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A Turn-Based Tactical RPG heavily flavored with Mon-style collecting, published by Square Enix worldwide.The story follows the adventures of Ziggy, as he tries to save his baby brother Zero from the evil Number 42 and his Machine Network. Along the way he gathers a huge group of Tune Troopers, as well as Robot Boy Z.E.R.O and a quintet of unique, superior troopers, the so-called Superstars.Oh, and did we mention it's an iPhone, iPod Touch, & originally classic iPod exclusive?The gimmick of this game is that every individual Trooper Ziggy summons is created from a specific song in your library, and levels up as you listen to that song, so instead of the typical XP grind, they level up naturally as you listen to music.Also known as Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes. The original game was published in 2008 for the scroll-wheel iPod, while a greatly expanded version called Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes - Encore, was released in 2009 for the iOSnote That means iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, for the uninitiated.A sequel, Guns n' Souls featuring Song Summoner, was announced in 2013, but seems to be in Development Hell. |
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Dropped link to PowerOfRock: Not a Feature - ITEM |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Several of the Toon Troopers and Superstars bear a striking resemblance to various real-life musicians. For example, Golden Wing looks like Jimi Hendrix (and is "said to be the reincarnation of a great musician from an alien world). Seattlite is pretty clearly a Kurt Cobain homage, from the name (Seattle, home of grunge) to the character design, to his daughter (and Kurt's real-life daughter) having the name Frances. Kind of a Tearjerker when his very first line in the game is "I thought I'd die alone long ago." |
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The Stoic |
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The Stoic: Z.E.R.O would like to remind you that machines have no emotions. |
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Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors |
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Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors: Well, technically there's five jobs, but it normally falls into this. Archers > Knights & Soldiers > Monks > Archers. Mages are a bit of a wild card here: They deal a lot of damage with their magic, but take more damage from everyone in physical combat. |
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Dead Guy Junior |
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Dead Guy Junior: Well, Ziggy doesn't know whether Zero is dead or alive, but he still nicknames his machine companion Z.E.R.O after him. |
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Geo Effects |
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Geo Effects: Some kinds of glowy ground are harder to move through, but give troopers defense bonuses when stepped on. Others can only be crossed by flying units. |
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Mecha-Mooks |
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Mecha-Mooks: Mechanical Militiamen. |
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Unwilling Roboticisation |
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Unwilling Roboticisation |
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Fantastic Racism |
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Fantastic Racism: Though, to be fair, machines are a constant menace, so it's no wonder Z.E.R.O catches so much flack. |
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Save Scumming |
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Save Scumming: Did your favorite song create a Trooper with crappy stats? No problem. Just dismiss the new Trooper, and repeat the creation process with the same song. You'll get the same class, but hopefully better stats. |
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Gameplay and Story Segregation |
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Gameplay and Story Segregation: One flashback shows Ziggy jumping over a crevasse that only flying units can cross in-game. |
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The Reveal |
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The Reveal: Z.E.R.O. is Zero |
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Meaningful Name |
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Meaningful Name: Everyone and everything is named after a music reference, except the robots. The Stargazers are named mostly after poker terms. For example, Ziggy is named after David Bowie's alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. |
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Calling Your Attacks |
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Calling Your Attacks: And all of them are named after songs or lyrics. |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin: You play as a song summoner. You summon songs. |
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Joke Character |
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Joke Character: Woody, a wooden doll. His special skill is setting ''himself'' on fire. |
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Fantasy Character Classes |
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Fantasy Character Classes: Boiled down to five- Archer, Mage, Knight, Soldier and Monk. Everyone has one of these classes, even the Big Bad. |
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Aura Vision |
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Aura Vision: When Seattelite's daughter, who is blind, meets the party, she describes their auras. This actually factors into game terms: Seatellite, who's a blue resonance type, has a blue aura, while Ziggy, the game's only white type, has an aura like she's never seen. |
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Viewer Gender Confusion |
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Viewer Gender Confusion: There's a large amount of confusion over Supernova's◊ real gender. Here's a hint: it's a boy. |
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Experience Points |
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Experience Points: Play Points are earned by listening to songs. This means that you don't have to spend hours grinding levels, but only the songs you have troopers made from actually earn you anything... and woe betide you if you get a Woody on your favorite song. |
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Assimilation Plot |
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Assimilation Plot: Number 42's Network. |
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Summon Magic |
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Summon Magic: It's right there in the title. |
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Jive Turkey |
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Jive Turkey: The 'hip' dialogue can be a little... egregious at times. |
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Red Herring |
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Red Herring: Stargazer Nameless is not Ziggy's brother Zero. |
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The Hero |
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The Hero: Ziggy |
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Arbitrary Headcount Limit |
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Arbitrary Headcount Limit: Three or four in most battles (plus Ziggy), one in Rehearsal, eighty total. |
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The Red Mage |
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The Red Mage: Conductors. Mage-type Troopers focus on offensive magic, but Ziggy and Groove Master can heal as well. |
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Rose-Haired Sweetie |
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Rose-Haired Sweetie: Z.E.R.O, rare male example, is also the exact opposite of this trope's usual personality: instead of being cheery, passionate, or romantic, he's The Stoic. |
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Robot Names |
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Robot Names: Z.E.R.O.'s name isn't actually an acronym; he's named after Ziggy's brother Zero, and as a reference to the fact that his serial number (SGNB 00000000 AA) contains many zeroes. |
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Prophet Eyes |
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Prophet Eyes: Seattelite's daughter. |
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