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* BeneathTheEarth: Mudpot, the underground village.
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* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The final battle between Dust and [[spoiler:General Gaius]] in the midst of Everdawn Basin, a giant volcano.
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* BadassNormal: [[spoiler: Jin. It's never revealed ''how,'' but one pissed-off kid managed to slay a nation's strongest warrior single-handedly.]]
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* MarathonBoss: [[spoiler:General Gaius.]]
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* SocialDarwinist: General Gaius. This is the closest thing to an explanation we get for his death march against the Moonbloods.
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* XMeetsY: CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia meets UsagiYojimbo.
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* RedHerring: After a while, it seems pretty obvious that [[spoiler:Dust is Cassius, a Royal Assassin, who survived the battle he supposedly died in and just doesn't remember who he his]]. However, it turns out things are nowhere near as simple as that...
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* [[SpoilerOpening Spoiler Cover]]: The cover of the game [[spoiler: clearly shows both Cassius' and Jin's dead bodies on the ground, with Dust himself rising above them, kindof ruining the twist]]. However, this isn't really obvious until you complete the game.
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** A lot of the areas where you rescue the friends are shoutouts to the games they're from, such as when you rescue [[spoiler:Gomez, you have to traverse through several rooms with really weird perspective puzzles]], or when you rescue [[spoiler:The Kid, you do so in a room where the ground rises ahead of you as you move]].
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*** The creator was also planning to include another Castlevania 2 reference by having Fidget be disappointed about the items at the end of the mansions in Sorrowing Meadow you need to collect not being "some sort of a rib or a rotting body part".
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** To stress this, one of the [[CosmeticAward Achievements]] requires you to get a ''1,000''-hit combo.
* ChainLightning: Fidget eventually gets the ability to shoot lightning bolts at enemies, which can be combined with Dust's Dust Storm skill and [[ShockAndAwe electrify]] near-by enemies at once.
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* ChainLightning: Fidget eventually gets the ability to shoot lightning bolts at enemies, which can be combined with Dust's
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The core gameplay of ''Dust: An Elysian Tail'' is essentially {{Metroidvania}}-styled game where players explores the vast world of Falana, fight various monsters, and gain special abilities to access new areas along the way. [[SceneryPorn Just don't let the hand-drawn scenery distract you]].
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The core gameplay of ''Dust: An Elysian Tail'' is essentially a {{Metroidvania}}-styled game where players explores the vast world of Falana, fight various monsters, and gain special abilities to access new areas along areas. Along the way.way, Dust can gain [[ExperiencePoints XP]] and raise his stats, pick-up raw materials to [[ItemCrafting craft items]], and accept [[SideQuest side-quests]] from various villagers. [[SceneryPorn Just don't let the hand-drawn scenery distract you]].
* BleakLevel: The Sorrowing Meadows.
* DegradedBoss: The giants, first encountered early in the game where Dust saves Oneida and Geehan, later becomes regular enemies.
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* TheLostWoods: The Glade, the game's starting point, as well as other forest areas.
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* ThePowerOfLove: Described on the Wedding Ring, which gives Dust some of the best stat boosts in all areas though it's second for the Fidget stat.
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The story of the game centers around the eponymous protagonist, Dust, [[AmnesiacHero who has no recollection of his past memories]]. He sets out on a quest to find the answers he's looking for with the ancient [[CoolSword Blade]] of [[LivingWeapon Ahrah]] in hand, along with the sword's guardian, a [[FairyCompanion dingbat]] named Fidget, to aid Dust during his quest. Along the way, he must also help various villagers in need of a hero.
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* BehindTheBlack: You can use the right stick to pan the map screen upwards to see Fidget roasting and eating marshmallows or sleeping.
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* BehindTheBlack: You can use the right stick to pan the map screen upwards to see [[spoiler: Fidget sitting on a twig roasting and eating marshmallows or sleeping.]]
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* OffscreenStartBonus: The very first screen contains a Treasure Key if you go left.
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* [[spoiler:WeUsedToBeFriends: Dust is a Sen-Mithrarin formed by the souls of Jin, Ginger's kind-hearted brother, and Cassius, General Gaius' ruthless assassin and his closet friend. Eventually, Dust gets into a heated confrontation with Gernal Gaius not only as Jin's sworn enemy, but also Cassius' closest friend.]]
