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Raguna, [[The Hero]] from the original Rune Factory, left Kardia in search of Mist and arrived at a border village called Trampoli. Turns out Mist moved there because someone's been calling out to her in her dreams. With Mist anchored in Trampoli for now, [[Excuse Plot|Raguna also decided to stay and keep an eye on her]], doing what he does best; running a farm. But there seems to be some disturbance on [[Space Whale|Whale Island]], a giant mass of land floating above the village; and he'll have to do something about it before that island loses its power and falls upon Trampoli right below.
 
Being the series' debut on a home console, ''[['''Rune Factory: Frontier]]''''' is given an extended voice cast and more characterization for the characters. It also took a bit of a sharper turn to the comedic side than before; many [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade Hangings]]s, humourous conversations and funny ''item descriptions'' are waiting around corners to make you smile. Long story short, ''RFF'' is a really smart and powerful update to the [[Harvest Moon]] formula, an attempt which yielded ''many'' things made right... except for one big flaw: a new and major game mechanic they added to the game horribly backfired.<ref>The new "Runey System" meant for speeding up crop growth while supposedly providing extra challenge to maintain demanded excessive effort and attention; it didn't help that the consequences for neglecting it are too severe. So, despite the good intention, the price was that ''Rune Factory Frontier'' essentially lost the spirit it was originally intended for; taking things slow and steady, and enjoying your progress.</ref> Even so, if you can manage to work around it, ''RFF'' is a really fun game for veterans and newcomers alike.
 
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* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Gelwein, after powering up with the Dark Rune. Until all the girls come in to save your arse, anyway.}}
* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]: A very good way to get yourself killed, considering the stat growth is pretty low. Tactics, instead, go a long way here. And lots and ''LOTS'' of running.
** It's still quite conditional, depending on your resources.<ref>Level, equipment and recovery items.</ref>. It's not impossible, but it demands tons of recovery items AND constant attention on HP/RP.<ref>Unless you managed to max out stats by permanent enhancers, and that's gonna take ''a while''.</ref> In short, it's not for everyone.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Magic wands. They're powerful but take a lot of RP, slow to fire and hard to aim. Not to mention they won't be very effective if you don't know the target's weakness.
** Also depends on the rod. The "[[Blow You Away|Storm Rod]]" is invaluable. It surrounds you with a wall of wind that hurts enemies. Meaning you can ''run'' at your enemies to hurt them, until the effect wears off. Other rods have similar uses but fit the trope due to RP cost.
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* [[Guide Dang It]]: The Runey system, finding out where to get all of your tools (especially the hammer), where anyone is at any particular time is and how to enter in a few of the dungeons could take you a '''lot''' of time guessing, if you can figure it out at all, or you could just look it up online.
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Just like its parent series, [[Harvest Moon]], you can name your player character, your farm and the monsters you succeed in taming. Unlike [[Harvest Moon]], though, default name for the player is already given.
** Lampshaded by Raguna after naming the farm and Mist says that it's a very good name:<ref>Might not be the exact line, but you get the idea.</ref>:
{{quote|'''Raguna''': I hope you weren't prepared to say that [[Hello Insert Name Here/Troper Tales|no matter what I named it]]...}}
*** Unless you named the farm by the default name ("Mist"), which prompts Mist to say, "T-that's a name that will spread around fast..."
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*** (JP) Satou Akemi: [[Kanon|Misaka Shiori]]
** Eunice
*** (JP) Ueda Kana: [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Yagami Hayate]], [[Mariasama ga Miteru|Fukuzawa Yumi]], [[Fate/stay night|Tousaka Rin]]
** Selphy
*** (JP) Orikasa Fumiko: [[Bleach|Kuchiki Rukia]], [[Devil May Cry: The Animated Series|Lady]], [[Hellsing|Seras Victoria]]
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*** Cinnamon also mentions that she has many copies of the same outfit, though in her case it's because the magic academy she attended supplied them for her, rather then her liking the outfit particularly.
*** Add a fourth to the list: during winter, Brodik mentions that he thought his job (running Raguna out of town) would be done before then, and he didn't prepare any winter clothes.
* [[Magic Music]]: In the final battle, {{spoiler|when Gelwein is recovering all the damage you do, [[All Your Powers Combined|all the heroines]] appeared in the Era of Disconnect through [[Hologram|hologramshologram]]s and start singing}}.
* [[Male Gaze]]: On a date with a girl with whom you've met all the conditions for marriage, just before you are given the option to take out the bouquet and propose, dramatic flashes of the sprite of the girl are shown. The final, longest, and most conspicuous one is a closeup of her chest.
* [[Miko]]: Uzuki.
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Both Iris Blanche and Noire. Their eye colors are mirror-reverses, however.
* {{spoiler|[[Mad Scientist]]}}: {{spoiler|Gelwein.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Iris ''Blanche''<ref>French: "White"</ref> and ''Noire''.<ref>French: "Black"</ref>. You'll be surprised how many people confuse the two names.
* [[Meido]]: Tabatha.
* '''[[Nerf]]''': Again, RF1 veterans will notice the differences. However, most of them just serve as challenges, and not overly gamebreaking.
** EXP yield: Making [[Level Grinding]] a ''lot'' longer.
** Stats, and particularly HP: Your HP ''barely'' gets close to 400 at Level '''80'''. In other words, you can die very, VERY quickly if you're not prepared or not careful.
*** Though, perhaps for compensation, the RP gauge is set at 500, which is 5 times the amount from RF1. And as your skill and weapon/tool levels increase, the RP costs lower noticeably per level.<ref>Each weapon, tool, and crafting recipe has a "required level" listed on it. While it is possible to use the item with a skill level lower than the one listed, you use more RP in doing so. Once your skill level = the level of the item, the RP cost will not decrease anymore (so an item with required level 10 will cost more to use at level 6 than at level 10, but the cost at 10 is the same as the cost at 99). In addition, using the crafting system to increase the level of a weapon or item will decrease the RP cost of using it</ref>.
** Selling prices, excluding the crops': A Level '''10''' Diamond sells for only 840. That's about '''four''' bloody Level 1 Turnips, mind you.
* [[Nerf Arm]]: Sacred Pole, the final upgrade to the fishing pole, holding a massive 255 ATK, out-powering ''any'' other weapon you can forge. Sadly, [[Awesome but Impractical|the lag and lack of chain attacks hold it down]].
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