History YMMV / FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight

* NightmareFuel: The Game Over sequence. EVERYONE IS DEAD.
** Beelzebub's face. ''Dear lord''.
** When one of your party dies, go to a town. You'll find their ghost floating around where they usually stand. If you try to speak to them, all you get is "[[VisibleSilence ...]]"
** The effect of [[TakenForGranite petrification]]. The party member looks like a cracked stone statue, and it's not healed once the battle is over. Rather, the character appears to be ''dragging itself behind the party'' like a possessed statue.

** "''Budōka''" (Martial Artist) became "Fighter", which thoroughly confused fans of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' and DungeonsAndDragons who might expect something closer to a swordsman.

* NightmareFuel: The Game Over sequence. EVERYONE IS DEAD.
** Beelzebub's face. ''Dear lord''.
** When one of your party dies, go to a town. You'll find their ghost floating around where they usually stand. If you try to speak to them, all you get is "[[VisibleSilence ...]]"
** The effect of [[TakenForGranite petrification]]. The party member looks like a cracked stone statue, and it's not healed once the battle is over. Rather, the character appears to be ''dragging itself behind the party'' like a possessed statue.

* ThatOneBoss - Trollud certainly has tripped up some players. Arbaroc is pretty difficult too, without the right equipment and crowns.
** Also, Beelzebub's "Fall of Angels" attack is a pretty swift Game Over until you're able to break its charge.
* ThatOneLevel - The Star Chamber. ''WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GO?!''
** There are actually only two dead ends. The problem with this is the fact that ''everything looks the same'', so even if you know exactly what you did wrong, backtracking is frustrating enough to want to throw your DS at the wall. And the worst part? The Start Chamber is the dungeon prior to reaching the final boss, who lurks in -- of course -- the last room. The only save point is ''at the entrance to the Star Chamber''. Oh, so you lost the final boss fight? [[SarcasmMode Congratulations]], you get to traverse the hell dungeon again! Forget saving the world; not having to slog through that friggin' dungeon again is ''more'' than enough motivation to throw your all into that final fight.
** To truly highlight just how ridiculously confusing the area is: the official strategy guide comes with a very clear map of the Star Chamber to help you on your way, but take heart! You will be not be referring to it for guidance at every corner. No. You will be referring to it for ''every step you take'', because thanks to the level design, you might as well be wandering through [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Rock Tunnel without Flash]].
* ThatOnePuzzle - The puzzle for the Lamp of Truth.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The FinalBoss's form. [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFT4HoL-Chaos.jpg That appears to be the dark heart of the cosmos]] swirling around (and emanating from) its cape, and the camera pulls back from the party during this battle to give you a better sense of scale of the thing. It's quite impressive.
* TheWoobie - Rolan. Well, [[spoiler:the representation of what good is left in his heart, anyway. The poor guy's been trapped, alone, in a realm of hatred and darkness for ''hundreds of years''. Then, when [[HopeSpot he finally believes that he's overcome his own evil and been set free of the hatred that's consumed him]], it breaks loose in an attempt to ''destroy the world''. Oh, and it forces him to make a hell of a murder attempt on the people who tried to save him in the first place]].

** "Yakushi (Pharmacist)" became "Salve-Maker".
** "Budouka (Martial Artist)" became "Fighter", which thoroughly confused fans of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' and DungeonsAndDragons who might expect something closer to a swordsman.
** "Asobinin (Playboy)" became "Party [[HostClub Host]]"
** "Doushi (Taoist)" became "Monk", confusing players expecting a BareFistedMonk (who is actually this game's "Fighter", as mentioned above).

* {{Woolseyism}}: The localization changes a number of the crown names from their intended meaning. To wit:

** "Yakushi (Pharmacist)" became "Salve-Maker"
** "Budouka (Martial Artist)" became "Fighter" (Which thoroughly confused fans of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' and DungeonsAndDragons who might expect more of a standard warrior)

** "Doushi (Taoist)" became "Monk" (Which often confuses people looking for a BareFistedMonk (actually the "Fighter" here))

** "Asobinin (Playboy)" became "Party Host"

* NostalgiaLevel: This whole game, really. The title music really hits hard for anyone who grew up on 8 and 16-bit {{RPG}}s.

* NostalgiaLevel This whole game, really. The title music really hits hard for anyone who grew up on 8 and 16-bit RPGs.

** "Budouka (Martial Artist)" became "Fighter" (Which thoroughly confused fans of FinalFantasyI and DungeonsAndDragons who might expect more of a standard warrior)

* ThatOneBoss - Trollud certainly has tripped up some newbie players.

* BreatherBoss: Leviathan. Despite his high HP, with the correct weapons and crowns, he's a joke. Lucifer can also qualify.

* NightmareFuel: The Game Over sequence. EVERYONE IS DEAD.
** Beelzebub's face. ''Dear lord''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Use the transform staff on Jusqua and he becomes what he truly is: A giant cock.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The crown [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaisajyaguru Bhaisajyaguru]] (薬師) was adapted into "Salve-Maker".

* GameBreaker: The moment you hit Urbeth, the merchant town, which sells [[DiscOneNuke very powerful magic very early in the game]]. It's expensive, but the same town hosts a shopkeeping minigame which can be easily exploited [[ForMassiveDamage for massive cash]], and even has several very short and easy sidequests to provide seed money. As if that weren't enough, there's a crown obtained in the same town that's powered by money.

** Not exactly the ''moment'', since you can access Urbeth before defeating [[spoiler: Trollud]], and the shopping minigame isn't avaliable at the time.

** Beelzebub's face. Dear lord.
* TheWoobie: Yunita, a FailureKnight who tries to rescue Aire on her own then gets yanked by Brandt, who ditches her in a misguided attempt to look like a strong, independent hero after the Sand Devil is killed. Jusqua later finds her in Urbeth dressed in rags, wallowing in self-pity and initially turning down Jusqua's attempts to make her join him and lift a curse on Aire (or so he thinks). And after the pair save Urbeth from a monster outbreak, ''he'' ditches her too. Worse still, she's not gaining EXP during all this, meaning that when she does finally rejoin, she's vastly behind the rest of the party.
** TheWoobie? Isn't she the IronWoobie?

** Also, Rolan. Well, [[spoiler:the representation of what good is left in his heart, anyway. The poor guy's been trapped, alone, in a realm of hatred and darkness for ''hundreds of years''. Then, when [[HopeSpot he finally believes that he's overcome his own evil and been set free of the hatred that's consumed him]], it breaks loose in an attempt to ''destroy the world''. Oh, and it forces him to make a hell of a murder attempt on the people who tried to save him in the first place]].

** The Elementalist's "Mysterio" spell gives the whole party resistance to ''all'' elemental attacks. If any characters already had resistance to any elements before it from equipment, they will be ''healed'' by attacks of those elements. Needless to say, Darkness-resistant armor and Mysterio are definitely your friend during the endgame.