (Indian), Venus and Apollo (Roman), and Odin (Nordic). The English translation continues the theme by naming the Goddess Isis (originally Egyptian, which clashes with a her look and mismatched weaponry).
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* CaptainErsatz: [[IndianaJones Dad]] is a traveling AdventurerArchaeologist who wears a hat and carries a whip (albeit an electric shock whip), and has previously found the [[RaidersOfTheLostArk Ark of the Covenant]] and the [[IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Holy Grail]].
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Full Name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu=]'' ("Treasure Legend"). The second game in the SaGa series for the Game Boy, released in North America as ''FinalFantasy Legend II''.
One fateful night, your father wakes you up and explains in vague detail that he has to leave you and your mother behind to go on a mission of great importance involving something called MAGI, which, when combined, will form a statue of the Goddess Isis. As a memento, he leaves you with one MAGI, Prism.
Several years later, you, accompanied by several schoolmates, set out in a search through many different worlds for your missing father and collecting various MAGI around the way. Along the way, you see different and varied worlds, meet helpful allies and powerful enemies, and eventually, save the worlds.
Despite the obtuse gameplay that would characterize the SaGa series, ''SaGa2'', like its predecessor, was one of the original Game Boy's most memorable RPG's, thanks in part to the (at the time) high level of character customization and varied set pieces—one minute you'd be exploring a high-tech metropolis ruled by a beauty-obsessed tyrant queen who has forced two young lovers apart and the other, you'd be in a world inspired by medieval Japan, taking part in a detective story.
In 2009, the game was [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the Nintendo DS for the series' 20th anniversary, with upgraded graphics, tweaked gameplay elements, new characters, designs by ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s Gen Kobayashi, and a new name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny=]''. Although [[NoExportForYou it will never come out on western shores]], thanks to ''UnlimitedSaga'' and ''RomancingSaga'' bombing hard, Fan Translation group [[http://crimson-nocturnal.com/forums/index Crimson Nocturnal]] has translated it.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: There's one in Venus' world.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Apollo. Venus to a lesser extent, but she's a more obvious RichBitch who's full of herself.]]
* AfterCombatRecovery: Characters killed in battle are revived with 1 HP afterward.
* {{All Myths Are True}}: Subverted twice: first in the Port Town in Apollo's world, where the inhabitants think that an [[spoiler: undersea volcano]] is actually the god Neptune, and the second when it is revealed that [[spoiler: the idea that the Statue of Isis/The Goddess was made out of 77 MAGI/Treasures]], which had been taken as a given since the beginning of the game, isn't entirely accurate.
* AlmightyJanitor: [[spoiler:Literally! The Goddess's primary purpose of existence is to maintain and repair the world as necessary.]]
* AndTheAdventureContinues
* AntiGrinding: Done via BreakableWeapons: every useable battle command has a limited number of uses, be it a shield, SpellBook or weapon. As such, every battle costs money... and you might not earn enough of it back to make LevelGrinding financially practical. (Of course, this also raised the difficulty level, since if ThatOneBoss was giving you trouble, you just had to bull through it...)
* ArrangedMarriage: The the thrust of the Mini-Story of Venus' World is the arranged marriage between Flora/Olivia and Nils/Julius, despite the former's love for Leon/Anthony.
* ATasteOfPower: Mr. S can [[OneHitKO one-shot]] just about any enemy or even group in the first cave you go to, but he leaves after you go through it. Also comes with the Cure spell which should be able to full-heal any of your party members. Some players exhaust all his skills before exiting the cave to earn money.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Apollo
* BadassTeacher: Mr. S.
* BagOfSharing: A variation: While there is a shared inventory, it cannot be accessed during combat. To use an item during combat, it must be equipped into each character's personal inventory.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Apollo. After his defeat, the last challenge in the game is to prevent the entire world from collapsing, and while there are lots of monsters, it is no longer strictly a case of good vs. evil.]]
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The Goddess, called Isis in the 1991 localization. She comes back to life with the assembly of her statue.]]
* BlackoutBasement: Inverted. There's a cave that's so bright that you can't see anything unless you have a certain MAGI.
* BlessedWithSuck: Mutants can randomly acquire weaknesses to elements.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: [[MakaiToshiSaGa It could be worse]], but it still needs a rewrite. Spruced up in the FanTranslation.
* BookEnds: The game ends [[spoiler: as the protagonists' father announces that he will be off to search for a legendary item. Unlike the first time, however, both the protagonist and his/her/its mother decide that they'll be joining him]].
* BoringReturnJourney
* BossInMookClothing: The Haniwa - a unique enemy in the final area - is definitely challenging enough to be a boss in its own right. It also possesses the elusive [[InfinityPlusOneSword Seven Sword]]. If you're lucky, you'll get it from him as a drop. If you're not, he'll use it on you.
* {{Bowdlerisation}}: See the infamous bananas example below. The NA translation also awkwardly glosses over the subplot where the hero thinks Dad walked out on the family to have an affair. As a result, the hero appears to angrily storm out of Lynn's house after the Dunatis boss battle for no good reason.
