History VideoGame / TailConcerto

''Tail Concerto'' (「テイルコンチェルト」, ''"Teirukoncheruto"'') is a 3D anime-style ActionAdventure and platform game for the Platform/{{Playstation}}, published by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]] in Japan and France in 1998 and by Creator/{{Atlus}} in North America in 1999.

* DropTheHammer: One of the weapons used by the cat mechas. Along with an improbably large magnet.

->''"[[TemptingFate I've been looking forward to a day off for a long time. How am I going to spend it?]]"''

''Tail Concerto'' is a 3D anime-style ActionAdventure and platform game for the Platform/{{Playstation}}, published by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]] in Japan and France in 1998 and by Creator/{{Atlus}} in North America in 1999.

''Tail Concerto'' is a 3D anime-style ActionAdventure and platform game for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}, published by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]] in Japan and France in 1998 and by Creator/{{Atlus}} in North America in 1999.

A game [[SharedUniverse set in the same universe]], ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS on the 28th of October, 2010. A third game, ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', was released on July 29, 2021, with [[VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel2 its sequel]] released on May 11, 2023.

!! Tropes in this game:

* MiniMecha: The Police Robo and Knight Robo being of the more conventional verity. The ones employed by the Pris Sisters tend to employ more unorthodox designs.

* {{Mooks}}: The kittens within the Black Cats Gang. Some of them will be causing trouble on foot, while others are equiped with some kind of MiniMecha to make your day miserable.

''Tail Concerto'' is a 3D anime-style ActionAdventure and platform game for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}, published by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]] in Japan in 1998 and by Creator/{{Atlus}} in North America in 1999.

** Any references to Russel's alcoholism was removed in the Western release, instead just simply having him be "tired" when Waffle interacts with him.

* GuideDangIt:
** If you are at a standstill, you can make Waffle do a dive-dodge that can help evade last minute attacks by pressing left or right while pressing the X button. Too bad the game never tells you this mid-gameplay.
** The different puzzle pieces can make for a nice distraction from the main plot, with many of them scattered throughout the different worlds. Unfortunately, the lack of a proper map function can make finding them a chore, so good luck trying to go for 100% blind.

* PreRenderedGraphics: ''Tail Concerto'' features anime-style cutscenes.

A game [[SharedUniverse set in the same universe]], ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS on the 28th of October, 2010. A third game, ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', was released on July 29, 2021, with [[VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel2 its sequel]] set to release on May 11, 2023.

->''"I've been looking forward to a day off for a long time. How am I going to spend it?"''

* BareYourMidriff: Both Flare and Alicia's outfits.

A mostly underrated game that has a small following. A game [[SharedUniverse set in the same universe]], ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS on the 28th of October, 2010. A third game, ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', was released on July 29, 2021, with [[VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel2 its sequel]] set to release on May 11, 2023.

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A mostly underrated game that has a small following. A game [[SharedUniverse set in the same universe]], ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', has been released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS the 28th of October, 2010, and a third game, ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', was released on July 29, 2021.

* TheQuietOne: Stare Pris.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Coolant.
* SneezeOfDoom: At one point, you need to capture all the kittens to save an airship raided by the Black Cats Gang. The reason the airship is crashing in the first place is because the captain is allergic to cats and is constantly sneezing, unable to control the ship.

->(Zabiatsuta!) Toki o koete[[note]]Surpassing time[[/note]]\\

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* GuideDangIt: If you are at a standstill, you can make Waffle do a dive-dodge that can help evade last minute attacks by pressing left or right while pressing the X button. Too bad the game never tells you this mid-gameplay.

A mostly underrated game that has a small following. A SpiritualSequel to the game [[SharedUniverse set in the same universe]], ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', has been released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS the 28th of October, 2010, and a third game, ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', was released on July 29, 2021.

