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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel)

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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel)	comment	The year is 20XX, 20 Minutes into the Future, and arcades are mainstream. The Great Video Game Crash of 1983 never happened, and as a result, arcades never declined in popularity, remaining a permanent part of popular culture. That doesn't make running one any easier than running any other small business, though.Enter the protagonist, a jaded twenty-something searching for work. When their best friend Juniper suggests they try a new semi-virtual reality app named IRIS to help them get a job, they are offered a chance to work at an arcade. Though skeptical at first, they decide to revisit that bastion of their fun-filled childhood and apply for the job as a floor manager. There, they meet all manner of quirky and attractive coworkers, plus a few serious regulars, each of whom is in love with arcades in one way or another, despite all being very different people. Through their work, the protagonist will re-learn what it means to find happiness in the world, and make a bunch of great friends along the way - and maybe even love.Arcade Spirits is a Ren'Py-based Visual Novel by Stefan Gagne, creator of Sailor Nothing, and Aenne Schumann. The full version of the game was released on February 12, 2019. The website can be found here.A sequel, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, was announced in June 2020, and dropped on May 27, 2022.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1439161f	comment	No matter how you handle the conversation with Deco Nami, unfortunately circumstances beyond your control will cause him to gain ownership of Francine's Funplex, seemingly snatching the protagonist's dream away. You even get a "Game Over" screen, followed by a "Continue" screen. If you continue, everyone from the arcade stages an intervention to pull the protagonist out of their Heroic BSoD, and the story will continue as the protagonist gets the idea to establish a new arcade.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_14450636	type	Debut Queue
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_14450636	comment	Debut Queue: In Chapter 1, the protagonist will meet each potential love interest (or friend, if playing the non-romantic route) one by one in their own scene. Each person is subsequently added to Iris's relationship tracker.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_15385326	type	You Can't Thwart Stage One
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_15385326	comment	You Can't Thwart Stage One: Unfortunately, Francine's Funplex will always end up being sold to Deco Nami regardless of your choices. In order for the protagonist to earn a happy ending, the protagonist has to open a new arcade and persuade Sue to turn on Deco by providing the media with evidence leading to Deco's arrest.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_161f1ebf	type	Relationship Upgrade
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_161f1ebf	comment	Relationship Upgrade: If you make the right choices, your companion can coax Clyde into admitting their love for Sue, a feeling Sue reciprocates.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_19a781f	type	Relationship Values
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_19a781f	comment	Relationship Values: IRIS tracks your closeness to the different dateable characters (save Juniper and Hunter, whose values are hidden) and can be seen at any time in the top right hand corner. This actually exists in-universe as well, and when the protagonist comes to express their feelings for someone, they admit to feeling kind of weird about something so personal and subjective being reduced to numbers. However, IRIS explains that this really just tracks the choices you've made, attempting to discern the amount of affection you've shown for someone, and you're totally able to ignore it all and just choose who you feel like anyway.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1b70ccc6	type	The Cynic
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1b70ccc6	comment	The Cynic: The protagonist starts as this, but comes to slowly see on the brighter side as they come to feel at home at the Funplex. Gavin also feels forced to be this to keep the Funplex in the black.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1bf3170b	type	The McCoy
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1bf3170b	comment	The McCoy: Naomi tends to think with her heart first, and often gets so caught up in building a perfect menagerie of game consoles that she loses track of real-world money constraints.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1c3d047e	type	The Rival
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1c3d047e	comment	The Rival: The player character (default name Seeker) has a rival (default name Hunter). The player can choose what type of rival Hunter is: they can either be a friendly rival or a hostile rival. This also changes the endgame slightly: if Hunter is a friendly rival, then they were Forced into Evil because their Iris became Polybiris and cheated on their behalf, and Polybiris was too powerful for Hunter to stop. But if Hunter is a hostile rival, while cheating was still Polybiris's idea, Hunter gleefully took advantage of the opportunity, becoming a Rival Turned Evil.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1c4e308e	type	The Spock
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1c4e308e	comment	The Spock: Gavin, who tries to keep everyone else in the Funplex grounded, but can become overly cynical if he loses sight of why he enjoys arcades in the first place. Naturally, he and Naomi fight. A lot.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Ben and Matt, the pun-slinging couple that run the Hole Story. They can become involved in the main plot if the player recruits them for the new arcade's bar.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1ed73929	type	The Friends Who Never Hang
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_1ed73929	comment	The Friends Who Never Hang: Averted and lampshaded. Just about every possible pairing of arcade staff and regulars have a scene together, or at least a potential scene depending on the protagonist's choices. However, part of the reason Percy and Teo make a point of hanging out together for a while at the beach is because they so seldom interact (their games are at opposite ends of the arcade).
