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8	A spin-off of Creator/{{Falcom}}'s ''Xanadu'' series, ''Tokyo Xanadu'' is first for the company in that, as opposed to being set in a fantasy world, it is set in an alternate version of the real world, specifically Tokyo. It is an ActionRPG with the graphical engine of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'', released on September 30, 2015 for the Platform/PlayStationVita.
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10	Set in the fictional city of Morimiya on the outskirts of Tokyo, the story follows Kou Tokisaka; an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who works at various overnight part-time jobs to make ends meet while his parents are working overseas. One night, he finds his classmate Asuka Hiiragi being stalked by delinquents, and tries to intervene to save her when out of nowhere, a strange gate appears and draws all of them inside an unknown place. Kou then finds Asuka defeating some monsters using a sword, saving both Kou and the delinquents from them. But before he could ask questions, Asuka erases his memory, and Kou wakes up barely remembering what happened.
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12	The next day, Kou attends class at Morimiya Academy, and later works at another part-time job in the evening. After finishing work, Kou finds his childhood friend Shiori being pursued by an invisible creature, and gets drawn into another strange gate. Asuka arrives just in time to deal with the situation, but strongly insists Kou to turn back immediately. However, Kou regains his memory of the night before, and all of a sudden, a strange light grants him a Soul Device; a weapon that can defeat monsters called [[TheHeartless Greeds]]. Surprised by this, Kou tags along with Asuka to save his friend Shiori from the monster pursuing her.
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14	He is later informed that Morimiya is plagued by a phenomenon known as the Eclipse, which commonly spirits people away into labyrinths where Greeds inhabit. Asuka is a Wielder and an Enforcer of an organization called Nemesis, and her job is to search out for Eclipse gates and defeat the Greeds inside to negate them. Since Kou gained his Soul Device and became a Wielder himself, he also tags along to help Asuka defeat the Greeds.
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16	Later, as the story progresses, more students from Morimiya Academy get involved with the Eclipse and become Wielders themselves, and together with Kou and Asuka, they form the Xanadu Research Club (X.R.C. for short) in order to protect Morimiya City from the Greeds.
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18	An enhanced port of the game, ''Tokyo Xanadu eX+'', was released on September 8, 2016 for the Platform/PlayStation4 and Platform/{{Steam}} on December 2017. It features side-stories for most of the playable cast, an after-story taking place months after the main story, and previous [=NPCs=] PromotedToPlayable. A port to the Platform/NintendoSwitch was released on June 29, 2023 in Japan.
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20	Surprising many fans, the original Platform/PlayStationVita game was released by Creator/AksysGames in the United States on June 30, 2017, whilst ''eX+'' was released in fall of the same year. The English release of the Switch port is slated for July 25, 2024, with a revised localization.
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22	A sequel to the game, currently titled ''Tokyo Xanadu New Project'', has been announced.
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24	Compare ''VideoGame/TokyoMirageSessionsFE'', a ''VideoGame/FireEmblem''/''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' spin-off also removed from the former's medieval fantasy roots to be set in modern-day Tokyo. Tokyo Xanadu is also often compared to SMT's spinoff ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'', in which several aspects of said game were appropriated[[note]]Kou's Intelligence, Courage and Virtue meter, as well as the overall storyline of an alternate dimensional plane overlayed over the the town and being accessible through some means only the protagonists are aware of. Furthermore, both this game and the ''Trails'' series sharing several expies of its characters, graphics and gameplay mechanics despite being different overall different genres further invites comparisons between ''SMT'' and its ''various'' spinoffs[[/note]].
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26	!!This game provides examples of:
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28	* AlternateHistory: The existence of the Eclipse aside, reading into a bit of lore from the school library books reveals that Japan's military has developed much differently in the game's universe than it did in real life. It became the fourth largest military in the world [[note]]For reference, that is just below the three major military superpowers of China, Russia, and the US, and higher than Japan's current rank in real life which usually hovers around ninth or tenth place.[[/note]], among its arsenal includes {{Humongous Mecha}}s called Valiant Gears, which are seen in action in Chapter 7.
29	* AmateurFilmMakingPlot: One subquest involves Kou and his friends helping the movie club shoot a film, with Ryouta as the main protagonist.
30	* AncientOrderOfProtectors: While a bit more subdued due to the fact that the earliest detection of Greeds dates back to after the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in-universe, The Underground (which consists of Nemesis, Zodiac, and [[spoiler:The Kronos Orden]]) more or less plays this role by acting as the overseers to all Eclipse-related phenomenon in the world, and frequently cover up said incidents from the public as either missing person's cases, freak accidents or natural disasters as a way of protecting civilians from harm.
31	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The Witch's Briar Castle is a long dungeon with three maps and cutscenes in-between each one. The first time you run through it, there will be save points between each map to make up for the length of the maps and cutscenes.
32	* AntiGrinding: The game follows Falcom's usual practice of having diminishing returns for fighting monsters of a given strength as the party's level goes up. In addition, upgrading the Soul Devices is dependent on having certain monster drop items, and every upgrade slot requires different ones, that are found in different dungeons. By the time you clear a given dungeon 2-3 times, you'll have all of that drop that you can possibly use, so there's no point in long-term grinding for crafting materials, either.
