Soma Bringer

Soma Bringer is an Action RPG for the Nintendo DS developed by MonolithSoft (of Xenosaga fame) and published by Nintendo.

In a world where the a magical energy source known as Soma drives the technology and daily lives of all its inhabitants, there lies a huge continent named Barnea. In recent years, the natural balance of Soma has been disrupted by the arrival of mysterious beings called Visitors. To investigate these occurrences, Secundady - the organization that regulates Soma in the world, creates a military division to deal with these Visitors - Pharzuph. The story follows the seven members of the 7th Division of Pharzuph. What they discover on one of their missions will determine the fate of the world....

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Tropes used in Soma Bringer include:

• Anthropomorphic Personification: Aletheia. Basically, think Getter Rays.
• Class and Level System/Common Character Classes: Contains most of the standard classes, although with non-standard names
• Crowning Music of Awesome: Zain, the Floating Continent
• Dead All Along: The Umbras, Master Laban.
• Fan Translation: Fully translated, aside from the Glossary which you'll never use.
• Floating Continent: The city of Cremona, the continent of Zain.
• Gaia's Vengeance: Well, more like a sentient energy's vengeance.
• Girl In A Cocoon: Idea
• Good All Along: Master Laban. Sure, he has some genuinely evil moments, but he was looking out for the planet's welfare. He was willing to do what was necessary, and use himself as a sacrifice if need be.
• The Good Captain: Einsatz is this to Pharzuph's 7th Division and it's members.
• Gratuitous German: All over the place.
• Healing Shiv: One of the Gunner class abilities is a trap that heals you if you stand on it.
• Naive Newcomer: Welt at the start of the game.
• No Export for You
• Petting Zoo People: Monica, the Colonel, and all the Nubians.
• Precursors: Ancient Cremonans.
• Sequel Hook: There's no actual sequel hook in the game, but in one of the interviews leading to its release, Monolith said they've extensively developed the world and its story, but because it was a first title, only a few elements of the storyline best suited for an Action RPG were selected to be Soma Bringer.
• Space Elevator: That ring you see in the sky in the opening moments of the game? That's actually an orbital ring, held down by a space elevator known as the Ring Tower.
• Sprite Polygon Mix: Soma Bringer makes use of 3D Models on 2D backgrounds for it's gameplay.
• X Meets Y: Secret of Mana meets Diablo.
• Viewer Gender Confusion: Millers.
• Yasunori Mitsuda: The game's composer