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* One side question features expies of [[Manga/DeliciousInDungeon Marcille and Chilchuck]] as they task you with gathering monster ingredients for anti-petrification food.

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* One side question quest features expies of [[Manga/DeliciousInDungeon Marcille and Chilchuck]] as they task you with gathering monster ingredients for anti-petrification food.
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* One side question features expies of [[Manga/DeliciousInDungeon Marcille and Chilchuck]] as they task you with gathering monster ingredients for anti-petrification food.
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** The [[VideoGame/{{Bioshock}} Rapture Breaker]] is a wrench that is said to have sunken a glorious ancient city.
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* Rachel was inspired by [[Manga/OnePiece some comic about so-called "pirates"]] that [[ThePiratesThatDontDoAnything sail around & fight evil in search of adventure]]. When you return after the TimeSkip, she even asks if you were off learning to use Emperor's Haki.

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* Rachel was inspired by [[Manga/OnePiece some comic about so-called "pirates"]] that [[ThePiratesThatDontDoAnything [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything sail around & fight evil in search of adventure]]. When you return after the TimeSkip, she even asks if you were off learning to use Emperor's Haki.
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* Rachel was inspired by [[Manga/OnePiece some comic about so-called "pirates"]] that [[ThePiratesThatDontDoAnything sail around & fight evil in search of adventure]]. When you return after the TimeSkip, she even asks if you were off learning to use Emperor's Haki.
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* The "Even Faster than Lightning" sidequest has you, Lana, and her mother Lala teaming up to save any stranded civilians within the Demon World capital. At one point, the three of you come across a part of the map that has an ammo transport vehicle that's about to blow, with a bunch of civilians that wouldn't be able to escape in time before the blasts reach them. You and Lana run into the scene recklessly but you both end up almost getting blown to bits... if not for Lala activating a [[SecretArt special bloodline ability]] that allows her to, as you can guess by the sidequest name, "be even faster than lightning" for a short period of time. Cue her saving the both of you, along with all the civilians, to [[https://youtu.be/RMPJcn3Qgsw another remixed tune of the Demon World theme]] with an accompanying track that is oddly reminiscent of [[Film/XmenApocalypse "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"]] by Music/{{Eurythmics}}.
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** Loraine outright says the famous "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda1 It's dangerous to go alone]]" line before giving you a phone, and then immediately says she'll be your [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime annoying fairy]].

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** Loraine outright says the famous "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda1 "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI It's dangerous to go alone]]" line before giving you a phone, and then immediately says she'll be your [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime annoying fairy]].
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** Loraine outright says the famous "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda It's dangerous to go alone]]" line before giving you a phone, and then immediately says she'll be your [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime annoying fairy]].

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** Loraine outright says the famous "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda1 It's dangerous to go alone]]" line before giving you a phone, and then immediately says she'll be your [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime annoying fairy]].
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* In the plaza, there's a gacha going on that seems to involve expies of various in-game characters for the game [[Franchise/YuGiOh You-Gee-King]]. Someone even laments that they got [[TierInducedScrappy Cursed Guardian Alef]] instead of Future Empress Lilith.

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* In the plaza, there's a gacha going on that seems to involve expies of various in-game characters for the game [[Franchise/YuGiOh You-Gee-King]]. Someone even laments that they got [[TierInducedScrappy Cursed Guardian Alef]] Alef instead of Future Empress Lilith.
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* There are a couple of points in the world where you sneak around in [[Franchise/MetalGear cardboard boxes]].

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* There are a couple of points in the world where you sneak around in [[Franchise/MetalGear [[VideoGame/MetalGear cardboard boxes]].



** The "Stealth Suit MG-2" is a [[Franchise/MetalGear cardboard box]].

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** The "Stealth Suit MG-2" is a [[Franchise/MetalGear [[VideoGame/MetalGear cardboard box]].



** Maria and Lisa aren't quite as blatant shoutouts to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the Mario Brothers,]] but their backstories make it obvious.

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** Maria and Lisa aren't quite as blatant shoutouts to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros the Mario Brothers,]] Brothers]] but their backstories make it obvious.



** Sohee has a ''{{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}'' motif between her early evolution/weapon designs and her role in world 3's plot. She even outright gets a Ghostbuster skin.

