Jim (Virtual Hydlide)

Jim is the main character of Virtual Hydlide, a remake to the original Hydlide.

Jim
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Origin
Origin	Virtual Hydlide
Creator	T&E Soft
First Appearance	Virtual Hydlide
Actor	Unknown
Characteristics
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Pronouns	He/Him
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Age	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Unknown
Status	Alive
Alignment	Lawful Good
Archetype	Hero
Occupation	Knight
Time Period	Medieval Fantasy
Language	Common Language
Combat Style	Weapons Combat, Magical Combat
Homeworld	Fairyland
Relationships
Affiliations	Princess Ann, Fairy
Enemies	Varalys, Evil mage, Vampire, Eel, Jelly, Kobold, Roper, Trent, Wasp, Zombie

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Jim’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

JapaneseEnglish MTL “ 幾多の調べが祝福とともに生まれ、喜びとともに生きることを許された夢幻界――フェアリーランド。やわらかな光に包まれたその理想郷は、緑鮮やかな木々と色とりどりの草花で埋め尽くされ、その間を小さな愛すべき命（妖精）たちが飛び交っていた。 しかし、永遠に続くと思われたフェアリーランドの平和も、突如として闇より現れた魔王バラリスによって打ち壊されてしまう。魔王バラリスは、世界の力の源である〈大妖精の力〉を封じるため、その守護者であるアン王妃の暗殺を配下の魔闘騎士に命じた。 アン王妃は〈退魔の法〉によって魔王バラリスをたおすことを決意するも、魔闘騎士たちの圧倒的な攻撃に疲弊し、あと一歩のところで〈退魔の法〉は破られてしまう。絶体絶命のアン王妃を救ったのは、妖精使いの長が命を賭して使った〈転化の術〉だった。アン王妃は三体の妖精に姿を変え、フェアリーランドの虚空に消えていったのだ……。 „ ~ Virtual Hydlide Prologue Japanese “ A realm of dreams—Fairyland—where many melodies are born with blessings, and where one is permitted to live with joy. This utopia, wrapped in soft light, was filled with vividly green trees and colorful flowers, and between them fluttered small, lovable lives (fairies). However, the peace of Fairyland, which seemed as though it would last forever, was suddenly shattered by the Demon King Boralis, who appeared from out of the darkness. In order to seal away the "Power of the Great Fairy," the source of the world's power, Demon King Boralis ordered his subordinate Demon Knights to assassinate Queen Ann, its guardian. Queen Ann resolved to defeat Demon King Boralis using the "Law of Exorcism," but she was exhausted by the overwhelming attacks of the Demon Knights, and just one step short, the "Law of Exorcism" was broken. What saved Queen Ann in her dire predicament was the "Art of Transmutation," which the chief of the fairy users cast at the cost of his own life. Queen Ann transformed into three fairies and vanished into the void of Fairyland.... „ ~ Virtual Hydlide Prologue English Jim journeys across Fairyland, fighting the forces of Varalys and locating the three fairies in order to locate and defeat Varayls, restoring peace to Fairyland. He defeats Varalys and bows to the Princess, saving the land.

Appearance

General Description: Jim is a human male character. He is viewed from behind and slightly to the side in this depiction.

Facial Features: He has short, dark brown hair.

Clothing/Outfit: He wears a light brown or tan sleeveless tunic. A dark brown belt or strap is visible around his waist. He has dark, possibly black or dark brown pants and tall black boots.

Items: He is holding a large sword with a silver blade and a distinctive blue crossguard and pommel.

Goals

• Save Princess Ann (Succeeded).
• Restore peace to Fairyland (Succeeded).