33	* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: You can only bring a maximum of three characters out of the grand total of eight (ten in ''eX+'') into any labyrinths at a time, and the third slot is reserved as a support slot for the character to be on standby while gradually healing from damage. This is even [[HandWave hand waved]] in-game by Asuka, who notes that bringing more people into labyrinths could be dangerous, and insists that other party members should fall behind for back-up just in case.
34	* BaitAndSwitchBoss: In Chapter 5, the party encounters the Abyss Hound guarding [[spoiler:Asuka's cage]] after Kou and Mitsuki defeated it earlier on. However, a different Elder Greed (Chaos Raven) suddenly descends and kills Abyss Hound before fighting the party.
35	* BigFriendlyDog: One regular at the park, Sachie, has a collie named John who’s quite friendly.
36	* BishonenLine: Generally speaking, the higher ranked Greeds are more human-looking.
37	* BlandNameProduct:
38	** One of the electronics brands on sale at Star Market is “Yanaha.” Also on sale are products from [[Creator/{{Sony}} Sany]], [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Antendo]] and [[Creator/MicrosoftStudios Mystsoft]].
39	** Rion drinks a "Dr. Paper" in her Chapter 5.5 friendship event.
40	** In the After-story, Towa is shown using a "Zell" laptop.
41	** The Xiphone itself is a very clever one to the [=iPhone=], just with an extra X added.
42	** One of the items you can buy for Kou's room is a video game console called the "[[Platform/PlayStation4 [=MegaStation=] 4]]".
43	** All over the place on Station Square. Sometimes it's adding one character (''M''isetan[[note]]''Isetan'' Proper[[/note]] and ''N''ikea[[note]]Ikea, along a parody of the unmistakable logo[[/note]]), sometimes it's subtracting one character (Akashimaya[[note]]''Takashimaya'' proper[[/note]], and sometimes it's swapping one character out for another (''N''OS Burger[[note]]''MOS Burger'' proper.[[/note]]). There is also a sports outlet called Izuno[[note]]''Mizuno'' proper[[/note]] there.
44	** The [=TVs=] sold by Star Camera comes from the ''Aqua'' series line-up[[note]]''Aquos'' proper[[/note]].
45	** The railway service in the country is run by Nippon Rail, with a logo that's a stylized ''NR'' [[note]]In real life, the Japanese railway service is run by Japan Rail, whose logo is a stylized ''JR''[[/note]].
46	* BoringButPractical: Ranged skills generally have less DPS than Power and Flying skills, but they're useful for avoiding close-ranged attacks while still maintaining a combo.
47	* BossBonanza: [[spoiler:In the Final Chapter, any Elder Greed bosses that weren't previously [[DegradedBoss degraded]] will be fought again, with the first boss being fought out in the streets, and the others in the three pillars. The exception to this is the Dark Delphinium, most likely due to already being used as the demo boss.]]
48	* BossOnlyLevel: [[spoiler:The Sanctuary of Eternity in the Epilogue. It has no labyrinth to go through, nor any Greeds to fight along the way. It's just one boss battle against the Nine-Tailed Fox.]]
49	* BossRush: In ''eX+'', after defeating each of the main bosses once, you gain the option to fight them again from both the Main Story and the Side/After-Stories in the new Boss Battle mode, with an actual "Boss Rush" option available once you complete the Main Story and the After Story if you want to fight them one after the other.
50	* BossSubtitles: Every boss in the game is introduced by subtitles that briefly display on-screen and say "Elder/Grim Greed: [Boss Name Here]", with the first two words indicating what type of Greed you are facing.
51	* CallingYourAttacks: Chances are everyone are calling their Cross Strike names when doing that.
52	* TheCavalry: Monsters attacking the country, and responsible for an earthquake trashing the capital? [[spoiler:The military ''will'' look into ways to deal with them should they ever come back.]]
53	* CityOfAdventure: Morimiya City - the game's HubLevel - is divided into several districts for the player to explore around, talk to [=NPC=]s, and do sidequests and friendship events. And as you progress further through the story, more districts will be unlocked, which will further expand the city and the scope of your adventure. The game's back cover even advertises the game as being 1/2 ActionRPG, and 1/2 ''City Adventure''.
54	* CityOfSpies: Due to the Eclipse events, it seems like almost everyone in Morimiya has something to do with the "Underground," the loose grouping of conspiracies that keep the Eclipse under control. And this is just the beginning; the StudentCouncilPresident and princess of a MegaCorp gives orders to a {{Yakuza}} waka gashira.
55	* ColbertBump: An InUniverse example; after a travel show does a piece about Shopping Street, business picks up all over.
56	* ColonyDrop: Yuuki’s X-Strike attack ends with a satellite dropping onto the enemies.
57	* CompanyCrossReferences: The game makes references to many other Falcom works in the game world.
58	** Posters for ''[[VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana Ys VIII]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel III]]'', and in Cold Steel III's case, even featured an in-game television screen showing screenshots of the game. It should be noted that both games are still in early stages of development when ''Tokyo Xanadu'' was released.
59	** When getting his soul device, Kou was asked "Do you want power?" by the Twilight Child, no doubt playing on the infamous scene at the end of the first Cold Steel where Valimar asked Rean the same thing but in YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe.
60	** In Shiori’s friendship event in Chapter 4, Kou is reading a story about a certain [[VideoGame/{{Ys}} red-haired adventurer]].
61	** If you challenged Towa in the Gate of Avalon mini-game, she will mention that one of her friend from college is the creator of it, possibly a reference to Crow as he's a close friend of her Cold Steel incarnation who popularizes Blade which Gate of Avalon is based on.