** The SecretOtherFamily implication was not lost on every young gamer, even in English.
* BreakableWeapons: One of the series' characteristics. All weapons [[spoiler: except for the Xcalibr]] and spellbooks have a limited number of uses.
* BrokenBridge: You must collect of all the MAGI in a given world before you can open the door to the next.
* BrokenPedestal: At one point, the hero believes (mistakenly) that [[spoiler: Dad abandoned the family to play hero and have an affair with Lynn's mother]].
* BubblyClouds: Valhalla.
* TheCameo: The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Death Machine]] appears as a boss battle in the dungeon south of Final Town. It had also previously appeared as a boss in ''MakaiToshiSaga''. (In ''[=SaGa=] 2'', this enemy's depiction is a new illustration including the digit "2" painted on the side of the machine.)
* CaptainErsatz: [[IndianaJones Dad]] is a traveling AdventurerArchaeologist who wears a hat and carries a whip (albeit an electric shock whip), and has previously found the [[RaidersOfTheLostArk Ark of the Covenant]] and the [[IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Holy Grail]].
* ChainsawGood
* ChineseGirl: Lynn/Lin.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: You walk around the interior of not one, but two volcanoes. Wading through the lava has no ill effects apart from one HP of damage per step.
* CrutchCharacter: The [=NPCs=] who join you are usually stronger than your characters. This can work to your detriment, since relying too heavily on them can cause problems down the line.
* DamselInDistress: Lynn, a couple times.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist / ResetButton: If you lose a fight, your characters will end up in Valhalla Palace, and Odin will offer to revive you and let you start the battle over. In exchange, though, you have to promise that, if you ever meet him while you are still alive, you will fight him.
** And you eventually do. Death in battle after that point leads straight to a GameOver.
*** It can even be good to be wiped out at least once. If you haven't been wiped out up to that point, Odin is harder and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking you'll just jump into the fight without any dialogue]].
* DeathSeeker: Odin.
* DegradedBoss: Some "bosses", especially early on are normal enemies from later worlds.
* DisappearedDad: What essentially sets the story into motion.
** Lynn has one as well. In the ending it turns out to be [[spoiler: Mask]].
* DiscOneNuke: Dunatis is a class "9" monster, meaning that mutants can recieve far more advanced powers from defeating him than they were meant to have at that point in the game (P-Blast, specifically is pretty much a one-hit kill for everything in the next two worlds).
** Additionally, the final use of any of the martial arts skills -- even the lowly, inexpensive Punch -- does obscene damage. Wanna kill ThatOneBoss? Buy some cheap Punches, burn them down to a single use... and then hang on to them until you're ready to unleash unbelievable damage.
** You can get *any* power in the game from him, including the stuff from the highest tier of mutant abilities (Flare, O-All, and Recover).
* DubNameChange: Among others, Sensei becomes Mr. S, Olivia becomes Flora, Denpachi becomes Kame, and The Goddess becomes Isis.
* DungeonTown: Sort of. You can encounter random battles outside of buildings in the Desert Town.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Your final NPC is [[spoiler: the Goddess Isis herself]]. With 99 in every stat, [[spoiler: she]] can wipe out most enemies in the game with one Flare spell.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Guardians' base.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Contains subversions and straight examples. The Desert Town is [[CaptainObvious a town in a desert]]. The [[spoiler: Final Town]] plays it straight, but the [[spoiler: Final Dungeon]] doesn't. The Nasty Dungeon [[ScrappyLevel very much deserves its name]]. The First Town and 2nd Town play it straight if you don't count your hometown as being the first town you visit.
* {{Excalibur}}: One of the game's best weapons, a sword with infinite uses and the ability to attack an entire group.
* {{Expy}}: With his [[http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/amadeus_of_dk/saga4.jpg leather jacket, fedora, and whip]], the protagonist's heroic, treasure-hunting father takes more than a couple of cues from IndianaJones.
* FantasticVoyage: Enemies micronize to enter Ki's body, your party does the same in order to save her.
* FantasyKitchenSink: Frequently used in the series as a whole, but the diety lineup in this installment provides a good example: Ashura/Asura (Indian), Venus and Apollo (Roman), and Odin (Nordic). The English translation continues the theme by naming the Goddess Isis (originally Egyptian, which clashes with a her look and mismatched weaponry).
* FixedDamageAttack: While there is a slight bit of randomness, the Glass sword completely ignores physical defense and the O-Weapon skill (which halves physical damage) and deals about 1000-1050 damage. The Laser gun similarly ignores any defense and skills, always dealing damage in the upper 300s.
* FloatingContinent: The entire world is made up of these smaller worlds floating in the sky, connected by Sky Pillars to the Central Temple.
* GameBreakingBug: At certain points (specifically, when your MAGI count is at specific numbers) in the game, using the trashcan as an item will act as permanent stat-raising Power and Speed potions. However, if you overdo it, you may permanently screw up your MAGI counter and be unable to progress.
* GoodMorningCrono: The game begins with the hero being awakened by his/her/its father, who gives him/her/it a piece of MAGI and leaves out the window.
