Golden Sun/Tear Jerker


 * One after another gets delivered once you get the cannon in Golden Sun. First, there's the poor fate of Prox, teetering on the edge of infinity with eternal winters. Then, once you get into Mars Lighthouse itself, it appears all frozen, and somewhat counterintuitive. Finally, you meet some Fire Dragons, and battle them, and to no surprise, it's . The the final boss is
 * This troper teared up not ten minutes into playing the first game, when Fast-forward to the last ten minutes of the second game, where this troper cried twice:
 * The dialogue right before the ending CG...
 * In Dark Dawn: the fate of . Its one of two towns that reappears, mostly unchanged, from the previous titles, but thanks to Perhaps worst of all,
 * This troper finds the Mood Whiplash very effective in that part of the game. There's still humor - especially in the French translation, the way the NPCs talk is just funny,, and they seem to have decided to take the Angst? What Angst? route and do what's necessary to survive without moping about it... so nothing seems overdone. Just absolutely horrifying.
 * Another one for Dark Dawn. Take a look at Volechek. After all the things he has been through, it's hard to not feel some sympathy towards him.
 * Seriously, Dark Dawn is full of this sort of thing. The deaths start piling up right after
 * Player Punch
 * Probably one of the best ones is the way you get the Crystallux summon. It involves
 * This troper blanched when, moments before the dark ecilpse started, was thinking to himself how the games rarely killed off anyone (who wasn't a villain or dead long before we knew them well). When all hell broke loose.... wow, irony is a bitch.
 * The dream version of Border Town. It's a happy, prosperous place where humans and beastmen are able to overcome Fantastic Racism and live together as a harmonious community. Compare it to the real Border Town, where half the town is cut off from the other due to an impending war of expansion, the buildings are falling apart, and the people are struggling just to get by. If Camelot doesn't let us go knock some sense into the Bilibin royal family and allow that beautiful dream to come true in the sequel, then so help me...
 * Oh yeah, speaking of Bilibin? Look at this little block above. Now look back at Volechek's handling of the war with Sana and its aftermath.
 * Still the McCoys, actually. Every so often you run across an NPC complaining about them, especially about the Lady.
 * Of course, this is all assuming that
 * Obaba's plight is pretty tragic. By the time you meet her in Dark Dawn she has outlived her son