History VideoGame / TailsOfIron

* HurricaneOfPuns: The Moles live in the ''Moleshevic'' Republic, and if you thought that was bad, you ain't seen nothing yet. You'll endure enough puns to moleverwhelm you before you see the Crimson Keep again. The Arena Pit amps it up to eleven, featuring Mole-themed [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of famous [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalWrestling Pro Wrestlers]].

''Tails of Iron'' is a SoulsLikeRPG developed by Odd Bug Studio and published by United Label. The game was released for UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/Playstation5, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and PC on September 17, 2021.

* FrankensteinsMonster: [[spoiler:Verminstein]], a horrifying amalgam monster created by [[spoiler:King Rattus's unethical experiments]], appears as a BonusBoss.

** In the Crypts, Redgi can fight the BonusBoss Ratnor Rodentson, who is an expy of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]. He even wields lightning-based powers and fights with a hammer. The hammer in question is one of the best one-handed weapons in the entire game, if you can earn it by killing Ratnor… although sadly, you can't use any lightning magic once you have it.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Rat Kingdom is actively preparing for war, so sovereignty goes to whichever prince is the best fighter. Redgi earns his crown in the prologue by defeating his elder brother, the captain of the Royal Guard. He cements his claim by singlehandedly turning what was previously a CurbStompBattle in the Frogs' favor around, slaughtering his way through their ranks before killing Green Wart in single combat.
** He further cements it in the Post-Ending content where he participates in a tournament where he defeats both an old comrade of his late father as well as his brother who came back for a rematch.

* HumanitysWake: {{Implied|Trope}}. There are occasional signs of humans having once existed - the boss Bloki Magu uses a broken pair of human scissors as swords, for instance. There are also clearly manmade pipes in the sewers, and the Narrator mentions that rats moved out of the sewers long ago thanks to their ancesors (which in turns suggests an UpliftedAnimal civilization).

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The game's setting is similar to ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' in that all of the animals act and behave as such, but still wear clothes and talk similar to human beings. That being said, there's no human presence anywhere throughout the game, even though the moles dress and behave like modern-day human beings.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Downplayed. Initially, every single amphibian that Redgi comes across is a bloodthirsty warrior aiming to destroy the Rat Kingdom by any means necessary. It isn't until Redgi ventures to the Frog Lands that he discovers a village no different from his own, and even comes across frog villagers who pose no threat to Redgi at all. On the other hand, the village in question is also teeming with yet more murderous frogs. The main square has a line of slaughtered rat civilians hung up like cuts of meat at a butcher's, right next to a pot that's clearly been used to cook at least one of them.

* CashGate: A couple points throughout the game require you to shell cash before the plot can advance, and the only way to earn the cash is to fight and kill bosses.