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In the first ''Crystal Story'', the group is approached by a man named Hiro with a rather self-centered task -- find and capture the witch Rita, and allow him to take all the credit for it. Excited that they merely got a job, the party heads out to Evil Cave to carry it out. In 2020, it received a VideoGameRemake under the name, ''Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch''

** Every 5th floor of the Evil Cave is this, with a portal back to [[FirstTown Smalltown]] to heal up, upgrade equips, etc. Sidequest dungeons and random dungeons have 2 floors, the second of which is this; however, LevelScaling foes (including the bosses) infest these dungeons and [[CheckpointStarvation you lack the luxury of said portal]].
** Appears as [[spoiler: floor 2 of [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon the abyss, the entire Rift dungeon]], and floor 3 of Doom Lair]] in the sequel.

** In the first game, it relates to the Inn:

** ColorCodedItemTiers: In the same game, text color indicates equipment tier. White is average, green is Greater, purple is Epic, and orange is Legendary. However, Legendary equipment, excluding rings and pendants, looks ''way'' different from even Epic equips of the same type.

* DishingOutDirt: Phoebe uses earth attacks. Like Reuben's example above, she has earth spells availabe when she joins D's party in the sequel.

* EmbeddedPrecursor: The Steam version of the sequel comes with a copy of the original, [[spoiler:accessed by clicking "Crystal Story" in the main menu]].
* EscapeBattleTechnique: The Thief class allows any character to learn "Flee" o escape combat. However, it has a chance of failure in normal battles, and ''never'' works against bosses!
* EquipmentSpoiler: When you reach [[FirstTown Smalltown]] for the first time, the Alchemy shop displays pistols and scythes, when neither D nor Lina use such weapons.
* {{Expy}}: Kaz is a purple-skinned demon armed with a scythe, initially presented as a bad guy, much like [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Magus]].
* FlavorText: For multiple items, in the Flash versions:
** First game:

* FinalBossNewDimension: The party travels to [[spoiler: [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon the Abyss]] to defeat the Dargon King. Doom Lair]] has a portal back to this dimension at the end, and The UpdatedReRelease has the party [[spoiler: return to the Abyss to defeat [[OneLetterName Z]]]].
* FishingMinigame: In Crystal Story II. It's also confirmed to come in Crystal Story: The Hero and The Evil Witch in a Future Update.
* GameOver: {{Averted|Trope}} in both games, as being defeated sends you back to Smalltown (in the first game) or the entrance of the dungeon you died in, on the world map (second game). Both games, however, take away ~10% of your gold upon defeat.

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: [[spoiler: While the job in ''Crystal Story'' didn't go entirely as planned, Hiro still takes all the credit as everyone agreed to, and the involvement of Tristam's party seems to never have been mentioned. This is carried over to the sequel.]]

* HarderThanHard: The Zombie Defense MiniGame has an Expert mode, and it is '''FAST'''! Fortunately, beating it nets you one of the rarest equips in the game!

* LimitBreak: In the second game your characters get up to three super-strong "weapon skills" each. These are accessed by upgrading a chracter's weapon to tier II or higher (example: Evoblade II) and pressing the "Charge" button in battle. These can be charged up to three times if the caster's weapon is upgraded enough, and replace the standard attack when available. However, these can only be used once per battle, no matter what tier of weapon skill is used.

* MiniGame: The first game had Zombie Defense, a ''VideoGame/{{Bejeweled}}''-style game. The sequel retains that and adds fishing, Mercenary Defense, and snowboarding as well. The UpdatedRerelease adds a CardBattle minigame as well.

* FlavorText: For multiple items:

* MarathonLevel:

* ShoutOut:

** The King Slime in the first game, gets bigger, and immediately casts "Earth".

** Rita the evil witch, gets one in the first game, advertising the 100,000 G reward, with a picture of her, as seen in the StartScreen.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler: In ''Crystal Story II'' D mentions that the portal he took was a one-way trip; once he went through it, he could never return to his world.]]

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In the first ''Crystal Story'', the group is approached by a man named Hiro with a rather self-centered task -- find and capture the witch Rita, and allow him to take all the credit for it. Excited that they merely got a job, the party heads out to Evil Cave to carry it out. It got recieved a [[VideoGameRemake]] under the name, Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch

In the first ''Crystal Story'', the group is approached by a man named Hiro with a rather self-centered task -- find and capture the witch Rita, and allow him to take all the credit for it. Excited that they merely got a job, the party heads out to Evil Cave to carry it out.

In ''Crystal Story II'', a dragon falls from the sky like a meteor. A girl spots him, and when they meet, she learns that he has a task to carry out -- find the Oracle to avert an impending disaster. They set off, and soon uncover a more sinister plot at hand.

''Crystal Story'' is a series of flash games created by Emmanuel Salva Cruz. The gameplay is reminiscent of old-school role-playing games -- you control a party of four and fight monsters in a turn-based style. The story follows the members of Mercenary Inc. and their adventures.

