History VideoGame / RogueGalaxy

An ActionRPG for the UsefulNotes/Playstation2 developed by Creator/Level5, released in 2005 in Japan and 2007 elsewhere, ''Rogue Galaxy'' can basically be summarized as a combination of ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' and ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]].

* BonusBoss: Altaria, the Ghost Ship, and Ghost Ship Extreme each have unique bosses. Each planet also has Quarries, powerful monsters that must be hunted down in a certain part of the planet and then defeated.

* BareYourMidriff: Lilika is more {{stripperific}} than midriffic, but Kisala's default clothing is. [[MrFanservice Jaster too]], in one of his armors.

** And he sounds a lot like [[StarWars C3PO]] in the English dub....

** The Monography shot can actually be used to deal a PercentDamageAttack to mooks by [[GoombaStomp jumping on the platform over their heads.]] This is a good way of dealing with the [[BossInMooksClothing otherwise difficult]] [[ChestMonster Mimics]] if you don't have a [[LimitBreak Burning Strike]] ready [[NotCompletelyUseless but is completely impractical in every other situation.]]

* CameraLockOn

* CelShading

* CityPlanet: Zerard.

* ContractualBossImmunity: Not only StandardStatusEffects, but bosses are also ''impervious to your {{Limit Break}}s'', too.

* CosmicKeystone: Literally.

* SpaceSailing

* StandardStatusEffects: But at least they're fairly effective on enemies too. The [[ChestMonster Mimics]] would be all but impossible to defeat without 'em.

* {{Troperiffic}}

* TurnsRed / SuperMode: The boss of Chapter 5, the Jupis Robot DX, is more powerful than its standard form, bears red armor, and Jaster's first comment is "Does he think turning red is going to help?"

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle

* AliensAndMonsters: The game makes a very clear distinction between the two. Aliens are simply intelligent life from other planets. Monsters are anything that's been transformed and possessed by Rune.

* {{Expy}}: A major antagonist named [[spoiler: [[NamesTheSame Mother]]]], who is insect-like, her first form being similar to a cocoon, and who considers herself as a supreme being, with World Eater tendencies, much like the VideoGame/WildArms villain.

* {{Expy}}: A major antagonist named [[spoiler: [[NamesTheSame Mother]]]], who is insect-like, her first form being similar to a cocoon, and who considers herself as a supreme being, with World Eater tendencies... I could ''swear'' [[VideoGame/WildArms I saw something like that elsewhere...]]

* ZettaiRyouiki: Kisala and MIO.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[Disney/PeterPan Second star system to the right, then straight on 'til morning]].]]

* SoloCharacterRun

* TheWikiRule: [[http://roguegalaxy.wikia.com/wiki/Rogue_Galaxy_Wiki Yep]]!

** On a related note, the Frog Log can be pretty tedious to finish as well. While the player has to only create 50 weapons and analyze 100 to obtain a reward, they have to travel to the other planets quite often to get some of the weapons Toady wants the player to combine and it's quite unlikely that you'll remember which merchant sells the weapons you'll need. To add insult to injury, the player can't travel to planets freely until after chapter 6, so obtaining certain weapons is impossible for the first couple of chapters. To add more salt to the wound, sometimes Toady will want the player to combine a weapon with a weapon that can only be obtained via combining, which takes even more time as they might have to max out four weapons just to create one which means a lot of time spent on LevelGrinding.

** On a related note, the Frog Log can be pretty tedious to finish as well. While the player has to only create 50 weapons and analyze 100 to obtain a reward, they have to travel to the other planets quite often to get some of the weapons Toady wants the player to combine and it's quite unlikely that you'll remember which merchant sells the weapons you'll need. To add insult to injury, the player can't travel to planets freely until after chapter 4, so obtaining certain weapons is impossible for the first couple of chapters. To add more salt to the wound, sometimes Toady will want the player to combine a weapon with a weapon that can only be obtained via combining, which takes even more time as they might have to max out four weapons just to create one which means a lot of time spent on LevelGrinding.

** On a related note, the Frog Log can be pretty tedious to finish as well. While you have to create only 50 weapons and analyze 100, you have to travel to the other planets quite often to get the weapons Toady wants you to combine and it's quite unlikely that you'll remember which merchant sells the weapons you'll need. To add insult to injury, sometimes Toady will want you to combine a weapon with a weapon that can only be obtained via combining, which takes even more time as you might have to max out four weapons just to create one which means a lot of LevelGrinding.

* ArtificialStupidity: ("''Block'', you sons of- Great, they're dead again. *sigh* SoloCharacterRun, then?")

* BadassLongcoat

* BonusDungeon: The Ghost Ship, a large dungeon with several bosses. After completing it, the player can participate in a PopQuiz for access to the "extreme" version, which is a 100 floors of randomly-generated dungeon crawling, with a boss fight every 10 floors.
* BonusBoss: No self-respecting Bonus Dungeon would be caught without one.

* ItemCrafting: Toady will eat and combine weapons to make new ones, but insists that they are "seasoned" by being levelled-up first. There is also the Factory, which allows the player to create new weapons and items for purchase in the shops.

* PettingZoopeople: Quite a few, such as the bulldog Deego, and all the fish/dolphin/shark people of Altaria.

An action RPG for the Playstation 2 developed by Creator/Level5, released in 2005 in Japan and 2007 elsewhere, Rogue Galaxy can basically be summarized as a combination of ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' and ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE]].

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy''.

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Rogue Galaxy was released to positive critical acclaim, spurring the release of a Director's Cut, which was also made the normal version for North American and European releases, subverting the [[NoExportForYou general rule]] of the [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition updated]] [[UpdatedRerelease rerelease]] only being distributed [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts in the original]] [[Franchise/FinalFantasy country]].

* {{Expy}}: A major antagonist named [[spoiler: [[NamesTheSame Mother]]]], who is insect-like, her first form being similar to a cocoon, and who considers herself as a supreme being, with WorldEater tendencies... I could ''swear'' [[VideoGame/WildArms I saw something like that elsewhere...]]

Not to be confused with ''Rogue Legacy''.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[PeterPan Second star system to the right, then straight on 'til morning]].]]