History VideoGame / LittleKingsStory

* FatGirl: Princess Spumoni.

** There are several to the [[Literature/DouglasAdams Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]:

I've searched for the true king for 35 years, and wanted to come up with something to impress you, but...

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: So much so that you marry seven of them.

** King Long Sauvage represents the sin of {{Lust}}...which might raise some eyebrows at first, especially since there's almost no hints as to why he's represents this particular sin. ...Until one realizes a few things; [[Literature/TheDivineComedy The Divine Comedy]] makes reference to those who are lustful being on top of the mountain in Purgatory, the fact that Sauvage takes great pride in being incredibly tall and having a monstrously long beard, which visually invokes CombatTentacles (and by extension, possibly NaughtyTentacles), and there's his name, which could be something...[[DoubleEntendre much more racy]] if one replaces the "v" in his name with an "s". Sobamanjaro's [[DeathCourse heavily defended state]] indicates a serious lust for power...and then there's the fact that he's the king who's holding [[MsFanservice Princess Ferne]] captive, hinting at a [[DirtyOldMan potentially perverse side]], so all the subtle hints ultimately add up and give Long Sauvage's position as the representative of Lust much more weight. ''New Little King's Story'' makes the connection ''embarrassingly'' obvious, however.

** King Long Sauvage represents the sin of {{Lust}}...which might raise some eyebrows at first, especially since there's almost no hints as to why he's represents this particular sin. ...Until one realizes a few things; [[Literature/TheDivineComedy The Divine Comedy]] makes reference to those who are lustful being on top of the mountain in Purgatory, the fact that Sauvage takes great pride in being incredibly tall and having a monstrously long beard (and there's his name, which could be something...[[DoubleEntendre much more racy]] if one replaces the "v" in his name with an "s"...), Sobamanjaro's [[DeathCourse heavily defended state]] indicates a serious lust for power...and then there's the fact that he's the king who's holding [[MsFanservice Princess Ferne]] captive, hinting at a [[DirtyOldMan potentially perverse side]], so all the subtle hints ultimately add up and give Long Sauvage's position as the representative of Lust much more weight. ''New Little King's Story'' makes the connection ''embarrassingly'' obvious, however.

* WorldDomination: The goal for 90% of the game.

* CanonName: The main character's real name is Corobo, [[HelloInsertNameHere though you can name him however you wish]].

* DeathCourse: King Long Sauvage's fight consists of making your way up to the top of Mt. Sobamanjaro, which is '''very''' heavily defended, lengthy and difficult to traverse.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: The little Oniis are fond of using pieces of dragons and live cows as weapons.

* InUniverseGameClock: The game has a day/night cycle to give the player a sense of time progression, but it can get pretty aggravating when certain sidequests require that you be in certain areas at very specific times.

* PuzzleBoss: Numerous; King Omelet is fought by way of a quiz game, King Long Sauvage's fight is an obstacle course, and King TV Dinnah's fight is a ''geography test!'' And we already mentioned how King Shishekebaboo's battle is a pinball game...

* TheKingdom: The entire premise of the game is to rule one of these and expand it to other areas.

* AliensStealCattle: Comes in two flavors; Several non-combatant [=UFOs=] steal all the animals, including cows, during Princess Shizuka's Princess Quest, while a UFO you fight as one of the game's mini-bosses an abduct your soldiers and drop headless cattle to battle you with.

* DemotedToExtra: Liam goes from being Alpoko's Anything Minister in the original game to having his position taken over by Azul and subsequently resigning from his position in ''New Little King's Story''. It's brief, but can be saddening to those who liked him.

* FungusHumongous: The mushroom forest and its enemies, including a gigantic toadstool boss.

* MindControl: How the titular Little King gets people to follow him around.

* NonLethalKO: No matter what happens to your troops, most of them will wash up on the beach the next morning in perfect health. They seem to get over it pretty quick... as soon as you use your mind control on them.

* RequisiteRoyalRegalia:
** The king wears a brilliant red cape, an expensive-looking medallion, royal boots, a "magic" scepter, and his golden crown.
** The staff is replaced with a sword in ''New Little King's Story.''