General Information

Name: Jim

Origin: Virtual Hydlide

Overall Series: Hydlide

First Appearance: Virtual Hydlide

Latest Appearance: Virtual Hydlide

Company: T&E Soft

Creator: T&E Soft

Actor: Unknown (The actor that is digitized for Jim is never credited)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Handedness: Right-Handed (Holds his sword with his dominant hand)

Age: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: Medieval Fantasy

Timeline: Virtual Hydlide Timeline

Homeworld: Fairyland

Residence: Fairyland

Story Role: Hero, Main Protagonist

Legacy: Global Legacy (Jim is known for his exploits around Fairyland)

Influence: Event Influence

Language: Common Language

Ethnicity: Unknown

Religion: Unknown

Classification: Journeying Knight

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown, likely Kaizack (Kaizack is the creator of the Hydlide universe, being the creator of everything, however due to Virtual Hydlide being a remake, it is unknown if Kaizack's lore still remains)

Occupation: Knight

Combat Style: Weapons Combat/Magical Combat

Affiliations: Princess Ann, Fairy

Enemies: Varalys, Evil mage, Vampire, Eel, Jelly, Kobold, Roper, Trent, Wasp, Zombie

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Lawful Good (Set out on a journey to rescue the princess and restore peace to Fairyland)

Protection Level: Global Protector

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Growth Potential
• Level of Potential: Growth
• Description: Levels up and gets stronger from destroying various objects or fighting and defeat enemies.
• Limitations: Nothing notable.

Archetype: Hero

Codex Statistics

Key: Early Game | Late Game

Key Information

• Early Game: This covers Jim at their lower experience levels.
• Late Game: This covers Jim at their higher experience levels.

Grade: S

Tier:

Early GameLate Game

9-B, Higher with Magic

9-A, Higher with Magic

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Magic

Attack Potency

Early GameLate Game

Wall level (Buster) (Can destroy gravestones with his bare hands), Higher with Magic

Room level (Potency) (Can fight and kill the Mad Dragon who is of this size), Higher with Magic

Durability

Early GameLate Game

Wall level

Room level

Striking Strength

Early GameLate Game

Wall Class (Buster)

Room Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength

Early GameLate Game

Superhuman Class

At least Superhuman Class

Travel Speed

Early GameLate Game

At least Peak Human Speed (Can cover these distances in a timeframe fitting of this speed)

At least Peak Human Speed

Attack Speed

Early GameLate Game

At least Peak Human Speed

At least Peak Human Speed

Reaction Speed

Early GameLate Game

At least Peak Human Reactions

At least Peak Human Reactions

Stamina: Superhuman (Traveled across Fairyland fighting many monsters without showing any signs of tiring)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Swords. Tens of Meters with Sword Projectiles (Can reach this far in rooms)

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: At least Master level (Traveled across Fairyland to find a method to fight and defeat Varalys)

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Powers and Techniques

Innate AbilitiesWith Equipment

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Energy Efficiency
• Weapon Mastery
  • Sword and Shield Mastery:Jim utilizes a sword and shield when combating against the various monsters in the world.
  • Club Mastery: Can utilize clubs in combat against opponents.
  • Knife and Dagger Mastery: Can use knives and daggers in combat against opponents.
• Accelerated Development
  • Battle & Other
    • Physical Stats & Abilities: Levels up and gets stronger from destroying various objects or fighting and defeat enemies.
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Spirit Interaction: Jim can interact with Will-O-Wisps.
• Non-Standard Damage (Can fully kill jellies)
• Healing (While standing still, he can restore his own lost health)

• Healing
  • Passive: With Ring of Spirit, converts spiritual energy into stamina, having Jim recover life as he walks.
    • Spirit Manipulation
• Purification
  • With MagicSword, it removes poison from Jim.
  • With Master Sword, it removes all effects of a curse from Jim.
  • With ScrollOfPurge, a magical scroll that removes all the effects of a curse.
• Nullification
  • Darkness Nullification:
    • With the Amethyst, it seals dark power.
    • With RedDiamond, it seals dark power.
  • Seal Nullification: With the FluteOfZaldus, a flute made of special wood that can open sealed entrances.
• Enhanced Senses (With the Scroll of Oracle, a magic scroll that gives Jim the ability to see great distances)
• Statistics Boost (With Stone of Fighter, upgrades weapons to much stronger levels)
• Information Analysis (With the Scroll of Judgement, can analyze what an item is)
• Radar Sensing (With the Scroll of Detect, can detect treasure boxes)
• Transmutation (With Scroll of Herbs, a magic scroll that changes any item into medicinal herbs)
• True Sight (With the SpectaclesOfTruth, these magic glasses enable Jim to see the truth which is hidden by illusion)
• Supernatural Protection
  • With Fairy Armor, Jim is protected by the souls of fairies.
  • Non-Standard Defenses (With the Fairy Shield, the shield contains Fairy Spirits that offer a high degree of protection)
• Fire Manipulation (With the Flame Sword, magic fire powers are combined in this sword, allowing Jim to shoot fireballs with it)
• Holy Manipulation (With the Crucifix, a cross blessed with spiritual power, all weapons gain holy power with it)
• Emotion Manipulation (With Tranquillizer, a magic medicine that makes one feel calmer)
• Darkness Manipulation (With DarkSword, dark magic powers are within the sword and allow Jim to use his energy to fire deadly charges)
• Light Manipulation
  • With SuperMagicLamp, lamp that uses oil made by magic, it is fairly light, it can light dark rooms.
  • With Sword of Light, a sword containing solar energy that fires a bright ray from its point.

