History VideoGame / AzureDreams

* ContinuingIsPainful: Less so than other RogueLikes, but dying means you lose everything you had on you at the time of death. If you've been spending multiple sessions upgrading a [[InfinityPlusOneSword Gold Sword]] (or any sword, really)...

''Azure Dreams'' is a {{roguelike}} [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] released by {{Creator/Konami}} for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} in 1997 in Japan, and everywhere else in 1998. The UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor version was released in 1999 in Japan and everywhere else in 2000, and it lacks the elements of town- and [[RelationshipValues relationship-]]building.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Koh for Vivian. Inverted with all the girls for Koh.

%%* BeautifulAllAlong: [[spoiler: Mia.]]

* TheCasino: [[spoiler: Funny enough, the church pastor can suggest this.]] Notable in that it's usually easier to get coins than lose them, making this is a bit of a GameBreaker.
* CerebusSyndrome: This happens when you reach a certain floor in the tower and find out that [[spoiler: your father's partner Beldo killed him when he tried to take the Ultimate Egg and is waiting for you on the top floor.]] After this point, when you wake up in the mornings, [[spoiler: only Nico will be there and starts to cry when you head off for the monster tower.]] This lasts until you beat the game.

* DeadpanSnarker: Fur in both versions towards Koh. [[spoiler: She uses this in the Playstation version to tease Koh. It eventually backfires on her when Koh sees Ghosh flirting with her, only for her to deny Ghosh's advances. She admits to treating Koh better, and will admit she likes him, but tries to switch it back to making it seem she only does because she feels sorry for him, even to go as far as mentioning his dead father. Koh gets upset at this and leaves, leaving Fur saddened by what's happened.]]

* FissionMailed: [[spoiler: The final boss.]]

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** Depending on what you say to Cherrl about [[spoiler: where her healing herb came from, she has two different outcomes. If you choose not to tell her that it was you that got it, Cherrl will choose to become a nurse. If you tell her that you got the herb, she will be healed, but continue to stay at home, making dolls of you that she sells. Picking the latter means you don't see her in her swimsuit, as she just chooses to stay home.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Cherrl. Out of all the girls, she is perhaps the most innocent of all, not knowing anything about the outside world and only desiring the basic ability to walk without being fatigued. She is also very young and pretty for her appearance, being the same age as Nico but looking almost Mia's age. [[spoiler: She'll even become a nurse with the correct choices, wanting to help others like herself.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Selfi, at some times before her CharacterDevelopment. Ghosh, in the GBC version [[spoiler: It's revealed that his and Selfi's dad was also killed by Beldo, whom he and Koh team up to defeat. After that, he becomes a FriendlyRival]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Koh and Weedy's late father Guy.]]

** Also the dark green Pulunpas on the higher floors, because of their ability [[spoiler: to steal monster collars and send your monsters back into your bag.]]
* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[spoiler: Beldo, the final boss.]]

* MooksButNoBosses: In the [=PS1=] version, you'll face 38 floors teeming with monsters on your journey up the tower, but not a single unique encounter. The sorcerer Beldo waits at the top, but [[spoiler: it's [[ZeroEffortBoss impossible to actually lose to him]].]]

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Beldo's whole dialogue when Kewne betrays him and Koh starts attacking him with with his father's sword.]]

** [[spoiler: If you don't forgive Kewne for momentarily betraying you in the end, he'll fly away sad. By doing this, you never see Kewne again, and will never find another.]]

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Koh and Weedy's late father Guy.]]
* ThePowerOfBlood: Combines types AB and O. [[spoiler: Beldo needs Koh's blood to break the seal left on the Ultimate Egg by Guy. In their confrontation at the top of the tower, Beldo strikes Koh with his father's sword, releasing a shower of blood all over the floor, the first and only time any blood appears in the game, and an indication of how serious things have just gotten.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: Mia, [[spoiler: at first.]]

* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler: Koh at the end when he's defeating Beldo, who just tried to kill him AND told him that it was he who killed Guy.]]

** [[CameraScrew Sometimes you miss]] and Koh apparently has a pretty good throwing arm and your monsters have a pretty bad case of [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny ADD]], leaving Koh to fight the monster alone and your monster to wander about the level randomly until you meet up with it again or go up a floor.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Besides your seven girlfriends, the rest of the town (Ghosh excepted) will eventually treat you with respect and even fanaticism at times. This is best exemplified by the guy who sells shirts with your face on them near the city gates.

* BareYourMidriff: Nico and Selfi's shirts stop just below their chests, while Nico, Fur, and Patty all wear two-piece swimsuits at the pool.

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%%* FiveManBand:
%%** TheHero: Koh
%%** TheLancer: Selfi
%%** TheSmartGirl Fur
%%** TheBigGirl: Nico
%%** TheChick: Patti
%%** TeamPet: Kewne

* ShesGotLegs: Most of the girls, but Vivian the dancer obviously excels in this category.

* WeaponOfChoice:

* ShopKeeper: Fur, the most notable example of the game. Seems that it is her family's, but they seem to be absent from the game itself.

* IllGirl: Cherrl ([=PS1=] version only).

* AbsoluteCleavage: Nico.
* ActionGirl: Nico.

* AnimeHair: Koh and his father Guy.

* BadassAdorable: Kewne and certain other monsters.
* BadassBookworm: Mia and Weedy.

* BeautifulAllAlong: [[spoiler: Mia.]]

* ChickMagnet: Koh, so very much.

* CityOfAdventure: Monsbaiya.

* CuteBookworm: Mia.
* CuteBruiser: Nico.

* GottaCatchEmAll

* HospitalHottie: Cherrl.
* HotLibrarian: Mia.

* NiceGuy: Koh.

* PunnyName: Fur Gots.
* RandomlyGeneratedLevels

* RichBitch: Ghosh and Selfi.
* TheRival: Ghosh to Koh.
* RivalTurnedEvil: [[spoiler:Beldo to Guy.]]
* RobeAndWizardHat: Selfi wears this.

* ToBeAMaster
* {{Tomboy}}: Nico.

* SimpleStaff: Carrying a wooden stick isn't very useful for bashing stuff with on its own (unless it's a highly tempered trained wand), but they increase the effectiveness of your [[CombinationAttack mix magic]].

* IHaveTheHighGround: This grants you an advantage, taking less and dealing more damage as long as you're a space above your enemy. They can take advantage of this as well.

* NiceHat: Selfi has one of these.

* GlassesGirl: Mia.

* VendorTrash:
** Cursed weapons? They usually come with negative modifiers and you can't unequip them, but they're worth keeping because the shops will inexplicably buy them for MUCH more than an uncursed weapon is worth.
** Also the eggs of some of the weaker monsters.

* {{Meganekko}}: Mia ([=PS1=] version only).

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Selfi, Wreath, Weedy, and [[spoiler:Beldo]] all have blue hair, Nico has turquoise hair, Mia has teal hair, Patty and Vivian have pink hair, and Guy and Koh have bright red hair.

* FamousLastWords
--> [[spoiler:'''Guy:''' The Fire. The Water. The Wind. And the power of all nature! Born between the fine line of humans and monsters, let this egg be sealed for the sake of my blood. Abra Cadabra!]]

* DummiedOut: Several items were coded into the [=PS1=] game, but assigned a 0% chance of dropping on any given floor, although it is still possible for them to be spit out by a Barong. Some, like the Shomuro herb, which was made to cure a status effect that was never implemented, are effectively useless. Technically there are ways for monsters to cause this sort of status effect on you, but unless you actually go out of your way to make such a situation possible, it will never be a problem.

* GoOutWithASmile: Guy.