History VideoGame / StellaGlow

* AbsoluteCleavage: Veronica's dress is zipped all the way down, exposing her full cleavage.
* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The level cap is 99, but the recommended level for the final mission is 41 with most characters learning their final skill at 35 [[spoiler: Although Alto will not learn his last skill until Elcrest is defeated]].
* AfterTheEnd: The [[spoiler: Technolomies]] are heavily implied to have been an extremely advanced society [[EarthAllAlong much like our own]] who eventually destroyed themselves by [[spoiler: discovering how to convert emotional energy into physical energy and misusing it. Veronica, the last Technolomy, having lived 5000 years after Mother Qualia destroyed her entire civilization]], even has her hometown listed as "London" while no other character has a hometown corresponding to any real world location.

* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Alto, Hilda, Klaus, Veronica, Marie, and Eve.]]

* WeWereYourTeam: The 9th Regiment [[spoiler: turns to Alto after Klaus betrays them to lead. Sakuya even remarks that they all put their faith in him. However, Alto himself is nearing the DespairEventHorizon and in the middle of a HeroicBSOD. Once they can see he's in no shape to lead they all leave to either [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere survive the Eclipse]] or [[DoNotGoGentle kill as many Angels as possible]].]]

* TastesBetterThanItLooks: Lisette's cooking turns all her food purple, but it tastes perfectly fine. The main character notes that he's eaten her cooking so often that he's not even bothered by the color anymore.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Discussed after TheReveal. Alto brings up the fact that a large part of the conflict and possibly even the entire plot could've been avoided if [[spoiler:Hilda stopped telling people they won't understand what she's doing and actually told them what's happening.]] [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Fans are very divided about how well the game tries to justify this.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: Discussed after TheReveal. Alto brings up the fact that a large part of the conflict and possibly even the entire plot could've been avoided if [[spoiler:Hilda stopped telling people they won't understand what she's doing and actually told them what's happening. Hilda, however, responds that she has tried in the past and always failed. Alto only enters the picture after a thousand years of trial and error in Hilda's methods have already taken place. Though considering her then-strong influence and that she's a pseudo-immortal being, it makes you wonder how hard she tried before deciding she wanted to do things on her own.]]

Long ago in the land of Regnant, God lamented mankind's arrogance and took from them the art of song as retribution. Since that day, the only people who can sing are magical beings called "Witches," who use their songs to weave miracles. And a thousand years ago, when mankind lost faith in God she sent down her angels to punish humanity until the hero Elcrest and the Beast King Xeno, along with their five Witch companions, went to the Moon, where God lives, and quelled her wrath.

Alto was just a simple hunter for his village without his memories, living with his adoptive sister Lisette and her mother. One morning he wakes up hearing a beautiful song and upon investigating finds a Witch calling herself Hilda. But then [[BigBad Hilda reveals herself to be the dreaded Witch of Destruction]], and uses her song to crystallize Alto's village. As the only survivors of the attack, Alto and the newly-awakened Water Witch Lisette join the 9th Regiment of the Royal Knights, a group dedicated toward finding Regnant's Witches and stopping Hilda's nefarious plans. Can Alto and the 9th Regiment unite the Witches to stop Hilda from using her Song of Ruin to destroy the world?

* BigBad: Hilda, Witch of Destruction, aims to crystallize the whole world. [[spoiler:[[GoodAllAlong Except she’s trying to save it]] from The Mother Qualia, an ancient system charged by negative emotions and designed to wipe out humanity. She exists in the forms of [[FinalBoss Eve]] and [[TrueFinalBoss Cartesia]], and her agent, Klaus/Xeno, manipulates the 9th Regiment into recruiting the four Witches, defeating Hilda, and performing the Anthem Program. This act unleashes her destruction upon the world.]]

