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[[File:SaGa_2_TV_Tropes_5941.jpg|frame| Humans,<s>mutant</s> espers, robots and monsters? Awesome.]]
Full Name: ''<nowiki>SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu</nowiki>'' ("Treasure Legend"). The second game in the [[SaGa]] series for the Game Boy, released in North America as ''[[Final Fantasy]] Legend II''.
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Despite the obtuse gameplay that would characterize the [[SaGa]] series, ''[[SaGa 2]]'', like its predecessor, was one of the original Game Boy's most memorable RPG's, thanks in part to the (at the time) high level of character customization and varied set pieces—one minute you'd be exploring a high-tech metropolis ruled by a beauty-obsessed tyrant queen who has forced two young lovers apart and the other, you'd be in a world inspired by medieval Japan, taking part in a detective story.
In 2009, the game was [[Video Game Remake|remade]] for the Nintendo DS for the series' 20th anniversary, with upgraded graphics, tweaked gameplay elements, new characters, designs by ''[[
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: There's one in Venus' world.
* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Apollo. Venus to a lesser extent, but she's a more obvious [[Rich Bitch]] who's full of herself.}}
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* [[All Myths Are True]]: Subverted twice: first in the Port Town in Apollo's world, where the inhabitants think that an {{spoiler|undersea volcano}} is actually the god Neptune, and the second when it is revealed that {{spoiler|the idea that the Statue of Isis/The Goddess was made out of 77 MAGI/Treasures}}, which had been taken as a given since the beginning of the game, isn't entirely accurate.
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: {{spoiler|Literally! The Goddess's primary purpose of existence is to maintain and repair the world as necessary.}}
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]
* [[Anti
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: The the thrust of the Mini-Story of Venus' World is the arranged marriage between Flora/Olivia and Nils/Julius, despite the former's love for Leon/Anthony.
* [[A Taste of Power]]: Mr. S can [[One Hit KO|one-shot]] just about any enemy or even group in the first cave you go to, but he leaves after you go through it. Also comes with the Cure spell which should be able to full-heal any of your party members. Some players exhaust all his skills before exiting the cave to earn money.
* [[Badass in
* [[Badass Teacher]]: Mr. S.
* [[Bag of Sharing]]: A variation: While there is a shared inventory, it cannot be accessed during combat. To use an item during combat, it must be equipped into each character's personal inventory.
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* [[Big Good]]: {{spoiler|The Goddess, called Isis in the 1991 localization. She comes back to life with the assembly of her statue.}}
* [[Blackout Basement]]: Inverted. There's a cave that's so bright that you can't see anything unless you have a certain MAGI.
* [[Blessed
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: [[Makai
* [[Book Ends]]: The game ends {{spoiler|as the protagonists' father announces that he will be off to search for a legendary item. Unlike the first time, however, both the protagonist and his/her/its mother decide that they'll be joining him}}.
* [[Boring Return Journey]]
* [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]: The Haniwa - a unique enemy in the final area - is definitely challenging enough to be a boss in its own right. It also possesses the elusive [[Infinity
* [[Bowdlerisation]]: See the infamous bananas example below. The NA translation also awkwardly glosses over the subplot where the hero thinks Dad walked out on the family to have an affair. As a result, the hero appears to angrily storm out of Lynn's house after the Dunatis boss battle for no good reason.
** The [[Secret Other Family]] implication was not lost on every young gamer, even in English.
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* [[Broken Pedestal]]: At one point, the hero believes (mistakenly) that {{spoiler|Dad abandoned the family to play hero and have an affair with Lynn's mother}}.
* [[Bubbly Clouds]]: Valhalla.
* [[The Cameo]]: The [[Final Fantasy I
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: [[Indiana Jones
* [[Chainsaw Good]]
* [[Chinese Girl]]: Lynn/Lin.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: You walk around the interior of not one, but two volcanoes. Wading through the lava has no ill effects apart from one HP of damage per step.
* [[Crutch Character]]: The NPCs who join you are usually stronger than your characters. This can work to your detriment, since relying too heavily on them can cause problems down the line.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Lynn, a couple times.
* [[Death Is a Slap
** And you eventually do. Death in battle after that point leads straight to a [[Game Over]].
*** It can even be good to be wiped out at least once. If you haven't been wiped out up to that point, Odin is harder and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|you'll just jump into the fight without any dialogue]].
* [[Death Seeker]]: Odin.
* [[Degraded Boss]]: Some "bosses", especially early on are normal enemies from later worlds.
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* [[Dub Name Change]]: Among others, Sensei becomes Mr. S, Olivia becomes Flora, Denpachi becomes Kame, and The Goddess becomes Isis.
* [[Dungeon Town]]: Sort of. You can encounter random battles outside of buildings in the Desert Town.
* [[Eleventh
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: The Guardians' base.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Excalibur]]: One of the game's best weapons, a sword with infinite uses and the ability to attack an entire group.
* [[Expy]]: With his [http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c393/amadeus_of_dk/saga4.jpg leather jacket, fedora, and whip], the protagonist's heroic, treasure-hunting father takes more than a couple of cues from [[Indiana Jones]].
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* [[Floating Continent]]: The entire world is made up of these smaller worlds floating in the sky, connected by Sky Pillars to the Central Temple.
* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: At certain points (specifically, when your MAGI count is at specific numbers) in the game, using the trashcan as an item will act as permanent stat-raising Power and Speed potions. However, if you overdo it, you may permanently screw up your MAGI counter and be unable to progress.
