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* DoingItForTheArt: [[https://nintendoeverything.com/live-a-live-dev-on-how-long-the-remake-has-been-in-the-works/ According to Tokita]], the staff involved with the remake loved the game so much that they drew ''twice'' the amount of expected animations for the game's pixel art.
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* NewbieBoom: With the announcement of the game's remake coming out on the Switch later this year, many more people outside of Japan aside from a rare few prior began to acknowledge the game's existence.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The initial trailers for the remake showed the Shifu's title/martial art as "Heart of the Mountain", a direct translation of its original name. The final game would change it to the similar but less wordy "Earthen Heart".

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** The various chapters were originally supposed to have escalating difficulty. This was dropped to preserve the non-linear option.
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The initial trailers for the remake showed the Shifu's title/martial art as "Heart of the Mountain", a direct translation of its original name. The final game would change it to the similar but less wordy "Earthen Heart".
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* AllStarCast: The Japanese voice cast includes names like Creator/MegumiOgata, Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Creator/KenjiAkabane, and Creator/TomokazuSeki and industry legends like Creator/HiroyaIshimaru, Creator/AkioOhtsuka, and Creator/NorioWakamoto.

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* AllStarCast: The Japanese voice cast includes names like Creator/MegumiOgata, Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Creator/KenjiAkabane, Creator/KenjiAkabane, Creator/TomokazuSeki, Creator/ReinaUeda and Creator/TomokazuSeki Creator/HiroShimono and industry legends like Creator/HiroyaIshimaru, Creator/YuuMizushima, Creator/RyoHorikawa, Creator/AkioOhtsuka, and Creator/NorioWakamoto.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The initial trailers for the remake showed the Shifu's title/martial art as "Heart of the Mountain", a direct translation of its original name. The final game would change it to the similar but less wordy "Earthen Heart".
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* CastingGag: Norio Wakamoto voicing an [[DemonKingNobunaga evil Nobunaga Oda]]? [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Sounds familiar]].
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* AcclaimedFlop: While the initial Super Famicom release reviewed well, Square considered it a failure due to low sales.

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* AcclaimedFlop: While the initial Super Famicom release reviewed well, Square considered it a failure due to low sales. It didn't stop them from attempting a second chance to rerelease the game as a remaster for the Switch.
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* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Odds are, most American fans of this game were more likely to have first heard about the game from ''{{LetsPlay/WhoIsThisGit}}'s'' videos on them rather than experiencing the game themselves due to how highly obscure the game was.

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* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Odds are, most American fans of this game were more likely to have first heard about the game from ''{{LetsPlay/WhoIsThisGit}}'s'' videos on them rather than experiencing the game themselves due to how highly obscure the game was.was at the time.
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* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Odds are, most American fans of this game were more likely to first hear about the game from ''{{LetsPlay/WhoIsThisGit}}'s'' videos on them than experiencing the game themselves due to how highly obscure the game was.

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* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Odds are, most American fans of this game were more likely to have first hear heard about the game from ''{{LetsPlay/WhoIsThisGit}}'s'' videos on them rather than experiencing the game themselves due to how highly obscure the game was.
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* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Odds are, most American fans of this game were more likely to first hear about the game from ''{{LetsPlay/WhoIsThisGit}}'s'' videos on them than experiencing the game themselves due to how highly obscure the game was.
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* LateExportForYou: This game didn't leave Japan until its [[VideoGameRemake remake]] got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, nearly 30 years after its original release.

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* LateExportForYou: This game didn't leave Japan until its [[VideoGameRemake remake]] got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, nearly 30 '''30''' years after its original release.
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* CastingGag: Norio Wakamoto voicing an [[DemonKingNobunaga evil Nobunaga Oda]]? [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Sounds familiar]].
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* LateExportForYou: This game didn't leave Japan until its VideoGameRemake got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, '''''28 years''''' after its original release.

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* LateExportForYou: This game didn't leave Japan until its VideoGameRemake [[VideoGameRemake remake]] got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, '''''28 years''''' nearly 30 years after its original release.



* RemadeForTheExport: The game didn't leave Japan until the VideoGameRemake.

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* RemadeForTheExport: The game didn't leave Japan until the VideoGameRemake.[[VideoGameRemake remake]].
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*TheWikiRule: [[https://live-a-live.fandom.com/wiki/Live_A_Wikia Right on here!]]
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* PromotedFanboy: Creator/KenjiAkabane (Akira) and Creator/TomohisaHashizume (Oboromaru) actually played the original on the Super Famicom when they were kids.
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* PlayingAgainstType: While Shizuma Hodoshima is mostly known as [[CelebrityVoiceActor a stage actor]], he used to voice someone from a Creator/SquareEnix property: Definitive KnightInShiningArmor [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil Harvey]]. Here, he's assigned to do Straybow, who [[spoiler:is actually a really jealous friend of a KnightInShiningArmor that lets his envy get the best of him and doom the timeline by accidentally creating Odio.]] Very much a far cry from the heroic Cecil.