* AnimalJingoism: Subverted. The supposed animosity of Caninu towards Felineko is the motivation for the Pris sisters aiding Fool, but over the course of the game Waffle gradually assures them that this simply isn't true, and none of the Caninu you can talk to in the entire game look down on Felineko at all, at least outside of disliking the Black Cats Gang for what they've done. By the end it's more likely it was just Fool manipulating them to his own ends. At the same time, of the Black Cats Gang it's only really Alicia who actually expresses any disdain for Caninu while her sisters are just going along with her plans -- and even then she probably doesn't mean all of it -- so even the inverse doesn't really seem to be a common sentiment.

** All Alicia wants to do is create a homeland for the Felinekos who she thinks are discriminated by the Caninus. Stare and Flare are just tagging along because they're TrueCompanions.

* [[spoiler:EarthAllAlong: Established retroactively, following the release of ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter''. More specifically, Prairie used to be Belgium in the distant past and the neighbouring Shepherd Republic was once France.]]

* FantasticRacism: Alicia is prejudiced against the Caninus at first due to her somewhat unclear past (reportedly, her father died in a hospital run by Caninus and blamed them for not saving her). It spreads to Flare saying that Prairie once belonged to the Felinekos before being invaded by the Caninus (the details of the war are unclear). It doesn't stick with Flare when she actually interacts with the Caninus.
** The invasion and Caninus seizing the land from the Felinekos was maybe just a lie fabricated by Fool. ''[[VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel Maybe.]]''

* ForgottenSuperWeapon: The Iron Giant. ([[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant Not that one]]). [[spoiler:After Solatorobo is released, fans speculated that the Iron Giant can be a Titano-Machina, similar to Laress and Lemures]]

* IMeantToDoThat
--> '''Cyan (in quicksand)''': "Don't you see what I'm trying to do? I sacrificed myself to warn you of this trap!"

* KleptomaniacHero: You actually need to raid houses and even attack a delivery vehicle to get all the photos.

* LaResistance: Black Cats Gang. Though they're really more of a nuisance than any sort of serious sociopolitical threat.

* SharedUniverse: with ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', ''Mamoru-Kun'', and ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel''. [[spoiler:All of them are set in an Post-Apocalyptic Earth as well.]]

* SteamPunk: The aesthetics of ''Tail Concerto'' greatly falls into this, though on a LighterAndSofter scale

--> '''Fool''': "I'll finish you off myself."
-->[=*Boss music starts up*=]
-->[=*Beat*=]
--> '''Fool''': "On second thought, physical labor isn't my style. I think I'll be going now! Bye!"

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Alicia Pris. She wants to create a homeland for Felineko since she feels they're discriminated against in Prairie, but she's willing to cause no end of mischief and mayhem to do it.

* FantasticRacism: Alicia is prejudiced against the Caninus at first due to her somewhat unclear past (reportedly, her mother died in a hospital run by Caninus and blamed them for not saving her). It spreads to Flare saying that Prairie once belonged to the Felinekos before being invaded by the Caninus (the details of the war are unclear). It doesn't stick with Flare when she actually interacts with the Caninus.

A mostly underrated game that has a small following. A SpiritualSequel to the game [[SharedUniverse set in the same universe]], ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', has been released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS the 28th of October, 2010, and a third game, ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', was released on July 29, 2021.

* [[spoiler:EarthAllAlong: After the release of ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}''. More specifically, Prairie used to be Belgium in the distant past and the neighbouring Shepherd Republic was once France.]]

* SharedUniverse: with ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', ''Mamoru-Kun'', and ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel''. [[spoiler:All of them are set in a Post-Apocalyptic Earth as well.]]

* AlcoholicParent: Russel Ryebread. Which doubles as TheAlcoholic and leads to his AlcoholHic speech.

* AntiFrustrationFeature: Early in the game, Waffle has to go to [=AirLeaf=], where his robot gains a temporary jet pack along with a fairly limited boost meter, preventing the player from straying too far away from the path the game expects you to. When you're going back to [=AirLeaf=] at the end of the game, the robot gets upgraded again with an almost-infinite boost meter, allowing you to easily find the photograph pieces / whistles you might have missed.

* PlatformGame

* SteamPunk

The very first game developed by Creator/CyberConnect2.

** The invasion and Caninus seizing the land from the Felinekos was just a lie fabricated by Fool.