History VideoGame / LaPucelle

* HumansAreBastards: And how! [[spoiler:Croix felt so strongly this way with the unjust execution of his lover Angelique that he turned into the [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Dark Prince]]. [[KickTheSonOfABitch And it's justifiable!]]]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Sure, Prier is completely consumed in darkness, but after being forced to kill Croix and having Noir destroy his body and soul, it's hard not to cheer for her as she kills him.]]

''La Pucelle'' (a.k.a. ''La Pucelle: Tactics'') is a TurnBasedStrategy game released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 by Creator/NipponIchi. In Japan, it came out in 2002, a year before ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', but was released several months after that game in other countries. It is set in the same world as the ''Marl Kingdom'' series, and one of the characters is the grandson of the main character of the first ''Marl Kingdom'' game (a.k.a. ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure'').

An UpdatedRerelease has been released for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] entitled ''La Pucelle: Ragnarok''. It has some ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' cameos, multiple new endings, and an additional scenario in four acts following on from the comedy ending where Priere (accidentally) becomes a Demon Overlord. Despite NISA originally announcing that they will not be localizing it, it was remastered alongside ''Rhapsody'' as a CompilationRerelease through ''Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 3''.

You can also download the game on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork [[http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/10/la-pucelle-tactics-returns-as-a-downloadable-ps2-classic/ as of July 11, 2012.]]

* DarkMagicalGirl: Princess Eclair.

* DarkMagicalGirl: Demon Overlord Prier.

An UpdatedRerelease has been released for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] entitled ''"La Pucelle: Ragnarok".'' It has some ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' cameos, multiple new endings, and an additional scenario in four acts following on from the comedy ending where Priere (accidentally) becomes a Demon Overlord. Despite NISA originally announcing that they will not be localizing it, it was remastered alongside ''Rhapsody'' as a CompilationRerelease through ''Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 3''.

An UpdatedRerelease has been released for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] entitled ''"La Pucelle: Ragnarok".'' It has some ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' cameos, multiple new endings, and an additional scenario in four acts following on from the comedy ending where Priere (accidentally) becomes a Demon Overlord. There is a playthrough and partial translation of the new content [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2qCUSdAXhw here.]] There is also a mostly complete FanTranslation. Despite NISA originally announcing that they will not be localizing it, it was remastered alongside ''Rhapsody'' as a CompilationRerelease through ''Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 3''.

''La Pucelle'' (a.k.a. ''La Pucelle: Tactics'') is a TurnBasedStrategy game released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 by Nippon Ichi. In Japan, it came out in 2002, a year before ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', but was released several months after that game in other countries. It is set in the same world as the ''Marl Kingdom'' series, and one of the characters is the grandson of the main character of the first ''Marl Kingdom'' game (a.k.a. ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure'').

* {{Hellgate}}: Dark portals

''La Pucelle'' (a.k.a. ''La Pucelle: Tactics'') is a TurnBasedStrategy game released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 by Nippon Ichi. In Japan, it came out in 2002, a year before ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', but was released several months after that game in other countries. It is set in the same world as the ''Marl Kingdom'' series, and one of the characters is the grandson of the main character of the first ''Marl Kingdom'' game (a.k.a. ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure''.)

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:Homard is in fact the Prince of the Marl Kingdom. He's [[VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Cornet's]] grandson. (Amusingly, in the Cornet DLC, he shakes his head and says "Nah, couldn't be".)]]

* ThemeNaming: Most character and location names are in French (Prier = "to pray", Alouette = "skylark", etc.) This includes some not so cute names (references to female anatomy and underclothing, for example).

You can also download the game on the ''UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork'' [[http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/10/la-pucelle-tactics-returns-as-a-downloadable-ps2-classic/ as of July 11, 2012.]]

An UpdatedRerelease has been released for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] entitled ''"La Pucelle: Ragnarok".'' It has some ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' cameos, multiple new endings, and an additional scenario in four acts following on from the comedy ending where Priere (accidentally) becomes a Demon Overlord. There is a playthrough and partial translation of the new content [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2qCUSdAXhw here.]] There is also a mostly complete FanTranslation. Despite NISA originally announcing that they will not be localizing it, it is now planned to be remastered alongside ''Rhapsody'' as a CompilationRerelease through ''Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 3''.

* TheCameo: The shopkeeper Erie is actually from ''Tenshi no Present'', part of the Marl Kingdom series started by ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure''.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Noir makes lots of comments about his "utopia". [[spoiler:It's not until the end of the game when you find out what his "utopia" [[KillEmAll actually consists of.]]]]

* HornyDevils: Slightly rare and difficult to recruit enemy type.

* RammingAlwaysWorks: ''Ragnarok'' takes it [[UpToEleven even further]] by having Prier as a demon using the same technique... [[DungeonBypass without the ship, using only herself flying at top speed.]]

