History Videogame / SaGaFrontier2

''SaGaFrontier2'' contains examples of:

* HighlyVisibleNinja: The Scorpion Assassin's Guild actually ''relies'' on this; to quote Johan, "people will look for things they can't see", when the aforementioned assassins use Anima to an effect not unlike a [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Somebody Else's Problem Field]].

* BadassFamily: The Knight family definitly deserves a mention.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: General Nebelstern.

* CapitalCity: Hahn Nova is the capital of Gustave's empire. During the second half of the game, it becomes a MacGuffin for the various noble factions to fight over. [[spoiler: After Count David of Jade liberates it from the fake Gustave, it instead becomes a TruceZone for the next fifty years.]]

* TheArcher: People who favor the bow instead of others weapons are quite rare, as Wil said upon meeting Labelle (even if, technically, anyone can wield a bow). Thus, the only true archers of the game (in the sense that the bow is their WeaponOfChoice over anything else) are Labelle (who even comes with the Sniper role, which enhances her damages when using a bow) and Raymond. Ironically, two spellcasters are closer to the mentality shared by people following this trope's steps: Narcisse and Roberto, who both are calm and collected individuals, on top of being experienced fighters, and who are pretty good when it comes to wield a bow.

* YouShallNotPass: The hardest battle in the game is surviving for eight turns against steel troops with an army full of RedShirts. (In Wil's scenario, you find out that Gustave eventually shows up to [[BigDamnHeroes reinforce your side]], but you never get to use him as a unit.)

* KilledOffForReal: With the game taking place over 3 generations, some characters are fated to expire from old age, or illness, such as [[spoiler:Narsisse and Kelvin]]. But not all of them will survive that long: [[spoiler:Aunt Nina, potentially Cordelia, the other Wil, Johan and Gustave all bite the dust in rather dramatic circomstances]].

* MasterSwordsman: Gustave is the most famous one, but anyone specializing in Sword-based Weapon Arts can also fit the bill. Diana is potentially the strongest swordswoman user of the game, but she never takes part in any major fights.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: Gustave's sword. Gustaf inherits Gustave's sword and Firebrand, an ''another'' InfinityMinusOneSword (though this sword is less powerful than Gustave's sword, so Firebrand is in fact utterly useless to Gustaf, except for providing Fire Anima and balancing the negative effects of having a steel weapon equiped, since Firebrand remains a very powerful Quell, the only weapon actually to provide a bonus of +2 to SP Regen, which cancels the -2 SP Regen Malus of Gustave's sword). Actually, with his two weapons slots occupied, Gustaf can't equip the InfinityPlusOneSword of the game, or any other weapons for that matter, which prevents him, an already powerful character in his own right, to achieve a GameBreaker statut.

* AllThereInTheManual: The Ultimania and Perfect Works books fill in a great deal of information about the world of Sandail, but they also spend quite a bit of time on the relationships between the characters, answering many questions left ambiguous in the game [[spoiler:such as the relationship between Kelvin, Marie, Philippe III, and Gustaf]]
* ArrangedMarriage: Marie, to Cantal. Doesn't work out, and [[AllThereInTheManual she divorces him after her father dies]].
* AnyoneCanDie: Verges on KillEmAll for the first generation, though that may not count since many of them die of old age. Even in the later generations, though, main characters can be killed off with almost no warning.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Egg, which is equal parts this, SealedEvilInACan, and EldritchAbomination.
** The Megaliths are this for the weak-minded, but they're more "dangerous" than evil, and those with strong enough Anima (such as [[spoiler: Wil Knights]]) can control their power.

** Gustaf is pretty much guaranteed to be this, as the wielder of both Firebrand (the ultimate Fire Quell) and Gustave's Sword (the most powerful steel weapon). He also can use all 6 types or anima with ease (something only one other character could achieve: Rich Knights).

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Gustave XIII.]]

