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* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Wandersong's trolls are hairy ape-like monsters with horns—but mostly friendly once you get to know them.
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* EternalEngine: Act 4's Spirit World takes the factory theme of the chapter and runs with it, with elevators, gears, buzzsaws, and crushing spikes all serving as obstacles.
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* BottomlessPits: Mostly appear in the spirit world, though Act 6 features some as part of the mountain climb. Luckily, they don't do any sort of lasting damage—[[spoiler:not even when you're playing as Audrey]]
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* TakeAThirdOption: At the end of Act 2, the Bard is given the choice between returning home or staying in Delphi. He rejects both choices, insisting on finishing his quest.
** Later, near the end of Act 4, [[spoiler:the Dream King refuses to either teach the Bard his part of the Earthsong or let the Hero kill him, choosing instead to escape in the hopes of putting off his corruption a little longer.]]
** Later, near the end of Act 4, [[spoiler:the Dream King refuses to either teach the Bard his part of the Earthsong or let the Hero kill him, choosing instead to escape in the hopes of putting off his corruption a little longer.]]
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: In between Acts 3 and 4, [[spoiler:you get to control Audrey and use her lightning sword to take down the corrupted Queen of Winds.]]
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* IWantSong: "I Wanna Be The Hero" starts out as this for the Bard, putting into words his desire to prove himself capable of saving the world and making a difference. [[spoiler:When the actual Hero shows up at the end of Act Three, this [[BootstrappedLeitmotif becomes]] HER leitmotif instead.]]
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* CaramelldansenVid: One of the potential dances the Bard could learn.
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* WasItAllALie: The Bard has a reaction like this after realizing that the Rainbow didn't expect him to get so far. [[spoiler:By the time that he has all but one Earthsong piece, she has fully come around to his side sincerely.]]
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* WasItAllALie: The Bard has a reaction like this after realizing that the Rainbow Angel didn't expect him to get so far. [[spoiler:By the time that he has all but one Earthsong piece, she has fully come around to his side sincerely.]]
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* MissedTheCall: So, go around the world and collect all the Earthsong pieces from the Overseer. Sounds simple enough, except for one problem...you were never supposed to succeed or even get that far, to begin with, and the ACTUAL hero was supposed to come in and kill them.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: The Bard himself does this when the messenger of the Goddess Eya that the Earthsong could stop the world from ending. [[spoiler:This ends up causing him trouble as the ACTUAL Hero and even the messenger herself admits that they actually expected him to give up by the time he tried to contact the third Overseer.]]
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*** [[spoiler:Adding onto the idea that music is a old form of magic,]] the Bard himself could count for having MagicMusic. His singing is able to not only communicate with wildlife, wildlife but also make contact with ghosts, cause plants to move around in the direction he's singing, sing Overseer songs to reach their domains, ward off evil spirits, charge magic spells, act as a shield barrier, and in the end, [[spoiler:lead the world in a song to stop Eya from resetting the world.]]
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* RealityEnsues: After saving the town from ghosts, the mayor actually decides to appoint the Bard as the mayor. However, the other townspeople tell her that she still was able of capable of dealing with a plethora of other problems, causing her to back out and admit she overreacted in a sheepish matter.
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*** [[spoiler:Adding onto the idea that music is a old form of magic,]] the Bard himself could count for having MagicMusic. His singing is able to not only communicate with wildlife, but also make contact with ghosts, sing Overseer songs to reach their domains, ward off evil spirits, charge magic spells, act as a shield barrier, and in the end, [[spoiler:lead the world in a song to stop Eya from resetting the world.]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The main cover art for Wandersong has the Bard as the largest character, followed by the Rainbow Angel, Viola, and Miriam. However, Miriam, despite being the least prominent of the three in the artwork, is the {{Deuteragonist}}. Viola, on the other hand, is simply a side character.
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* WhereItAllBegan: Langtree serves as the first and final level for the game.game.
* {{Wingdinglish}}: The language of spirits in this game appear as random, colorful symbols. When the Bard learns this language, said symbols appear in the background of the speech bubble to indicate that it is still that language.
* {{Wingdinglish}}: The language of spirits in this game appear as random, colorful symbols. When the Bard learns this language, said symbols appear in the background of the speech bubble to indicate that it is still that language.
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* {{Adorkable}}: The Bard definitely counts. Have you ever seen anyone get so excited over bugs before? [[spoiler:Granted part of that was because they saved him and the Hero from a cave-in, but still.]]
