History Trivia / BravelySecond

** Braev Lee has a new voice actor in the English dub for this game. Braev's voice actor changed from his unknown voice actor from ''Default'' to Creator/JohnEricBentley.

* IKnewIt:
** Fans had predicted that [[spoiler:Anne is actually Airy's sister as part of TheStinger for ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault''.]] [[spoiler:The first and last battle with her reveals that she is indeed Airy's sister.]] Though the fact that [[spoiler:Anne is TheDragon to Providence brought a shocking swerve to even those who predicted this]].
** Some also correctly predicted that [[spoiler: the title screen would change into Send Player]] based on what the first game did.
*** Not as many predicted what it meant though... [[spoiler: You can win the opening boss fight if you have a party from Chapter 4...]]
** When the Fencer and Bishop asterisks were revealed, many people believed that [[spoiler:Janne Angard]] and [[spoiler:Nikolai Nikolanikov]] would be their holders[[spoiler:, making them villains and forcing you to fight them]]. They were right.

* CreatorBacklash: According to [[WordOfGod Tomoya Asano]], [[https://www.siliconera.com/bravely-default-ii-producer-asano-apologizes-for-bravely-second/ the developers have come to see their work on this game as disappointing]]. There are no exact reasons why, but according to Tomoya, they felt the game didn't live up to the expectations set by the first game and ultimately it was the reason going forward they put the series on hiatus until they felt they could do new things with it.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** In the English version, [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Agnes]] and [[Creator/AmandaWinnLee Magnolia]] meeting is also a reunion between [[VideoGame/Persona4 Chie and Yukiko,]] and if you count the anime adaptation you have [[Creator/CassandraLeeMorris Aika]] in the game as well. For more ''Persona 4'' goodness in the Japanese version, this also applies to [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu Agnes]] and [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Yew]], aka Yukiko and Yu, while [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Angelo]], one of the Asterisk holders, is Yosuke.
** On the subject of reunions, [[Creator/SpikeSpencer Ringabel]] and [[Creator/AmandaWinnLee Magnolia]] meeting marks one between [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji and Rei]].
** Edea's the first permanent party member to join Yew in the game; Creator/CassandraLeeMorris and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas previously portrayed [[Anime/PatemaInverted Patema and Age]].
*** It also marks the second time the two have played party members together in a Nintendo-exclusive JRPG, less than a year after [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX the first one]].
** [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Yew's]] and [[Creator/CamClarke the Kaiser's]] actors share a special relation, namely for playing the same character: Leonardo of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' fame. Yew's actor was his voice for the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]] version and the Kaiser's in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987]] version. Which causes the revelation that that [[spoiler:the Kaiser is Yew's brother]] to take on a whole new meaning meta-wise.
* TalkingToHimself: Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas voices both Yew and the Jackal. Both of them do talk to each other.

** Fans had predicted that [[spoiler:Anne is actually Airy's sister as part of TheStinger for Bravely Default.]] [[spoiler:The first and last battle with her reveals that she is indeed Airy's sister.]] Though the fact that [[spoiler:Anne is TheDragon to Providence brought a shocking swerve to even those who predicted this]].

* OldShame: According to [[WordOfGod Tomoya Asano]], this game has [[https://www.siliconera.com/bravely-default-ii-producer-asano-apologizes-for-bravely-second/ become this for the team]]. There are no exact reasons why, but according to Tomoya, they felt the game didn't live up to the expectations set by the first game and ultimately it was the reason going forward they put the series on hiatus until they felt they could do new things with it.

* ActorAllusion: The hot springs attendant isn't the only [[VideoGame/SakuraWars character named Sakura, wearing a pink kimono]] that Creator/WendeeLee voice done the voice-over for.