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_24c6f22e	type	Trash of the Titans
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_24c6f22e	comment	Trash of the Titans: The protagonist leaves their apartment very messy, and in most routes it just symbolizes the protagonist's listlessness and "go with the flow" attitude. But if you're doing the friendship route or Juniper romance route, it eventually causes an issue, as Juniper gets fed up having to clean up after the protagonist in their shared home.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_28f852ea	type	Wholesome Crossdresser
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_28f852ea	comment	Wholesome Crossdresser: Ashley dresses up as a butler for the convention MAX, and the protagonist is given the opportunity to dress as the corresponding maid character with her regardless of gender.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2a4222ff	type	Benevolent A.I.
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2a4222ff	comment	Benevolent A.I.: Iris may make some questionable decisions, from ordering copious pizza bagels to blowing up your phone, but her only goal is to help the protagonist as much as possible. Even if you encourage Iris to be chaotic in the sequel, her intention is still to help humanity as a whole.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2b5ea43c	type	Bland-Name Product
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2b5ea43c	comment	Bland-Name Product: Some of the in-universe games seem clearly based on real-world versions, but interestingly averted with Spotlight Stage, which is compared to Dance Dance Revolution but distinguished from it.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2c789a2e	type	Good Bad Translation
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2c789a2e	comment	Good Bad Translation: invoked 'Fist of Discomfort' was deliberately titled to come across as this, as though it had been translated badly out of Japanese and so sounded a little inappropriate.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Ashley is fun-loving and sometimes goes off on tangents due to her vivid imagination, but also suffers from depression and struggles with figuring out who she is. Gavin prioritizes profits and pragmatism, but also wants to protect people's dreams. Additionally, he joined a struggling arcade because he wanted to be a self-made man, unlike his family, who brags about being self-made despite inheriting their wealth. Naomi is shy, but will become very talkative if speaking of her passion for retro games and arcade games in general. While she normally has trouble being around people, she isn't afraid to speak her mind and passionately defend and argue for what she believes in, and in the endgame, she is willing to interact with crowds of people online if it will help the protagonist. Queen Bee is very self-confident and loves to compete, but on her route it's revealed that she's been dealing with sexism in the gaming community, and has had to work much harder to prove herself as a result, especially since her esports team, L7, is very strict about mistakes. She is also embarrassed at her real name, which is why she goes by the name Queen Bee. On her romance route, she gives the protagonist the choice of whether to call her by her real name or whether to continue using the name Queen Bee. Percy has a relaxed personality, and spends a great deal of time trying to get a high score on Mr. Moopy's Magic Maze, or Moopy for short. This is because his sister Stella died before she could get that high score, and Percy himself has the same hereditary heart condition that took his sister's life. Teo is friendly and flirty, but is also very community-involved and community-focused. He also sometimes works himself ragged, so the protagonist can recommend to Teo that Teo should take a little more "me time".
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_2f36d97	comment	Older Than They Look: The protagonist has been making a living on their own for a while, and mentions being about 10 years older than Sue. This presumably places them in their mid-to-late twenties, despite a vaguely young adult look.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_319a6fd7	type	Passed in Their Sleep
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_319a6fd7	comment	Passed in Their Sleep: Francine's inevitable fate.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Valkyrie, the former coach of P2W, considers cheating in tournaments to be awful, and would never accept a tainted win.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_32785419	type	Redemption Rejection
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_32785419	comment	Redemption Rejection: If Hunter and Valkyrie are not defeated in the final battle, they are both banned from esports for life after Hunter's Iris is caught cheating. Valkyrie tries to pin the blame on Hunter, and Hunter, especially if hostile, refuses to give up. This causes them both to fade from glory in the epilogue.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_34889673	type	Gender Flip
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_34889673	comment	Gender Flip: Wyvern Keep, one of three possible videogames that you can choose as your player character's favorite, is based off the real life Dragon's Lair videogame, but with a female adventurer whose goal is to save the prince.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: Mandatory when Queen Bee is playing, though it's censored out.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_35e077	type	Fourth-Date Marriage
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_35e077	comment	Fourth-Date Marriage: On Zapper's route, Zapper will propose marriage to the player character right before the final battle. Zapper does have a reason behind her sudden proposal: she had a friend named Claudette, a.k.a "Cloudy". Zapper was in love with Cloudy but never confessed her feelings, and Cloudy later died of cancer. Zapper gets serious with the player character more quickly because she doesn't want to make the same mistake she did with Cloudy.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_3855da2c	type	Cosplay Otaku Girl
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_3855da2c	comment	Cosplay Otaku Girl: Ashley, who is more interested in creating costumes and dressing up than the specific games themselves.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_396e1c2a	type	Face Death with Dignity
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_396e1c2a	comment	Face Death with Dignity: Percy has this in the bag. Despite suffering from a hereditary heart condition that gives him two years tops to live, Percy has made peace with it and firmly believes that the quality of his life outweighs the quantity of it. He initially refuses a experimental treatment/cure, feeling guilty at the prospect of living when his sister didn't. If he is romanced or has a high enough relationship score at the end of the game, he will change his mind and fight to live.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_39a2d446	type	Preppy Name
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_39a2d446	comment	Preppy Name: Percy's full name is Percival Sinclair.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_3b97fb10	comment	Pursue the Dream Job: Working at an arcade can be this for the protagonist, considering how much they loved arcades as a kid. However, they admit when they apply that they're not actually sure this is their dream job, but they're willing to try and see.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_3d872ef4	type	Doujin Soft