** Played with, though: it's the middle of the night when this happens.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese version, a student in ''Nihonbashi'', the town Hana is from, tells you "[[TemptingFate please don't play this game]]" in katakana English.
* GuideDangIt: Good luck finding out how the leveling up system works and how monsters evolve into the one you want without a strategy guide handy.
** Good luck figuring out how the leveling system works ''with'' a strategy guide handy.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Several join and leave at various points in the game.
* HealingSpring: In the volcanoes, there are tiles that will heal 100 HP to all party members each time they're used. You can just use them multiple times to restore everyone to max.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dad]], twice, although he got better both times.
* HubLevel: The Celestial World, which connects to each of the game's independent worlds.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Applies to both the common inventory and each characters' personal one; it's particularly hard to explain, for example, how characters can conceal a Leopard 2 battle tank.
* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: Due to Nintendo censorship, the opium being smuggled in the Edo World is '''bananas''' in the North American version.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] somewhat, as a townsperson comments on why bananas would be illegal in the first place.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Seven Sword, a rare drop from a fairly rare enemy in the final area of the game.
* ItemCaddy: The robot halves the number of uses for an item when it goes into his inventory, but the item heals back up to half at the inn.
* KenjiIto: His first game music composition.
* LethalLavaLand: Features not one, but two volcanoes.
* LoveTriangle: Flora/Nills/Leon (Olivia/Julius/Anthony in Japan).
* MagikarpPower: The martial arts weapons like Punch, Kick, etc. They start out weak, doing little or no damage, but get stronger as they are used up, and the last use will deal a ridiculous amount of damage.
* MacguffinDeliveryService: [[spoiler:As part of his plan to collect all of the MAGI, Apollo lets your party find most of it, even helping them along at certain points - then takes it all from them in the final world in a HostageForMacGuffin ploy.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: The Magnate, to the bumbling and corrupt Shogun.
* MiyamotoMusashi: The last samurai-style mooks you fight are named after him.
* NobuoUematsu: Composed half the soundtrack; KenjiIto composed the other half. The Japanese version of ThatOtherWiki lists who composed which songs.
* NoobCave: To the north of your hometown.
* OffscreenTeleportation: much more [[FridgeLogic FridgeLogicky]] here than in most other [=RPGs=], since nobody else in the game ever seems to be possibly able to possess enough MAGI to travel from one world to another.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Apollo, once the MAGI kick in.]]... but if you play defensively, it turns out to be a ClippedWingAngel.
* PhysicalGod: Multiple, and many attempting to become such.
* PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: The MAGI have a variety of gameplay-relevant uses. Many of them raise a particular stat or provide protection against an element, others can teleport you to previous worlds or even be used as a weapon.
* PortTown: Apollo's world has one.
* {{Public Domain Artifact}}s: The Square mainstays--Excalibur, Masamune, and Muramasa, are here. Also, the sword-type enemies in the game are all named after legendary weapons.
** In the original version, the Samurai bow is called the Yoichi bow.
* RareCandy: Body potions raise a character's maximum HP by 40 points. Power, Speed, and Magic potions raise a character's strength, agility, or mana respectively by three points. Can only be used on humans or mutants.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: You can have them in your party, even as the protagonist.
* {{Samurai}}: Taro/Ronin.
* SaveScumming: Depending on which model Game Boy you're using, may be useful in raising your party's stats quickly.
* SayMyName: F L O R A ! ! !
* [[spoiler:SecretOtherFamily: Lynn turned out to be the daughter in what appeared to be Dad's second family, and the main character assumed the worst of him at first. Turns out that the family was Mask's family, and Dad was helping care for them in Mask's absence.]]
* SequenceBreaking: See GoodBadBugs, no longer above, but can be found at sites like [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/585710-final-fantasy-legend-ii/cheats GameFAQs]] under "Mid-Game Warp".
* ShipLevel: The Edo world, where you raid [[spoiler: Echigoya]]'s ship.
* ShoutOut: The entire Edo world is basically a shout out to Japanese detective and samurai movies.
* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: You can equip items on your temporary party members, but you can't remove them once you do.
* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: While your party eavesdrops on Echigoya and the Shogun's evil plan, suitably evil dungeon music plays. It's replaced by a more heroic theme just before the party barges in, and the villains wonder aloud where the music is coming from.
* SoundOfNoDamage: Metallic "ping" whenever a physical attack is blocked by a shield or otherwise does no damage (the latter accompanied by the text "No damage."
* SpaceElevator: The Pillar of Sky.
* StatGrinding: The leveling up system is a fairly early version of this...it's complex for a game boy game, but thankfully many games do not function like this anymore...because you are not actually ''guaranteed'' stats to increase; only the last two actions mutants and humans make can be leveled; and good luck finding out what weapons level up which stat, because some swords you would think level up your strength but they really level up your agility.
** The game [[AllThereInTheManual originally came with a reference card]] that listed all the weapons and what stat they use to deal damage. It didn't help people who bought used copies, though.
** Thankfully the remake tells you flat out what stats and multipliers each weapon uses.
* SoupCans: one may still have to look at a guide to figure out what weapons level up which stat.