62	** Some party members are this to the cast of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'', and some even from other ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' games:
63	*** Kou is a high school student who happens to take a lot of part-time jobs after school, like Rean who became an errand boy for Thors' Student Council which became the sources of some of the game's side quests.
64	*** Yuuki is a major shoutout to Jona Sacred from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure]]'' in that both are Computer Wizard/Playful Hackers with extremely similar personalities. They even recycled ''Terminal Room'', which is practically Jona's theme, for use with Yuuki.
65	*** [[spoiler:Jun AKA White Shroud]] also has some similarities with [[spoiler: Wazy Hemisphere]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZero'' as both of them are soft-spoken [[spoiler:green-haired {{pretty boy}}s]] who are actually powerful [[spoiler:ChurchMilitant]] on secret infiltration missions.
66	*** Towa Kokonoe is identical to Towa Herschel from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel''.
67	** The arcade at Horaicho has some pretty interesting games:
68	*** They have a game called ''Gate of Avalon'', which is what the card game ''Blade'' is called in this universe. Incidentally, in the first ''Cold Steel'', ''Gate of Avalon'' is a Blade card game tournament held during the Thor's school festival.
69	*** There's a game called ''Explosive Fishing with Demon Rean'', which features Rean and several popular Erebonian fishing spots. The [=PS4=] and PC version plays identically to the fishing minigame in ''Cold Steel II''
70	*** The arcade also has ''Pom! Pom! Party!'' machines. Sadly, those are not playable.
71	*** The claw machine in the arcade is themed after ''VideoGame/GuruminAMonstrousAdventure''.
72	*** One game at the arcade is ''Mishy Panic with Magical Girl Alisa'', combining characters from both ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' with one of the minigames from the latter.
73	** The ShowWithinAShow ''Magical Girl Alisa'' features characters from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' in a MagicalGirl setting.
74	** One of the sidequests requires Kou to dress up as the town mascot, Morimaru, and do a performance because the regular actor for the character has fallen ill. This is a play-by-play callback to a sidequest in ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure'' where Lloyd has to dress up as the Mishelam Wonderland mascot, Mishy, and do a performance because the regular actor for the character has fallen ill.
75	* CookingMechanics: There is a wide variety of [[https://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/228179-tokyo-xanadu-ex/faqs/75419/recipe-list dishes to cook]], to say nothing of all the different ingredients required for each recipe. Each type of dish can be cooked into a regular dish, a special dish, some sort of non-food item, or something terrible that can either restore an inferior amount of HP than normal or kill you, depending on the skill level of whoever cooks it.
76	* CrateExpectations: Each labyrinth has boxes inside which can be broken to obtain blue energy to heal, yellow energy to recharge your X-Drive gauge, and other additional goodies like consumable items and crafting materials. In fact, part of the final grade you get from completing the labyrinth goes to destroying all of the boxes, and the game [[RewardingVandalism gleefully tells you this from the start]].
77	%%* {{Cyberspace}}: The Second and Fourth Spirit Barrier labyrinths.
78	* ADayInTheLimelight: Almost all the party members have a Chapter that focuses on them. ''eX+'' also gives them a side-story.
79	** Sora: Chapter 2 and Side-Story 2
80	** Yuuki: Chapter 3 and Side-Story 4
81	** Shio: Chapter 4 and Side-Story 5 (the latter shared with Mitsuki...kind of)
82	** Asuka: Chapter 5 and Side-Story 3
83	** Rion: Chapter 6 and Side-Story 6
84	** [[spoiler:Gorou]]: Chapter 7
85	** White Shroud: Side-Stories 1 and 5.5.
86	* DamnYouMuscleMemory: The main source of difficulty in the fishing minigame. The screen shows an image of four buttons with one highlighted showing which to press - but they're not in the same order as they are on the controller, so pressing according to position instead of by label will often result in a wrong press and instant failure. Averted in ''eX+'', which changes the screen layout and actually shows the buttons where they would be on a [=PS4=] controller[[note]]In fact, eX+ made the fishing minigame identical to the one in ''Cold Steel II'', so it becomes an ''inverted trope'' to those who spent hours fishing in said game[[/note]]
87	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Shiori, who died in the earthquake ten years previously. This is actually the reason why the Eclipse was building up in the area, as the local illusion that Shiori survived was coming into ever more conflict with digital proof from outside the region stating that she didn't.]]
88	* DegradedBoss:
89	** Several Elder Greeds become EliteMooks in later dungeons.
90	** ''eX+'' has a strange example: an EliteMook from the last dungeon of the main story was given a PaletteSwap and made into a boss for one of the side-stories. So from the perspective of ''eX+'' alone, it is a straight example of this trope (as the side-story is played before the last dungeon), but in a meta-sense, it's {{Inverted\|Trope}} (an EliteMook got promoted to a boss).
91	* DisappointedByTheMotive: [[spoiler: Mikuriya]]'s reason to forcefully summon [[spoiler:the Greed Angel]] out of Rion (which could very well kill her) is apparently because [[spoiler:he wanted to gain leverage in future negotiations with the Hokuto group and eventually be accepted as one of the twelve core families in the Zodiac group.]] X.R.C. in general, and especially Mistuki and Rion in particular, are very disappointed in his reasoning and behavior.
