10,155
edits
Black Sigil: Difference between revisions
m
Reverted edits by Gethbot (talk) to last revision by Dai-Guard
m (remove unneccessary quote box template) |
Tag: Rollback |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{
[[File:Blacksigil.png|frame]]
''[[Title Drop|Black Sigil]]: Blade of the Exiled'' is a role-playing video game released for the [[Nintendo DS]] handheld system.
The plot involves our protagonist Kairu, who was born in the world of Bel Lenora, a world built and filled with magic. Kairu has the misfortune to be [[Un
''Black Sigil'' is an homage to [[Super Nintendo]] RPGs of the mid 90s.
{{tropelist}}
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Rogurd and [[The Rival|Gavin]]. They're hunting for "IT" specifically.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: You'll see. The first instances come in Cythere, when you hear about Dragons, as well as an underwater sea monster near a neighboring island. The second instances are all the clues and comments you'll get in Genufa's library.
{{quote|
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Kairu and Isa, thank's to Juji's judicious application of oars.
* [["Alone
* [[Always Close]]: No matter how much time you have left when you exit Apogea, it'll crumble immediately once you're safe.
* [[Anime Hair]]: Nephi's. In a game with otherwise normal-looking character designs, he stands out.
Line 20 ⟶ 19:
* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: There is literally no reason the game enforces a party of three.
* [[Armor Is Useless]]: No matter how leveled you are or expensive your armor, enemies still seem to do as much damage to you. Accessories are useful, at least, in preventing status effects, and granting MP reduction. Armor is more useful for elemental damage protection than it is for damage reduction - see the [[Sidequest|Onyx Armor]], which completely blocks all fire damage.
* [[Armor
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Nephi. Rogurd also counts too, though he's less badass.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]: Nephi too.
Line 28 ⟶ 27:
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Aurora, leaning towards the Tomboy variety.
* [[Black Market]]: There's one at Tradefair.
* [[Black Sheep]]: No one in Duke Averay's duchy bothers to hide their contempt for Kairu, especially in contrast to the adoration for his sister Aurora and his father.
* [[Blessed
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: ''Rogurd''.
* [[The Caligula]]: King Zodiat loses it and lays waste to his glorious civilization. {{spoiler|Later we find out that the evil spirit controlling him is the one who pushed him over the edge.}}
* [[Canis Latinicus]]: Used for spell names (but not abilities). Nox Ico, Curo Orbis, Magus Absorbus...
* [[Can't Drop the Hero]]: Averted. You can drop Kairu from the combat party anytime you have four or more characters to choose from. [[Chrono Trigger
* [[Capital Letters Are Magic]]: IT, {{spoiler|the Forbidden}}.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Blacktooth the pirate.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Nephi. Kairu completely forgets that he lent his sword to him, and it comes back much later to bite him in the ass}}.
* [[City Guards]]: All over.
* [[City in
* [[City of Canals]]: Cythere.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Nephi and Rogurd both exhibit traits of this.
* [[Cognizant Limbs]]: One of the bosses, [[Octo Terror]], has four targets: its main body and three [[Combat Tentacles|Tentacles]].
* [[Collapsing Lair]]: Apogea Tower, after the scene at top, which leads to a [[Timed Mission]].
* [[Combination Attack]]: Black Sigil takes a page out of ''[[
* [[Counter Attack]]: Several enemies can do this, and they usually hit very hard. Many enemies also get off a Final Attack before expiring.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: Kairu politely suggests that the men and women [[Furo Scene|share the same bath]]. Aurora shoots him down.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Nephi's green hair and eyes. {{spoiler|It hints that his ancestry isn't entirely human}}.
* [[Curse Escape Clause]]: Kairu can nullify the burning mark on his right hand by collecting [[Dismantled MacGuffin|Armaments]]. Or so it seems, anyway.
* [[Dark
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Rather badass moment when confronting {{spoiler|The Forbidden in Vai's body. He declares that all magic is useless against him as he is the origin of all magic. Aurora and Isa look at each other, and proceed to blast him. He doesn't react well.}}
* [[Disc One Final Dungeon]]: Twice. First time in {{spoiler|Xanadu}}. Second time is in {{spoiler|Isapolis}}. Both times, the game throws a major boss fight after a long dungeon.
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: Storm Strike, a Kairu/Isa [[Combination Attack]]. You get it very early and it can two-shot a couple of bosses. It can three-hit the [[Climax Boss]].
** Nephi and Isa get Nox Toxus, a fairly low-MP [[Combination Attack]] that hits all enemies regardless of position and turns practically every regular battle for a good portion of the game into a giant [[One
* [[
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Poor Isa.
* [[Dramatic Wind]]: Called upon when [[Badass Longcoat|Nephi]] is casting his spells.