* TankGoodness: Eventually, you can equip(!) a Leopard 2 tank (referred to just as "Tank" in the American version) as a weapon.
* TooAwesomeToUse: The Nuclear Bomb and Glass Sword weapons, which are one-time use items which end up being impractical for the final battle, since they take up valuable inventory space.
** The Glass sword actually is pretty practical for the final battle, since it ignores the O-All skill and ridiculous defense that the final boss has.
** There's also the Hyper cannon, which wins any non-boss battle (even mini-boss battles are fine), but it can only be used three times and there's only one in ''the whole game''.
* TurnUndead: The Prayer spell book, which is as powerful as a Flare spell book but only works on undead.
* UnnamedParent: The protagonist's father.
* UnstableEquilibrium: The fastest characters ([[CaptainObvious those with the highest agility]]) in your party usually end up only getting further ahead, since they will always get a turn in battle (you have to act in battle to have any chance of a stat gain) and the slower characters might not.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Monsters and robots are every bit as common in town as humans. Not to mention the fact that your main character can be a monster with two human parents, and no one even brings up the matter.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Somewhat subverted, as certain bosses are vulnerable to Sleep, Paralysis, and Stone.
** GambitPileup: [[spoiler:The Guardians misled Apollo by spreading the misinformation that there were 77 Relics, rather than the 78 there actually were. This destroys Apollo instead. But the heroes, the Guardians ''and'' Gods were part of Goddess's own GambitRoulette, as she intentionally divided herself into 78 pieces and scattered them around the world precisely to inspire legends and raise heroes strong enough to help her do regular maintenance on the world, the Sky Pillars and the Central Temple. At the end of the story, she divided herself up again so that the entire process could repeat itself sometime in the distant future.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Leon/Anthony. The remake gave him a shirt.
* WickedCultured: Venus embraces this. Also, [[spoiler: Apollo]] qualifies.
* {{Wutai}}: Edo World. Also, Lin's town in the remake.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After you clear the North Cave, Mr. S stays behind to guard your hometown. He stands in the cave for the rest of the game, preventing you from returning.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The party defeats Ashura, who the story appears to set up as the BigBad, in the second world.
The remake provides examples of:
* BalefulPolymorph: Occurs to your party when you first run into the muse Thaleia.
* BareYourMidriff: Human Females playable characters; the muses Repsira, Melmene, Leio, and Pollynia; The Goddess.
* BeehiveBarrier: Shields which protect the entire party form this effect when activated.
* {{Bishonen}}: Want a male human or male esper character who looks [[BigBeautifulMan burly]] or [[RatedMForManly manly]]? Tough luck -- ''all'' your possible appearance appear impossibly skinny with androgynous faces. Granted, these characters are not ''quite'' adults, but a great many teenagers in any country look nothing like this [[HollywoodHomely and still look perfectly alright]].
* BookEnds: In addition to the existing bookend, the remake as another one during its pre-title screen cutscene, which shows the protagonist's father as he makes his journey, which parallels the game's ending.
* CombinationAttack: One of the bigger gameplay changes is the ability to sometimes link player attacks for additional damage.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Played ludicrously straight during the Dragon Race.
* FashionableAsymmetry: The Female Humans
* FetchQuest: Many of the [[SideQuest "Free Scenarios"]].
* GatlingGood: The Vulcan Canon. While it appeared in the first game as well, only in the remake can you see it in all its enemy-killing glory.
* GayOption: ''Kinda''. There are changing interpersonal relationship dynamics between the [[{{Nakama}} party]]'s characters, with bonds like family, love, friendship, hate, strife, etc. The love dynamic can be between any two characters, and [[EveryoneIsBi gender is irrelevant]]. Considering [[HarvestMoon the PR schizophrenia]] over even a ''[[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship hinted]]'' [[GetBackInTheCloset gay relationship]] in a DS game partially [[MoralGuardians marketed at children]], one can see how this might have complicated [[NoExportForYou bringing the game to the West]].
* GogglesDoNothing: Several of the models for human player characters.
* HornedHairdo: Venus.
* HotDad: Dad.
* KillSat: The Hyper Cannon/Wave Cannon is shown to be one.
* LaserSword: The “Laser” sword, which was actually called a lightsaber in Japan, now looks just like one, too.
* MadeOfExplodium: Every boss: the rhino, Ashura, Dunatis, even a ninja. If it has boss music, it explodes.
* NewGamePlus
* NoExportForYou: Square-Enix has no plans to bring the game to the English-speaking world, to the eternal dismay of fans of the original.
* PaletteSwap: Every available character for your party, and several mooks.
* PreexistingEncounters: Replacing random encounters.
* RelationshipValues: An important, yet not essential, part of the refitted combat system, which affects your chances of getting different special items.
* RobotGirl: The muse Euter.
* SheatheYourSword: The only way to defeat the muse Repsira.
* ShoutOut: One particular armor in the remake is the "Barrier Jacket", which raises Spirit (Mana) and protects you from magic. Say hi to [[LyricalNanoha Nanoha]] for us.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Male Espers.
