History VideoGame / ThreeDDotGameHeroes

''3D Dot Game Heroes'' is a title for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3. It's an homage to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series and retro gaming in general.

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* BalefulPolymorph: Implied; it does turn out that just about every [[spoiler:dog, cat, or chicken]] in a village that you can "talk" to actually WAS a human under some unexplained curse.

Oh, and it's where WebVideo/ScottTheWoz got his outro theme from.

* GoodMorningCrono: The hero starts his/her adventure waking up at an inn; he's been summoned by the King.
* GottaCatchThemAll: The six sages and their respective orb powers. Also, the Bestiary.

* NinjaMaid: You can play as one.

** Also happens throughout NewGamePlus.

* EvilOverlord: Dark King Onyx
* EvilSorcerer: Fuelle, the Dark Bishop

* FetchQuest: Several of the sidequests.

* GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed: Intentionally invoked.
* GrapplingHookPistol: The Wire Rod.
* GuideDangIt: Good luck finding the Anchor Rod upgrade on your own.
** Or finding Ai and Sue.
** Or getting the Moon Sword.

* OneHitPointWonder: Spelunker Mode.

* PlotCoupon: The six orbs in the six temples.

* SealedEvilInACan: Dark King Onyx.

* BossInMookClothing: You may occasionally encounter a large blue dragon wandering around in the overworld ... who will ''easily'' wipe the floor with you if you try to take the beast down.

* ButThouMust: Used, by name, by [[spoiler: the Princess after you save her and refuse to take her along. She will continue to say this until you agree.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: You can upgrade your sword's length and width. The innuendo did not go unnoticed by the game developers. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTThEUweoU See this trailer.]] Not to mention acquiring the Freeze spell from the Aqua Sage Ohtu, which requires you to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qu7e59sdno stab her repeatedly to create enough "stimulus"]] for her to release the magic power upon the Hero. If that wasn't blatant enough, she even groans and says "It's... COMING!!"

* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler: The first battle against Fuelle, as you don't have the necessary spell to make him vulnerable.]]

* LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler: Princess Iris, split into the three fairies Ai, Lee, and Sue.]]

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: The fairies Ai, Lee, and Sue. Put them together and you get [=AiLeeSue=], a (Japanese) phonetic pronunciation of "Iris", the princess and the true identity of the three combined fairies.]]

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler: Onyx]]
* MultipleEndings: Aside from dialogue differences based on your character class (Hero/Scholar/Royal), [[spoiler: [[SaveThePrincess saving the princess]]]] also factors in, but can't be done in the same run as the regular ending.

* NintendoHard: The first few dungeons aren't so bad, but once you get to the fifth dungeon ... half of the puzzles rely on finding red/blue switches to open or close matching blocks that block various passages. Die (and have to restart) with the switches in the wrong position and you could end up repeating half the dungeon just to get back. And this is ''on top of'' having to locate keys to open the doors. Oh, and the temple's boss is a dragon with significantly more HP than previous bosses...
** Not to mention that filling your Beastiary changes boss strategies into Endurance Battles, i.e. [[spoiler: Hitting them with a rather weak Book.]]

* OneHitPointWonder: Spelunker Mode
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: After you beat Fuelle once, the Dark Orb turns him into an incarnation of the Dark King Onyx.]]
* OptionalSexualEncounter: [[spoiler: If you stay the night in Raejack after rescuing the princess, one of these is implied by the innkeeper (and you'll also get the "Have a nice night?" trophy to go along with it).]]

* SealedEvilInACan: Dark King Onyx

* StockVideoGamePuzzle: Moving blocks, pressing switches, killing everything in the room, etc.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Sure, you can go ahead and keep slashing that Chicken in Raejack village. [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment But you probably won't leave the village alive....]]
* VideoGameTools: Boomerang, Bow and Arrow, Shield, Wire Rod, Candle, Lantern, etc.

* VideogameSettings: Everything from Octon-infested rivers to mummified golems in the desert dungeon.

[[ShoutOut/ThreeDDotGameHeroes This Shout-Outs list]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI is a secret to everybody]].

* ActionAdventure: Much of the game is based upon ''[[VideoGAme/TheLegendOfZeldaI the first Legend of Zelda]]''.

''3D Dot Game Heroes'' is a title for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3. It's an homage to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series and retro gaming in general. You play as a young hero trying to save the kingdom of Dotnia from some legendary evil. It references and parodies several gaming themes and clichés. It's not limited to gameplay, either. The entire game is depicted as a 2D title that has been converted into high-definition 3D; old-school sprites now look like giant chunks of polished Franchise/{{LEGO}} bricks. Though hardly groundbreaking, its humor and nostalgia appeal to older gamers.

[[ShoutOut/ThreeDDotGameHeroes This Shout-Outs list]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda is a secret to everybody]].

* ActionAdventure: Much of the game is based upon the first Legend of Zelda.

* ShoutOut: Many to classic and retro gaming in general, and VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI in specific. See the [[ShoutOut/ThreeDDotGameHeroes ShoutOut subpage]] for details.

* MiniGame: Dash Circuit, Blockout, and Block Defense.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Giga Sword becomes this if you spend a lot (and we mean a ''lot'') of money upgrading it.
** The ''true'' Infinity Plus One Sword is the Moonlight Sword, which you get for completing every sidequest, and when fully powered up is the most powerful sword you can have when you ''don't'' have full hearts, which not only reduces your sword to a much-reduced length and width but also typically downgrades your attack power by a sizable amount.

** The ''true'' Infinity Plus One Sword is the Moonlight Sword, which you get for completing every sidequest, and when fully powered up is the most powerful sword you can have when you ''don't'' have full hearts, which not only reduces your sword to a much reduced length and width but also typically downgrades your attack power by a sizable amount.

* {{Cap}}: Every sword has a certain amount of "potential" (measured in G) limiting how far you can upgrade it. The lowly Wooden Sword has none whatsoever, making it un-upgradable.
** Subverted with the Giga-Sword, the only sword in the game without any caps on its upgrades.

* ExcusePlot

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential / VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Sure, you can go ahead and keep slashing that Chicken in Raejack village. But you probably won't leave the village alive....

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Iris has gone missing. Good luck finding her.

* NostalgiaFilter: This game partly spoofs it by having old game mechanics in a 3D world, and throuh the backstory.

* ActionAdventure: Much of game is based upon the first Legend of Zelda.

* MoneySpider: You can make a small fortune by killing bosses. Certain enemies (zombies, Centathrows) drop gold coins frequently.

%% * ExcusePlot

''3D Dot Game Heroes'' is a title for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3. It's an homage to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series and retro gaming in general. You play as a young hero trying to save the kingdom of Dotnia from some legendary evil. It references and parodies several gaming themes and clichés. It's not limited to gameplay, either. The entire game is depicted as a 2D title that has been converted into high-definition 3D; old-school sprites now look like giant chunks of polished {{LEGO}} bricks. Though hardly groundbreaking, its humor and nostalgia appeal to older gamers.

%% * HelloInsertNameHere

%%* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon

%%* NostalgiaFilter

%% * PrincessesPreferPink: Princess Iris

* MetalSlime: The Crystal Slimes have a fair amount of HP and are very fast. The NPC who initially tells you that the best way to defeat one is to corner them.

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[[caption-width-right:350:8-bit gaming, Playstation 3 style]]

[[ShoutOut/ThreeDDotGameHeroes This Shout Outs list]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda is a secret to everybody]].

* BigBallOfViolence: One of the game's user-created character sprites is this.

* BadassPrincess: The female Royal class PC.