Line #52 VideoGame/CrescentPaleMist


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3	''Crescent Pale Mist'' is a TwoAndAHalfD HackAndSlash / PlatformGame hybrid by the doujin circle [=ClassiC=] Shikoukairu that's noted for its fierce hack-and-slash gameplay, beautiful 2.5D visuals, and for being [[NintendoHard really hard]].
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5	Its story takes place in the country of Gasyukal, a country of where people seek knowledge of magic, but were foolish enough to stumble upon [[BlackMagic a forbidden form of magic]] considered widely taboo. The country's first use of this form of magic was used by ancient sages that ended up destroying an old and distant country, resulting in knowledge of its existence and destructive powers. Later a war broke out, the country of Gasyukal was at a disadvantage, and they were running out of ideas to hold off the enemy forces. Out of desperation, this is where the second time the forbidden magic was used to even the odds... [[AttackBackfire until they couldn't control it and it backfires on them]]. This resulted in the country of Gasyukal to be pulled from a rift into an AnotherDimension, thus turning the countryside into a forbidden no-man's land known as the "[[MagicalLand Taboo State]]". Those that try to investigate the Taboo State later ended up dead, without poisoning or trauma, as well as the doctors who examined the corpses and met with the same fate.
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7	Yunou, our heroine of this story, is a magician who is capable of using a deadly and forbidden form of magic known as Pale Mist -- the very same Pale Mist that's seeping from Gasyukal -- believes there's something more that's causing these deaths. She sets out to seek the source of the Pale Mist and put an end to it, although it's a quest that's easier said than done considering the many dangerous monsters and her former comrades she will confront along the way.
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9	Unlike most doujin action-platformers, the player is not limited to a single 2D plane as Yunou can jump from one plane to another and traverse to other areas (although there are times where you can't go back at all). Yunou can take down foes with her [[RazorWind blade]] for close-ranged attacks, cast powerful Pale Mist magic like [[MagicMissileStorm Rowanveld]], and a [[BottomlessMagazines bottomless supply]] of throwing daggers for good measure. Along the way, Yunou can find items and artifacts scattered throughout Gasyukal to enhance her abilities, provide hints towards her treasure-hunting, and unlock extra difficulties and other features. To make it through the Taboo State, Yunou will have to utilize every trick she's got under her detached sleeves.
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11	The game was first released on PC in Japan on March 30th, 2006, it was then later localized by Rockin' Android as a downloadable Platform/PlayStation3 game via [=PlayStation=] Network on November 9th, 2010 with updated graphics, [[ArtShift redrawn character art]], [[MetaMultiplayer online leaderboards]], [[AchievementSystem Trophies]], and [[AntiFrustrationFeature a few gameplay tweaks]]. On January 2015, the game has been [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210208180053/http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=371599675 greenlit]] for a Steam release with added features such as Achievements and trading cards, however, it seems unlikely this will come to pass as the game has been stuck in Steam Greenlight limbo for years since. The game was also [[https://delistedgames.com/crescent-pale-mist/ delisted]] from [=PlayStation=] Network five years after its release along with other games published by Rockin' Android.
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13	The doujin circle's website can be viewed [[http://classic-shikoukairo.jpn.org/ here]] (Japanese) and Rockin' Android's English for the game can be viewed [[https://web.archive.org/web/20161101085922/http://crescentpalemist.com/ here]].
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15	!!Crescent Pale Mist features examples of:
16	* TwoAndAHalfD: Yunou can jump between different parallels à la ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes'' to explore different areas. The developer stated in Neocrisis' interview the reason for making ''Crescent Pale Mist'' a 2.5D game oppose a 2D one felt that a straight 2D game would have restricted the heroine's mobility.
17	* ActionGirl: For a magician, Yunou can certainly use her magic to kick some serious ass.
18	* AerithAndBob: The main characters have names like Yunou and Vizet while a few of the enemies have plain-sounding names. One set of names that particularly stands out is the the Evil Garnet armor trio in Chapter 2, which they are named Ben, Jon, and Mike.
19	* AfterCombatRecovery: After defeating Elshiria, Yunou gets full HP before fighting [[spoiler:Narju]] in Chapter 6.
20	* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: Narju's boss battle in Chapter 2 [[spoiler:and Chapter 6]].
21	* AndYourRewardIsEdible: Some of items and artifacts are food.
22	* AnimatedArmor: Living Armors and their variants, walking suits of armors animated by the Pale Mist that attack with a lunging attack and sometimes magic. Some of them don't even have heads.
