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* NoDamageRun: If you manage to get through the game without dying and not interacting with the black cat even once, you get a bit of extra dialogue at the end. [[Right before you get to the Witch's room, where you would normally only find the cat's corpse, you will instead find him alive and can speak to him. He praises Ellen for not needing his help, before abandoning the cat's body and fleeing the house, revealing his true demonic form as a cloud of purple mist.]]
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* OneHitPointWonder: The menu shows she has 10 hit points, but they have absolutely no incidence on gameplay...
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* OneHitPointWonder: The menu shows she has 10 hit points, but they have absolutely no incidence on gameplay...gameplay. All of the house's traps and enemies will kill the player instantly.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: In ''The Diary of Ellen'' it is revealed that Ellen herself has been around for what she guesses to be decades or even centuries.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: In ''The Diary of Ellen'' it is revealed that Ellen herself has been around for what she guesses to be decades or even centuries.centuries, though she has retained the physical appearance of a seven year old.
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* SpikesOfDoomSpikesOfDoom: The puzzle with the mouths on the wall will kill the player with these if they pick the wrong entrance.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Viola clearly cared a lot about Ellen, [[spoiler:as one book states that the body-swapping spell required a bond of trust to succeed. When Ellen betrayed her, Viola was forced to try trapping and killing her to get her body back]].
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Viola clearly cared a lot about Ellen, [[spoiler:as one book states that the body-swapping spell required a bond of sincere trust to succeed. When Ellen betrayed her, Viola was forced to try trapping and killing her to get her body back]].
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* HarderThanHard: The "Extra" mode added in the remake, which is only unlocked after beating the game at least once on regular difficulty. It makes most of the puzzles ''far'' more difficult, and adds a lot more ways to die, including making enemies much harder to evade during chase sequences.
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* NintendoHard: The "Extra" mode added in the remake, which makes several puzzles much more difficult and adds a lot more ways to die, including making enemies a lot harder to evade during chase sequences.
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** The modified flower puzzle in Extra Mode involves a candle. However, as it belongs to one of the Yellow Flowers, she politely tells you that you can't take it. Repeatedly attempting to take the candle will cause the Yellow Flower become increasingly exasperated at your persistence, and if you attempt to take the candle too many times she teleports behind you and kills you.
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* RedHerring: In the dark area, you can find a wristwatch, but not only is it not a plot-necessary object, [[spoiler: picking it up and trying to walk away gets you hung. If you look at the description, it reads "DIE"]].
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* RedHerring: RedHerring:
** In the dark area, you can find a wristwatch, but not only is it not a plot-necessary object, [[spoiler: picking it up and trying to walk away gets you hung. If you look at the description, it reads"DIE"]]."DIE"]].
** In Extra Mode, the Toy Soldier has an unsettling habit of following you around (with OffscreenTeleportation) and at one point surprises you by appearing in front of you with its gun pointed. [[spoiler:However, unlike the original puzzle, not only is the Toy Soldier relatively benign (unless you do something stupid), its gun is actually required to solve part of the new puzzle.]]
** In the dark area, you can find a wristwatch, but not only is it not a plot-necessary object, [[spoiler: picking it up and trying to walk away gets you hung. If you look at the description, it reads
** In Extra Mode, the Toy Soldier has an unsettling habit of following you around (with OffscreenTeleportation) and at one point surprises you by appearing in front of you with its gun pointed. [[spoiler:However, unlike the original puzzle, not only is the Toy Soldier relatively benign (unless you do something stupid), its gun is actually required to solve part of the new puzzle.]]
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* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: One of the puzzles in Extra Mode that is completely new quizzes you on Viola's backstory, which you would only know if you [[AllThereInTheManual read the prequel novel/manga]] or read the diaries (which, in this difficulty, contain an abridged retelling of the novel/manga's details).
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* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: One of the new puzzles in Extra Mode that is completely new quizzes you on Viola's backstory, Ellen's backstory in order to receive a puzzle item, which you would is only know if you mentioned in [[AllThereInTheManual read the prequel novel/manga]] or read and the diaries (which, in this difficulty, contain an abridged retelling of the novel/manga's details).difficulty.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: If you don't kill the white flower with the correct method, it runs you through with a root, killing you instantly.
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* BehindTheBlack: In the Extra Mode version of the "wall eyes" puzzle, all of the eyes on the wall are open, but the hint is still the same. [[spoiler:The solution is on the opposite wall, which also has eyes and mouths on it but because of the top-down perspective it is hidden from the player's view.]]