92	* DiscOneFinalDungeon: The Fortress of False Gods. You split in two groups, complete a long dungeon, and ended with a battle with the "breed" that lurks under the Morimiya City. You did it! [[spoiler: But then the White Shroud remarked that he can still feel the presence of "twilight", Kou received an urgent call from Shiori, and another "Hollow Quake" happened. There is still one more chapter to go.]]
93	* DiscOneNuke: The Kitty Fie Plush from the arcade medal shop allows the wearer to resist ''all'' status effects, gain 700 max HP, and gain a decent flying attack bonus. It can be obtained as early as Chapter 3 if one is willing to farm medals.
94	* EEqualsMCHammer: Subverted in Chapter 1: Towa writes a math problem on the blackboard and asks Asuka to come up and write down her answer. The problem is actually valid, even if mostly meaningless and boring basic algebra textbook exercise, and even appropriate for their class. Asuka's solution is also correct, looking as if copied directly from the same textbook, thus showing that she excels at math.
95	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: In the True Ending, after everything they went through, the main characters managed to bring back Shiori thanks to her being revived by the God-like spirit residing below Morimiya. The ending credit shows us the characters with their friendship stronger than ever and enjoying the happy times. The After-Story in ''eX+'' shows this is meant to be the canon ending, though the XRC has to work even harder to maintain their happy ending because of the Twilight Apostle, who was revived alongside Shiori.]]
96	* ElementalPowers: There are 5 attributes, and both characters and enemies are attuned to them, making switching between party members during battle crucial. They are [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[AnIcePerson Spirit]], [[BlowYouAway Wind]], [[ExtraOreDinary Steel]], and [[CastingAShadow Shadow]]. Note that the characters attribute is determined by their Master Core (similar to the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Master Quartz]]), meaning that each member of the party can change their attributes by switching out their Master Core. This is divided among the party as such (barring Kou being the only character who can use any of the five):
97	** Fire: Kou, Shio (Primary), Mitsuki, [[spoiler:Gorou]] (Secondary)
98	** Spirit: Asuka, [[spoiler:Ryouta]] (Primary), Yuuki, Rion (Secondary)
99	** Wind: Sora, Rion (Primary), Shio (Secondary)
100	** Steel: Yuuki, [[spoiler:Gorou]] (Primary), Sora (Secondary)
101	** Shadow: Mitsuki (Primary), Asuka (Secondary)
102	** Light: White Shroud [[spoiler:(AKA Jun)]] (Only)
103	* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Fire<Spirit<Steel<Wind<Fire, with Shadow being strong and weak against itself. Note that the menu before each dungeon will tell you the distribution of enemies weak to which attribute, and you can affect your post-dungeon score by getting "Element Kills" achieved from defeating an enemy using their given weakness.
104	** ''eX+'' throws in Light, which is weak against Shadow and strong against everything else.
105	* TheEndOrIsIt: In eX+ [[spoiler:after beating the game, the credits scroll and a final image comes up. Then some text pops up: ''Tokyo Xanadu is completed. But "eX+" is not completed. To be continued... "After Story".'' More effective if you play the game without knowing exactly what the eX+ version adds.]]
106	%%* EternalEngine: The Fortress of False Gods.
107	* EvolvingTitleScreen: When the player starts the game, only Kou and Asuka are shown in the title screen, with other playable characters are added as the player progresses through the chapters. [[spoiler:The game also adds Ryouta, Shiori, Gorou, and White Shroud after the player completes the Normal End, and changes to a different illustration depicting the X.R.C after the True End is reached.]]
108	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
109	** A throwaway line from Kou early in the prologue turns out to be this as it foreshadows [[spoiler:Shiori has been DeadAllAlong]].
110	--> '''Kou:''' [[spoiler:She's dead to the world right now, so I guess I'll just carry her home.]]
111	** Several times, especially during the hot springs intermission episode, it's mentioned about gods watching over Morimiya. [[spoiler: This becomes especially important when on the path to the True Ending in eX+ as Nine-Tailed Fox is an ancient god who has been forgotten by Morimiya's people and returns Shiori to life]].
112	** Station square's electronic billboard will occasionally show a slide reading ''Yumine Morimiya''. This doubles as a BilingualBonus, as it means [[spoiler:''Morimiya's Dream'']], which again ties in to [[spoiler:how the City is becoming increasingly disconnected from the reality that Shiori died in the earthquake 10 years ago]].
113	** The existence of the [[spoiler:Nine-Tailed Fox]] was mildly hinted at the Intermission chapter in handful of "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" lines regarding ancient gods underneath Morimiya. [[spoiler: In Yuuki's bonding episode at the hot springs has Kou take a picture of Yuuki and a fox-shaped shadow]]. Later in the Intermission's dungeon, Rem mentioned that she took on the form of [[spoiler:a fox]] because she's borrowing part of the power of something sleeping in the area.
114	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the Pool Day cutscene at the beginning of Chapter 7, Rion and Shiori have a conversation about Kou, the camera then cuts to a shot of Kou, while behind him Ryouta desperately struggles to tread water and stay afloat in the pool.
115	%%* GardenOfEvil: The Moonlit Garden, Garden of Reflection, and the Garden of Frozen Trees. The latter of which is a SlippySlideyIceWorld.
