History YMMV / EVOSearchForEden

** The [[KillerRabbit Bunny form]].

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: Bolbox]], potentially, depending on your opinion on whether [[spoiler: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation he was a single cell or an animal before his mutations.]]]] If you think he is the latter, [[spoiler: then his mutation into the giant amoeba we love to hate must have been [[BodyHorror very horrific]].]]
** Also, Cro-Maine. After he tells you his story (namely, how he was bullied by the Monkey-Humans), he suddenly changes from a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7461.png calm demeanor]] to being [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6054.png extremely pissed off]]. [[http://www.talking-time.net/showthread.php?t=10511&page=10 This forum]] even mentions that he has emotional issues. If so... just ''how'' severely the Monkey-Humans abused him if he is so violent and moody?

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: The gameplay of ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinkaron'' was basic even at the time of release in 1990, being a turn-based RPG of one-on-one battles with LevelGrinding frequently a necessity for progression. However, the story is more interesting than its successor ''E.V.O.: Search for Eden'', being about a unique fusion of evolutionary science and spirituality along with the increased focus on interplanetary civilizations.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: The gameplay of ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinkaron'' was basic even at the time of release in 1990, being a turn-based RPG of one-on-one battles with LevelGrinding frequently a necessity for progression. However, the story is more interesting than its successor ''E.V.O.: Search for Eden'', being a unique fusion of evolutionary science and spirituality along with the increased focus on interstellar civilizations.

* MisaimedFandom: Some players of the PC-98 version think that the best ending is the one where the player chooses Endurance after evolving into a human, which leads to [[spoiler:the human race developing space travel and spreading across the universe]], and consider this superior to the canonical good end from choosing Wisdom, which they denigrate as choosing mystical mumbo-jumbo over actual science. They forget that the Endurance ending has the player wonder [[LivingIsMoreThanSurviving whether they made the right decision]], and regret that it's too late to change course, having repeated the same mistakes as the Lunarians. It's implied that [[spoiler:Lucifer is coming back to destroy the Earth in revenge, and then kill all the offworld colonies as well]], which you can't stop because you don't have enough Wisdom.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The SNES game itself is HEAVILY based on a much older game by Enix called ''46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron'' (''"4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution"''), released only in Japan in 1990 on a very obscure home computer called the PC-9801.
* SequelDisplacement: The game is far better-known than its Japan-only predecessor, ''4.6 Billion Year Story: The Theory of Evolution'', thanks to being released in English.

* BrokenRecord: As a general rule, any music in the SNES game that is a remix from the PC98's soundtrack will be good or awesome, but most original songs created for the SNES game will be this. Worst of all is the "Dinosaur's Land" theme, a TEN-SECOND riff that is repeated over...and over...and over. And has FOUR different variations. And tends to show up in the most [[LevelGrinding grind-heavy]] sections of the game. You will want to mute the game and put on a different soundtrack for these parts if you value your sanity.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: MightMakesRight. [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Genocide is the right thing to do if it clears the way for your own species.]] [[TheSocialDarwinist Evolution's a bitch.]]
** Also, it doesn't matter if you [[spoiler: passed the trial first, [[BeautyEqualsGoodness if you look like an amoeba]], ''[[UnfortunateImplications pass the way for less ugly creatures!]]'']]

* GameBreaker: Boss fights become much easier once the player discovers that undergoing an evolutionary change also has the beneficial side-effect of also healing all your health. Just stock up on EVO points prior to the battle, and when you're getting your ass kicked, just go to your evolution menu and make one small change (like adding a horn), and you'll be back in business.

** Mt. Brave is partly this trope and BrutalBonusLevel (it's optional). Birds pick you up and force you to start over. And the reward you get... is becoming a new class of evolutions, forcing you to start over. [[spoiler: Unless you figure out how the Cloud Maze and River of Asteroids work, which give you the REAL reward: The Dragon and Gargoyle forms, along with a ton of Evo Points.]]

* MostWonderfulSound: [[spoiler:Bolbox]] makes a very disturbing sound when hit, but when you beat him, he keeps doing it, and it sounds much better as he dissolves to nothing.

* DevelopersForesight: Defeating the King Bee causes the giant bees to stop spawning in the two areas where they appeared.

CompleteMonster

* CompleteMonster: [[[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], the BigBad of the UsefulNotes/PC98 game, is far more evil than the villains of the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} successor. Having [[OmnicidalManiac tricked numerous civilizations in the solar system into destroying themselves]], most recently on the moon, Lucifer now intends to do the same on Earth. She starts at the beginning of life by [[HatePlague driving numerous fish insane and destroying the peaceful nature of a small fish village]]. Later, her attempts to KillEmAll become more direct, culminating in singlehandedly causing the extinction of the dinosaurs before [[EvilGloating gloating]] to [[BigGood Gaia]], the embodiment of the Earth, that she killed everyone. In the last main chapter, after learning that there's still life around, she provokes a war between two colonies of Lunarian survivors by making one of them, Atlantis, obsessed with destroying everything, starting with the rival colony of Mu. This results in the destruction of both colonies. After her defeat and the establishment of human civilization, she gathers power for one last attempt to kill everyone in modern times, resulting in the destruction of the Moon and, consequently, the death of Gaia's sister, before Lucifer is finally killed for good.

* CompleteMonster: [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] is the BigBad of the UsefulNotes/PC98 and is far more evil than the villains of the UsefulNotes/SNES successor. Having [[OmnicidalManiac tricked numerous civilizations in the solar system into destroying themselves]], most recently on the moon, Lucifer now intends to do the same on Earth. She starts at the beginning of life by [[HatePlague driving numerous fish insane and destroying the peaceful nature of a small fish village]]. Later, her attempts to KillEmAll become more direct, culminating in singlehandedly causing the extinction of the dinosaurs before [[EvilGloating gloating]] to [[BigGood Gaia]], the embodiment of the Earth, that she killed everyone. In the last main chapter, after learning that there's still life around, she provokes a war between two colonies of Lunarian survivors by making one of them, Atlantis, obsessed with destroying everything, starting with the rival colony of Mu. This results in the destruction of both colonies. After her defeat and the establishment of human civilization, she gathers power for one last attempt to kill everyone in modern times, resulting in the destruction of the Moon and, consequently, the death of Gaia's sister, before Lucifer is finally killed for good.

* MostWonderfulSound: See Hell Is That Noise above.

* HellIsThatNoise: [[spoiler:When you beat Bolbox, a very, very odd noise is repeated over and over. Considering how hard the fight was, this is a rare occasion where the noise is also the Most Wonderful Sound.]]
** [[spoiler: It is, in fact, Bolbox's moaning. Yes, he is the only boss in the game who moans when he gets hurt. Doubles as {{Nightmare Fuel}}.]]

* FreudWasRight: Website/YouTube commenters have had a field day with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA2Ou-dsglM the final boss.]]

** Mt. Brave is partly this trope and BrutalBonusLevel (it's optional). Birds pick you up and force you to start over. And the reward you get... is becoming a new class of evolutions, forcing you to start over. [[spoiler: Unless you figure out how the Cloud Maze and River of Asteroids work, which give you the REAL reward: The Dragon and Gargoyle forms, along with a ton of Evo Points.]]