10 New Game Plus Features We Should've Started With

4. The Grade Shop - Tales Franchise

In the Tales RPG franchise, players can earn a currency for performing well in battle, completing side quests, and so on, which can then be spent on nifty benefits in the Grade Shop on a second playthrough.

These benefits include boosting your party's levels, raising their carry capacity, doubling their battle experience, and changing enemy drop rates. 

Basically, the Grade Shop presents a suite of modifiers allowing players to tailor the gameplay to their precise preferences.

It's a neat idea, albeit one that would be even better were it available on an initial run through each Tales game. 

While there's a clear argument to be made that the Grade Shop could make the games too easy, being able to progressively unlock accessibility and time-saving features throughout each of the series' hefty campaigns seems far more useful than trapping it behind repeat playthroughs.

After all, how many beyond the die-hard Tales fans are really playing these games more than once before moving on?