• Resistance to
  • Fire Manipulation
    • With the Dragon Shield, a shield with protection from fire.
    • Temperature Manipulation (With Flame Amulet, an amulet that offers Jim some protection from fire and heat)

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Equipment

Items
Name	Weight	Price	Original Japanese Manual	Machine Translation Manual	In-Game Description
Weapons (武器)
Dagger 短剣	0.5 kg	50,000	扱いやすい小型の剣。投げることもできる。但し、呪われていると投げられない。	A small sword that is easy to handle. It can also be thrown. However, it cannot be thrown if it is cursed.	"Small knife that is easy to use. Can also be thrown."
Magic Sword 魔法の剣	1.0 kg	500,000	魔法の金属でできている非常に軽い剣。この魔力によって何かが起こるかもしれない。	A very light sword made of magical metal. Something might happen because of this magical power.	"Very light sword made of magic metal. It also removes poison."
Dark Sword 暗黒の剣	3.0 kg	350,000	暗黒魔術による魔力を秘めた魔剣。所持者の理力を使い、暗黒球を発射する。	A demonic sword harboring the magical power of dark magic. It uses the wielder's mental energy to fire a dark sphere.	"Dark Magic powers are within this sword. It uses your energy to fire deadly charges"
Long Sword ロングソード	2.5 kg	650,000	一般的な標準的剣。	A standard, common sword.	"This is a standard, fairly common sword"
Great Sword グレートソード	4.0 kg	1,000,000	大きなダメージを与える大型の強力な剣。	A large, powerful sword that deals great damage.	"Large powerful sword that inflicts great damage."
Master Sword マスターソード	3.5 kg	1,200,000	勇者が使っていたと言われる聖剣。呪いの効果もすべて取り除く。	A holy sword said to have been used by heroes. It also removes all curse effects.	"Holy Sword, which is said to have been used by heroes. It also removes all effects of a curse"
Flame Sword フレイムソード	3.5 kg		魔法の炎の力を秘めた剣。この剣で火の玉を投げることができる。	A sword harboring the power of magical flames. You can throw fireballs with this sword.	"Magic Fire Powers are contained in this sword. You can throw fireballs with this sword."
Sword of Light 光の剣	3.5 kg		太陽のエネルギーを秘めた剣。先端から明るい光線を発射する。	A sword harboring solar energy. It fires a bright ray from its tip.	"Solar Energy is contained in this sword. It fires a bright ray from its point."
Spiked Club	0.5 kg				"Wooden club spiked with iron nails"
Warhammer	5.5 kg				"Heavy iron hammer, capable of causing great damage."
Battle Axe	6.0 kg				"Large axe capable of causing great damage."
Armor & Shields (鎧・盾)
Leather Armor 皮の鎧	3.0 kg	50,000	なめし革でできている非常に軽い鎧。	A very light armor made of tanned leather.	"Very light armour made of leather"
Chain Mail 鎖の鎧	4.5 kg		金属の鎖で被われた非常に防御力の高い鎧。但し、少し重たく使う人を選ぶかもしれない。	Armor with extremely high defense covered in metal chains. However, it is a bit heavy and may choose its user.
Plate Armor	4.5 kg	650,000			"Very strong metallic armour."
Fairy Armor 妖精の鎧	3.0 kg		妖精の魂が込められた鎧。非常に軽く、しかも防御力が高い。	Armor imbued with the souls of fairies. It is extremely light, yet has high defense.	"Armour protected by the souls of fairies. Very light and highly protective."
