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** Frog Knight, a recurring frog boss in the gam,e wields a sword, uses his tongue in combat, and thinks a lot about the princess, just like a certain Frog from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
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** Frog Knight, a recurring frog boss in the gam,e game, wields a sword, uses his tongue in combat, and thinks a lot about the princess, just like a certain Frog from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
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* OminousOwl: One of the bosses of the game is a giant owl.
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** A recurring frog boss in the game wields a sword, uses his tongue in combat, and thinks a lot about the princess, just like a certain Frog from ''Chrono Trigger''.
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** A Frog Knight, a recurring frog boss in the game gam,e wields a sword, uses his tongue in combat, and thinks a lot about the princess, just like a certain Frog from ''Chrono Trigger''.''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
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** One of the hidden endings references the EasyModeMockery of ''I Wanna Be The Guy'', complete with a ribbon for the your protagonist. The world artwork in this hidden ending includes hills with eyes from ''Super Mario World'', and a castle straight out of ''Super Mario Brothers''.
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** One of the hidden endings references the EasyModeMockery of ''I Wanna Be The Guy'', ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', complete with a ribbon for the your protagonist. The world artwork in this hidden ending includes hills with eyes from ''Super Mario World'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', and a castle straight out of ''Super Mario Brothers''.''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''.
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** The ManEatingPlant boss greets you with the saying of "Hello! Baby!" before eating a civilian, and in the Castle Entrance, you can find a secret room with a dead red lizard-like creature that says "Sorry, I'm dead". Both of these are references to the first two bosses of the ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
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* FrogPeople: The Frog Knight is a humanoid frog who appears twice as a mid-boss, opposing the player due to seeing him as a rival standing between him and Princess Isabelle's affections. [[spoiler:He even appears to oppose the player in the GoldenEnding credits, trying to steal the Princess's love from him, only to lose again.]]
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* FrogPeople: FrogMen: The Frog Knight is a humanoid frog who appears twice as a mid-boss, opposing the player due to seeing him as a rival standing between him and Princess Isabelle's affections. [[spoiler:He even appears to oppose the player in the GoldenEnding credits, trying to steal the Princess's love from him, only to lose again.]]
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* BewitchedAmphibians: Referenced in the Frog Knight's imagine spot; he wants to win Princess Isabelle's love so that she would kiss him...so that she would turn into a frog as well, allowing them to be in a relationship.
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* FrogPeople: The Frog Knight is a humanoid frog who appears twice as a mid-boss, opposing the player due to seeing him as a rival standing between him and Princess Isabelle's affections. [[spoiler:He even appears to oppose the player in the GoldenEnding credits, trying to steal the Princess's love from him, only to lose again.]]
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* {{BFG}}: An odd take on this one as it's your character who's remarkably tiny, making all the swords he wields BFG's in comparison.
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* MultipleEndings: Taking inspiration from its Metroidvania cousins, this game has two.
** [[spoiler:Bad Ending - The hero makes it through the castle to find Princess Isabelle defeated by the Dark Sorcerer and no longer convinced of her father's survival. The hero then battles the Dark Sorcerer and kills him. The castle collapses and the end tells that the king was never found or heard from again]].
** [[spoiler:{{Golden Ending}} - After finding the White Orb and getting the witch Ruth to enchant it after her boss battle, the hero instead finds Isabelle defeated like before, but this time has her father's pendant and is convinced he's still alive. The hero then uses it in the battle with the Dark Sorcerer to reveal he IS the king. After using the White Orb to purify him of his possession, the hero faces the true threat, the Demon King, and defeats him]].
** [[spoiler:Bad Ending - The hero makes it through the castle to find Princess Isabelle defeated by the Dark Sorcerer and no longer convinced of her father's survival. The hero then battles the Dark Sorcerer and kills him. The castle collapses and the end tells that the king was never found or heard from again]].
** [[spoiler:{{Golden Ending}} - After finding the White Orb and getting the witch Ruth to enchant it after her boss battle, the hero instead finds Isabelle defeated like before, but this time has her father's pendant and is convinced he's still alive. The hero then uses it in the battle with the Dark Sorcerer to reveal he IS the king. After using the White Orb to purify him of his possession, the hero faces the true threat, the Demon King, and defeats him]].
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* {{Troll}}: Hilariously enough, there's a somewhat difficult to find sword and armor actually called "Troll Sword" and "Troll Armor", meant to be a joke as getting them involves falling down a pit into the side-chamber with no way out but to fall into the spikes at the bottom of the pit, resulting in continuing from the last save point without the equipment.
