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Zeliard (Video Game)

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Zeliard is a Metroid Vania-style adventure game by Game Arts. Like Game Arts' earlier titles Thexder and Silpheed, it was originally released in Japan on the PC-88 in 1987 and brought to western shores by Sierra, the first project helmed by Josh Mandel.The game takes place two thousand years after a monster known as Jashiin was sealed away by the nine Tears Of Esmesanti, after causing much havoc upon the world and claiming it for his own. After the self-proclaimed "Emperor of Chaos" somehow breaks free from his prison, he causes an extremely long sandstorm (it was raining sand, actually) that severely damages the beautiful landscape and turns Princess Felicia la Felishika to stone, simply as an act of revenge against the descendants of those who imprisoned him. Duke Garland, guided by the Guardian Spirit and appointed by King Felishika, sets forth to reclaim the holy crystals and finish off Jashiin and end his reign of terror. There is a video review, for those who'd like to know more.The game is now Abandonware, and can be played online or downloaded here.
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Gratuitous Spanish
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Gratuitous Spanish: All of the level names, all of the spell names, most of the boss names, and many other elements of the game are in Spanish (with the occasional Portuguese).
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All There in the Manual
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All There in the Manual: The game includes a (black-and-white) map of every dungeon in the game, even identifying such features as invisible air currents and fake walls on the map. This doesn't make it any easier to navigate them, however.
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Playing with Fire
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Playing with Fire: Lanzar, fireball-like spell and Fuego which drop a pool of flames, and a green cousin to the blue icy boss Agar shows up in Llama town.
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Vancian Magic
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Vancian Magic: Each spell has a limited number of uses; resting at an inn, leveling up, or using the Elixir of Kashi or the Chikara Powder can replenish them.
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Regenerating Health
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Regenerating Health: If you stay idle, your health will regenerate over time by very small increments. You can set the game speed to maximum for better effect. Just don't get attacked.
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Palette Swap
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Palette Swap: Can be seen with almas denominations (white/red = 1, white/blue = 10, red/blue 100), potions in dungeons (red = minor, blue = full), and the slime, bat, and frog enemies (which come in green and red varieties; all other enemy types are unique). Your sword also sees this treatment, with several swords sharing the same appearance but in different colors.
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Soul Power
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Soul Power: Almas are reportedly fragments of Jashiin's power.
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So Near, Yet So Far
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So Near, Yet So Far: Princess Felicia la Felishika is turned to stone by the villain, and she's being kept in a shrine in the first town where you can visit her whenever you like. There's no dialogue and, while you can go back to the first town at any point if you want to, there's no reason to ever go to her. She's saved remotely by defeating the final boss at a town very far away.
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Adam Smith Hates Your Guts
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Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: Played straight with the inns and magic shops, which generally mark up their prices as you progress. The cost of each next weapon/shield up is always a significant increase from the last one, but if you can put off buying it now, you can actually pick it up at a later town for less. The almas-to-gold exchange rate offered by the banks also changes between towns, generally offering fewer gold for each almas the farther you go.
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Informed Equipment
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Informed Equipment: Swords and shields have different colors and graphics, but shoes and other equipment (including the hooded cloak that is the "Asbestos Cape") are not visibly equipped.
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Giant Enemy Crab
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Giant Enemy Crab: Cangrejo, the boss of the first cavern.
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Asteroids Monster
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Asteroids Monster: When damaged, green slimes will split up and multiply, often faster than it takes to slash through them with your sword (hint: use fire). It's actually worse with the red slimes who aren't even damaged and keep cloning themselves everytime you hit them.
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Not the Fall That Kills You
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Not the Fall That Kills You…: Averted. You never die or take any damage when falling from great heights... unless of course you land on Spikes of Doom.
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Unintentionally Unwinnable
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Unintentionally Unwinnable: Selling the Knight's Sword before you defeat Vista, and selling the Enchantment Sword ever, will make the game unwinnable. And as those are the strongest swords available at the time, selling them qualifies as insanity. There is also a Game-Breaking Bug if you use a Kioku Feather after defeating a boss (other than Alguien, who respawns) but before claiming its Tear of Esmesanti (which, again, you'd be insane to do).
