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** Additionally, a handful of the team is at least into young adulthood if not older in real life, with Piros as an executive [[spoiler:in the C.C. Corp itself]], Rachel, Gardenia, and Nuke in their early college age, Moonstone implied to be in his adulthood, Sanjuro being post-university due to being an American ''eikaiwa'' (that is, an English teacher) living in Japan, and (most notably) Mistral being [[spoiler:a pregnant young mother as an important plot point to her character arc.]]
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** Additionally, a handful of the team is at least into young adulthood if not older in real life, with Piros as an executive [[spoiler:in the C.C. Corp itself]], Rachel, Gardenia, and Nuke in their early college age, Moonstone implied to be in his adulthood, Sanjuro being post-university due to being an American ''eikaiwa'' (that is, an English teacher) living who teaches Japanese in Japan, South Dakota, and (most notably) Mistral being [[spoiler:a pregnant young mother as an important plot point to her character arc.]]
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* BonusBoss: All four games have a bonus level (including a boss). All combined with LevelsTakeFlight, BonusDungeon and all are [[MarathonLevel Marathon Levels]].
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* OptionalBoss: All four games have a bonus level (including a boss). All combined with LevelsTakeFlight, BonusDungeon and all are [[MarathonLevel Marathon Levels]].
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* EquipmentBasedProgression: Unusual for an RPG, special abilities in the series are based entirely on what gear a character has equipped and not their level.
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** Sanjuro appears in both version of the ''Legend of the Twilight'' sequel arc, both mistaking Shugo's outfit as being Kite himself and being on personal terms with Balmung (manga)/ knowing Mistral through Mireille (anime).
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* OhCrap: Two of note in cut scenes: The first is [[spoiler:the finale of ''Mutation'', when Kite and [=BlackRose=] return to Carmina Gadelica to find that the infection from the Phases has spread]]. The second is [[spoiler:at the end of the main story when Corbenik uses [[KillEmAll Drain Heart]].]]
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* OhCrap: Two of note in cut scenes: The first is [[spoiler:the finale of ''Mutation'', when Kite and [=BlackRose=] return to Carmina Gadelica to find that the infection from the Phases has spread]]. The second is [[spoiler:at the end of the main story when Corbenik uses [[KillEmAll Drain Heart]].Heart.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Midway into ''Quarantine,'' an eagle eyed player going through their roster might notice that [[spoiler:Mistral's levels are rising steadily after being locked when she left the game, much like how Orca gets stuck at Level 50 after falling into a coma. The other active characters in your group get stronger even when not in the party, implying that they're playing, just not with you. Sure enough, she rejoins the group shortly thereafter, and was training for the final fights.]]
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* GuideDangIt: Getting the advanced versions of Data Drain (Drain Arc, 2128 Drain, Drain Heart) require you to Data Drain quite a ''lot'' and then taking your save over to the next game and Data Drain a few times to evolve it. Due to the game's nature of acting like an actual MMORPG, it makes sense that a few dungeons and items would be this.
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** Getting the advanced versions of Data Drain (Drain Arc, 2128 Drain, Drain Heart) require you to Data Drain quite a ''lot'' and then taking your save over to the next game and Data Drain a few times to evolve it. Due to the game's nature of acting like an actual MMORPG, it makes sense that a few dungeons and items would bethis.this.
** There were pools in some levels that could potentially upgrade weapons and armor... or it could ''downgrade'' them instead. How could you tell if the pool in question would improve or downgrade a given piece of equipment? Well, if you have memorized a chart where you would compare the apparent time of day from the sky, the precipitation, and the state of the field, you would know. [[spoiler: Or just do the general rule of thumb that precipitation meant improving armor and no precipitation meant improving weapons.]]
