Line #33 VideoGame/ClassOfHeroes


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3	InAWorld where children dream of growing up to become adventurers, their needs are catered to by a set of academies dedicated to providing guidance and teaching for the budding explorers. As a student of Particus Academy, you will learn the ups and downs of dungeon spelunking, with each quest solved and monster slain a step towards graduation.
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5	It is with this premise that developer Zerodiv (and publisher Accquire) introduces to us to ''Class of Heroes'' for the Platform/{{PSP}}. Initially created as a CreatorDrivenSuccessor to the Japan-only ''Xth'' subseries of the ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' franchise (To the point of using all of the same character races), the modest success of the first game resulted in three sequels, two (later three) ports and a spinoff.
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7	Entries:
8	* ''Class of Heroes (Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono.)'' - 2008 (Japan)/2009 (US), PSP \| 2018 (Japan), Platform/NintendoSwitch
9	* ''Class of Heroes 2 (Ken to Mahou to Gakuen. Mono 2)'' - 2009 (Japan)/2010 (US), PSP
10	** ''Class of Heroes 2G (Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 2G)'' - 2010, Platform/PlayStation3
11	* ''Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 3'' - 2010, PSP
12	* ''Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 3D'' - 2011, Platform/Nintendo3DS
13	** ''Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. Final ~Tenyuusei wa Ohime-sama!~'' - 2011, PSP
14	* ''Shin Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono.: Toki no Gakuen'' - 2012, PSP
15	* ''Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. Anniversary Edition'' - 2018, Switch
16	* ''Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono 2 Remaster'' - 2022, Switch, Platform/PlayStation4
17	* ''Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent (Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Kuesuto)'' -- 2022, Switch, Platform/PlayStation4, PC
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19	Creator/{{Atlus}} took a chance on localizing the first game, which ultimately flopped. However, it garnered a [[Main/CultClassic cult following]] among fans of the genre, causing minor localization outfit Gaijinworks to use Kickstarter to fund their efforts to localize the second game. The successful kickstarter saw a limited physical release of the PSP edition as well as digital releases of both the PSP and [=PS3=] editions. A kickstarter for the third game ended in failure, and with the collapse of [[Creator/WorkingDesigns GaijinWorks]] the finished-but-unreleased localizations of 3 and 3g were lost to time.
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21	The franchise appears to be undergoing a resurgence as of late; In 2018, a remake of the first title for the Nintendo Switch, titled "Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. Anniversary Edition" was released [[NoExportForYou in Japan]]. In 2022, a remake of Class of Heroes 2 was announced for Switch and Playstation 4, alongside a new Reverse TowerDefense Strategy RPG spinoff titled "Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent" (Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Kuesuto) which was announced for Switch, Playstation 4... and Steam, complete with a fully English storefront page and trailer.
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23	!!This series provides examples of:
24	* AcademyOfAdventure: Several of them across the series.
25	* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: The stores, oh so much. To give you an idea, the campus store ditches the "We buy your stuff at 50%". For most early game items you'll be lucky if you can get more than 10 coins.
26	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Averted. Want a Diablos (devil-folk) Paladin (required alignment: good)? You can make one.
27	* BreathWeapon: Diablos and Bahamun have this as a racial ability.
28	* CatGirl: The Felpurs. They can be both male or female though.
29	%%* CombinationAttack
30	* CuteMonsterGirl: Female monsters will invariably be this. Some of the playable/NPC races count, too.
31	* DarkIsNotEvil /LightIsNotGood: In the first two games, nothing will stop you from making a Good Diablos, nor an Evil Celestia.
32	%%* DungeonCrawling
33	* EscortMission: The main point and the entirety of ''Fractured Worlds''. You summon your heroes to protect Alex as he reaches the destination and help him fight bosses.
34	* FantasticRacism: A gameplay element in the first two games - if two races who are distrustful of one another end up in the same team (e.g. ElvesVersusDwarves), their stats will be negatively affected. Conversely, if the two races like each other, they get a bonus to their stats. Certain items and using Gambits can negate this eventually.
35	* FinalDeathMode: As in ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'', this game's spiritual ancestor, there are three stages of death: normal death, turned to ash, and "Lost". It costs thrice as much to bring a character back from ashes, but if that fails...well, let's hope you had [[SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear removed that character's equipment beforehand]]!
36	* FireForgedFriends: As you use up Gambits your students will grow closer to each other (possibly even overcoming FantasticRacism!) and will earn stat bonuses when on the same party.