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: You need to find the Mermaid Statue in order to be able to swim, though this could be handwaved as it allowing you to swim in your armor.
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: You need to find the Mermaid Statue in order to be able to swim, though this could be handwaved as it allowing you to swim in your armor.
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* DamselInDistress: Played with, as the missing Princess Isabelle sets up the plot with the hero thinking she is this. [[spoiler:Subverted fairly early on when it's shown in the Cavern of Serpents that she's taken up a bow and is planning an assault on the castle to find her missing father]].
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* MagicKnight: Before even exiting the first area, the town of Alexandria, the PlayerCharacter will be given the ability to use magic in addition to his sword. New spells are hidden in various chests throughout the game.
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** One of the vertical rooms in the Prism Tower has no platforms except for a bunch of Tetrominos straight out of ''Tetris'' for you to climb up.
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* NintendoHard: While this game never truly descends into PlatformHell, the enemies are cleverly placed, as are the traps, making it all too easy for careless players to rush to their deaths.
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* ShoutOut:ShoutOut: This game loves to reference many others, with artwork, names, enemies, and even certain weapons shouting out to its forebears.
** Many, many enemies in the game reference other popular franchises. You can find a blue hedgehog that curls into a ball and rolls at you, Axe Armor, Medusa Heads, and Skeletons from ''Castlevania'', a fairy that exclaims "HEY! LISTEN!" when you take contact damage from her, a knight throwing lances that has his armor shatter when you hurt him, exposing him in his underwear, and quite a few more.
** Several of the 'Loading' Rooms seen in the game reference several other games. One elaborately-decorated hallway looks like it came straight out of ''Symphony of the Night'', while another loading screen has a segmented ''Mega Man'' style boss door in front of it, complete with sound effect when it opens up to let you in.
** A recurring frog boss in the game wields a sword, uses his tongue in combat, and thinks a lot about the princess, just like a certain Frog from ''Chrono Trigger''.
** An oddly-familiar grey pipe that warns the player not to try and pass through it shows up in Alexandria early in the game.
** One of the hidden endings references the EasyModeMockery of ''I Wanna Be The Guy'', complete with a ribbon for the your protagonist. The world artwork in this hidden ending includes hills with eyes from ''Super Mario World'', and a castle straight out of ''Super Mario Brothers''.
** Several of the 'Loading' Rooms seen in the game reference several other games. One elaborately-decorated hallway looks like it came straight out of ''Symphony of the Night'', while another loading screen has a segmented ''Mega Man'' style boss door in front of it, complete with sound effect when it opens up to let you in.
** A recurring frog boss in the game wields a sword, uses his tongue in combat, and thinks a lot about the princess, just like a certain Frog from ''Chrono Trigger''.
** An oddly-familiar grey pipe that warns the player not to try and pass through it shows up in Alexandria early in the game.
** One of the hidden endings references the EasyModeMockery of ''I Wanna Be The Guy'', complete with a ribbon for the your protagonist. The world artwork in this hidden ending includes hills with eyes from ''Super Mario World'', and a castle straight out of ''Super Mario Brothers''.
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* SpikesOfDoom: There are spikes that will hurt the knight, including ones that drop and kill him instantly.
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One dark and gloomy knight, Elmore [=II=], ruler of the Kingdom of Alexandria, falls ill. Worried for his health, Princess Isabelle rallies the guards to defend the castle. The guards take their positions, not expecting anything more than a simple illness.
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One dark and gloomy knight, night, Elmore [=II=], ruler of the Kingdom of Alexandria, falls ill. Worried for his health, Princess Isabelle rallies the guards to defend the castle. The guards take their positions, not expecting anything more than a simple illness.
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* ShoutOut: One person gives the knight a giant treasure chest, saying [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!"]].
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** One person gives the knight a giant treasure chest, saying [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!"]].
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!!''Castle In The Darkness'' Contains examples of:
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!!''Castle In The Darkness'' Contains contains examples of:
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* BlueIsHeroic: The PlayerCharacter is a knight in light blue armour fighting an army of invading monsters.
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* InexplicableTreasureChest: There are treasure chests scattered throughout the game that you can get money from. They come in a variety of colours.
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* InexplicableTreasureChest: There are treasure chests scattered throughout the game that you can get money from. They come in a variety of colours.colors.
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''Castle In The Darkness'' is a {{Retraux}} {{Metroidvania}} [[ActionAdventureGame Action-Adventure]] PlatformGame by Matt Kap and Nicalis Inc.