* SelfImposedChallenge: Some players occasionally go out of their kingdom without their posse. Corobo can hurt enemies with the command action, and doing so makes taking down enemies and bosses ''far'' more difficult than if they're fought normally. For example, Duvroc can be taken down with only Corobo, but doing so turns him into a MarathonBoss thanks to his damage output being incredibly low and needing to be mindful of his attacks and minions thanks to his low health.

** King Long Sauvage represents the sin of {{Lust}}...which might raise some eyebrows at first, especially since there's almost no hints as to why he's represents this particular sin. ...Until one realizes a few things; [[Literature/TheDivineComedy The Divine Comedy]] makes reference to those who are lustful being on top of the mountain in Purgatory, the fact that Sauvage takes great pride in being incredibly tall and having a monstrously long beard (and there's his name, which could be something...[[DoubleEntendre much more racy]] if one replaces the "v" in his name with an "s"...), Sobamanjaro's [[DeathCourse heavily defended state]] indicates a serious lust for power...and then there's the fact that he's the king who's holding [[MsFanservice Princess Ferne]] captive, hinting at a [[DirtyOldMan potentially perverse side]], so all the subtle hints ultimately add up and give Long Sauvage's position as the representative of Lust much more weight. ''New Little King's Story'' makes the connection ''embarrassingly'' obvious.

** Princess Apricot is a shout out to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]].

* SuckingInLines: King Jumbo Champloon's chicken head can fire a laser that charges up with this effect. The Vacuum Cleaner mooks can also do likewise.

** King Shishikebaboo's sin is a no-brainer. He [[BigEater gorges himself on numerous sweets and food]] and thinks almost of nothing else (not even Spumoni, whom he's got trapped in a vase). Being a creature of over-indulgence, it's only natural for his sin to be [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]].

* AdaptationalBadass: Any of the princesses who were retained from the original game gain a pretty big boost in badassery in ''New Little King's Story'', where they're capable of joining you in fighting on the front lines instead of staying relegated to sitting around in your castle.

* ButThouMust: When Skinny Ray comes to you telling you that the sky is falling and he needs help researching it the game obviously intends for you to believe him and help but your ministers put it to a vote and defeat the motion every time. This eventually gets pretty ridiculous since this is a monarchy and there are no other situations where they disagree with your decisions.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite having [[InsistentTerminology united]] the world, villages still talk to the king as though he were a servant.

** During the final boss fight, [[spoiler:the Rat King swallows your Queen whole, and she doesn't come back out when you beat him. This implies that she was '''digested alive''' along with any of your soldiers that get hit by his swallow attack.]]

* LethalJokeCharacter: The Culinary Chef. It doesn't really have any specialties in combat or digging, which makes it seem like they're useless. That is until you find out that they can perform a OneHitKill on [[DemonicSpiders Cockadoodledos]], a variety of enemy of which can ''only'' be killed by Chefs. (Still, at 500,000 Bol, it's pretty pricey...)
* MascotMook: The designers really seem to love the cute little oniis.

* OrganDrops: Livestock based enemies drop meat, Oniis drop horns, killer turnips drop turnips...

** The king wears a brilliant red cape, an expensive-looking medallion, royal boots, a "magic" sceptre, and his golden crown.

* BalefulPolymorph: Your Rainbow Magician's basic attack. Also, one boss can scramble your troops' jobs.
** The Radeeze can turn your troops into ''turnips'', which is effectively a OneHitKill and spawns additional Turniphead enemies.

* ConvenientQuesting

* DemotedToExtra: Liam goes from being Alpoko's Anything Minister in the original game to having his position taken over by Azul and subsequently leaving the

* KidHero: Corobo.

* LethalJokeCharacter: The Culinary Chef. It doesn't really have any specialties in combat or digging, which makes it seem like they're useless. That is until you find out that they can perform a OneHitKill on [[DemonicSpiders giant chickens]], a variety of which can ''only'' be killed by Chefs. (Still, at 500,000 Bol, it's pretty pricey...)