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* AlreadyDoneForYou: In Extra Mode, the skull puzzle is already solved. The only purpose of the room is to pull the lever to get the water flowing [[spoiler:and serve as a death trap in case you attempt to escape back into the room like in the original puzzle.]]
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* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: One of the puzzles in Extra Mode that is completely new quizzes you on Viola's backstory, which you would only know if you [[AllThereInTheManual read the prequel novel/manga]] or read the diaries (which, in this difficulty, contain an abridged retelling of the novel/manga's details).
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* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: Several times if you want to progress. You have to feed your pet frog to a monster when it has done nothing but help you and there's also the part where you cut off the limbs of a teddy bear, and when you have to kill a flower... [[spoiler: Justified since [[CruelTwistEnding you are actually playing as the Witch]]. Of course she wouldn't hesitate in the slightest to commit evil actions to save herself]].
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* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption:
** Several times if you want to progress. You have to feed your pet frog to a monster when it has done nothing but help you and there's also the part where you cut off the limbs of a teddy bear, and when you have to kill a flower... [[spoiler: Justified since [[CruelTwistEnding you are actually playing as the Witch]]. Of course she wouldn't hesitate in the slightest to commit evil actions to saveherself]].herself]].
** Special note goes to the Extra Mode version of the frog puzzle, which is somehow even crueller than the original. [[spoiler:Upon attempting to feed the frog to the snake, it runs away into a hole you can't get into, requiring you to get a stuffed frog and feed it to the snake so it will open the hole. You then take the frog (who is stated to no longer look you in the eyes), then feed it to the snake. The poor frog attempts to resist, but to complete the puzzle you are forced to shove it into the hole against its will.]]
** Several times if you want to progress. You have to feed your pet frog to a monster when it has done nothing but help you and there's also the part where you cut off the limbs of a teddy bear, and when you have to kill a flower... [[spoiler: Justified since [[CruelTwistEnding you are actually playing as the Witch]]. Of course she wouldn't hesitate in the slightest to commit evil actions to save
** Special note goes to the Extra Mode version of the frog puzzle, which is somehow even crueller than the original. [[spoiler:Upon attempting to feed the frog to the snake, it runs away into a hole you can't get into, requiring you to get a stuffed frog and feed it to the snake so it will open the hole. You then take the frog (who is stated to no longer look you in the eyes), then feed it to the snake. The poor frog attempts to resist, but to complete the puzzle you are forced to shove it into the hole against its will.]]
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* GuideDangIt: Entering the cell on the right side of the dungeon on the fifth floor. Doing so is completely optional, as it contains nothing of note aside from an extra jump scare, but accessing it requires the player to perform a precise series of actions at exactly the right time that you're ''very'' unlikely to figure out on your own, as the game offers absolutely no clues. In fact, without a guide, most players will never realize that it's even possible to enter the right side cell.
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** Entering the cell on the right side of the dungeon on the fifth floor. Doing so is completely optional, as it contains nothing of note aside from an extra jump scare, but accessing it requires the player to perform a precise series of actions at exactly the right time that you're ''very'' unlikely to figure out on your own, as the game offers absolutely no clues. In fact, without a guide, most players will never realize that it's even possible to enter the right side cell.
** Entering the cell on the right side of the dungeon on the fifth floor. Doing so is completely optional, as it contains nothing of note aside from an extra jump scare, but accessing it requires the player to perform a precise series of actions at exactly the right time that you're ''very'' unlikely to figure out on your own, as the game offers absolutely no clues. In fact, without a guide, most players will never realize that it's even possible to enter the right side cell.
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** Extra Mode in the remake has some very obtuse puzzle solutions. For example, the modified doll puzzle has dolls on the tables that don't correspond to the table cloths. [[spoiler:Have you tried ''flipping the table cloth over?'']]
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-->[[spoiler:'''Ellen:''']] [[spoiler:So just... '''Die.''']]
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** Averted in the Extra True Ending, which adds one additional line to the final confrontation between [[spoiler:Ellen and Viola]]. The line in question is accompanied by [[NothingIsScarier the screen darkening and the music suddenly cutting out for one text box.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Ellen''']]''':''' So just... '''Die.'''
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** Averted in the Extra True Ending. In the True Ending, which adds one additional line [[spoiler:Ellen's last words to Viola are interrupted by the final confrontation between sudden appearance of Viola's Father]]. However, in Extra Mode, [[spoiler:Ellen finishes her sentence right before Viola's Father appears, and Viola]]. The line the word in question is accompanied by [[NothingIsScarier the screen darkening and the music suddenly cutting out for one text box.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Ellen''']]''':''' So]]]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Ellen:''']] [[spoiler:So just... '''Die.'''''']]
