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The year was 2007, and with many of their other projects winding down, [[Sting Entertainment]] needed something to do. The PSP version of ''[[Riviera: theThe Promised Land|Riviera]]'' had been released, and the PSP version of ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' wasn't due out for some time yet. Someone or other had the brilliant idea of doing a different kind of promotion for ''[[Yggdra Union]]''--and—and thus the first incarnation of ''[[Yggdra Unison]]'' was born.

Originally a real-time tactical MMO playable on the cellphone, ''[[Yggdra Unison]]: Beat Out Our Obstacle'' allowed players to take control of any army from ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' and engage in competitive battles with opponents all over Japan. Because it was made for the cellphone specifically, [[No Export for You|the game never left Japan]].

Happily for fans the world over, Sting announced that a Nintendo DS remake of the game (entitled ''[[Yggdra Unison]]: Holy Sword Stories'') would be released in December of 2009, featuring a new story mode and various unlockable features. The remake no longer features any cooperative or competitive multiplayer modes, though.

In both of its incarnations, [[''Yggdra Unison]]'' is a non-canonical [[Alternate Universe]] retelling of ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' similar to such games as ''Fate/unlimited codes''--it—it retells the story of the war from a number of possible perspectives, asking "What if so-and-so were the main character?" and introducing many changes to the storyline along the way. For the most part, it also happens to run on [[Rule of Funny]]. There are twelve playable characters--[[Badass Princess|Yggdra]], [[Lovable Rogue|Milanor]], [[The Messiah|Gulcasa]], [[Technical Pacifist|Emelone]], [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Roswell]], [[Cute Witch|Rosary]], [[Boisterous Bruiser|Ortega]], [[Faux Affably Evil|Dort]], [[Dirty Coward|Juvelon]], [[Knight in Shining Armor|Gordon]], [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pamela]], and [[Fallen Angel|Nessiah]].

* [[Anti-Frustration Features]]: It's possible to restart any stage at any given time, and if you get a game over, you can do an [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Easy Retry]], much like all the other [[Dept. Heaven]] games thus far. Also, once you manage to unlock Nessiah, he stays awake for all subsequent playthroughs, saving you the trouble of having to search the world for his event trigger again.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: The game is built around this idea--asideidea—aside from Yggdra, Milanor, and Gulcasa, the playable armies are all led by rather minor characters.

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Some of the requirements for unlocking armies are just plain ridiculous--youridiculous—you have to purposely play as terribly as possible to have ''twenty-five deserters'' in one playthrough, for example.

* [[Irony]]: In the other episode II games, Genocide draws power from Gulcasa's teammates to add to his own. In this game, it actually powers him down slightly in order to spread his strength amongst his allies. Yes, it went from running on [[The Power of Friendship]] in a [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Black Mage sense of the phrase]] to a weaponization of the concept of [[The Paragon]]. This is not [[The Messiah|symbolic of anything]] ''[[Blatant Lies|at all]].''

* [[Nerf|Nerfing]]ing: To preserve the game's balance, it was unavoidable that game-breaking characters like Gulcasa and Nessiah would have to have drawbacks. These are usually carried out through the morale-recovery system, which has the added bonus of fleshing out their characters in some rather amusing ways (Nessiah, for instance, has next to no interest in just about every item other than books).

* [[Player MooksMook]]s: Certain characters have generic units in their armies.

* [[Sinister Minister]]: Juvelon, Mardym, and their army of [[Church Militant|Church Militants]]s.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: [http://thenintendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/yggdra-unison-12.jpg Gulcasa in the key visual]{{Dead link}}. As the key visual features everyone [[Super-Deformed]], the effect is rather humorous.

* [[Spoiler Opening]]: More like "spoiler key visual"--Monica—Monica is featured rather obviously in the lower left hand corner, although she's not an announced character.

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