Line #89 VideoGame/Alundra2


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3	''Alundra 2'' is an ActionAdventure game for the Platform/PlayStation by Matrix Software, published by SCE in Japan and Activision overseas, released in 2000. The game is unrelated to the first ''Videogame/{{Alundra}}'' apart from the same developer and Japanese publisher.
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5	Set in the kingdom of Varuna, the story focuses on Flint, a young man famed for his pirate hunting abilities. The backstory reveals that the king has recently been forced to abdicate in secret; the evil Baron Diaz has taken over and replaced the King with a literal puppet.
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7	As the game opens, we see Flint sneaking aboard a huge airship. On board, he encounters a crew of strange mechanical men with wind up keys in their backs, along with a trio of pirates, who, while ostensibly in league with the baron, are more than a little uneasy about it. Flint's presence results in a scuffle that wrecks the airship and sends it down; Flint bails at the last second, plummeting into the sea and having a very strange encounter with a sperm whale before washing ashore near the tiny village of Paco.
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9	In Paco, Flint is introduced to the Princess Alexia, who has been seeking him in the hopes that the "famed pirate hunter" can help her defeat the baron (though she was ExpectingSomeoneTaller). Hearing rumors from the villagers of a great bird that passed over recently, they set out for Mt. Sparrowhawk. There they find the crashed remains of the airship, along with definitive proof that the baron is working with the pirates. Unfortunately, they are interrupted by the arrival of former court wizard Mephisto, and a platoon of mechanical men. Mephisto is revealed to have power over bizarre magic wind up keys that can turn normal creatures and people into cyborg monstrosities. After narrowly escaping him, Flint and Alexia begin a journey to figure out how all these pieces fit together, and hopefully save the kingdom before something truly terrible happens...
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11	!!This videogame provides examples of:
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13	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The sewers under Mileena's mansion.
14	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The overseas version replaced the bright and colorful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc7WMw7Cf40 Japanese opening intro]] with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3i93rdJscg storytelling narration.]]
15	* AsteroidsMonster: Hitting the jelly-like enemies makes them split into smaller versions of themselves.
16	* BeastlyBloodsports: The town of Toroledo has a bullfighting ring as a BettingMinigame. The twist is that the fights are bull vs bull rather than bull vs matador.
17	* BlockPuzzle: There are lots of these.
18	* BoardingParty: Despite the game being full of pirates, only one instance of this is seen at Flint's flashback.
19	* BoundAndGagged: Tough princess Alexia for almost 1/3 of the game.
20	* CartoonBomb: There are two types of these: ones with a normal fuse and ones with skull emblems and very short fuse. Oh, and they're all pink.
21	* ChainOfDeals: Starts with the wind-up key you find at the airship, and ends with best sword in the game.
22	* ChargedAttack: You will learn the Sunburst Attack, which is a ShockwaveStomp, when you find all the toilets in the world. All three of 'em.
23	* ClarkKenting: The Pirate Queen's Bodyguard is so obviously Flint's father, but he never realizes this.
24	* CriticalAnnoyance: Tambourine chimes will constantly remind you of your low health.
25	* DamselInDistress: Princess Alexia for about 1/2 of the game as she's captured two times during story, you rescue her the first time she's captured but is kept as a BoundAndGagged hostage for the rest of the game after her second capture.
26	* DragonRider: Flint becomes one once you finish the Draconia Bomb Factory, where he frees a captive talking dragon that agrees to help him in his quest.
27	* ElectricJellyfish: Prevalent in the underwater levels. They must be hit when they start charging their attack, as it is the only way to avoid it.
28	* EpicFlail: Red Fang boss' weapon of choice.
29	* EvolvingAttack: Swordmaster Jeehan teaches you to extend your basic sword attack as you find the puzzle pieces for him. Collecting all of the puzzle pieces gives you a 5-hit combo.
30	* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Mentioned by name when Flint and Alexia meet the first time.
31	* EyepatchOfPower: Zeppo has one. He is a {{Pirate}}, after all.
32	* FauxActionGirl: Alexia talks tough, but she always gets knocked out and kidnapped when she actually tries to fight.
33	* FetchQuest: After Alexia gets kidnapped (for the last time), you are sent to a series of these on behalf of the kidnapper.
34	* ForcedTransformation: Mephisto's wind-up keys can turn people into [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul soulless workers]] or into [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot weird monstrosities]].
35	* FrictionlessIce: One of the puzzles in Seagull Ruins.
36	* GangPlankGalleon: Puerto Medusa, a pirate town.
