History VideoGame / BahamutLagoon

An early StrategyRPG made by Squaresoft (now Creator/SquareEnix) for UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom and [[NoExportForYou released only in Japan]] in 1996.

* AbductionIsLove: Palpaleos kidnaps Princess Yoyo, [[spoiler: and then they fall in love.]]

%%* TokenMiniMoe: Melodia.
* UncertainDoom: During the ending sequence, [[spoiler:Palpaleos is attacked by two ruffians who blame him for the war. However, the next scene shows Yoyo waking up from a nightmare, making Palpaleos' fate ambiguous.]]

* UnsoundEffect: The "weird noises" that seem to pop up spontaneously during dialogue seem to indicate arousal (Don Juan's trademark "boing" sound, natch), scheming (Ectarina's), and spitefulness (Mist).

* BonusBoss: The game has special "side quests" - essentially single battles - available throughout the game. One of them, appropriately named Hard Dungeon, is only available in the last seven chapters and is far more difficult than the final boss.

''Bahamut Lagoon'' is notable for having very pretty graphics, being one of the last Squaresoft games to be released for the Super Nintendo. It's ''also'' notable for having quite explicit sexual content (though primarily in dialogue) and an openly gay (if very stereotyped) old wizard as one of its main characters.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: While not having specific characters with improbable weapons, it does have various items that all characters can throw to cause damage or status effects. These items include Sweet Memory, Porno Mag, and Botched Cookie.

The game includes much of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' feel and characteristics, including spell names and the names of the dragons: Bahamut, Alexander, Leviathan, and Valefor, to name a few. It directly influenced ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': the plot structures and several key characters of the two games are very similar.

* FatalFlaw: For Sauthar, ambition and an inability to stop while he's ahead. The plot literally only happens because Sauthar isn't satisfied with ruling the world, despite being a popular leader with only two ''incredibly'' small rebel cells opposing him. [[TheBadGuyWins He'd already effectively]] '''[[TheBadGuyWins won his war.]]''' This ends up costing him ''everything'' because it leads him to seek more power from the Divine Dragons, which ends up causing him to blunder Yoyo into the hands of the Kahna resistance, which bolsters their efforts and gives them the force necessary to start taking back Lagoons. It also [[spoiler:directly leads to his death once he makes a pact with monsters to gain the same powers Yoyo has; his powers aren't as potent and he has serious 'weaknesses in his heart' such as doubt and fear as a result of doing so, which the Divine Dragons don't respond well to, causing Sauthar to become wracked with terrible illnesses that leave him a shell of his former self. Thus, he he dies when he helps Yoyo contain Hyperion, as the power of even one Divine Dragon swiftly worsens his condition and kills him.]] Really, he would have had everything had he simply been an OrcusOnHisThrone.

The game is set in the sky world of Orelus, and follows HeroicMime Byuu as he leads the [[LaResistance The Resistance]] against the [[TheEmpire Granvelos Empire]]. Along the way, he rescues his childhood sweetheart, Princess Yoyo. The princess, a summoner, has the ability to communicate with the Holy Dragons and use their powers in battle. The heroes attempt to collect their power to use against the empire, while Emperor Sauthar attempts to gather them for himself. Their battle against the Empire and the greater threat it unleashes range all across the sky and even into the world of origin for the dragons themselves. And Yoyo's experiences with the Empire weren't all negative...

* WhipItGood: Barbarella's weapon of choice.

* AerithAndBob: There's Jeanne, Joy, Diana, Anastasia and Frederica, which is rather uncommon but actual names...and then there's Bikkebakke, Nelbo, and Yoyo, which nearly no man would name their child...

* FunctionalAddict: Frederica and Bikkebakke experiment with what should be healing items and mushrooms respectively. While Frederica's addiction and hypochondria sideline her outside of combat, when she needs to do her job as an attendant at the castle or as a warrior and healer during warfare, she takes medications that briefly keep her healthy enough to be useful.

