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{{quote|Long ago... When the world was yet wreathed in chaos... It is said that the heaven bestowed great power upon the earth and brought it unto prosperity. Life on Earth was born... Those with great intelligence, The Holy race of Danans. Controlling the seas, The Mermaids. Proud but arrogant... The Reptiles. And possessing incredible strength, The Giants. However, They did not have the Heavens' favor, and in time, they disappeared. Then... The Heavens gave birth once again. Life, 'tis said, flourished anew.|'''Opening narration'''}}
 
Released by Squaresoft in 1996, ''[[RudraTreasure noof Hihouthe Rudra]]'' is one of the last RPGs written for the SNES. It's often mentioned in connection with two other Japan-only [[Square Soft]] games of the era: ''[[Bahamut Lagoon]]'', and the at times very similar ''[[Live a Live]]''. The game's main drawing point is its magic system: the player can literally write their own spells, by combining syllables with prefixes and suffixes or by plain trial and error. ''[[Rudra no Hihou]]'' is very similar to the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series in terms of atmosphere, gameplay and complexity.
 
Every 4000 years, the earth's dominant race (first danans, then mermaids, giants, reptilians and currently humans) is mostly destroyed by a creature known as the Rudra, to make way for the next species. At the start of ''[[Rudra no Hihou]]'', humanity has only 16 days left, and the Rudra is about to be born. Four [[Lampshaded Trope|suspiciously stereotypical]] heroes (a fighter, a wizard, a priestess and a thief) are chosen by fate to save the earth... and all get a [[Power Crystal]] violently lodged into their heads. Each with their own friends and their own separate goals, they set out to save their planet and to discover who is behind the oncoming destruction, lampshading and subverting an impressive number of tropes along the way.
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