* [[Good Morning, Crono]]: The game begins with the hero being awakened by his/her/its father, who gives him/her/it a piece of MAGI and leaves out the window.
** Played with, though: it's the middle of the night when this happens.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: In the original Japanese version, a student in ''Nihonbashi'', the town Hana is from, tells you "[[Tempting Fate|please don't play this game]]" in katakana English.
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* [[Hub Level]]: The Celestial World, which connects to each of the game's independent worlds.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Applies to both the common inventory and each characters' personal one; it's particularly hard to explain, for example, how characters can conceal a Leopard 2 battle tank.
* [[I Can't Believe
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] somewhat, as a townsperson comments on why bananas would be illegal in the first place.
** In the remake it's just called black market goods. Which would also include Opium, but mostly the expensive as hell weapons and armor Echigoya normally sells.
* [[Infinity
* [[Item Caddy]]: The robot halves the number of uses for an item when it goes into his inventory, but the item heals back up to half at the inn.
* [[Kenji Ito]]: His first game music composition.
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* [[Noob Cave]]: To the north of your hometown.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: much more [[Fridge Logic|FridgeLogicky]] here than in most other RPGs, since nobody else in the game ever seems to be possibly able to possess enough MAGI to travel from one world to another.
* [[One
* [[Physical God]]: Multiple, and many attempting to become such.
* [[Plot Coupon That Does Something]]: The MAGI have a variety of gameplay-relevant uses. Many of them raise a particular stat or provide protection against an element, others can teleport you to previous worlds or even be used as a weapon.
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** In the original version, the Samurai bow is called the Yoichi bow.
* [[Rare Candy]]: Body potions raise a character's maximum HP by 40 points. Power, Speed, and Magic potions raise a character's strength, agility, or mana respectively by three points. Can only be used on humans or mutants.
* [[Ridiculously
* [[Samurai]]: Taro/Ronin.
* [[Save Scumming]]: Depending on which model Game Boy you're using, may be useful in raising your party's stats quickly.
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* [[Sequence Breaking]]: See [[Good Bad Bugs]], no longer above, but can be found at sites like [http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/585710-final-fantasy-legend-ii/cheats GameFAQs] under "Mid-Game Warp".
* [[Ship Level]]: The Edo world, where you raid {{spoiler|Echigoya}}'s ship.
* [[Shout
* [[So Long and Thanks For All
* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: While your party eavesdrops on Echigoya and the Shogun's evil plan, suitably evil dungeon music plays. It's replaced by a more heroic theme just before the party barges in, and the villains wonder aloud where the music is coming from.
* [[Sound of No Damage]]: Metallic "ping" whenever a physical attack is blocked by a shield or otherwise does no damage (the latter accompanied by the text "No damage."
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* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Human Females playable characters; the muses Repsira, Melmene, Leio, and Pollynia; The Goddess.
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: Shields which protect the entire party form this effect when activated.
* [[Bishonen]]: Want a male human or male esper character who looks [[Big Beautiful Man|burly]] or [[Rated "M" for Manly|manly]]? Tough luck -- ''all'' your possible appearance appear impossibly skinny with androgynous faces. Granted, these characters are not ''quite'' adults, but a great many teenagers in any country look nothing like this [[Hollywood Homely|and still look perfectly alright]].
* [[Blood Knight]]: Repsira, she will award points for fighting while allies have fallen in combat.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: The Arena of the Dead; souped up versions of bosses you already fought; the only reason to challenge it is to get an item based on your team status (Using Threads of Fate). All weapons/spellbooks/items and threads consumed during the battle are returned to you afterwards. Extremely easy to exploit given that some bosses are weak to petrification (Ashura Soul for example)
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* [[Fetch Quest]]: Many of the [[Sidequest|"Free Scenarios"]].
* [[Gatling Good]]: The Vulcan Canon. While it appeared in the first game as well, only in the remake can you see it in all its enemy-killing glory.
* [[Gay Option]]: ''Kinda''. There are changing interpersonal relationship dynamics between the [[Nakama|party]]'s characters, with bonds like family, love, friendship, hate, strife, etc. The love dynamic can be between any two characters, and [[Everyone Is Bi|gender is irrelevant]]. Considering [[Harvest Moon|the PR schizophrenia]] over even a ''[[Romantic Two
* [[Geisha]]: Erato, complete with Shamisen.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Several of the models for human player characters.
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* [[Laser Sword]]: The “Laser” sword, which was actually called a lightsaber in Japan, now looks just like one, too.
* [[Made of Explodium]]: Every boss: the rhino, Ashura, Dunatis, even a ninja. If it has boss music, it explodes.
* [[New Game
* [[Palette Swap]]: Every available character for your party, and several mooks.
* [[Preexisting Encounters]]: Replacing random encounters.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The muses Polynia and Melmene. Polynia will award you points for dealing large amounts of damage while Melmene will award points for taking minimal damage (Defending and Parrying).
* [[Relationship Values]]: An important, yet not essential, part of the refitted combat system, which affects your chances of getting different special items.
* [[Robot Girl]]: The muse Euter. Complete with online chat speak such as Plz and using the number 4 instead of the word for.
* [[Sheathe Your Sword]]: The only way to defeat the muse Repsira.
* [[Shout
** Also one of the human female palettes you can have is of Asellus from [[SaGa]] Frontier (Green Hair, Pink clothing)
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Male Espers.
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