** Getting the advanced versions of Data Drain (Drain Arc, 2128 Drain, Drain Heart) require you to Data Drain quite a ''lot'' and then taking your save over to the next game and Data Drain a few times to evolve it. Due to the game's nature of acting like an actual MMORPG, it makes sense that a few dungeons and items would be
** There were pools in some levels that could potentially upgrade weapons and armor... or it could ''downgrade'' them instead. How could you tell if the pool in question would improve or downgrade a given piece of equipment? Well, if you have memorized a chart where you would compare the apparent time of day from the sky, the precipitation, and the state of the field, you would know. [[spoiler: Or just do the general rule of thumb that precipitation meant improving armor and no precipitation meant improving weapons.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: There are two independent [[BigBad Big Bads]]: Morganna and Cubia.
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''.hack//Infection'', ''.hack//Mutation'', ''.hack//Outbreak'', and ''.hack//Quarantine''. These four games are each "chapters" of one massive game on the Playstation 2, sometimes collectively referred to as ".hack//IMOQ". They take place immediately after ''Anime/DotHackSign'', and form the core of the R1 storyline of the ''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack]]'' saga. ''Anime/DotHackLiminality'' is an OVA series that takes place concurrent to the games' story.
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''.hack//Infection'', ''.hack//Mutation'', ''.hack//Outbreak'', and ''.hack//Quarantine''. These four games are each "chapters" of one massive game on the Playstation [=PlayStation=] 2, sometimes collectively referred to as ".hack//IMOQ". They take place immediately after ''Anime/DotHackSign'', and form the core of the R1 storyline of the ''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack]]'' saga. ''Anime/DotHackLiminality'' is an OVA series that takes place concurrent to the games' story.
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Defeating Skeith and rescuing Aura from it seemed like the big objective of ''Infection'', but [[spoiler:he data drains Aura in front of you and splits her into fragments, and the much, ''much'' deadlier Cubia has awakened while the threat of the other seven Phases linger.]] It was inevitable with three more parts to go, but ''damn''.
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** ''G.U.'' canonizes at least Nuke, Rachel, and Natsume as members of the party, since the former two make cameos, and the latter is one of Haseo's party members.
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** ''G.U.'' canonizes at least Nuke, Rachel, and Natsume as members of the party, since the former two make cameos, and the latter is referred to as such when she becomes one of Haseo's party members.
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** ''G.U.'' canonizes at least Nuke, Rachel, and Natsume as members of the party, since the former two make cameos, and the latter is one of Haseo's party members.
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* CuttingOffTheBranches: In the games, during a number of boss fights, you can take any party composition with you. That being said, the ''Another Birth'' novels, which retell the games from Blackrose's point of view, show off what're probably the canon compositions for various bosses.
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** In the games, during a number of boss fights, you can take any party composition with you. That being said, the ''Another Birth'' novels, which retell the games from Blackrose's point of view, show off what're probably the canon compositions for variousbosses.bosses.
** The climax of the FinalBoss [[spoiler:canonizes that Kite got all four versions of Data Drain, since he recognizes it as Drain Heart, the final one]].
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** The climax of the FinalBoss [[spoiler:canonizes that Kite got all four versions of Data Drain, since he recognizes it as Drain Heart, the final one]].
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** Additionally, a handful of the team is at least into young adulthood if not older in real life, with Piros as an executive [[spoiler:in the C.C. Corp itself]], Rachel, Gardenia, and Nuke in their early college age, Moonstone implied to be in his adulthood, and Sanjuro being post-university due to being an American ''eikaiwa'' (that is, an English teacher) living in Japan.
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* BroadStrokes: ''New Novel .hack'', which is a recent web novel adaptation of the games to flesh out the player behind Kite, takes a few liberties that were impossible in the actual games. Namely, [[spoiler:Balmung fights Skeith alongside Kite and [=BlackRose=], which is impossible in the actual games, as he doesn't join your party until later on]].
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* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:After Morganna goes down, a forum post refers to Kite's circle as the .hackers, and [[LegendaryInTheSequel they go down in legend as such]].]]