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The game was first planned as an Xbox Live Indie Games title during its early developmental stages, although after the submission of the game at Mircosoft's Dream.Build.Play contest at PAX East of 2009, Dean Dodril won the grand prize of a contract with Microsoft to release the game as an XboxLiveArcade title at the event. Aside from the game's music (provided by [[http://hyperduck.co.uk/ Hyperduck SoundWorks]]), the game has been developed entirely by Dean Dodril himself.
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The game was first planned as an Xbox Live Indie Games title during its early developmental stages, although after the submission of the game at Mircosoft's Microsoft's Dream.Build.Play contest at PAX East of 2009, Dean Dodril won the grand prize of a contract with Microsoft to release the game as an XboxLiveArcade title at the event. Aside from the game's music (provided by [[http://hyperduck.co.uk/ Hyperduck SoundWorks]]), the game has been developed entirely by Dean Dodril himself.
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* TheCameo: "Friends," who hang out at the Sanctuary once they're found. Examples include: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Fez}} Gomez]], [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/{{Spelunky}} The Spelunker]], [[VideoGame/MeatBoy Meat Boy and Bandage Girl]], VideoGame/TheMaw, [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} The Kid]], [[TheDishwasher The Dishwasher, and Yuki]].]]
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* TheCameo: "Friends," who hang out at the Sanctuary once they're found. Examples include: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Fez}} Gomez]], [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/{{Spelunky}} The Spelunker]], Spelunker and Damsel]], [[VideoGame/MeatBoy Meat Boy and Bandage Girl]], VideoGame/TheMaw, [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} The Kid]], [[TheDishwasher The Dishwasher, and Yuki]].]]
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Dust and Fidget encounter their first Blomb, which blows up a {{Mook}} in a cutscene:
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--> '''Fidget:'''"Oh Oh my. He really should have saved first."
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--> '''Dust:''' *''takes a Gappy Sheep''*
--> '''Fidget:''' Wait... Did you...
--> '''Dust:''' Hmm?
--> '''Fidget:''' Did you just put that thing in your inventory?
--> '''Dust:''' Yeah. What?
--> '''Fidget:''' [[FridgeLogic Okay then.]]
--> '''Dust:''' *''takes a Gappy Sheep''*
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--> '''Dust:''' Hmm?
--> '''Fidget:''' Did you just put that thing in your inventory?
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--> '''Fidget:''' [[FridgeLogic Okay then.]]
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* TheCameo: "Friends," who hang out at the Sanctuary once they're found. Examples include: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Fez}} Gomez]], [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/((Spelunky)) The Spelunker]], [[VideoGame/MeatBoy Meat Boy and Bandage Girl]], VideoGame/TheMaw, [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} The Kid]], [[TheDishwasher The Dishwasher, and Yuki]].]]
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* TheCameo: "Friends," who hang out at the Sanctuary once they're found. Examples include: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Fez}} Gomez]], [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/((Spelunky)) [[VideoGame/{{Spelunky}} The Spelunker]], [[VideoGame/MeatBoy Meat Boy and Bandage Girl]], VideoGame/TheMaw, [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} The Kid]], [[TheDishwasher The Dishwasher, and Yuki]].]]
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The story of the game centers around the eponymous protagonist, Dust, [[AmnesiacHero who has no recollection of his past memories]]. He sets out on a quest to find the answers he's looking for with the ancient [[CoolSword Blade]] of [[LivingWeapon Ahrah]] in hand, along with the sword's guardian, a [[FairyCompanion flying critter of indeterminate species]] named Fidget, to aid Dust during his quest. Along the way, he must also help various villagers in need of a hero.
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The story of the game centers around the eponymous protagonist, Dust, [[AmnesiacHero who has no recollection of his past memories]]. He sets out on a quest to find the answers he's looking for with the ancient [[CoolSword Blade]] of [[LivingWeapon Ahrah]] in hand, along with the sword's guardian, a [[FairyCompanion flying critter of indeterminate species]] dingbat]] named Fidget, to aid Dust during his quest. Along the way, he must also help various villagers in need of a hero.
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* ATasteOfPower: In the trail version of the game, players are giving almost every ability obtainable in the game excluding the Iron Grip and Boost Jump ability.
* [[spoiler:BadassBoast: Dust delivers one before the [[FinalBoss final showdown]] with [[BigBad General Gaius]].]]
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* [[spoiler:{{Reincarnation}}: When both Jin (Ginger's brother) and Cassius (General Gaius' Royal Assassin) slain each other in battle on the night General Gaius' army wiped out the village, their souls became one. The last of Moonbloods reincarnated the intertwined souls and together they became Dust.]]