* [[Dressing
* [[Drought Level of Doom]]: What the gameplay and [[Random Encounters]] amount to. It's impossible to get anywhere in this game if you try to conserve your items too much. Triggering a dungeon run without restocking on items can render the game [[Unwinnable]] if you don't have a previous save.
* [[Dueling Games]]: BS and [[Nostalgia]]. They compete for "RPGs that make us remember much older RPGs." Small victories indeed...
* [[Elemental Powers]]:
** [[An Ice Person]]: {{spoiler|Kairu.}}
** [[Playing
** [[Blow You Away]] / [[Shock and Awe]]: Isa.
** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Rogurd.
** [[Dark Is Edgy]]: Nephi.
** [[Light
* [[
{{quote|
'''Kairu''': I think you're spoiled enough already. }}
* [[The Empire]]: Imperialistic Sammarkand.
Line 76 ⟶ 75:
* [[Fake Difficulty]]: The absurd [[Random Encounters]] rate combined with the annoying enemies you'll always face. Well, it's either [[Fake Difficulty]] or [[Fake Longevity]], depending on your skill level and patience.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The Sammarkands really dislike the Genufans to the south.
{{quote|
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Aurora.
* [[Fight Woosh]]: Averted. It's just a fade to black, and [[Bait and Switch|easily mistaken for entering the next area.]]
* [[Fireballs]]: Aurora's favorite attack.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Kairu.
** [[The Lancer]]: Isa.
Line 89 ⟶ 88:
** [[Sixth Ranger]]: {{spoiler|Vai.}}
** [[Team Pet]]: {{spoiler|Doll.}}
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: Subverted during the Cythere siege: you can heal the fallen soldiers using Aurora's magic. It'll cost you MP, as well. If you save everyone, you'll get a nice reward after the scene.
* [[Get
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Aurora.
{{quote|
* [[Global Airship]]: The main military advantage of [[The Empire|Sammarkand]]. You get your own later on in the game!
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Nym's eyes glow when he summons.
* [[Good Republic, Evil Empire]]: Straight as a pencil. Genufa, Tradefair, Cythere? All good, or at least neutral. Sammarkand Empire? Evil.
* [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]: Mondu. What's annoying is that he doesn't get any harder the more you fight him.
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: In the airship base, [[Dressing
{{quote|
''Guard B'': And a girlish voice...
''Guard A'': And a girlish face...
''Guard B'': You thinking what I'm thinking?
''Guard A'': The military will toughen him up.
''Guard B'': Yeah... }}
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Nephi definitely takes a liking to Aurora immediately upon meeting her. {{spoiler|Shame he takes awhile to become a hero.}}
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Kairu, Isa, and Asi all use swords.
* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: A couple. There's a village (which name I forget) in the mountains after you're chased out of Fort Domfriu, and {{spoiler|Bel Lenora voluntarily isolated itself from the rest of the world.}}
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: Used as a plot element in the opening chapter. {{spoiler|Duke Averay sends [[Badass Normal|Kairu]] to fight a monster which can only be killed with magic, hoping it would trigger his latent magic.}}
* [[Hot Chick
* [[Inn Security]]: Isa arranges a good night's sleep for Kairu and Aurora. Of course, you're awoken in the middle of the night by a ''siege breaking out''.
** A second time when you get a free night's rest while sailing on a ship, you're awoken in the middle of the night by ''pirates capturing the party''.
* [[Interface Spoiler]]: Minor, but you'll occasionally find weapons for a character you don't have yet.
* [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That]]: Aurora runs around Fort Domfriu righting wrongs by using magic. This is when the party goes to Artania, where magic users are nearly extinct, and the ones still alive are considered to be evil. It doesn't take long before she's arrested.
* [[Jerkass Facade]]: {{spoiler|Nephi. Having lost his dragon powers, and believing that [[Asskicking Equals Authority]] is the only thing that matters to the dragons, he has to keep up appearances, such as taking Aurora as a slave. She gleefully plays along, much to Kairu's shock when the matter is brought up in front of him.}}
* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Early on, Aurora forcibly joins Kairu when {{spoiler|Kairu is banished from Bel Lenora by his adoptive father.}} She constantly exclaims about how amazing their adventures will be.
Line 118 ⟶ 117:
* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Averted with Kairu and Aurora. Each of them find their own romantic interests during the game. Romantic tension isn't even hinted at. It helps that Kairu was adopted into her family.
* [[Tempting Fate|Maginot Line Rule]]: One NPC in Cythere invokes this:
{{quote|
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Isa doesn't react well at all when she finds out that the High General of [[The Empire|Sammarkand]] who she's been battling is actually Vai, her long-lost father.}}
* [[MacGuffin Delivery Service]]: How many times are you going to show up near an Armament only for Sammarkand to show up and snatch it? It's especially [[Egregious]] at the top of Apogea.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Everyone playable, except [[Badass Normal|Kairu]]. {{spoiler|At first, anyway.}}
Line 125 ⟶ 124:
* [[Medieval European Fantasy]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Asi. {{spoiler|It's Vai, using Isa's name backwards. Isa is Vai's daughter.}}
* [[Merchant City]]: Tradefair. Hell, [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Moment Killer]]: Oh, Juji.