116	* GenderEqualEnsemble: By the end of the main game, the team has four boys (Kou, Yuuki, Shio and [[spoiler:Gorou]]) and four girls (Asuka, Sora, Mitsuki, Rion). [[spoiler:The After-Story campaign adds two more guys (Jun and Ryouta) and two more girls (Shiori and Towa) to the ensemble (though the latter two are {{Support Party Member}}s)]].
117	* GoofySuit: One sidequest has Kou advertising a summer festival and performing in a commercial while dressed as the town mascot Morimaru.
118	* GottaCatchThemAll: There are optional sidequests involving the collection of item sets from capsules and arcade games.
119	* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: After the Eclipse is dealt with at the end of the final chapter, virtually everyone in the city forgets what happened and believe that the city was just hit by another earthquake.
120	* GreatOffscreenWar: The war between the wielder and Greeds 10 years before the current story. Nobody is aware of it except for those with knowledge of Eclipse, which is a result both from agency cover-up as well as the [[MindWipe memory wipes]] after the incident was resolved.
121	* GroupPictureEnding: [[spoiler:If you got the True End, the final scene is a photograph one of the main cast. If you complete the after-story, the final scene is a photograph of virtually everybody.]]
122	%%* GustyGlade: The Pillar of Eternity.
123	* HalloweenEpisode: The After Story, taking place after the Epilogue, is set during October 30, one day before Halloween and with preparations under way for a Halloween festival in town.
124	* HappyEndingOverride: In the [[UpdatedRerelease eX+ version]], the After Story chapter is added after the Epilogue[=/=]True Ending of the original game. [[spoiler:While Shiori was revived due to the Nine-Tailed Fox retconning reality, this also brought back the Twilight Apostle in a much stronger state than when it was fused with Shiori. The Twilight Apostle proceeds to trap the XRC, Shiori, and other [=NPCs=] in a fake Morimiya in order to challenge them, and eventually plans on destroying all of reality. While the XRC does manage to beat the Twilight Apostle and save both Shiori and the world, Rem states that they'll eventually have to make a choice again.]]
125	* HauntedCastle: Witch's Briar Castle in Chapter 5, which is actually [[spoiler:Morimiya Academy]] transformed into a castle by the Mist Witch.
126	* TheHeartless: The Greeds are a variant of this. While they're not spawned directly from people's negative emotions, they are drawn to people because of it, and will cause further problems for the targeted people in question. However, one type of Greed that definitely plays this trope straight are the Phantom-type Greeds, which are said to be the literal manifestations of dark emotions reaching a critical point. The Elder Greed you fight at the end of Chapter 2 is [[spoiler:Sora's senpai Chiaki, who transforms into a Phantom-type Greed as a result of her jealousy and resentment towards Sora getting the better of her.]]
127	* HeroicBystander: Everyone in Morimiya during the Final Chapter. Most of them have no idea what's happening, but they see monsters roaming the streets and they do their damnedest to fight back, get children to safety, and find defensible locations to hole up in. While most of them can't hurt the Greed, they get points for trying, [[spoiler:and those with mass-produced Spirit Arms from the military actually manage to push back the attackers]].
128	* HotSpringsEpisode: The intermission chapter in-between Chapters 5 and 6 is dedicated to the Morimiya students taking a vacation at the Kamiyama Hot Springs. It's only a breather chapter where you can just interact with party members in friendship events, [[spoiler:and it has only one plot-relevant labyrinth to go through.]]
129	* HufflepuffHouse: The Church of the Holy Spirit and their subsidiary, the Kronos Orden, is stated to the "third pillar" of the Underground along with Nemesis and Zodiac. While one of your party members ([[spoiler:Jun]]) is revealed to be a member who is involved with certain events and their name is mentioned when discussing certain concepts, they mostly stay in the background.
130	%%* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Soul Devices tend to be this.
131	* InescapableAmbush: Several labyrinths feature rooms that will trap the player inside with barriers, and the only way to escape and proceed further is to kill all of the enemies and/or a miniboss in the area.
132	* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Rainbow Crown accessory is a New Game+ accessory that requires having filled out each and every single character page on [=NiAR=], then talking to Kaoru in the After Story. It not only comes with LuckySeven stats (77 on every stat, including 77% critical boost), but it also has the benefit of making the wearer immune to all status ailments.
133	* InterfaceSpoiler:
134	** The cards in the Gate of Avalon arcade game display all of the main characters' Soul Devices, including those used by party members who will not officially join until long after Chapter 3 (when the card game is first introduced). Special mention goes to the Blast and Force cards, which display both forms of [[spoiler:Gorou]]'s Soul Device, as well as the Bolt card, which displays White Shroud's ([[spoiler:aka Jun's]]) Soul Device. The Mirror card is the odd one out, but still displays a pair of tarot cards and a cane. [[spoiler:These are Spirit Arms used by the [=NPC=]s Yukino and Old Man Yamaoka respectively in the Final Chapter.]]
135	** There's also another one that careful players might notice. Despite being initially introduced as a supporting character, [[spoiler: Gorou]]'s picture on NIAR looks suspiciously more detailed and larger than other {{Non Player Character}}s (that includes major supporting characters like Shiori, Towa, Jun, and Ryouta), just like the seven playable characters. Turns out he eventually joins the the X.R.C. as [[spoiler: the eighth and final party member]].
136	* InvisibleToNormals: Normal people who do not have any spiritual connections are unable to perceive the Greeds and the Eclipse. The only exception is when people become the focal point of an Eclipse through various means, and during the Final Chapter when [[spoiler:all of Morimiya is pulled into an Eclipse, the people inside it gain the ability to see Greeds in plain sight]].