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** Sohee has a ''{{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}'' motif between her early evolution/weapon designs and her role in world World 3's plot. She even outright gets a Ghostbuster skin.
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* In the Temple of Lightning stage, you can come across [[Manga/BocchiTheRock a tracksuit-wearing android who's very bad at communicating with others, playing a guitar]] and singing. Chasing after her afterwards even lets you see the parodical version of the iconic "glitch" with the appropriate scream.
* The Best Clone Contest sidequest. It's basically a standard ''VideoGame/FallGuys'' round, complete with jank collision physics. The Knight is even wearing a costume that resembles the game's sentient jellybeans.
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* Hyper appears in one stage, sleeping and dreaming about [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening being stranded on an island and needing to acquire instruments to wake up a fish]].
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** The character of Danpei, the dodgeball coach, is blatantly a grownup version of the titular character from the manga ''Honoo no Doukyuuji: Dodge Danpei''.

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** The name and general plot are references to Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet.
** The stage select and intro looks like they were pulled straight from a Franchise/MegaMan game.

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** The name and general plot are references to Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet.
Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet, albeit Marina and her AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil are a clear reference to ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
** The stage select screen and intro looks like they were pulled are taken straight from a Franchise/MegaMan game.''VideoGame/MegaManX''.



** At one point, you are asked by two girls that [[CaptainErsatz totally aren't Tifa and Aerith]] about why they are having so much trouble in combat. The game even shows them using the [=ATB=] system, which you then [[MediumAwareness promptly tell them to ignore]].

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** At one point, you are asked by two girls that [[CaptainErsatz totally aren't aren't]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Tifa and Aerith]] about why they are having so much trouble in combat. The game even shows them using the [=ATB=] system, which you then [[MediumAwareness promptly tell them to ignore]].ignore]].
** Another subplot has expies of [[VideoGame/TheWitcher Geralt and Yennefer]] appearing.



** Hyper is basically female [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], right down to her backstory. Hyper gets toned down for the later Japanese release though, presumably to avoid copyright issues from Nintendo.

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** Hyper is basically female [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], right down to her backstory. Hyper gets toned down Hyper's design has been altered for the later Japanese release though, presumably to avoid copyright issues from Nintendo.
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* Some of the vampire [=NPCs=] bear a resemblance to [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Lady Dimitrescu]].
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* In various stages there are sections where you have to run away from killer defense robots called [[VideoGame/MetroidDread AMMI]] until you can activate an EMP device to destroy them. There's even a QTE you can do to prevent it from killing you, but only rarely.

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* The Secret Lab stage is basically ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' in all but name.
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** Hyper is basically female [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link,]] right down to her backstory. Hyper gets toned down for the later Japanese release though, presumably to avoid copyright issues from Nintendo.

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** Hyper is basically female [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link,]] Link]], right down to her backstory. Hyper gets toned down for the later Japanese release though, presumably to avoid copyright issues from Nintendo.
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--> Sohee: ''<Playername>! '''Say hello to your little friend'''!'' *throws the [[GatlingGood Cosmic Destroyer]] to the knight*

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--> Sohee: --->'''Sohee:''' ''<Playername>! '''Say hello to your little friend'''!'' *throws the [[GatlingGood Cosmic Destroyer]] to the knight*



*** You find a [[Film/KillBill girl in a yellow jumpsuit]] at one point and go on to parody a scene from the film.

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*** You find a [[Film/KillBill a girl in a yellow jumpsuit]] at one point and go on to parody a scene from the film.film. She laments not being able to find a sword and decides to get [[Film/PulpFiction a five-dollar milkshake]].



** The films produced by Eugene are obvious references to {{Franchise/Batman}}, {{Film/Kingsman}}, and Franchise/StarWars. ''Invader Quest'' is a send-up of Franchise/DragonQuest with the art basically being "imagine Erdrick but an Invader".

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** The films produced by starring Eugene are obvious references to {{Franchise/Batman}}, {{Film/Kingsman}}, ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ''{{Film/Kingsman}}'', and Franchise/StarWars.''Franchise/StarWars''. ''Invader Quest'' is a send-up of Franchise/DragonQuest with the art basically being "imagine Erdrick but an Invader".

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* In 12-9, when you blow up the helicopter, you can say either [[Film/TheTerminator "You're terminated!"]], or [[Film/DieHard "Yippee ki yay, you damn tin can!"]].

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* In 12-9, when you blow up the helicopter, you can say either [[Film/TheTerminator "You're terminated!"]], or [[Film/DieHard "Yippee ki yay, "Yippee-ki-yay, you damn tin can!"]].



