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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Creature Log entry for the ''Sacabambaspis'' makes note of its real-world following fawning over its flat face resembling a smiley and its pill-shaped body.
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* ShoutOut: The inclusion of ''Sacabambaspis'' references a Japanese and Chinese internet meme featuring the creature from 2023, popular enough that plushies were of it to capitalize on the trend. While most of them come in red in-game, you can find the silver coloration used for the meme as a rare encounter.
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* AlbinosAreFreaks: Following a trend from ''Blue World'', this is inverted with new albino creature variants introduced in the game, as review footage shows certain species are required to unlock secrets in a form of mythological reverence.
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* AlbinosAreFreaks: Following a trend from ''Blue World'', this is inverted with new albino creature variants introduced in the game, as review footage shows certain species are required to unlock secrets in a form of mythological reverence. However, the Leviathan continues to be a straight example, still carrying its reputation as a ship destroyer from its days in the Zahhab Region.
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** Most saltwater legendary creatures from ''Blue World'' return, effectively making cameos in the appropriate tiles during dives.
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** Most saltwater legendary creatures from ''Blue World'' return, effectively making cameos in the appropriate tiles during dives. Their Creature Log entries continue to reference their backstories from said game, implying that all of them left or escaped their original homes after its events.
* ContrivedCoincidence: It's implied ''Blue World'' is still canon, which would make it an astonishing stroke of luck that all of the returning legendaries (including the ones implied to be sapient) have gathered in the Veiled Sea at once after already leaving their original homes across the planet.
* ContrivedCoincidence: It's implied ''Blue World'' is still canon, which would make it an astonishing stroke of luck that all of the returning legendaries (including the ones implied to be sapient) have gathered in the Veiled Sea at once after already leaving their original homes across the planet.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Some of the legendary creatures are like this; in addition to the aforementioned Phantom, there's also [[spoiler:Lancia Amabile, a giant neon pink marlin]], as well as odd color variants for regular creatures such as blue narwhals and green whale sharks.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Some of the legendary creatures are like this; in addition to the aforementioned purple manta ray Phantom, there's also [[spoiler:Lancia Amabile, a giant neon pink marlin]], as well as odd color variants for regular creatures such as blue narwhals and green whale sharks.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: ''Hallucigenia'', a genus of worm-like arthropods with spines and flabby legs, is among the list of non-fish and reptile NotSoExtinct creatures within the {{Prehistoria}} regions of the Veiled Sea.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: ''Hallucigenia'', a genus of worm-like arthropods with spines and flabby legs, is among the list of non-fish and reptile NotSoExtinct creatures within the {{Prehistoria}} regions of the Veiled Sea.
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* FluffyTheTerrible: While none of the [=UMLs=] are intentionally harmful, HQ likes to give them flowery names befitting their mystique and occasional bouts of disruptive behavior... except for [[spoiler:the tiger shark with piezoelectric crystal growths, who is simply just called "Mertz" as if they were somebody's pet fish]].
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* FluffyTheTerrible: While none of the [=UMLs=] are intentionally harmful, HQ likes to give them flowery names befitting their mystique and occasional bouts of disruptive behavior... except for [[spoiler:the tiger shark guitarfish with piezoelectric crystal growths, who is simply just called "Mertz" as if they were somebody's pet fish]].
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* FluffyTheTerrible: While none of the [=UMLs=] are intentionally harmful, HQ likes to give them flowery names befitting their mystique and occasional bouts of disruptive behavior... except for [[spoiler:the tiger shark with piezoelectric crystal growths, who is simply just called "Mertz" as if they were somebody's pet fish]].
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Some of the legendary creatures are like this; in addition to the aforementioned Phantom, there's also [[spoiler:Lancia Amabile, a giant neon pink marlin]], as well as odd color variants for regular creatures such as blue narwhals and green whale sharks.
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* ForgetsToEat: The Creature Log implies Phantom isn't feeding himself properly out of neglect, even for a filter feeder, as it states that he would rather wander in the ocean than go look for food.
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* WalkingTheEarth: Phantom apparently left Valka Castle to wander through the ocean by himself at some point between ''Blue World'' and ''Luminous'', stopping in the Veiled Sea. It's noted in-universe that the reason as to why is a mystery, especially if it's true he is in fact the ghost of Prince Valka.
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* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: Phantom's updated model turns him neon purple from the jet black he used to be, [[JustifiedTrope a color fit for the royal prince he once was]].
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Phantom, the legendary manta ray from ''Blue World'', has gone from jet-black to [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife neon purple]].