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* PlayingAgainstType: While Shizuma Hodoshima is mostly known as [[CelebrityVoiceActor a stage actor]], he used to voice someone from a Creator/SquareEnix property: property (even dating back before the merging and when he got the role): Definitive KnightInShiningArmor [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil Harvey]]. Here, he's assigned to do Straybow, who [[spoiler:is actually a really jealous friend of a KnightInShiningArmor that lets his envy get the best of him and doom the timeline by accidentally creating Odio.]] Very much a far cry from the heroic Cecil.
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* AllStarCast: The Japanese voice includes names like Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Creator/KenjiAkabane, and Creator/TomokazuSeki and industry legends like Creator/HiroyaIshimaru, Creator/AkioOhtsuka and Creator/NorioWakamoto.

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* AllStarCast: The Japanese voice cast includes names like Creator/MegumiOgata, Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Creator/KenjiAkabane, and Creator/TomokazuSeki and industry legends like Creator/HiroyaIshimaru, Creator/AkioOhtsuka Creator/AkioOhtsuka, and Creator/NorioWakamoto.
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* PlayingAgainstType: While Shizuma Hodoshima is mostly known as [[CelebrityVoiceActor a stage actor]], he used to voice someone from a Creator/SquareEnix property: Definitive KnightInShiningArmor [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Cecil Harvey]]. Here, he's assigned to do Straybow, who [[spoiler:is actually a really jealous friend of a KnightInShiningArmor that lets his envy get the best of him and doom the timeline by accidentally creating Odio.]] Very much a far cry from the heroic Cecil.
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* AllStarCast: The Japanese voice includes names like Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Creator/KenjiAkabane, and Creator/TomokazuSeki and industry legends like Creator/AkioOhtsuka and Creator/NorioWakamoto.

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* AllStarCast: The Japanese voice includes names like Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Creator/KenjiAkabane, and Creator/TomokazuSeki and industry legends like Creator/HiroyaIshimaru, Creator/AkioOhtsuka and Creator/NorioWakamoto.
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* AllStarCast: The Japanese voice includes names like Creator/YuuichiNakamura, Creator/KenjiAkabane, and Creator/TomokazuSeki and industry legends like Creator/AkioOhtsuka and Creator/NorioWakamoto.
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* AcclaimedFlop: While the initial Super Famicom release reviewed well, Square considered it a failure due to low sales.
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* RemadeForTheExport: The game didn't leave Japan until the VideoGameRemake.
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* LateExportForYou: This game has never left Japan until its VideoGameRemake got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, '''''28 years''''' after its original release.

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* LateExportForYou: This game has never left didn't leave Japan until its VideoGameRemake got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, '''''28 years''''' after its original release.
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* LateExportForYou: This game has never left Japan until its VideoGameRemake got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, '''''28 years'''' after its original release.

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* LateExportForYou: This game has never left Japan until its VideoGameRemake got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022, '''''28 years'''' years''''' after its original release.

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* LateExportForYou: This game has never left Japan until its VideoGameRemake got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022.

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* LateExportForYou: This game has never left Japan until its VideoGameRemake got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022.2022, '''''28 years'''' after its original release.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game's director Tokita has always wanted to remake the game with modern technology, if only enough people wanted it to happen. Sadly, in comparison to its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', most JRPG fans in Japan don't remember that this game existed, [[NoExportForYou let alone JRPG fans internationally]].
[[spoiler: He would later get his wish as Nintendo finally announced that Live A Live will be coming to America later this year]].
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[[spoiler: He would later get his wish as Nintendo finally announced that Live A Live will be coming to America later this year]].
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* LateExportForYou: This game has never left Japan until its VideoGameRemake got released on the Nintendo Switch in 2022.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game's director Tokita has always wanted to remake the game with modern technology, if only enough people wanted it to happen. Sadly, in comparison to its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', most JRPG fans in Japan don't remember that this game existed, [[NoExportForYou let alone JRPG fans internationally]].

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* ReferencedBy: Two of Creator/TobyFox's songs are named after tracks from this game's soundtrack. Specifically, his recurring song "Megalovania" (featured most prominently in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'') comes from the boss theme "Megalomania", while the ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' track "Knock You Down!" takes its name from the Modern Chapter's battle theme.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game's director Tokita has always wanted to remake the game with modern technology, if only enough people wanted it to happen. Sadly, in comparison to its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', most JRPG fans in Japan don't remember that this game existed, [[NoExportForYou let alone JRPG fans internationally]].internationally]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game's director Tokita has always wanted to remake the game with modern technology, if only enough people wanted it to happen. Sadly, in comparison to its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', most JRPG fans in Japan don't remember that this game existed.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game's director Tokita has always wanted to remake the game with modern technology, if only enough people wanted it to happen. Sadly, in comparison to its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', most JRPG fans in Japan don't remember that this game existed.existed, [[NoExportForYou let alone JRPG fans internationally]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game's director Tokita has always wanted to remake the game with modern technology, if only enough people wanted it to happen. Sadly, in comparison to its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', most JRPG fans in Japan don't remember that this game existed.

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