History VideoGame / TheLegendaryStarfy

* ''Densetsu no Stafy 3'' (2004, Game Boy Advance; 2016, Wii U Virtual Console): Ogura's jar is destroyed during a storm by his master, Evil, a GreaterScopeVillain who has been ordering Ogura to participate in his evil schemes since he was young. Now with both villains at large, the heroes have a much greater task at their hands in order to bring peace to Pufftop. This game is notable for introducing Starfy's little sister Starly, and was the last game of the series to be released for the GBA and the last to get a Virtual Console rerelease.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The palace guards of Pufftop are pretty much useless when it gets invaded; it's Starfy and/or Starly (the ''prince and princess'') that drive them out.

* InvincibleMinorMinion: Many. Though most enemies encountered throughout the series are easily killed by a Star Spin or some other technique, some enemies cannot be killed at all, only stunned at best.

* {{Slapstick}}: You can play as Starfy and Starly, and they'll receive the same amount of punishment during play. Starly has also received a fair amount of embarrassment.

* UnderTheSea: Most of the environments are at least partially underwater.

* ContinuityNod: The Legends of Pufftop stories from the Pufftop guards are all references to the plots of the previous games in the series.

* FloatingWater: Sogwood Forest and Planet Bunnera both have pools of water floating in midair. The latter is {{Justified}} due to it being in space with low gravity, and the patches of water in Sogwood Forest apparently exist due to the air there being so soggy.

* KansaiDialect: Starly has one in Japan.

* ILoveTheSmellOfXInTheMorning: In the English translation, the description for the Sea Swabbie toy mentions that "This pirate loves the smell of seaweed in the morning."

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: You can play as Starfy and Starly, and they'll receive the same amount of punishment during play. Starly has also received a fair amount of embarrassment.

* LawOfOneHundred: Five Blue pearls equal one heart in all of the games.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: In the frozen Chillydip Cove live many penguins. Several act as enemies, others like innocent bystanders that make penguin-like snowmen. And they all are really cute. The boss of both the level world and the penguins is one big, ''very big'' penguin named King Ping.

* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: This game gives all the characters plushie-like appearances for their dialogue sprites, complete with stiching seams.

* RetiredBadass: Old Man Lobber. He originally sealed up Ogura along with Starfy's father [[spoiler:and is a {{Superboss}} in the 5th game, where he proceeds to go [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] and has a OneHitKill move.]]

* KidHero: Starfy and Starly. In the commercial for the 4th game, Starfy is stated to be 7. Starly's age isn't given, but she's the younger sibling.

* AtlantisIsBoring: Averted handily by mixing underwater environments with flooded areas such as forests and swamps.

In terms of gameplay, ''Starfy'' is very similar to the ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' series, except most of the game takes place [[UnderTheSea underwater]], and thus has a greater focus on swimming. Starfy originally only started with a few basic moves, but has gathered many more abilities, power-ups, and [[PowerupMount ridable animal buddies]] as the series has went along.

In terms of gameplay, ''Starfy'' is very similar to the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, except most of the game takes place [[UnderTheSea underwater]], and thus has a greater focus on swimming. Starfy originally only started with a few basic moves, but has gathered many more abilities, power-ups, and [[PowerupMount ridable animal buddies]] as the series has went along.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Huffinfluff, the cloud creature in Skydye Heights, wears what looks like a sun hat and has long eyelashes, but is referred to as a male.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: In the first four games, most defeated bosses will spin into the background before exploding.

* LostWoods: The Large Tree's Forest and Sogwood Forest. Both of them also count as a MacroZone, given Starfy's small size relative to the trees.

* BubblegloopSwamp: Sogwood Forest combines a general LostWoods theme with some aspects of one, including mushrooms and various other fungi, even having poison swamps in some areas.

-> ''"High in the sky above the ocean...there was once a floating kingdom named Pufftop. The prince of Pufftop was named Starfy. He wasn't exactly like other princes. His head was always in the clouds!"''

