History VisualNovel / HotelDuskRoom215

* UnwinnableByMistake: Almost. When [[spoiler:Kyle gets locked in the basement and needs to find the password]], it's possible to end up there without the item required to find out exactly what you need to do. The place is also on a timer, and you end up with a game over if you take too long. However, if you spend enough time guessing, you can eventually get past it anyway.

* RealityEnsues: Acting like a traditional adventure game protagonist will get you in trouble if people find out you've been stealing their stuff or snooping around their rooms. This leads to moments where you have to avoid SayingTooMuch or hide any suspicious items you have on your person.

** You can unlock a ''VideoGame/GameAndWatch''-like minigame with [[ShowWithinAShow Pinkie Rabbit]] as the main character.

** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "I like suits. They're comfy and easy to wear."]]

** You can unlock a UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch-like minigame with [[ShowWithinAShow Pinkie Rabbit]] as the main character.

** Even the empty rooms have either appropriate or ironic names: Melissa gets trapped in Room 218, "Daybreak", which has no power and she enters because of depression when her father loses his temper; and [[spoiler:Bradley]] stayed in Room 217, "Prayer", where [[spoiler:he left "Angel Opening A Door" behind and, following his corruption, is noted to be "beyond prayer now"]]. Room 214, "Shrine", [[spoiler:acts as the hiding spot for Kyle and Louie to enact a break-in of Jeff Angel's room, which is basically a crime]]. Room 220, "Love", never has a guest named to it [[spoiler: but is accessible on a New Game+ playthrough. It contains a box of momentos from Milla's childhood with her family, the father of which not only let his corruption overtake love for his daughter but was something of a jerk whose actions destroyed a lot of lives - including Milla's.]]

* LineBoil: The character portraits. It's even used with Kyle's trophy in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl''.

** The track (in the first game) that plays [[spoiler: during the final chapter, where you finally figure out the whole mystery]] is called "The Last Sleep" which undoubtedly references ''Literature/TheBigSleep'' by none other than Creator/RaymondChandler.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "Osterzone is Dunning Smith."]]

* PermanentlyMissableContent: The vending machine's bonus gift. Particularly annoying because you only get one chance to get it and [[GuideDangIt the game doesn't tell you when that chance is]].

** Even the empty rooms have either appropriate or ironic names: Melissa gets trapped in Room 218, "Daybreak", which has no power and she enters because of depression when her father loses his temper; and [[spoiler:Bradley]] stayed in Room 217, "Prayer", where [[spoiler:he left "Angel Opening A Door" behind and, following his corruption, is noted to be "beyond prayer now"]]. Room 216, "Shrine", [[spoiler:acts as the hiding spot for Kyle and Louie to enact a break-in of Jeff Angel's room, which is basically a crime]]. Room 220, "Love", never has a guest named to it [[spoiler: but is accessible on a New Game+ playthrough. It contains a box of momentos from Milla's childhood with her family, the father of which not only let his corruption overtake love for his daughter but was something of a jerk whose actions destroyed a lot of lives - including Milla's.]]

->''I found myself a paper clip!''

* WomanInWhite: Mila.

Received what seems to be a SpiritualSuccessor in 2016, ''[[VideoGame/ChaseUnsolvedCasesInvestigationDivision Cold
Case Investigations - Distant Memories]]'', which recieved [[https://www.destructoid.com/that-hotel-dusk-spiritual-successor-is-coming-next-month-387636.phtml a surprise localization]], continuing the series' legacy of narrowly avoiding complete NoExportForYou.

!!''Hotel Dusk'' contains examples of:

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--> '''Kyle:''' It was [[spoiler:the other Kyle Hyde]]. Wasn't it?
--> '''Dunning:''' Hey! Who told ya that?
--> '''Kyle:''' You did. Just now.

Received what seems to be a SpiritualSuccessor in 2016, ''[[VideoGame/ChaseUnsolvedCasesInvestigationDivisionColdCase Investigations-Distant Memories]]'', which recieved [[https://www.destructoid.com/that-hotel-dusk-spiritual-successor-is-coming-next-month-387636.phtml a surprise localization]], continuing the series' legacy of narrowly avoiding complete NoExportForYou.

Received what seems to be a SpiritualSuccessor in 2016, ''[[VideoGame/ChaseUnsolvedCasesInvestigationDivision Chase: Cold Case Investigations - Distant Memories]]'', which recieved [[https://www.destructoid.com/that-hotel-dusk-spiritual-successor-is-coming-next-month-387636.phtml a surprise localization]], continuing the series' legacy of narrowly avoiding complete NoExportForYou.