Alto was just a simple hunter for his village without his memories, living with his adoptive sister Lisette and her mother. One morning he wakes up hearing a beautiful song and upon investigating finds a Witch calling herself Hilda. But then Hilda reveals herself to be the dreaded Witch of Destruction, and uses her song to crystallize Alto's village. As the only survivors of the attack, Alto and the newly-awakened Water Witch Lisette join the 9th Regiment of the Royal Knights, a group dedicated toward finding Regnant's Witches and stopping Hilda's nefarious plans. Can Alto and the 9th Regiment unite the Witches to stop Hilda from using her Song of Ruin to destroy the world?

* BigBad: [[spoiler: The Mother Qualia is an ancient system charged by negative emotions and designed to wipe out humanity. Her agent, Xeno, manipulates the 9th Regiment into recruiting the four Witches, defeating Hilda, and performing the Anthem Program. This act unleashes her destruction upon the world.]]

''Stella Glow'' is a StrategyRPG for the Nintendo3DS and the swan song of Creator/ImageEpoch, being the final game they made before closing, as well as a SpiritualSuccessor to their well-known VideoGame/LuminousArc series of Strategy [=RPGs=]. A unique aspect of this game is the Conduct system, in which Witches can sing songs that grant powerful effects such as healing the entire party or stopping enemies from moving. As such, it features an AllStarCast of popular voice actors and singers. The game was released in Japan in June 2015, North America in November 2015, and Europe in March 2016. A demo of the complete prologue is also available.

* XMeetsY: Song Magic? "Tuning" a girl by entering her heart? Witches? It's ''VideoGame/ArTonelico'' meets ''VideoGame/LuminousArc''. Might as well be called Luminous Arc Tonelico.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Discussed after TheReveal. Alto brings up the fact that a large part of the conflict and possibly even the entire plot could've been avoided if [[spoiler:Hilda stopped telling people they won't understand what she's doing and actually told them what's happening. Hilda, however, responds that she has tried in the past and always failed. Alto only enters the picture after a thousand years of trial and error in Hilda's methods have already taken place.]]

* WeirdMoon: A good amount of the moon is shown to have been blown off, though it's never been commented on. [[spoiler: It also turns out to be the residence of the BigBad, and roots grow out of it down onto the world when the Eclipse commences.]]

''Stella Glow'' is a StrategyRPG for the Nintendo3DS and the swan song of Creator/ImageEpoch, being the final game they made before closing. as well as a SpiritualSuccessor to its well-known VideoGame/LuminousArc series of Strategy [=RPGs=]. A unique aspect of this game is the Conduct system, in which Witches can sing songs that grant powerful effects such as healing the entire party or stopping enemies from moving. As such, it features an AllStarCast of popular voice actors and singers. The game was released in Japan in June 2015, North America in November 2015, and Europe in March 2016. A demo of the complete prologue is also available.

See character page [[Characters/StellaGlow here]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sakuya has a polite "Priestess" persona which completely fades after she joins the party, replaced by her callous, abusive true identity.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 8. [[spoiler: Klaus reveals he's Xeno and the Eclipse happens, culminating in Queen Anastasia's death, a party-wide HeroicBSOD, and the [[BreakingTheFellowship disbandment of the 9th Regiment]].]]

* LostForever:
** There are a few weapons that require fulfillment of specific conditions to obtain, as they will never be sold in stores. To get HundredPercentCompletion the player has to fulfill all optional mission objectives.
** Most valuably, at the start of chapter 10, [[spoiler: the party has to fight inside Alto's Spirit World against the four Witches that accompanied Elcrest. Each Witch has a powerful, unique weapon for their corresponding Witches that can only be obtained by stealing it. Neither of the characters capable of stealing are allowed for the fight, forcing the player to rely on Thief Orbs to try and obtain these weapons. Once the battle is over, the game never offers an opportunity to get them again.]]
*** Mercifully, [[spoiler:a weapon for Lisette with a built-in Thief Orb 3 (granting a 100% steal rate) is made available for purchase for 9999g right before the mission.]]
* MadeOfEvil: [[spoiler: Cartesia, the corruption inside Mother Qualia and the collection of humanity's despair.]]

