History VideoGame / GuruminAMonstrousAdventure

'''Gurumin''' is a 3D Action Role-Playing Game made by Creator/{{Falcom}} for the [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC]], that was later ported to the [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable PSP]] and [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]].

The game is available in English, published by Mastiff, on [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable PSP]], as well as on Windows PC via [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG]] and {{UsefulNotes/Steam}}. In 2016, the game was also remade for the [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] under the title ''Gurumin [[SuperTitle64Advance 3D]]: A Monstrous Adventure''.

* SequelHook: The epilogue is ''full'' of them. Roughly: [[spoiler: It's never explained what the deal with [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Black]] [[BonusBoss Bean]] was, the real Prince of the Phantoms is still missing, Doc says the entity that cursed Tokaron is still at large, and Parin leaves the monster world sure they'll meet again.]] Aside from several ports, no sequel as yet exists, though Mastiff and Falcom have said that there's a decent chance of a sequel if the ports drum up enough interest.

Parin is a [[GirlishPigtails pigtailed]] [[FieryRedhead red-headed]] 12 year old girl who moves to the mining town of Tiese where her grandfather lives, while her parents are abroad. Her stay promises to be a boring one, as there are no other children her age in such town. Or are they? Shortly after unpacking she has to save a mysterious little kid from a dog with her [[CallingYourAttacks 'Pretty Missile Kick']] and discovers she's a monster! Fortunately, Pino and every other monster who lives in a nearby village is friendly. She takes Parin through a hole and arrives at Monster Village, which is in disarray because of the Phantoms, a race who lost its home at some time in the past and decided to invade them. It's up to Parin to wield the fabled Legendary Drill, once used against a forgotten menace, to rid Monster Village of its enemies!

* CreativeClosingCredits: The GoldenEnding's credits show a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue as the only vocal theme in the game plays.

'''Gurumin''' is a 3D Action Role-Playing Game made by Creator/{{Falcom}} for the [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows PC]], that was later ported to the [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable PSP]]. The gameplay makes you go through several dungeon-like levels to retrieve a semi-important plot item at the end, at which point you fight a boss in an often tiny arena and save an NPC. Rinse and repeat until the end. Due to this simplistic nature and the kiddy look every character sports, you would think reviews for this thing would be less than... stellar? Well... that was not the case. It has a something that makes everyone love it, because it does not try to be what it's not: what it does, it does well. It may be easy, cliched, rather short (many people finish their first runthrough at 20 hours) and cartoony, but has a certain charm which makes people come back for more. And featuring FIVE unlockable difficulty levels, four of which are mandatory to get HundredPercentCompletion, you will be enjoying this cute, kiddy heroine's adventures for a while. Wait, what? You said ''[[ActionGirl heroine]]?''

Parin is a [[GirlishPigtails pigtailed]] [[FieryRedhead red-headed]] 12 year old girl who moves to the mining town of Tiese where her grandfather lives, while her parents are abroad. Her stay promises to be a boring one, as there are no other children her age in such town. Or are they? Shortly after unpacking she has to save a mysterious little kid from a [[SarcasmMode ferocious beast]] (read: a dog) with her [[CallingYourAttacks 'Pretty Missile Kick']] and discovers she's a monster! Oh, but this world's monsters are friendly, you see. She takes Parin through a hole and arrives at Monster Village, which is in disarray because of the Phantoms, a race who lost its home at some time in the past, decided to invade them. It's up to Parin to wield the fabled Legendary Drill, once used agaisnt a forgotten menace, to rid Monster Village from its enemies!

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Whenever you get a perfect score in ALL the stages or just plain end a playthrough with the GoldenEnding (or complete the Boss Rush) your reward is a special costume for Parin to wear.:
** CatGirl
** CuteWitch
** ChineseGirl
** {{Meido}}
** OurVampiresAreDifferent
** PimpedOutDress
** HappyHolidaysDress
** SchoolSwimsuit

* GiantFlyer: Mosby's "combat mode".

* InvisibleToNormals: Monsters are invisible to adults. This gives Motoro much angst, as he is not able to speak with his old human friend anymore.
** This leads to a bit of FridgeBrilliance too: Parin suggests spraying paint over him. Many a player is left wondering why no one thought of that sooner.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Whenever you get a perfect score in ALL the stages or just plain end a playthrough with the good ending (or complete the Boss Rush) your reward is a special costume for Parin to wear.:

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: The ability hats.

