Wild ARMs 1: Difference between revisions

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* [[Fake Difficulty]]: In order to get the player to manage their resources, there were no MP- or special cartridge bullet-restoring items programmed into ''Alter Code F'' - the only way to restore either is by leveling up or sleeping at an inn.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Relations between humans and Elw are less then rosy.

* [[Five Bad Band]]: Mother and the Quarter Knights.

* [[Five-Bad Band]]: Mother and the Quarter Knights.

* [[For the Evulz]]: Most, if not all, of Alhazad's various atrocities were done solely for his own amusement.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]] / [[Fridge Logic]] : See the [[Wild Arms 1 (Video Game)/Fridge|fridge namespace]] for this work.

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* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: In the original, an item-duplication glitch renders resources almost completely trivial. Unlimited Crest Graphs means Cecilia's balancing factor (limited number of spells available) is gone, while unlimited [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys|Duplicators]] means getting access to high powered stuff way too early.

* [[The Gunslinger]]: Rudy.

* [[Harmless Villain]]: Zed. {{spoiler|In both games, he becomes a [[Not So Harmless Villain|Not So Harmless]] [[Bonus Boss]]; in the remake, he joins as one of the strongest party members.}}

* [[Harmless Villain]]: Zed. {{spoiler|In both games, he becomes a [[Not-So-Harmless Villain|Not So Harmless]] [[Bonus Boss]]; in the remake, he joins as one of the strongest party members.}}

* [[Hammerspace]]: Where ''does'' Rudy keep that huge shotgun when he's not using it? And how did the villagers miss it before he used it to protect them?

** In answer to the first... well, [[Hammerspace]]. In answer to the second, apparently it was hidden amongst his belongings - one of the villagers admits to having found it when he searched them!

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Mother gives one during the first confrontation with her. It basically boils down to, "All things are meant to come to an end, [[Omnicidal Maniac|and what better way to have it end then me]]?"

* [[Heads I Win Tails You Lose]]: Lose to any Quarter Knight in the remake and its game over. ''Win'', and the after fight cutscene acts like you lost anyway.

* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: Lose to any Quarter Knight in the remake and its game over. ''Win'', and the after fight cutscene acts like you lost anyway.

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Oddly, in the original, Rudy used a sword, despite him wielding a pistol-looking weapon in all official art. ''Alter Code F'' changed it so that he used the above-mentioned [[BFG]] for normal attacks as well as his special moves.

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Rudy

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* [[Interface Screw]]: In the original, a confused character wouldn't respond correctly to player input. Changing leads fixes this.

* [[Item Caddy]]: Jane, to a degree.

* [[~~Its~~ Personal]]: Jack never forgave the demons for {{spoiler|the destruction of Arctica}}.

* [[It's Personal]]: Jack never forgave the demons for {{spoiler|the destruction of Arctica}}.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Jack

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Despite the fact that Jack {{spoiler|was a Western-style knight}}, he uses a katana.

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* [[Mirror Match]]: The Doppelganger enemy. Also the Shadow enemy in the Abyss; if the mirrored character is in the vanguard at the time, s/he will feel the same damage given to the Shadows.

* [[Monster Arena]]

* [[My God What Have I Done]]: Most closely applies to Jack after defeating Harken in the Demon's Lab dungeon and seeing who she really is.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Most closely applies to Jack after defeating Harken in the Demon's Lab dungeon and seeing who she really is.

** Also {{spoiler|Magdalen}} reveals he had one of these during his backstory in the remake. {{spoiler|He was originally a Wanderer who found an old ARM that was placed on display at an exhibition. It went out of control and killed several people. Nicholi Maxwell took responsibility and took in the orphaned children from the accident. Magdalen swore loyalty to the family to repay that debt and especially after Mrs. Maxwell died in childbirth when Jane was born.}}

* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: The Rotting Beast, which can regenerate from literally ''any'' wound. The best one can hope to do is seal it away with a Holy Berry. {{spoiler|And in the remake, not even ''that'' is enough.}}

* [[Noble Demon]]: Zed, Boomerang and Harken, especially Zed.

* [[Non Human Sidekick]]: Hanpan

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Hanpan

* [[Not So Harmless Villain]]: In the original, Belselk/Berserk was pathetically easy. In the remake? [[That One Boss|Not]] [[Hopeless Boss Fight|so]] [[Wake Up Call Boss|much]]. Also happens in-story with the vast difference between Zed's story battles and the optional boss fight against him.

* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: In the original, Belselk/Berserk was pathetically easy. In the remake? [[That One Boss|Not]] [[Hopeless Boss Fight|so]] [[Wake Up Call Boss|much]]. Also happens in-story with the vast difference between Zed's story battles and the optional boss fight against him.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Jane in both versions when she finds the team talking to her father at Court Seim, mainly because {{spoiler|she does NOT want him to know that she's Calamity Jane and has been hunting dangerous bounties to keep the orphanage afloat.}}

** In the remake it doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Mother. Apparently, Zeikfried and the other Quarter Knights were ''not'' aware of this, and are understandably [[Even Evil Has Standards|shocked/horrified]] when they find out.

* [[One Bad Mother]]: And how!

* [[One Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Zed, Boomerang, Alhazad and Zeikfried.}}

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Zed, Boomerang, Alhazad and Zeikfried.}}

* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: The demons are from the planet Hyades and made of metal. {{spoiler|Lady Harken is the exception, as she is from Filgaea and was human.}}

* [[Our Homunculi Are Different]]: {{spoiler|Rudy}}. He's made of living metal, for one thing.