* {{Earworm}}: The tunes can be a bit catchy.

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---> '''Louie:''' I need a drink, man - hell, I need three!

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* YouAreAlreadyCheckedIn: Subverted. Dunning remarks that someone with Kyle's named checked in about a year ago. This is the first clue something's up at this place.

--> '''Kyle:''' It was the other Kyle Hyde. Wasn't it?

* NonStandardGameOver: If you [[spoiler:check too many items while locked up in a airtight room at one point in chapter 10, Kyle will run out of oxygen and die. Interestingly, the Game Over screen still shows Kyle leaving the hotel.]] Also, if you lie to Summer in the bar at the beginning of chapter 7, you'll get a ''very'' bizarre [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxJ_FgvCPw Game Over sequence]]; this is notably the only [[spoiler:non-fatal]] Game Over where Dunning doesn't kick Kyle out, since Dunning was sick of Summer anyway and saw Summer's early departure as an excuse to get drunk with Kyle.

->''I found myself a paper clip!''

* NonStandardGameOver: If you [[spoiler:check too many items while locked up in a airtight room at one point in chapter 10, Kyle will run out of oxygen and die. Interestingly, the Game Over screen still shows Kyle leaving the hotel.]] Also, if you lie to Summer in the bar at the beginning of chapter 7, you'll get a ''very'' bizarre [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxJ_FgvCPw Game Over sequence]].

** Could be a coincidence, but the plot has a lot of similarities to ''TheLostRoom'', except without the ScienceFiction.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Every guest staying at Hotel Dusk tonight is connected to Kyle, Bradley, and/or one of the other guests. '''No exceptions.'''

** You can unlock a GameAndWatch-like minigame with [[ShowWithinAShow Pinkie Rabbit]] as the main character.

A sequel was released in 2010 titled ''VideoGame/LastWindow: Midnight Promise'', again featuring Kyle, now in Los Angeles in 1980. It was developer Cing's last game, and outside of Japan it was [[NoExportForYou only released in Europe]], which is [[{{Irony}} ironic]] seeing as to how the game is set in L.A.

Received what seems to be a SpiritualSuccessor in 2016, ''VideoGame/ChaseUnsolvedCasesInvestigationDivision'', which recieved [[https://www.destructoid.com/that-hotel-dusk-spiritual-successor-is-coming-next-month-387636.phtml a surprise localization]], continuing the series' legacy of narrowly avoiding complete NoExportForYou.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Osterzone was not real, but a pseudonym used by two painters; one of these painters was Dunning Smith, and the other was Milla's father, Robert Evens]]

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Invoked. [[spoiler:Osterzone - Dunning says his paintings sold better when they were reputed as being done by someone long dead.]]

** Louis himself is this to Kyle, as the latter more or less reveals everything he finds out to the former.
--->'''Kyle''': "Now look who's sounding like an advice columnist."

--->"Now look who's sounding like an advice columnist."

* TheConfidant: Kyle Hyde. He lampshades it at one point by asking Louie why everyone wants to dump their problems on him. Louie basically replies that it's because he comes across as TheEveryman - someone who knows how rough life can be and isn't going to play the HolierThanThou routine on them; he gives a straight answer in exchange for being told straight.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: [[spoiler:Osterzone - Dunning says his paintings sold better when they were reputed as being done by someone long dead.]]

** Kyle Hyde himself is in Room 215, "Wish." [[spoiler:His driving force in life is to find out why his partner Bradley betrayed him - and he does, so in spite of his cynicism, his disbelief of the supernatural and the story about the room granting wishes having been a total lie.]]
** Even the empty rooms have either appropriate or ironic names: Melissa gets trapped in Room 218, "Daybreak", which has no power and she enters because of depression when her father loses his temper; and [[spoiler:Bradley]] stayed in Room 217, "Prayer", where [[spoiler:he left "Angel Opening A Door" behind and, following his corruption, is noted to be "beyond prayer now"]]. Room 2164, "Shrine", [[spoiler:acts as the hiding spot for Kyle and Louie to enact a break-in of Jeff Angel's room]]. Room 220, "Love", never has a guest named to it [[spoiler: but is accessible on a New Game+ playthrough. It contains a box of momentos from Milla's childhood with her family, the father of which was something of a jerk whose actions destroyed a lot of lives - including Milla's.]]