* VideoGameRemake
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* ZettaiRyouiki: Several variations of the Female Espers; Lin.
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[[caption-width-right:350: Humans,[[strike:mutant]] espers, robots and monsters? Awesome.]]
Full Name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu=]'' ("Treasure Legend"). The second game in the SaGa series for the Game Boy, released in North America as ''FinalFantasy Legend II''.
One fateful night, your father wakes you up and explains in vague detail that he has to leave you and your mother behind to go on a mission of great importance involving something called MAGI, which, when combined, will form a statue of the Goddess Isis. As a memento, he leaves you with one MAGI, Prism.
Several years later, you, accompanied by several schoolmates, set out in a search through many different worlds for your missing father and collecting various MAGI around the way. Along the way, you see different and varied worlds, meet helpful allies and powerful enemies, and eventually, save the worlds.
Despite the obtuse gameplay that would characterize the SaGa series, ''SaGa2'', like its predecessor, was one of the original Game Boy's most memorable RPG's, thanks in part to the (at the time) high level of character customization and varied set pieces—one minute you'd be exploring a high-tech metropolis ruled by a beauty-obsessed tyrant queen who has forced two young lovers apart and the other, you'd be in a world inspired by medieval Japan, taking part in a detective story.
In 2009, the game was [[VideoGameRemake remade]] for the Nintendo DS for the series' 20th anniversary, with upgraded graphics, tweaked gameplay elements, new characters, designs by ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s Gen Kobayashi, and a new name: ''[=SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny=]''. Although [[NoExportForYou it will never come out on western shores]], thanks to ''UnlimitedSaga'' and ''RomancingSaga'' bombing hard, Fan Translation group [[http://crimson-nocturnal.com/forums/index Crimson Nocturnal]] has translated it.
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This game provides examples of:
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: There's one in Venus' world.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Apollo. Venus to a lesser extent, but she's a more obvious RichBitch who's full of herself.]]
* AfterCombatRecovery: Characters killed in battle are revived with 1 HP afterward.
* {{All Myths Are True}}: Subverted twice: first in the Port Town in Apollo's world, where the inhabitants think that an [[spoiler: undersea volcano]] is actually the god Neptune, and the second when it is revealed that [[spoiler: the idea that the Statue of Isis/The Goddess was made out of 77 MAGI/Treasures]], which had been taken as a given since the beginning of the game, isn't entirely accurate.
* AlmightyJanitor: [[spoiler:Literally! The Goddess's primary purpose of existence is to maintain and repair the world as necessary.]]
* AndTheAdventureContinues
* AntiGrinding: Done via BreakableWeapons: every useable battle command has a limited number of uses, be it a shield, SpellBook or weapon. As such, every battle costs money... and you might not earn enough of it back to make LevelGrinding financially practical. (Of course, this also raised the difficulty level, since if ThatOneBoss was giving you trouble, you just had to bull through it...)
* ArrangedMarriage: The the thrust of the Mini-Story of Venus' World is the arranged marriage between Flora/Olivia and Nils/Julius, despite the former's love for Leon/Anthony.
* ATasteOfPower: Mr. S can [[OneHitKO one-shot]] just about any enemy or even group in the first cave you go to, but he leaves after you go through it. Also comes with the Cure spell which should be able to full-heal any of your party members. Some players exhaust all his skills before exiting the cave to earn money.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Apollo
* BadassTeacher: Mr. S.
* BagOfSharing: A variation: While there is a shared inventory, it cannot be accessed during combat. To use an item during combat, it must be equipped into each character's personal inventory.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Apollo. After his defeat, the last challenge in the game is to prevent the entire world from collapsing, and while there are lots of monsters, it is no longer strictly a case of good vs. evil.]]
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The Goddess, called Isis in the 1991 localization. She comes back to life with the assembly of her statue.]]
* BlackoutBasement: Inverted. There's a cave that's so bright that you can't see anything unless you have a certain MAGI.
* BlessedWithSuck: Mutants can randomly acquire weaknesses to elements.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: [[MakaiToshiSaGa It could be worse]], but it still needs a rewrite. Spruced up in the FanTranslation.
* BookEnds: The game ends [[spoiler: as the protagonists' father announces that he will be off to search for a legendary item. Unlike the first time, however, both the protagonist and his/her/its mother decide that they'll be joining him]].
* BoringReturnJourney
* BossInMookClothing: The Haniwa - a unique enemy in the final area - is definitely challenging enough to be a boss in its own right. It also possesses the elusive [[InfinityPlusOneSword Seven Sword]]. If you're lucky, you'll get it from him as a drop. If you're not, he'll use it on you.
* {{Bowdlerisation}}: See the infamous bananas example below. The NA translation also awkwardly glosses over the subplot where the hero thinks Dad walked out on the family to have an affair. As a result, the hero appears to angrily storm out of Lynn's house after the Dunatis boss battle for no good reason.
** The SecretOtherFamily implication was not lost on every young gamer, even in English.
* BreakableWeapons: One of the series' characteristics. All weapons [[spoiler: except for the Xcalibr]] and spellbooks have a limited number of uses.
