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A [[Role Playing Game]] for the Sega Dreamcast featuring [[Pirate|pirates]] who [[The Sky Is an Ocean|sail]] the [[Sky Pirate|skies]] rather than the seas.
The story centers on Vyse, a young air pirate (long before ''[[
One of ''Skies of Arcadia's'' draws was the world the game took place in: Instead of the conventional RPG world of [[Patchwork Map|oceans, mountains, deserts, etc.]], Arcadia is a [[World in
The game's setting also included an "Age of Sailing" undercurrent of discovery. As the characters seek the [[MacGuffin|Moon Crystals]], they also rediscover lands isolated or lost since the [[And Man Grew Proud|great disaster centuries ago]]. In addition, the overworld is filled with "Discoveries": places, creatures, and landmarks that are hidden in various places. If found, the knowledge of their existence and location could be sold for a tidy sum, if you were fast enough to beat your competitors to the punch.
''[[
''Skies'' was later [[Updated Rerelease|rereleased]] on the Gamecube as ''Skies of Arcadia: Legends'', which reduced the insanely high overworld random encounter rate and added a few [[Bonus Boss|Bonus Bosses]] and [[Sidequest|Sidequests]].
Now with [[Skies of Arcadia
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=== This game contains examples of: ===
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* [[Bamboo Technology]]: The Ixa'Takans use this.
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: The Dome of Light that protects {{spoiler|Soltis}}
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: [[Playing
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Rupee Larso. Nice kid, [[Father, I Don't Want to Fight|doesn't like violence]]... But when you get his HP down below half, he can pull out his Berserk Rupee attack for devastating damage.
* [[BFS]]: Grand Admiral Galacian uses one of these. Looks out of place because nearly every other hand weapon in the game is realistically-proportioned. Vyse's Vorlik Blade certainly isn't ideal for holding in one hand. And the Sky Fang... well, enough said.
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** It's worth a playthough just to pick all the incompetent-sounding choices. Aika comes out sounding like [[Hypercompetent Sidekick|the real hero!]]
** Eventually, though, the game starts offering up win-win decision trees. Sorry, but thou must.
* [[Call a Rabbit
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: The S-Attacks.
{{quote| "Moons, give me strength!"}}
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** ''Blue'' Rogues and ''Black'' Pirates. Guess which faction of Air Pirates are [[Just Like Robin Hood]] and which are the evil cutthroats.
** The moons, moon stones, and civilizations.
** Galcian's admirals. It's like watching a Gothic reenactment of ''[[Dick Tracy (
** During the Blue Rogues special attack, the back ground color seems to indicate whether the featured crew member is attacking or healing.
* [[Combined Energy Attack]]: Two of them, in fact: Prophecy and Blue Rogues.
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* [[Dirty Coward]]: Alfonso would have you believe it's just egotism, but no.
* [[Dual Boss]]: Sinistra and Destra, Jao and Mao.
* [[Dueling Games]]: The original vs. Evolution vs. [[Grandia II]]. The remake vs. [[
* [[Easily-Conquered World]]: Only Nasr possesses a fleet to withstand Valua, and Ramirez makes short work of them.
** Justified in the advent of Soltis' rising. Hard to defend against laser-accurate meteor showers.
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: All of the Gigas.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Each color of magic represents a different element, and each has a different effect.
** Red magic is [[Playing
** Green magic is [[Green Thumb|nature-elemental]]. It heals allies and poisons enemies.
** Purple magic is [[An Ice Person|ice-elemental]]. It attacks a single enemy and confuses them.
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* [[Hundred-Percent Heroism Rating]]: One of the few benefits of a high Swashbuckler Rating is that NPC shopkeepers- especially on Sailors' Island- will gush over your celebrity status. Still won't give you a discount though. In addition, getting the title Vyse the Legend - which involves getting [[Hundred-Percent Completion]] - unlocks an optional boss fight and a few other perks.
* [[Improbable Power Discrepancy]]: The [[Bonus Boss|Bonus Bosses]] in ''Legends'' are a particular [[Egregious]] example, but there's plenty of lesser examples too.
* [[In the Name of
* [[Industrial Ghetto]]: Lower City. They built the warships here, and workers are treated like dogs.
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]: Justified in the sewers, of all places. The weapons merchant in Maramba knows the story of how they came to be there.
* [[It's the Journey That Counts]]: Daccat's "treasure"... Or so it would seem, at first. Actually [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] since you can sell the "treasure" later for 20,000 gold.
** The real point of the exercise is to reunite Vyse, Aika, and Fina. See? Greed really ''is'' good.
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9exgsxsariw Armada Battle] theme sounds very similar to the first part of ''[[
* [[Just Eat the MacGuffin]]: Averted. The Moon Crystals are objects of incredible power, and can control ancient bioweapons. The main point of the plot is to acquire these so the villains can't use them, and yet it never really occurs to our heroes to simply throw them overboard. Even the one character who ''does'' think of it decides not to.
