History YMMV / Boktai

** In ''Shin Bokura no Taiyou'', the Vampire Django trance (one of your two [[LimitBreak Limit Breaks]] in the game) possesses a homing bite attack that can drain life and stun enemies as long as you're latched on and mashing the B button (as opposed to Sol Django, who requires more careful timing of button presses to make the most of). This works on various bosses and can be used to destroy [[ThatOneBoss Hresvelgr]] in no time as soon as he's vulnerable.

** Naturally, the Burning Headband in ''Boktai 3'' doubles the rate at which you build up your Trance gauge, letting you exploit the powers of either Trance more often, and allowing you to tear through the Arena and get a good rank.

* WatchItForTheMeme: A lot of people on the internet probably remember this series for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_72vW18vDM an animation]] done for ''[=NiN10Doh!:=] To the 64th Power'' (though the animation does have quite a few inaccuracies).

** In ''Shin Bokura no Taiyou'', the Vampire Django trance (one of your two [[LimitBreak Limit Breaks]] in the game) possesses a homing bite attack that can drain life and stun enemies as long as you're latched on and mashing the B button (as opposed to Sol Django, who requires more careful timing of button presses to make the most of). This works on various bosses and can be used to destroy [[ThatOneBoss Hresvelgr]] in no time as soon as he's vulnerable. The Trances of both Aaron and Lucian in ''Lunar Knights'', which work in similar ways, can also qualify due to their boss-pulverizing firepower.

** Naturally, the Headband of Zeal in ''Boktai 3'' doubles the rate at which you build up your Trance gauge, letting you exploit the powers of either Trance more often, and allowing you to tear through the Arena and get a good rank.

** Ratatosk is even worse: despite having long hair, being PrettyInMink, and having a very feminine laugh, Ratatosk is actually male.

* NightmareFuel: Jörmungandr at the end of the second game. The introduction to Spiral Tower where it's seal sees Sabata note that the Immortals helped seal it because even they felt it was dangerous. Zazie and Otenko both state that as an Eternal it is neither truly alive or dead, it just exists and cannot be destroyed. When the player actually sees it turns to be a massive entity an [[EyesDoNotBelongthere numerous extra eyes]] and [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily a huge mouth full of giant teeth]]. While the screen is bright red it lunges at Django in attempt to eat him, Otenko stating that the only thought it appears to display is an instinct to feed, and one of its main forms of attack is to lunge at Django and chew on him. After the player defeats it, Jörmungandr turns out to be beaten yet and bits Django. All of his friends a surge of sunlight, which if the player absorbs enough of in 10 seconds they will deplete Jörmungandr's health. If they fail, the scream will go dark and it will swallow Django, with the player hearing him scream.

* ScrappyMechanic: The heavily advertised solar sensor ended up making for a frustrating experience while playing the first three games: Real life sunlight is absolutely required at several points in each title, making certain sections (most notably the Piledriver battles after each boss) completely unplayable at night or in cloudy days. Granted, players later found that the solar sensor considered a black light an acceptable substitute. However, the requirement of light in the first place was considered by many to be more trouble than it was worth.

* ThatOneSidequest: Obtaining the "Infinite Battery" in the first game requires the player to have the Luna Emblem, which is acquired after the player collects the other six emblems. The Dark and Sol emblems are earned by beating the game and restoring the Solar Tree, respectively; while a third, random emblem is awarded from entering the [[BonusDungeon Azure Sky Tower]] for the first time. The remaining three can only be obtained if [[SocializationBonus other players share them with you]], but only the emblem that they acquired from the the Tower in that save file can be shared. After that, you need to reach the 99th floor of the Azure Sky Tower, which is initially 12 floors long, but adds 3 additional ones for every subsequent visit; meaning the dungeon must be completed 29 times, for a total of 1665 floors. Finally, at the last floor, you need to beat the Silvery White Knight, the toughest boss in the game, to get the Infinite Battery.

* TheScrappy: Trinity in Shinbok. His entire task is to follow Django around, inadvertently causing chaos as he goes, and forcing the player to bail him out. He is universally reviled within the fandom.

** Sabata in ''Boktai 1'' can FlashStep to avoid your head-on attacks, so in order to deal any actual damage you need to outflank him, turning the battle into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The ''Lunar Knights'' writers must've really thought they were adding deep moral ambiguity to the ending when trying to recontextualize the vampires ruling over the planet [[spoiler:as being NecessarilyEvil to keep the Immortals away from the planet]]. Thing is, the vampires still committed many heinous actions, and that does not go away because the game suddenly starts insisting there are even worse villains waiting in the wings and that vampire lives are precious, too.

* GeniusBonus: There are several references to Norse Mythology that will go unnoticed to some players. The Immortals from the second game are named after the four stags of Yggdrasil, while the three final bosses are the children of Loki.