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* HeartContainer: The twelve "Friends" you rescue through the game gives Dust a 5% bonus to his maximum HP, up to a total of 60% extra HP.
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* StealthPun: Fale, the guy in Aurora Village who offered the guards of the village with sub-par equipment.
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* PlayingWithFire: Fuse [[spoiler:(a Moonblood driven by his desire of revenge against General Gaius' after his onslaught)]]. Fidget later gets an ability to shoot fireballs, which can be used with the Dust's ''Dust Storm'' to create flaming pillars [[spoiler:after defeating Fuse]].
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* PlayingWithFire: Fuse [[spoiler:(a Moonblood driven by his desire of revenge against General Gaius' after his onslaught)]]. Fidget later gets an ability to shoot fireballs, which can be used with the Dust's ''Dust Storm'' to create flaming pillars [[spoiler:after defeating Fuse]].
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* CuteLittleFangs: Fidget, of course, have these.
* FantasticRacism: The story setting takes places during a ongoing war [[spoiler:against the Moonblood (a race of lizard-people) in a campaign led by General Gaius to wipe them out]].
* HarderThanHard: If [[IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels Tough]] mode wasn't challenging enough for you, how about trying your hand at the [[NintendoHard Hardcore]] mode?
* HarderThanHard: If [[IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels Tough]] mode wasn't challenging enough for you, how about trying your hand at the [[NintendoHard Hardcore]] mode?
* PlayingWithFire: Fuse [[spoiler:(a Moonblood driven by his desire of revenge against General Gaius' after his onslaught)]]. Fidget later gets an ability to shoot fireballs, which can be used with the Dust's ''Dust Storm'' to create flaming pillars [[spoiler:after defeating Fuse]].
* PluckyComicRelief: Fidget.
* PluckyComicRelief: Fidget.
* StealthPun: Fale, the guy in Aurora Village who offered the guards of the village with sub-par equipment.
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The story of the game centers around the eponymous protagonist, Dust, [[AmnesiacHero who has no recollection of his past memories]]. He sets out on a quest to find the answers he's looking for with the ancient [[CoolSword Blade]] of [[LivingWeapon Ahrah]] in hand, along with the sword's guardian, a [[FairyCompanion fox-like fairy]] flying critter of indeterminate species]] named Fidget, to aid Dust during his quest. Along the way, he must also help various villagers in need of a hero.
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The story of the game centers around the eponymous protagonist, Dust, [[AmnesiacHero who has no recollection of his past memories]]. He sets out on a quest to find the answers he's looking for with the ancient [[CoolSword Blade]] of [[LivingWeapon Ahrah]] in hand, along with the sword's guardian, a [[FairyCompanion fox-like fairy]] named Fidget, to aid Dust during his quest. Along the way, he must also help an oppressed village various villagers in need of a hero.
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The core gameplay of ''Dust: An Elysian Tail'' is essentially {{Metroidvania}}-styled game where players explores the vast world of Falana, fight various monsters, and gain special abilities to access new areas along the way. [[SceneryPorn Just don't let the hand-drawn scenery distract you]].
The core gameplay of ''Dust: An Elysian Tail'' is essentially {{Metroidvania}}-styled game where players explores the vast world of Falana, fight various monsters, and gain special abilities to access new areas along the way. [[SceneryPorn Just don't let the hand-drawn scenery distract you]].
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* TheCameo: "Friends," who hang out at the Sanctuary once they're found. Examples include [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Fez}} Gomez]], [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/MeatBoy Meat Boy, Bandage Girl]], VideoGame/TheMaw, [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} The Kid]], [[TheDishwasher The Dishwasher, and Yuki]].]]
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** There's also one Achievement in the game called [[VideoGame/MegaMan Blue Bomber]].
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* TheUnintelligible: Matti, Haley's younger brother who only speaks in grumbles.
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'''''Dust: An Elysian Tail''''' is an independently-made, side-scrolling action RPG game by Dean Dodril (a.k.a. [=NoogyToad=]) and Humble Hearts for the {{Xbox 360}}.
The story of the game centers around the eponymous protagonist, Dust, [[AmnesiacHero who has no recollection of his past memories]]. He sets out on a quest to find the answers he's looking for with the ancient [[CoolSword Blade]] of [[LivingWeapon Ahrah]] in hand, along with the sword's guardian, a [[FairyCompanion fox-like fairy]] named Fidget, to aid Dust during his quest. Along the way, he must also help an oppressed village in need of a hero.