* BrokenBridge: You must collect of all the MAGI in a given world before you can open the door to the next.
* BrokenPedestal: At one point, the hero believes (mistakenly) that [[spoiler: Dad abandoned the family to play hero and have an affair with Lynn's mother]].
* BubblyClouds: Valhalla.
* TheCameo: The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Death Machine]] appears as a boss battle in the dungeon south of Final Town. It had also previously appeared as a boss in ''MakaiToshiSaga''. (In ''[=SaGa=] 2'', this enemy's depiction is a new illustration including the digit "2" painted on the side of the machine.)
* CaptainErsatz: [[IndianaJones Dad]] is a traveling AdventurerArchaeologist who wears a hat and carries a whip (albeit an electric shock whip), and has previously found the [[RaidersOfTheLostArk Ark of the Covenant]] and the [[IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Holy Grail]].
* ChainsawGood
* ChineseGirl: Lynn/Lin.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: You walk around the interior of not one, but two volcanoes. Wading through the lava has no ill effects apart from one HP of damage per step.
* CrutchCharacter: The [=NPCs=] who join you are usually stronger than your characters. This can work to your detriment, since relying too heavily on them can cause problems down the line.
* DamselInDistress: Lynn, a couple times.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist / ResetButton: If you lose a fight, your characters will end up in Valhalla Palace, and Odin will offer to revive you and let you start the battle over. In exchange, though, you have to promise that, if you ever meet him while you are still alive, you will fight him.
** And you eventually do. Death in battle after that point leads straight to a GameOver.
*** It can even be good to be wiped out at least once. If you haven't been wiped out up to that point, Odin is harder and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking you'll just jump into the fight without any dialogue]].
* DeathSeeker: Odin.
* DegradedBoss: Some "bosses", especially early on are normal enemies from later worlds.
* DisappearedDad: What essentially sets the story into motion.
** Lynn has one as well. In the ending it turns out to be [[spoiler: Mask]].
* DiscOneNuke: Dunatis is a class "9" monster, meaning that mutants can recieve far more advanced powers from defeating him than they were meant to have at that point in the game (P-Blast, specifically is pretty much a one-hit kill for everything in the next two worlds).
** Additionally, the final use of any of the martial arts skills -- even the lowly, inexpensive Punch -- does obscene damage. Wanna kill ThatOneBoss? Buy some cheap Punches, burn them down to a single use... and then hang on to them until you're ready to unleash unbelievable damage.
** You can get *any* power in the game from him, including the stuff from the highest tier of mutant abilities (Flare, O-All, and Recover).
* DubNameChange: Among others, Sensei becomes Mr. S, Olivia becomes Flora, Denpachi becomes Kame, and The Goddess becomes Isis.
* DungeonTown: Sort of. You can encounter random battles outside of buildings in the Desert Town.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Your final NPC is [[spoiler: the Goddess Isis herself]]. With 99 in every stat, [[spoiler: she]] can wipe out most enemies in the game with one Flare spell.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Guardians' base.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Contains subversions and straight examples. The Desert Town is [[CaptainObvious a town in a desert]]. The [[spoiler: Final Town]] plays it straight, but the [[spoiler: Final Dungeon]] doesn't. The Nasty Dungeon [[ScrappyLevel very much deserves its name]]. The First Town and 2nd Town play it straight if you don't count your hometown as being the first town you visit.
* {{Excalibur}}: One of the game's best weapons, a sword with infinite uses and the ability to attack an entire group.
* {{Expy}}: With his [[http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/amadeus_of_dk/saga4.jpg leather jacket, fedora, and whip]], the protagonist's heroic, treasure-hunting father takes more than a couple of cues from IndianaJones.
* FantasticVoyage: Enemies micronize to enter Ki's body, your party does the same in order to save her.
* FantasyKitchenSink: Frequently used in the series as a whole, but the diety lineup in this installment provides a good example: Ashura/Asura (Indian), Venus and Apollo (Roman), and Odin (Nordic). The English translation continues the theme by naming the Goddess Isis (originally Egyptian, which clashes with a her look and mismatched weaponry).
* FixedDamageAttack: While there is a slight bit of randomness, the Glass sword completely ignores physical defense and the O-Weapon skill (which halves physical damage) and deals about 1000-1050 damage. The Laser gun similarly ignores any defense and skills, always dealing damage in the upper 300s.
* FloatingContinent: The entire world is made up of these smaller worlds floating in the sky, connected by Sky Pillars to the Central Temple.
* GameBreakingBug: At certain points (specifically, when your MAGI count is at specific numbers) in the game, using the trashcan as an item will act as permanent stat-raising Power and Speed potions. However, if you overdo it, you may permanently screw up your MAGI counter and be unable to progress.
* GoodMorningCrono: The game begins with the hero being awakened by his/her/its father, who gives him/her/it a piece of MAGI and leaves out the window.
** Played with, though: it's the middle of the night when this happens.
* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese version, a student in ''Nihonbashi'', the town Hana is from, tells you "[[TemptingFate please don't play this game]]" in katakana English.
