History VideoGame / IzunaLegendOfTheUnemployedNinja

* NintendoHard: Easier than PC Roguelikes, but still harder than anything like ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon''. This was addressed in the second game with a number of additional features, the most prominent of which was allowing two player-characters to enter a dungeon at one time.

* {{Bishonen}}: Utsuho and Hiyoshimaru. The second game gives us Abyss, as well as Mitsumoto, once [[BeautifulAllAlong his mask comes off]].

On September 20, 2023, Success [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scKOsntbTnk announced]] a remake of ''Izuna'' for the Nintendo Switch and Steam.

On September 20, 2023, Success [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scKOsntbTnk announced]] a remake of Izuna for the Nintendo Switch and Steam.

''Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja'' is a {{roguelike}} RPG for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS developed by Creator/{{Success}} and published in the US by Creator/{{Atlus}}. A young {{ninja}} named Izuna is looking for a place to find home after her clan's old master fired them, believing ninja no longer have a place in the modern world. They eventually settle on an out-of-the-way village, when Izuna's "Grandboss", Gen-An, wanders away from the village and into the realm of the gods. In the process of rescuing him, she manages to make several gods ''very'' angry, and has to retrieve several magical orbs to help the now-cursed natives from various afflictions and bring them back to normal.

A sequel, entitled ''Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns'', was released in 2007 in Japan and 2008 in the US. Shino, Izuna's friend, disappears in the midst of a wedding, so Izuna goes on a quest to find her. Izuna finds her, only to discover that Shino was looking for her sister, Shizune, so Izuna and her group decide to help search for Shizune. But by looking for Shizune, Izuna angers a group of foreign gods, who attempt to prevent her from reuniting with Shizune.

* BareYourMidriff: Shino, surprisingly, in some of the official art for the first game. Apparently the purple undershirt was a late addition to her outfit. Utsuho also has a ''lot'' of midriff hanging out, though it's not obvious from the in-game art.

** Shino's costume is somewhat reminiscent of [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Sheena's]], but altered to play down her lack of breasts and focus on [[ZettaiRyouiki other]] [[ShesGotLegs features]].

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The Priest.

* WeaponOfChoice: One of the major differences between characters in the second game is what they can work with from choices of swords, bracers, claws, bows, boots, throwing weapons, and ''dolls''.

* JokeCharacter: Mitsumoto. In the second game, his tag attacks are like [[StreetFighter Dan Hibiki]] took the [[DesperationAttack Otoko Michi]] up to eleven.

* JokeCharacter: Mitsumoto. In the second game, his tag attacks are like [[StreetFighter Dan Hibiki]] took the [[DesperationAttack Otoko Michi]] UpToEleven.

* AdultFear: Shino's description of how Shizune was taken from her in the second game is pretty chilling - she wakes up late one night and sees a mysterious man spirit away her little sister.

* StandardStatusEffects: In the order listed on the trope page...

* UndergroundMonkey: See PaletteSwap.

** Fuuka in the first game, since her special attack will put Izuna into the "confused" status if you get near her. Unless you've properly prepared items to take her on, she easily becomes ThatOneBoss.
*** And if Fuuka doesn't wake you up, Kagen will. His special attack is a tremendous flurry of claw-swipes that you'll be very lucky to survive.
** In the second game, the twins Alte and Stella are often cited, as is Corona.

* SkinshipGrope: Shizune and Shino have had their turns at expressing jealousy at they grab handfuls of Izuna's generous bust.

* AdultFear: Shino's description of how Shizune was taken from her is pretty chilling - she wakes up late one night and sees a mysterious man spirit away her little sister.

* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly prevalent in the artwork surrounding the game, although some of it leaks into the cutscenes. Official artwork of Izuna, Shino, and Shizune at the hot springs shows that they do so without {{modesty towels}}, for one.

->''Finally, a dungeon RPG strong enough for a man...but played as a '''[[MsFanservice hot chick!]]'''''

->''An RPG big enough for a man--but you get to play it as a [[MsFanservice hot chick!]]''
-->--A line from a magazine ad for the game