* At one point in 13-5, an Invader's corpse drops down on their fellow Invaders with a note on them reading "[[Film/DieHard Now I have a machine gun, Ho-Ho-Ho]]." Soon after a guy bursts in, takes out the others, and shouts "Yippee ka yay, you mothers!"



*** Kai introduces himself a KAI [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha ZONVOLT, THE SWORD THAT GUARDS MARINA]].

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*** Kai introduces himself a as KAI [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha ZONVOLT, THE SWORD THAT GUARDS MARINA]].

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** When you ask Marianne if you could pilot the Iron Teatan, she quips back with a "In your wildest dreams! I'm [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]]!" In the Japanese script, it's more of a parody of one of Amuro's lines: "No, because I can use the Iron Teatan best!"

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** When you ask Marianne if you could pilot the Iron Teatan, she quips back with a "In your wildest dreams! I'm [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]]!" In the Japanese script, it's more of a parody of one of Amuro's lines: "No, because I can use the Iron Teatan best!"



** A pair of twin kids does a HeroicSacrifice that results in them turning to stone. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV No, not those twins]].

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** A pair of twin kids does do a HeroicSacrifice that results in them turning to stone. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV No, not those twins]].



* There's one moment in 12-2 where you encounter [[Film/JackieBrown a blonde belittling a man named Louis for not knowing where he'd parked]] [[spoiler:which results in him gunning her down in the parking lot]].






*** On that note, furing the final stage of the side story, Alef deals what can only be called [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind "7 Page Adi" against Carmen, ending with an "Adios Muchacha"]] to top it all off.

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*** On that note, furing during the final stage of the side story, Alef deals what can only be called [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind "7 Page Adi" against Carmen, ending with an "Adios Muchacha"]] to top it all off.






* The game features a couple of prominent [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]]: The setting's chat app is called Facebreak, while the [[AcmeProducts various branches of the shop]] are part of a company called called Kamazon[[note]]Kamazon at least makes sense in context as one of the setting's gods is named Kamael, who founded the company in the first place.[[/note]].

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* The game features a couple of prominent [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]]: The setting's chat app is called Facebreak, while the [[AcmeProducts various branches of the shop]] are part of a company called called Kamazon[[note]]Kamazon at least makes sense in context as one of the setting's gods is named Kamael, who founded the company in the first place.[[/note]].



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* World 5 itself appears to be one massive shout-out to ''VideoGame/LiveALive'''s Imperial China chapter: an old master wants to pass down his great martial art to his three disciples, later dying after overexerting himself, this time around though [[spoiler:none of the disciples die from an ambush, one of the disciples (you) choose who'll become the Master and 5th Champion by training with them the most, and all disciples participate in inflicting the final blow onto the chapter antagonist]].



* The UnexpectedGameplayChange level is a big reference to [[Anime/InitialD a certain anime]].

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* The UnexpectedGameplayChange level level, with you playing an endless runner-styled section while driving a certain car to the beat of... well, discount {{Eurobeat}}, is a big reference to [[Anime/InitialD a certain anime]].
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* The quest involving [[WesternAnimation/Ratatouille a former dishwasher who suddenly became a competent cook and saved a failing restaurant overnight]], with you spying on the dishwasher on behalf of the jealous head chef. You can even opt to report and successfully have the dishwasher fired for letting a rat into the kitchen.

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* The quest involving [[WesternAnimation/Ratatouille [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} a former dishwasher who suddenly became a competent cook and saved a failing restaurant overnight]], with you spying on the dishwasher on behalf of the jealous head chef. You can even opt to report and successfully have the dishwasher fired for letting a rat into the kitchen.

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** When the FinalBoss has nearly been finished off for good, it'll start spamming a greatly weakened version of its meteor attack, similar to the weak Meteo spell that [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Zeromus]] uses.

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** When the FinalBoss has nearly been finished off for good, it'll start spamming a greatly weakened version of its meteor attack, similar to the weak Meteo spell that [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Zeromus]] uses. In an ironic twist, the boss invokes this attack by ''praying'', not unlike [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII another character in the other famous instance of Meteor]] in that series.
* There's a puzzle sidequest involving [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} special items that create blue and orange linked portals to develop unconventional solutions to normally impossible problems.]] [[MemeticMutation Yes, the cake is still a lie.]]