* ApocalypseHow: On a universial scope.
* TheBard: The main character. [[CaptainObvious obviously.]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Played with. [[spoiler: The Overseers are corrupted, but not entirely evil, even when in their blackened forms. They still have memories of their personalities in them. However, it's the act of them giving up a part of the Earthsong to the Bard that corrupts and destroys them.]]
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* MultipleChoiceChosen: What ultimately starts the Bard on his quest to get the Earthsong and Audrey on her quest to kill the Overseers.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjiAmsjolQ4 The Launch Trailer shows off more of the later game stuff than the other trailers,]] [[spoiler:including what players could easily piece together as the End and the Earthsong that countered it, along with his heart to heart talk with Mirium.]]
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* ArousedByTheirVoice: Just listen to the Bard and his voice!
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* FriendToAllThings: Prety much wherever the Bard goes, expect him to befriend a majority of the population.
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* ActualPacifist: The Bard who outright refuses to kill or hurt anyone on his quest to the point that he even refuses to step on bugs, literally jumping in the air away from them if he's in danger of landing or even stepping on one. [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Works out for him in the end when the bugs decide that he's trustworthy and help him not only through the cave but also to escape after the cave in.]]
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* ActualPacifist: The Bard who outright refuses to kill or hurt anyone on his quest to the point that he even refuses to step on bugs, literally jumping in the air away from them if he's in danger of landing or even stepping on one. [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Works out for him in the end when the bugs decide that he's trustworthy and help him not only through the cave but also to escape after the cave in.]]]]]]
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* ActualPacifist: The Bard who outright refuses to kill or hurt anyone on his quest to the point that he even refuses to step on bugs, literally jumping in the air away from them if he's in danger of landing or even stepping on one. [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Works out for him in the end when the bugs decide that he's trustworthy and help him not only through the cave but also to escape after the cave in.]]
* ArousedByTheirVoice: Just listen to the Bard and his voice!
* CaffeineBulletTime: During the voyage in Act 3, the crew decides to egg the Bard into drinking his first cup of coffee. The end results were the Bard passing out till the next day after tossing everyone around with his more boisterous than usual voice, and immediately getting banned from drinking any more coffee.
* DoomedHometown: Langtree, the town the Bard lived in before his adventure started is...worse for wear by the time he comes back for the final Earthsong piece.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What sets the plot in motion with Eva wanting to start over the world with the Bard claiming the world doesn't need to die.
* FriendToAllThings: Prety much wherever the Bard goes, expect him to befriend a majority of the population.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What sets the plot in motion with Eva wanting to start over the world with the Bard claiming the world doesn't need to die.
* FriendToAllThings: Prety much wherever the Bard goes, expect him to befriend a majority of the population.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Bard is quick to call out Audrey when she kills an Overseer, [[spoiler:shoots a lightning bolt that almost kills Miriam, backs out of her promise to be nice to kill an Overseer...pretty much whenever she does something that is against his pacifistic philosophy.]]
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* WasItAllALie: The Bard has a reaction like this after realizing that the Rainbow didn't expect him to get so far. [[spoiler:By the time that he has all but one Earthsong piece, she has fully come around to his side sincerely.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Bard is quick to call out Audrey when she kills an Overseer, [[spoiler:shoots a lightning bolt that almost kills Miriam, backs out of her promise to be nice to kill an Overseer...pretty much whenever she does something that is against his pacifistic philosophy.]]]]
* WhereItAllBegan: Langtree serves as the first and final level for the game.
* WhatTheHellHero: Bard is quick to call out Audrey when she kills an Overseer, [[spoiler:shoots a lightning bolt that almost kills Miriam, backs out of her promise to be nice to kill an Overseer...pretty much whenever she does something that is against his pacifistic philosophy.
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* TheHero: Audrey, who literally calls herself the hero, being chosen by the Rainbow Angel to slay the Overseers that will destroy the world if unattended to. [[spoiler: Slowly subverted with the Hero being a arrogant jerk with the Bard taking the role with the (mostly completed) Earthsong.]]
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* TheHero: Audrey, who literally calls herself the hero, being chosen by the Rainbow Angel to slay the Overseers that will destroy the world if unattended to. [[spoiler: Slowly subverted with the Hero being a an arrogant jerk with the Bard taking the role with the (mostly completed) Earthsong.]]