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* [[Sadistic Choice]]: The main plot is started by one.

* [[She's Got Legs]]: Emma, of all people. Hard to believe she's 39.

* [[Spell My Name With an S]]: Angol Moa/Angolmois, Van Burace/Vambrace, Fenril/Fenrir Knights, and Zeikfried/Siegfried, among others. Also, some [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful Names]] [[Lost in Translation]]--not only Vambrace, but [[HP Lovecraft|Alhazred]] rendered as Alhazad, and the granddaddy of them all, or at least Rudy, "Zepet" Roughnight. [[Pinocchio|Gepetto]] ring any bells?

* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: Angol Moa/Angolmois, Van Burace/Vambrace, Fenril/Fenrir Knights, and Zeikfried/Siegfried, among others. Also, some [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful Names]] [[Lost in Translation]]--not only Vambrace, but [[HP Lovecraft|Alhazred]] rendered as Alhazad, and the granddaddy of them all, or at least Rudy, "Zepet" Roughnight. [[Pinocchio|Gepetto]] ring any bells?

* [[Scavenger World]]

* [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You]]

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* [[The Starscream]]: {{spoiler|Zeikfried helps the heroes defeat Mother so he can take over once he discovers her goals...[[Omnicidal Maniac|weren't exactly what he thought they were.]]}}

* [[Summon Magic]]: The Guardians.

* [[Taking You With Me]]: {{spoiler|Arguably the entire point of Zeikfried's [[One Winged Angel]] form.}}

* [[Taking You With Me]]: {{spoiler|Arguably the entire point of Zeikfried's [[One-Winged Angel]] form.}}

* [[Talking Animal]]: Hanpan.

* [[Ten Minute Retirement]]: Rudy after he {{spoiler|loses an arm and finds out he's an [[Artificial Human]].}}

* [[That Man Is Dead]]: Jack does not like being reminded of his old life of being {{spoiler|Garret, a guard of Arctica Palace.}}

* [[Theme Music Power Up]]: Rudy during {{spoiler|his rematch against the Rotting Beast in the remake.}}

* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: Rudy during {{spoiler|his rematch against the Rotting Beast in the remake.}}

* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: The final battle with Lady Harken, which, as noted above, [[Duel Boss|Jack fights alone]].

* [[To the Tune Of]]: The title theme, "Into the Wilderness," sounds strangely like "Tie me Kangaroo Down, Sport."

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* [[The Virus]]: {{spoiler|Alhazad's Demon Seed parasite.}}

* [[Walking the Earth]]: What Rudy and Jack were doing before the game opened. All Wanderers do this, to some extent.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse]]: In the original, Jane mentions that she has an older sister named Jessica. While she never actually appears on screen, she's apparently even cuter than Jane and one kid comments on how [[She's Got Legs]]. In the remake, Jessica only gets a passing mention during a bit of backstory exposition prior to Jane becoming a permanent member.

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: In the original, Jane mentions that she has an older sister named Jessica. While she never actually appears on screen, she's apparently even cuter than Jane and one kid comments on how [[She's Got Legs]]. In the remake, Jessica only gets a passing mention during a bit of backstory exposition prior to Jane becoming a permanent member.

* [[What the Hell Hero]]: After Berserk's attack on Adelhyde, Jack calls Cecillia out for not taking the demon threat seriously.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: After Berserk's attack on Adelhyde, Jack calls Cecillia out for not taking the demon threat seriously.

* [[White Magician Girl]]: Cecilia.

* [[Wild Card]]: Boomerang pretty much only cares about fighting, so much so that his strong desire for battle seduced {{spoiler|the Guardian of Desire}} to follow him. At one point, he even protects the party from his supposed allies in order to be able to fight with them again.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Boomerang and Lucied

* [[Kansas City Shuffle]]: {{spoiler|You know that Darkness Tear that was supposed to destroy the Guardians and eradicate all life on Filgaia and was the focus of the plot for a quarter of the game? Only a mere distraction to allow Zeikfried to locate and raise Ka Dingel.}}

* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: Most of the villains were given a completely different appearance in the remake. Boomerang is now a cyborg with a [[Badass Longcoat]], Harken is more akin to a Valkyrie, Berserk has more traditional battle armor [[White Haired Pretty Boy|and long white hair]], Zed was made fairly more human-like, Mother became much paler and taller, and some would argue even more frightening, and Ziekfried is now completley armored head to toe, and bears a slight resemblence to [[Soul Series|Nightmare]]. The only villain who retained his original appearance was Alhazad.

* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: Most of the villains were given a completely different appearance in the remake. Boomerang is now a cyborg with a [[Badass Longcoat]], Harken is more akin to a Valkyrie, Berserk has more traditional battle armor [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|and long white hair]], Zed was made fairly more human-like, Mother became much paler and taller, and some would argue even more frightening, and Ziekfried is now completley armored head to toe, and bears a slight resemblence to [[Soul Series|Nightmare]]. The only villain who retained his original appearance was Alhazad.

** Several human characters had several changes as well. Magdalen is much older. Bartholomew actually looks like a sea captain (while Drake looks like a typical pirate). Jane mostly retains her appearance but her personality is refined to make her a much bigger tomboy while retaining her tsundere nature. Zepet looks more like the adventurer he was. And finally, Nicholi actually looks like Jane's father.

*** This could apply during the end credits art montage in the original. While Jane was a blonde during the game, at the very end her hair is suddenly brown.