37	* GettingEatenIsHarmless: The protagonists are swallowed alive by a once-docile, [[MonsterWhale now monstrous]] cyborg whale, all unscathed. While exploring, Flint finds many people who were also gulped up long ago by the enormous cetacean. They're doing all right, only noticing the internal anatomy became 'more hostile' after the transformation. The heroes return the sea beast to normal, escaping via the blowhole in the end, but these stranded sailors are not shown. Its implied they remain trapped forever inside the whale.
38	* GiantEyeOfDoom: Mid-Bosses of Underwater Cave are big floating eyes that throw bombs at you.
39	* GiantSpider: The boss of Dunn Webb is a giant spider with mechanical attachments.
40	* GoingThroughTheMotions: Flint gets a lot of stuff across despite being unable to speak. All he does is shrugging his shoulders or doing triangles with his hands.
41	* GottaCatchThemAll: Jeehan's puzzle pieces. Collect enough and your combo attack chain gains another strike.
42	* HailfirePeaks: The insides of Demon Whale, which is a mix of WombLevel and EternalEngine.
43	* HeartContainer: Hearts provide health upgrade. They come in two sizes, big ones that give +100 HP and are rewarded after boss fights, and small ones which give +25 HP and are found in stores and dungeons.
44	* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Alexia is wearing a helmet in her first appearance, but then she removes it and it is never seen again.
45	* HeroicMime: Similarly to [[VideoGame/{{Alundra}} Alundra, himself]] ([[{{Expy}} who he himself is similar to]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]]), Flint is mute, and communicates through hand gestures. His voice is otherwise used for {{Kiai}}.
46	* HighClassGlass: Baron Diaz wears a monocle. It's on even when he is turned into a mantis-monster.
47	* HookHand: Zeppo has one. He can do shockwave attacks with it when you have to fight him.
48	* InNameOnly:
49	** This game has nothing to do with the first ''VideoGame/{{Alundra}}'', except for the genre, same developer and Japanese publisher.
50	** More than that, in the original game Alundra is the main character. In the second game, that character, that scenario, that world, and everything like it is completely absent.
51	* IndyEscape: Before you fight Mutox, he turns himself into a giant ball and a minigame starts where you have to run away from him in this fashion.
52	* InvisibilityFlicker: Red Fang can turn itself invisible.
53	* LethalLavaLand: Mt. Firedrake, which requires the fire ring for you to be able to run on lava.
54	* LighterAndSofter: The first Alundra was a very dark and serious game where a good amount of the cast dies by dreaming; this game fells like a SaturdayMorningCartoon, being more colorful, humorous and overall more lighthearted than the original. The death counts are far fewer, [[spoiler:with only the BigBad being shown dying]], and animals turned into monstrosities beyond belief are shown to be easily recovering.
55	* LikeParentLikeChild: Ruby inherited her mother Mileena's beauty, but she also inherited her father Zeppo's short temper. This is best shown in their first Toroledo cutscene where they get into a fight. Zeppo wallops his daughter in the face after she insults his looks, but then Ruby responds with a ''pissed'' [[GroinAttack kick in the nads to her father]].
56	* LivingStatue: Anubis and Horus bosses, though they try to [[MistakenForGranite pretend to be otherwise]] when Flint reaches them in comedic fashion.
57	* LoadBearingBoss: Once Flint kills Mephisto, the Star Key falls from the sky, collapsing into the sea and the player has 180 seconds to escape.
58	* LockAndKeyPuzzle: Lots of these, with InterchangeableAntimatterKeys of course.
59	* LosingYourHead: Mephisto's head removes itself and latches onto a new body during the second part of the final battle.
60	* LukeIAmYourFather: Averted. Mileena's bodyguard Belgar is Flint's lost father Radcliffe, but he never reveals himself to Flint.
61	* MacroZone: The roof of Draconia Bomb Factory features two giant versions of common enemies.
62	* MadeOfExplodium: All the bosses explode upon defeat.
63	* ManiacMonkeys: The first type of enemy you encounter in Kindra Forest are monkeys armed with clubs.
64	* MechaMooks: Mephisto's mooks. Overlaps with GasMaskMooks.
65	* MinecartMadness: At the end of Dunn Webb, Flint and Alexia must escape the place by using a minecart. This starts a minigame where player must avoid various enemies and obstacles.
66	* MinigameZone: Gamar Isle, a tourist resort which has a gambling den in its basement.
67	* MoneyGrinding: Required to get the best stat-boosting artifacts in Gamar Isle, either by playing its minigames or constant defeating enemies in dungeons.
68	* MonochromaticEyes: Mephisto has pupilless white eyes.