** At the end of the prologue, Klaus and the Royal Knights arrived to save Alto and Lisette from Dante and Hilda, abruptly ending a battle that almost certainly would have gone poorly for the kids.

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: Speed. While practically every character is usable, faster ones like Rusty, Nonoka, and Popo will overtake the other members of the party if you don't hold them back some. It helps that fast characters also tend to hit pretty hard, meaning there many not be any enemies left when the rest of the party finally catches up.

* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Alto, Hilda, Klaus, Veronica, Marie, and Eve.]]

* AntiGrinding: Characters gain drastically reduced XP when attacking or killing an enemy below their level, making it difficult to level beyond the enemies the player is expected to encounter. [[spoiler: NewGamePlus removes this limitation.]]

** At the end of Chapter 9, [[spoiler: Alto goes off to defend the capital on his own from a swarm of angels. The Harbingers arrive quickly to support him, but the battle remains hopeless until, at a critical moment, the former members of the 9th Regiment show up to lend a hand.]]

* DarkestHour: Occurs at the end of Chapter 8 and the middle of Chapter 9. [[spoiler: With Regnant under siege from the angels called down by the Anthem, and Klaus having betrayed the party, the entire party is split and distraught over what to do next. To further drive this home, the entire party's in-battle lines change reflect their despair, and the usual menu and shop themes don't play.]]

** During the backstory battle between Elcrest and God, [[spoiler: the Mother Qualia attempts to destroy Elcrest by flooding him with the sum total of mankind's negativity. Before Elcrest can be completely undone by it, Xeno pushes him out of the way. Elcrest survives and is able to be purified, but Xeno is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy doomed to become]] the Mother Qualia's [[TheDragon right-hand agent.]]]]

** Hilda, the Witch of Destruction, was the queen of Hildegaria, a country that was destroyed 50 years ago.[[spoiler: She also joined Alto and Xeno in their battle against Mother Qualia. She stopped her internal clock after they failed in order to fulfill a promise to Elcrest and try to prevent the Mother from ever awakening again.]]

* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Defied in Chapter 10. [[spoiler: Alto's old identity, Elcrest, intends to take over his body if Alto lacks the resolve and purpose to fight. In the climax of their bout, Alto proves to Elcrest that he will succeed and retains his position as the dominant personality. Elcrest is instead absorbed into Alto, who obtains his memories and [[SignificantCostumeSwitch visual appearance]].]]

** Alto, as expected in this kind of game. All of the witches tend to crush on him if you increase their Affinity, and Popo and [[spoiler:Lisette]] both canonically have feelings for him even if you don't raise their Affinity (which Popo doesn't exactly try to hide). There's also and event where all of the girls come to his room to spend time with him and Marie. This is taken UpToEleven in [[spoiler:Veronica's]] second voiced Free Time event, where she drugs all of the party members (aside from Lisette and [[spoiler:Hilda]]) with a love potion. [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Yes, even the males.]]
** Downplayed by Elcrest in the game's backstory. [[spoiler:Francisca sacrifices herself to place his body in stasis and Hilda clearly carries a torch for him for a millenium]], but it's never established whether the other Witches had any romantic desires towards him and suggested that at least one ''didn't''.

''Stella Glow'' is a StrategyRPG for the Nintendo3DS and the swan song of Creator/ImageEpoch, being the final game they made before closing. as well as a SpiritualSuccessor to its well-known VideoGame/LuminousArc series of Strategy [=RPGs=]. A unique aspect of this game is the Conduct system, in which Witches can sing songs that grant powerful effects such as healing the entire party or stopping enemies from moving. As such, it features an AllStarCast of popular voice actors and singers. The game was released in Japan in June 2015 and in North America in November 2015, with a Europe release date slated for March 11, 2016. A demo of the complete prologue is also available.

* ShoutOut: Dante's InfinityMinusOneSword is a lance called "Beatrice", and the description calls it a demonic spear favored by [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry a certain Witch]].