* GayOption: You can choose to have Byuu be interested in Sendak instead of Yoyo. [[spoiler:Which is for the best anyway, since ''that scene'' Chapter 14...]]

''Bahamut Lagoon'' is notable for having very pretty graphics, being one of the last Squaresoft games to be released for the Super Nintendo. It's ''also'' notable for having quite explicit sexual content (though primarily in dialogue) and an openly gay old wizard as one of its main characters.

* FragileSpeedster: The Light Armor Warriors Lukia, Jeanne and Mist. The Ninjas are also rather squishy.
* FunctionalAddict: Frederika and Bikkebakke experiment with what should be healing items and mushrooms respectively. While Frederika's addiction and hypochondria sideline her outside of combat, when she needs to do her job as an attendant at the castle or as a warrior and healer during warfare, she takes medications that briefly keep her healthy enough to be useful.
* GayOption: You can choose to have Byuu be interested in Sendak instead of Yoyo.

* HeelFaceTurn: A soldier from the Emmpire, [[spoiler:Palpaleos,]] joins the resistance midway through the story, [[spoiler:in large part due to his love for Princess Yoyo]].

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: A major issue for the rebel army once they make their move to liberate the various nations of Orelus from Granvelos' control is that many of the nations ''don't want'' to be liberated, which shocks the party when the first nation they liberate, Campbell, effectively offers itself back to the Empire and politely asks the rebels to leave. The prevailing reason behind this is that, though he was unpopular during the actual unification war, Emperor Sauthar benefited from a massive spike in popularity once he won, unified Orelus, and put a stop to any and all warfare. Any nation that wanted to keep their independence was allowed to do so provided a Granvelosian military presence was permitted nearby, and anyone that swore fealty was rewarded with support and aid from Granvelos. The only nations that explicitly welcome the rebels as a result are Maharl - a shadow of its former self, existing only because of a few rebel fights - and Kahna itself.

* FatalFlaw: For Sauthar, ambition and an inability to stop while he's ahead. The plot literally only happens because Sauthar isn't satisfied with ruling the world, despite being a popular leader with only two ''incredibly'' small rebel cells opposing him. [[TheBadGuyWins He'd already effectively]] '''[[TheBadGuyWins won his war.]]''' This ends up costing him ''everything'' because it leads him to seek more power from the Divine Dragons, which ends up causing him to blunder Yoyo into the hands of the Kahna resistance, which bolsters their efforts and gives them the force necessary to start taking back Lagoons. It also [[spoiler:directly leads to his death once he makes a pact with monsters to gain the same powers Yoyo has; his powers aren't as potent and he has serious 'weaknesses in his heart' such as doubt and fear as a result of doing so, which the the Divine Dragons don't respond well to, causing Sauthar to become wracked with terrible illnesses that leave him a shell of his former self. This directly leads to his death when he helps Yoyo contain Hyperion, as the power of even one Divine Dragon swiftly worsens his condition and kills him.]] Really, he would have had everything had he simply been an OrcusOnHisThrone.

* FatalFlaw: For Sauthar, ambition and an inability to stop while he's ahead. The plot literally only happens because Sauthar isn't satisfied with ruling the world, despite being a popular leader with only two ''incredibly'' small rebel cells opposing him. [[TheBadGuyWins He'd already effectively]] '''[[TheBadGuyWins won his war.]]''' This ends up costing him ''everything'' because it leads him to seek more power from the Divine Dragons, which ends up causing him to blunder Yoyo into the hands of the Kahna resistance, which bolsters their efforts and gives them the force necessary to start taking back Lagoons, and [[spoiler:directly leads to his death once he makes a pact with monsters to gain the same powers Yoyo has; his powers aren't as potent and he has serious 'weaknesses in his heart' such as doubt and fear as a result of doing so, which the the Divine Dragons don't respond well to, causing Sauthar to become wracked with terrible illnesses that leave him a shell of his former self. This directly leads to his death when he helps Yoyo contain Hyperion, as the power of even one Divine Dragon swiftly worsens his condition and kills him.]] Really, he would have had everything had he simply been an OrcusOnHisThrone.