69	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Mephisto, who is named after a demon.
70	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Boss of sewer level underneath Mileena's mansion is a [[SewerGator crocodile]] which has been set there to guard the place from possible intruders.
71	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Quite a few bosses. Highlights include a crocodile with a huge mushroom on its back and a giant violet pirate gorilla cyborg.
72	* NoobCave: Kindra Forest, your first level to fight through to reach the site of the crashed airship.
73	* OminousFloatingCastle: Star Key, even more ominous in sense that if it ever lands, world is doomed.
74	* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: The second boss fight is against Mutox, a cyborg boxer minotaur.
75	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Puerto Medusa's pirates don't do much piracy. The pirates in Flint's backstory avert it.
76	* PivotalBoss: Metal Heart. It stays in the center of its chamber, and shoots lasers at you.
77	* PrettyInMink: Ruby wears a white fox wrap around her neck.
78	* PrincessesPreferPink: Alexia. Even her [[RoseHairedSweetie hair is pink]].
79	* PuzzleReset: Puzzles will automatically reset themselves if you do them wrong.
80	* RecurringTraveller: The merchant who manages to end up in the worst of the places.
81	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Red Fang and Mephisto's OneWingedAngel form.
82	* ReligionOfEvil: Church of the Key, which is actually a ploy of Mephisto's to recruit more mooks.
83	* RingOfPower: The SummonMagic rings.
84	* RingOutBoss: The Giant Spider in Dunn Webb doesn't take numerical damage like the rest of the bosses. Instead, it has to be struck several times, first to make it destroy the railings on the elevator where the fight is happening, and secondly to knock its opisthosoma into the depths.
85	* RunningGag: Everyone expects Flint to be taller when first met.
86	* ShieldsAreUseless: Flint's shields are very small which makes them useless in actual combat. However, standing still in the face of oncoming projectiles will allow Flint to deflect them.
87	* ShipTease: Practically every main female (even previous enemies) shows attraction to Flint at one point or another
88	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Ruby is quite similar to her mother Mileena.
89	* SummonMagic: Your elemental rings enable you to do these when you upgrade them.
90	* SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity: There's always a save and a health recharge point before a boss battle.
91	* SwallowedWhole: An entire level takes place inside the belly of a [[GentleGiant once gentle]] whale, now turned into a cyborg "[[MonsterWhale demon whale]]". Its internal anatomy, a cross between a WombLevel and EternalEngine is vast, and Flint has to return it back to normal to escape it.
92	* SwordPlant: Used on one of the covers, as seen above.
93	* TerribleTrio: Zeppo (the leader), Ruby (the one who questions said leaders decisions) and Albert (the smart one). Note that they are father, daughter, and son, respectively.
94	* TeleportingKeycardSquad: Whenever a key is found in a chest, nearby doors will slam shut and group of enemies will drop out of nowhere.
95	* ThatManIsDead: After believing he lost both his wife and son, Radcliffe discarded his old identity and became Belgar.
96	* ThisIsADrill: Demon Whale is armed with one on its forehead.
97	* ThreateningShark: Sunken Ship's boss battle is [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife a giant orange shark]] [[TractorBeam with vacuum powers]].
98	* TinyGuyHugeGirl: As Flint is quite short, most of the female cast of the game is taller than him. However, this trope is taken to quite the extreme when it comes to the difference in height between Flint and Alexia. [[https://imgur.com/a/2SfpP According to the official Japanese strategy guide]] Flint stands 138cm (4'6) tall while [[StatuesqueStunner Alexia stands 180cm (5'11) tall]]. The kicker? They are both 16 years of age.
99	* TrainingDummy: One resides in Jehan's dojo, which you can use to try out your freshly learned combos and special moves.
100	* UnderTheSea: The sunken ship level, which accessible once you find the water ring, which makes able to breath underwater.
101	* UnderwaterBossBattle: The aforementioned orange shark.
102	* UseYourHead: Zeppo's melee attack is a headbutt when you fight him for the first time.
103	* VerbalTic: People with Mephisto's wind-up keys on their backs tend to end their sentences with 'Gi'. It is actually a sign of their impending [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul dehumanization]], since the fully transformed MechaMooks are shown to ''[[PokemonSpeak only]]'' say "Gi."
104	* WaddlingHead: Birdlike ones are encountered in Mt. Firedrake. For some reason, they spit cannonballs.
105	* WasOnceAMan: Mephisto's mooks are humans who have gone through a full transformation into obedient servants due to the magitek wind-up keys that have been put into their backs. It is implied that there is no going back from that.

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