** One of Phoebe's possible in-combat/{{Victor Quote}}s in the second game is "[[Music/MCHammer Hammer Time!]]"

** From the second game:

''Crystal Story'' can be played [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/579445 here]]. ''Crystal Story II'' can be played [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/lan14n/crystal-story-ii here]] and has an HD UpdatedReRelease purchasable on Steam [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/344860/ here]].

* CatchingSomeZs: Relating to the Inn in the first game:
** The icon for the inn, where the party sleeps, is white [=Zs=], descending from left to right.
** Sleeping in the inn has the animation of white [=Zs=] being written out from left to right, twice.

* HelloInsertNameHere: In the second game, you can change the four main party members' names, and rename them later when you reach Port Breeze.
** However, a bug exists in a few of the additional cutscenes in the UpdatedReRelease that causes a party member's default name to be used instead of their player-assigned name.

* JokeItem: [[spoiler: The "[[IncrediblyLamePun Number One Card]] in the Card Battle MiniGame. [[spoiler: It has ''only 1 each'' of offense and defense,the lowest in the game!]]

* LeakedExperience: The second game gives skill points to all party members after each battle, even if they haven't yet joined, [[spoiler: and in one of Lina's cases, rejoined]].

* VideoGameStealing: Lina gets the ability to steal items and ''equips'' as one of her first skills, as her starting class is Thief I. The other main characters can learn this skill as well if you choose the Thief class for them, and [[GuestStarPartyMember Reuben]] has it as well. There's also a skill that does this while damging the target. On top of it all, there's a rare equip that increases the success rate of steals, alongside receiving rare items from foes and fleeing combat.
* WantedPoster: Rita the evil witch, gets one in the first game, advertising the 100,000 G reward, with a picture of her, as seen in the StartScreen.

*** Brains:
----> Regular Slime Food

* RebelliousPrincess: It's implied that [[spoiler: Lina]] is the missing younger daughter of the king of Crystalia, having run away from home with her older sister's somewhat reluctant blessing to go on adventures.

** During the 4th chapter [[spoiler: when Rita kidnapped Lina]], when Rita confronted and told that she[[spoiler: kidnapped the wrong person]] she said she didn't make mistake, [[Series/TheJoyofPainting "just a happy little accident"]].
** One of Phoebe's possible in-combat/victory lines in the second game is "[[Music/MCHammer Hammer Time!]]"
** In the sequel's Tunnel dungeon, and later dungeons with the same theme, there is an EasterEgg in which "[[Videogame/Fallout3 Tunnel Snakes Rule]]" will appear on the wall as graffiti written in red paint or [[CouldntFindAPen blood]].

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Lina in the second game sometimes says "This game needs a harder difficulty!" as a victory line.
* CasanovaWannabe: Reuben will hit on just about any woman he crosses.
* CatchingSomeZs: The icon for the inn, in the first game, where the party sleeps, is white [=Zs=], descending from left to right.

* TurnsRed: For many of the bosses, emptying their HP the first time will replace their picture with an angrier one and make them more ferocious.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Some of the [[ItemCrafting crafted weapons]] in the sequel can be random and may not give you what you need when (random buff/nerf weapons), or very situational. Unlike the more basic weapons, the stat increases from these are generaally not as high.

** However, the second game [=AoE=] ice attacks are referred to as "Blizzard", whivh is at least closer.
* InformedEquipment: Each party member can be equipped with a helmet, a bodyarmor, and a ring or pendant. In the sequel, you can give each of your party members any arrangement of equips as long as they don't conflict with each other. And yet, neither game shows the equipment on anyone in battle, be it armor or anyone's upgraded WeaponOfChoice.

** One of the equip types that plays this is any weapon with the "Last Stand" effect on it. If the user's health is 25% or less ([[CaptainObvious yet obviously still above 0]]), his/her ATK and MAG stats are '''tripled''' for as long as the low-health condition lasts.

** Another example in the first game is that the playable party is named after the party members from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest another RPG]].

* WeaponTwirling: Mari's victory animation has her twirl her [[DualWieling two]] [[GunsAkimbo pistols]].

* HarderThanHard: The Zombie Defense minigame has an Expert mode, and it is '''FAST'''! Fortunately, beating it nets you one of the rarest equips in the game!

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
** In the first game, weapons that are geared towards magic have a blue aura, while those geared towards physical have a red one.
** In the same game, text color indicates equipment tier. White is average, green is Greater, purple is Epic, and orange is Legrndary. However, Legendary equipment, excluding rings and pendants, looks ''way'' different from even Epic equips of the same type.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Most bosses in both games are at least 50% resistant to debuffs (Stat X Break/Down) and 75%+ resistant to all status ailments (stun, silence, etc.) except poison. Downplayed somewhat in that bosses are never immune to debuffs and most aren't truly immune to non-poison ailments (just highly resistant), except for later bosses nulling some ailments.