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* OxygenMeter: In a series first, averted. You can spend as long as you want under the waves in solo mode; multiplayer would be the same case if the sessions themselves weren't limited to an hour in length.
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* {{Prehistoria}}: One of the possible sub-areas in a session is an ancient ruin absolutely riddled with prehistoric lifeforms. They can also inhabit smaller benthic caverns
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* SuperNotDrowningSkills: In a series first, you can spend as long as you want under the waves in solo mode; multiplayer would be the same case if the sessions themselves weren't limited to an hour in length.
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* ComputerVoice: Sera's lines, both in the story and throughout the Creature Log, are voiced by text-to-speech software, given that she's an AI.
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* DemotedToExtra: Thanatos and the Ancient Mother are both given a massively reduced role. Thanatos has gone from being an ArcVillain that haunts an area of the map and serves as an obstacle to the player to being a rare encounter. The Ancient Mother, similarly, has gone from being one of the endgame goals of the previous two games to being a rare encounter.
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** In contrast to the original two games' interpretations, the Goblin Shark is correctly shown with its jaw retracted by default, though it will occasionally push its jaw out to demonstrate its capability.
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'''Trailers:''' [[https://youtu.be/tKXjoA_Gai4 Announcement Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/5g9wk5LkJP4 "Sounds of the Sea"]], [[https://youtu.be/Wj2T6FK5rPA Overview Trailer]]
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'''Trailers:''' [[https://youtu.be/tKXjoA_Gai4 Announcement Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/5g9wk5LkJP4 "Sounds of the Sea"]], [[https://youtu.be/Wj2T6FK5rPA Overview Trailer]]
Trailer]], [[https://youtu.be/BCG84XL1iXk Launch Trailer]]
* EmoteAnimation: Your primary method of interacting with other players besides tagging. You use in-game currency to acquire more.
* GameplayGrading: Each dive session has you scored in four areas: Teamwork (how well you engaged with other players and worked towards the research goal), Research (how many fish you scanned and what kinds), Salvage ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin how much salvage you found]]), and Exploration (how much of the map you filled in and light fragments you found). Do well enough in a given category and you'll receive a gold, silver, or bronze medal for it.
* GameplayGrading: Each dive session has you scored in four areas: Teamwork (how well you engaged with other players and worked towards the research goal), Research (how many fish you scanned and what kinds), Salvage ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin how much salvage you found]]), and Exploration (how much of the map you filled in and light fragments you found). Do well enough in a given category and you'll receive a gold, silver, or bronze medal for it.
* LostInTranslation: One of the possible salvage items is a birthday note to a two-year-old inside of a bottle. It's addressed to [[spoiler:Oceanne]], which obfuscates the reference to the likely intended recipient: [[spoiler:Oceana, Jean-Eric's granddaughter from ''Blue World''.]]
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* RevisitingTheRoots: After ''Blue Worlds''' much more thorough plot and feature list with a variety of characters, ''Luminous'' is much closer to the first ''Endless Ocean'' in structure; you're just doing research for its own sake, it uses a MinimalistCast, and the focus is mostly on the fish themselves.
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* ChekhovsGun: Crown-of-thorns starfish were constantly condemned in both of the previous games as a pest that munches on coral to the point of depopulation and reacts positively to pollution. Chapter 2 initially starts as a PestEpisode featuring them because of this exact detail.
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* GreenAndMean: ''Akmonistion'' is portrayed as a shark-like creature ([[ArtisticLicensePaleontology albeit with possibly-inaccurate musculature]]) with a bright green hide, set apart by the odd anvil-shaped dorsal fin that gives it its name.
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** ''Liopleurodon'' is correctly described as being 5 to 7 meters long, as opposed to 25 meters as kickstarted by ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''.
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** ''Shonisaurus'' has a barrel-like body, which is now outdated. It would have had a more slender body instead.
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** Similarly, the plesiosaurs are also missing the tail fins that they had according to fossils.
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* ActionizedSequel: ''Inverted''. In stark contrast to ''Blue World'' which added aggressive animals and the Pulsar, ''Luminous'' goes back to the original game's style of gameplay with absolutely no threat whatsoever, just exploration.
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** ''Leedsichthys'' has a lumpy head, as in outdated portrayals, when it should have smooth head.
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* ShownTheirWork: ''Dunkleosteus'' is depicted with a short, compact body as per modern research.
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** Megalodon is referred to by its current genus name ''Otodus''.
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** ''Akmonistion'' is portrayed using a retooled model of a great white, even though as a stethacanthid, its body more likely resembled smaller reef sharks.