Shield 盾	1.0 kg	20,000	最も一般的な盾。重量は軽くてよいが、防御力はあまり高くない。	The most common shield. Its weight is light, which is good, but its defense is not very high.	"Standard Shield, light but does not offer much protection."
Flame Shield 炎の盾	2.5 kg	100,000	竜のうろこを折り合わせて作った盾。火炎攻撃に強い。	A shield made by folding dragon scales together. Strong against fire attacks.	"Shield of protection from fire. It is made from Dragon's scales."
Dark Shield 暗黒の盾	3.0 kg		暗黒魔力を封じ込めた盾。使うものを呪う。	A shield that seals away dark magic. It curses the user.	"This Shield contains dark magic powers. The bearer cannot remove it."
Rings & Other (指輪・その他)
Ring of Life 命の指輪	0.1 kg	30,000	命を活性化させる指輪。自然治癒力が劇的に高まる。	A ring that activates life. Natural healing power is dramatically enhanced.	"This ring activates healing, you recover quickly with it."
Ring of Power 力の指輪	0.1 kg	25,000	理力に満ちた魔法の指輪。重たい物でもラクに持ち運べるようになる。	A magical ring filled with mental power. It allows you to easily carry even heavy objects.	"Magic Ring which transmits strength to the wearer. It means you can carry heavy items."
Ring of Protection 防御の指輪	0.1 kg	100,000	防御の魔法が封じてある指輪。身につけると防御力が、使うと防具レベルが上がる。	A ring sealed with defensive magic. Wearing it increases defense, and using it raises armor level.	"Magic ring that increase powers of protection."
Medicinal Herb 薬草	0.1 kg	8,000	身体の新陳代謝を加速させる酵素を含む薬草。体力を回復させる。	A medicinal herb containing enzymes that accelerate the body's metabolism. It restores physical strength.	"Plant with medicinal properties. It replenishes your stamina."
Herb of Antidote 解毒の草	0.1 kg	1,000	優れた解毒酵素を含む薬草。どんな毒でもたちどころに分解する。	A medicinal herb containing excellent detoxifying enzymes. It breaks down any poison immediately.	"This contains a magical antidote. It neutralises poison immediately."
Stamina Drink 体力回復薬	0.1 kg	15,000	薬草の酵素のみを抽出した飲み薬。体力をかなり回復させる。	A liquid medicine extracted only from the enzymes of medicinal herbs. It restores a considerable amount of physical strength.	"Medicine made of herb essence. It replenishes your stamina"
Magic Lamp 魔法のランプ	0.5 kg	20,000	ヤシの実の油に魔法をかけた照明用のランプ。いつまでも闇を明るく照らし出す。	A lighting lamp enchanted from coconut oil. It forever illuminates the darkness brightly.	"Lamp that uses enchanted palm oil. It stays lit indefinitely"
Scroll of Judgement 判定の巻物	0.1 kg	1,000	盗賊の鑑定眼を授ける魔法の巻物。未知のアイテムを調べることができる。	A magic scroll that grants a thief's appraisal eye. It allows you to investigate unknown items.	"Useful for judging what an item is without having to equip it."
Spectacles of Truth 真実の眼鏡	0.1 kg		幻覚などにより隠されている真実の姿を暴く魔法の眼鏡。	Magical glasses that expose the true form hidden by hallucinations, etc.	"With these magic glasses you can see the truth which is hidden By illusion."