* GuideDangIt: Good luck finding out how the leveling up system works and how monsters evolve into the one you want without a strategy guide handy.
** Good luck figuring out how the leveling system works ''with'' a strategy guide handy.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Several join and leave at various points in the game.
* HealingSpring: In the volcanoes, there are tiles that will heal 100 HP to all party members each time they're used. You can just use them multiple times to restore everyone to max.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dad]], twice, although he got better both times.
* HubLevel: The Celestial World, which connects to each of the game's independent worlds.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Applies to both the common inventory and each characters' personal one; it's particularly hard to explain, for example, how characters can conceal a Leopard 2 battle tank.
* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: Due to Nintendo censorship, the opium being smuggled in the Edo World is '''bananas''' in the North American version.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] somewhat, as a townsperson comments on why bananas would be illegal in the first place.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Seven Sword, a rare drop from a fairly rare enemy in the final area of the game.
* ItemCaddy: The robot halves the number of uses for an item when it goes into his inventory, but the item heals back up to half at the inn.
* KenjiIto: His first game music composition.
* LethalLavaLand: Features not one, but two volcanoes.
* LoveTriangle: Flora/Nills/Leon (Olivia/Julius/Anthony in Japan).
* MagikarpPower: The martial arts weapons like Punch, Kick, etc. They start out weak, doing little or no damage, but get stronger as they are used up, and the last use will deal a ridiculous amount of damage.
* MacguffinDeliveryService: [[spoiler:As part of his plan to collect all of the MAGI, Apollo lets your party find most of it, even helping them along at certain points - then takes it all from them in the final world in a HostageForMacGuffin ploy.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: The Magnate, to the bumbling and corrupt Shogun.
* MiyamotoMusashi: The last samurai-style mooks you fight are named after him.
* NobuoUematsu: Composed half the soundtrack; KenjiIto composed the other half. The Japanese version of ThatOtherWiki lists who composed which songs.
* NoobCave: To the north of your hometown.
* OffscreenTeleportation: much more [[FridgeLogic FridgeLogicky]] here than in most other [=RPGs=], since nobody else in the game ever seems to be possibly able to possess enough MAGI to travel from one world to another.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Apollo, once the MAGI kick in.]]... but if you play defensively, it turns out to be a ClippedWingAngel.
* PhysicalGod: Multiple, and many attempting to become such.
* PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: The MAGI have a variety of gameplay-relevant uses. Many of them raise a particular stat or provide protection against an element, others can teleport you to previous worlds or even be used as a weapon.
* PortTown: Apollo's world has one.
* {{Public Domain Artifact}}s: The Square mainstays--Excalibur, Masamune, and Muramasa, are here. Also, the sword-type enemies in the game are all named after legendary weapons.
** In the original version, the Samurai bow is called the Yoichi bow.
* RareCandy: Body potions raise a character's maximum HP by 40 points. Power, Speed, and Magic potions raise a character's strength, agility, or mana respectively by three points. Can only be used on humans or mutants.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: You can have them in your party, even as the protagonist.
* {{Samurai}}: Taro/Ronin.
* SaveScumming: Depending on which model Game Boy you're using, may be useful in raising your party's stats quickly.
* SayMyName: F L O R A ! ! !
* [[spoiler:SecretOtherFamily: Lynn turned out to be the daughter in what appeared to be Dad's second family, and the main character assumed the worst of him at first. Turns out that the family was Mask's family, and Dad was helping care for them in Mask's absence.]]
* SequenceBreaking: See GoodBadBugs, no longer above, but can be found at sites like [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/585710-final-fantasy-legend-ii/cheats GameFAQs]] under "Mid-Game Warp".
* ShipLevel: The Edo world, where you raid [[spoiler: Echigoya]]'s ship.
* ShoutOut: The entire Edo world is basically a shout out to Japanese detective and samurai movies.
* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: You can equip items on your temporary party members, but you can't remove them once you do.
* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: While your party eavesdrops on Echigoya and the Shogun's evil plan, suitably evil dungeon music plays. It's replaced by a more heroic theme just before the party barges in, and the villains wonder aloud where the music is coming from.
* SoundOfNoDamage: Metallic "ping" whenever a physical attack is blocked by a shield or otherwise does no damage (the latter accompanied by the text "No damage."
* SpaceElevator: The Pillar of Sky.
* StatGrinding: The leveling up system is a fairly early version of this...it's complex for a game boy game, but thankfully many games do not function like this anymore...because you are not actually ''guaranteed'' stats to increase; only the last two actions mutants and humans make can be leveled; and good luck finding out what weapons level up which stat, because some swords you would think level up your strength but they really level up your agility.
** The game [[AllThereInTheManual originally came with a reference card]] that listed all the weapons and what stat they use to deal damage. It didn't help people who bought used copies, though.
** Thankfully the remake tells you flat out what stats and multipliers each weapon uses.
* SoupCans: one may still have to look at a guide to figure out what weapons level up which stat.
* TankGoodness: Eventually, you can equip(!) a Leopard 2 tank (referred to just as "Tank" in the American version) as a weapon.