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Floating Platforms
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Floating Platforms: These generally come in two colors: red and yellow ones that move horizontally over a fixed area, and green and white ones that you can stand on and move up and down like an elevator. Later dungeons also introduce stationary red/yellow platforms that begin falling the moment you step on them (so don't dally).
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Blatant Lies
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Blatant Lies: The shopkeeper at the magic shop tells you that the magic feather will bring you back to the last sage you've met. This is actually untrue, the feather will always dump you at the first town. The reason for this was a design change when the game was ported to the West and they didn't corrected the shopkeeper's line. In the original Japanese version the feather does bring you back at the last sage you've met.
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Untrusting Community
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Untrusting Community: Llama Town, until you defeat Paguro and receive the Elf Crest.
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Smart Bomb
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Smart Bomb: The final spell, Guerra, damages everything on the screen at once.
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Useless Useful Spell
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Useless Useful Spell: Espada (Throwing Swords), due to its lackluster damage capabilities, is of some use against the toads and axethrowers in Peligro but quickly declines in utility afterwards; and Rascar (Falling Rocks), due to the random nature in which the rocks fall.
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Shock and Awe
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Shock and Awe: The Guerra spell which zap everything on screen.
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The Coats Are Off
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The Coats Are Off: Jashiin does this in the intro to the final battle.
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New World Tease
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New World Tease: The first level requires you to pass through a portion of the second level (which is separated from the rest of that level).
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City of Gold
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City of Gold: Complete with a place named "El Dorado," although very little of the gold is available for the taking (it's mostly just cosmetic).
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Plot Coupon
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Plot Coupon: The Tears of Esmesanti, which are retrieved once per dungeon boss. You'll also need to acquire a Hero's Crest before the guard in Bosque will allow you entrance to the area's boss, and a Glory Crest before Tumba's weaponsmith will give you the Knight's Sword to defeat the demon Vista.
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Slippy-Slidey Ice World
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Slippy-Slidey Ice World: The fourth world. You have to acquire special shoes to walk on the ice without slipping. (It is technically possible to make it through without the shoes, but extremely difficult due to small platforms over beds of spikes.)
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Disc-One Nuke
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Disc-One Nuke: The better spells you acquire can serve this role, being far more effective than sword around the time they are first learned.
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Level-Up Fill-Up
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Level-Up Fill-Up: Leveling up at a sage completely refills your Health and magic.
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Sword Plant
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Sword Plant: Press and hold the Down and Attack keys while jumping to thrust your sword downwards and land on enemies pointy end first.
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Zombie Apocalypse
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Zombie Apocalypse: Combined with a general theme of rot, decay, and undeath for one of the worlds, with the further implication that the zombie-like enemies were formerly ordinary humans before getting "infected" by blue Gelroid.
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Sequel Hook
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Sequel Hook: The game ends with the Spirit calling Duke Garland away from Zeliard to save another land.
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'70s Hair
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'70s Hair: Duke Garland's hair.
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Dismantled MacGuffin
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Dismantled MacGuffin: The Nine Tears of Esmesanti. You conveniently collect one piece for each boss defeated, and they're displayed along the top of the screen.
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Escape Rope
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Escape Rope: Starting in Bosque Village you can purchase Kioku feathers which are claimed to teleport you to the "last wise man you visited". For some reason this only ever seems to be the Sage in Muralla Town, at the beginning of the game ... but it's still preferable to dying (which costs you all your gold and half your Almas), and Muralla's banker offers one of the higher Almas exchange rates in the game.
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Teleport Spam
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Teleport Spam: Jashiin does this in his first form.
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Orbiting Particle Shield
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Orbiting Particle Shield: The Magia Stone creates a shield of four rotating stones that damage enemies upon contact.
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The Lost Woods
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The Lost Woods: The caverns of Madera and Riza are filled with giant trees whose branches you have to navigate.
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Guide Dang It!