23	* AntiFrustrationFeature: In the [=PlayStation 3=] version, there are warp points in certain areas of a level to save you time if you make a wrong move while clearing a gap or jumping off walls, however the opportunity to use them are timed and comes with a penalty against your stage time.
24	* AnIcePerson: Narju uses ice-elemental magic.
25	* TheArchMage: Kurow, as he's hellbent on unlock the secrets The Forbidden, even it means sacrificing the country's inhabitants to do so.
26	* ArtShift: The character art was originally given a traditional hand-drawn artstyle in the original PC version. Keiko Sakurai redrawn all the characters with an anime/manga artstyle in Rockin' Android's English version.
27	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: At least three of the game's boss will make Yunou look like a dwarf by comparison.
28	* AutoRevive: The Elixir when equipped will revive the player if they have been defeated, but ItOnlyWorksOnce per playthrough.
29	* AwesomeButImpractical: The Handmade Rosary, it upgrades Yunou's Rowanveld to the powerful Rowanbanish. The probelm is that it uses up 70 CP, making it difficult to use early on in the game and it sacrifices Rowanveld's rapid-fire capability, making it impossible to take advantage of any shortcuts.
30	* AxCrazy: Narju. She harbors great jealousy and hatred against Yunou and her ability to control Pale Mist, and she would go through great lengths to personally see Yunou killed. [[spoiler:She even sacrificed Elshiria and leaves Yunou to deal with Sage Gasyukal in an attempt to kill her.]] Her notions of being a hateful [[TheSociopath sociopath]] was expressed even further in Rockin' Android's version of the game thanks to the new character portraits. [[http://i.imgur.com/ZGQkD.png She]] even sports a SlasherSmile in Rockin' Android's version of the game.
31	--> '''Narju:''' "Being dead tends to limit your travel options!"\
32	'''Yunou:''' "[[PreAsskickingOneLiner I'll tear that twisted smile from your face]]!"
33	* BackgroundBoss: [[spoiler:Sage Gasyukal, the game's BigBad and FinalBoss. Sage Gasyukal is too powerful for you to start unleashing Rowanveld hell, so you have to destroying the magic orbs surrounding it, its [[GiantHandsOfDoom hands]], horns, the PhilosophersStone (optional, but makes the battle easier), and the PowerCrystal on its head before attacking Gasyukal itself.]]
34	* BeamSpam: Elshiria's specializes on this, [[EnergyWeapon especially]] [[TurnsRed during the late stages of her battle]], although it is not limited to her.
35	* BedsheetGhost: Some of the ghost enemies resembles this.
36	* BewareMyStingerTail: Teranoias can swing its tail at you and it has a sharp bone at the end of it. Said tail blade can be hacked off for the [[GlassCannon Obsidian Tail Blade]], although the tail blade is tough and immune to your Rowanveld attacks.
37	* BlobMonster: Slimes and their variants.
38	* BoringButPractical: Farming Pale Mist wisps to gain stat bonuses from non-boss enemies that you haven't already defeated in the area (and hopefully don't put too much of a fight) by using blade attacks, which may increase the odds of survival on the later stages of the game, especially on higher difficulties.
39	* BossBonanza: At the end of Chapter 6, players face off in back-to-back boss battles between [[ClimaxBoss Elshira]][[spoiler:, [[PreFinalBoss Narju]], and finally [[FinalBoss Sage Gasyukal]]]].
40	* BossInMookClothing: Oh lordy, does this game manages to hide away insanely-powerful enemies waiting to destroy you when you least expect it or what?
41	* BossRush: An unlockable "Boss-Only" mode can be played after finding the Mysterious Button artifact, which lets you go through the entire game just by fighting the bosses alone. In the PC version, after getting the artifact, press the Pause button at the title screen to access Boss-Only mode; the [=PlayStation=] Network version changed this to an unlockable option in the main menu.
42	* BottomlessMagazines: Yunou can throw an endless supply of daggers at her enemies, however, using a Teleport Dagger consumes 1 PM for each one tossed.
43	* BulletHell: Many bosses and some enemies are capable of unleashing a hailstorms of bullets and projectiles at Yunou that can fill the screen, even moreso on harder difficulties. Thankfully the skills of a master ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' player are not required here and many attacks can be canceled out by your own attacks.
44	* ChasingYourTail: Aside from Teranoias and Dagneiv [[spoiler:and also Sage Gasyukal]], boss battles are generally a chase against your opponent.
