History YMMV / WildARMsXF

* GameBreaker: Casting Slow Down on an enemy and then attacking with characters equipped with the Decelerate skill practically guarantees that this enemy will never act; equip "Accelerate" on your own characters to make it certain. This is the best way to deal with bosses. All these abilities are included in the four classes you have from the beginning of the game.
** And that's not the only one. Having a slow character use the Strider class' "Trail" on a fast character to give them twice as much range; "Turn Shift" chains; "[[GrapplingHookGun Anchor Hook]]"ing enemies into BottomlessPits; "Intrude" chains; Felius' "Status Absorb" + High Cavalier's "Status Transfer"... It's a TurnBasedStrategy RPG, finding {{Game Breaker}}s is part of why you ''play'' it.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:King Hrathnir]]'s HeroicSacrifice becomes even more heartbreaking on a second playthrough when the player realizes that he figured out the truth and really is saying good-bye to [[spoiler:his real daughter as he asks her to kill him!]]

** The ending, in which [[spoiler: Felius [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] by destroying the Lombardia with himself on board to save Filgaea and Elw Borea. The game ends with Clarissa crying in Alexia's arms.]]
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Weisheit. His voice actor sounds like a woman, and the little chest flair on his portrait ''might'' be a rather UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}}-esque set of boobies... But all the other characters call him a guy.
** Rupert isn't sure if Weisheit is male or female at first, either, so it's not just the audience.
*** The truth is complex: [[spoiler:Weisheit is actually "Kressen," a man who can inject his consciousness into other people via [[AppliedPhlebotinum ARMs]]. Weisheit - the body - is a woman, and as such is acted by a female seiyuu, but because her ''consciousness'' is a man, everyone calls her "he".]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The game has one of the best soundtracks in the ''Franchise/WildArms'' series. The battle themes are particularly cool.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The game has one of the best soundtracks in the ''WildArms'' series. The battle themes are particularly cool.

* BittersweetEnding: The throne is regained and the world saved, but [[spoiler: King Hrathnir and Princess Katrina die before the credits. Felius's fate is unknown, but it seems likely he's either dead or won't be able to return to Clarissa and the others until much later, as traveling through subspace allows time-travel, but it can't be controlled precisely when. If Felius shows up like Clarissa is waiting for him to, they'll be the same age. Which removes one {{squick}} to a possible relationship).]]
** Expanded upon in the one shot manga where [[spoiler: the story leads up to the end of the game, whereafter there is a TimeSkip. The gang gets back together after several years after having disbanded some time after the last battle. Clarissa is investigating strange readings that have her VERY excited. She and co. go to ground zero of the readings, and there be Felius. It is also implied that Katrina became one with the Filgaea version of the lifestream, or even become a Guardian.]]
*** Chapters of the Epilogue Manga can be found on the Internet. Google is your friend here.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Weisheit. His voice actor sounds like a woman, and the little chest flair on his portrait ''might'' be a rather {{Pettanko}}-esque set of boobies... But all the other characters call him a guy.

* TearJerker: [[King Hrathnir]]'s HeroicSacrifice becomes even more heartbreaking on a second playthrough when the player realizes that he figured out the truth and really is saying good-bye to [[spoiler:his real daughter as he asks her to kill him!]]

* {{Narm}}: "A savage warhorse rages within me!"
** "I am the shield that [[AccidentalInnuendo breaks the wind]]!"

** "I am the shield that [[UnfortunateImplications breaks the wind]]!"

* Narm: "A savage warhorse rages within me!"