LoT2 reference list

Reference List:

-Items-

Name: Tome of Nosferatu
Reference: Fire Emblem series
Explanation: Nosferatu, called “Resire” in Japanese versions, is a recurring spell of either light or dark magic, depending on the game. It deals damage and heals the user for half the damage dealt.

Name: Orb of Earithin
Reference: Wizardry III
Explanation: ?

Name: Growth Egg
Reference: Final Fantasy series
Explanation: The Growth Egg is a recurring item that increases the experience earned by its wearer.

Name: Ribbon
Reference: Final Fantasy series
Explanation: The Ribbon is a recurring item that protects its wearer from all bad status effects.

Name: Mad Milk
Reference: Team Fortress 2
Explanation: The Mad Milk is an unlockable weapon for the Scout. When thrown, it drenches enemies in “milk” that causes anyone attacking the drenched foe to heal themselves.

Name: Energy Tank
Reference: Metroid series
Explanation: Energy Tanks are a recurring pickup that increases Samus's energy by 100 per tank acquired.

Name: Booster v0.8
Reference: Cave Story
Explanation: The Booster v0.8 can be acquired midway through the game. When equipped, it allows the player to fly upwards briefly.

Name: Chargin' Targe
Reference: Team Fortress 2
Explanation: The Chargin' Targe is an unlockable weapon for the Demoman. While wearing it, he can perform a charge attack and also gains passive resistance to fire and explosions.

Name: Green Dream
Reference: Chrono Trigger
Explanation: The Green Dream is an accessory obtained from the Fiona's Forest sidequest late in the game. The party leaves Robo in 600 AD to help revitalize a desert; when they pick him up four centuries later, tree sap within his body has hardened into the Green Dream.

Name: Oiran's Grief
Reference: Japanese history
Explanation: "Oiran" were courtesans back in the Edo Period of Japan.

Name: Gekiken Rye Bread
Reference: Japanese history
Explanation: "Gekiken" is a Japanese term for free-fencing, from which the art of kendo originated.

Name: Hero's Medal
Reference: Chrono Trigger
Explanation: A badge proclaiming its wearer to be a hero. A minor plot point partway through the game, it can be acquired later and used by Frog.

Name: Big Bang Waganizer
Reference: Namco's “Emotional Toy” products
Explanation: The Waganizer was an electronic toy based on Namco's Wagan Land game.

Name: Scouter
Reference: Dragon Ball
Explanation: Scouters are eyepieces capable of analyzing an opponent's power level.

Name: The Bee Shield
Reference: Borderlands 2
Explanation: The Bee is a legendary-quality shield obtainable late in the game. While the shield's power is full, it increases gun damage done by its wearer.

Name: Star of Elendil
Reference: Middle-Earth Legendarium
Explanation: The Star of Elendil refers to two white gems. The first was passed down through the descendants of Tar-Elendil; the second a replica of the first.

Name: Meteor Drive
Reference: Kamen Rider
Explanation: ?

Name: Megasphere
Reference: Doom series
Explanation: The Megasphere is a recurring pickup that sets the player's health and armor to 200% when grabbed.

Name: Title of Grand Master Breaker
Reference: Vagrant Story
Explanation: Grand Master Breaker is the highest obtainable level in the game.

Name: Astral Dominae
Reference: Wizardry series
Explanation: ?

Name: Heishi Shōrin ken
Reference: Japanese mythology
Explanation: A sword dating back to the Asuka Period, and one of two blades owned by Prince Shoutoku.

Name: Holy Sword Gran Centurio
Reference: Yggdra Union
Explanation: A blade thought to be a symbol of justice, made in reality as fallen angel Nessiah's instrument of revenge.

Name: Ame-no-Murakumo
Reference: Japanese mythology
Explanation: One of the Imperial Regalia of Japan, this sword is known today as Kusanagi. The very existence of Ame-no-Murakumo and the other Regalia is debatable, and it serves as a major plot element in LoT2.

-Achievements-

Name: Joestar Family's Secret Technique
Reference: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Explanation: A "secret technique" invented by Joseph Joestar, which simply consists of running away.

Name: Century Color
Reference: Turn A Gundam
Explanation: References the show's opening theme.

Name: What Fabre Recorded
Reference: 19th century France
Explanation: Jean-Henri Fabre was a French entomologist and author, hence the bestiary entries.

Name: One Piece
Reference: The manga series of the same name
Explanation: The titular "One Piece" is supposedly a treasure, although what it actually is is unknown.

Name: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Reference: the 1977 film of the same name
Explanation: Self-explanatory

Name: Lost Sacred Treasure
Reference: The Imperial Regalia of Japan
Explanation: The actual existence of Japan's three sacred treasures is up in the air. If they do in fact exist, only a handful of people have ever seen them.

-Abilities and Spellcards-

Name: Sudden Impulse
Reference: Pokemon
Explanation: Localized as "Moody", this Ability causes the holder's stats to fluctuate at random.

Name: Higekiri's Cursed Arm
Reference: Japanese history
Explanation: A historical sword.

Name: Divine Waltz of the Raijuu
Reference: Wild and Horned Hermit
Explanation: Kasen keeps a raijuu as one of her pets.

Name: Vajra Spiral
Reference: The concept of Dharma
Explanation: This symbolic object represents both diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (an irresistible force).

Kodoku Queen
Reference: Japanese folklore
Explanation: A kodoku is a type of poison magic created by making several insects fight in a jar. The last surviving insect is then made into a poison capable of bringing misfortune or death.

Name: Sutra Scroll - Sturm und Drang
Reference: German literature
Explanation: Typically translated as "storm and stress", Sturm und Drang was a literary movement prominently featuring human individualism and rebellion against high society.