37	* ItemCrafting: A major source of equipment in this game is item crafting. You can buy from the campus store, but weapon and armor prices tend to be exorbitant. It's cheaper, especially if you have your own alchemist, to create your equipment from the stuff the monsters drop or base components which you can buy.
38	* JackOfAllStats: Both humans and Felpurs, in different ways. Humans are the standard "neither great nor terrible in any stat", while the Felpier excel in Vitality and Agility, which are useful for all classes, at the expense of the extremely specialized Luck stat that mostly benefits thieves.
39	* JobSystem: While at first limited to CommonCharacterClasses such as Warrior, Mage, Thief and so on, ''3'' introduced a large number of esoteric anime trope-esque classes including [[Main/{{Otaku}} Maniac]], [[IdolSinger Idol]], [[TheMedic Doctor]], Little Brother/Sister, [[BattleButler Butler]]/[[Main/{{Meido}} Maid]] and so forth. In addition, ''2'' introduced Race-specific classes like [[TheGunslinger Gunner]] for Humans and FallenAngel for Celestia.
40	* KarmaMeter: A watered down version exists in the first two games. Characters can be set as Good, Neutral, or Evil on creation, but may slide in and out of those alignments depending on their party members.
41	* ModestyShorts: Across all of the games in the series, the outfits for female dwarves have all included black shorts under their skirts.
42	* MoneyForNothing: Largely averted. Money is hard to come by in the beginning, and various items tend to lean on the expensive side. Later, when you party is completely pimped out, you can trade money for experience by donating it at the infirmary.
43	* NintendoHard: Atlus refuses to localize games that can't reduce the player to a shivering, disheartened wreck. The tradition continues, but with a school-flavored Wizardry-style game where death can happen anytime, and your resurrections can fail.
44	* PaletteSwap: Many, ''many'' of the monsters. Crosses over with UndergroundMonkey
45	* PowerOfFriendship: If your team likes each other, they will get stat boosts.
46	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Bahamun. They are said to be arrogant, don't get along well with most races, and are best suited to melee majors.
47	* RelationshipValues: The longer a team works together, the more they will grow to trust one another. This becomes harder to do the higher the level of the characters in question, though.
48	* SaveScumming: And how. There are two popular tactics that utilize save scumming. The first is to save before a pair of crossed swords (which initiate a battle with a chest as a reward) or a treasure chest. After either beating the enemies or opening the chest, you can save, reload, and the swords/chest will be there again to farm. The second tactic involves saving before donating to the infirmary for EXP to insure a character you want to change the major of gets the stat increases they need to do so.
49	* ShoutOut: In the English version of ''Class of Heroes 2'', one of the random messages that shows up when you attack an enemy will sometimes be "(name) attacks the enemy like an [[VideoGame/VanguardBandits ATAC]] for (number) damage!"
50	* StandardFantasyRaces:
51	** OurHumansAreDifferent - Humans
52	** OurElvesAreDifferent - Elves
53	** OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame - Averted! Just like in ''Wizardry Xth'', CoH Dwarves are closer to being [[Main/BeastMan Beast Men]], with furry bodies and canine traits.
54	** OurGnomesAreWeirder: Gnomes/Erdgeists basically exist only on the astral plane, and need to possess a physical shell in order to interact with the material world. The result ends up resembling a [[Main/RidiculouslyHumanRobot Ridiculously Human]] [[RobotGirl robot person]].
55	** OurFairiesAreDifferent - Fairies in this series stand at two feet tall and resemble human children, effectively making them Main/{{Hobbits}} with wings.
56	** Main/{{Hobbits}} - Khulaz
57	** CatPeople - Felpurs
58	** OurDragonsAreDifferent - Bahamun are a [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Monster People]] version.
59	** OurDemonsAreDifferent - Diablos
60	** OurAngelsAreDifferent - Celestia
61	* SquishyWizard: Erdgeists tend to make very good wizards and summoners, but because they don't have corporeal bodies, their HP are among the lowest of the ten races.
62	* TowerDefense: ''Adventure Academia: Fractured Worlds'' is this, but reversed. You summon your heroes to escort Alex to his destination.
63	* VideoGameCaringPotential: You'll grow attached to the characters you create, it's hard to see one die and fail to revive.
64	* WritingAroundTrademarks: The Khulaz race is an Main/{{Expy}} of the Hobbit race from Wizardry Xth. As Zerodiv could not afford to pay the asking price for the Hobbit name from the Japanese licensors of Literature/TheLordOfTheRings, they instead renamed them "Khulaz" as a corruption of the Hobbit/Halfling race's equivalent from Japanese pen and paper RPG ''Sword World'', the ''Grass''runners.

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