137	* JapaneseDelinquents: The characters Shio, Akihiro and Haruhiko are the only named ones. The first two are plot relevant, with Shio being a party member and Haruhiko being a wannabe. There are also the gangs BLAZE and CHAOS.
138	* JustFrameBonus: Using the dodge action just before an attack hits the player character will result in the attack being negated while slightly refilling the EX and Drive gauges. Certain elements can extend the invincibility period or increase the amount of gauge filled.
139	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: InUniverse. There's a magazine you can obtain in the game called "Tokyo Demonic Parade", which goes into in-depth detail about the Eclipse, the Underground, as well as the [[spoiler:Kronos Orden, which includes White Shroud.]] [[spoiler:Rem]] is also briefly mentioned too at the end, but the remaining pages have been torn before it can go into more detail about her. This magazine was recalled by the Japanese government for obvious reasons, so any remaining copies of it are rare. The copy you get is from the pawn shop in Horaichou where the owner is known to be very shady in regards to the Eclipse, so he likely doesn't care if it ends up in civilian hands.
140	* KeepItForeign: During an English lesson early in the game, the subtitles in the English version briefly turn into Japanese as Asuka speaks the Japanese version of the line being read.
141	%%* LethalLavaLand: The Cave of Divine Flame and the Pillar of Refinement.
142	* LetsSplitUpGang: This is done in the final dungeon of Chapter 7, with Kou and [[spoiler:Gorou]] leading one team, and Asuka or Mitsuki leading the other. It's done again for TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, with the party in four pairs of two (one of which is Kou and Asuka).
143	%%* LimitBreak: Referred to in-game as "Cross Strikes."
144	%%* LuckBasedMission: All the arcade minigames to some degree or another.
145	* LuckyCharmsTitle: In game, [=SPiKA=]'s latest single is titled "Wish☆Wing".
146	* MechaMooks: Some types of Greeds are robots rather than organic monsters, even right down to having serial number-esque names. They'll usually be associated with the Steel element, have [[ShockAndAwe electric]] and [[EnergyWeapon laser]]-based attacks, and some will attempt to [[ActionBomb self-destruct]] on you once their health is low enough.
147	* MetropolisLevel: Most of the game takes place in Morimiya City, a fictional district of Tokyo that serves as the main HubLevel. Between going into [[EldritchLocation the Eclipse]] to defeat the [[TheHeartless Greeds]], you can spend time talking with the residents and helping out with their tasks, as well as bond with Kou's friends. The city is divided into several districts to explore like Morimiya Academy, the Central Square, the vintage Brick Alley, the park, the entertainment district, the mall, and even Morimiya's signature tower. By the final chapter, [[spoiler:Morimiya becomes a DungeonTown as it gets overrun by Greeds after the Princess of Doom awakens]].
148	* MilestoneCelebration: An InUniverse example as Chapter 6 reveals that it is the third anniversary of [=SPiKA=]'s debut.
149	* MilitariesAreUseless: [[spoiler:The Aegis Battalion and Valiant Gears, created to respond to Eclipse incidents, prove completely ineffective against them when Gorou deploys them against the "breed."]]
150	* MonsterOfTheWeek: The story follows a more episodic formula of isolated incidents caused by particular Elder Greeds, with said monsters being the last bosses of each chapter. This goes on until [[spoiler:Chapters 5 and 6, where an ArcVillain is introduced to be the cause of the Grim Greeds wreaking havoc in those chapters]], [[spoiler:and Chapters 7 and 8 put focus into fighting the actual BigBad.]]
151	* TheNightThatNeverEnds: [[spoiler:Morimiya is trapped in an eternal night as the BigBad finally awakens and isolates the city from outside world, which is also indicated by how the calendar just loops back to the previous day when the day is supposed to change. The chapter is even appropriately named "Endless Night".]]
152	* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: ''Tokyo Xanadu'' reuses the same graphics engine as ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'', so many game mechanics, assets, and character models from those games are recycled and given a fresh new coat of paint.
153	* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: The city of Morimiya is based on the real life city of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikawa,_Tokyo Tachikawa]] (where Falcom's offices are located), complete with the large plaza and arch from Tachikawa station.
154	* NoobCave: The Ruins of Abstraction in Chapter 1. Being the first proper Eclipse labyrinth, it's where Kou (and by extension, the player) learns the ins and outs of labyrinth crawling and combat.
155	* OneTimeDungeon: [[spoiler:The Viridian Path, Amber Waterway, and Frost Demon Path labyrinths in the After Story. They're short and linear dungeons that you only visit once to reunite with the other X.R.C. members after they've been separated. But afterwards, you're unable to revisit them, even from the Eclipse selection menu. Notable in that they're the only dungeons where you don't get graded for your performance at all.]]
156	* {{Otaku}}: Saburo and Jun, Kou’s classmates, are anime otakus, though the former moreso. A regular at Books Orion, Hiromu, is a train otaku to the point he loves train schedules.
157	* PaletteSwap: For the Switch release, much of the in-universe CompanyCrossReferences (such as posters and books) to Falcom’s other games has had their colors swapped.