45	* CheckpointStarvation:
46	** The only checkpoints in each Chapter of the game are the ones ''before'' a boss battle. Dying at any point before reaching the boss results in starting the entire level over.
47	** Chapter 6: [[spoiler:dying at any point during the later two bosses past Elshiria means starting back at Elshiria's boss battle.]]
48	* CognizantLimbs: Three of the bosses have limbs or body parts that can be destroyed, often resulting in the bosses losing one of its attacks and sometimes may drop an item.
49	* CombatTentacles: Dagneiv, Chapter 3's boss. Thankfully Yunou can sheer them at a safe distance with her daggers.
50	* {{Combos}}: Striking enemies multiple times in succession will build a combo which counts towards your stage's score bonus.
51	* ContinuingIsPainful: Die at any point of a Chapter and you will be denied of any enemy drops you haven't collected for that Chapter as well your high-score.
52	* CrystalSkull: One can be found as a useless item in the game.
53	* CuteWitch: Vizet, especially in Rockin' Android's localization.
54	* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Narju uses Elshira to enter a dimensional rift linked to where Gasyukal Sages resides in order to gain more power for herself, however, El ended up vanishing into entirely different dimension, so she instead offers Yunou as a bargaining chip to Sage Gaskyukal to enter the Sage's dimension.]]
55	* DemBones: Teranoias, the game's other WarmUpBoss. Wights and later variants are skeletal mages that fire a barrage of magic or a pillar of mist.
56	* DoubleUnlock: The gemstone items, which not only have to be found hidden among most of the game's stages, but their effects can't be activated unless you find the Philosopher's Stone.
57	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:In the post-credits cutscene, despite Yunou efforts in stopping those using Pale Mist in the Taboo State to prevent it from seeping into the rest of the world, she couldn't convince her former comrades from pursuing the dangers of its powers and feels guilty that her desertion lead to another war that took many innocent lives. Narju also gets away with using those who died in the war that lead to Elshiria creating the Pale Mist Orb and taking it for herself and using El to gain entry into the dimension where the Gasyukal Sages dwell and successfully earned the Sage's favor to enter their world in her mad pursuit for power.]]
58	* EasyModeMockery: If the player plays the game Easy, enemies will not drop any obtainable items at all, Treasures will never appear, and certain areas and shortcuts will be restricted in some Chapters of the game.
59	* EldritchAbomination: Dagneiv (Chapter 3's boss). Other enemies such as the Devil Eyes qualify as well.
60	* EvolvingTitleScreen: When you first start the game with a fresh save file, the title screen is is blue. Once you slay more and more enemies as you play through the game however, it steadily turns red.
61	* FakeLongevity:
62	** Most of the game's stages past Chapter 1 are labyrinthine and expansive, and without knowing or using the shortcuts, they can sometimes take up an ''hour'' to get through.
63	** Collecting a lot of useless junk like a potato, [[SoulJar evil spirits in a jar]], and cool-sounding stuff that turns out meaningless like the Abyss Garb, just for the sake of item hunting.
64	** Also in the original PC version, you have kill 8,000 or more enemies just to unlock the penultimate difficulty.
65	* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Elshiria gets banished to another dimension devoid of life, thanks to Narju.]]
66	* FinalBossNewDimension: Subverted. [[spoiler:In Chapter 6, Narju, being the AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield attendant that she is, takes you to another dimension just before game's final boss.]]
67	* FlashStep: Yonou can use the Pale Mist in conjunction with her daggers to instantly warp to where ever the dagger hits.
68	* FlechetteStorm: Yunou can throw daggers for ranged attacks, throw them in a [[SpreadShot fan-like spread]], or use them [[FlashStep to warp to an enemy or certain objects]].
69	* FragileSpeedster: Yunou, who has low base HP and fairly weak physical attacks, but she has the ability double jump, jump from wall-to-wall, and use her enemies to reach places after launching them in the air. Items, however, can also make her into a GlassCannon or even a LightningBruiser.
70	* GameplayGrading: Your overall score at the end of each Chapter is broken up into three categories: Clear bonus, bonus points for the Chapter and how quickly you beaten it; Technical, based on your remaining PM and highest combo count; and Penalty, deduction (or bonus) depend on difficulty and how many times you continued.
71	* GetBackHereBoss: The humanoid bosses will generally try to avoid Yunou and keep their distance from her as much as possible unless they attack.
72	* GoForTheEye: Dagneiv, a tentacled monstrosity that has huge eye as its weakpoint.
73	* GoombaSpringboard: Yunou can jump off some non-boss enemies after launching them in the air or knocking them back to access higher areas or dash even further.
