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''Star Ocean'' is the first game in the ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series. It was originally released for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]; that version was [[NoExportForYou never ported to the West]], though {{Fan Translation}}s exist. Creator/SquareEnix [[VideoGameRemake remade]] this game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in North America and Europe in October 2008. An updated version of the remake, subtitiled ''First Departure R'', is set to come out December 5, 2019 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, with the feature of switching between the old voice cast of SNES and new voice cast of the PSP version (at least on the Japanese language featured with the dual language option, there is only one English cast crew).

%%* TheAtoner: Erys

%%* ActionGirl:
%%** Ilia.
%%** Phia.

* BlackMagicianGirl: Erys, even though she's TheRedMage.
* BlindWithoutEm: T'nique.
%%* BloodKnight: Cyuss.

* CrutchCharacter: Ashlay is a textbook Crutch Character. However, the updated remake gives you one utility over recruiting him instead of the much potential-filled Cyuss: He lets you recruit Erys and also lets Roddick gain some better abilities. In the remake, he is still quite viable endgame save for his inability to use shields.
* CuteAndPsycho: Erys, due to her past as a BrainwashedAndCrazy [[EnfantTerrible child assassin]] making her a bit of a NightmareFetishist with excitement on [[KillItWithFire making things burn or blow up]]. However, she doesn't like being one.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Dorne.

%%* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Asmodeus.]]
* DualWielding: Phia only ''looks'' like she does this, as her battle sprite dual-wields daggers, but she can equip only one dagger at a time. In fact, she's the only character other than Roddick that can equip shields.
%%* EvilOverlord: Jie Revorse.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Dorne.
* FieryRedhead: Phia.
%%* FirstContact: Inverted.

* GeniusBruiser: Ilia Silvestri managed to become a maritial arts master while simultaneously getting her PHD by the age of 23.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Jie Revorse seems to come out of nowhere and have little to do with the previous plot in the original version, mainly because his existence is only vaguely alluded to once prior to his reveal late in the game. The remake does a better job of tying him in to the main plot.
* {{Gonk}}: Madam Karner. The way she looks, her pose on the chaise, and how she buys and sells information makes her seem like a female Hutt.

* HandicappedBadass: Crutch character he may be; Ashley is 50-60 years old and has lost his left arm but can still keep up with the rest of the party and go head to head with some of the nastiest monsters Roak has to offer.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: It seems odd before playing ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' that Ilia is surprisingly knowledgeable about the local beverages given that she's ''300 years in the past on an undeveloped planet'', but that game shows that people from Earth knew about Roak at least several years before Asmodeus's defeat and that Earth's humans (including the party in that game) have set foot on it, so she probably just paid an unusual amount of attention to the history of Roak's cuisine in school.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Welch, who fights with handy sticks.

* LadyOfBlackMagic: Mavelle is an odd example. Her special attacks are treated like the specials of the physical characters, but behave like spells.

* {{Ninja}}: Phia.
* OneHandedZweihander: Ashlay, [[JustifiedTrope not that he has any other option since he lost an arm]].
%%* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Neo Revorse.]]
* OptionalPartyMember: Everyone else other than Roddick, Dorne, Millie, Ronyx, and Ilia.
* OverratedAndUnderleveled: Ashlay is, in-universe, a skilled swordsman. However, he is actually no stronger than any of your party members and, compared to the other recruitable characters, becomes a little less powerful later on. This actually [[JustifiedTrope makes perfect sense in-universe though]] - For one, Ashlay is sixty years old, is missing an arm, and likely has some other injuries slowing him down. He's still a HandicappedBadass though.

* {{Tsundere}}:
** Millie from ''First Departure'' is a type-B example: usually sweet and bubbly, but has a short temper when it comes to Roddick and Dorne. [[spoiler:Needless to say, she takes what happens to him about as well as a Force Sword to the face.]]
** Ilia, sometimes. Check out her reaction when you meet up with Millie again, and she explains that the captain is "escorting" Marvel. And then blithely starts to explain how beautiful Marvel is.
** Phia is one towards Cyuss.
* VideoGameRemake: ''First Departure''.
* WhatTheHellHero: Phia calls out Cyuss for [[spoiler:abandoning his duties as their nations prince and running off to play mercenary.]]
* WingedHumanoid: The Featherfolk race.

%%* WolfMan: T'nique.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And T'nique even has blue fur in werewolf form.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Millie, at least in the [[VideoGameRemake remake]].

''Star Ocean'' is the first game in the ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series. It was originally released for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]; that version was [[NoExportForYou never ported to the West]], though {{Fan Translation}}s exist. Creator/SquareEnix [[VideoGameRemake remade]] this game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in North America and Europe in October 2008. An updated version of the remake is planned for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, with the subtitile ''First Departure R'', with the feature of switching between the old voice cast of SNES and new voice cast of the PSP version (at least on the Japanese language featured with the dual language option, there is only one English cast crew).

