History VideoGame / Wargroove2

* GuideDangIt: Some of the bonus objectives can he rather obscure. In the last mission of "Dark Skies", one of them is called "Defeat the Enemy Commander with a bird." You'd think that an Air Trooper is what this calls for. Nope! You need ''Koji's'' Groove (read: Sparrow Bombs). Frustrating part is, you don't get to control him in the map, and he only accumulates Groove when Errol and Orla take out units.

* MiseryPoker: When Major Shosa decries Felheim to Valder by citing the pain and loss the previous Fell Lord inflicted on Heavensong in killing Tenri's parents, Valder has little sympathy, pointing out that the Fell Lord's death that followed almost immediately after plunged his Nation into Fallow. Heavensong's palace still stands... Valder's hometown ''no longer exists''.

** Despite being low-tiered, [[spoiler:Elodie]] was nerfed ''even further'' by making her Level 1 Groove last only one turn while her Level 2 Groove works like normal.

** Ironically enough, it's revealed towards the end that [[spoiler:Pistil herself suffers from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex, using her scientific accomplishments to cope with a crippling fear of being seen as a disappointment. This unfortunately makes her [[TheCorruptible suceptible]] to Maestra's hypnosis, and Pistil spends the final battle [[BrainwashedAndCrazy deliriously giggling]] that the wraith queen loves her unconditionally.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Numerous developments from the first ''Wargroove'' are presented matter-of-facty during the story of this game. The first cutscene alone recreates the final confrontation with [[AncientKeeper Elodie]] and [[ArtifactOfDoom Requiem]]. The codex includes entries for both Elodie and [[EnemyWithin Dark]] [[TrueFinalBoss Mercia]], and openly lists Sigrid and Sedge as "[[PosthumousCharacter deceased]]". Meanwhile, from ''Double Trouble'', we see that [[ArcVillain Vesper]] is stuck trying to teach fumomancy to Ragna in Felheim, as punishment for her crimes in the co-op campaign.

* MiniBoss: Newly introduced to the series are "Mini-Commanders", secondary characters who take the form of common unit types with unique names, designs and special equipment. While not playable, they show up as recurring secondary characters in the story mode, while Conquest Mode uses them as "elite encounters" that the player is funnelled into fighting.

%% Wargroove 2's story references everything from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to combining the stories of the Haitian Revolution and the liberation of SEA from Japanese occupation. How the Saffron Isle mages like the Oaracle support the revolution especially aligns to Haitian folklore about Vodou practicioners supporting the revolution in secret.

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* RatMen: The Faahri Republic, a new faction introduced in this game, consists entirely of anthropomorphic mice the size of humans.

** [[spoiler:A self-righteous Tenri fixated on a WithUsOrAgainstUs mindset as she picks a fight with Mercia and Emeric.]]

* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:When Rhomb's forces enter a second Cacophony ruin and find signs of Cacophony civilians having been slaughtered by Silmor soldiers, Rhomb is disgusted at the cruelty and questions why they did it. One of Rhomb's soldiers tries to reason that the soldiers were under this trope... and at this point, Rhomb realizes his own forces are subject to this as well, given how they've disrupted and hurt the Floran for nothing. This prompts Rhomb to call off the expedition and prepare to depart. The only one who objects to this is Pistil; the few soldiers they have left just like the idea of returning home ''alive'' while Lytra feels she's had fun and made friends so it's been worthwhile to her.]]

* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Given some LampshadeHanging in one conversation -- Queen Mercia is away on a diplomatic mission to Heavensong when Valder's message for help reaches Cherrystone Castle, where Koji, Errol and Orla are having their playdate. While the kids are eager to get to the bottom of it, Major Shosa insists that they instead travel to the Empire and catch up with Mercia:

* CassandraTruth: With the exception of Lytra, who muses on Hans' final words before they depart, none of the Faahri forces even stop to consider that his warnings about the harp they just took from his island might be valid.

** Errol and Orla's groove have also been given something of a nerf, specifically Orla's groove, which no longer instantly-kills units in its area of effect, but deals a small amount of damage every turn.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Maestra is defeated and sealed away once more, but Tenri's crimes completely fracture both the alliance between the nations and the peace on the continent. Mercia's attempts to broker a new peace treaty end up falling flat, as Tenri demands that the Bandits repay Heavensong for all the damage they caused (which Nadia naturally refuses), Nuru is still deeply embittered over Heavensong's role in Zawan's death and its even implied that her relationship with Mercia and Cherrystone is also heavily strained due to their failure to help her against the Faahti, and Felheim naturally refuses to hand over the Fel Gauntlet to Heavensong. With the continent now on the brink of war, Tenri sends Koji away to an academy in the far north in the hopes that he won't have to be involved in the fighting to come.]]