* TheCameo: The shopkeeper Erie is actually from ''Tenshi no Present'', part of the Marl Kingdom series started by ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure''. Of course, [[NoExportForYou the game wasn't]] [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros released in America]].

* ShootTheShaggyDog: The Overlord Ending, in which Prier fights through the demonic hordes of the Dark World only to kill one too many demons and turn into a Demonic Overlord herself. This causes all of her friends and allies to leave her, [[LonelyAtTheTop alone]] and trapped in the Dark World with nothing but a [[EvilIsSexy sexy]] [[EvilMakeover new makeover]] to show for it. Worse, this ending is ''canon'': Overlord Prier makes cameos in every other ''Nippon Ichi'' game, and the UpdatedRerelease has an entire bonus story based upon what happens next.

* NiceHat: Homard again.

An UpdatedRerelease has been released for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] entitled ''"La Pucelle: Ragnarok".'' It has some ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' cameos, multiple new endings, and an additional scenario in four acts following on from the comedy ending where Priere (accidentally) becomes a Demon Overlord. [[NoExportForYou NISA has officially announced that they will not be localizing it.]] There is a playthrough and partial translation of the new content [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2qCUSdAXhw here.]] There is also a mostly complete FanTranslation.

* CreepyCoolCrosses: Croix's gun is shaped like a cross. [[{{Bowdlerise}} It, along with several other crosses, were removed from the game for the US release.]]

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: All the demons are assholes. The only known exception was Noir's father [[spoiler:-- so, not surprisingly, he doesn't think any higher of them than he does humans.]]

** [[spoiler: Even ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ragnarok]]'''s GoldenEnding has some of this. EverybodyLives thanks to [[DemonOfHumanOrigin Prier's newfound Overlord powers]], but she must now separate from her friends and live in the [[{{Hell}} Netherworlds]] from now on due to the fact she's now a demon.]]
* BlackCloak: Demons from the Church of the Divine Mother

* CorruptChurch: The much-larger Church of the Divine Mother

* CutsceneIncompetence: [[spoiler:Prier]] gets captured offscreen following a boss fight. The music playing at the time, the character dialogue, and the boss' reactions to said dialogue hangs a nice [[LampshadeHanging lampshade on it...]] Until [[SuperpoweredEvilSide things]] [[CurbStompBattle turn]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone serious.]]

* {{Expy}}: Eclair's Princess and Dark Forms are clear homage to Princess Gradriel of ''VideoGame/PrincessCrown.'' Papillon is also an expy of Kururu and the fairy class type monster from their earlier work ''VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure''.

* HadesShaded: Again FallenAngel Calamity.

* HumansAreBastards: And how! [[spoiler:Croix felt so strongly this way with the unjust execution of his lover Angelique that he turned into the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Prince]]. [[KickTheSonOfABitch And it's justifiable!]]]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Culotte's method of attack is throwing various objects at the enemy -- apples, lollipops, rocks, Mushroom monsters... just about anything he can find in those little pockets of his. Alouette often uses a Holy Book as a weapon.

* LuckBasedMission: Going for the good ending in Chapter 10, are you? Better start praying to Poitreene that the computer's (random!) enemy movement and actions are agreeable, and that the sole mook type's paralyzes-inflicting special isn't used and doesn't work too often.
** It's slightly better in ''Ragnarok'' due to the addition of the Re-Action system... but just slightly.

* [[MonsterIsAMommy Monster Is A Daddy]]: If you kill the Forest Lord in chapter 3, and then return to the scene of the crime later on, Prier finds his cub son and heals a minor injury it has. The cub follows her around, prompting Prier to decide to raise him. After leveling him up and returning later on, he'll leave, having grown up, but not before granting Prier [[LaserGuidedKarma a new skill that lets her call him out to crush her enemies.]]

* NobleDemon: Averted, especially when you consider how demons are portrayed in other Creator/NipponIchi games...

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:Homard is in fact the Prince of the Marl Kingdom. He's [[VideoGame/RhapsodyAMusicalAdventure Cornet's]] grandson. (Amusingly, in the Cornet DLC; he shakes his head and says "Nah, couldn't be".)]]

* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler:Prier faces Demon Overlord Prier within her own soul]].

* MindScrewdriver: The Demon Prier story explains what happened after the "[[FissionMailed Demon Overlord ending]]" in the original La Pucelle. In fact, it basically starts with that apparent "ending" and moves on from there.

** EarnYourHappyEnding: Emphasis on "Earn." [[spoiler:Prier becomes the "Maiden of Darkness" and purifies "Dark Prince" Croix such that his powers stay the same, becoming the Hero of Darkness (no, not [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories that one]]), with his free will intact; and EveryoneLives; even [[SparedByTheAdaptation Alouette.]]]]

* OptionalPartyMember: [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl, Etna and Flonne]], what a surprise.