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''Castle In The Darkness'' is a {{Retraux}} {{Metroidvania}} [[ActionAdventureGame Action-Adventure]] ActionAdventure PlatformGame by Matt Kap and Nicalis Inc.
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''Castle In The Darkness'' is a {{Retraux}} {{Metroidvania}} PlatformGame by Matt Kap and Nicalis Inc.
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''Castle In The Darkness'' is a {{Retraux}} {{Metroidvania}} [[ActionAdventureGame Action-Adventure]] PlatformGame by Matt Kap and Nicalis Inc.
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** In another part of the game, you encounter an old man who says [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIDraculasCurse "What a horrible night to have a curse."]].
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** In another part of the game, you encounter an old man who says [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIDraculasCurse [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse "What a horrible night to have a curse."]].
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* BlackBeadEyes: The PlayerCharacter, as well as a large number of [=NPC=]s in the game, have their eyes composed of like, 2-3 black pixels.
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* PlayingWithFire: The first magic spell you get lets you charge and launch a fireball.
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* ShoutOut: One person gives the knight a giant treasure chest, saying [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!"]].
** In another part of the game, you encounter an old man who says [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIDraculasCurse "What a horrible night to have a curse."]].
** In another part of the game, you encounter an old man who says [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIDraculasCurse "What a horrible night to have a curse."]].
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* LockAndKeyPuzzle: There re a number of locked doors in the game for which you need to find the key.
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* LockAndKeyPuzzle: There re are a number of locked doors in the game for which you need to find the key.
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* InexplicableTreasureChest: There are treasure chests scattered throughout the game that you can get money from.
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* HeartContainer: Defeating a boss gets you a boss heart that increases your [=HP=].
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* LockAndKeyPuzzle: There re a number of locked doors in the game for which you need to find the key.
* InexplicableTreasureChest: There are treasure chests scattered throughout the game that you can get money from. They come in a variety of colours.
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* SuspiciouslyCrackedWall: You can attack these to reveal hidden paths.
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* FeatheredFiend: One enemy type is birds.
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* SavePoint: These take the form of angelic statues holding a giant blue gem. At them, you can either save, or equip.
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* SavePoint: These take the form of angelic statues holding a giant blue gem. At them, you can either save, save your game, or equip.equip new weapons.
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* DemBones: One enemy type is skeletons that throw bones.
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* TennisBoss: The first boss of the game can be beaten by deflecting its attacks back at it. An [=NPC=] even gives you a clue about it before you encounter the boss.
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* {{Oculothorax}}: Some enemies, and at least one boss, have a body that's composed of a giant eyeball.
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* SavePoint: These take the form of angelic statues holding a giant blue gem. At them, you can either save, or equip.
* SideView: How the game's viewed.
* SideView: How the game's viewed.
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* {{Retraux}}: The game is done in 8-bit style, with 8-bit sounds and music.
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''Castle In The Darkness'' is a {{Retraux}} {{Metroidvania}} PlatformGame by Matt Kap and Nicalis Inc.
One dark and gloomy knight, Elmore [=II=], ruler of the Kingdom of Alexandria, falls ill. Worried for his health, Princess Isabelle rallies the guards to defend the castle. The guards take their positions, not expecting anything more than a simple illness.
Only, what came next was more than just an illness.
The Kingdom of Alexandria is beset upon by an army of monsters. The guards fought valiantly to drive them off, but alas, they were the ones to fall instead.
All but one.
Now he alone must save the kingdom from this menace.
The game was released on February 5th, 2015.
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!!''Castle In The Darkness'' Contains examples of:
* BlueIsHeroic: The PlayerCharacter is a knight in light blue armour fighting an army of invading monsters.
* OminousOwl: One of the bosses of the game is a giant owl.
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One dark and gloomy knight, Elmore [=II=], ruler of the Kingdom of Alexandria, falls ill. Worried for his health, Princess Isabelle rallies the guards to defend the castle. The guards take their positions, not expecting anything more than a simple illness.
Only, what came next was more than just an illness.
The Kingdom of Alexandria is beset upon by an army of monsters. The guards fought valiantly to drive them off, but alas, they were the ones to fall instead.
All but one.
Now he alone must save the kingdom from this menace.
The game was released on February 5th, 2015.
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!!''Castle In The Darkness'' Contains examples of:
* BlueIsHeroic: The PlayerCharacter is a knight in light blue armour fighting an army of invading monsters.
* OminousOwl: One of the bosses of the game is a giant owl.
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