History VideoGame / Brandish

** ''Brandish 4''

''Brandish'' is an ActionRPG series by Creator/{{Falcom}} notable for having a rotatable "camera" despite having entirely 2D gameplay, thus allowing the player to do things like circle strafing, hit and run attacks, and other typically-3D techniques. Only the very first game for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] was ever released in other countries, and with great alterations at that. An overview of the game series can be found [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/brandish/brandish.htm here.]]
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!! Thus far, there have been four main games in the series:

* ''Brandish'' and ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant:'' Ares once killed a wizard, so the wizard's apprentice, Dela Delon, seeks revenge. While battling, one of Dela Delon's spells breaks open the ground, sending them both into a deep labyrinth. Now, Ares must figure out a way to escape. This game was remade for the [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable PSP]] as ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'' and retains the same rotatable camera system.
* ''Brandish 2: The Planet Buster''
* ''Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan''
* ''Brandish 4'' and ''Brandish VT: Fata Morgana Templum:'' No relation to the previous games.
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** LadyOfBlackMagic: Mermelada from the forth game.

* HotWitch and BlackMage: Dela Delon.

* MsFanservice: Again, Dela Delon.

[[caption-width-right:337:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HexFdsLOUY Unlock the underworld!]]]]

''Brandish'' is an ActionRPG series by Creator/{{Falcom}} notable for having a rotatable "camera" despite having entirely 2-D gameplay, thus allowing the player to do things like circle-strafing, hit-and-run attacks, and other typically-3-D techniques. Only the very first game for the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem was ever released in other countries, and with great alterations at that. An overview of the game series can be found [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/brandish/brandish.htm here.]]

* ''Brandish'' & ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'': Ares once killed a wizard, so the wizard's apprentice, Dela Delon, seeks revenge. While battling, one of Dela Delon's spells breaks open the ground, sending them both into a deep labyrinth. Now, Ares must figure out a way to escape. This game was remade for the {{P|laystationPortable}}SP as ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'' and retains the same rotatable camera system.

* ''Brandish 4'' & ''Brandish VT: Fata Morgana Templum'': No relation to the previous games

* AscendedExtra: Dela Delon becomes playable in ''The Dark Revenant'' and the third game. Similarly, Umber and Jinza, who were [=NPCs=] in the second game, become playable characters in the third game.

* BagOfSpilling: Applies to Ares at the beginning of each game. Justified in the second game where Ares gets beaten up and loses the Planet Buster at the beginning of the game.

* BreakoutCharacter: Dela Delon has become the signature character of the series and features on many front covers, despite only being playable in ''Brandish 3'' and a secret mode of ''The Dark Revenant.''

* GratuitousNinja: One of the bosses in the first game is a group of ninja. One of the playable characters in the third game is a ninja master.

* KarmaMeter: Present in ''Brandish VT'' where every character except Mermelada and Garahad will get [[MultipleEndings different endings]] depending on his or her karma at the end.

* OneWingedAngel: The final bosses in every installment except ''Brandish I'' go through this.
* PluckyComicRelief: Dela Delon's role in the first and second games is to generally try to get in Ares' way and accidentally trigger a trap, thereby hinting the player how to avoid it. Garahad in ''Brandish VT'' fulfills the same role.

* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: The sword Planet Buster that Ares gains at the end of the first game. It leads to the plot of the second game where an evil king tries to become a godlike being using the power of the sword.

* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Dela Delon in the [[http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/brandish-piano/cover_l.jpg cover art for the ''Brandish Piano Collection'']]

''Brandish'' is an ActionRPG series by Creator/{{Falcom}} notable for having a rotatable "camera" despite having entirely 2-D gameplay, thus allowing the player to do things like circle-strafing, hit-and-run attacks, and other typically-3-D techniques. Only the very first game for the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem was ever released in other countries, and with great alterations at that. An overview of the game series can be found [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/brandish/brandish.htm here]].

Thus far, there have been four main games in the series:
* ''Brandish'' & ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'': Ares once killed a wizard, so the wizard's apprentice, Dela Delon, seeks revenge. While battling, one of Dela Delon's spells breaks open the ground, sending them both into a deep labyrinth. Now, Ares must figure out a way to escape. This game was remade for the {{P|laystationPortable}}SP as ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'' and retains the same rotatable camera system.
* ''Brandish 2: The Planet Buster''
* ''Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan''
* ''Brandish 4'' & ''Brandish VT: Fata Morgana Templum'': No relation to the previous games