74	* GuideDangIt: For starters, there's no map system, which immediately makes things frustrating once the player is lost during Chapters 3 and 4 considering they're most maze-like levels of the game. Thankfully the developer posted videos on his Website/YouTube for shortcuts for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPjJmNeIlQU Chapter 3]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yUP4xL7CzA Chapter 4]] to make what really seems like a long level into a short one.
75	** There's also the matter of getting OneHundredPercentCompletion for finding all the items and artifacts scattered in the game. It's a good thing the fan translator who once made the English patch for the original PC version still have a chart for finding them, which can be seen [[http://tlmoogle.wordpress.com/completed-projects/crescent-pale-mist/items/ here]]. Although take note that there are mistranslated names for some of the items.
76	** A guide for Rockin' Android's [=PlayStation=] 3 version for finding all the items in the game as well as getting the PSN Trophies for the game, which can also be useful the PC version, can be viewed [[http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/crescent-pale-mist/guide/ here]].
77	* HardModePerks: On Hard mode or higher, Yunou can equip items found throughout the game (how much you can use depends on the difficulty), but enemies are even stronger. You also get a higher score bonus on the harder difficulties.
78	* HeroesPreferSwords: Yunou conjures magical blades for her basic attacks and her default Rowenveld has her conjuring [[{{BFG}} even bigger magic swords]] that she shoots at her enemies and convert Pale Mist wisps into a barrage of magical swords, while the other characters generally use magic or a lance in Soray's case.
79	* HomingProjectile: Some enemies and most bosses are capable of firing homing projectiles.
80	* INeverToldYouMyName: Subverted at the beginning, as Vizet introduces her name to Yunou before fighting her. [[spoiler:After Yunou returns to the entryway after having dealt with Sage Gasyukal, Vizet properly introduces her full name to Yunou as Vizet Lapitel.]]
81	* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: You start out with the standard {{difficulty levels}} when you first start playing the game (Pumpkin Knight, Magic Knight, and Sacred Knight respectively as the Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulties), and upon meeting certain criteria, you can unlock the two HarderThanHard difficulties, Terror Knight (Fear) and Knight of Nightmare ([[NintendoHard Planeriel]]).[[labelnote:Tip]]The final difficulty is unlocked by finding the Terror Medallion from the Black Star Knights in Chapter 4, cleared the game on Hard and have a total 8,000 or more enemies slain.[[/labelnote]]
82	* InSeriesNickname: Elshiria L. Gasyukal (Chapter 6's boss) is sometimes referred to as "El".
83	* InstantRunes: Vizet, Soray, Narju, Kurow, and Elshiria have magic runes appearing behind them as they attack.
84	* InterfaceScrew: Can be invoked (and encouraged) during boss battles; by pressing the Zoom button, players can either zoom the screen out to get a better view of their surroundings and their opponent, or zoom in to intentionally [[ScreenCrunch limit screen visibility]] but get an attack power boost as a trade-off.
85	* ItsUpToYou: Yunou is the ''only'' one with complete and total control of the Pale Mist magic, and really the only one that stands a chance in the Taboo State.
86	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Narju, who goes out of way to kill Yunou out of jealousy of her abilities to use Pale Mist, takes advantage of Elshiria who created the Pale Mist Orb after using those who died in the war and steal it for herself to amplify her own magical powers, and then uses Elshiria as a bargaining chip to enter the dimension of the Gasyukal Sages, then strikes a deal with Sage Gasyukal of offering Yunou and her natural capabilities of using Pale Mist magic to him as an entry fee into the Sage's dimension after El ended up lost in between dimensions, which he then obliges and allowed Narju entry into their world, escaping from any punishment for her actions and free to continue her lust for power.]]
87	* KingMook: Almost every non-boss enemy type has one [[GoldenSuperMode super-powered golden mook]] worthy of being a BossInMookClothing.
88	* {{Knockback}}: Both the player and most enemies are knocked back when taking damage, but using Endurance can mitigate how far they can be pushed back. There are certain enemies and gigantic bosses won't flinch at all dealing damage to them.
89	* LauncherMove: Yunou's Rising Slash move (Down-Forward+Attack) will propel some enemies upwards, allowing you to bounce off of them with a jump.
90	* LifeMeter: The HP gauge, in both counter and gauge display.
91	* MagicMissileStorm: Yunou's Rowanveld PM is essentially this. When Pale Mist are around her, pressing Special (or Down, Down+Special) will unleash [[StormOfBlades a storm of magical swords]] against her foes.
