Yarudora: Difference between revisions

Compare this series to [[Konami]]'s ''[[Visual Novel/Dancing Blade Katte Ni Momotenshi|Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momotenshi!]]'' series, released in the same year as the first four ''Yarudora'' games.

 

** [[Guide Dang It]]: If you want to attain the 100% Completion Rate, you'll pretty much '''need''' a strategy guide with a detailed flow chart.

** [[Last Lousy Point]]

* [[Classic Cheat Code]]: The [[Nintendo Hard|very-hard-to-pull-off]] "Right, O, Left, X, Up, O, Down, X" code to input ''in less than one second'' during the animated "[[Production I.G]]" screen. Enables the Completion Rate Display, which helps ''a ton'' in tracking those [[Last Lousy Point|Last Lousy Points]].

* [[Content Warnings]]: Featured on the factory seal of ''Double Cast'' and ''Sampaguita'': "This game contains violent scenes and depiction of gore".

** ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' is a [[Slice of Life]] [[Love Triangle]] story with [[Fantasy Visual Novels|fantastic elements]];

** ''Sampaguita'' is an action/romance story;

* [[Flower Motif]]: The first four games, save for ''Double Cast'', have a symbolic flower: [[Cherry Blossoms]] for ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'', and the titular ''Sampaguita'' ([[wikipedia:Jasminum sambac|national flower]] of [[Philippines|the Philippines]], which has a meaning of "a promise of eternal love between two people") and ''Yukiwari no Hana'' (or [[wikipedia:Anemone hepatica|Anemone hepatica]], a flower of Northern Japan announcing Spring when it blooms). Their meanings are crucial to the storyline of their respective games.

* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Only available in ''Sampaguita'' and ''Yukiwari no Hana''. The [[Featureless Protagonist|Featureless Protagonists]] in ''Double Cast'' and ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' aren't named at all; while the protagonists of ''Scandal'' and ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' aren't player avatars and have their own names, Saki Kitazawa and Saya Otonashi respectively.

* [[Featureless Protagonist]]: All of the first four games let the player incarnate an [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary University Student]] whose face is hidden or barely seen. He's also a variant of [[Heroic Mime]] (in which he does talk, but doesn't have a voice actor unlike the other characters) until the 3rd game, ''Sampaguita''.

* [[Mercy Mode]]: If you get two Bad Endings or more without having obtained a Normal or Good Ending beforehand, the Hint Marker feature will be unlocked, pointing you out the good choices in branching options so you can reach a Normal or a Good Ending. The feature disappears once you get a Normal or Good Ending.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]] / [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Each time you finish one of the four PS1 ''Yarudora'' games, you'll unlock a trailer of one of the other 3 games. Some of those trailers don't show the full nature of the game (for example {{spoiler|the ''Double Cast'' trailer in ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'', which only shows the happy-go-lucky part of the game}}), and others show spoilery moments (like {{spoiler|the ''Kisetsu o Dakishimete'' trailer in ''Yukiwari no Hana'', which shows a main character that only appears after a [[New Game+]]}}).

* [[Visual Novel]]

 

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