History Trivia / FillyFantasyVI

** The game's coding for equipment pieces that give boosts to HP and MP works on a two-byte system that means when equipping something that gives +12.5% HP/MP, and another item that gives +25% of the same stat, they cancel each other out and the wearer gets the +50% boost instead. Since this was unavoidable without entirely recoding how that mechanic works, the creator made it a part of strategy that these different equipment pieces can be combined for amplified effect.

** For the [=ProtoTroop=] boss, one [=LPer=] was able to scramble its AI by changing its elemental weaknesses with the Debilitator, as the [=ProtoTroop=] determines its attack patterns by its elemental weakness. While this usage of the Debilitator was unintended[[note]]in the original game, no boss that uses Wall Change can be fought during a time where the Debilitator is usable[[/note]], the creator decided it was fun and made sense in-story, so it was kept in. Another player killed it by spamming Espers against it before it got a chance to Wall Change and nullify their elemental attacks. The creator considered nerfing this but again decided it was perfectly fitting in-story that Sombra's latest creation is easily crushed by the power of the Espers (this was then nullified in 2.0 when the [=ProtoTroop=] was set to Wall Change at the start of the fight).

** For the [=ProtoTroop=] boss, one [=LPer=] was able to scramble its AI by changing its elemental weaknesses with the Debilitator, as the [=ProtoTroop=] determines its attack patterns by its elemental weakness. While this usage of the Debilitator was unintended[[note]]No boss that uses Wall Change can be fought during a time where the Debilitator is usable[[/note]], the creator decided it was fun and made sense in-story, so it was kept in. Another player killed it by spamming Espers against it before it got a chance to Wall Change and nullify their elemental attacks. The creator considered nerfing this but again decided it was perfectly fitting in-story that Sombra's latest creation is easily crushed by the power of the Espers (this was then nullified in 2.0 when the [=ProtoTroop=] was set to Wall Change at the start of the fight).

** Due to how the game handles the flags for equipment that gives +12.5%, +25%, and +50% boosts to HP and MP, equipping an equipment piece with +12.5% and another with +25% causes them to cancel out and give a +50% boost. Since this was unavoidable without entirely recoding how the boosts work, the creator decided to make it a part of strategy that the equipment pieces can be combined for greater effect.

** ''Very'' early on, the part of Gogo was going to go to Mare-Do-Well, with hints that under the cloak it was Starlight Glimmer. This was dropped before the first public beta and Trixie was brought back for Gogo.

** Crunch initially stood in for the Earth element with the Eight Wraths. He was later given another role and Porcina took his place.
** During planning for the 2.0, there was serious consideration to switching Cadance's role with Sunset Shimmer, or Shining Armor with Flash Sentry. Both were dropped due to WordOfGod feeling the impact from such switches would be more negative than positive.[[note]]Either replacement would have slanted the cast heavily to unicorn playable characters, Sunset wouldn't have allowed for the FireIceLightning trio that Cadance forms with Twilight and Celestia, and it would have meant the opera subplot falls apart without Cadance. For Shining Armor, the concern was more about story impact, namely that Locke's skills and personally doesn't fit Shining Armor, especially with regards to not trusting Cadance/Celes.[[/note]]

** For the [=ProtoTroop=] boss, one [=LPer=] was able to scramble its AI by changing its elemental weaknesses and thus its attack patterns. While this usage of the Debilitator was unintended, the creator decided it was fun and made sense in-story, so it was kept in. Another player killed it by spamming Espers against it before it got a chance to Wall Change and nullify their elemental attacks. The creator considered nerfing this but again decided it was perfectly fitting in-story (it was then nullified in 2.0 when the [=ProtoTroop=] was set to Wall Change at the start of the fight).