* {{Obake}}: The most common enemy type is the oniis, which look more like adorable muppets than ogres.

* OrganDrops: Livestock based enemies drop meat, oniis drop horns, killer turnips drop turnips...

* {{Polyamory}}: When you defeat any rival King, you rescue a Princess and are instantly married. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end of the game; before using your flying machine, you're given seven sets of divorce papers, and your female Records Minister resigns.]]
** [[spoiler: ''New Little King's Story'' can play this straight if you get the "Harem" ending.]]

* PuzzleBoss: Numerous: King Omelet is fought by way of a quiz game, King Long Sauvage's fight is an obstacle course, and King TV Dinnah's fight is a ''geography test!'' And we already mentioned how King Shishekebaboo's battle is a pinball game...

* SuddenlyVoiced: After you beat the game for the first time, time unlock Tyrant Mode; amongst other features, Pancho, Howser's faithful companion who was previously believed to speak solely in moos, talks to you casually in English.

* ValleyGirl: Kokomo Pine.

* VictoryPose: The king will do a little salute with his scepter when you complete a mission. With guardians, he often jumps up on their corpse for his victory pose.

* TalkativeLoon: King Jumbo Champloon.

* AliensStealCattle: Comes in two flavors. [=UFOs=] steal all the animals, including cows, in one sidequest. Also, when you actually fight a UFO, it drops headless cattle to fight you on the ground.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: In an odd way. Completing Princess Ferne's jewel sidequest doesn't let you edit your clothes, but lets you change the color of your scepter's jem, from prismatic Dynamond to glowing black Akumamarine.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Happens in the opening after the [[FridgeLogic young, small king smashes open a giant boulder]] to find a crown.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Inverted: The king is the only character whose health you can't upgrade. His squishiness is justified, being a child and all...
** It does apply for the king bosses though.

* {{Backtracking}}: Lots of it for the Princess sidequests.

** Another boss turns your troops into ''turnips'', which is effectively a OneHitKill and spawns additional enemies.

* ButThouMust: When the Astronomer comes to you telling you that the sky is falling and he needs help researching it the game obviously intends for you to believe him and help but your ministers put it to a vote and defeat the motion every time.
** Rather annoying since this is a monarchy and there are no other situations where they disagree with your decisions.

* TheCaligula: Duvroc
* CanonName: The main character is Corobo.
* ChasingYourTail: The Ogre Ergo guardian.
* AChildShallLeadThem

* CorridorCubbyholeRun: The Tiptoe Kingdom Boss. Also, ThatOneBoss.

* DeathCourse: The Tiptoe Kingdom Boss is essentially this.

* DoppelgangerSpin: [[spoiler:The final boss.]]

* EnemyDetectingRadar: Slightly odd in a medieval setting.
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: Someone on the production team loved cows. One of the basic enemies is a demon cow and the practice boss is an undead cow.

* ErmineCapeEffect: The king 'always' wears his royal outfit, even when exploring the unknown world.

* {{Fartillery}}: The [[spoiler:final boss]] fight.

%%* FemmeFatale: Princess Ferne.

** During the final boss fight, [[spoiler:The Rat King swallows your Queen whole, and she doesn't come back out when you beat him. This implies that she was DIGESTED ALIVE along with several of your troops]].

* HarderThanHard: Beating the game unlocks tyrant mode where everyone starts with just one point of health on top of the normal additions for hard difficulty, also unlike the normal difficulty levels, you cannot switch to a different level throughout the game.
* HelloInsertNameHere: You get to name your HeroicMime, of course

* HotterAndSexier: The [=PlayStation=] Vita remake.
* HPToOne: Annoyingly used by the UFO enemies.

* InUniverseGameClock: Sometimes annoying when things that only appear between certain hours are in inconvenient locations.

* TheKingdom: The entire premise of the game is to rule this.
* KingMook: The Onii King.
* LevelAte: The Ripe Kingdom. Its boss battle combines this with PinballZone as you [[PlayingTennisWithTheBoss literally play pinball]] ''[[PlayingTennisWithTheBoss with]]'' [[PlayingTennisWithTheBoss the boss]].