158	* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: The Ruined Castle of Darkness in ''eX+''. Story-wise, you visit this labyrinth during the Intermission Chapter's side-story as White Shroud and the Armored Soldier, and the dungeon by that point has some very strong and high-leveled enemies. But, should you decide to return here as the X.R.C. in Chapter 6, you'll gain large benefits in level grinding with the higher difficulty involved, since the enemies here give a lot more ExperiencePoints than the enemies of the previous labyrinth (Sacred Land of Eternity). It's possible to jump three-to-five levels ahead of your current expected level in this labyrinth (perhaps even more if you keep doing consecutive runs until AntiGrinding sets in), which can make the rest of the labyrinths in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 a breeze.
159	* PermanentlyMissableContent: All of the sidequests and friendship events are chapter-exclusive, so it's important to get them done within the chapter's free time as much as possible. Or otherwise, they'll expire and no longer be available. This is especially so with the friendship events because of the limited amount of Affinity Shards you currently have in your possession, so there's no possible way to get them all done in a single playthrough unless you're playing NewGamePlus. In addition, some friendship events contain info needed to complete your friends list, which are easy to miss without a [[GuideDangIt proper guide]].
160	* PowerLevels: Greed's power levels are classified by a series of types, which imperfectly describe combat power and more specifically correlate to their ability to affect the real world:
161	** Regular Greed can only exist within and affect the Eclipse.
162	** Elder Greed can take over and control Eclipses, which can then open on their own and draw people inside. They serve as early level bosses, though they're often [[DegradedBoss relegated to sub-bosses or mooks]] later on.
163	** Grim Greed are capable of bringing the Eclipse out into the real world. They start appearing as bosses halfway through the game. The SS-class Grim Greed is fundamentally the same, it's just a much stronger version [[spoiler:as well as being the mount for the Princess of Doom]].
164	** XXX Greed (or SSS-class Greed) are powerful beyond classification, and are able to [[spoiler:affect all of Japan or the world with their power]] or [[spoiler:CosmicRetcon the dead back to life...sort of]].
165	* ProductPlacement: Nanahoshi Mall contains an Animate store, which is a real chain of anime/manga/game merchandise stores.
166	* PunnyName: [=SPiKA=]'s name is undoubtedly a wordplay on the word Speaker.
167	%%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Akihiro]] and [[spoiler:Mikuriya]] both got one as the villain of the respective chapter. [[spoiler: Twilight Apostle got one in the after story as the GreaterScopeVillain.]] [[spoiler: Asuka, Mitsuiki (both in Chapter Five)]] and [[spoiler: Gorou (in Chapter Seven)]] got one from the hero side.
168	* RebuffTheAmateur:
169	** Asuka initially wants Kou to stay out of her business and not try to investigate the Eclipse with her. She's an enforcer for Nemesis and prefers to [[IWorkAlone work alone]], while Kou has no knowledge of the Underground. He manages to wear her down and get her grudging acceptance, but this trope comes back in full effect in Chapter 5, when Asuka discovers a Greed on a tier higher than anything they've faced before. According to her, a Grim Greed is entirely beyond the rest of the group's skill, and so she puts Kou in a barrier so he doesn't interfere with her defeating it.
170	** [[spoiler: In Chapter 7, when Gorou and the Aegis Battalion intervene, he tells the XRC that they've done great so far, but now that the Breed is active and threatens to cause TheTokyoFireball, it's time for the adults to take charge and deal with things using HumongousMecha.]]
171	-->Playtime is over. There is no place for juvenile civilians in our operations.
172	* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Subverted. It turns out that a lot of the baseline tech in this world's Japan was developed by the Underground through Eclipse technology. In particular, the baseline technology for the Orbal Network - the setting's Internet - and the Xiphone - smartphone - are based on Nemesis' Eclipse combat tech.
173	* RequiredPartyMember: All over the place, but one place with a really specific inversion is that you can't have [[spoiler:Kou, Gorou, Asuka, and Mitsuki together in Team A when attacking the Fortress of False Gods. This isn't specifically explained in-game; likely, it's because these four have significantly more seniority and experience than the others, and none of the rest would qualify to command the B-team.]]
174	* RetGone: [[spoiler:Shiori]] in the Epilogue. With the Greed that had been maintaining the illusion that [[spoiler:she survived the Tokyo Earthquake ten years ago]] gone, only people who could see the Eclipse remembered her more than distantly, as [[spoiler:she'd been DeadAllAlong]].
175	* ReusedCharacterDesign: Most of the character models in the game looks familiar, as if they've taken the 2D character designs from the older VideoGame/TrailsSeries games, flashed them out into [=3D=] models and reused them in the game. If you think Kou kinda looks like [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Joshua Bright]] but with brown hair and Sora looks kinda like Kloe Rinz but with cyan hair, you're not going out of your mind. And that's saying nothing about [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Towa]]....
176	* SaveScumming: It's possible to take advantage of save points in dungeons to get the no damage bonus. Though this strategy is more practical on higher difficulties and in dungeons with fewer stage hazards, since it requires running back to the start of the dungeon.
177	* SequelHook: ''eX+'' ends up having one in its After-Story: [[spoiler:the Twilight Apostle's last words continue to bother Kou, and all Rem can tell is that yes, she does know the meaning behind them and why all of the events of the game happened in the first place. She leaves after saying that it likely means this is only the beginning, and that whatever may happen could take place in this land or another]].
178	* ShopFodder: You won't find yen in the Eclipse, but small gemstones from the Eclipse are valuable to the Underground and serve as your main source of income.
