History VideoGame / WildArms1

The first installment in the ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. Notable for combining the Western (as in cowboys) genre with both Fantasy and Science Fiction.

* AllMenArePerverts: Your front line needs to consist of only guys to read ([[EverythingTryingToKillYou and]] [[BonusBoss fight]]) the dirty magazine you can find.

** [[spoiler: Boomerang returns from hell as a BonusBoss just so he can fight you one last time.]]

** Inverted with Zed. The majority of the fights with him when he's a prettyboy are jokes, and he isn't treated by the game much better than that. But when he goes full hulking demon mode as a BonusBoss, he is a ''serious'' threat.

* BonusBoss:
** Ragu O Ragla.
** The Golems that aren't fought in the main story.
** Angel Moa.
** There are rematches with [[spoiler:Boomerang, Zed, and in ''ACF'', the Rotting Beast from Rudy's intro sequence]].
** Chaos, which is {{permanently missable|Content}} if you finish the dungeon it's in before fighting it.

* HarmlessVillain: Zed. [[spoiler:In both games, he becomes a [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Not So Harmless]] BonusBoss; in the remake, he joins as one of the strongest party members.]]

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Zed, while not exactly a pushover in battle, is largely viewed as a joke that can't do anything right, both by the heroes and his fellow villains. Which makes the [[BonusBoss optional battle]] against him late in the game much more alarming when he proves surprisingly capable of handing you your ass...

* KillSat: [[spoiler: BonusBoss Barbados fires off a laser ''before'' you start out the battle against it. If you have Asgard with you, though, he'll nullify it with a barrier.]]

The first installment in the ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series on the Playstation. Notable for combining the Western (as in cowboys) genre with both Fantasy and Science Fiction.

* ChekhovsClassroom: Just over halfway through the game, Zeikfried drags your party into the Gate Generator and forced you to fight in the middle of subspace. Once the fight is over, he mocks your recklessness and reveals such actions can cause explosions. [[spoiler: At the very end of the game he returns as Zeik Tuvai and challenges you as you travel between dimensions to return home. The build up of energy from the battle causes all of Ka Dingle to go up in fire. If it wasn't for Asgard, the heroes would have been toast.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the original, Jane mentions that she has an older sister named Jessica. While she never actually appears on screen, she's apparently even cuter than Jane, and one kid [[LegFocus comments on how her legs]]. In the remake, Jessica only gets a passing mention during a bit of backstory exposition prior to Jane becoming a permanent member.

* LightningBruiser: Jack.

* ShesGotLegs:
** Emma, of all people. Hard to believe she's 39.
** InUniverse, one of the boys in Court Seim describes Jane's sister, Jessica, as this. She never appears on-screen, though.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the original, Jane mentions that she has an older sister named Jessica. While she never actually appears on screen, she's apparently even cuter than Jane, and one kid comments on how ShesGotLegs. In the remake, Jessica only gets a passing mention during a bit of backstory exposition prior to Jane becoming a permanent member.

** Cecilia is the Princess (later Queen) of Adlehyde so is the Bright Lady with Rudy and Jack both acting as her {{White Knights}}. Rudy fits into the role quite easily due to his willingness to protect everyone he cares about. Because of his past, it takes a while to grow into the role.

** Jack's special ability is the Fast Draw, based on his ability to create magical effects from drawing his sword quickly. He's all about speed. In gameplay terms, he is pretty much the fastest character, friend or foe; he almost always goes first. There is pretty much only one enemy that's faster: Lady Harken. This is, in fact, a plot point: She also uses the Fast Draw, and is [[spoiler: Elmina, one of the Fenril Knights who sacrificed herself for Jack.]]

* WildCard: Boomerang pretty much only cares about fighting, so much so that his strong desire for battle seduced [[spoiler: the Guardian of Desire]] to follow him. At one point, he even protects the party from his supposed allies in order to be able to fight with them again. He was this during the demon war of 1000 years ago as well. He fought for neither side, simply battling anyone he felt would give him a good fight.

