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{{quote|''Welcome to Landroll''}}
An RPG for the [[Wii]]'s library. Touted as a "Lifestyle RPG", ''Opoona'' follows the titular character, whose family is traveling to the planet Landroll for a vacation. However, they are attacked en-route by an unknown force. Their ship is destroyed, and the family scattered across the planet Landroll. When he awakens, Opoona is informed that his parents are hospitalized, and will require extensive [[Green Rocks|matia]] to heal. The currency of the planet, matia also can be used for powerful healing magic. And so Opoona decides to work on Landroll to make enough money to heal his parents.
As a Tizian, the galaxy's strongest warrior species, Opoona is naturally suited to the Landroll Rangers, a group whose duty is to fight against Rogues, strange creatures from the dark side of the planet. Landroll is an unusual planet in that it has no night and day cycle. An impact in the past left half in constant light, and half in perpetual darkness. And it's from this side that the Rogues come. And so, as both a ranger and many secondary jobs, Opoona begins his work on Landroll.
The battle system is turn-based in design, but plays out in real time. Each attack decreasing the user's energy, which has a maximum of 100, and they must then wait until it refills to attack again. The
One of the games most striking features is how much attention has been payed to the setting. Each of the many domes which make up Landroll's civilization are vast and unique, with a distinct niche in the Landroll economy. The game also contains dozens of hidden pieces of artwork, including paintings and sculptures, in a range of styles. The game includes details on the history of each piece and its creator, many by the same artists, as well as the various movements which led to their creation. As well as many shows which can be watched via the Net TV. They include a wide-range of programs which vary by region. The game truly lives up to its description, creating a rich and immersive society to discover. Basically, lots and lots of [[Narrative Filigree]].
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* [[All Your Powers Combined]]:
* [[Always Someone Better]]: Early on, Opoona learns that Poleena is also training as a ranger, and is already one star ahead of him.
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]:
* [[Anime Hair]]: Some of the Landrollians have really ridiculous hairstyles, like fountain-shaped ponytails and giant, six-inch hair spikes.
* [[Anti-Villain]]:
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Landfall was hit with a Class 0 over half the planet in the past, with [[The Corruption]] soon following.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]:
* [[Auto Revive]]: The Airbag Capsule.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: This is basically the Tizians' hat. To give you an idea, fighting injustice and evil is at the top of their planetary constitution.
* [[Berserker Rage]]: The Battle Monger Coat, which is your reward for one [[Collection Sidequest]]. Does lots of damage, but the character runs on auto.
* [[Big Bad]]:
* [[Bigger Bad]]:
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Tizians are born with their
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: This game was clearly localized by Koei's B Team (or in-house in Japan), and is not up to their usual standards.
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: The Server Room, though it's not so much a "dungeon" as it is a [[Multi Mook Melee]].
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** The Shredder in the ruins, though it's exceedinly rare--enough so that you probably won't even see it on your first trip through, and your only hint that it's there comes much later in the game (at a point when you can beat it easily).
** The White Monk in the Meditation Tower, which has HP comparable to Salamander without the bombs. As if to prove ''its'' point, it has as one of its [[Randomly Drops|rare drops]] an item which is otherwise only obtained through a lengthy [[Collection Sidequest]].
** The Apocalypse II, which makes itself a nuisance not by having lots of HP, but by having ''ludicrous'' defense, and by having singular attacks which do more damage than the ''final boss
** You will also rarely encounter enemies in some areas who are ''much'' stronger than others, though it's rare.
* [[Bragging Rights Reward]]: Getting Ine to be your friend. [[Ambiguous Gender|(S)He]] will only befriend you if you become a famous ukelele musician; a task that takes more than ''fifty in-game days'' to complete. But there's really nothing special about him/her.
* [[Broken Bridge]]: Everything on Landroll is based around licenses, requiring you to raise your ranking to progress through the domes. Though unlike most examples of the trope, this isn't coincidence, it's simply how the society works.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Aizel and Shagla. When the time to determine the planet's leader came, the two brothers meditated in the Tower. Aizel was chosen, and Shagla was cast out, touched and consumed by darkness.
* [[The Catfish]]: Legend.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: During your first day on Landroll<ref>
* [[Convenient Coma]]: Your first gameplay day is technically "Day 3
* [[The Corruption]]: Dark Energy,
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: And how!
