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[[File:Wild_Arms_2.jpg|frame|The sunset got more room than the characters]]
''Wild ARMs: The 2nd Ignition'' is the second in the series of [[Role
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Most of the playable characters have (noncanonical) cameos in ''[[
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* [[Adjective Noun Fred]]: Most bosses are named like this.
* [[The Alcatraz]]: Illsveil Prison.
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* [[Arc Words]]: Hero. The entire game seems to be an analysis of what it means to be a hero.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: You'll be surprised to see how much Tony took Marina's screen time in the Drama CD.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]" Brad definitely, Anastasia back in the day
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Irving and his sister both had to die to destroy the Kuiper Belt. And, as always, Filgaia is still a wasteland that is slowly recovering.}}▼
* [[BFS]]
** Ashley's weapon isn't actually a sword, but a rather normal rifle...equipped with a ridiculously large bayonet that may as well ''be'' a sword.
** The sword
▲* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Irving and his sister Altaecia both had to die to destroy the Kuiper Belt. And, as always, Filgaia is still a wasteland that is slowly recovering.}}
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The game script has signs of this throughout and it's jarring when one comes upon them, but overall the translation is actually fairly decent for a
* [[Block Puzzle]]
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Lots of them, entrapped within the sealed pyramids you see floating around certain towns and dungeons.
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* [[Desert Punk]]
* [[Disc One Final Dungeon]]: Heimdal Gazzo, which leads up to {{spoiler|Ashley temporarily being stranded in outer space}}.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: If you've played ''[[
** The navigation has extremely similar camera rotation and platform mechanics, but unlike in ''Xenogears'' you aren't able to jump up. The sprites on 3D background were in an extremely similar visual style as well.
** Both games' worlds have extremely violent histories that at least once or twice involved the a planet-wide near-genocide. But the theme of Filgaia being a scorched world is common to the ''Wild Arms'' series in general.
** The Sword Magess was a fairly ordinary girl who became a Hero of extraordinary means and elevated to legendary icon [[Sacrificial Lion]], reminiscent of Sophia's tragic canonization in ''Xenogears''.
** Though a trend already started in the first ''[[Wild
*** Ashley holds two conflicting personalities within him, one of which is a veritable [[Eldritch Abomination]], which is very reminiscent of Fei's cataclysmic Id in ''Xenogears''. In both cases, the protagonist gains effective partial control over their dark size and summon it to battle when necessary. But neither have total control over it.
*** Brad and Rico are both tall half-[[Walking Shirtless Scene]] [[Mighty Glacier]] [[Badass]]es wearing an [[Explosive Leash]] while sitting in prison for years, slated to become mighty heroes with a potent [[Fan Yay]] factor. And considering that Rico's chronic roommate is a smaller [[Ambiguously Gay]] guy {{spoiler|whom Rico later mourns and frequently reminisces about}}, it begins to seem like Brad is all but a [[Race Lift]] [[Captain Ersatz]] of Rico.
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* [[Duel Boss]]: Trask (the second time), Caina (the last time), {{spoiler|Brad's doppelganger}}, Judecca, Vinsfeld, Grauswein, the {{spoiler|Kuiper Belt roots}} and {{spoiler|Lord Blazer}}. Possibly even more. There are a lot of 'em.
* [[Edge Gravity]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Lord Blazer, along with other [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Eldritch Location]]: {{spoiler|[[Boss Subtitles|Encroaching Parallel Universe: Kuiper Belt]]}}
* [[Evolving Credits]]: The opening animation changes depending on how far into the game you are. (Actually, when you change game discs.)
* [[Evolving Weapon]]: You can buy upgrades for Ashley's and Brad's guns.
* [[Fake Difficulty]]: You can't buy healing items (though as with later games, this is justified as Filgaia is mostly a barren wasteland). You also can't take back Personal Skill points once you've used them to buy skills. Did you buy a useless skill? Sorry! {{spoiler|Put everything into Up HP first and don't ever get the status resistances.}} However, see the [[Game Breaker]] entry on healing items.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: The American Old West combined with the Modern World.
* [[Free Rotating Camera]]
* [[G-Rated Sex]]: {{spoiler|Ashley and his girlfriend}}. The scene does a [[Fade to Black]], but the subtitles that stay are pretty much [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].▼
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: See [[G-Rated Sex]] below. Also, [[spoiler:Irving and Altaecia are very strongly implied as [[Brother-Sister Incest|being in a relationship]]}}.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: {{spoiler|The Kuiper Belt}} is not even hinted at for the entire first disc, and is the focus of the second.
** On a smaller scale, there are also plenty of random giant monsters for the party to fight throughout the story.
** Played with by {{spoiler|Lord Blazer}}. It was obvious {{spoiler|he and Ashley would eventually fight}}, but not many expected {{spoiler|him to be the ''[[Final Boss]]''.}}
▲* [[G-Rated Sex]]: {{spoiler|Ashley and his girlfriend}}. The scene does a [[Fade to Black]], but the subtitles that stay are pretty much [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Some of the puzzle solutions, especially on the second disc, are quite obscure and would have required references on [[The Other Wiki]] if [[The Other Wiki]] had ''existed'' back then. Also, if you don't receive recommendations on which Personal Skills to pour your points into ([[Point of No Return|which you can't take back, by the way, unlike the games that followed]]), it's very easy to have an underpowered party and struggle through the game.