* MeaningfulName: Most of the enemies in the game. Some examples are: the Onii King, who commands the Oniis; King Eggbert, who lives in a giant egg; Shishkebaboo, who is defeated by skewering him (on a fork); and TV Dinnah, who has a TV for a head.
* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: [[spoiler: Very literally. Although it begins getting obvious with the cardboard New Island.]]

* MonsterCompendium: One of the princess quests. Also adds them to you images for redecorating the castle.

* NonHumanHead: King TV Dinnah looks like an ordinary man in a suit... except for his head, which is an old-fashioned television, with the screen displaying a large eye.

* OneHitKill: A handful of enemy attacks and other phenomena will instantly kill any of your troops they hit. Examples include the frogs' tongue attack, the dragons' 360 degree tail sweep, and [[spoiler:two different attacks used by the rats in the final battle]].

* PopQuiz: The Worrywart Kingdom boss battle takes the form of this.
* PrehensileHair: One of the bosses.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Pomp and Circumstance, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the William Tell Overture...
* PuzzleBoss: Numerous: The Boss of the Worrywart Kingdom is a quiz game, the boss of the Tiptoe Kingdom is an obstacle course, and the boss of the UsefulNotes/PrimeTime Kingdom is a ''geography test!'' And we already mentioned the pinball game...
* RagsToRoyalty: In the opening cutscene, you find out that the Little King was a lonely boy with no friends and a rodent problem before accidentally finding a crown and instantly becoming the king.
* RatKing: [[FinalBoss The Rat King]] leads a group consisting of himself and 3 other rats. It and its followers symbolize the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, with the Rat King symbolizing Death.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Played Straight (?) and Inverted in ''New Little King's Story.'' Azul is new to this game, but everyone seems to already know him -- he's even apparently known Verde since they were kids. Meanwhile, although almost everyone from the previous game reappears with little or no re-introduction, Kampbell is introduced as though no-one has any idea who he is.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Some players occasionally go out of their kingdom without their posse. Corobo can hurt enemies with the command action, and doing so makes taking down enemies and bosses harder. for example, Duvroc can be taken down with only the king, but doing so takes about an hour as you deal with all the enemies and avoid their attacks as the king is a bit of a OneHitPointWonder.
* ShoutOut:
** Howser is an old knight with grandiose ambitions who has a cow named Pancho; [[Literature/DonQuixote was an old man who travelled for many years with a companion named Sancho]].

*** TV Dinnah talks about "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the World"

* SpeakingSimlish: The spoken dialogue is actually gibberish composed from multiple languages.

* StandardStatusEffects: Your troops can be [[UniversalPoison poisoned]], paralyzed, confused, on fire, or turned into snowmen.
* SuckingInLines: The New Island Boss and the Vacuum Cleaner mooks.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: Your regular troops usually wash up on the beach if they die (yes, even if they get [[FridgeLogic swallowed by a giant frog]]), but sometimes they [[KilledOffForReal don't come back]]. In that case, any villagers that were close to them dress in black for the day, and you can attend their funeral at the church. Which makes it all the more horrifying when [[spoiler:you get see reports of the apocalyptic calamities happening to them during the final boss fight.]]

** [[spoiler:The location of the FinalBoss fight in the Vita version is located at Corobo's castle, aka the one you escaped at in the beginning of the game.]]

* {{Fartillery}}: The [[spoiler: final boss]] fight.
* FatGirl: Princess Spumoni
* FemmeFatale: Princess Ferne
* FinalDeath: Usually, when one of your villagers dies, he/she washes up on shore the next day. However, sometimes, when killed, they stay dead until you either load a save before they died or start anew (which isn't worth it, seeing as how they are easily replaced by other townsfolk).
** Even worse during the final boss fight when [[spoiler:The Rat King swallows your Queen whole, she doesn't come back out when you beat him. This implies that she was DIGESTED ALIVE along with several of your troops]].

