History VideoGame / DeepLabyrinth

* DevelopersForesight: Late into both campaigns, there is an area with [[spoiler:two parallel passageways: a safe passageway that you can't pass through without using the Rainbow Key (which you would need to unlock a BonusBoss) and a dangerous passageway full of killer light traps that you can bypass by consuming Amadeus for temporary invincibility. If you go through the latter in the first chapter (but not the second chapter), then go backwards through the former and open the said door from the other side, that door will stay open for the rest of the game, meaning that you are no longer in danger of wasting the Rainbow Key, or locking yourself out when you use that key for the later door to the bonus boss]].

** The earlier door you can use Rainbow Key on in the second chapter is meant to unlock a safer, longer alternative route in 3F's Chamber of Spirits besides the shorter, deadly light trap-laden path where you can get the Mirror Shield. You need to use Amadeus (obtained from an optional boss) to pass through the light traps unharmed and effectively avoid using the Rainbow Key on the earlier door and save it for [[spoiler:a BonusBoss, plus the Falcon Armor, the Invisible Stone and [[DVDCommentary developer commentary]].]]

* ButThouMust: The fight with the White Dragon in the adult story: he says he will kill you if you don't help the girl in the crystal, which you were going to do anyway thanks to CharacterDevelopment.

* DevelopersForesight: Late into both campaigns, there is an area with [[spoiler:two parallel passageways: a safe passageway that you can't pass through without using the Rainbow Key (which you would need to unlock a BonusBoss) and a dangerous passageway full of killer light traps that you can bypass by consuming Amadeus for temporary invincibility. If you go through the latter, then go backwards through the former and open the said door from the other side, that door will stay open for the rest of the game, meaning that you are no longer in danger of wasting the Rainbow Key, or locking yourself out when you use that key for the later door to the bonus boss]].

* HeroicSacrifice / TakingTheBullet : In the first chapter, [[spoiler:after you defeat the Faceless Woman midway through the last dungeon, Eden, the Faceless Woman shoots a deadly bolt of magical energy aimed at Shawn that Ace leaps right in front of, killing him instead.]]

* DevelopersForesight: Late into both campaigns, there is an area with [[spoiler:two parallel passageways: a safe passageway that you can't pass through without using the Rainbow Key (which you would need to unlock a BonusBoss) and a dangerous passageway full of killer light traps that you can bypass by consuming Amadeus for temporary invincibility. If you go through the latter, then go backwards through the former and open the said door from the other side, that door will stay open for the rest of the game, meaning that you are no longer in danger of wasting the Rainbow Key, or [[Unwinnable locking yourself out]] when you use that key for the later door to the bonus boss]].

* BossOnlyLevel: Most bosses are fought in areas where they are the only enemy you can and must defeat.:

''Deep Labyrinth'' is a 3D HackAndSlash RPG originally released on the Japanese Vodafone in 2004, the Japanese FOMA phone in 2005, and the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/{{DS}} in Japan, North America and Europe in 2006. It features an elaborate game [[TheMaze maze]]. The is by story by MasatoKato and music is by Creator/YasunoriMitsuda, the same pair who worked together on ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' and ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''.

!!This game contains examples of:
%% * ABoyAndHisX: The child chapter, duh. It's even titled after that: Shawn and Ace. Administrivia/ZeroContextExample

* BossOnlyLevel: Most bosses are fought in areas where they are the only enemy you can and must defeat.

* DualWield: Ramia in the second chapter.

* GuideDangIt: There are a LOT of hidden areas in the labyrinth, including a whole AREA that the red (random) teleports in the adult story will rarely take you to. And some areas in plain sight have this, particularly the [[spoiler: Rainbow key doors (you're warned there's only one key, hope you saved it!]] Special mention goes to the Dragon Armor (best in the game) in the adult story, where you have to keep ''the first key you ever get''.

* HackAndSlash: The primary style of gameplay while navigating the labyrinth.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Child story only, you can have different swords. The absolute best ones fall under the aforementioned GuideDangIt... except for THE best, which is an ultra-rare drop from enemies that have one-shot kill spells and is initially ''seven and a half'' times as powerful as the second best is (no, seriously - Falcon Sword is 400% attack bonus, Redstone Sword is ''3000%'')

* [[spoiler: PassionIsEvil: The main motif of the Faceless Woman to get rid of memories. With no memories, humanity will lose emotions contained in said memories. And since she already "tweaked" Theta to eat any kind of memories, including what humans will create next, there will be no emotion, at all.]]