!!The series provides examples of the following:
* AlwaysOverTheShoulder: And with sprite-based graphics, no less! The trick was loading four versions of each map that switched as you "turned".
* AmazonianBeauty: Umber, a muscular wrestler who fights in a revealing outfit that basically looks like a sling swimsuit with a tubetop.
* AscendedExtra: Dela Delon becomes playable in ''The Dark Revenant'' and the third game. Similarly, Umber and Jinza, who were [=NPCs=] in the second game, become playable characters in the third game.
* BadassNormal: Ares.
* BagOfSpilling: Applies to Ares at the beginning of each game. Justified in the second game where Ares gets beaten up and loses the Planet Buster at the beginning of the game.
* BeamSpam: [[spoiler:God Bistall]]'s second form in ''The Dark Revenant'' uses this.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[spoiler:Mauve]] in ''Brandish VT'' is a mild example.
* BreakableWeapons: Combined with a limited inventory.
* BreakoutCharacter: Dela Delon has become the signature character of the series and features on many front covers, despite only being playable in ''Brandish 3'' and a secret mode of ''The Dark Revenant''.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass and GeniusBruiser: Garahad in ''Brandish VT''.
* {{Determinator}}: Ares.
* DisappearsIntoLight: Happens to [[spoiler:God Bistall]] in ''The Dark Revenant''.

* SquishyWizard: Dela Delon in ''The Dark Revenant''.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Dela Delon and Umbar.
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: The sword Planet Buster that Ares gains at the end of the first game. It leads to the plot of the second game where an evil king tries to become a godlike being using the power of the sword.

* WhipItGood: Dee in ''Brandish VT''.

* AmazonianBeauty: Umber.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: One of the bosses in the first game is a group of ninja. One of the playable characters in the third game is a ninja master.

* AGodAmI: The motivation of most villains in the series.

* AscendedExtra: Dela Delon becomes playable in ''The Dark Revenant'' and the third game. Similarly, Umber and Jinza, who were NPCs in the second game, become playable characters in the third game.

* ''Brandish'' & ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'': Ares once killed a wizard, so the wizard's apprentice, Dela Delon, seeks revenge. While battling, one of Dela Delon's spells breaks open the ground, sending them both into a deep labyrinth. Now, Ares must figure out a way to escape. This game was remade for the [[PlaystationPortable PSP]] as ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'' and retains the same rotatable camera system.

* StaffChick: Claire in ''Brandish VT'' is this. [[spoiler:Later, she gains an ability to transform into a fearsome [[BeastMan beast woman]].]]

* OneWingedAngel: The final bosses in every installment except Brandish I go through this.

* DisappearsIntoLight: Happens to [[spoler:God Bistall]] in ''The Dark Revenant''.

* BeamSpam: God Bistall's second form in ''The Dark Revenant'' uses this.
* Bifauxnen: [[spoiler:Mauve]] in ''Brandish VT'' is a mild example.

* BagOfSpilling: Applies to Ares at the beginning of each game. Justified in the second game where Ares gets beaten up and loses the Planet Buster, getting locked up in the process.

* HotWitch: Dela Delon

* OneWingedAngel: The final bosses in every installment except the first one go through this.

* SquishyWizard: Dela Delon in ''The Dark Revenant''
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Dela Delon

* WhipItGood: Dee in Brandish VT.

!!This game provides examples of the following:

* BreakableWeapons: Combined with a limited inventory

* GoodOldFisticuffs: Always an option

* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: One of the bosses is a group of ninja

''Brandish'' is an ActionRPG series by NihonFalcom notable for having a rotatable "camera" despite having entirely 2-D gameplay, thus allowing the player to do things like circle-strafing, hit-and-run attacks, and other typically-3-D techniques. Only the very first game for the SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem was ever released in other countries, and with great alterations at that. An overview of the game series can be found [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/brandish/brandish.htm here]].

* PortingDisaster: The SNES version is notorious for a terrible control scheme that many find to render the game unplayable -- a result of trying and failing to map its original keyboard/mouse control scheme to the significantly more limited SNES controller.

* PitTrap: Lots, to the point where one (expendable) item is dedicated solely to finding them.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Dela Delon

* ''Brandish'' & ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'': Ares once killed a wizard, so the wizard's apprentice, Dela Delon, seeks revenge. While battling, one of Dela Delon's spells breaks open the ground, sending them both into a deep labyrinth. This game was remade for the [[PlaystationPortable PSP]] as ''Brandish: The Dark Revenant'' and retains the same rotatable camera system.

[[caption-width-right:337:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HexFdsLOUY]]Unlock the underworld!]]

* BreakoutCharacter: Dela Delon has become the signature character of the series, despite only being playable in ''Brandish 3'' and a secret mode of ''The Dark Revenant''.