''Star Ocean'' is the first game in the ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series. It was originally released for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]; that version was [[NoExportForYou never ported to the West]], though {{Fan Translation}}s exist. Creator/SquareEnix [[VideoGameRemake remade]] this game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in North America and Europe in October 2008. An updated version of the remake is planned for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, with the subtitile ''First Departure R''.

* WitchSpecies: While all three varieties of Felpool require [[PowerTatto special tattoos]] to use symbology, Featherfolk have the necessary symbols etched into their very DNA, so most, if not all, are naturally capable of using symbology.

* [[CatGirl Cat People]]: Fellpool, Lesser Fellpool, and Highlanders; more so with the Lesser Fellpool with their cat ears and ability to shapeshift into a cat, while the former look like pointy-eared tailed humanoids. Highlanders are based on big cats (tigers in particular) rather than the usual housecats. (Note that in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'', regular Fellpool, at least the ones on Expel, are portrayed as cat people, with the party member Leon in that game being a [[SpearCounterpart cat boy]] in everything but name.)

* PettingZooPeople: Fellpools are humanlike in appearance, but have heightened senses and tails like cats.

''Star Ocean'' is the first game in the ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series. It was originally released for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]; that version was [[NoExportForYou never ported to the West]], though {{Fan Translation}}s exist. Creator/SquareEnix [[VideoGameRemake remade]] this game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in North America and Europe in October 2008. It tells the tale of a young boy named Roddick Farrence from the planet Roak (most of whose inhabitants have tails and [[UnusualEars pointed ears]], though there are other races) whose world is under threat from a horrible disease that makes those who catch it [[TakenForGranite turn to stone.]] Seems like standard fantasy fare, until Captain Ronyx J. Kenny and his Number One Ilia Silvestri from the Terran Alliance beam down to the planet to investigate. The stone disease is much more than what it seems, not just for Roak but other planets as well....

* HealerSignsOnEarly: Averted. The first character with healing spells isn't available until the last dungeon on the second continent; both he and (at that point in the game) the dungeon are optional. Millie, the non-optional healer, doesn't join until you get to the last continent on Roak.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Jie Revorse seems to come out of nowhere and have little to do with the previous plot in the original version, mainly because his existence is only vaguely alluded to once prior to his reveal late in the game. [[note]]Early in the game we're told that the bio-weapon that turned the Roakians into stone was given to the perpetrators by a mysterious third party. Said third party is revealed late in the game to be planet Fargett, ruled by Jie Revorse. This late game reveal is the first time Fargett and Revorse are mentioned by name.[[/note]] The remake does a better job of tying him in to the main plot.

** Millie from ''First Departure'' is a type-B example: usually sweet and bubbly, but has a short temper when it comes to Roddick and Dorn.

''Star Ocean'' is the first game in the ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series. It was originally released for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]; that version was [[NoExportForYou never ported to the West]], though {{Fan Translation}}s exist. Creator/SquareEnix [[VideoGameRemake remade]] this game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in North America and Europe in October 2008. It tells the tale of a young boy named Ratix Farrence from the planet Roak (most of whose inhabitants have tails and [[UnusualEars pointed ears]], though there are other races) whose world is under threat from a horrible disease that makes those who catch it [[TakenForGranite turn to stone.]] Seems like standard fantasy fare, until Captain Ronyx J. Kenny and his Number One Ilia Silvestri from the Terran Alliance beam down to the planet to investigate. The stone disease is much more than what it seems, not just for Roak but other planets as well....

''Star Ocean'' is the first game in the ''Franchise/StarOcean'' series. It was originally released for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]]; that version was [[NoExportForYou never ported to the West]], though {{Fan Translation}}s exist. Creator/SquareEnix [[VideoGameRemake remade]] this game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in North America and Europe in October 2008. It tells the tale of a young boy named Ratix Farrence from the planet Roak (most of whose inhabitants have tails and [[UnusualEars pointed ears]], though there are other races) whose world is under threat from a horrible disease that makes those who catch it [[TakenForGranite turn to stone.]] Seems like standard fantasy fare, until Captain Ronyx J. Kenny and his Number One Ilia Silvestri from the Terran Alliance beam down to the planet to investigate. The stone disease is much more than what it seems, not just for Roak but other planets as well....

* ShipperOnDeck: ''Everyone'' for Ronyx/Ilia. Even Millie, who makes a ThisAndThat joke regarding her training of Ronyx in Symbology seemingly to irritate Ilia. She tries to persuade Ilia to reveal her feelings for Ronyx, but Ilia doesn't go through with it. Finally, though, when Ronyx does make his move, everyone's peeping in the jewelry shop until they scatter in a LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone moment. Talking to each of your party members shows how long they waited for the two of them to finally end up together.

** The Cave of The Seven Stars' background music is exactly the same as that in the Seraphic Gate of ''ValkyrieProfile''.

* ActionGirl: Ilia, Phia

* TheAtoner: Erys

* BlindWithoutEm: T'nique
* BloodKnight: Cyuss

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Asmodeus]]

* EvilOverlord: Jie Revorse.

* FanTranslation: Until 2008, this was the only way to play this game in English.
* FieryRedhead: Phia
* FirstContact: Inverted.
* FreakyFridayFlip: [[spoiler: Mavelle]] is really [[spoiler: Erys]].