* AllThereInTheManual - The Ultimania and Perfect Works books fill in a great deal of information about the world of Sandail, but they also spend quite a bit of time on the relationships between the characters, answering many questions left ambiguous in the game [[spoiler:such as the relationship between Kelvin, Marie, Philippe III, and Gustaf]]

* AnyoneCanDie - Verges on KillEmAll for the first generation, though that may not count since many of them die of old age. Even in the later generations, though, main characters can be killed off with almost no warning.
* ArtifactOfDoom - The Egg, which is equal parts this, SealedEvilInACan, and EldritchAbomination.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer - Gustave is constantly insulted and underestimated due to his inability to use Anima.
* AncestralWeapon - Firebrand and [[spoiler: Gustave's sword. Gustaf is the heir to both.]]
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent - In both Gustave and Will's scenarios, you often end up playing a completely different party.
* BadassFamily - The Knight family definitly deserves a mention.
* BadassNormal - Toyed with, as EveryoneIsASuper, but magic is actually less effective than steel both in game terms and in-story. Gustave and [[spoiler: the Egg]] are the only ones to realize this, and their steel soldiers completely [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]] any army that gets in their way.
* BadassGrandpa - [[spoiler:Will Knights is playable again once he reachs his 80th. Sure, he will lose a tons of [=HP=], but will keep his levels of mastery in weapons and anima, thus allowing him to not be completly overshadowed by the others party members, depending of how much you trained him of course.]]
* BagOfSharing - An NPC in Wil's hometown will allow you to switch inventories between teams, even ones who's never met and are separated by decades. You can also shared learned abilities across teams (and this is how you pick up one that would otherwise be LostForever).
* BagOfSpilling - Variant: Wil Knights [[spoiler: will lose half of his stats due to being an old geezer, though you can grind his stats back up]].

* ChangingOfTheGuard - The game lasts for three generations. [[spoiler: The only one from the original generation who's left to fight against the Egg is Wil Knights himself, and he's not the main character when it happens.]]
* ClingyMacGuffin - The Egg always seems to come back and mess with people every so often. [[spoiler: Hopefully, this time it's gone for good, as Gustaf used Gustave's steel sword to destroy it]].
* CombinationAttack - If you get it right, this you can get all the members of the part, AND THE ENEMIES, joining in.
* ContemplateOurNavels - Occurs a fair amount in Gustave's storyline.
* CursedWithAwesome - Gustave's inability to use Anima. [[BadassNormal It just encourages him to become the greatest fighter of his time.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight - Some of the sub-scenarios, especially on Gustave's side, focus on the supporting cast.
* DeadGuyJunior - Given that Gustave was born of nobility, he's the thirteenth of his line, and a few other characters share his name.

* DieForOurShip - Oddly, an OfficialCouple can fall victim to a form of this ''[[InUniverse in-game]]'': [[spoiler: if Wil sends Cordelia to complete the 'Inflitrate! Alexei Gang' scenario, she winds up KilledOffForReal, and Wil ends up with Labelle instead.]] [[invoked]]

* DuelBoss - You can potentially turn almost any regular battle into a one-on-one match where you input up to four commands, and some of the boss battles are fought like this.
* EvilPowerVacuum - [[spoiler:Gustave's death]] creates a rare ''Good'' Power Vacuum. [[spoiler:Kelvin's death]] just exacerbates it further.
* FinalDeath - Happens when a character runs out of Life Points (though said points will recover if you manage to win the battle).
* FlamingSword - This is the whole point of the Firebrand Ceremony: channeling one's Anima through it to make the blade flare up proves that you're a worthy ruler. This is [[SeriousBusiness taken very seriously]].
* GambitPileup - Pretty much the entire game after [[spoiler: Gustave's death]].
* GameBreaker - Gustave's steel items have insane levels of both physical and magical defense (with the downside of never being able to cast magic when you're equipped with it, but you hardly need to) and can do more damage than anything else; having steel troops in a battle pretty much guarantees victory. (It's also an InUniverse game breaker, as Gustave's use of steel gives him dominance over the other kingdoms.)
* GameplayAndStorySegregation - Johan tells Gustave that "even in my weakened condition, I can still fight far better than you!" and Gustave agrees to leave the fight in his hands. Wait, what? Is he talking to [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking the same Gustave?]] The most formidable user of Weapon Arts in the entire world? The king [[spoiler: who goes monster-hunting in the middle of a pirate-ridden ViceCity]] because he's ''bored''?