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Notable Techniques

Battle Action
勇者の攻撃には速くて軽い攻撃、遅いが強力な攻撃、そして武器毎に異なった特殊攻撃の３つがあります。
Machine Translation: The hero's attacks are divided into three types: fast and light attacks, slow but powerful attacks, and special attacks that differ depending on the weapon.
Action	Command	Original Japanese	Machine Translation
Fast and Light Attack 速くて軽い攻撃	B button (Bボタン)	Ｂボタンを押すとこの速くて軽い攻撃が出ます。どちらかといえば速射タイプの攻撃が多く、威嚇的または先制な攻撃を仕掛ける場合に有効です。	Pressing the B button produces this fast and light attack. It is rather a rapid-fire type of attack, and is effective when launching intimidating or preemptive attacks.
Slow and Powerful Attack 遅いが強力な攻撃	A button (Aボタン)	Ａボタンを押すとこの遅いが強力な攻撃が出ます。与えるダメージが強力になっている場合と、攻撃の範囲が広い場合とがあり、どちらにしても攻撃を仕掛けた後で多少隙が出来てしまうことが欠点です。	Pressing the A button produces this slow but powerful attack. There are cases where the damage dealt is powerful and cases where the attack range is wide, but in either case, the drawback is that a slight opening is created after launching the attack.
Special Attack 特殊攻撃	A + B buttons (A・Bボタン)	Ａ・Ｂボタンを同時に押すとこの特殊攻撃が出ます。どんな攻撃が飛び出すかは装備した武器によって異なります。使い方も工夫が必要なものもあります。	Pressing the A and B buttons simultaneously produces this special attack. What kind of attack pops out depends on the equipped weapon. There are also some that require ingenuity in how they are used.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Jim uses items and magic best fit for the situation.

Weaknesses: The Dark Sword cannot be unequipped due to Jim being cursed. Items such as Scroll of Curse Brings Misery to anyone who chants the spell. Unable to remove the Dark Shield if equipped. He can only heal while standing still without any equipment.

Explanations

Characters/Monsters

The following is a list of characters that are important to the overall journey:

Monster Introductions (怪物紹介)
ゲームに登場する怪物の一部を紹介します。そのほとんどが当時のハイドライドそのままです。 Introducing some of the monsters that appear in the game. Most of them are exactly as they were in Hydlide back in the day.
Name	Original Japanese Manual	Machine Translation Manual
Jelly ジェリー	ゲーム序盤から登場する。体力、攻撃力ともに低く、ほとんど恐い存在ではない。	Appears from the early stages of the game. Both stamina and attack power are low, and it is hardly a scary existence.
Kobold コボルド	背が低く集団で行動する彼らは、近くに寄るまで気が付きにくい。	They are short and act in groups, so it is hard to notice them until you get close.
Roper ローパー	体力、攻撃力ともにかなり強い怪物。また触手には毒が含まれているため注意が必要。	A monster with considerably strong stamina and attack power. Also, be careful as its tentacles contain poison.
Trent トレント	人間に近寄られることを極度に嫌う。こちらから近づかなければ襲ってこない。	Extremely dislikes humans approaching it. It will not attack unless you approach it.
Wasp ワスプ	樹の上の巣に住み着いている。樹を揺らしたりすると集団で襲いかかってくる。	They live in nests on trees. If you shake the tree, they will attack in a swarm.
Zombie ゾンビ	どこからでも這い出して、腐った自分の肉体を武器に襲いかかってくる。	It crawls out from anywhere and attacks using its rotting body as a weapon.

Trivia

• It could be inferred that since the ending to Hydlide 3 is the hero recreating Fairyland in their own image, that Virtual Hydlide takes place in the new universe. This however, has never been confirmed nor stated.

Misconceptions

Hydlide Stole from Zelda

This is due to the NES port of the game releasing in 1989, two years after games like The Legend of Zelda were on the NES (1987), however, in Japan, the original game released on the NEC PC-6001 and PC-8801 computers in 1984 predating the Japanese release of The Legend of Zelda by 2 years (1986).

Hydlide in actuality is one of the genre definers that is the reason games like Zelda and Ys exist.

Battle Records

7 - 0 - 0

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

• Vampire - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Vampire's Mansion

• Mad Dragon - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Volcanic Cave

• Evil Mage - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Sealed Dungeon

• Eel - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Lost Castle

• Vampire - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Fortress of Varalys

• Evil Mage - Fight
  • Conditions: Match was a rematch.
  • Location: Fortress of Varalys

• Varalys - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Fortress of Varalys

None.

None.

Versus Threads

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

None.

None.

None.