History VideoGame / SummonNight

* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives: The Game. Only massive ObviouslyEvil JerkAss Lubert and its expy Gedharm are shown to be killed, and the main villain either redeems itself and seals on its own. The first game has choice to sacrifice your Guardian Beast to strengthen your final weapon but [[EarnYourHappyEnding you can craft your final weapon anyway despite being slightly weaker without sacrificing the Guardian Beast.]] ]]

* [[spoiler: Everybody Lives: The Game. Only massive ObviouslyEvil JerkAss Lubert and its expy Gedharm are shown to be killed, and the main villain either redeems itself and seals on its own. The first game has choice to sacrifice your Guardian Beast to strengthen your final weapon but [[EarnYourHappyEnding you can craft your final weapon anyway despite being slightly weaker without sacrificing the Guardian Beast.]] ]]

* LighterAndSofter: While both games are lighthearted enough, the second game takes place in more brighter environment.

* MultipleEndings: Has one for each characters you can possibly meet during the end of the day conversations.

* {{Dojikko}}: The first game opens with Pratty or Cleru falling down the stairs.
** The start Craft Sword Story 2 has the main character nearly falling off a cliff.

** 夜明けの翼 (the subtitle of ''EX-These'') is sometimes erroneously transliterated as "youak'''u''' no tsubasa" rather than the correct "youak'''e''' no tsubasa". This likely has its origin in the scene release group GANT, whose release had the error (along with the "EX-Thesis" spelling), and spread as [=P2P=] copied it. GameFAQs had the error at one point, but was later corrected.

''Summon Night'' is a series of StrategyRPG games developed by [[Creator/FlightPlan Flight-Plan]]. It is their second such series after VideoGame/BlackMatrix and is notably much LighterAndSofter along with being better known. The series also contains three out of the four[[note]](VideoGame/EternalPoison being the last one)[[/note]] Flight-Plan games to get a North American release, although all three are action-RPG spin-offs rather than from the main series. The games apply some DatingSim elements to them as well with multiple endings for virtually all the characters that join you whether you play as a boy or a girl. The series celebrated its [[VideoGameLongRunners 10th anniversary]] on January 6th, 2010 and has a [[http://summonnight.net/10thanniversary/index.html commemoration website]]. Unfortunately, the series is now effectively dead with the [[http://www.siliconera.com/2010/08/04/summon-night-developers-flight-plan-close-shop/ closing of its developer in August of 2010]]... [[http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/18/summon-night-5-announced-for-psp-summon-nights-1-4-coming-too/ until a new game finally got announced in July of 2012 for the PSP]], alongside ports of all the previous main series titles.

''Summon Night'' is a series of StrategyRPG games developed by [[Creator/FlightPlan Flight-Plan]]. It is their second such series after VideoGame/BlackMatrix and is notably much LighterAndSofter along with being better known. The series also contains three out of the four[[note]](PoisonPink[=/=]EternalPoison being the last one)[[/note]] Flight-Plan games to get a North American release, although all three are action-RPG spin-offs rather than from the main series. The games apply some DatingSim elements to them as well with multiple endings for virtually all the characters that join you whether you play as a boy or a girl. The series celebrated its [[VideoGameLongRunners 10th anniversary]] on January 6th, 2010 and has a [[http://summonnight.net/10thanniversary/index.html commemoration website]]. Unfortunately, the series is now effectively dead with the [[http://www.siliconera.com/2010/08/04/summon-night-developers-flight-plan-close-shop/ closing of its developer in August of 2010]]... [[http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/18/summon-night-5-announced-for-psp-summon-nights-1-4-coming-too/ until a new game finally got announced in July of 2012 for the PSP]], alongside ports of all the previous main series titles.

* TheObiWan: Craftlord of Sapphire Sakuro in the first game.
** Blaine annd Ryouga in the second game.
** Jade seems to be one these in the third game.

* AlmightyMom - Amariss.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Sanary.

* FrictionlessIce

** Tatiana is this in the 2nd game

* GirlsLove

* RandomEncounters

* RepetitiveName: Nina Nina. The PC mocks this by introducing them self as <charname> <charname> and <gbname> <gbname>, to which Nina calls them out on.
* SavePoint

** A villager in the item shop in Swordcraft Story 2 does this as well.

** Goura in the second game.

* {{Tsundere}}: Varil, Sanary.
** Loki, Dinah, and all have shades of it...

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* GoGoEnslavement: Sanary is victim of this at one point. Creepily, it becomes a [[RunningGag running gag]].

* ''[[VideoGame/SummonNightSwordcraftStory Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari (SummonNight: Swordcraft Story]])''

* NoExportForYou: Not surprising given Flight-Plan's lack of distribution capabilities. SCEA following Bernard "Bernie" Stolar's policy of disparaging 2D games and [=RPGs=] in the PS1 era likely didn't help.
** Surprisingly averted in the case of ''Summon Night 5'', thanks to Gaijinworks.

* AMasterMakesTheirOwnTools: Craftknights use weapons they have themselves have forged and consider it dishonorable to fight with a weapon crafted by someone else, even in life or death situations.
-->'''Blaire''': Have you already forgotten about the Spirit of the Craftknight?
-->'''Aera''': No, sir...
-->''' Blaire''': You have to make your own weapon! No Craftknight would go into battle with somebody else's sword! It'd be like... wearing their underwear! Yeurgh!

* HotBlood: Pratty again.
** Tatiana in the second game also has this.
* IdiotHair: Edgar
** Also, Nina Nina and [[spoiler: Passeau while still in Nina's body]]

* MightyGlacier: Run-Dor, the orange robot Guardian Beast in the third game. Can't jump, very slow. Has tons of HP and Defense, and hits like a truck. The player character can also be one of these in any of the games if they focus on Axes.

* FragileSpeedster: Enki, the fully animal Guardian Beast in the third game. Fast, spammy, but doesn't do much damage per hit, and his HP and Defense leaves something to be desired. The player character can be one of these in all three games by focusing on Knuckles.

* ''[[SummonNightSwordcraftStory Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari (SummonNight: Swordcraft Story]])''

* RelationshipValues

* TheRedMage: Reiha specializes in both offensive and support magic.

* ''Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari'' (''[[SummonNightSwordcraftStory Summon Night: Swordcraft Story]]'')

* ''Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari'' (''[[SummonNightSwordcraftStory Summon Night: Swordcraft Story'')

* ''Summon Night Craft Sword Monogatari'' (''Summon Night: Swordcraft Story'')

* SquishyWizard: Most summoners/casters are this. Most have surprisingly good magic defense and can [[MeatShield tank]] magic attacks until the enemy runs out of MP.

-> '''Random Character:''' Are you a boy or a girl?!
-> '''Arno:''' I am a child of the wind~