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''イデアの日'' (''Idea no Hi'') is a ''very'' non-standard jRPG released on the [[Super Famicom]] in 1994. Created by the team behind [[Maka Maka]] (but this time around is ''not'' [[Obvious Beta|a prototype cartridge turned gold by the publisher without the team's knowledge]]) with character designs by Koji Aihara (Known in the west largely for ''[[Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga]]''). The main character, a [[Hello, Insert Name Here|young boy]] with [[Psychic Powers]] is kidnapped by some shady people and tortured to show off his powers. Things [[Gone Horribly Right|go horribly right]] when they kill his dog to provoke him into using his full powers, causing him to destroy the test chamber, killing the scientists behind it while the "Dr. Poe" in charge flees. One of the dying scientists mentions a "Lady Edea" and a search of the now abandoned facility reveals a fax on the torture testing to a research facility on Easter Island.
''イデアの日'' (''Idea no Hi'') is a ''very'' non-standard jRPG released on the [[Super Famicom]] in 1994. Created by the team behind [[Maka Maka]] (but this time around is ''not'' [[Obvious Beta|a prototype cartridge turned gold by the publisher without the team's knowledge]]) with character designs by Koji Aihara (Known in the west largely for ''[[Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga]]''). The main character, a [[Hello, Insert Name Here|young boy]] with [[Psychic Powers]] is kidnapped by some shady people and tortured to show off his powers. Things [[Gone Horribly Right|go horribly right]] when they kill his dog to provoke him into using his full powers, causing him to destroy the test chamber, killing the scientists behind it while the "Dr. Poe" in charge flees. One of the dying scientists mentions a "Lady Edea" and a search of the now abandoned facility reveals a fax on the torture testing to a research facility on Easter Island.


A mostly forgotten game in its home country, though is decently popular among Super Famicom enthusiasts due to how unique it is and the low price of used copies.
A mostly forgotten game in its home country, though is decently popular among Super Famicom enthusiasts due to how unique it is and the very low price of used copies.


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* [[Crossdresser]]: Aside from the hidden Atlantis armor that is main character only, any party member that can wear clothes can wear any article of clothing. They ''all'' have different overworld sprites if they are equipped this way.
* [[Crossdresser]]: Aside from the hidden Atlantis armor that is main character only, any party member that can wear clothes can wear any article of clothing. They ''all'' have different overworld sprites if they are equipped this way.
* [[Creator Provincialism]]: While the game is loosely based on real world geography, Japan is ''huge'' and the game largely obeys the jRPG trope that exotic lands have far fewer towns than your home area.
* [[Creator Provincialism]]: While the game is loosely based on real world geography, Japan is ''huge'' and the game largely obeys the jRPG trope that exotic lands have far fewer towns than your home area.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Mutant turtles, girls that have escaped from an anime, half-naked girls screaming at you for being a pervert that look like the kidnapped party member you are trying to rescue, men with megaphones for mouths, living roulette wheels, cameras with human legs and arms, and even "アレ" (a pair of conjoined typographical characters) appear in fights each and everyone of them hostile.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Mutant turtles, girls that have escaped from an anime, half-naked girls screaming at you for being a pervert that look like the kidnapped party member you are trying to rescue, men with megaphones for mouths, living roulette wheels, cameras with human legs and arms, and even "アレ" (a pair of conjoined typographical characters) appear in fights. Predictably each and everyone of them hostile.
* [[Face Full of Alien Wing-Wong]]: {{spoiler|During a trip to the future, the main character can be infected, killed during birth and then resurrected to befriend his new "child", which is the strongest animal companion in the game}}. It's that kind of game.
* [[Face Full of Alien Wing-Wong]]: {{spoiler|During a trip to the future, the main character can be infected, killed during birth and then resurrected to befriend his new "child", which is the strongest animal companion in the game}}. It's that kind of game.
* [[Inn Security]]: The town in Antarctica has Freddy (Yes, ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street|that]]'' Freddy) haunting the dreams of the inhabitants. Sleeping there before you kill him in a well hidden dungeon nearby will result in him attacking the character in front of the party during the night. This is a ''very'' difficult fight, has no special reward for winning and continues to happen until you resolve the area's plot and seal Freddy off from the dream world.
