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KD Since: May, 2009
2021-11-06 13:48:12

Collection Sidequest sometimes, especially in RP Gs or similar. Probably not for your Smash Bros example.

Trophies from Smash Bros are listed under Cosmetic Award, which is less of a collectable per se and more of a "here's a trophy/ribbon/medal for your accomplishment", even if there are a lot of those awards.

Edited by KD
NoUsername Since: May, 2012
2021-11-06 17:03:54

Gotta Catch 'Em All seems to be the general trope for this kind of thing

Grotadmorv (Troper Knight)
2021-11-06 22:40:10

Gotta Catch Them All seems to be for required items, of which you're required to collect all of them. I can think of tropes like Collection Sidequest for an optional collectible items, and Achievement System for more abstract collectibles, but a general collectible trope seems to be missing.

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MetaFour MOD (Old Master)
2021-11-06 23:24:18

There's Follow the Money for the most basic collectible (coins in a Super Mario game, rings in a Sonic the Hedgehog game, bananas in Donkey Kong Country, etc), and also how the level designers will use lines of these collectibles help guide the player.

NoUsername Since: May, 2012
2021-11-07 11:00:08

^^ the page itself sorts Gotta Catch 'Em All into "crucial", "important", and "optional" subcategories when it comes to video games, so optional collectibles should definitely count

Edited by NoUsername
Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2021-11-08 08:32:48

Nthing Gotta Catch 'Em All as the you want here.

Collection Sidequest kicks in if there's some sort of in-game reward or acknowledgement of this (even if it's of the Bragging Rights Reward or Cosmetic Award sort)

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