The game was first planned as an Xbox Live Indie Games title during its early developmental stages, although after the submission of the game at Mircosoft's Dream.Build.Play contest at PAX East of 2009, Dean Dodril won the grand prize of a contract with Microsoft to release the game as an XboxLiveArcade title at the event. Aside from the game's music (provided by [[http://hyperduck.co.uk/ Hyperduck SoundWorks]]), the game has been developed entirely by Dean Dodril himself.
''Dust: An Elysian Tail'' is also part of a series set within the ''An Elysian Tail'' universe; The series currently consist of this game and an animated film titled ''Elysian Tail'' that is also currently in production. The game has been released on Xbox Live Arcade on August 15th, 2012 for 1,200 Microsoft Points[[hottip:*:$15 U.S. Dollars]] as part of the "Summer of Arcade" titles. A launch trailer of the game can be seen from Dean's YouTube channel [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg81GcutanQ&hd=1 here]].
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!!The beautiful yet dangerous world of Falana is a site of the following tropes:
* OneHundredPercentCompletion: If exploring every nook and cranny of area while helping the needy in various [[SideQuest side quests]], then get ready do a lot of that in this game.
* AmnesiacHero: Dust.
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: After the final showdown with General Gaius, Dust accepts that [[HeroicSacrifice his time of living has reached its climax]], allowing himself to swallowed by volcanic magma and dies. A TearJerker moment ensued for Fidget and Ginger. Although Dust's spirit reminds, drifting though the winds with Ahrah.]]
* ButtonMashing: Fidget panics and demands that Dust [[MediumAwareness do this]] upon encountering their first monster.
* TheCameo: "Friends," who hang out at the Sanctuary once they're found. Examples include [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Fez}} Gomez]], [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/MeatBoy Meat Boy, Bandage Girl]], VideoGame/TheMaw, [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} The Kid]], [[TheDishwasher The Dishwasher, and Yuki]].]]
* {{Combos}}: Naturally, although players are free to mash their way to victory and enjoy the story rather than fight with finesse.
** To stress this, one of the [[CosmeticAward Achievements]] requires you to get a ''1,000''-hit combo.
* ChainLightning: Fidget eventually gets the ability to shoot lightning bolts at enemies, which can be combined with Dust's Dust Storm skill and [[ShockAndAwe electrify]] near-by enemies at once.
* CoolSword, LivingWeapon: Ahrah, [[TalkingWeapon and it talks]], too.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Dust's ''Dust Storm'' technique, from [[WeaponTwirling twirling Ahrah with a single hand]], to an aerial SpinAttack.
* FairyCompanion: Fidget, to Dust.
* {{Homage}}: Of the developer's favorite side-scrolling action games.
* ItemCrafting: As Dust pummels foes into oblivion, they often leave behind raw materials such as lumber, scrap metals, and other resources to craft equipment like armor, pendents, and rings.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Dust and Fidget encounter their first Blomb, which blows up a {{Mook}} in a cutscene:
--> '''Fidget:''' "Oh my. He really should have saved first."
** While Fidget is the go-to gal for this (combined with MediumAwareness), Dust gets in on it too at the end of the trial mode stage.
* PettingZooPeople
* {{Metroidvania}}
* QuestForIdentity
* SceneryPorn: This game is up to par with Creator/{{Vanillaware}} in terms of beautifully detailed and hand-drawn scenery.
* ShoutOut: One of the obtainable healing items in the game is [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania1986}} Mysterious Wall Chicken]].
** Fidget gladly lampshades how the Merchant will [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 buy materials at a high price]].
** One of the game's side-quests is called [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER]].
** The side-quest of finding Gianni's laundry has two achievements, depending on if you lace them with poison ivy or not. They're called [[Franchise/MassEffect Paragon and Renegade]].
* SideQuest
* WhatTheHellHero: The aforementioned side-quest of choosing to lace Gianni's laundry with poison ivy. Let's just say Dust and Fidget [[LaserGuidedKarma are doing karma's work]] to teach Gianni a lesson for abandoning a young boy in the middle of nowhere, if the player chooses to do so.
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'''''Dust: An Elysian Tail''''' is an independently-made, side-scrolling action RPG game by Dean Dodril (a.k.a. [=NoogyToad=]) and Humble Hearts for the {{Xbox 360}}.
