History VideoGame / FantasyLife

* WeaponSpecialization: While any class can use any weapon, the four combat classes have weapon types that they excel at: small swords and [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shields]] for Paladins, [[{{BFS}} broadswords]] for Mercenaries, [[ArcherArchetype bows and arrows]] for Hunters, and [[MagicStaff staffs]] for Wizards.

A sequel titled ''Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time'' was announced in 2023 for release later that year (though it was delayed to 2024). It takes place on a different part of Reveria called Mysteria Island, and features a customizable hub town a la ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'', as well as two new lives.

* BossOnlyLevel: The Void, which is just a big room that spawns a BonusBoss and a few mooks each time you enter.

A sequel titled ''Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time'' was announced in 2023 for release later that year. It takes place on a different part of Reveria called Mysteria Island, and features a customizable hub town a la ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'', as well as two new lives.

* FashionDesigner: Being a tailor is one of the PlayerCharacter's job options.

A sequel titled ''Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time'' was announced in 2023 for release later that year.

* WeaponOfChoice: While any class can use any weapon, the four combat classes have weapon types that they excel at: small swords and [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shields]] for Paladins, [[{{BFS}} broadswords]] for Mercenaries, [[ArcherArchetype bows and arrows]] for Hunters, and [[MagicStaff staffs]] for Wizards.

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** Level-5 also developed ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'', and the two games share many similarities.
*** Infamously, ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' was going to be an action RPG in it's early stages of development, but fan outcry caused Square Enix to stick to a more traditional turn based system. It is highly likely the early prototypes of 9 became Fantasy Life.
** Also, the ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' series.
** ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' also comes to mind, as a previous RolePlayingGame and SliceOfLife combo in which you had to do your own ItemCrafting to get the best weapons.

* WorldTree: [[spoiler:The Starlight Garden on Lunares has trees that each contain ''[[UpToEleven an entire universe]]'', including Reveria's. And for some reason, the Goddess' ship that you use to get there is next to Reveria's tree in miniature form.]]

* DifficultySpike: Origin Island's enemies hit a whole lot harder than most main game enemies, meaning you're better off not fighting them if you don't have at least 1 high-ranked combat-based Life available.

* KnifeNut: Those who stay away from the combat-type jobs can still use a dagger. When you start the DLC, you also gain additional dagger combos that can be useful if you have no other means of offense.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Each job comes with a master and a handful of colleagues. At least half of the latter will have a unique character design. There are ''12'' jobs. Throw in the main story characters and some background characters, and you get a huge number indeed.

** Some of the VendorTrash insects are butterflies.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Character hair can be one of many colors ranging from typical shades of brown and yellow to pink, green and indeed, blue.

* DummiedOut: The Paladin skill Cast-Iron Shield seems to be some variant of this: the game gives you a message stating you learned it when you reach the Adept rank but it's not listed anywhere in the ingame movelist for the job, there's no tutorial message that tells you what it does and the Japanese wiki for the game also seems to state that it doesn't exist.

* HailfirePeaks: Mount Snowpeak is a mishmash of settings, with [[LethalLavaLand one cave filled with lava]], another [[CaveBehindTheFalls filled with water]], and the top of the mountain being [[SlippySlideyIceWorld covered in snow]]. Most of Al Maajik has an ArabianNightsDays atmosphere, but the palace and its immediate surroundings look more like a BleakLevel.
** [[spoiler:Levitania is a mixture of FloatingContinent, JungleJapes and BubblyClouds.]]

* HiddenElfVillage: The village in Elderwood. [[spoiler:Eventually they stop forbidding outsiders from entering.]]

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Pierre and Butch. Though they're not really that bad, [[spoiler:and they even go straight late in the story]].

* ItsUpToYou: The early events that lead the player to become Castele's ''de facto'' ambassador are mostly luck and Yuelia playing TheChooserOfTheOne. In some job guilds, it also seems like whatever issue existed before the player's arrival would have never been resolved if the player had'nt shown up. In the two cases where the issue is the master feeling inadequate, that going away when you rank up enough is justified. One of the less justified cases is the wizard guild, where you're basically doing Colin's job while being lower ranked than him a few times.
* JobSystem: The basic idea of Fantasy Life is taking the idea of a Job system and running with it. There's 12 "lives" that are broadly put into three categories.

* {{Wutai}}: A very mild case. Miguel's house in [[ArabianNightsDays Al Maajik]] has tatami on the floor and scrolls with chinese-looking characters on the walls alternating with lit candles. Miguel and his adoptive granddaughter Melusine also use weapons resembling katanas. This is about as Japanese as the setting gets.

An expansive 2014 [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] EasternRPG made by Creator/{{Level5}}, better known for creating ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'', with Creator/NobuoUematsu contributing to the music. It mixes together elements of the SliceOfLife and RolePlayingGame genres in a WideOpenSandbox that [[OpeningTheSandbox opens little by little via progression of a storyline]]. The day you start your new job, you befriend a talking butterfly who seems very curious about your world, where falling meteorites known as Doom Stones are a regular occurrence. After one of them strikes your roof, you end up investigating and finding out that [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end is near]]. The only solution to this is for the world's entire population to band together. Unfortunately, the three kingdoms are not on best terms with each other and ThePowersThatBe seem to have decided that you are the one that will resolve the issue.

** The North America password for the Snowman Decoration is "[[Disney/{{Frozen}} Wanna build me?]]".