* [[The Mole]]: Councillor Fuer turns out to be a [[Murder, Inc.|Guardian]] mole. Bye-bye Cythere.
* [[Money Spider]]: Played completely straight.
* [[Murder, Inc.]]: The Guardians, a band of [[Magic Knight|magical assassins]] serving under High General Vai.
* [[My Nayme Is]]: The Majai.
* [[Neglectful Precursors]]: You'd think Abraxus would have figured out a better seal.
Line 138 ⟶ 137:
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Kairu was adopted, Aurora's mother is never mentioned, Isa was orphaned, Nym is a [[Wild Child]]...
* [[Party in My Pocket]]: You can switch the leader at any time, though.
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: Aurora has a definite red theme to her colors, Kairu is more of a dark blue/green.
* [[Pirate|Pirates]]: The Sea Tails.
* [[Plot Coupon]]: You'll need to collect several [[Dismantled MacGuffin|Armaments]].
* [[Port Town]]: A bunch. Tradefair, Cythere, the Skyports in Sammarkand, ...
* [[Precursors]]: Zodiat's and Abraxus's glorious Majai civilization, brought low by a spell of insanity. It had flying cities and everything! [[Lost Technology|Even teleporters!]]
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: [[Murder, Inc.|The Guardians]] keep coming after you.
* [[Rainbow Speak]]: Right down to corresponding colors to schools of magic and affiliations.
* [[Random Encounters]]: Egad. This is one of the game's major criticisms.
* [[Retraux]]: Somewhat. The game was intentionally designed to resemble ''[[
* [[Ruins for Ruins Sake]]: The House of Black Stone has an unnecessarily time-consuming system of using flying platforms to get around. Other than what it holds, it seems to serve absolutely no purpose.
* [[Save Point]]
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The backgrounds look ''great'' and better than many SNES RPGs.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Shout
** Kairu and Rogurd have a combination attack that's a complete [[Expy]] of [[Chrono Trigger
** The reaction Aurora has to meeting Rogurd is rather similar to [[Final Fantasy VI|another natural-magic waif meeting an older blonde bruiser...]]
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness]]: Played completely straight, though you'll find yourself keeping a lot of old equipment for the effects/resistances they confer.
* [[So Long and Thanks For All
* [[Standard Status Effects]]
* [[Status Buff]]: Several abilities can do this, and you have Hero Drinks. You can also find (stat) Potions, which permanently increase the associated stat.
* [[Summon Magic]]: Nym is the resident summoner. If his summon needs a combination technique, it will usually be of the element the other character is proficient at.
* [[Surrounded
{{quote|
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: Kairu's Sword of Averay fills this role multiple times in the game.
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: There are some in Bel Lenora's capital, and Zodiat's kingdom surely had them as well.
Line 169 ⟶ 168:
* [[Underground Monkey]]: Mostly averted, you'll generally see enemies appropriate to the environment (worms and slimes underground, mammals aboveground).
* [[Universal Poison]]
* [[Un
* [[Utopia]]
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: King Zodiat {{spoiler|gives up his body to the Forbidden in exchange for magic for his kingdom.}}
Line 175 ⟶ 174:
* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: {{spoiler|'''[[Fan Disservice|Mondu.]]''' Kairu's party finds his taste in admirers... questionable.}}
* [[Warrior Prince]]: Sir Flume Rogurd Rogueb, lord of Tradefair and [[Adventurer Archaeologist|treasure hunter]].
* [[Well
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[BFS]]: Kairu.
** [[Whip It Good]]: Aurora. Dear god. Not only because of the example above, but she has a whip called the Love Whip. Its description? "Kinky!" Also uses [[Epic Flail|flails]].
** [[Katanas Are Just Better]] / [[Dual
** [[Drop the Hammer]] / [[An Axe to Grind]]: Rogurd.
** [[Knife Nut]]: Nephi, with throwing knives. He throws other things too, like silver balls and [[Power Glows|glowy... stuff.]]
** [[Blade
** [[Power Fist]]: {{spoiler|Secret Character Doll. He ''actually equips hands''.}}
** [[Cool Sword]]: Kairu and Isa can use some of the same swords.
** [[Royal Rapier]]: Asi. {{spoiler|Therefore, Vai as well.}}
* [[White
* [[Wild Child]]: Nym.
* [[You All Look Familiar]]: A bunch of NPC sprites are reused, but there's much more variety than the typical [[Eastern RPG]].
Line 194 ⟶ 193:
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Eastern RPG]]
[[Category:
| |||