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-->[[spoiler:'''Ellen:''']] [[spoiler:So just... '''Die.
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The game also followed by ''The Witch's House: The Diary of Ellen'', a spoiler-heavy prequels novel which explain the origins of the titular witch. On August 2017, the novel received a manga adaptation as well.
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* AllThereInTheManual: ''The Diary of Ellen'' provides a massive amount of backstory for the primary characters and gives insight as to how the rules of the world work. The remake's Extra Mode difficulty has some additional text that touches upon the details provided by the novel.
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** The Extra True Ending adds one additional line to the final confrontation between [[spoiler:Ellen and Viola]]. The line in question is accompanied by [[NothingIsScarier the screen darkening and the music suddenly cutting out for one text box.]]
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** The Averted in the Extra True Ending Ending, which adds one additional line to the final confrontation between [[spoiler:Ellen and Viola]]. The line in question is accompanied by [[NothingIsScarier the screen darkening and the music suddenly cutting out for one text box.]]
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** Extra True Ending: Obtained by fulfilling the True Ending conditions on Extra Mode in the remake. It is a slightly extended version of the True Ending. [[spoiler:Returning the front of the house before leaving will cause Viola's spirit to appear before Ellen before the house disintegrates. The final scene is appended by an added monologue by Ellen, who realizes that Viola finally gave up after her father failed to recognize her.]]
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* DifficultyLevels: ''MV'' has three, Easy, Normal, and Extra.
** Easy Mode gives you the ability to reload from the place that you died instead of being sent back to the title screen.
** Normal Mode is the original game.
** Extra Mode is a HarderThanHard difficulty that remixes the puzzles, making them brutally challenging. Some of the text in this difficulty is also changed to reflect the additional lore explained in ''The Diary of Ellen''.
** Easy Mode gives you the ability to reload from the place that you died instead of being sent back to the title screen.
** Normal Mode is the original game.
** Extra Mode is a HarderThanHard difficulty that remixes the puzzles, making them brutally challenging. Some of the text in this difficulty is also changed to reflect the additional lore explained in ''The Diary of Ellen''.
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: ''MV'' has an Easy difficulty that allows you to retry from the spot you died instead of reloading a previous save.
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A remake made in RPG Maker MV, titled ''The Witch's House MV'', released on October 31, 2018.
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A remake made in RPG Maker MV, MV titled ''The Witch's House MV'', MV'' was released on October 31, 2018.
2018. In addition to updated graphics, it includes a brand new [[HarderThanHard "Extra Mode"]] with modified puzzles and a brand new ending.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the Extra mode of the MV remake, [[spoiler:the tadpoles survive you washing the shoes in their pond, and will kill you on the spot if you talk to them just once afterward.]]
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A remake made in RPG Maker MV, titled ''The Witch's House MV'', will release on October 31, 2018.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: While the core gameplay and storyline remained the same, the 'Extra' difficulty in ''MV'' version features different puzzles to solve, new events, harder chase segments, and slightly better detail on the story aspect. Oh, and there's more ways to die as well...
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[[http://vgboy.dabomstew.com/other/witchhouse.htm An English translation of the game can be downloaded here]].
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** At one point, the player must solve a math/logic puzzle, finding the numbers that correspond with the top-left corner, the top-right corner, the bottom-left corner, and the bottom-right corner of the room in that respective order to obtain a 4-digit code that will open the door to the next area. As of Version 1.07, VGPerson has removed this puzzle from the game.
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** At one point, the player must solve a math/logic puzzle, finding the numbers that correspond with the top-left corner, the top-right corner, the bottom-left corner, and the bottom-right corner of the room in that respective order to obtain a 4-digit code that will open the door to the next area. As of Version version 1.07, VGPerson translator ''vgperson'' has removed this puzzle from the game.
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** After choosing the right path in the mouth hallway, there are some spikes right next to the door, out of your way. Deliberately stepping on them causes Viola to die. If you reload the game and go back to the same area, you'll notice that the spikes are now bloody, implying that Viola really died there and is being repeatedly brought back to life.
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No relation to ''VideoGame/WitchsHeart''.
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* RealityEnsues: In the '___', ending, [[spoiler: Ellen, instead of going into the house, waits outside the house (and outside her reach) until the already heavily wounded Viola trapped in Ellen's body dies.]]
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* RealityEnsues: In the '___', ending, [[spoiler: Ellen, instead of going into the house, waits outside the house (and outside her its reach) until the already heavily wounded Viola trapped in Ellen's body dies.]]