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* MissedTheCall: So, go around the world and collect all the Earthsong pieces from the Overseer. Sounds simple enough, except for one problem...you were never supposed to succeed or even get that far to begin with, and the ACTUAL hero was supposed to come in and kill them.
* MissedTheCall: So, go around the world and collect all the Earthsong pieces from the Overseer. Sounds simple enough, except for one problem...you were never supposed to succeed or even get that far to begin with, and the ACTUAL hero was supposed to come in and kill them.
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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: And how! The game ordinarily plays like any other puzzle platformer game, and as expected there are a few rhythm-esque minigames here and there. But in Act Three, there's a short segment that resembles a downhill snowboarding game, the entirety of Act Four feels closer to a point-and-click game, and between Three and Four [[spoiler: you play as The Hero, whose segment resembles a puzzle-action game complete with a health bar.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Bard is quick to call out Audrey when she
* WhatTheHellHero: Bard is quick to call out Audrey when she
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* MagicMusic: The goddess Eya created the world through song; she will destroy this one by singing another. [[spoiler:In Mohabumi, it's said that music is, in fact, a very primitive form of magic.]]
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* LamePunReaction: Whenever someone makes a really bad one, there's a short [[BeatPanel beat]] accompanied with a descending slide whistle.
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* MagicMusic: The goddess Eya created the world through song; she will destroy this one by singing another.
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* TheHero: Audrey, who literally calls herself the hero.
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: Twice, one in Chapter 4 after being told he was actually supposed to give up by the Rainbow Girl, and second after falling into the cavern trapped with the Hero.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder "All the things that you will see, and you certainly will be free, if you wander over yonder, just you and me!"]]'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder "All the things that you will see, and you certainly will be free, if you wander over yonder, just you and me!"]]'']]
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[[https://wanderso.ng/ Wandersong]], by Greg Lobanov, is a GenreMashup of a game, containing elements of [[PuzzleGame puzzle games]], [[PlatformGame platformers]], [[AdventureGame adventure games]], and of course, [[RhythmGame rhythm games]]. You play as the Bard, an everyday (if not rather odd) singer who finds that, sometime soon, [[JustBeforeTheEnd the world is about to be destroyed]] to start anew. Resolved to prevent the erasure of the life he loves, he goes on a quest to learn the pieces of the Earthsong. On the way he meets Miriam, a [[GothGirlsKnowMagic dour, sarcastic witch]] who accompanies him on his quest.
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[[https://wanderso.ng/ Wandersong]], by Greg Lobanov, is a GenreMashup of a game, containing elements of [[PuzzleGame puzzle games]], [[PlatformGame platformers]], [[AdventureGame adventure games]], and of course, [[RhythmGame rhythm games]]. You play as the Bard, an everyday (if not rather odd) singer who finds that, sometime soon, [[JustBeforeTheEnd the world is about to be destroyed]] to start anew. Resolved to prevent the erasure of the life land he loves, he goes on a quest to learn the pieces of the Earthsong. On the way he meets Miriam, a [[GothGirlsKnowMagic dour, sarcastic witch]] who accompanies him on his quest.
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->''"I'm just a bard but I'll work hard / to show them what's inside"''
-->-- '''TheBard, "I Wanna Be A Hero"'''
The world is ending, but you're no hero; just a QuirkyBard. So what do you do? Why, sing, of course!
[[https://wanderso.ng/ Wandersong]], by Greg Lobanov, is a GenreMashup of a game, containing elements of [[PuzzleGame puzzle games]], [[PlatformGame platformers]], [[AdventureGame adventure games]], and of course, [[RhythmGame rhythm games]]. You play as the Bard, an everyday (if not rather odd) singer who finds that, sometime soon, [[JustBeforeTheEnd the world is about to be destroyed]] to start anew. Resolved to prevent the erasure of the life he loves, he goes on a quest to learn the pieces of the Earthsong. On the way he meets Miriam, a [[GothGirlsKnowMagic dour, sarcastic witch]] who accompanies him on his quest.
What follows is a funny, silly, heartbreaking, tense, and poignant story...along with a lot of singing.
In Wandersong, the player can run and jump, just like in any platform game, but the crux of the gameplay comes from your ability to sing: by tilting the right stick in various directions, you belt out a note. Effects this has include causing animals to follow you, calming angry ghosts, navigating the sea, and [[BigShutUp getting people to yell at you]].
Can be found on PC via Steam and the Nintendo Switch.