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_3d872ef4	comment	Doujin Soft: At the convention, you can meet an indie game producer working on a highly anticipated schoolgirl-themed game called Magical Moon Cuties. If you go with Teo you'll also get to experience the indie room, where the protagonist will express amazement that there are so many amateurs making games.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_3f4613f8	comment	Smart People Wear Glasses: Naomi, the techie, and Gavin, the business and finance expert.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: The characters with the lowest relationship score will drift apart from the protagonist unless the player makes a certain series of choices. If they take Valkyrie up on her Chapter 5 offer, and if they put their lowest relationship score friends up in the match, those friends will stay no matter what.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_44f6517d	type	Beach Episode
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_44f6517d	comment	Beach Episode: The company retreat to the beach in Chapter 5. Along with all the Fanservice of the numerous dateable characters in their teeny swimsuits, it's when you get to go for a Relationship Upgrade.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_463da046	type	Ambiguous Gender Identity
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_463da046	comment	Ambiguous Gender Identity: If romanced, Ashley will confess that to not feeling 100% girl or boy. By the sequel, they are using they/them/their pronouns after previously using she/her.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_47bf7e16	type	Local Hangout
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_47bf7e16	comment	Local Hangout: Hole Story, the combination book and coffee shop next door from the Funplex.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_48081842	type	The Stinger
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_48081842	comment	The Stinger: After the credits, you get a different "stinger" depending on whether you've completed all the romance routes yet: If you haven't completed all the romance routes yet, you get a scene of Deco Nami being interrogated by an agent about the haunted Polybius game you played earlier in the game. If you have completed all the romance routes, you get a scene of an unknown character playing Fist of Discomfort, and then seeing a teaser for a sequel, Fist of Discomfort II, which will introduce team play. The unknown character wonders who to team up with...
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_5067fd81	type	Everyone Is Bi
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_5067fd81	comment	Everyone Is Bi: All love interests can be pursued by anyone, regardless of chosen pronouns. This is deliberate, allowing the characters and player to express themselves through their choices first and foremost.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_517d2eb8	comment	Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Ari Cader was content to drift through life until Juniper gave them Iris, who led them to Francine's Funplex and led them to find a purpose in life. By contrast, Seeker has a very definite goal and focuses on it to the exclusion of all else, until Hunter gives them Iris, which leads them to find a better life balance with the crew at Good Clean Fun.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_545a4a86	type	Ominous Save Prompt
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_545a4a86	comment	Ominous Save Prompt: One appears before confront Sue in Level 08, where Iris tells the player that you can in fact fail before offering you the option of saving.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_564caaae	type	Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_564caaae	comment	Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: On the protagonist's second arcade's opening day, they will get into an unavoidable argument with their love interest (or with their roommate and best friend Juniper, if the player isn't romancing anyone). The argument only gets resolved when the protagonist gets injured later, prompting their love interest (or Juniper) to visit the hospital and apologize.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_591b1d22	type	Metalhead
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_591b1d22	comment	Metalhead: Jynx, who unwinds by listening to her albums at full blast. Her idea of a perfect date is an Alice Cooper concert.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_5ad80bf8	type	It's All My Fault
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_5ad80bf8	comment	It's All My Fault: The protagonist cares deeply about the Funplex and their friends, and is pretty hard on themselves as a result. They even take the blame for Percy's heart attack because it happened during the event they organized.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_617f0563	comment	Heelâ€“Face Turn: Hunter and Valkyrie, though it depends on whether Hunter is a friendly rival or a hostile rival. These will only happen if you defeat Hunter and Valkyrie in the final battle. If Hunter is a friendly rival, they'll only be banned from esports for a year and they'll join Good Clean Fun in the epilogue. If Hunter is a hostile rival, they'll only be banned from esports for a year and will become a medical lab assistant in the epilogue. If Valkyrie is defeated, Valkyrie will only be banned from esports for a year and will make a comeback by helping to write a new code of conduct to improve the gaming community. Furthermore, if Hunter is romanced as a hostile rival, their affection for Seeker will make them realise their actions were wrong.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_6293c185	type	Sequel Hook
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_6293c185	comment	Sequel Hook: The mystery of the haunted "Polybius" arcade game is never really solved, opening up the possibility for it to be solved in the sequel. Also, if you complete all the routes, you'll get a scene that in-universe advertises a sequel to Fist of Discomfort, while out-of-universe also putting forth the possibility of a sequel to Arcade Spirits itself. Said sequel would be released on May 2022.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_66d13ab9	type	Talking in Your Dreams
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_66d13ab9	comment	Talking in Your Dreams: After getting shot trying to protect Sue, a critic, or an employee, the player has a brief conversation with Francine, who assures them they can still save their arcade.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_675206b9	type	Games of the Elderly
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_675206b9	comment	Games of the Elderly: Ashley's date involves her and the protagonist going to a nearby hall to play bingo; naturally, everyone else there is at least sixty, and not all are too pleased to see two young people playing around.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_680bb6b1	type	Hot-Blooded
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_680bb6b1	comment	If your character is Gutsy, you have to challenge Sue to a one-on-one gaming match using whichever videogame Hamza gave you as a gift earlier in the game, either Phrase Invaders, Wyvern Keep, or Zombie Meltdown.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Polybiris' social media manipulation and hacking of Coda's medical records lead him to attempt suicide in front of Seeker. Possibly played straight with Polybiris, who erases her code if you do not properly confront her in the last confrontation.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: The default name for the protagonist is Ari Cader The villain's name is Deco Nami Sue's full name is Sue Nami/Tsunami, fitting for the amount of destruction she leaves behind her
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_6ec989d8	type	Guide Dang It!
