History VideoGame / WildARMs1

* EvilIsDumb: HarmlessVillain [[spoiler: Zed]]'s dramatic improvement in effectiveness when he becomes a secret recruitable party member in ''Alter Code F''.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: The Sacred Shrine has a dark, spoilery example: [[spoiler:because a portion of the monsters fought there are recently-mutated humans, they occasionally waste their turn by trying to use a Remedy on themselves]].
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Averted to varying degrees. For example, Jack's special ability is the Fast Draw, based on his ability to create magical effects from drawing his sword quickly. He's all about speed. In gameplay terms, he is pretty much the fastest character, friend or foe; he almost always goes first. There is pretty much only one enemy that's faster: Lady Harken. This is, in fact, a plot point: She also uses the Fast Draw, and is [[spoiler: Elmina, one of the Fenril Knights who sacrificed herself for Jack.]]

* GiantSpaceFleaFromnowhere: So Rudy is [[spoiler: in a coma, following his recent TomatoInTheMirror and subsequent revival. Cecilia enters his mind to find out what is blocking his awakening. She watches his memories and helps him overcome self-loathing, when suddenly, a goddamn GothicLolita (or CatGirl in the original) succubus who has been masquerading as Rudy's father in his mind shows up and fights Cecilia. Afterwards, Rudy wakes up, and the succubus (whose name is Elizabeth) is never mentioned again.]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In the original, Belselk/Berserk was pathetically easy. In the remake? [[ThatOneBoss Not]] [[HopelessBossFight so]] [[WakeupCallBoss much]]. Also happens in-story with the vast difference between Zed's story battles and the optional boss fight against him.

* GuideDangIt: The Awaken spell in the original game. It does what you think it ought to do: wake people up. However, what the game does ''not'' tell you, is that it also '''prevents''' sleep if you cast it ahead of time. It sure makes boss battles like Chaos and [[ThatOneBoss Lolithia]] much, ''much'' easier as you can have Cecilia cast it at the very beginning of the battle, and it will automatically wake everybody up (though it needs to be cast again afterwards).

* HeroicMime: Rudy
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Boomerang and Asgard.]]
* HiddenElfVillage: The Elws' pocket dimension.
* HopelessBossFight: The first fight against Berserk in the remake.

%%* OneBadMother

%%* {{Plaguemaster}}: Alhazad.

* SadisticChoice: The main plot is started by one.

%%* OneWingedAngel:
%%** [[spoiler:Zed.]]
%%** [[spoiler:Boomerang.]]
%%** [[spoiler:Alhazad.]]
%%** [[spoiler:Zeikfried.]]

%%* SealedEvilInACan: Mother.

%%* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Rudy.]]

%%* ButThouMust: ''Alter Code F'', after Rudy defeats the Rotting Beast.

* '''Jack Van Burace''' is a TreasureHunter who is seeking "absolute power." A clue in a ruin leads him to Lolithia's coffin and into Adelhyde on the fated day. He is seeking revenge on the demons, which leads him to act recklessly at times. His real identity is [[spoiler:Garret Stampede, the sole surviving Fenril Knight of the demon attack on Arctica in the prologue movie.]] He has a strong distrust of nobles due to a tragic event in his past, which leads him to initially dislike...

* BackFromTheDead: In the remake, [[spoiler:Berserk is resurrected for one last rematch during the finale.]]

* ItemCaddy: Jane, to a degree.

* ShoutOut: One of Rudy's ARM weapons is a [[Series/StarTrek Phaser gun]].

* FiveBadBand:
** BigBad (Mother)
** TheDragon (Siegfried/Zeikfried)
** EvilGenius (Alhazad)
** TheBrute (Belselk/Berserk)
** DarkChick (Lady Harken)
** TokenGoodTeammate: (Zed)
** SixthRanger: (Boomerang and Luceid)

* {{Leitmotif}}: Each Quarter Knight has their own unique theme in the remake, and they are ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome]]''.

* BigEater: Cecilia. How she keeps that figure is anyone's guess. It's even {{Lampshaded}} at several points. Apparently, being a mage just uses that much energy! In the remake, she claims that she's one of the ''lighter'' eaters at the Abbey.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The original game. "Ray Line" indeed. The remake, while it fixes some of the worst typos, somehow manages to come up with its own that are just as bad -- "How do we get thru this barrier?" indeed. In both, Jack's surname is supposed to be ''Vambrace'', which is why he calls himself "the armguard". "Van Burace" makes the metaphor meaningless. (This one was made ''worse'' in the remake, when they made his previous title Knight of the ''Gauntlet'').

* ShesGotLegs: Emma, of all people. Hard to believe she's 39.