History VideoGame / APICO

** Skipper bravely decided to take up sailing after his father lost a leg to the Krakenbee.

** Skipper decided to take up sailing after his father lost a leg.

** Skipper decided to up sailing after his father lost a leg.

* FollowingInRelativesFootsteps: Nana Beelia is proud that you took after her and her husband in beekeeping since your father wasn't interested in the job.

* TalkLikeAPirate: Skipper and his father talk like one, even as modern-day sailors. The former even calls you "matey" when you first dock on the APICO islands.

* TalkLikeAPirate: Skipper talks like one, even if he's a modern-day sailor, and calls you "matey" when you first dock on the APICO islands.

* SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying: The game touts itself as "semi-educational", with the "semi" part being {{Hand Wave|d}} with "just don't think about the magical bees" in the game's Steam description. Specific instances of the scientific liberties taken in the game include the following:

* SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying: The game touts itself as "semi-educational", with the "semi" part being {{Hand Wave||d}} with "just don't think about the magical bees" in the game's Steam description. Specific instances of the scientific liberties taken in the game include the following:

* SomewhereAnEntomologistIsCrying:

* CreatorCameo: Mothense, the game's composer, can be found on the upper-left island. They sell the game's OST as [=CDs=] that [[SoundTest can be played in the jukebox.]]

* FetchQuest: Once you have discovered at least six bee species, the noticeboard opens. You can fulfill orders placed by your clients to earn money and rewards.

* {{Sidequest}}: Once you have discovered at least six bee species, the noticeboard opens. You can fulfill orders placed by your clients to earn money and rewards.

** Breeding bees involves putting two inside a hive to merge them into a queen, which produces honeycombs during her lifespan. After she dies, new bees inheriting her stats are born. Bees can be crossbred to find new species and improve their stats, and the game follows Mendelian inheritance in determining what offspring you'll get. Crossbreeding has a random chance of mutation depending on the time or weather conditions, where the offspring turns out completely different from its parents.

** Breeding bees involves putting two inside a hive to merge them into a queen, which produces honeycombs during her lifespan. After she dies, new bees inheriting her stats are born. Bees can be crossbred to find new species and improve their stats, and the game follows Mendelian inheritance in determining what offspring you'll get. Crossbreeding has a random chance of mutation, where the offspring turns out completely different from its parents.

* ShoutOut: The chapter in Grandpa's Guidebook that teaches you how to make incenses is called [[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist Full-Beetal Alchemist"]].

** Queens are produced by merging two bees instead of the workers feeding a chosen larva royal jelly. Queens also die after making new bees (which are [[BornAsAnAdult born as adults]]), when in real life, it's the drones who die after mating.

* LoreCodex: There are a few guidebooks to help you in your beekeeping career. Your grandpa's guidebook gives you the tutorial on how to gather resources and craft items, Abbee's Folio documents every flower, while Beelia's Almanac lists all the bee species you can find and breed on Apico Islands.

* GuiltBasedGaming: One achievement you can get early on tells you to "Plant Some Darn Trees" after cutting down many for wood because you annoyed the forest spirits.

* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou: You can build your own house by laying floor tiles and building walls and decorate it with furniture as you please.