179	* ShoutOut: One of the books found in the library is called "[[Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka Great Teacher Kinshachi]]".
180	* ShowWithinAShow: Magical Girl Alisa, a very popular show within the Tokyo Xanadu universe. There's some amusing CompanyCrossReferences in play as the characters are based on the DLC costumes from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'', with the two games being made by Creator/{{Falcom}}.
181	%%* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The Garden of Frozen Trees, the Pillar of Darkness, [[spoiler:and the Cave of Ancient Gods in the Epilogue.]]
182	* SpinOff: Like it's sibling the VideoGame/TrailsSeries, this series also spun off from VideoGame/DragonSlayer.
183	* SpoiledByTheManual: Some plot-related stuff which are meant to be actual surprises within the game, are spoiled right from the get-go in both the instructions manual, and the art collection booklet that comes packaged with the limited edition of ''Tokyo Xanadu eX+''. Obvious party members aside, some stuff include [[spoiler:the Hokuto Group being affiliated with Zodiac, which is meant to be revealed in Chapter 5 as an important plot twist]], and the name of the mysterious child [[spoiler:Rem]], which can make her reveal later in the story less shocking.
184	* SpoilerOpening: The chapter opening video shows clips of events throughout the entire game, including six of the eventual eight X.R.C. members fighting Eclipses, spoiling the fact that they would eventually gain powers and join the party.
185	* ATasteOfPower: The White Shroud and Armored Soldier's side stories in ''eX+'' are essentially the pair slaughtering their way through Greeds. Compared to the X.R.C., the White Shroud has the Light element that counters all but Shadow on the ElementalRockPaperScissors chain, regenerates health from killing enemies, and has absolutely destructive attacks that hit everything in front of him. This is especially prominent given that the White Shroud's initial playable appearance immediately follows the first chapter's tutorial labyrinth. [[spoiler: The White Shroud also doubles as a OneManParty once they join the party permanently, as he loses ''none'' of that power and effectively out-tiers the entire cast.]]
186	* TempleOfDoom: A good majority of Eclipse labyrinths all take place in a temple or [[RuinsForRuinsSake ancient ruins]] of some kind. So much so, that it's easier to list labyrinths that ''don't'' have this level motif.
187	* ThisIsAWorkOfFiction: The game opens with a disclaimer that "This game is a work of fiction. Outside of specific instances, all places, persons, situations, etceteras are not real and are products of the author's imagination. Because seriously, high school students wielding psychic weapons?!"
188	* UpdatedReRelease: ''Tokyo Xanadu eX+'' is an updated version of the original Platform/PlayStationVita release. It includes more content than the Vita version, [[PromotedToPlayable promotes some key NPCs to playable status]], adds additional side stories and an after-story, improves the frame rate, and fixes the BlindIdiotTranslation issues of the previous localization attempt. It is later ported to the Switch, which includes all previous DownloadableContent and includes a high-speed mode found in the ''Trails'' games.
189	* VersionExclusiveContent: Many of the DLC costumes in the [=PlayStation=] Vita version are not brought over in the UpdatedRerelease, remaining as exclusives for that particular version of the game. Likewise, ''eX+'' itself has its own set of DLC costumes that are not available in the Vita version. All of these [=DLC=]s would later be included in the Switch port.
190	* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon:
191	** [[spoiler:Pandora, a.k.a. Acros Tower in Morimiya City in the Final Chapter. It's divided into five sub-labyrinths leading up to the FinalBoss.]]
192	** [[spoiler: In the After Story, it’s the Boundary of Death, the biggest Eclipse Gate opened up in Morimiya. It's filled with Greeds of every element, with many of them being degraded versions of previous bosses.]]
193	* WainscotSociety: There are multiple groups dedicated to dealing with and understanding the Eclipse, and sometimes harnessing it for technological development. These groups make up the Underground. The two main organizations are Nemesis; a looser group consisting of scientists and specialized Enforcers, and Zodiac; an alliance of MegaCorp families who want to keep a lid on things and sometimes profit by them. The two groups trade information, technology, and money (much of Nemesis' operating budget comes from licensing tech to Zodiac), but are not precisely allied. There's also a fair number of people in Morimiya who are in the know and involve themselves in trading Eclipse materials and gems, but are not specifically identified with either group. The Xanadu Research Club are likewise unaffiliated, though they include members of both Nemesis and Zodiac, and are able to call on assistance from both. Then there's [[spoiler:the Seal Knights of the Kronos Orden]], who are separate from the rest of the Underground and are more interested in simply destroying Greed and Eclipse-related phenomena. [[spoiler: Zero Battalion Aegis, the Japanese National Defense Force's anti-Eclipse unit, are also separate from the Underground, though they're cooperating with Orden.]]
194	* WhamLine: [[spoiler:''eX+'' has the Twilight Apostle utter one as its last words, throwing everyone present for a loop:]]
195	-->[[spoiler:"You were right. After all, I don't even understand...why I was born...'''10 years ago'''."]]
196	%%* WombLevel: The Purgatory of Molten Blood.
197	* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: A few characters (namely Sora, Mitsuki and Rion) have unusual hair colors, but it is never commented on as unusual.
198	* WouldNotHurtAChild: The members of the BLAZE gang have no problem mugging innocent bystanders, but some NPC dialogue states that they left Tsubasa alone for being a kid.

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