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_6ec989d8	comment	Guide Dang It!: Juniper is the most difficult character to romance, because Iris does not keep track of her affection. Iris even points this out and reacts with surprise if you say you'll ask Juniper out on a date.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7043a964	type	Grammar Nazi
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7043a964	comment	Grammar Nazi: The sign saying "Employee's Only" bothers the protagonist enough for them to cover up the apostrophe.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_707bb8ce	type	Pair the Spares
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_707bb8ce	comment	Pair the Spares: Grace and Jynx will start dating if the player doesn't romance anyone.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_739cd809	type	Fandom VIP
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_739cd809	comment	Fandom VIP: Used in-universe, Teo is the big fan of Spotlight Stage, as he organizes a lot of the big meet-ups and events.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_75d6bf40	type	Belligerent Sexual Tension
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_75d6bf40	comment	Belligerent Sexual Tension: Ashley seems to believe this to be the case between Gavin and Naomi, seeing how they tend to disagree a lot. The tension is over real issues, but in some endings the two work those issues out and then become a couple.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_77c17d1	type	Casual-Competitive Conflict
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_77c17d1	comment	Casual-Competitive Conflict: In-Universe, Queen Bee and Percy are both very much on the competitive side, the former being a streamer of a multiplayer fighting game and the latter being a retro game scorechaser, while Teo and Ashley represent the casual side, the former being more interested in the community around fun games than playing to win and Ashley mainly just into the cosplay. However, while the former two and latter two do get along quite well, there's never any sign of conflict between any of them based on their different approaches.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_79a60aec	type	For Want of a Nail
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_79a60aec	comment	For Want Of A Nail: According to an early game flashback, the Alternate Timeline the game takes place in exists because the legendarily bad E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial game was never made.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: In the job interview with Francine, she asks about things like dinosaurs and snacks. The protagonist gets caught off guard when she asks, "Why are you are here?"
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7bef7071	type	ChildhoodFriend
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7bef7071	comment	Childhood Friend: The protagonist's roommate Juniper is also the protagonist's best friend; they both grew up in the same town, and left to find happiness. Juniper is a romance option, and can thus become an Unlucky Childhood Friend or a Victorious Childhood Friend.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7bf14666	type	And Now for Someone Completely Different
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7bf14666	comment	And Now for Someone Completely Different: During the final chapter, you're given options by all your friends on how to track down Sue in order to ask her to help you take down Deco Nami. Each choice leads to you playing as someone other than the protagonist you created in the beginning of the game.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7d0316d2	type	Godlike Gamer
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7d0316d2	comment	Godlike Gamer: Subverted with The Demon. He definitely appears to be The Ace at Fists of Discomfort, but he expresses that he has plenty to learn, especially from Queen Bee.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7d163c9c	type	Dating Catwoman
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7d163c9c	comment	Dating Catwoman: Downplayed. Seeker is able to romance their rival, Hunter, who is a part of the team P2W that opposes Seekerâ€™s team for the entire game. Further downplayed if Hunter is a friendly rival.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7ef728b1	type	Tsundere
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7ef728b1	comment	Tsundere: If Seeker chooses to spend enough time with their rival, a hostile Hunter will constantly insult and demean Seeker while trying to hide their attraction to them.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7f0f19e5	type	I Coulda Been a Contender!