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Though
* [[The Dark Side]]: Some use Dark Energy this way
* [[Degraded Boss]]: Two versions. One early boss, Flamehead, pops up in numerous fights later in Intelligent Sea. Also, many monsters appear early on as "supporters" to another boss (like the Moon Witch), then pop up later as regular enemies.
* {{spoiler|[[Dying as Yourself]]}}
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Besides spells that are organized into elements, there are also the elemental spirits. After proving your strength to them, they will begin to show up to help you with their spells during battle.
* [[Fantastic Caste System]]: Everyone is given a job suiting to them in childhood. However, they have quite a bit of say in the decision, and can take on secondary classes if they like. Played more straight with Sages, who are only allowed to hold a single job, as they work as both healers and government officials. Also those who were born outside the domes, or exiled, are not allowed in.
* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: Seems to be popular on Landroll.
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: The Fire, Ice
* [[Fishing Minigame]]: A very simple one which uses the battle engine
* [[Five Races]]:
** '''Stout:''' Tizian, despite their cuteness.
** '''Fairy:''' [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Fairies]].
** '''Mundane:''' Human, though they're note the focal race here.
** '''High Men:''' Sages can be thought of as this--they're humans (or Tizians, given Copoona), but have lots of holy force within them and are born to healer and leadership roles. A case could also be made for the giants:
** '''Cute:''' Nikonikoians. So they're a little snooty... They're just so ''adorable!''
* [[Floating Continent]]: Sanctuary.
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: {{spoiler|The Dark Bon
* [[The Force]]: The Holy Force, source of the Sages powers.
* [[Fortune Teller]]: Debia and Creola; you also can become one yourself.
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* [[Giant Mook]]: Golems, which ''don't even fit on the screen all the way.'' Even in the Rogue Book, they go outside the boundaries!
** And later in the game, the absolutely ''enormous'' Mega Puchila.
* {{spoiler|[[Gilded Cage]]}}: Paradiso can be this
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: The seven lost puppies. Not to mention all the artwork, optional licenses, secret passwords, Net TV shows, components for the [[Infinity+1 Sword|best
* [[Green Rocks]]: Matia is both currency, and a material used in healing magic.
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]:
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Due to the lackluster translation, some clues are less then obvious, or outright wrong. Unfortunately, walkthroughs are equally hard to come by.
* [[Herd-Hitting Attack]]: Armagebbon targets a single enemy, but can smash those around it if they're close. Copoona also has a number of spells that can target a specific "level" of enemy (On the ground/in the air/way high up), and the Plasma Coat shoots electric tentdrils that zap enemies close to those it hits.
* [[Human Aliens]]: Possibly. One NPC, Yukiha, calls herself a "Violetian" and implies she's not from Landroll. She also has [[Curtains Match the Window|unusually purple hair and eyes.]] But it's not clear if she's an alien species, or part of a very, very purple ethnic minority.
* [[Idol Singer]]: Numerous ones. One of them, Mimi, you can befriend, but there are idols in ''other'' professions, too (including an idol ''advertiser'').
* [[Ill Boy]]: Ted, as a sufferer of "carbon heart".
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]:
** Tizians make use of "Energy Bon
** Most Rangers use Gunblades.
* [[Kid Hero]]
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: The Tizians are all adorable creatures resembling Playmobile figures. They're also the toughest warrior race in the universe, and serve as a sort of galactic police force.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]:
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Poleena, whose solutions to problems tend to be either "manipulate it with her cuteness" or smack it upside the head with a
* [[Lost Forever]]: Not many, but there are a few. There are a couple art pieces in the Artiela museum that will get replaced if you don't view them soon after you get there, meaning you can't complete your Catalogue d'Arts.
** There's also Masao's Statue. If you befriend the alien Masao, he will give you a statue of himself. Its description tells you that "alien arts are valuable on Landroll
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: The legendary pirate Tyrant, is said to be the only one to have survived facing the Rogues in their own territory.
* [[Mana Drain]]: Available as a power to both Copoona and Poleena. Opoona misses out, though he has the most expensive skill you'll probably use regularly (Final Armagebbon).
* [[Metal Slime]]: The Star Human is a textbook example. It has super-high defense ''and'' evasion, so not only does it take very little damage, you can't even ''hit'' it half the time. It's prone to fleeing. If you ''can'' kill it (no small feat), it drops tons of EXP, cash, and even has a chance of dropping an exclusive item.