* FiveManBand

* GiantEnemyCrab: The Onii Crabs

* ImprobableWeaponUser: The onii enemies attack you with everything from pogosticks and pieces of dragons to fan-tanks and ''a live cow.''

* LostForever: Possible with some one-of-kind treasures. The Legendary Bow appears at the end of the Onii Bride battle, but if your inventory is full before you reach it, it might not be there when you come back for it.

* NonLethalKO: No matter what happens to your troops, most of them will wash up on the beach the next morning in perfect health.
** In perfect physical health, maybe. When you find them on the beach they're rocking back and forth in the fetal position. They seem to get over it pretty quick... as soon as you use your mind control on them.

* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: The king wears a brilliant red cape, an expensive-looking medallion, royal boots, a "magic" sceptre, and his golden crown.

* ShoutOut: Howser is an old knight with grandiose ambitions who has a cow named Pancho; [[Literature/DonQuixote was an old man who travelled for many years with a companion named Sancho]].

** As per the ending, [[spoiler: a little hero leading an army of toys against invading rats [[Theatre/TheNutcracker isn't exactly unheard of...]]]]

* ToyTime: The New Island area is this combines with arts and crafts in a MacroZone.
** [[spoiler: The entire game turns out to be set inside a toy stage.]]

* ValleyGirl: Kokomo Pine

* VideoGameCaringPotential: Your regular troops usually wash up on the beach if they die (yes, even if they get [[FridgeLogic swallowed by a giant frog]]), but sometimes they [[KilledOffForReal don't come back]]. In that case, any villagers that were close to them dress in black for the day, and you can attend their funeral at the church.
** Which makes it all the more horrifying when [[spoiler: you get see reports of the apocalyptic calamities happening to them during the final boss fight.]]
* WarForFunAndProfit
* WhereItAllBegan: [[spoiler: The location of the FinalBoss fight in the Vita version is located at Corobo's castle, aka the one you escaped at in the beginning of the game.]]
** This is also the clue for the final Wonder Spot: [[spoiler:It's the area where you fought the Onii King, and therefore rescued Apricot, who gave you the sidequest in the first place.]]

* Creator/YokoShimomura: Composed part of the music.

'''''Little King's Story''''' is a RealTimeStrategy game for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}. You're a young boy who [[FindersRulers found a magic crown]] and now rules a kingdom. With your "helpful" ministers at your side, you set out to dominat... er, unify a candy-colored fantasy setting under your rule. So storm the oddball kingdoms of the rest of the world with an your swarm of various troops, collect all the treasure, conquer every monster, and marry every princess.

A remake, entitled '''''New Little King's Story''''', was released for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita, featuring a revamped art style, touch controls, and a story that isn't quite sure if it wants to be a sequel or a retelling.

* HotterAndSexier: The PlayStationVita remake.

This game provides examples of:

* PuzzleBoss: Numerous: The Boss of the Worrywart Kingdom is a quiz game, the boss of the Tiptoe Kingdom is an obstacle course, and the boss of the PrimeTime Kingdom is a ''geography test!'' And we already mentioned the pinball game...

** One of the plants you can find out in the world is {{Neil deGrass|eTyson}}.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:You go beyond space to the giant bedroom of, and appear to be either toys or imaginary characters created by, a boy who looks just like the king. The world is ending because of rats chewing on toy stage that is your world, and you get a running news ticker during the final boss fight ''describing areas of your world that have been wiped off the map by the fight outside!'' Oh, and the princess you chose to go with you gets swallowed by a giant rat that gets casually tossed out the window. Hope you didn't like her too much. Of course, depending on your interpretation, it was AllJustADream anyway.]]

* GainaxEnding [[spoiler: You go beyond space to the giant bedroom of, and appear to be either toys or imaginary characters created by, a boy who looks just like the king. The world is ending because of rats chewing on toy stage that is your world, and you get a running news ticker during the final boss fight ''describing areas of your world that have been wiped off the map by the fight outside!'' Oh, and the princess you chose to go with you gets swallowed by a giant rat that gets casually tossed out the window. Hope you didn't like her too much. Of course, depending on your interpretation, it was AllJustADream anyway.]]