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_7f0f19e5	comment	I Coulda Been a Contender!: On Rhapsody's route, you learn that Rhapsody has a history of teaching others to win competitions, but not being able to win themself, and they have conflicting emotions over this: they're legitimately proud that they're able to help others succeed, but can't help but feel a little jealous that they haven't been able to win themself.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Hamza has a tendency of making his presence known.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_829b958e	type	Embarrassing First Name
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_829b958e	comment	Embarrassing First Name: While Grace goes by her real name, the other characters go by aliases, with their real names available on the official Arcade Spirits website. The only exception is Locksley, whose real name is only listed as REDACTED. If the player character romances him, you find out why: his real first name is Melvin, and he hates it, as it reminds him too much of his past as a theater club kid who read way too much Shakespeare.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_85ca9dab	type	Second Love
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_85ca9dab	comment	Second Love: On Zapper's route, the player character is this to Zapper, as Zapper used to be friends with a sweet and gentle girl named Claudette, a.k.a. "Cloudy". Zapper developed feelings for Cloudy but was too afraid to tell her, and Cloudy later died of cancer.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_88472ef3	type	Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_88472ef3	comment	Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: The protagonist at the beginning. Working at the arcade ends up becoming the passion they need in their life, though not without difficulty.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_8aef3aa4	type	Big Beautiful Man
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_8aef3aa4	comment	Big Beautiful Man: Upon meeting Percy, the protagonist can express interest in his "dad bod."
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_8e0430ab	type	Non-Standard Game Over
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_8e0430ab	comment	Non-Standard Game Over: During a conversation with Iris in chapter 1, if you insist that you're a winner and always will be, and then say so again upon being prompted a second time, your character will leave Good Clean Fun and devote themself exclusively to winning at Fist of Discomfort 2, withdrawing from friends and family, and finally winning the championship trophy at the cost of losing everything else.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_8fd7af48	type	Sir Swears-a-Lot
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_8fd7af48	comment	Sir Swears-a-Lot: Zapper curses frequently, and like Queen Bee before her, Zapper's swearing is rendered as Symbol Swearing.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_95a2cbd4	type	Exposition Fairy
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_95a2cbd4	comment	Exposition Fairy: Iris, a phone AI, is this, explaining how everything works, getting you the job that kicks off the plot, keeping track of your stats, and occasionally reminding you of what you're supposed to do. And exploding your phone to snap you out of it when the Polybius game starts to absorb your mind.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: Deco Nami presents himself as polite, courteous fellow and actually holds a degree of respect to competitors such as Francine, but that's about it. Underneath it all, he's a greedy, manipulative schemer. And an Abusive Parent to boot.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_96fbeaf	type	There Are No Therapists
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_96fbeaf	comment	There Are No Therapists: Averted on Domino's route. He finally agrees to go therapy, and as he reveals to Shadow Domino in the final battle if you pick the correct dialogue option, therapy is helping him.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Valkyrie, a Competition Freak determined to regain her esports prestige at all costs - until the final level where we discover the actual main antagonist is Hunter's Iris, having been corrupted by her Polybius source code and willing to burn the world if it achieve her user's dreams.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_99dce181	type	Hacker Collective
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_99dce181	comment	Hacker Collective: The Ghost Monsters have become a group dedicated to hosting servers for Iris to exist in, so Iris isn't deleted by the government. Locksley is secretly a member of this group, and initially joined Good Clean Fun to stay close to Grace for Iris's sake, as Iris doesn't want anything to happen to Grace.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9a7f6233	type	Fictional Video Game
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9a7f6233	comment	Fictional Video Game: All of the games that are major story elements, such as the ones the regular customers play. The rare ones you can get at the auction at the singer's house are more obvious parodies of real arcade games. Once in a while a character will mention a real arcade game in dialogue, marked with a handy (tm) symbol.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9c47b23b	type	Dirty Communists
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9c47b23b	comment	Dirty Communists: Zombie Meltdown has you fight radioactive communist zombies (and Uranium Enriched Stalin) to save America.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9c8701b5	type	A Day in the Limelight
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9c8701b5	comment	A Day in the Limelight: For a lengthy scene in Chapter 6, the protagonist is absent and we see what their Iris is up to, providing context for the events later in the chapter.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Francine's discussion of tradeoffs in Chapter Two is realized in the endgame. If you want to keep all of your friends at the arcade, then you cannot enter a romance. If you do enter a romance, the two friends with the lowest score will leave the arcade in the epilogue.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9d72cf74	type	Fandom
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9d72cf74	comment	Fandom: A major theme of the game, with every love interest representing a different side of arcade fandom, from Naomi who loves the physical machines themselves to Percy who loves score-chasing to Teo who just loves the associated community and having fun with friends.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9dd2cbc2	type	CloudCuckooLander
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_9dd2cbc2	comment	Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Ashley is the biggest of the main cast, inexplicably fond of the terrifying mass of pink that is the costume she wears for work, and prone to long leaps of the imagination.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a3515d6	type	Contrasting Sequel Antagonist
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a3515d6	comment	Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Deco Nami was a shady, manipulative asshole, but comparatively few of his many misdeeds were actually illegal. Meanwhile, Valkyrie doesn't do as much wrong that we see, but a far larger proportion of her misdeeds are illegal, and her worst action (driving Coda to attempted suicide) is far worse than anything we saw Deco Nami do. In reality, Valkyrie (while a horrible person) is not the true villain. That is Hunter's Iris, who is so desperate to help Hunter that she gives in to the traces of Polybius code within her, becoming Polybiris. Where Deco Nami was a hearltess, self-centred jackass, Polybiris cared about her user to the exclusion of all else, to the point of committing attempted murder.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a5b12e14	type	Commitment Issues
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a5b12e14	comment	Commitment Issues: Queen Bee's got 'em. She comes around for the protagonist, though.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a5de0ab9	type	Polyamory
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a5de0ab9	comment	Polyamory: One possible romantic situation is for Jynx to invite the player to date both her and Grace.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Almost all of the Good Clean Fun patrons go by their aliases. The only exception is Grace, who doesn't use an alias, so "Grace" is her real name. The other characters' real names are listed on their profiles on the official Arcade Spirits website (except Locksley, whose real name is only listed as REDACTED).