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* The quest involving [[WesternAnimation/Ratatouille a former dishwasher who suddenly became a competent cook and saved a failing restaurant overnight]], with you spying on the dishwasher on behalf of the jealous head chef. You can even opt to report and successfully have the dishwasher fired for letting a rat into the kitchen.
* You can go spelunking with an Indiana Jones {{Expy}}.
* The UnexpectedGameplayChange level is a big reference to [[Anime/InitialD a certain anime]].
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* The Iron Teatan's design very much looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant another beloved iron robot back in '57]], [[VideoGame/LiveALive as well as another god-fighting giant robot from the near future]].

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* The Iron Teatan's design very much looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant another beloved iron robot back in '57]], [[VideoGame/LiveALive as well as another god-fighting giant robot a mix of WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant and the Steel Titan from the near future]].''VideoGame/LiveALive''. Its theme [[https://youtu.be/In10t44PFsw Iron Teatan]] even sounds somewhat similar to [[https://youtu.be/XCMBokSzk68 Go! Go! Steel Titan!!]].
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* In the plaza, there's a gacha going on that seems to involve expies of various in-game characters for the game [[Franchise/YuGiOh You-Gee-King]]. Someone even laments that they got [[TierInducedScrappy Cursed Guardian Alef]] instead of Future Empress Lilith.
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* The Iron Teatan's design very much looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant another beloved iron robot back in '57]].

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* The Iron Teatan's design very much looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant another beloved iron robot back in '57]].'57]], [[VideoGame/LiveALive as well as another god-fighting giant robot from the near future]].
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* In World 9-3 Nightmare, you meet esteemed private investigator [[Literature/HerculePoirot Jercule Pierrot]] as he leaves aboard the [[Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress Orient Express bound for Dungeon Kingdom]].
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* In 12-9, when you blow up the helicopter, you can say either [[Film/TheTerminator "You're terminated!"]], or [[Film/DieHard "Yippee ki yay, you damn tin can!"]].


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* Before climbing the window in World 13-7, one of the decisions is "Tell me I'm cool as [[Creator/TomCruise Tim Cruise]]."

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* World 1-3
** If only Mad Panda [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim didn't take an arrow to the knee]], he could've fought off the Knight and Loraine...



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* Stage 5The Iron Teatan's design very much looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant another beloved iron robot back in '57]].
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** When you ask Marianne if you could pilot the Iron Teatan, she quips back with a "In your wildest dreams! I'm [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]]!" In the Japanese script, it's more of a parody of one of Amuro's lines: "No, because I can use the Iron Teatan best!"
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* The entire "Rising Force" side quest is one massive Franchise/DragonBall reference. This gets amplified further in World 2 Nightmare where the Invader fought in that quest, now named '''Furiza''' demands you bring Dragon the next time you come by for a rematch.



* Being a magic school under siege from ghosts, world 3 in general takes a lot of cues from Franchise/HarryPotter and {{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}.
* A pair of twin kids does a HeroicSacrifice that results in them turning to stone. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV No, not those twins]].

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* Being a magic school under siege from ghosts, world World 3 in general takes a lot of cues from Franchise/HarryPotter and {{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}.
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A pair of twin kids does a HeroicSacrifice that results in them turning to stone. [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV No, not those twins]].



* The Ultimate Fire Ice Bomb is [[Manga/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai very reminiscent of Popp's great but dangerous Medoroa spell]], formed with a fire spell on one hand and an ice spell on another.



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* Poker Face: When Miya almost burns the poor 1-star character playing poker with her for winning against her, [[Franchise/DragonBall they sprawl on the floor in a Yamcha pose]], complete with a crater for some reason.
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* If you tap on his sprite while in Heavenhold, you [[Franchise/DragonBall apparently ask Girgas if]]:
** You can get a wish after collecting seven balls. (JP dialogue)
** You can get a wish after collecting seven... things, all the while asking you what the hell you're talking about. (EN dialogue)



* The game features a couple of prominent {{BlandNameProduct}}s: The setting's chat app is called Facebreak, while the [[AcmeProducts various branches of the shop]] are part of a company called called Kamazon[[note]]Kamazon at least makes sense in context as one of the setting's gods is named Kamael, who founded the company in the first place.[[/note]]

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* When your teammates die, [[VideoGame/DragonQuest you lug their coffins around]] instead of their dead bodies.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Two-handed Sword]]. Enough said.
* The game features a couple of prominent {{BlandNameProduct}}s: [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name Products]]: The setting's chat app is called Facebreak, while the [[AcmeProducts various branches of the shop]] are part of a company called called Kamazon[[note]]Kamazon at least makes sense in context as one of the setting's gods is named Kamael, who founded the company in the first place.[[/note]][[/note]].

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