92	* MagicalGirlWarrior: Yunou, and she also doubles as a BadassBookworm being a former researcher of Gasyukal Research Alliance.
93	* TheMagocracy: The Gasyukal Research Alliance, whom have been studying various forms of magic until Pale Mist and the potential it has piqued their fancy, leading to Yunou's defection from the nation.
94	* ManaMeter: The CP (Capacity) gauge, although there are two different values that comes into play: Max CP and CP Limit. The Max CP, the blue portion of the CP gauge used for non-PM spells, is your overall maximum CP; CP Limit, the red portion, is the area of the gauge you should try to avoid building up CP from your attacks (or some enemy attacks that forces your CP to raise), otherwise you'll trigger a Magic Leak Burst that cuts your HP by half.
95	* TheMaze: Chapters 2 through 4, although the Chapters 3 and 4 proves to be a worse case of this.
96	* MrExposition: Kurow, who fills Yunou in on why the country has been taking advantage of the Pale Mist seepage situation.
97	* MultipleEndings: A different post-game monologue can be read for each difficulty after beating the final boss.
98	* NamedWeapons: Soray's lance is named Brutius. There's also two of Yunou's equipable items, {{Excalibur}} and [[{{Valkyries}} Brunhild]].
99	* NintendoHard: Let's start with the fact that there's a chance of running into the BossInMookClothing when going blind during your first run of the game. Next add getting sent back to the ''very beginning'' of a Chapter once you die if you don't make it to the checkpoint prior to fighting the end boss of the Chapter. Add some boss battles that can be outright brutal and you have this game's difficulty.
100	* NoSell: Some of the stronger enemies can either be immune to certain damage types (e.g. blade, dagger, Rowanveld) that may also bounce off of them, or simply not flinch when attacking them. Using Endurance will also makes the user resist attacks to a degree and reduce knockback.
101	* NothingIsScarier: In the Planeriel ending, [[spoiler:players are greeted to seeing Elshira after she was banished to an empty void thanks to Narju using her to fulfil her deal with Sage Gasyukal]].
102	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Teranoias, Vizet's skeletal dragon familiar.
103	* OutOfCharacterMoment: The game's Tutorial Mode have Yunou and Vizet teaching the players how to play the game while being completely OutOfCharacter from the game's main story.
104	** [[MediaNotes/BitmapsSpritesAndTextures Pixelated Sprites]]: In the original Japanese PC version, players are instructed by pixelated versions of Yunou and Vizet during the game's tutorial.
105	** SuperDeformed: Keiko Sakurai made [[FunSize chibi-fied versions]] of Yunou and Vizet for the game's tutorial in the [=PlayStation=] 3 version.
106	* PaletteSwap: Although some of the enemies Yunou encounters also have some minute appearance changes too.
107	* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: There are some areas in almost every Chapter of the game where you can beat up weaker enemies for Pale Mist wisps.
108	* PetalPower: Just look at the pretty {{cherry blossoms}} as Elshiria tries to annihilate Yunou.
109	* PowerCrystal: Yunou can find a Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine, Garnet, Amethyst, Opal, and Diamond as equipable items, although the Philosopher's Stone is needed to unlock their abilities.
110	* PowerFloats: Usually during a boss battle (excluding the boss battle with Kurow), Yunou and a few other humanoid characters do this. In Yunou's case, she can only fly while in an "Area Magic Saturation" location.
111	* PowerGlows: When Yunou uses special moves that builds up her CP gauge like Rowanveld, Yunou will begin to glow in a blue aura once it hits close to her CP Limit, then changes to red when her CP is dangerously close to her CP Limit. While her Yunou's aura is blue, her attack doubles at the expense of 25% of her defense; when red, her attack triples but cuts her defense by 50%.
112	** She also glows green while guarding with Endurance and glows yellow while recovering from an attack with [[MercyInvincibility Emergency Evasion]].
113	* PowerUp: And ColourCodedForYourConvenience, too. Red power-ups boosts Attack, green boosts Defense, [[HeartContainer blue raises her Maximum HP]], and white contains a treasure. Yunou can only retain her HP bonuses after each Chapter; Attack and Defense bonuses resets after clearing the Chapter.
114	* RPGElements: Collecting the Pale Mist wisps expelled from striking an enemy with Yunou's "blade" attacks instead of using them to attack them can steadily level-up her stats. Killing certain enemies can also lead to stat bonuses for Yunou. There are also items and artifacts in the game that enhance and/or penalize Yunou's abilities. Sadly you can only use them Hard mode or higher.
