History VideoGame / IttleDew2

''Ittle Dew 2'' is an ActionAdventure game developed by Swedish developer Ludosity, and the sequel to ''VideoGame/IttleDew''. After the first game's adventure, Ittle and Tippsie are on a raft in the middle of the ocean... and somehow crash on shore in a pond on a new island. After meeting Passel, who tells them there is no adventuring to be had here and that they should both just swim off the island, Ittle and Tippsie find out there ''is'' an adventure here, and the prize just so happens to be the pieces for a brand new raft.

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:The OptionalBoss, the Queen of Adventure, was a robot who was designed to solve puzzles in order to test the island. The problem was that it kept on doing it, working Passel to exhaustion in doing so, and then it started making dungeons of its own. If you confront it, it states it has plans to place dungeons all around the world.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:The BonusBoss, the Queen of Adventure, was a robot who was designed to solve puzzles in order to test the island. The problem was that it kept on doing it, working Passel to exhaustion in doing so, and then it started making dungeons of its own. If you confront it, it states it has plans to place dungeons all around the world.]]

* BonusBoss: Several:
** [[spoiler: In the Secret Shard dungeons, we have the Mechfishbujin, which are pretty tough to fight and guard a forbidden key each.]]
** [[spoiler: In the Tomb of the Simulacrum, there is the Queen of Adventure, aka the Simulacrum, who is responsible for Passel's attitude towards adventurers.]]
** [[spoiler: And finally, there is [[VideoGame/PrincessRemedyInAWorldOfHurt That Guy]], which is a GuideDangIt to even ''find''.]]

** And then there's [[spoiler:The Promised Remedy, which has very little in the way of puzzles but a ''brutal'' BonusBoss, [[VideoGame/PrincessRemedyInAWorldOfHurt That Guy]].]] Getting to it requires having all ten hearts at least, and [[spoiler:clearing most of the game twice and scrounging for thoroughly-hidden secret areas]] if you follow the puzzles involved without a guide.

* BraggingRightsReward: [[spoiler:The EFCS (Exploding Flaming Chainsaw Shotgun) under DungeonBypass]] is a [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged example]]. In a normal playthrough, it's going to be the last weapon you get, and will mostly be used for clearing through the last few secrets on the overworld. However, the game's structure means you could get it before clearing most of game's puzzles, if you know what you're doing and go well out of your way.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] against [[spoiler:the BonusBoss That Guy, as said EFCS (Exploding Flaming Chainsaw Shotgun) is required to get through his dungeon, and is the only weapon that can harm him.]]

* TheCameo: [[VideoGame/CardCityNights Business Casual Man]] can be seen in a room in the Art Exhibit dungeon. In addition, many other Ludosity characters can be seen as photography billboards. [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/PrincessRemedyInAWorldOfHurt That Guy]] is also a BonusBoss.]]

* CollectionSidequest: The Secret Shards, which can be found in various Secret Hidden Caves. They're needed to unlock the {{Bonus Dungeon}}s, [[spoiler:and are ultimately revealed to be pieces of the Queen of Adventure, who Passel destroyed after she proved [[GoneHorriblyRight too effective a beta tester]]]]. Collect them all and complete the final BonusDungeon, and [[spoiler:they'll reform, letting you fight the Queen of Adventure as a BonusBoss]].

* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:The Secret Shards]] you can collect over the course of the game are actually pieces of [[spoiler:the Queen of Adventure, a robotic beta tester for the island GoneHorribyRight]]. Collect them all and complete the final BonusDungeon, and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero they'll come back together]], treating you to a BonusBoss.

* DungeonBypass: [[spoiler:The final dungeon gives you "The Ultimate Weapon", an EFCS (Exploding Flaming Chainsaw Shotgun), letting Ittle shoot chainsaws at any locked door, barricade, and many obstacles to blast through them.]]

-->'''[[spoiler:Passel]]:''' Now prepare to meet... ''*with lightning coming of their hands*'' YOUR DOOM! ''[Ittle and Tippsie are understandably a bit freaked out]''

And then there's an
patch, called ''Ittle Dew 2+'' released in 2019, adding the previously Switch exclusive Dream World dungeons.

* MultiStageBattle: [[spoiler:The fight with [[FinalBoss Passel]] has you go through the enviornments of the dungeons you entered.]]

* TheCameo: [[VideoGame/CardCityNights Buisness Casual Man]] can be seen in a room in the Art Exhibit dungeon. In addition, many other Ludosity characters can be seen as photography billboards. [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/PrincessRemedyInAWorldOfHurt That Guy]] is also a BonusBoss.]]

** And then there's [[spoiler:The Promised Remedy, which has very little in the way of puzzles but a ''brutal'' BonusBoss, [[VideoGame/PrincessRemedyInAWorldOfHurt That Guy]].]] Getting to it requires having all ten hearts at least, and [[spoiler:clearing most of the game twice and scrounging for well-hidden secret areas]] if you don't use a guide.

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] against [[spoiler:the BonusBoss, as said EFCS (Exploding Flaming Chainsaw Shotgun) is the only weapon that can harm him.]]

** While it requires a mod, it's actually fully possible to see the supposed FinalBossPreview in the Art Exhibit. [[spoiler:It's just a [[StylisticSuck poorly drawn]] picture of Tippsie.]]

** A much more [[MythologyGag involved]] one is the "Place From Younger Days", a recreation of a level a prototype back in 2008 created for a design thesis project.

* AnIcePerson: You can be this with the Ice Ring item. If used right on top of an enemy, it will slow them down and prevent them from using ranged attacks. It can also be used to create ice blocks that can be pushed around or used as a shield.

* StandardStatusEffects: Many different enemies can inflict various bad statuses on Ittle Dew. The tome item gives you a chance to block them.
** Freeze is your standard "slow down" effect. If done on enemies, it prevents them from using ranged attacks.
** Attack Down makes you deal less damage.
** Fragile makes you take more damage.
** Stunned is a bit more of a "silence" status effect in that it prevents you from attacking.

* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: [[spoiler:The fight with [[FinalBoss Passel]] has you go through the enviornments of the dungeons you entered.]]

** This is actually [[AvertedTrope averted]] through a an incredibly weird coincidence, as you find out if you ask Tippsie for advice in [[spoiler: Itan’s old shop in the Ittle Dew 1 NostalgiaLevel]]. [[spoiler: Itan opened a novelty skull shop and Ittle and Tippsie got one for decorating their raft.]] [[RedHerring Though, the developers probably engineered the whole thing to lead players to the conclusion that they ate him.]] Because, really, who could guess something like that?

** Sunken Labyrinth, Machine Fortress, Dark Hapostyle, and [[spoiler:Tomb of the Simulacrum]], the four {{Bonus Dungeons}}, all have darker lighting and coloring, and have a more foreboding feeling to them.

* DevelopersForesight: Tippsie has lines for every uniquely named area in the game, including many one-room secret areas.

* DungeonBypass: [[spoiler:The final dungeon gives you "The Ultimate Weapon", an EFCS (Exploding Flaming Chainsaw Shotgun) letting Ittle, shoot chainsaws at any locked door, barricade, and many obstacles to blast through them.]]

* HeartContainer: Boxes of Crayons fill this role, increasing your max health by a quarter of a heart on finding them.

* OneGenderRace: The Jennies, again, but there's also the buntaurs, who are all male.

* HailfirePeaks: The Boiling Grave dungeon. Lampshaded as well, since Ittle is glad to go to a fire-themed dungeon after traversing a SlippySlidyIceWorld, and Tippsie says that "it will probably turn ice themed halfway through."

** Fragile makes you take less damage.