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: To a rather ridiculous extent; you can name not only the party members and Lilka's spells, but almost every single plot-important NPC ally in the game.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: [[Deconstruction|This is a major theme throughout the game. Apparently, it's the job of heroes to sacrifice their happiness and their lives so the common people don't have to fight.]] The
** The Sword Magess, when the Blaze of Disaster previously attacked Filgaia.
** {{spoiler|Brad left in what appeared to have [[Dropped a Bridge
** {{spoiler|Irving and Altaecia.}}
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Kanon is obsessed with her family honor, as is Irving. {{spoiler|Not particularly surprising as they are in the same family, after all.}}▼
* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: Caina and Vinsfeld (Caina was [[She's a Man In Japan|male in the Japanese version]]); definitely also Billy Pilder and Brad Evans, who are more [[Ambiguously Gay|ambiguous]] but definitely more [[Manly Gay|masculine]].
** Caina is male for the ''entire first disc'' of the American version, as well. And part of the second.
▲* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Kanon is obsessed with her family honor, as is Irving. {{spoiler|Not particularly surprising as they are in the same family, after all.}}
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Marivel uses these as her summons. Some of the Bosses are Mecha as well.
** "Dragons" in this game are essentially Humongous Bio-Mecha, but especially Lombardia, who can [[Transforming Mecha|turn into a jet]]. {{spoiler|He even gets a Gundam-esque "launch sequence" when you first recruit him as your [[Global Airship]].}}
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Lilka (umbrellas) and Marivel (robot-things)
* [[Inept Mage]]: Lika, though not as extreme as the other trope examples: she's still learning some things, but...
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Marivel, mixed with [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race Girl]]. And Liz.
* [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]]: Duplicators.
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: [[Quirky Mini Boss Squad|Liz and Ard]]'s special battle theme sounds like the main theme to ''[[The Good the Bad and the Ugly|The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly]]''.
* [[Justified Tutorial]]: All three characters' introductory chapters, since they can be done in any order.
* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]]: For the final three sub-boss fights.
* [[The Lifestream]]: Glaive Le Gable.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: You might realize that this game Angol Mois is far stronger than the other games' versions. You know why? Well...this game is released in 1999, yeah...
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* [[Non Lethal Bottomless Pits]]
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: Unlike in the other Wild Arms games, the demons here are not aliens, but actual supernatural beings.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: {{spoiler|Marivel}} and the Crimson Nobles. They're still pretty traditional Vampires as far as this trope is concerned (
* [[Party in My Pocket]]
* [[Pensieve Flashback]]: The Memory Maze
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Using Brad's kick ability on a malfunctioning computer terminal in the prison level makes it work again, giving you access to a room with a few bonus stat boosters.
* [[Plot Tailored to
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: A mild theme throughout the game, {{spoiler|exemplified in Ashley's Impulse ability in the final battle}}.
* [[Recurring Boss]]: You fight almost every major villain three times, including each member of Cocytus, as well as Kanon, Liz and Ard, and Vinsfeld {{spoiler|(the third time is his ghost, as a [[Bonus Boss]])}}.
* [[Save Point]]: The [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals|Memory Service Ladies]] who appear in towns and the Amazing Stones that are found in dungeons.
* [[The Scapegoat]]: Brad is in jail for a crime he didn't commit; later, Ashley and company almost get executed
* [[Sealed Good in
* [[Shout
* [[Solemn Ending Theme]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr08LGkX4gM Atomic Arms]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1d4y9Qge3E Zephyr's]", the ending themes of Disc 1 and 2 respectively.
* [[Sprite Polygon Mix]]: Overworld sprites, polygon battle screens.
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* [[Stupid Sacrifice]]: Luckily averted in {{spoiler|Tim's}} case, and is a major theme throughout the story.
* [[That One Puzzle]]: The first puzzle in the final dungeon confounded players for a decent amount of time. Seems not everyone knows how the days of the weeks got their names or figured out that is what the clues are referencing.
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]
** Transforming into Knight Blazer is accompanied by an awesome theme song that lets it be known that you're about to kick some serious ass.
** The final boss theme is a remix of the game's main theme, "[[You Are Not Alone|You'll Never Be Alone No Matter Where You Go]]". {{spoiler|Appropriately, Ashley has just transformed into a warrior capable of wielding the Argetlahm and using [[The Power of Friendship]] to kick ass.}}
* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: The final dungeon in this game sees the party heading into {{spoiler|the living, mud core of the planet called Glaive Le Gable,}} where {{spoiler|an encroaching parallel universe has been manifested into a physical form.}} Before this dungeon was a huge, inverted Spiral Tower located conveniently on the center of the world map, and on the highest point to boot.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]
** Odessa wants to unify the world... with themselves on top, of course, in such a way that they're also [[Western Terrorists]].
** Kanon starts out as this when you first meet her, but she gets better.
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