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Guide Dang It!: As with many adventure games of the time, the latter stages start to get more complicated to a point where taking a few steps without using a map can get you lost; navigating an area requires patience, memorization, and a willingness to try everything (like jumping into walls to check for invisible passages, or attacking them to check for breakable tiles). The game doesn't actually tell you how many experience points you get from defeating each enemy or how much more you need to reach the next Character Level; visiting a sage will only give the player a general measure of how close they are. Fortunately, these webpages will tell you. Want some help navigating the final dungeon? The people hidden in Esco Village can offer you tips, but how to actually get to Esco village is something you'll have to discover on your own. You jump through the ceiling of the passage below it.
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Making a Splash
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Making a Splash: The Agua spell shoots three bolts of water.
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Collision Damage
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Collision Damage: You take damage primarily by bumping into enemies. Getting hit in the front allows your shield to absorb some of the damage, but getting hit from behind....
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Rodents of Unusual Size
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Rodents of Unusual Size: The rats on the first world try to ram you at full speed.
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Door to Before
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Door to Before: Every dungeon is structured such that "the road out is long but the road back short"; you'll generally find doors to the boss room in areas that are on the opposite side of obstacles, pits, etc. making it easy to jump down should you want to backtrack instead of progress. An NPC in Satono will also specifically warn you about a certain green door which "leads to the past" (actually two of them, which were part of the New World Tease you saw while navigating the first dungeon; if you don't recognize them when navigating the second, you'll end up backtracking). Also, the door to one of the buildings in Pureza Town (in world 8) is actually a one-way portal back to Dorado Town (in world 6).
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1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_72c04e0d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_72c04e0d
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7315fd38
type
Covers Always Lie
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7315fd38
comment
Covers Always Lie: For its US version◊, anyway, which depicts a red-bearded Horny Viking slashing at a frog (with a skull tattoo on one arm) while a small eel-monster looks on. (The "slashing at a frog" part is pretty accurate for the first two levels, at least.)
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7315fd38
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7315fd38
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7315fd38
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
type
ColorCodedForYourConvenience
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
comment
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Almas denominations have different colors according to their value, and doors between dungeon areas have different colored gems (red/blue/green/purple) to help you remember them by.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273
type
Point of No Return
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273
comment
Point of No Return: The aptly-named "Cavern of Final" — which you reach after defeating the eighth boss, Jashiin's right-hand man Alguien — gives you nowhere to go but straight to Jashiin himself.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_7ae4d273
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_82108e3d
type
Attack Its Weak Point
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_82108e3d
comment
Attack Its Weak Point: The dragon of the Volcano cavern is vulnerable in the face; anywhere else is more or less Scratch Damage. The zombies (and several later enemies the same size as you) are also only vulnerable in their heads.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_82108e3d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_82108e3d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_82108e3d
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83308c12
type
Spikes of Doom
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83308c12
comment
Spikes of Doom: Every level has some kind of terrain that damages you when you step on it (if you're not wearing the Pirika Shoes), and for the first few levels, it's these: Made of rocks, brambles, or ice depending on the level. Later levels avert this trope in favor of blue goo, lava, or fire.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83308c12
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83308c12
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83308c12
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83edb5ab
type
Difficulty by Region
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83edb5ab
comment
Difficulty by Region: The original Japanese release of the game was far more harder than the Western port. Check this entry in Hardcore Gaming 101 for further details.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83edb5ab
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83edb5ab
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_83edb5ab
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_89a17726
type
Spell My Name with an S
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_89a17726
comment
Spell My Name with an S: Some of the translations are inconsistent. While "Helada" is the most common spelling of the fourth town, it is sometimes spelled "Herada." "Plata" is at one point spelled "Burata," "Tarso" is sometimes spelled "Taruso," and "Silkarn" is sometimes spelled "Shirukaano."