** In the English version, [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Agnes]] and [[Creator/AmandaWinnLee Magnolia]] meeting is also a reunion between [[VideoGame/Persona4 Chie and Yukiko,]] and if you count the anime adaptation you have [[Creator/CassandraLee Aika]] in the game as well. For more ''Persona 4'' goodness in the Japanese version, this also applies to [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu Agnes]] and [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Yew]], aka Yukiko and Yu, while [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Angelo]], one of the Asterisk holders, is Yosuke.

** Edea's the first permanent party member to join Yew in the game; Creator/CassandraLee and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas previously portrayed [[Anime/PatemaInverted Patema and Age]].

** Braev Lee has a new voice actor in the English dub for this game. Braev's voice actor changed from his unknown voice actor from ''Default'' to John Eric Bentley.

** In the English version, [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Agnes]] and [[Creator/AmandaWinnLee Magnolia]] meeting is also a reunion between [[VideoGame/Persona4 Chie and Yukiko,]] and if you count the anime adaptation you have [[Creator/CassandraLee Aika]] in the game as well. For more ''Persona 4'' goodness in the Japanese version, this also applies to [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu Agnes]] and [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Yew]], aka Chie and Yu, while [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Angelo]], one of the Asterisk holders, is Yosuke.

*** It also marks the second time the two have played party members together in a Nintendo-exclusive JRPG, less than a year after[[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX the first one]].
** [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Yew's]] and [[Creator/CamClarke the Kaiser's]] actors share a special relation, namely for playing the same character: Leonardo of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' fame. Yew's actor was his voice for the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]] version and the Kaiser's in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987]] version.

*** It also marks the second time the two have played party members together in a Nintendo-exclusive JRPG, less than a year after [[[[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX the first one]].

** In the English version, [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Agnes]] and [[Creator/AmandaWinnLee Magnolia]] meeting is also a reunion between [[VideoGame/Persona4 Chie and Yukiko.]] For more ''Persona 4'' goodness in the Japanese version, this also applies to [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu Agnes]] and [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Yew]], aka Chie and Yu, while [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Angelo]], one of the Asterisk holders, is Yosuke.

** In the English version, [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Agnes]] and [[Creator/AmandaWinnLee Magnolia]] meeting is also a reunion between [[VideoGame/Persona4 Chie and Yukiko.]] For more ''Persona 4'' goodness in the Japanese version, this also applies to [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu Agnes]] and [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Yew]], aka Chie and Yu.

** [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Yew's]] and [[Creator/CamClarke the Kaiser's]] actors share a special relation, namely for playing the same character: Leonardo of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' fame. Yew's actor was his voice for the [[WesternAnimation/FeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]] version and the Kaiser's in the [[WesternAnimation/FeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987]] version.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: In the English version, [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Agnes]] and [[Creator/AmandaWinnLee Magnolia]] meeting is also a reunion between [[VideoGame/Persona4 Chie and Yukiko.]] For more ''Persona 4'' goodness in the Japanese version, this also applies to [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu Agnes]] and [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Yew]], aka Chie and Yu.

** Braev Lee has a new voice actor in the English dub for this game. Braev's voice actor changed from Creator/DavidSobolov to Creator/JamiesonPrice.

** When the Fencer and Bishop asterisks were revealed, many people believed that [[spoiler:Janne Angard]] and [[spoiler:Nikolai Nikolanikov]] would be their holders[[spoiler:, making them villains and forcing you to fight them.]] They were right.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: In the English version, [[ErinFitzgerald Agnes]] and [[AmandaWinnLee Magnolia]] meeting is also a reunion between [[VideoGame/Persona4 Chie and Yukiko.]] For more ''Persona 4'' goodness in the Japanese version, this also applies to [[AmiKoshimizu Agnes]] and [[DaisukeNamikawa Yew]], aka Chie and Yu.

* IKnewIt: Fans had predicted that [[spoiler:Anne is actually Airy's sister as part of TheStinger for Bravely Default.]] [[spoiler:The first and last battle with her reveals that she is indeed Airy's sister.]] Though the fact that [[spoiler:Anne is TheDragon to Providence brought a shocking swerve to even those who predicted this]].