
For example, a Valentine's Day event might unlock a Wedding Hall and allow the players to interact and/or trade with the Bride/Bridegroom, the flower girls, musicians, etc. Alice in the Mirrors of Albion celebrates the holiday seasons by providing special locations, quests, monsters and items related to the event in question.They have a chance of dropping rare event items that can be combined into equippable holographic Marks. For 2009 New Year's Event, Special Event bosses will spawn in mid-to-high level areas.These Broken Hearts may be combined into even-exclusive marks or event-exclusive capsules. For Valentine's this 2009, Bloody Valentines event is in effect - As of the latest patch, Event Mobs spawn in New Bark City and the Pandea Maps that may drop Broken Hearts.
Valentine's Day: Monsters drop Shield-restoring Chocolates. Christmas: Snow in Arlington/Bygeniou City, Crazy Snowmen spawn, which drop Gift Boxes, Pretty Bows, and Wrappers, which can be combined at the Factory to make Presents. Thanksgiving: Monsters drop Buff-inducing Turkeys at random. Ace Online features several holiday events with associated changes:. 100% Orange Juice! has had special events for Halloween, Christmas and Valentine's Day, including a storyline in Christmas where Aru (Scramble) actually addresses the player and asks for help to retrieve 15 presents, and unlocking content for other characters and there's also a Valentine's Day storyline, called "Chocolate for The Sweet Gods", where the game once again addresses the player and ask for help to retrieve 50000 chocolates to unlock new content. Most examples of Holiday Mode only cause very minor changes that don't alter gameplay, although some cause enough changes that they're no longer just interesting, but the whole game seems very different.Ĭompare Holiday Motif where a singular character or setting is themed after a holiday, and not necessarily within the timeframe of an actual holiday. One of the most common holidays to be noted by games-especially western games-is Christmas, but other special dates or times may be observed as well. Holiday Mode may do anything from changing a single sound or sprite, to adding extra enemies, or even giving access to levels that are not normally available. For non-online games, these are usually stored as Easter Eggs. A general term for Video Game features that depend on the actual date or time the game is played.