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Trivial research

Video game concept

Includes research, upgrades, or such for things that shouldn't really need it. Ability to jump, dodge, block, etc. are excellent examples of this.

30
games
12
platforms

Alternate name: Trivial upgrades

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Windows)
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
WIN 2002-07
Classic NES: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Game Boy Advance)
Classic NES: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
GBA 2004
StarCraft (Windows)
StarCraft
WIN 1998-03-31
Dust: An Elysian Tail (Windows)
Dust: An Elysian Tail
WIN 2013-05-25
Ys: The Oath in Felghana (Windows)
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
WIN 2005
Sword of Mana (Game Boy Advance)
Sword of Mana
GBA 2003-08-29
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
NES 1988-12
The Last of Us (PlayStation 3)
The Last of Us
PS3 2013-06-14
Risen 2: Dark Waters (Windows)
Risen 2: Dark Waters
WIN 2012-04-24
Risen 2: Dark Waters (Xbox 360)
Risen 2: Dark Waters
X360 2012-04-24
Ragnarok Online (Windows)
Ragnarok Online
WIN 2002-08-31
Bastion (Xbox 360)
Bastion
X360 2011-07-20
This is for things that shouldn't need learning to do at basic level. Learning to get Good at them makes sense, but when the thing is completely unusable and/or ineffectual without training does not.

Popular tags

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Parent group

Gameplay and story segregation

Games by year

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The first Trivial research video game was released on December 1988.

Blizzard Entertainment, Deep Silver and Bit Kid published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (You Have Researched Breathing)

Platforms

Windows 10
Linux 5
Mac OS Classic 2
X360 2
PS3 2
Mac OS X 2
GBA 2
PS2 1
Android 1
Pandora 1
NES 1
PS 1