* GuideDangIt: The average player may waltz right through the game and miss many characters simply because they choose to accept others. The real title goes to [[spoiler: Erys]] however - an addition to the PSP remake, who requires ''three other characters recruited'' while two of them make sense ([[ItMakesSenseInContext if you know what their stories are]]), the third is [[LostForever easily missable]] and has ''no connection'' to these two.

* {{Ninja}}: Phia

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Neo Revorse]]

* SecretCharacter:
** You probably [[GuideDangIt need a guide]] in order to get Welch, T'nique, Pericci, and Erys. You ''might'' be able to run into Welch by yourself as she is the easiest of the characters to recruit.[[note]]T'Nique requires you to have six characters in your party by a certain point, then for no discernible reason, run back to an early town. Pericci requires you to do something ''very'' early in the game and then backtrack to find her. Erys meanwhile requires you to recruit a specific set of characters, one of which has ''no relation to her whatsoever''.[[/note]]
** Ashlay may also count; however to be fair you can discover him by poking around the town he's in, and he does give a very strong hint that he's playable.

* ShoutOut: The Cave of The Seven Stars' background music is exactly the same as that in the Seraphic Gate of ''ValkyrieProfile''.
** Also, a character named [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Marvel Frozen]].

* {{Tsundere}} - Millie from ''First Departure'' is a type-B example: usually sweet and bubbly, but has a short temper when it comes to Roddick and Dorn.
** Ilia too, sometimes. Check out her reaction when you meet up with Millie again, and she explains that the captain is "escorting" Marvel. And then blithely starts to explain how beautiful Marvel is.

* VideoGameRemake: ''First Departure''

* WolfMan: T'nique

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Jie Revorse seems to come out of nowhere and have little to do with the previous plot in the original version, mainly because his existence is only vaguely alluded to once prior to his reveal late in the game. [[note]]Early in the game we're told that the bio-weapon that turned the Roakians into stone was given to the perpetrators by a mysterious third party. Said third party is revealed late in the game to be planet Fargett, ruled by Jie Revorse.[[/note]] The remake does a better job of tying him in to the main plot.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Jie Revorse seems to come out of nowhere and have little to do with the previous plot in the original version, mainly because his existence is only vaguely alluded to once prior to his reveal. [[note]]Early in the game we're told that the bio-weapon that turned the Roakians into stone was given to the perpetrators by a mysterious third party. Said third party is later revealed to be planet Fargett, ruled by Jie Revorse. The problem is that Fargett and Revorse aren't formally introduced ''until'' they're revealed as the third party and have attacked Earth, at which point the Roak plot has been resolved and the game is almost over.[[/note]] The remake does a better job of tying him in to the main plot.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Revorse seems to come out of nowhere and have little to do with the previous plot in the original version. The remake did a better job of tying him in to the main plot.
** Hell, [[spoiler:Jie Revorse himself might count. For well over three fourths of the game, Asmodeus is clearly built up to be the BigBad, but once he's defeated, the plot basically goes "Oh yeah, by the way, there's this evil alien warlord who'[s never been mentioned until now in the present trying to conquer the galaxy. Go stop him."]]

The first game in the ''Franchise/StarOcean'' series, ''Star Ocean'' was originally released for the Super Famicom; that version was [[NoExportForYou never ported to the West]], though {{Fan Translation}}s exist. Creator/SquareEnix [[VideoGameRemake remade]] this game for the [=PSP=]; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in the US and UK in October 2008. It tells the tale of a young boy named Ratix Farrence from the planet Roak (most of whose inhabitants have tails and [[UnusualEars pointed ears]], though there are other races) whose world is under threat from a horrible disease that makes those who catch it [[TakenForGranite turn to stone.]] Seems like standard fantasy fare, until Captain Ronyx J. Kenny and his Number One Ilia Silvestri from the Terran Alliance beam down to the planet to investigate. The stone disease is much more than what it seems, not just for Roak but other planets as well....

The first game in the ''Franchise/StarOcean'' series, ''Star Ocean'' was originally released for the Super Famicom; that version was [[NoExportForYou never ported to the West]], though {{Fan Translation}}s exist. SquareEnix [[VideoGameRemake remade]] this game for the [=PSP=]; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in the US and UK in October 2008. It tells the tale of a young boy named Ratix Farrence from the planet Roak (most of whose inhabitants have tails and [[UnusualEars pointed ears]], though there are other races) whose world is under threat from a horrible disease that makes those who catch it [[TakenForGranite turn to stone.]] Seems like standard fantasy fare, until Captain Ronyx J. Kenny and his Number One Ilia Silvestri from the Terran Alliance beam down to the planet to investigate. The stone disease is much more than what it seems, not just for Roak but other planets as well....

** [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Tinek]] is more or less a meta-reference to ''RanmaOneHalf''.

** Also, a character named [[AuraBattlerDunbine Marvel Frozen]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler: Fargett]] was supposed to be a fully explorable second world with a much more involved plot, but there wasn't enough space on the cartridge.