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a86069f	type	Alternate History
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a86069f	comment	Alternate History: The series is set in an alternate timeline where The Great Video Game Crash of 1983 explicitly didn't happen and the ET Atari game wasn't complete rubbish.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a8de2a46	type	Eccentric Millionaire
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_a8de2a46	comment	Eccentric Millionaire: Hamza, a relation of Saudi royalty, who spends all of his time keeping up with arcade games that will soon come up for sale and organising snap auctions. Gavin finds him very difficult to deal with because he can be quite unpredictable, accepting strange bids and refusing to explain his processes.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_aa79bac	type	Parting-Words Regret
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_aa79bac	comment	Parting-Words Regret: Inverted in one of the routes, as the regret is over what wasn't said: if the player character romances Zapper, Zapper reveals that she used to be friends with a sweet and gentle girl named Claudette, nicknamed "Cloudy". Zapper was in love with Cloudy, but was too afraid to say anything, and Cloudy later died of cancer. So, Zapper resolves to be more direct in her relationship with the player character, to avoid making the same mistake she did with Cloudy.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_aa88f109	type	Humanity Is Infectious
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_aa88f109	comment	Humanity Is Infectious: The personality of Iris adapts to its user. By the end of the game, the protagonist's Iris will share their most prominent personality trait, and thank them for showing her this part of life.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_ac9af088	type	Relationship-Salvaging Disaster
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_ac9af088	comment	Relationship-Salvaging Disaster: When the protagonist opens their second arcade, events spiral out of control due to sabotage, and the protagonist gets injured and hospitalized. However, this also prompts their love interest (or best friend) to visit the hospital and apologize for an earlier argument, prompting the protagonist to apologize as well and salvage their relationship.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_ad4a45be	type	Final Boss
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_ad4a45be	comment	Final Boss: The final confrontation with Sue, who is secretly Deco Nami's daughter. The goal is to convince her to turn against her father and reveal evidence of his crimes, which will get him arrested. How this confrontation plays out depends on your character's personality: If your character is Gutsy, you have to challenge Sue to a one-on-one gaming match using whichever videogame Hamza gave you as a gift earlier in the game, either Phrase Invaders, Wyvern Keep, or Zombie Meltdown. If your character is Kindly, you have to engage Sue in a verbal debate, with about 4 chances to persuade her that her interests are better served if she helps you than if she helps Deco. If your character is Quirky, you have to engage in a pizza-bagel-eating contest with Sue's friend Clyde, and Sue raises the difficulty by having you eat badly-cooked bagels and bagels with hot sauce on them. If your character is Steady, you have to play a variant of "tag" in a maze of arcade games, with the goal being to pick up all the plush dolls in the maze before the members of Sue's street gang tag you.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_ad641426	type	Trademark Favorite Food
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_ad641426	comment	Trademark Favorite Food: Odd in that Iris is an AI that doesn't need to eat, but she never stops singing the praises of pizza bagels. "When you've got pizza on a bagel..."
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: While discussing copyright laws, Locksley derisively mentions that copyright, in it's current form, only exists because "a certain mouse whose name dare not be invoked" pushed hard for legal changes, "to ensure infinite dominion over their valuable rodent".
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_b6ec7566	type	Twofer Token Minority
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_b6ec7566	comment	Twofer Token Minority: Queen Bee is not only a woman in the esports industry, but a brown woman (possibly Indian, considering she has a Hindu first name). Queer too, depending on how she is played, which would make her a threefer.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_bb660963	type	Color-Coded Characters
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_bb660963	comment	Color-Coded Characters: Most of the game's characters have different colored portraits and text. As far as the Funplex crew goes: Gavin is teal, Naomi is green, Ashley is blue, Queen Bee is yellow, Percy is brown, and Teo is orange.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_bd275efa	type	Developers' Desired Date
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_bd275efa	comment	Developers' Desired Date: Out of all the sequel romance options, the rival Hunter has the most spotlight and two different variations of their romance depending on whether they are friendly or hostile. The player has the opportunity to express interest in them before Iris even asks if the player is interested in romance. They're also fully customisable by the player, who can make them as attractive as they want. Retroactively applies to Queen Bee in the first game. She is the only love interest that shows up in person in the sequel. She and Ari have unique dialogue for each other that the other love interests don't.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_bdd4c302	type	Perky Goth
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_bdd4c302	comment	Perky Goth: Juniper loves her blacks and purples, but is also very kind and caring.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c03fec8b	type	Non-Standard Game Over
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c03fec8b	comment	Picking the Nonstandard Game Over 'earns' you a victory plaque that consists of a low-poly count trophy and the victory message "YOU'RE WINNER!".