** Of course, the avoidance of this trope is mostly a set up for the [[Plot Twist]].
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{{quote| '''Galcian''': I don't think they're foolish enough to resist. However, if something should happen... Burn the village and kill them all. Let the bodies rot in the sun and leave one of our flags to set an example for others who may defy us.}}
** Subverted, however, {{spoiler|in that they ''weren't'' foolish enough to resist: the noncombatants were left alone and the Rogues were taken prisoner and later rescued.}}
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: This game was released during a time when companies were pumping out nothing but uberdark ''[[
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Many of whom can be recruited into your crew.
* [[Lost Forever]]: Pointedly averted, at least when it comes to Chams and Moonfish. Not so much with treasure chests, which are required for Vyse's [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Title]] in ''Legends''.
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* [[New World Tease]]: Upper City. You have just enough time to window shop (Aika: This is no time for '''tea'''!!), get insulted by the locals, and gape at the glamorous buildings in the middle distance. However, as soon as you're over the first bridge, Vyse is diverted into a train leaving the city -- never to return.
* [[No Hero Discount]]: Subverted; Most shopkeepers steadily rise in prices, but Inns will recognize you the higher your Captain rating is and give you a discount.
* [[Not in Front of
* [[Ocean Punk]]: In the sky...
* [[One True Sequence]]: Due to the game's linearity, it looks like this is going to be the case at first. {{spoiler|But in reality, Valua is nowhere to be seen when the Purple and Yellow Moon Crystals are found, Belleza leaves Vyse's team alone to [[MacGuffin Delivery Service|recover the Red one for her]], the Green Crystal was recovered by the very civilization that was guarding it, Valua only attacked Yafutoma after Vyse came back with the Blue Crystal, and the Silvites always had their own.}}
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* [[Rape Is Love]]: They don't call him [[Meaningful Name|Vigoro]] for nothing.
* [[Rare Candy]]: Seeds come in different varieties, and each increases a single stat. Once you recruit {{spoiler|Ilchymis}}, a shop will become available on your base that allows you to buy as many seeds as you want (except the evasion ones, [[Dodge the Bullet|for some reason]]), provided you have [[Money Sink|an insane amount of money]].
* [[Reconstruction]]: Of traditional fantasy RPGs after ''[[
* [[Recurring Boss]]: The Zivilyn Bane band of grave-robbing bandits.
* [[Red Baron]]:
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* [[Spoiler Opening]]: If you wait long enough on the "Press Start" screen, you get a different intro made up entirely of actual scenes from the game. Some aren't huge spoilers if you don't know the context, but many spoil major plot twists that don't happen until late in the game, such as {{spoiler|the attack on Crescent Isle and the Rains of Destruction falling on Valua}}.
* [[Stab the Sky]]: Enrique and Drachma's victory poses.
* [[Stalker
* [[Standard Status Effects]]: No surprises here.
* [[Sucking-In Lines]]: The Moon Stone Cannon AND the Harpoon Cannon, the latter despite the fact that it is a wholly projectile based weapon.
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* [[The Unfettered]]: If you're playing right, Vyse becomes this. Also Gilder's epithet is ''Gilder the Unfettered''.
* [[Unstable Equilibrium]]: A particularly bad case; worse than most. The game becomes ''much'' easier the further you progress and the stronger you get. [[Money for Nothing]] comes into full effect around the halfway mark, later skills are far too overpowered for the enemies to provide challenge simply by making them stronger and tougher, and once you get the Delphinus, ship-to-ship combat becomes a joke even against bosses.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: ''[[
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: All of the Silver instant-death spells have a pathetically low chance of success ([[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|except when the computer uses them]]), with the exception of the strongest Silver spell, which has a 100% success rate and inflicts damage on immune enemies.
** Actually ''subverted:'' On very rare occasions, a boss will just happen to not be immune to one of the [[Standard Status Effects]]. For instance, {{spoiler|the Rik'Talish is not immune to Stone, and Vigoro II is not immune to Confuse.}} Of course, finding out which bosses aren't immune to which status effects [[Guide Dang It|takes a while.]]
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** [[Doomed Hometown]]: Though it gets un-doomed.
*** Inverted. Galcian {{spoiler|dooms HIS hometown.}}
** [[Down in
** [[Dug Too Deep]]: Moonstone Mountain.
** [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Dangral Island.
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* [[When Things Spin Science Happens]]: The Silvite Elders' life-support machines.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]
* [[With a Friend
* [[X Meets Y]]: In terms of character design, Aika is what resulted when [[
* [[You Must Be This Tall to Enter]]: Your ship will need to be made of sturdier stuff to surmount the rock barriers, sky rifts, tornadoes, howling vortexes, [[Department of Redundancy Department|even bigger sky rifts]], and glaciers.
* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]: Mostly accurate, though played with. {{spoiler|Galcian is killed after he successfully raises Soltis. Ramirez, shattered by his death, assumes control and decides to destroy the world rather than rule it}}.
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