* GenderEqualsBreed - Cordelia (called Cody by Wil) is Wil's initial love interest and the mother of Wil's son, Rich. Depending on the player's choice, though, [[spoiler: Cordelia can die]], leaving Wil to marry Labelle instead. However, despite obviously not being Cordelia, Labelle still gives birth to the exact same son. This is probably done to avoid complicated story and game mechanics.
* GovernmentConspiracy - The ties between the two stories are tenuous, and most of the lords don't have a clue what's really going on behind the scenes. Their senior advisers, however, do; they're the ones providing most of the support for the Knights heroes in the later part of the game.
* GrayAndGreyMorality - The wars between the aristocrats are fought for perfectly good political reasons.
** TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil - [[spoiler: The Egg is an EldritchAbomination ArtifactOfDoom. When it gets involved in the wars, the other nobles form a worldwide alliance to defeat the Fake Gustave's army.]]
* GuideDangIt - Good luck finding the best items / unlocking the best abilities without a walkthrough.
* HighlyVisibleNinja - The Scorpion Assassin's Guild actually ''relies'' on this; to quote Johan, "people will look for things they can't see", when the aforementioned assassins use Anima to an effect not unlike a [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Somebody Else's Problem Field]].
* HeroicSacrifice - Rich [[spoiler: he throws himself into a chasm in a Megalith clutching the Egg so that it can't harm others; of course the Egg comes back anyway]].
* HopelessBossFight - [[spoiler: Johan's last stand]]; ditto the "Tycoon Wil" scenario in which your only recourse is to survive long enough to run away each time until you can trigger a cutscene.

* ImprobableHairstyle - [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gustaf.gif Gustaf]]

* InHarmsWay - Gustave easily gets bored with ruling after [[spoiler: conquering half the world]], which is why he keeps going out adventuring and kicking ass.
* ItsAllMyFault - Wil laments this [[spoiler: if he assigned Cordelia to the solo mission in 'Inflitrate! Alexei Gang', which inadvertently leads to her death]].
* LamarckWasRight - Ginny inherited her grandfather's mastery of the wand and of the tree, water, rock and flame anima and her father's mastery of the sword. And she must thanks her mother for her impressiving Weapon Points regeneration of 4 (by the way, [[GameBreaker her mother had a regeneration of 5]]).

* MasterSwordsman - Gustave is the most famous one, but anyone specializing in Sword-based Weapon Arts can also fit the bill. The greatest swordfighter in the game ([[spoiler: Diana]]), however, never takes part in any major fights.
* MagicAIsMagicA - Anima cannot be channeled through metal, so most weapons are made of materials that can channel it, such as wood or rock. Since he can't use Anima anyway, Gustave forges a metal blade for himself, and it becomes his [[WeaponOfChoice trademark]].
* MagicKnight - Most fighters are trained in using both Spell Arts and Weapon Arts, to a greater or lesser extent. The biggest exceptions are steel warriors, who go all-in on Weapon Arts (and completely overmatch magic users).
** Gustaf is pretty much guaranteed to be this, as the wielder of both Firebrand (the ultimate Fire Quell) and Gustave's Sword (the most powerful steel weapon).
* MagikarpPower - Diana. She starts out with no skills or abilities to speak of, but has a Weapon Point regeneration of 5. If you grind with her (which ''is'' [[AwesomeButImpractical somewhat pointless, as she's only in your party for one adventure]]), she has the the theoretical potential to become the ultimate steel warrior.

* MasashiHamauzu - This is one of his most notable composition works. The soundtrack is also known for most of its track names being in GratuitousGerman, Hamauzu himself having been born and raised in West Germany.
* MugglesDoItBetter - Steel beats magic.
* NeverFoundTheBody - [[spoiler: Gustave]].

* NoExportForYou - Sort of: you can earn items (and a mini-game) if you have the (Japan-only) Pockestation peripheral; however, if you do manage to get your hands on one, you can use it with the NTSC version of the game with no problem.
* OneSteveLimit - Averted, there are multiple Gustaves and Philippes.
** Don't forget the two Williams!
* OurSoulsAreDifferent - Anima is viewed as a manifestation of the user's soul; thus, those who cannot visibly summon said energy are seen as hopelessly crippled spiritually, to the point where the very ''existence'' of their soul is questioned by the ignorant.
* ResignationsNotAccepted - The entire assassin's group Johan belongs to is engraved with a magical tattoo that would slowly poison them to death should they attempt to forsake the organization. [[spoiler: Johan has one last stand attempting to [[YouShallNotPass keep monsters at bay]] while said poison is chipping away at his life points each turn]].
* RetiredBadass - Most of the surviving previous-generation heroes in the second and third generation.
* RiteOfPassage - The Flame Ceremony. Gustave being unable to complete it kicks off his plot.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge - When Philippe II [[spoiler: is assassinated during his Firebrand ceremony]], his father grabs the Firebrand in an attempt to use it on his son's murderers, and [[spoiler: is transformed into a giant red dragon]].
* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear - Mostly averted, as you can trade inventory between parties, even ones that are not active for the present scenario; you can even equip abilities that other parties have learned.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS - Narsus/Narcisse, Tylor/Tyler, Labelle/Lavelle, Meteor/Methya, Vantarber/Ventarbre, Flin/Flyn/Flynn. Gustaf in Ginny's era is an odd example since [[spoiler:he's really Gustave XV - Marie and Kelvin's grandson, thus Gustave XIII's great-nephew.]]
* StuckItems