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_89a17726
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_89a17726
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_89a17726
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8a3f1377
type
Stab the Sky
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8a3f1377
comment
Stab the Sky: Duke Garland does this every time he gains a Tear of Esmesanti.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8a3f1377
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8a3f1377
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8a3f1377
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8c97cf66
type
Stationary Boss
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8c97cf66
comment
Stationary Boss: The squid boss of the second dungeon doesn't move, and won't even attack you until you start lopping off its tentacles.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8c97cf66
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8c97cf66
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_8c97cf66
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_911b22d8
type
Suspicious Video-Game Generosity
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_911b22d8
comment
Suspicious Videogame Generosity: In a game with no mid-dungeon save points, you know you're in for a fight when you reach, say, the boss door in Caliente and discover a blue potion in plain sight right next to it.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_911b22d8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_911b22d8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_911b22d8
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_970c790a
type
Big Bad
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_970c790a
comment
Big Bad: Jashiin, who was a monster from another galaxy before becoming a Sealed Evil in a Can. He didn't take it very well, and it shows.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_970c790a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_970c790a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_970c790a
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9712e10
type
Sword of Plot Advancement
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9712e10
comment
Sword of Plot Advancement: Happens twice with both the Knight Sword and the Fairy Flame Sword.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9712e10
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9712e10
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9712e10
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
type
Kill It with Fire
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
comment
Kill It with Fire: Having trouble defeating green or red slimes? Cast Fuego or Lanzar at them.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a121abc7
type
Respawning Enemies
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a121abc7
comment
Respawning Enemies: Mooks will keep swarming after an area has been cleared, unless they drop an Alma and you don't pick it up.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a121abc7
featureApplicability
1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a121abc7
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
type
One-Hit Kill
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
comment
One-Hit Kill: NPCs claim that the Fairy Flame Sword can do this. And (at least against Mooks) it does. While falling, thrusting your sword down will deal enough damage to kill just about anything. Even the red slimes.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e
type
Infinity +1 Sword
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e
comment
Infinity +1 Sword: The Sword of the Fairy Flame, also a Sword of Plot Advancement as it is the only weapon capable of slaying the Final Boss.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e
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1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_af7d78e4
type
Stalactite Spite
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_af7d78e4
comment
Stalactite Spite: Icicles in the frozen caverns will drop randomly, and chunks of ceiling in the golden caverns will do the same.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_af7d78e4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_af7d78e4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_af7d78e4
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
type
Convection, Schmonvection
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
comment
Convection, Schmonvection Inverted in the Caverns of Escarcha and Glacial, as you take no damage despite the frigid temperature. Played straight in the Caverns of Tesoro and Plata, where the lava will only hurt you if you step in it and you aren't wearing the Pirika Shoes. Averted in the Caverns of Caliente, Reaccion, and Correr: Walking through them without the "Asbestos Cape" results in Garland losing health because of the excessive heat.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
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-1.0
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1.0
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0e18b32
type
Unique Enemy
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0e18b32
comment
Unique Enemy: The yellow-and-cyan bat that spawns when you open the Schmuck Bait chest in world 2 is not seen anywhere else (nor will it spawn there ever again if you loot the blue potion that it drops).
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0e18b32
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0e18b32
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b0e18b32
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b42e16fb
type
Feathered Fiend
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b42e16fb
comment
Feathered Fiend: Pollo, the third boss.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b42e16fb
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1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b42e16fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_b42e16fb
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0
type
Money Spider
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0
comment
Money Spider: Averted. Enemies drop sphere-shaped soul crystals known as Almas, which can be exchanged for gold at the bank. In fact, other than a few chests that contain paltry amounts of gold, it's the only way you can actually get more gold.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_bc0ad0c0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00
type
Character Level
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00
comment
The game doesn't actually tell you how many experience points you get from defeating each enemy or how much more you need to reach the next Character Level; visiting a sage will only give the player a general measure of how close they are. Fortunately, these webpages will tell you.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00
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1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c1c29f00
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c2dbd1f8
type
Interchangeable Antimatter Keys
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c2dbd1f8
comment
Interchangeable Antimatter Keys: Downplayed in that you'll probably only find them one at a time before using each one to progress through a locked door, but yes, each key only opens one door.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c2dbd1f8
featureApplicability
1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c2dbd1f8
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
type
Mooks
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
comment
NPCs claim that the Fairy Flame Sword can do this. And (at least against Mooks) it does.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
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1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d08049db
type
Taken for Granite
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d08049db
comment
Taken for Granite: The Princess has been turned to stone by Jashiin. Amusingly, she looks different in the various pictures seen in the game.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d08049db
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d08049db
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d08049db
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
type
Schmuck Bait
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
comment
Schmuck Bait: In world 2, there's a sign that warns you against opening the chest nearby. Opening the chest will release a unique bat that can be very difficult to beat depending on your current level and weapon (but also gives far more experience than anything else in that world).