115	* RandomDrops: When it comes to enemy drops, there's always a chance that you ''may'' or ''may not'' receive a prized item from defeating an enemy. That Thief's Dagger may come in handy...
116	* RespawningEnemies: In some areas of each Chapter of the game, there are sections of the map where slain enemies will respawn after leaving and returning to that area. Pale Mist wisps from respawned enemies won't boost your maximum HP but other stat areas can still grow.
117	* ScoringPoints: Part of the game since you earn points for your performance in each Chapter. Although it wasn't too practical until Rockin' Android added online leaderboards to the game.
118	* SequenceBreaking: It's encouraged to anybody looking to aim for high scores on each Chapter. See GuideDangIt above for shortcuts for Chapters 3 and 4.
119	* ShootEmUp: Boss battles in the game plays similarly to a shoot 'em up since they can unleash a barrage of bullets, and like a BulletHell shooter, each boss have multiple phases and attack patterns that become increasing more difficult to defend against. Yunou can also shift her movement speed by holding down the Jump button to speed up or the Endurance button slow down.
120	* SmartBomb: There's an item called Ancient Dragon's Whistle that lets you perform a Capacity Burst by entering Down, Up (or vice-versa) + Special that can clear the screen of most projectiles and damage some enemies, which comes in very handy for certain boss battles. It costs 100 points of your CP Limit to use it but it refills to its original amount steadily.
121	* SmashMook: The Gargoyles and some of the Pumpkin and Onion enemies will dive bomb into Yunou.
122	* SoundTest: A "Music Room" option can be unlocked if you beat the game after obtaining the Music Room Key artifact. [[spoiler:It's beneath the entrance leading into the FinalBoss [[BossCorridor Corridor]] in Chapter 6.]]
123	* SpiceUpTheSubtitles: In the fan translation of the PC version, Yunou sometimes says "damn" in frustrating situations and called Vizet a bitch when dealing with her familiar.
124	* SpreadShot: Yunou's Midnight Ripper technique lets her spam daggers in a fan-like spread.
125	* SpritePolygonMix: The characters and enemies are done in 2D sprites while the game's levels and particle effects are rendered in 3D.
126	* SwordLines: With Yunou's blade attack. By default it's white, but equipping the Obsidian Tail Blade changes it to black.
127	* TrickBoss: At the end of Chapter 2, Yunou runs into Soray who reluctantly fights her and promptly gets beaten by her. Narju, fed up with Soray's reluctance towards killing Yunou, decides to sweep her away into another dimension so she can try and kill Yunou herself.
128	* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Yunou's Rowanveld attack, which she conjures large and powerful magical swords that she throws at her enemies. It arguably deals more damage to enemies than Rowanveld PM (even moreso with Inhuman Blade equipped) and it breaks enemies' guard. It can be powered-up to Rowanbanish, although while it's powerful, it sacrifices its rapid-fire capabilities and eats up more of your CP.
129	* TurnsRed: When most bosses are reach closer to defeat, they begin pulling off more powerful and deadly attacks against the player.
130	* UpdatedRerelease: The [=PlayStation=] Network version revamped the graphics with redrawn character art, colorized plane jumping points to ease exploration, added warp points to make some of the game's platforming less frustrating to beginners, and online leaderboards.
131	* UpgradeArtifact: Some can enhance Yunou's equipable items. For example, the Hermit's Honey can raise Royal Jelly's stat bonuses from +1,000 Max HP / +250 Max PM / +25 Max CP to +10,000 Max HP / +1,000 Max PM / +100 Max CP. Others can modify Yunou's abilities, such extending Fear's duration, no defense penalties during blue/red aura, or the raise the damage output of Rowanveld.
132	* WakeUpCallBoss: Kurow in Chapter 4. Unlike other bosses, his arena is not a Magical Saturation Area, meaning you're forced to fight him with limited vertical mobility while he's free to fly away and spam deadly spells that can wreck Younu's HP or forcibly build her CP to potentially trigger a Magic Leak Burst or weaken her defense.
133	* WallJump: One of Yunou's key abilities as you'll need to jump off walls to reach higher places.
134	* WarmUpBoss: Vizet and her familiar. Vizet's attacks have easy to read patterns and some of them can be canceled out with a well-timed strike or Fear, while Teranoias has some easily telegraphed attacks with huge startup and a very obvious weakspot to focus the player's attention to when attacking it.
135	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Happens to Elshiria when Narju offered her to Sage Gasyukal.]]

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