* FatalFlaw: For Sauthar, ambition and an inability to stop while he's ahead. The plot literally only happens because Sauthar isn't satisfied with ruling the world, despite being a popular leader with only two ''incredibly'' small rebel cells opposing him. [[TheBadGuyWins He'd already effectively]] '''[[TheBadGuyWins won his war.]]''']] This ends up costing him ''everything'' because it leads him to seek more power from the Divine Dragons, which ends up causing him to blunder Yoyo into the hands of the Kahna resistance, which bolsters their efforts and gives them the force necessary to start taking back Lagoons, and [[spoiler:directly leads to his death once he makes a pact with monsters to gain the same powers Yoyo has; his powers aren't as potent and he has serious 'weaknesses in his heart' such as doubt and fear as a result of doing so, which the the Divine Dragons don't respond well to, causing Sauthar to become wracked with terrible illnesses that leave him a shell of his former self. This directly leads to his death when he helps Yoyo contain Hyperion, as the power of even one Divine Dragon swiftly worsens his condition and kills him.]] Really, he would have had everything had he simply been an OrcusOnHisThrone.

* FatalFlaw: For Sauthar, ambition and an inability to stop while he's ahead. The plot literally only happens because Sauthar isn't satisfied with ruling the world, despite being a popular leader with only two ''incredibly'' small rebel cells opposing him. [[TheBadGuyWins He'd already effectively '''won his war.''']] This ends up costing him ''everything'' because it leads him to seek more power from the Divine Dragons, which ends up causing him to blunder Yoyo into the hands of the Kahna resistance, which bolsters their efforts and gives them the force necessary to start taking back Lagoons, and [[spoiler:directly leads to his death once he makes a pact with monsters to gain the same powers Yoyo has; his powers aren't as potent and he has serious 'weaknesses in his heart' such as doubt and fear as a result of doing so, which the the Divine Dragons don't respond well to, causing Sauthar to become wracked with terrible illnesses that leave him a shell of his former self. This directly leads to his death when he helps Yoyo contain Hyperion, as the power of even one Divine Dragon swiftly worsens his condition and kills him.]] Really, he would have had everything had he simply been an OrcusOnHisThrone.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The dragonites of Altair were suffering under Alexander's rule, but the only reason the Door to a New Age opens and lets monsters into Orelus is because Valitra, Leviathan, Garuda, and Jormungandr try to open it early when Yoyo contains them in her head as a means to oppose the Granvelos Empire. Had Sauthar not brought Yoyo to Campbell - or, more saliently, had he simply been satisfied with ruling the world, the rebel forces would have likely lost and Altair would never have become a problem, as the Divine Dragons could only impotently rage without a Dragnar to act as an extension of their power.

* NeverASelfMadeWoman: A dialog option late into the game, following Yoyo's CharacterDevelopment, can have Byuu admit he feels Yoyo's growth into a strong, able queen is largely a result of her love for Palpaleos and the support he gives her - basically functioning as a source of courage. Yoyo neither confirms or denies this assertion, and it's left up to the player to decide whether or not Byuu is correct; while Palpaleos does teach Yoyo wartime strategy, Yoyo goes through quite a bit of growth well before Palpaleos joins the party, and Yoyo was heading to Kahna Castle to legitimize her rule and retake her nation just before she ran into and recruited Palpaleos.

* WhatTheHellHero: Played for humor (sort of). Byuu gets called out on the torture of an enemy soldier if the player chooses to do so. [[ButThouMust Not that the player has any real choice there.]]

* VideoGameCaringPotential: Between battles, the player is generally given an opportunity to explore around the ship and chat with the party. Byuu can help crewmembers find love, reassure them when they're down, take care to check in on Sendak and Yoyo even when it isn't required, and protect a few crew members from a terrible fate by not involving them in dangerous reconnaissance mission. Nothing is gained or lost as a result of any of this - these opportunities simply exist to allow the player to bring positivity and light to otherwise grim situations.