* ColossusClimb: Mosby's boss batle gimmick.

* FisherKing: The Monster world is dependent on the emotions of it's occupants. When their village is destroyed, it causes an impassable black fog to appear around the town, which serves as the games [[BrokenBridge broken bridges]], and the residents must be cheered up to dispel it. [[spoiler: When everyone is happy, it also allows the dimension to repair damage to itself. Which includes portals to the human world]].

* FreelookButton: Seriously, many puzzles would have been a given if you could have just moved the camera up and down...

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It just happens to be that the fabled dragon, Tokaron, will become more than a passing comment from your monster [=NPCs=].

* GogglesDoNothing: Though you can wear them on your forehead in town, they actually do reduce or prevent water damage.

* HalloweenTown: Monster Village. The Phantom Kingdom was one as well, but then they had [[Series/DoctorWho a very bad day]].
* HealingSpring
* HeartContainer

* HijackedByGanon: In the end, whose evil plans you have to stop are not the Phantom Prince's, but [[spoiler: your supposed monster friend, Puku]]. See below.
* HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler: this is Puku's driving force for much of the story: fat, bumbling miner Cylinder dropped a lit cigarette on a dynamite pack 3 years ago... Puku and Pino's forest home was burned to a crisp, and the former still has not gotten over it]].

* KillerRabbit: Let's just say that Black Bean was cast as the BonusBoss for a reason. The critter is a bitch to defeat even on Beginner (i.e. Very Easy) Mode! It will make you go through all your healing items faster than... well, the candy loving girl you play as.
** On a related note, Mosby is a Killer '''Butterfly'''.
* KleptomaniacHero: parin has no problem taking money anywhere she can. Talking to Disc the shopkeeper before first going to Monster Village has her trying to open the register until she's caught.

* LevelInReverse

* QuirkyMinibossSquad
* RealTimeWithPause: when you pause the game, every action is frozen and Parin tells 'wait up' to the enemies so she can equip accesories and such.

* SaveBothWorlds: In the end the REAL final boss will start rampaging on the Human World as well if Parin and crew don't stop it.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Whenever you get a perfect score in ALL the stages or just plain end a playthrough with the good ending (or complete the Boss Rush) your reward is a special costume for Parin to wear. Savvy gamers will quickly see where the themes are going:

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Right before you gain the ability to play as Popon, Parin hands her the game's script so that she'll know her lines.

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Popon, the other playable girl (and only on NewGamePlus) appears in the credits moving to Tiese.

* MagicSkirt: The protagonist has shadowing and there's no physics for her skirt, so all of that platforming and bombastic combat aren't a problem. [[spoiler: Unless you're playing on the hardest difficulty, Happy, in which case [[PantyShot the shadow's gone altogether]].]]

* MirrorMatch: This is Cream's boss battle gimmick, the Phantom ClingyJealousGirl: make up to four blue Parin clones and hide among them. Suffice to say it makes her the best candidate for ThatOneBoss award.

* OneSizeFitsAll: Even if Parin's and Popon's physique looks the same, the latter can't use the former's dresses or hats.
** If you think about it, it makes sense... how would you feel if other people could access your dresser without your permission?

* PunnyName: The name of the legendary drill's original wielder? [[spoiler: Hyperbolic]].

* RewardingVandalism: [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yours is the drill]] that will pierce ''everything''.

* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Parin's drill is obtained from a stone slab in much the same vein as the Arthurian legends... meanwhile, Popon's Dragon Slayer would be a Sword of Trading Sequence Advancement.
** And if you give all 11 Platinum medals to Motoro it turns into the InfinityPlusOneSword: it can now fire [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]]!

* ThisIsADrill: Parin's choice of a weapon is a drill lent by her monster friends. Popon uses a more conventional [[HeroesPreferSwords sword]].

** FrenchMaid
** NaughtyNurseOutfit

** SexySantaDress

* CutAndPasteEnvironments: The game goes so far as to make the optional stages mirrored versions of the mandatory story-driven ones. Mmm, lazy designers...