* ''The Legendary Starfy'' [[note]]''Densetsu no Stafy: Taiketsu! Daīru Kaizokudan (Legend of Starfy: Confrontation! Daīru Pirate Squad)'' in Japanese[[/note]] (2008, Nintendo DS): While Starfy is napping, a bunny named Bunston in a spacesuit falls onto him from the sky. He and Moe learn that Bunston has amnesia, and go with him to collect [[PlotCoupon mysterious crystal shards that appear to jog his memory]], while also protecting Bunston from a gang of pirates that are after him. This game was the first--and only--in the series to get an American release.

* ''Densetsu no Stafy'' (2002, UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance; 2015, UsefulNotes/WiiU Virtual Console): One peaceful day in Pufftop, Starfy drops [[SealedEvilInACan a mysterious jar]] in the ocean below. It releases the evil eel sorcerer Ogura, who creates a storm that blows Starfy into the ocean. Now Starfy must make his way back home, helping the many denizens of the sea and clashing with Ogura along the way. The first game in the series, it was originally conceptualized for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy before being scrapped and redeveloped for the GBA.

* ExcusePlot: Not for the overall arc of each story, but one for ''every single level'' - for instance, "I'm a conductor gopher and need you to get my baton back." and "My spring water's too cold, heat it up." The fifth game lessened this, with more focus being placed on progression through the stages and collecting {{PlotCoupon}}s.

* NewGamePlus: The first four games require going through the game again, including re-fighting bosses, to fight the true final boss. Averted in the fifth game, which has two additional stages to play through after the game is completed as well as a BossRush, but no proper version of this.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's plenty of hints that [[spoiler:Bunston is from space, the most obvious being that he wears a spacesuit.]]

''The Legendary Starfy'' is a series of mascot platformer videogames developed by Creator/{{TOSE}} and published by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. The main character is the titular Starfy (Stafy in Japan), a star prince who fell from his home in the heavens and landed in the ocean, and began to take on starfish-like characteristics. He is accompanied in his adventures by his bossy and more intelligent sister Starly (Stapy) and their JerkWithAHeartOfGold clam sidekick, Moe (Kyorosuke). Also featured often is Ruby ([=HadeHirari=]), the beautiful turkeyfish that Moe constantly obsesses over and Old Man Lobber (Lobjii-san) - the elderly and wise lobster. The first three games in the series concerned Starfy's battles against Ogura, an evil genie (sometimes thought to be an eel) he accidentally unleashed. There have been two sequels each with their own stand-alone stories - 4 is about Starfy helping a princess from a neighboring kingdom repel an invasion and 5 is about Starfy protecting a space bunny from pirates.

''The Legendary Starfy'' is a series of mascot platformer videogames by developed by Creator/{{TOSE}} and published by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. The main character is the titular Starfy (Stafy in Japan), a star prince who fell from his home in the heavens and landed in the ocean, and began to take on starfish-like characteristics. He is accompanied in his adventures by his bossy and more intelligent sister Starly (Stapy) and their JerkWithAHeartOfGold clam sidekick, Moe (Kyorosuke). Also featured often is Ruby ([=HadeHirari=]), the beautiful turkeyfish that Moe constantly obsesses over and Old Man Lobber (Lobjii-san) - the elderly and wise lobster. The first three games in the series concerned Starfy's battles against Ogura, an evil genie (sometimes thought to be an eel) he accidentally unleashed. There have been two sequels each with their own stand-alone stories - 4 is about Starfy helping a princess from a neighboring kingdom repel an invasion and 5 is about Starfy protecting a space bunny from pirates.

* ''Densetsu no Stafy 4'' (2006, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS): A fish named Mattel from the Ami Kingdom arrives at Pufftop in a panic. A villain had stolen the Mon Amour Stone, a mystical artifact, from the kingdom, and used it to wreak havoc. Starfy, Starly, and Moe go with her to save the kingdom and confront the stone's thief.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Upon defeat, Big Squiddy and the Hot-Spring Snapper will continuously explode and sink offscreen.