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* [[Monster Compendium]]: Jingle's Rogue Book, which even gets its own sidequest.
* [[Mordor]]: The dark half of the planet.
* [[Mundane Utility]] Besides battle, Opoona's
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Subverted by Tyrant, who is a legendary pirate that dared to take on the Rogues in their own territory. {{spoiler|Double-Subverted when it's revealed he's a horrible monster
* [[Odango]]: Poleena's
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: The [[Final Boss]] theme.
* [[People Jars]]: Quite a few appear in the underwater prison
* [[Playable Epilogue]]: The ending sequence
* [[Precious Puppies]]: The seven puppies which help with the tutorial, as well as a later [[Gotta Catch Em All|sidequest]].
* [[Projected Man]]: Serge. For the most part, he looks like an ordinary NPC, but he shorts out a few times during the Intelligent Sea parts of the story.
* [[Rainbow Pimp Gear]]: All the stuff you equip to your
* [[Random Effect Spell]]: The Random Hearts equipment, which adds random effects to your attacks.
* [[Randomly Drops]]: A number of sidequests are based on items which you can get from random drops, and some enemies even drop pretty good equipment on defeat. There are a few exclusive equipments you can get only from enemies, and some of them are surprisingly good (like the Ghost Ring, which has instakill properties, or the Tentacle Coat, which gives you [[Combat Tentacles]] that do non-elemental damage).
** There are also some enemies which are just plain rare to begin with, but you need to fight them for [[100% Completion]], too.
* [[Rare Candy]]: Numerous ones!
* [[Released to Elsewhere]]:
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: The Sand Weasels. Not to mention all the puppies, some rogues
* [[The Rival]]: Ted, initially, though he ends up being a subversion: All his bragging is because he's an [[Ill Boy]] who wants to feel like he's doing something cool.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The game has some very pretty areas, though the bad camera often gets in the way. Of special note are the dozens of detailed pieces of artwork and sculpture, one of which is many stories tall and must be seen with an elevator!
* [[Shows Damage]]: Rogues get progressively more beat-up looking as you wail on them.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: In fact, your OMP has a built in online TV, which streams different shows depending on what area you're in. They include everything from dramas and sports, and even dance lessons
* [[Silent Protagonist]]: Opoona is indeed one.
* [[Smash Mook]]: Golems
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: Believe it or not, an ''aversion
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Sadly, the translation really did need some proofreading. At least one character is even referred to by two different names in the same conversation!
* [[Tastes Like Friendship]]: How you befriend the Orcalphin.
* [[Too Awesome to Use]]: Popcorn Shower. The only way to get one is by spending 1000 Shop Points (1 point = 100 MT, so it basically costs 100,000 MT), and it's one-use. It does about 800 damage to everything on the field, which is enough to wipe out pretty much everything short of a Salamander. But given its cost and given that most battles don't need that kind of firepower, when will you think to use it?
* [[Treacherous Advisor]]:
* [[Trickster Mentor]]: Joey.
* [[True Companions]]: Called "Partizans" on Landroll.
* [[Unique Enemy]]: The Killer Screen is the only enemy in the game without a [[Palette Swap]]. Even most bosses have swaps, but the Screen doesn't.
* [[The Unseen]]/[[The Unfought]]:
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: Averted; some of the support skills are actually genuinely useful, since even some random encounters can be quite tough. Particularly notable are the "shield" abilities, which reduce damage for a time (perfect for protecting [[Squishy Wizard]] Copoona against some of the more damaging attacks), and Milky Rain, which can stun all enemies (perfect for dealing with huge mobs of enemies, especially when bombs are around).
* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: {{spoiler|The Dark Burrows
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]:
* [[Wasted Song]]: The background music from the hideout is absolutely epic. Said hideout is two rooms in size, and has maybe three story scenes in it total.
* [[Weasel Mascot]]: Though not the game's mascot, the sand weasels are completely adorable.
* [[Wham! Episode]]:
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]:
* [[Work Off the Debt]]: Interestingly, Landroll is based entirely around this principle. Everyone begins with a lifetime total known as your "quota". Once you've worked it off, you're free to live in an all expense payed resort for the rest of your life. The record is apparently three days and eighteen hours.
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: We did it, {{spoiler|we finally made four-star}}! Wait, aren't we short a sibling?
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