** During planning for the 2.0, there was serious consideration to switching Cadance's role with Sunset Shimmer, or Shining Armor with Flash Sentry. Both were dropped due to WordOfGod feeling the impact from such switches would be more negative than positive.[[note]]Either replacement would have slanted the cast heavily to unicorn playable characters, Sunset wouldn't have allowed for the FireIceLightning trio that Cadance forms with Twilight and Celestia, and it would have meant the opera subplot falls apart with Cadance. For Shining Armor, the concern was more about story impact, namely that Locke's skills and personally doesn't fit Shining Armor, especially with regards to not trusting Cadance/Celes.[[/note]]

** During planning for the 2.0, there was serious consideration to switching Cadance's role with Sunset Shimmer, or Shining Armor with Flash Sentry. Both were dropped due to WordOfGod feeling the impact such switches would have on gameplay and story would be more negative than positive.

** For the [=ProtoTroop=] boss, one [=LPer=] was able to scramble its AI by changing its elemental weaknesses and thus its attack patterns. While this usage of the Debilitator was unintended, the creator decided it was fun and made sense in-story, so it was kept in. Another player killed it by spamming Espers against it before it got a chance to Wall Change and nullify their elemental attacks. The creator considered nerfing this but again decided it was perfectly fitting in-story (it was then nullified in 2.0 when the ProtoTroop was set to Wall Change at the start of the fight).

** For the [=ProtoTroop=] boss, one [=LPer=] was able to kill it by spamming Espers against it before it got a chance to Wall Change and nullify their elemental attacks. Another player found that Flash's Debilitator scrambles its AI by changing its elemental weaknesses and thus its attack patterns. Both of these strategies, while unintended, made perfect sense in-story, so the creator kept them in.

** During planning for the 2.0, there was serious consideration to switching Cadance's role with Sunset Shimmer, or Shining Armor with Flash Sentry. Both were dropped due to concerns over how the switches would impact the story.

** The part of Gogo was going to go to Mare-Do-Well, with hints that under the cloak it was Starlight Glimmer.

** The part of Gogo was going to go to Mare-Do-Well, with hints that under the cloak it was Starlight Glimmer. During 2.0 it was briefly considered to put her and Sunburst in Starlight Village in place of Night Glider and Double Diamond, but this was dropped.

* ThrowItIn: Discord delivers a final attack after fleeing in the battle with him at Neighshe, a result of his counterattacking battle script still being set to execute after the Flee command does. However, the creator decided that giving off a parting blow as he runs is a thing Discord ''would'' do anyway, so this was unchanged.

** For 2.0 a pit was added to Pinkie's cave in Neighshe to be the mirror pool she used to clone herself. However, the Neighshe caves use a palette system that doesn't have water effects like some other caves, so instead the empty pit was added and an NPC explains that Pinkie cloned herself too many times and the pool dried up.

** The part of Gogo was going to go to Mare-Do-Well, with hints that under the cloak it was Starlight Glimmer.

** The Gem Box/Soul of Thamasa atop the Fanatics Tower is [[spoiler:replaced with an ordinary Apple. Made up for by the boss dropping Twilight's InfinityPlusOneSword, but still.]]

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Some minor level changes were done to the introductory sequences and the South Figaro basement, due to technical shortcomings involving the game's palette system conflicting with the sprites for the Imperial Soldiers.

** Crunch initially stood in for the Earth element with the Eight Wraths. He was later given another role and Porcina took his place.

* ThrowItIn: Discord delivers a final attack after fleeing in the battle with him at Neighshe, a glitch to his counterattack script still being set to execute after the Flee command does. However, the creator decided that giving off a parting blow as he runs is a thing Discord ''would'' do anyway, so this was unchanged.

** Earlier in development, the part of Gogo was going to go to Mare-Do-Well, with hints that under the cloak it was Starlight Glimmer.
** In the first beta, Lightning Dust played the part of Lone Wolf. The role later went to Trixie to increase her presence in the World of Balance.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Earlier in development, the part of Gogo was going to go to Mare-Do-Well, with hints that under the cloak it was Starlight Glimmer.