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1	* CreatorsFavorite: Rika was this for character designer Toru "Yoshibon" Yoshida, although it would be more accurate to say that his real favorite is Nei from ''Phantasy Star II'', since he wanted Rika to be Nei outright. There was strong opposition to this from the rest of the staff, who preferred an Esper girl design. Yoshida was stubborn, however, and insisted on his cute Numan girl, making the tips of her ears black and changing her name so he could keep her. The Esper girl was retooled into Kyra, and the rest is history.
2	* DummiedOut: The [[https://tcrf.net/Phantasy_Star_IV:_The_End_of_the_Millennium#Unused_Monsters Acacia and ShadMirage]], being nude women, were both removed from the English version.
3	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
4	** Rika was initially meant to be Nei herself from ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII'' as stated by Toru Yoshida in an interview; conflict within the staff compelled him to make subtle alterations to keep Rika in.
5	** The game was originally supposed to get a full remake that would have been at ''least'' on par with the [=PS2=] remakes of ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarI'' and ''VideoGame/{{Phantasy Star II}}'', but it was cancelled when they decided to retool the [=PS2=] Sega Ages series as straight ports. To twist the knife deeper, this ''also'' resulted in the [[NoExportForYou US releases of the other remakes being cancelled]], as they were planned to be released in a compilation set with this one.
6	** An early concept for the game would have seen Alis[[SpellMyNameWithAnS (a)]] returning to the series, and this is what ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar Gaiden'' was setting up for.
7	** Also, early concept art and magazine articles stated the game was being worked on as a title for the Sega-CD with a tentative working name of "The Return of Alis". Just imagine, a Phantasy Star game with redbook audio and enhanced graphics that very likely could have saved the console had it been made. Its also been stated that this hypothetical CD version would have brought back the 3D dungeon mazes from the first PS game, a real loss.
8	** Taking the above into account, with a cameo of Lutz, the wreckage of one of the ships from III, Nei, and a return by the franchise's main heroine, it would have brought back all the iconic elements of each game for an even greater finale than what we got. As it is, these elements are only vaguely implied by the game itself.
9	** An interview with Yoshibon in ''PHANTA! Phantasy Star 30th Anniversary Cosplay Book'' revealed that he originally planned on a much more detailed backstory for Zio in which he would have been a "dropout" from the Esper Mansion who competed with Rune for the position of Lutz's successor and lost. This apparently didn't make it into the final game due to time constraints.

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