Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light: Difference between revisions

[[File:4hol_3512.jpg|framethumb|400px|Yes, the 4 heroes of light. They are heroes. They are[[Redundancy|4 of light. There arethem, even 4 of them!.]]]]

** Not to mention the fact that good clothing -- not just armor, but also the stuff made of [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|actual cloth]] -- gives higher base defense bonuses than ''the best shields''.

** Guera: {{spoiler|The residents are trapped by a vicious sand demon and no one has entered or left the city in years. Also, an entire race of people was wiped out save for a [[Sole Survivor]].}}<br />Arbor: {{spoiler|The fairies dislike and distrust humans so much that any human who approaches Arbor, even if they mean no harm, is transformed into a plant. No, the fairies won't help you. You get to stay like that.}}<br />Urbeth: {{spoiler|A town obsessed with money, where the poor are barely dressed in rags, are barely able to eat, and are treated like second-class citizens.}}<br />Invidia: {{spoiler|It's constantly freezing, everyone is miserable, and it's ruled by a bitter man who is waiting on his son to finally come home to rule the world.}}<br />Spelvia: {{spoiler|Run by a misanthropic man who has been living with nothing but his hatred for hundreds of years. All of his robots are programmed to kill humans. Also, when the group finally manages to get him to let go of his hate, it turns out to be powerful enough to poison the rest of the world.}}

* [[Death Is a Slap Onon The Wrist]]: Possibly. Dying strips you of half of any one category of gems -- which is devastating if the game randomly selects your Diamonds; not so much if it chooses the Rubies, or another lesser gem you have in low number. This trope is in full force if someone has equipped the Freelancer crown, which negates ''any'' penalty beyond being warped back to the last [[Save Point|Adventurer]].

* [[DevelopersDeveloper's Room]]: A limited and very obscure version: if you manage to make it to the northern part of Horne early in the game during nighttime when it's normally blocked by a sand whirlpool (either by dying in battle during nighttime before you save your game for the first time or using a Dragon Wing), the NPCs' dialogue changes to various messages from programmers.

* [[Expy]]: Krinjh serves a similar purpose to [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Minwu]], in that he serves as a [[Crutch Character]] early on, and also [[Mythology Gag|is a Spell Fencer (i.e. Mystic Knight). The costumes for male Mystic Knights in FF5 were based on Minwu]].

* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Rather differently from the ''[[Final Fantasy (Franchise)|Final Fantasy]]'' norm, however; Thunder is [[Light'Em Up|Light-elemental]] and Blizzard is of the [[Making a Splash|Water element]].

* [[George Lucas Throwback]]: To the 8-bit era of RPGs and their [[Nintendo Hard|Nintendo Hardness]]. You can't save anywhere you want, inventory space is limited, and don't expect help if you ask "[[Now Where Was I Going Again?]]?"

* [[High -Class Glass]]: Comes pre-packaged with the Salve-Maker crown.

* [[Idiot Hero]]: Brandt is [[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Bartz]] 2.0.

* [[Journey to Thethe Center of Thethe Mind]]: Rolan's heart has been festering in resentment and self-hatred for hundreds of years; in order for him to help the party, they must enter his heart and cleanse him of his demons.

* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: The game seems to revel in kicking the shit out of the concept of [[Useless Useful Spell|Useless Useful Spells]], since most of the crowns are extremely purpose-built but manage to be absolute game breakers, such as the [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|seamstress]], [[Combat Medic|salve-maker]], and [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|merchant]]. The typical "I like swords" classes from the mainline ''[[Final Fantasy (Franchise)|Final Fantasy]]'' series, on the other hand, are average at best.

* [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]]: While it's possible to kill just about every enemy you come across with physical attacks, you ''will'' need to rely on magic spells and Crown abilities, especially in the second half of the game where the enemy's levels scale to match yours.

** Arbor is housed in the [[World Tree|Great Tree]]. Its [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|Japanese name]], "Elva", is [[Hidden Elf Village|obvious]].

* [[Mythology Gag]]: The plot of the game initially concerns [[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|saving a princess at the beginning]], and later on breaking a {{spoiler|[[Stable Time Loop]]}}.

** To add to the [[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|FF1]] References, the Final Boss is named Chaos. In addition, one of his attacks is called [[Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|Big Bang]].

** Krinjh is based on [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Ming-Wu]], up to and including {{spoiler|dying to save his country from an evil ruler.}}

** There is a ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'' potion sitting on the counter of the weapons store in Urbeth.

** The [[Global Airship]] is a [[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|dragon]].

** Your [[Cool Boat]] in Part 2 is almost literally {{spoiler|[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Syldra]]}} with {{spoiler|[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Balamb Garden sitting on top of her head.]]}}

** The latter part of the game has the party {{spoiler|[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|sneaking into a]] [[Crystal Spires and Togas]] [[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Utopia through the backdoor, being forced to fight its misanthropic ruler, and then having to deal with the world's time periods being thrown into singularity]]}}.

* [["No Respect" Guy|No Respect Gal]]: [[Failure Knight|Yunita]]. Aire makes a comment that Yunita can't handle things when left to herself. Nice job, boys.

* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]]: Averted with gusto until you get the Transform Staff, after which you can ask the Adventurer's fox for direction.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: The art style's more notable points are its ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]''-esque vivid colors and lack of outlines, resulting in very pretty visuals more or less everywhere. [http://ff4heroes.com/na/?page_id=1531 Arbor] is a strong example of out-and-out scenery porn.

* [[Shout -Out]]: The Claustrum staff rather resembles a [[Kingdom Hearts|Keyblade]].

* [[So Long and Thanks For All Thethe Gear]]: NPCs come with unique equipment, and when they leave, they take everything with them. Your party also does not have a universal inventory, although the storage and money system is universal -- so make sure to drop off some gear in the storage unit between bosses.

* [[Songs in Thethe Key of Panic]]: The music [[Variable Mix|gains a bell/siren and changes tempo]] when you are at critical HP. Interestingly, one is used when bosses are at critical health, as well.

* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Data on the Japanese ROM give different spellings for almost all the towns' names: Horn vs. Horne, Gula vs. Guera, Elva vs. Arbor, Vulpes vs. Urbeth, and Superbia vs. Spelvia. The Japanese website also calls Krinjh 'Kirinjyu'.