History VideoGame / Vay

''Vay'' (pronounced "Vī") is a role-playing game developed by Hertz and published for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD by Sims Co. (in Japan) and Creator/WorkingDesigns (in the US). It was released in North America in 1994, a few months after the ''other'' big Sega CD RPG of the time, ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar''. An [=iPhone=] port was released in 2008.

'''NOTE:''' Many of the characters' names are translated differently for Creator/WorkingDesigns' Sega CD version and [=SoMoGa=]'s [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iPhone]] version. The names listed below are for the Sega CD version.

* WhipItGood: A weapon of choice for Kinsey. It can attack all enemies, similar to Pottle's whistle dagger.

* ForcedLevelGrinding: The difficulty curves scales so quickly that it's necessary to grind before every dungeon in the game, or you'll get massacred long before you reach the dungeon boss. The game's high encounter rate doesn't speed this along, as the enemies give very little EXP compared to the amount needed to gain a level when you fight them.

''Vay'' is a role-playing game developed by Hertz and published for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD by Sims Co. (in Japan) and Creator/WorkingDesigns (in the US). It was released in North America in 1994, a few months after the ''other'' big Sega CD RPG of the time, ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar''. An [=iPhone=] port was released in 2008.

* SaveThePrincess

* SchizoTech

'''NOTE:''' Many of the characters' names are translated differently for Creator/WorkingDesigns' Sega CD version and [=SoMoGa=]'s [[IOSGames iPhone]] version. The names listed below are for the Sega CD version.

* AnnoyingArrows: For most of the game it's played straight, [[spoiler:but it's subverted when Jeal snipes and kills Pottle with a single shot]] .

Many years later, the young Lorathian prince, Sandor, is prepared to marry Lady Elin, with representatives from the four major kingdoms in attendance. Unfortunately for Sandor, his nuptials are [[WeddingSmashers cut short by a fierce attack by a swarm of robots from the rival]] [[TheEmpire Danek Empire]], who kidnap Elin in the chaos. These mass-produced robots bear a striking resemblance to the battle suit that razed the planet long ago. Sandor, determined to rescue his betrothed from the Empire, soon learns that the suit is the only weapon powerful enough to strike back against Danek, and finds himself in a race against time to find the suit and the magical orbs needed to unlock its true potential.

* {{Fartillery}}: A MundaneUtility version, no less. The Wind Fairy Sirufa was cursed with seismic flatulence, which you use for rocket propulsion across the continent at one point. Try it without everybody wearing gas masks, though, and [[NonstandardGameOver you'll succumb to the poisonous fumes]], playing the trope quixotically straight.
** Note that this only applies to the Working Designs release. The Japanese game simply had Sirufa controlling the wind, without the curse, flatulence, or game-ending element.

* SchmuckBait: One of the [=NPCs=] in the town of Vaygess is guarding a chest that supposedly steals money from greedy adventurers. If you ignore his warning and open it anyway, it does just that - ''all'' of the GP you've earned up to that point is lost for good.
** Again, however, this only applies to the Working Designs version. In the Japanese version, it's a joke chest that the game initially claims is empty but (after some waffling) reveals there's just 1GP in the back.