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c0d598fe	type	Evil Gloating
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c0d598fe	comment	Evil Gloating: If Hunter is a hostile rival, then in the climax, Hunter reveals that their Iris was the actual culprit behind Valkyrie's victory-by-cheating and the indirect attempted murder of Coda. Hunter then gloats about how they took advantage of the opportunity Polybiris gave them, and Hunter even mocks Seeker for not being smart enough to figure out Polybiris and Hunter's villainy sooner. Averted if Hunter is a friendly rival or was romanced as a hostile rival, as in that scenario Polybiris was acting without Hunter's permission and was too powerful for Hunter to stop.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c2e3f1b4	type	Affluent Ascetic
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c2e3f1b4	comment	Affluent Ascetic: Percy doesn't really hide the fact that he's rich, but he has no interest in buying expensive things and lives a modest life. He only got rich to pay for his sister's medical needs, but now that she's passed, he continues trading stock to provide himself financial stability while he chases the Mr Moopy high score, and he donates much of the extra to charity.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c33ba0a8	type	Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c33ba0a8	comment	Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: If Hamza and/or Ben and Matt aren't chosen to help fund the new arcade, there is no mention of them after Chapter 6.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c3c3c608	type	Evil Former Friend
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c3c3c608	comment	Evil Former Friend: If chosen as a hostile rival, Seeker will reveal that Hunter used to be much more pleasant to them when they first met.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c41114f6	type	Year X
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c41114f6	comment	Year X: All years given in the game are written like this. When showing up in actual dialogue the X's are pronounced as censor bleeps.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c42400d1	type	Gamer Chick
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c42400d1	comment	Gamer Chick: Naturally, Arcade Spirits is full of them, though the primary examples are Queen Bee, Zapper, Grace and Sue.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c45237fb	type	Dialogue Tree
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c45237fb	comment	Dialogue Tree: The player regularly gets to choose how the protagonist will respond, which will affect Relationship Values and the character's personality.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Being a celebration of game culture, Arcade Spirits has a couple nods to elements of famous games. The arcade game 'Fist of Discomfort' is named after a Neverwinter Nights module written by Gagne in 2003. It was also a side-scroller beat 'em up containing Intentional Engrish for Funny. The street gang Deco Nami hires to sabotage the second arcade's opening has names in common with Pac-Man's ghostly enemies—Blinky (red), Pinky (pink), Inky (blue), Clyde (orange), and Sue (purple), Sue being the leader. This is further emphasized by their hideout, with their arcade machines and neon lights being arranged in the shape of the Pac-Man maze. Heck, the group name (Ghost Monsters) is drawn from Pac-Man too just to make sure you don't miss it. Iris gets your attention with a "Hey! Listen!" a few times. When you go to the rare game auction where they're selling off the contents of a dead singer's personal arcade, one of the games you find is Polybius, and it tries to control your mind. If you rescue the kittens at the auction, Naomi will name one Pengo. "Hamza has wares if you have coin." After deciding which game you want at the auction, you say, "Hamza, I've come to bargain." Picking the Nonstandard Game Over 'earns' you a victory plaque that consists of a low-poly count trophy and the victory message "YOU'RE WINNER!". The local bookstore cafe sells "Pratchett" donuts and Klatchian Coffee. When the lights are out at the dive restaurant, the protagonist worries that a "giant animatronic bear is going to leap out and eat [their] face." A non-game example: In a moment of concern, the protagonist mentions "that dog sitting in a burning room, saying 'This is fine.'"
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c87737d9	type	Vacation Episode
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_c87737d9	comment	Vacation Episode: Counterpart to the Beach Episode in the first game There's a chapter near the last third of the game where the group goes to an amusement park, and it's where the player gets their official Relationship Upgrade.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_caa28b82	comment	If your character is Quirky, you have to engage in a pizza-bagel-eating contest with Sue's friend Clyde, and Sue raises the difficulty by having you eat badly-cooked bagels and bagels with hot sauce on them.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The story leaves it ambiguous as to whether the protagonist is actually suffering a "family curse", or whether the protagonist's family coincidentally just had a lot of bad luck.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d0252942	type	Challenge Gamer
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d0252942	comment	Challenge Gamer: Percy, who is trying to achieve the new world record for Moopy's Magic Maze.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d24ed873	type	Developer's Foresight
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d24ed873	comment	Developer's Foresight: You get a special line of dialogue if you name the new arcade Francine's or Deco's Palace.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d2b59903	type	Cool Old Lady
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d2b59903	comment	Cool Old Lady: Francine, the owner of the arcade, and a video game fan from way back.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d2ccb43e	type	Delicious Distraction
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d2ccb43e	comment	Delicious Distraction: At the intervention in Chapter 6, the crew takes turns lifting the protagonist's spirits...ooh, Ben and Matt brought cake!