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d3c2c6b2
type
Spread Shot
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d3c2c6b2
comment
Spread Shot: The Aqgua spell fires three bolts of water.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d3c2c6b2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d3c2c6b2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d3c2c6b2
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d6b1fa46
type
Video Game Sliding
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d6b1fa46
comment
Video Game Sliding: The downhill sliding is more of an obstacle rather than an ability, as the player eventually has to get an upgrade to ascend them.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d6b1fa46
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d6b1fa46
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d6b1fa46
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d7d588c8
type
Lethal Lava Land
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d7d588c8
comment
Lethal Lava Land: Caliente/Reaccion/Correr requires the Asbestos Cape just to be able to stand in it without taking damage.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d7d588c8
featureApplicability
1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_d7d588c8
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_da91a25f
type
Mana Potion
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_da91a25f
comment
Mana Potion: Although the game uses Vancian Magic, the Elixir of Kashi (which restores all of your charges for a single spell) and the Chikara Powder (which restores all of your spells) qualify as Mana Potions.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_da91a25f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_da91a25f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_da91a25f
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_e27e757e
type
Trauma Inn
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_e27e757e
comment
Trauma Inn: Restore both your health and your spells.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_e27e757e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_e27e757e
featureConfidence
1.0
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_e27e757e
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_edada905
type
Garden of Evil
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_edada905
comment
Garden of Evil: The caverns of Absor, Desleal, Milagro, Falter, and Final resemble an overgrown garden.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_edada905
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_edada905
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1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
hasFeature
Zeliard (Video Game) / int_edada905
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_ee19d278
type
Blob Monster
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_ee19d278
comment
Blob Monster: Two of the bosses, Agar and Paguro, are gelatinous cubes. Many of the more-common monsters are some kind of blob, especially in the final world.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_ee19d278
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1.0
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1.0
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_ee19d278
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f018c5cf
type
Offhand Backhand
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f018c5cf
comment
Offhand Backhand: Of a sword-wielding variety, your basic attack animation hits everything along its animation (it starts behind you then swings forward). This is a useful way to damage the fast-moving bats in the first two dungeons, and also the boss Vista.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f018c5cf
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f018c5cf
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f018c5cf
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f11c3835
type
Anti-Grinding
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f11c3835
comment
Anti-Grinding: The sages in each town have a limit to how high they can level you up.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f11c3835
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f11c3835
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1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f11c3835
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f3c2fec5
type
Jungle Japes
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f3c2fec5
comment
Jungle Japes: The third set of dungeons.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f3c2fec5
featureApplicability
1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f3c2fec5
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f4a0408f
type
Wake-Up Call Boss
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f4a0408f
comment
Wake-Up Call Boss: The crab boss of the first dungeon, Cangrejo. Vista, too, is MUCH harder than any of the bosses you've faced so far (and is Nightmare Fuel incarnate to boot). In fact, without the Knight's Sword, you can't even scratch him...her...it.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f4a0408f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f4a0408f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game)
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f4a0408f
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f763003b
type
Boss Warning Siren
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f763003b
comment
Boss Warning Siren: Not only is the door to the boss room identifiable in advance by an ominous pounding when you approach it (and they're invariably locked and have red gems above them too), but when you enter the room, "ENCOUNTER!" in large red letters will flash on the upper half of the screen before the battle actually begins.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f763003b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f763003b
featureConfidence
1.0
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f763003b
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f7991a5c
type
Wrap Around
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f7991a5c
comment
Wrap Around: For the most part, each cavern occupies a space 256x64 tiles large, which wraps around both horizontally and vertically.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f7991a5c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f7991a5c
featureConfidence
1.0
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Zeliard (Video Game) / int_f7991a5c
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb
type
Brick Joke
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb
comment
Brick Joke: One of the elderly villagers in Muralla Town will tell you that his son Michael went into the caverns and never returned. Six levels later, in Llama Town, you'll meet Michael himself.
 Zeliard (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb
featureApplicability
1.0
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1.0
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Spikes of Doom / int_a82a37f8
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Stab the Sky / int_a82a37f8
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