The story of the game centers around the eponymous protagonist, Dust, [[AmnesiacHero who has no recollection of his past memories]]. He sets out on a quest to find the answers he's looking for with the ancient [[CoolSword Blade]] of [[LivingWeapon Ahrah]] in hand, along with the sword's guardian, a [[FairyCompanion fox-like fairy]] named Fidget, to aid Dust during his quest. Along the way, he must also help an oppressed village in need of a hero.
The game was first planned as an Xbox Live Indie Games title during its early developmental stages, although after the submission of the game at Mircosoft's Dream.Build.Play contest at PAX East of 2009, Dean Dodril won the grand prize of a contract with Microsoft to release the game as an XboxLiveArcade title at the event. Aside from the game's music (provided by [[http://hyperduck.co.uk/ Hyperduck SoundWorks]]), the game has been developed entirely by Dean Dodril himself.
''Dust: An Elysian Tail'' is also part of a series set within the ''An Elysian Tail'' universe; The series currently consist of this game and an animated film titled ''Elysian Tail'' that is also currently in production. The game has been released on Xbox Live Arcade on August 15th, 2012 for 1,200 Microsoft Points[[hottip:*:$15 U.S. Dollars]] as part of the "Summer of Arcade" titles. A launch trailer of the game can be seen from Dean's YouTube channel [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg81GcutanQ&hd=1 here]].
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!!The beautiful yet dangerous world of Falana is a site of the following tropes:
* OneHundredPercentCompletion: If exploring every nook and cranny of area while helping the needy in various [[SideQuest side quests]], then get ready do a lot of that in this game.
* AmnesiacHero: Dust.
* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: After the final showdown with General Gaius, Dust accepts that [[HeroicSacrifice his time of living has reached its climax]], allowing himself to swallowed by volcanic magma and dies. A TearJerker moment ensued for Fidget and Ginger. Although Dust's spirit reminds, drifting though the winds with Ahrah.]]
* ButtonMashing: Fidget panics and demands that Dust [[MediumAwareness do this]] upon encountering their first monster.
* TheCameo: "Friends," who hang out at the Sanctuary once they're found. Examples include [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Fez}} Gomez]], [[VideoGame/{{Braid}} Tim]], [[VideoGame/MeatBoy Meat Boy, Bandage Girl]], VideoGame/TheMaw, [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} The Kid]], [[TheDishwasher The Dishwasher, and Yuki]].]]
* {{Combos}}: Naturally, although players are free to mash their way to victory and enjoy the story rather than fight with finesse.
** To stress this, one of the [[CosmeticAward Achievements]] requires you to get a ''1,000''-hit combo.
* ChainLightning: Fidget eventually gets the ability to shoot lightning bolts at enemies, which can be combined with Dust's Dust Storm skill and [[ShockAndAwe electrify]] near-by enemies at once.
* CoolSword, LivingWeapon: Ahrah, [[TalkingWeapon and it talks]], too.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Dust's ''Dust Storm'' technique, from [[WeaponTwirling twirling Ahrah with a single hand]], to an aerial SpinAttack.
* FairyCompanion: Fidget, to Dust.
* {{Homage}}: Of the developer's favorite side-scrolling action games.
* ItemCrafting: As Dust pummels foes into oblivion, they often leave behind raw materials such as lumber, scrap metals, and other resources to craft equipment like armor, pendents, and rings.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Dust and Fidget encounter their first Blomb, which blows up a {{Mook}} in a cutscene:
--> '''Fidget:''' "Oh my. He really should have saved first."
** While Fidget is the go-to gal for this (combined with MediumAwareness), Dust gets in on it too at the end of the trial mode stage.
* PettingZooPeople
* {{Metroidvania}}
* QuestForIdentity
* SceneryPorn: This game is up to par with Creator/{{Vanillaware}} in terms of beautifully detailed and hand-drawn scenery.
* ShoutOut: One of the obtainable healing items in the game is [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania1986}} Mysterious Wall Chicken]].
** Fidget gladly lampshades how the Merchant will [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 buy materials at a high price]].
** One of the game's side-quests is called [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER]].
** The side-quest of finding Gianni's laundry has two achievements, depending on if you lace them with poison ivy or not. They're called [[Franchise/MassEffect Paragon and Renegade]].
* SideQuest
* WhatTheHellHero: The aforementioned side-quest of choosing to lace Gianni's laundry with poison ivy. Let's just say Dust and Fidget [[LaserGuidedKarma are doing karma's work]] to teach Gianni a lesson for abandoning a young boy in the middle of nowhere, if the player chooses to do so.
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