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d6f284a3	type	Anti-Frustration Features
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d6f284a3	comment	Anti-Frustration Features: The New Challengers adds a playable Fist of Discomfort minigame. But you have the option to disable the game and just decide if your side wins or loses, if you're only there for the social sim aspect.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d80fb43b	type	Murder Simulators
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_d80fb43b	comment	Murder Simulators: One of the new games you can get at auction was controversial for being so violent, and Gavin warns that it might not be as popular or profitable because of it.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_dbca2c99	type	Red Herring
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_dbca2c99	comment	Red Herring: A complicated example: Valkyrie, the coach of esports team Play-2-Win, apparently cheats in the charity battle by hacking the game, and apparently launches a cyberbullying campaign against Coda and tries to drive him to suicide by hacking his medical records to cancel his prescription. In the climax, we find out that Valkyrie is partially responsible for the cheating, as she knew about it but looked the other way so she could benefit, and her perfectionist tendencies were why the real culprit was desperate enough to turn to Polybius. However, Valkyrie isn't the one who actually carried out the cheating, and she also had nothing to do with the harassment of Coda. The real culprit is Hunter's Iris, who accepted Polybius's code to become Polybiris so she could help Hunter win by any means necessary.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Francine is very kind and understanding, and will hire the protagonist even if the protagonist answers they're unsure why they want to work in the arcade, because the protagonist's past lifeguard experience legitimately qualifies them for the stresses of the job. When the protagonist is about to go to a meeting with corporate businessman Deco Nami, Francine will tell the protagonist that they are allowed to sell the arcade if they think it best, leaving the decision in the protagonist's hands. Also, while Gavin initially seems to be cold on first meeting, he actually turns out to be this—to give an early example, during the birthday party, when a little girl's tickets get stolen, Gavin is in favor of just ignoring it in order to avoid causing a scene. However, if you stand up to Gavin or tell him to have a heart, Gavin will back down and admit you're right, justice for the little girl is more important and the thief shouldn't get away with it. Gavin will then make the thief give the girl her tickets back.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: The red-haired woman yelling at a little boy on the protagonist's first day at the Funplex is Mrs. D'Fame, an "arcade critic" that will visit your second arcade on its opening day. The little girl crying over her stolen tickets on the protagonist's first day is the younger sibling of one of the Ghost Monsters, and will help you track down Sue if you have Percy and Juniper ask about her at Deco's Palace. The purple-haired teenager the protagonist first meets upon going to Deco's Palace is named Sue, and will end up causing trouble for the protagonist later. She also turns out to be the key to finally taking down Deco Nami. Francine's deadbeat grandson, whose job the player character is filling at the start of the game. When Francine dies later in the game, it turns out his mother — Francine's daughter — was her next surviving kin. She sold the Funplex to Deco Nami, either out of petty revenge for her son being fired or just not wanting to deal with owning the business.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_e92841f	comment	Talking the Monster to Death: Practically all the endings involve talking Sue into helping you take down Deco, though the approach will differ. In the Steady path, Pinky and Clyde can be successfully talked down by pointing out that Sue is playing a dominance game against Deco and asking them which one they want to win. Both will give up their dolls.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_f3f391f6	comment	Fission Mailed: No matter how you handle the conversation with Deco Nami, unfortunately circumstances beyond your control will cause him to gain ownership of Francine's Funplex, seemingly snatching the protagonist's dream away. You even get a "Game Over" screen, followed by a "Continue" screen. If you continue, everyone from the arcade stages an intervention to pull the protagonist out of their Heroic BSoD, and the story will continue as the protagonist gets the idea to establish a new arcade. Later on, no matter what you do, the new arcade's opening will be trashed by a gang hired by Deco and the protagonist will be injured protecting either a co-worker, Sue, or the critic Mrs. D'Fame. It seems the bad publicity will close the arcade—but surprisingly, D'Fame, having seen the protagonist's courage, decides to hold off writing a review.
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Arcade Spirits (Visual Novel) / int_f7d11c61	comment	Spirited Competitor: Queen Bee loves the fictional game Fist of Discomfort, and is always up for a challenge. Unfortunately, since streaming is her job, she gets anxious about playing against anyone too good, because fans don't like seeing their player lose, and doing too badly could put her in real-world money trouble.
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