* [[Inn Security]]: The town in Antarctica has Freddy (Yes, ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street|that]]'' Freddy) haunting the dreams of the inhabitants. Sleeping there before you kill him in a well hidden dungeon nearby will result in him attacking the character in front of the party during the night. This is a ''very'' difficult fight, has no special reward for winning and continues to happen until you resolve the area's plot and seal Freddy off from the dream world.
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* [[Lady Land]] and [[No Woman's Land]]: Encountered late in the game in Canada. Reconciling them involves ''lots'' of crossdressing from both men and women.
* [[Lady Land]] and [[No Woman's Land]]: Encountered late in the game in Canada. Reconciling them involves ''lots'' of crossdressing from both men and women.
* [[Limit Break]]: The main character has one. Possibly one of the oldest jRPG examples.
* [[Limit Break]]: The main character has one. Possibly one of the oldest jRPG examples.
* [[No Export For You]]: Even without Nintendo's famed censorship in the era, this probably never would have gotten translated due to the game's crude and bizarre nature.
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Several animals (and one Chestburster) can be befriended by the main character as part of small sidequests then added to your party. Their actions in combat are random and they can't level up, but they use their own dedicated slot in battle.
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Several animals (and one Chestburster) can be befriended by the main character as part of small sidequests then added to your party. Their actions in combat are random and they can't level up, but they use their own dedicated slot in battle.
* [[Hat of Power]]: Several. Every piece of lower body underwear can be worn as a hat.
* [[Hat of Power]]: Several. Every piece of lower body underwear can be worn as a hat.
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* [[Power-Up Food]]: Kaminariiwa, a Sumo wrestler character, can't equip clothes. Instead he has very high growth rates and at fixed points in the game can obtain special dishes that help him bulk up.
* [[Power-Up Food]]: Kaminariiwa, a Sumo wrestler character, can't equip clothes. Instead he has very high growth rates and at fixed points in the game can obtain special dishes that help him bulk up.
* [[Secret Character]]: Tom-Tom, a weird non-human entity with a bunch of free and useful special attacks.
* [[Secret Character]]: Tom-Tom, a weird non-human entity with a bunch of free and useful special attacks.
* [[Stuck Items]]: Underwear and (for female characters) the bottom torso layer can be replaced, but they can't be removed without a cheating device (there's nothing there anyways) for obvious reasons.
* [[Stuck Items]]: For obvious reasons, underwear and (for female characters) the bottom torso layer can be replaced, but not removed without a cheating device (there's nothing there anyways).
* [[Team Shot]]: The cover. While most of the party members are introduced under the player's control, the doctor on the cover isn't. Thankfully you never see said character's face that well till you get control of him and look as his equipment screen so you won't realize it's {{spoiler|Dr. Poe}}.
* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: The box and title include the English phrase "Day of the Idea", which may seem OK out of context but is clearly wrong if you play the game with a knowledge of both languages.<ref> イデア is established as a person before you even get control, making the definite article inappropriate. イデア is romanized using normal Hepbern methods, even though it it conflicts with a common English word that isn't pronounced the same, and is a real name that's normally spelled "Edea" when written in the Latin alphabet. While 日 normally means day, in this case refers to a case or event with a negative connotation (though "The Day..." is usable).</ref> A better translation all things considered would be something like "The Edea Incident"
* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: The box and title include the English phrase "Day of the Idea", which may seem OK out of context but is clearly wrong if you play the game with a knowledge of both languages.<ref> イデア is established as a person before you even get control, making the definite article inappropriate. イデア is romanized using normal Hepbern methods, even though it it conflicts with a common English word that isn't pronounced the same, and is a real name that's normally spelled "Edea" when written in the Latin alphabet. While 日 normally means day, in this case refers to a case or event with a negative connotation (though "The Day..." is usable).</ref> A better translation all things considered would be something like "The Edea Incident"
* [[Trauma Inn]]: Played straight. Unlike most jRPGs at the end game you no longer have to use them for MP restoration as one of the character learns a move that restores all of a party member's HP ''and'' MP, enabling full recovery for the party anywhere as long as she has enough max MP to cast it twice.
* [[Trauma Inn]]: Played straight. Unlike most jRPGs at the end game you no longer have to use them for MP restoration as one of the character learns a move that restores all of a party member's HP ''and'' MP, enabling full recovery for the party anywhere as long as she has enough max MP to cast it twice.
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