Dragon Quest VIII/Tear Jerker

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• Late in the game, you try to rescue the legendary bird Empyrea's egg from monsters. One of them pulls a Taking You with Me after his defeat... on the egg. Empyrea's grief at losing her baby hits hard; the fact that her chick's spirit chooses to become a party power-up doesn't help the sense of guilt much...
  • It does however make his theme song that much more endearing.
• Angelo's backstory. While not one of the most emotional ones in the series, his father never told him that he had a half brother who was cast out of the house once Angelo was born - but Marcello at least found a good home in the Abbey where he studied hard. Unfortunately, Angelo as a very young boy came to the abbey looking for a place to call home after his father died and left him with nothing to his name sans a few possessions he could carry. Still crying from the loss of his family, the first person Angelo met in the Abbey was Marcello who kindly said that everyone in the Abbey would be his family...until that is, Angelo introduced himself and Marcello instantly became a Magnificent Bastard, angrily telling him to leave and accusing him of trying to steal his life from him. Sure, Angelo wasn't exactly well-behaved in the Abbey, but if one thinks about it from his point of view....
• Most of the deaths that occur in the game count as this. The saddest is Marta, because the English VA playing her son did such an incredible job turning a stereotypical Russian guy into a bawling, tragic mess as he weeps over her body...