* SceneryPorn: Parts of it kinda grow on you after a while.

* [[spoiler: TomatoInTheMirror: In the adult story, the little girl in robe and the broken mask are actually soul fragments of the girl in the crystal. There's already a {{Foreshadowing}} about this. When you're in 3rd dungeon and the lamia shattered the crystal, they start weakening as well.]]
* TurnsRed: Ramia is a special case of this in the second chapter. And boy, does she get troublesome.
* [[spoiler: WasOnceAMan: In the adult story, ALL monsters are initially humans who [[DealWithTheDevil made a contract with the ruler of the labyrinth]] which later grants their wishes, and the price for that is that they have to stay in the labyrinth. Fueled with their grief and loneliness, the labyrinth will change humans trapped in it into monsters. Okay, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica this actually sounds kinda similar?]] By the way, the adult version was [[OlderThanTheyThink released for the first time on the cell phone in 2004.]] Oh, and the White Dragon? He's the girl in crystal's father, and you know this RIGHT BEFORE you fight him. You're lying if you say you don't feel [[TearJerker bad at all for killing a father who only tried to save his daughter]].]]
* WreckedWeapon: In the second chapter, you'll [[spoiler:break your sword defeating a boss on the second floor. Magic is your only option for the next few areas and the next boss fight]].

''Deep Labyrinth'' is a 3D HackAndSlash RPG originally released on the Japanese Vodafone in 2004, the Japanese FOMA phone in 2005, and the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/{{DS}} in Japan, North America and Europe in 2006. It features an elaborate game [[TheMaze maze]], and a...plot. While not the most impressive of video games, it did have the notability of having a story by MasatoKato and music by Creator/YasunoriMitsuda, who had also worked together on ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' and ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic The music alone may make the game worth playing]] -- see the Creator/YasunoriMitsuda page for links to music samples for this game.

* The original cell phone game is the "adult" storyline: A young man is trapped in a mysterious labyrinth with only a new-found sword to aid him, and is trying to find a way out. [[PlotDevelopment Plot]] and CharacterDevelopment ensue building upon the {{Backstory}} of his late girlfriend's untimely death. Yasunori Mitsuda composed the original music.
* A new "child" storyline game was written by Creator/MasatoKato with additional music by Yasunori Mitsuda. It is about a boy named Shawn who finds himself trapped in a [[TheWonderland Wonderland]], separated from his mother, father and his dog Ace. As with the original adult storyline, this storyline builds CharacterDevelopment of the characters involved, coming to suggest that [[DysfunctionalFamily his family was already beginning to crumble]] [[{{Backstory}} before the story began]].

* AlienSky / RedSkyTakeWarning: The second half of the child story last dungeon and the place where you fight the final boss in the adult story have red skies, hinting at their status as the TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.

* [[spoiler:TheBigBad: In the adult storyline, it turns out to be ''your own sword'', combining this trope with EvilAllAlong and ItWasWithYouAllAlong. The entire labyrinth itself is also revealed to be ''part'' of the sword, making them both the same EldritchAbomination[=/=]EldritchLocation, it appears as a sword because that's the thing you wanted the most at that moment, and then offers you [[YourHeartsDesire anything you want]] as long you stay in the labyrinth, and making this a particularly {{Troperiffic}} Big Bad.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As explained by [[spoiler: [[BigBad The Faceless Woman]]]] in the child story.

* OneWingedAngel: Two bosses of the child story do this. [[spoiler: First, it's Elephas, the pink elephant-headed man, whose actual form really is a pink elephant, and Theta, the last boss. After you defeat his first form he's nothing but a ball of light.]]

** [[spoiler: Also, the BigBad of the second part, after you defeat it, blatantly said it exists because of humanity's desires and will continue to exist as long humanity still have desire.]]

* ThePlace

* TheMaze: As you can tell by the title, it contains mazelike levels.