* SupportingLeader - Gustave to Wil, though he's the hero of his own story as well. [[spoiler: David, Count of Jade, to Ginny.]]
* TakingYouWithMe - Rich again. Johan also tries to take as many monsters with him as possible as he [[spoiler: is slowly dying from poison]].
* TangledFamilyTree - You need [[AllThereInTheManual the artbooks]] to get the full picture of the Finney and Jade royal houses. [[spoiler: Philippe of Jade is not Leslie's son, either by Kelvin or Gustave. He's actually the son of Kelvin and Marie, making him the heir to Finney as Gustave's ''nephew''.]] Cantal of Otto also qualifies, having over eighty children by various wives and mistresses.
* TechTree - The more awesome skills (and magic) are learned from other skills or a combination of abilities during one-on-one combat. You can also occasionally spark / learn new skills during regular combat, but you have to be pretty lucky.

* UnSorcerer - Gustave.

* WeakButSkilled - Gustave, [[PlayingWithATrope sort of.]] He can't use Anima, so instead he masters the use of steel weapons. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that, really, a Steel Soldier is usually far stronger than an Anima user, particularly when using Weapon Arts.
* WeaponOfChoice - Gustave's {{BFS}}.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity - Stage one of prolonged contact with the Egg. Stage two is usually transformation into a mindless monster.

* YouShallNotPass - The hardest battle in the game is surviving for eight turns against steel troops with an army full of RedShirts. (In Wil's scenario, you find out that Gustave eventually shows up to [[BigDamnHeroes reinforce your side]], but you never get to use him as a unit.)

* BadassGrandpa - [[spoiler:Will Knights is playable again once he reachs his 80th. Sure, he will lose a tons of HPs, but will keep his levels of mastery in weapons and anima, thus allowing him to not be completly overshadowed by the others party members, depending of how much you trained him of course.]]

* BagOfSpilling - Variant: Wil Knight [[spoiler: will lose half of his stats due to being an old geezer, though you can grind his stats back up]].

* AncestralWeapon - Firebrand and [[spoiler: Gustave's sword. Gustaf [[DualWielding is the heir to both.]]]]

* ImprobableHairstyle - [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gustaf.gif Gustaf]] takes it to BeyondTheImpossible levels.

* TheWisePrince: Count David of Jade, the greatest peacemaker in the history of Sandail.

** A Morally Ambiguous Power Vacuum: When Otto of Cantal dies, his realm is divided among over eighty children. It just collapses without leading to civil war, however.

* FlamingSword - This is the whole point of the Firebrand Ceremony: channeling one's Anima through it to make the blade flare up somehow proves that you're a worthy ruler. This is [[SeriousBusiness taken very seriously]].

** To clarify: [[spoiler:Gustave XIV was his younger half-brother and died without children. Gustaf is the son of Philippe III, who was, at least supposedly, the son of Kelvin.]]
*** Not supposedly. AllThereInTheManual (The Perfect Works Art Book and the Ultimania) states that [[spoiler:Philippe III is the son of Kelvin and ''Marie'', after she divorced Cantal]]

* GenderEqualsBreed - Cordelia (called Cody by Wil) is Wil's initial love interest and the mother of Wil's son, Rich. Depending on the player's choice, though, Cordelia can die, leaving Wil to marry Labelle instead. However, despite obviously not being Cordelia, Labelle still gives birth to the exact same son. This is probably done to avoid complicated story and game mechanics.

* ItsAllMyFault - Wil laments this [[spoiler: if he assigned Cordelia to the solo mission in 'Inflitrate! Alexei Game', which inadvertently leads to her death]].

* TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste: It may have been deliberately ambiguous to lead into the following plot point. [[spoiler: Philippe of Jade, son of Kelvin and Leslie, is implied to be ''his'' child instead.]]
*** Made even more ambiguous in that Kelvin and [[spoiler:Marie are his actual parents, but the game never explicitly tells you that those two got together after she divorced Cantal.]]