* ParentalFavouritism: Mother clearly favours Ziekfried to the point he's the only Quarter Knight she addresses. Unfortunately for him, this is one parent you don't want favouring you as [[spoiler: she plans to use his body as the next vessel for her existence when she moves onto the next world to destroy.]]

** Most of the villains were given a completely different appearance in the remake. Boomerang is now a cyborg with a BadassLongcoat, Harken is more akin to a Valkyrie, Berserk has more traditional battle armor and long white hair, Zed was made fairly more human-like, Mother became much paler and taller (and some would argue even more frightening), and Ziekfried is now completely armored head to toe and bears a slight resemblance to [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Nightmare]]. The only villain who retained his original appearance was Alhazad.

* '''Rudy Roughnight''' is a young [[WalkingTheEarth Wanderer]] (Dream Chaser in the original) who is making a living doing odd jobs at various towns around the world. During one of his jobs, a child enters a dangerous area in search of a holy berry, which can heal any wound, to save his injured father. Rudy follows, and saves the child, but doing so reveals that he has one of the ancient weapons from the wars, an ARM. The villagers [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer immediately vote to banish him]]. He happens to drift to the city of Adelhyde, where he meets...
* '''Jack Van Burace''' is a TreasureHunter who is seeking "absolute power." A clue in a ruin leads him to Lolithia's coffin and into Adelhyde on the fated day. He is seeking revenge on the demons, which leads him to act recklessly at times. He has a strong distrust of nobles due to a tragic event in his past, which leads him to initially dislike...
* '''Cecilia Lynne Adelhyde''' is the RebelliousPrincess of Adelhyde. She was educated in Curan Abbey as a [[SquishyWizard Crest Sorceress]] and possesses a mysterious artifact called the [[MacGuffin Teardrop]], which allows her to commune with Guardians. Before leaving the Abbey, she unsealed the water Guardian from his long imprisonment there. She is on a quest to find and unlock all the Guardians to prevent a disaster brought about by the demons.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Zed antagonizes you all throughout the Gate Generator. You finally corner him him in the control room, where he unveils a new sword and is ready to fight you again... only for Zeikfried to order him to stand down, so you have to fight him instead.

* CantYouReadTheSign: In Berry Cave you come across a notice that says 'Do not destroy this sign'. Guess what you have to do in order to continue.

* ChewToy: Poor, poor Bartholomew, especially in ACF. People seem to care about everyone else except him, especially when it comes to retrieving the second Gemini circuit. Examples:

* {{Hypocrite}}: The mayor who banishes Rudy from the first village in the game, does so because Rudy used a gun. Considering that this man is the one who gave Ruby '''actual bombs''' as a reward for doing odd jobs, this desicion to excile Rudy can come accross as a ''little bit'' hypocritical.

* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Quite literally—[[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption you actually go to great lengths in order to do just that, fully aware of whom you're giving it to and how much of a bad idea it is]], although it's basically the heroes being unable to [[TakeAThirdOption Take (or Think Up) a Third Option]] on the SadisticChoice. This essentially sets up the plot for the first half of the game.

** Jack is the Mean due to him rude and abrasive. He's particularly harsh towards Cecilia near the beginning of the game due to his distrust of royalty. He also [[SirSwearsALot swears the most to emphasise his blunt nature.]]
** Cecilia is the In Between. She's more polite and open than Jack but is more self interested than Rudy. She'll easily call out those she sees as doing wrong, or who simply annoy her.

** InUniverse, one of the boys in Court Seim describes Jane's sister, Jessica, as this. She never appears on-screen though.

** [[spoiler:Mother's death turns out to be only the halfway point.]] This starts a trend for Wild Arms games.

* FiveManBand: In the original version.
** TheLeader (Rudy)
** TheLancer (Jack)
** TheBigGuy (Asgard)
** TheChick (Cecilia)
** TheSmartGuy (Hanpan)