History VideoGame / EternalPoison

%%* CreepyCoolCrosses

* IncrediblyLamePun: Fight [[DishingOutDirt Escha Gigas]] as Ashley's party. I'll wait. You have Glynne to thank for most of that.

* PublicDomainCharacter: One of the refugees is obviously [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice]].

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Thage was Lenarshe's mother. Thage is very specific on the past tense.]]

* TimeyWimeyBall: Best demonstrated by the true ending. [[spoiler: Each story is affected by the Echo of Time. They all happened at the same time, with small differences in each world.]]

* WakeUpCallBoss: Morpheus. No matter who you pick first, your first boss tends to be pretty easy, if somewhat difficult to capture. Then Morpheus shows up and shows you exactly how bosses in this game [[NintendoHard are going to be, as a general rule of thumb.]]

This game is notable for two things. First, it is Flight-Plan's first and only StrategyRPG to make it out of Japan, although only to North America. Secondly, it is a modern[[note]]post-VideoGame/{{Persona}}[[/note]] Atlus game that does NOT contain the original Japanese voice acting. The latter was presumably due to the original game actually taking up most of the space on a single layer DVD and not having the room for two audio tracks.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Lenarshe [[spoiler: also, her sister Ashley.]]

A DarkFantasy SimulationRPG developed by [[Creator/FlightPlan Flight-Plan]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. It was released on 14th February 2008 in Japan (as ''Poison Pink'') distributed by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Banpresto]] and on 11th November 2008 in North America distributed by Creator/{{Atlus}}.

* CostumePorn
* CreepyCoolCrosses

* NintendoHard: Yep.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Retica, especially, if he becomes a Cursed One.

* UnlockableCharacter: Rondemion, first met as a mid-boss, becomes playable once you receive the proper ending of either Thage, Olifen, or Ashley's story. [[spoiler:Duphaston's story is unlocked by seeing the four proper endings of all four other stories, plus [[OneHundredPercentCompletion completing the lexicon]].]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: Morpheus. No matter who you pick first, your first boss tends to be pretty easy, if somewhat difficult to capture. Then Morpheus shows up and shows you exactly, how bosses in this game [[NintendoHard are going to be, as a general rule of thumb.]]

* GuideDangIt: The requirement for Thage's good ending isn't made clear or even mentioned until you enter the map with the boss you need to defeat [[spoiler: (it's Arkanos,)]] which makes it a bit arcane to figure out.

* OneHundredPercentCompletion: [[spoilers:Encountering every Majin in the game is required to unlock Duphaston's story.]]

* PunnyName: The special soundtrack bundled wtih the US version of the game is titled ''[[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine Thage Against the Majin]]''.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: The final ending does not elaborate at all on the secondary characters that were vital to the main protagonists' individual storylines, calling into question the fates of those whose life or death depended on the actions of the protagonists. This lack of elaboration is made more jarring due to the merging of timelines that makes the final battle possible in the first place, as it is unknown if the merge brought in anyone else into Duphaston's timeline, outside of the other four protagonists.]]

* XMeetsY: It's ''Dragon Shadow Spell'' meets DarkFantasy.

A DarkFantasy SimulationRPG developed by [[Creator/FlightPlan Flight-Plan]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. It was released on 14th February 2008 in Japan (as ''Poison Pink'') distributed by [[Creator/NamcoBandai Banpresto]] and on 11th November 2008 in North America distributed by Creator/{{Atlus}}.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: The final ending does not elaborate at all, on the secondary characters that were vital, to the main protagonists' individual storylines, calling into question the fates of those whose life or death, depended on the actions of the protagonists. This lack of elaboration is made more jarring, due to the merging of timelines, that makes the final battle possible in the first place, as it is unknown if the merge brought in anyone else into Duphaston's timeline, outside of the other four protagonists.]]

A DarkFantasy SimulationRPG developed by [[Creator/FlightPlan Flight-Plan]] for the PlayStation2. It was released on 14th February 2008 in Japan (as ''Poison Pink'') distributed by [[Creator/NamcoBandai Banpresto]] and on 11th November 2008 in North America distributed by Creator/{{Atlus}}.

[[caption-width-right:350:This is what happens CostumePorn and StrategyRPG have a baby...]]

* TookALevelInBadass: A lot of characters--especially in the core party--start out [[TheLoad relatively useless]], but eventually become dangerously useful members as the game goes on--especially in a NewGamePlus.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Morpheus. No matter who you pick first, your first boss tends to be pretty easy, if somewhat difficult to capture. Then Morpheus shows up and shows you exactly how bosses in this game [[NintendoHard are going to be as a general rule of thumb.]]
** Morpheus' status as this is actually justified in-game. [[spoiler: In his guise as Count Duphaston, he's been following your movements no matter what tale you choose, so he knows just what you're capable of.]]
* WarmUpBoss: Otakuphant, Kaelrunis, or Moon Belator depending on which tale you pick first. Mars Belator has all the elements of this, but isn't since, you know, you have to beat a tale to fight him in the first place.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: The final ending does not elaborate at all on the secondary characters that were vital to the main protagonists' individual storylines, calling into question the fates of those whose life or death depended on the actions of the protagonists. This lack of elaboration is made more jarring due to the merging of timelines that makes the final battle possible in the first place, as it is unknown if the merge brought in anyone else into Duphaston's timeline outside of the other four protagonists.]]

* BadExportForYou: One of the complaints about the North American release was that Atlus did not include the original Japanese voice acting.

* NoExportForYou: Surprisingly averted for those in North America. Played straight for everyone else outside Japan.

A [[DarkFantasy dark fantasy]] [[SimulationRPG simulation RPG]] developed by {{Flight-Plan}} for the PlayStation2. It was released on 14th February 2008 in Japan (as ''Poison Pink'') distributed by [[Creator/NamcoBandai Banpresto]] and on 11th November 2008 in North America distributed by Creator/{{Atlus}}.

* [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather Lenarshe I Am Your Mother]]]]: Thage.
** [[spoiler: ''Was'' her mother. Thage is very specific on this point.]]

* [[spoiler:GroundhogDayLoop: All scenarios are canon due to a time loop. It is also broken in Duphaston's story with the completed Librum Aurora, the death of Lenarshe, and the revival of Izel. The true ending culminates in a final battle between the five main leads from previous iterations of the timeline and Izel.]]

* PrettyInMink: Amelie's outfit has fur trim.

A [[DarkFantasy dark fantasy]] [[SimulationRPG simulation RPG]] developed by {{Flight-Plan}} for the PlayStation2. It was released on 14th February 2008 in Japan (as ''Pink Poison'') distributed by [[Creator/NamcoBandai Banpresto]] and on 11th November 2008 in North America distributed by Creator/{{Atlus}}.

* BlessedWithSuck: Thage cannot take damage from magical sources, which means a lot of the most heavy-hitting things CANNOT hurt her. On the other hand, she also cannot be healed except with medical items, and there's a limited number you can carry.

The truth is...complicated.