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The first game in the ''[[Star Ocean]]'' series, ''Star Ocean'' was originally released for the Super Famicom; that version was [[No Export for You|never ported to the West]], though [[Fan Translation|Fan Translations]] exist. [[Square Enix]] has recently [[Video Game Remake|remade]] this game for the PSP; this remake, subtitled ''First Departure'', was released in the US and UK in October 2008. It tells the tale of a young boy named Roddick Farrence from the planet Roak (most of whose inhabitants have tails and [[Unusual Ears|pointed ears]], though there are other races) whose world is under threat from a horrible disease that makes those who catch it [[Taken for Granite|turn to stone.]] Seems like standard fantasy fare, until Captain Ronyx J. Kenny and his Number One Ilia Silvestri from the Terran Alliance beam down to the planet to investigate. The stone disease is much more than what it seems, not just for Roak but other planets as well....
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** Hell, {{spoiler|Jie Revorse himself might count. For well over three fourths of the game, Asmodeus is clearly built up to be the [[Big Bad]], but once he's defeated, the plot basically goes "Oh yeah, by the way, there's this evil alien warlord whose never been mentioned until now in the present trying to conquer the galaxy. Go stop him."}}
* [[Gonk]]: Madam Karner. The way she looks, her pose on the chaise, and how she buys and sells information makes her seem like a female Hutt.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: The average player may waltz right through the game and miss many characters simply because they choose to accept others. The real title goes to {{spoiler|Erys}} however - an addition to the PSP remake, who requires ''three other characters recruited''. While two of them make sense ([[It Makes Sense in Context|if you know what their stories are]]), the third is [[Lost Forever|easily missable]] and has ''no connection'' to these two.
* [[Guys Smash, Girls Shoot]]: Inverted when it comes to Ronyx and Ilia. Ilia is the martial artist, while Ronyx is both the archer and offensive mage.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Crutch character he may be; Ashley is 50-60 years old and has lost his left arm but can still keep up with the rest of the party and go head to head with some of the nastiest monsters Roak has to offer.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Welch, who fights with handy sticks.
* [[Interface Spoiler]]: Of the three characters you start with, two of them gain new spells/abilities as they level up, while the third doesn't. Guess which one of them spends the game [[Taken for Granite]].
* [[Laser Blade]]: The Force Swords, a double [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Star Wars]]''.
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* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: The reason that Ronyx and Ilia recruited the Roakians for the final mission is because {{spoiler|Jie Revorse}} has made himself immune to modern weaponry.
* [[Secret Character]]: You probably [[Guide Dang It|need a guide]] in order to get Welch, T'nique, Pericci, and Erys.
** To be fair, you ''might'' be able to run into Welch by yourself as she is the easiest of the characters to recruit.<ref> T'Nique requires you to have six characters in your party by a certain point, then for no discernable reason, run back to an early town. Pericci requires you to do something ''very'' early in the game and then backtrack to find her. Erys meanwhile requires you to recruit a specific set of characters, one of which has ''no relation to her whatsoever''.</ref>
** Ashlay may also count; however to be fair you can discover him by poking around the town he's in, and he does give a very strong hint that he's playable.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: ''Everyone'' for Ronyx/Ilia. Even Millie, who makes a [[This and That]] joke regarding her training of Ronyx in Symbology seemingly to irritate Ilia. She tries to persuade Ilia to reveal her feelings for Ronyx, but Ilia doesn't go through with it. Finally, though, when Ronyx does make his move, everyone's peeping in the jewelry shop until they scatter in a [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]] moment. Talking to each of your party members shows how long they waited for the two of them to finally end up together.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The Cave of The Seven Stars' background music is exactly the same as that in the Seraphic Gate of ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]''.
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