* TooAwesomeToUse: The Nuclear Bomb and Glass Sword weapons, which are one-time use items which end up being impractical for the final battle, since they take up valuable inventory space.
** The Glass sword actually is pretty practical for the final battle, since it ignores the O-All skill and ridiculous defense that the final boss has.
** There's also the Hyper cannon, which wins any non-boss battle (even mini-boss battles are fine), but it can only be used three times and there's only one in ''the whole game''.
* TurnUndead: The Prayer spell book, which is as powerful as a Flare spell book but only works on undead.
* UnnamedParent: The protagonist's father.
* UnstableEquilibrium: The fastest characters ([[CaptainObvious those with the highest agility]]) in your party usually end up only getting further ahead, since they will always get a turn in battle (you have to act in battle to have any chance of a stat gain) and the slower characters might not.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Monsters and robots are every bit as common in town as humans. Not to mention the fact that your main character can be a monster with two human parents, and no one even brings up the matter.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Somewhat subverted, as certain bosses are vulnerable to Sleep, Paralysis, and Stone.
** GambitPileup: [[spoiler:The Guardians misled Apollo by spreading the misinformation that there were 77 Relics, rather than the 78 there actually were. This destroys Apollo instead. But the heroes, the Guardians ''and'' Gods were part of Goddess's own GambitRoulette, as she intentionally divided herself into 78 pieces and scattered them around the world precisely to inspire legends and raise heroes strong enough to help her do regular maintenance on the world, the Sky Pillars and the Central Temple. At the end of the story, she divided herself up again so that the entire process could repeat itself sometime in the distant future.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Leon/Anthony. The remake gave him a shirt.
* WickedCultured: Venus embraces this. Also, [[spoiler: Apollo]] qualifies.
* {{Wutai}}: Edo World. Also, Lin's town in the remake.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After you clear the North Cave, Mr. S stays behind to guard your hometown. He stands in the cave for the rest of the game, preventing you from returning.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The party defeats Ashura, who the story appears to set up as the BigBad, in the second world.
The remake provides examples of:
* BalefulPolymorph: Occurs to your party when you first run into the muse Thaleia.
* BareYourMidriff: Human Females playable characters; the muses Repsira, Melmene, Leio, and Pollynia; The Goddess.
* BeehiveBarrier: Shields which protect the entire party form this effect when activated.
* {{Bishonen}}: Want a male human or male esper character who looks [[BigBeautifulMan burly]] or [[RatedMForManly manly]]? Tough luck -- ''all'' your possible appearance appear impossibly skinny with androgynous faces. Granted, these characters are not ''quite'' adults, but a great many teenagers in any country look nothing like this [[HollywoodHomely and still look perfectly alright]].
* BookEnds: In addition to the existing bookend, the remake as another one during its pre-title screen cutscene, which shows the protagonist's father as he makes his journey, which parallels the game's ending.
* CombinationAttack: One of the bigger gameplay changes is the ability to sometimes link player attacks for additional damage.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Played ludicrously straight during the Dragon Race.
* FashionableAsymmetry: The Female Humans
* FetchQuest: Many of the [[SideQuest "Free Scenarios"]].
* GatlingGood: The Vulcan Canon. While it appeared in the first game as well, only in the remake can you see it in all its enemy-killing glory.
* GayOption: ''Kinda''. There are changing interpersonal relationship dynamics between the [[{{Nakama}} party]]'s characters, with bonds like family, love, friendship, hate, strife, etc. The love dynamic can be between any two characters, and [[EveryoneIsBi gender is irrelevant]]. Considering [[HarvestMoon the PR schizophrenia]] over even a ''[[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship hinted]]'' [[GetBackInTheCloset gay relationship]] in a DS game partially [[MoralGuardians marketed at children]], one can see how this might have complicated [[NoExportForYou bringing the game to the West]].
* GogglesDoNothing: Several of the models for human player characters.
* HornedHairdo: Venus.
* HotDad: Dad.
* KillSat: The Hyper Cannon/Wave Cannon is shown to be one.
* LaserSword: The “Laser” sword, which was actually called a lightsaber in Japan, now looks just like one, too.
* MadeOfExplodium: Every boss: the rhino, Ashura, Dunatis, even a ninja. If it has boss music, it explodes.
* NewGamePlus
* NoExportForYou: Square-Enix has no plans to bring the game to the English-speaking world, to the eternal dismay of fans of the original.
* PaletteSwap: Every available character for your party, and several mooks.
* PreexistingEncounters: Replacing random encounters.
* RelationshipValues: An important, yet not essential, part of the refitted combat system, which affects your chances of getting different special items.
* RobotGirl: The muse Euter.
* SheatheYourSword: The only way to defeat the muse Repsira.
* ShoutOut: One particular armor in the remake is the "Barrier Jacket", which raises Spirit (Mana) and protects you from magic. Say hi to [[LyricalNanoha Nanoha]] for us.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Male Espers.
* VideoGameRemake
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* ZettaiRyouiki: Several variations of the Female Espers; Lin.
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