**This game features a LOT of fun twists and turns, so even unspoilered text might be considered spoilers! You've been warned.**
!This game provides examples of:
*[[ADogNamedDog A Bard Named Bard]]: One of the possible names you can choose is "Bard".
*CrapsaccharineWorld: With the cheery colors and adorable construction-paper design, you'd have no idea that the creation goddess is about to destroy it! InvokedTrope, in this case: in a [[https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/09/colorful-musical-platformer-wandersong-is-coming-to-the-switch-in-2018/ VentureBeat interview]], Greg states that if the game was always positive, "it would be a very empty experience".
*HelloInsertNameHere: PlayedWith. When Saphy asks for your name, you don't open up a standard naming dialogue; instead, you use the regular choice interface, which is selecting a response from the singing wheel. Of course, with only 8 choices maximum per wheel, you won't have too many options for names, and you might have to try again to get a name you'd be satisfied with. Choosing to try again has Miriam [[LampshadedTrope lampshade this]] by wondering why it took you so many tries to get your name right!
*MagicMusic: The goddess Eya created the world through song; she will destroy this one by singing another. [[spoiler:In Mohabumi, it's said that music is in fact a very primitive form of magic.]]
*UnexpectedGameplayChange: And how! The game ordinarily plays like any other puzzle platformer game, and as expected there are a few rhythm-esque minigames here and there. But in Act Three, there's a short segment that resembles a downhill snowboarding game, the entirety of Act Four feels closer to a point-and-click game, and between Three and Four [[spoiler: you play as The Hero, whose segment resembles a puzzle-action game complete with a health bar.]]
-->-- '''TheBard, "I Wanna Be A Hero"'''
The world is ending, but you're no hero; just a QuirkyBard. So what do you do? Why, sing, of course!
[[https://wanderso.ng/ Wandersong]], by Greg Lobanov, is a GenreMashup of a game, containing elements of [[PuzzleGame puzzle games]], [[PlatformGame platformers]], [[AdventureGame adventure games]], and of course, [[RhythmGame rhythm games]]. You play as the Bard, an everyday (if not rather odd) singer who finds that, sometime soon, [[JustBeforeTheEnd the world is about to be destroyed]] to start anew. Resolved to prevent the erasure of the life he loves, he goes on a quest to learn the pieces of the Earthsong. On the way he meets Miriam, a [[GothGirlsKnowMagic dour, sarcastic witch]] who accompanies him on his quest.
What follows is a funny, silly, heartbreaking, tense, and poignant story...along with a lot of singing.
In Wandersong, the player can run and jump, just like in any platform game, but the crux of the gameplay comes from your ability to sing: by tilting the right stick in various directions, you belt out a note. Effects this has include causing animals to follow you, calming angry ghosts, navigating the sea, and [[BigShutUp getting people to yell at you]].
Can be found on PC via Steam and the Nintendo Switch.
**This game features a LOT of fun twists and turns, so even unspoilered text might be considered spoilers! You've been warned.**
!This game provides examples of:
*[[ADogNamedDog A Bard Named Bard]]: One of the possible names you can choose is "Bard".
*CrapsaccharineWorld: With the cheery colors and adorable construction-paper design, you'd have no idea that the creation goddess is about to destroy it! InvokedTrope, in this case: in a [[https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/09/colorful-musical-platformer-wandersong-is-coming-to-the-switch-in-2018/ VentureBeat interview]], Greg states that if the game was always positive, "it would be a very empty experience".
*HelloInsertNameHere: PlayedWith. When Saphy asks for your name, you don't open up a standard naming dialogue; instead, you use the regular choice interface, which is selecting a response from the singing wheel. Of course, with only 8 choices maximum per wheel, you won't have too many options for names, and you might have to try again to get a name you'd be satisfied with. Choosing to try again has Miriam [[LampshadedTrope lampshade this]] by wondering why it took you so many tries to get your name right!
*MagicMusic: The goddess Eya created the world through song; she will destroy this one by singing another. [[spoiler:In Mohabumi, it's said that music is in fact a very primitive form of magic.]]
*UnexpectedGameplayChange: And how! The game ordinarily plays like any other puzzle platformer game, and as expected there are a few rhythm-esque minigames here and there. But in Act Three, there's a short segment that resembles a downhill snowboarding game, the entirety of Act Four feels closer to a point-and-click game, and between Three and Four [[spoiler: you play as The Hero, whose segment resembles a puzzle-action game complete with a health bar.]]
