History Trivia / FreedomPlanet2

** In September of 2017, Tyson-tan initially created Libbie the Oryx [[https://tysontan.tumblr.com/post/165833582176/libbie-the-cyber-oryx-libbie-is-my-entry-to as a possible mascot for Libre Office]], but his entry was unsuccessful. Years later, Libbie would later become an NPC in Freedom Planet 2.

* CrossoverCameo: The travelling musician NPC 'Verse' who can be found in Shang Tu & Parusa is actually the main protagonist from composer Creator/LeilaniRaeWilson's fantasy adventure novel series: Literature/ElanciaChronicles.

* IKnewIt: Several fans guessed with the promo shot of the title screen that the four colored icons represented Lilac, Carol, and Milla, as well as a fourth, unnamed character that would be revealed in a trailer. The fact that a dev said they would be "[[ExactWords showcasing trailers of the playable heroines]]" had many suspect Neera Li would be the final character, a month before it was confirmed.

** Merga would originally be fought at the end of Lunar Cannon, but her bossfight was moved to its own stage for difficulty reasons.

** Originally, an option for a player to play the game's story arcs in any order they wanted was supposed to be substituted with a more linear structure, but [=GalaxyTrail=] eventually changed their minds and added the feature back during the development.

* ContentLeak: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20151227203457/http://freedomplanet2.com/characters.php When Freedom Planet 2's website initially launched in December 2015]], [[spoiler:The Royal Magister's bio ended up giving away TheReveal that he was actually an pure-blooded earth dragon.]] It wouldn't be until April 2016 that their bio would be updated to remove said details.

*** Much like how Milla was originally planned to die in the first game, Neera's death was considered for the sequel.
*** Though the romance element was always intended to be a part of the character, the character that would become Merga was originally envisioned as male.
*** Merga's individual phases were initially meatier, each of them more like individual final bosses in complexity. The high difficulty lead Sabrina to steadily tone them down over the course of development.
*** Jiang Cruise, Shard Desert, and Zodiac River were planned but ultimately scrapped stages or worlds, which even have music from earlier in development. Jiang Cruise would become Tiger Falls, and Shard Desert was an intended Parusa stage that was ultimately replaced narratively by Tidal Gate.
*** Parusa was originally envisioned as a desert island rather than a tropical one.
*** Merga would originally be fought at the end of Lunar Cannon, but her bossfight was moved to its own stage for difficulty reasons.

*** Spade was originally meant to have an active gameplay role - he would fight alongside you in Sky Bridge, during the segments where you fight waves of enemies on platforms. In addition, he would be an optional opponent in Gong's training dojo. Though some of his sprites were complete, a combination of various factors lead to this being scrapped.

*** Jiang Cruise, Shard Desert, and Zodiac River were planned but ultimately scrapped stages or worlds, which even have music from earlier in development.

*** There were more bird citizens planned for the game, but they ended up being scrapped due to how time consuming they would be to animate.

** In September of 2017, Tyson-tan initially created Libbie the Oryx [[https://tysontan.tumblr.com/post/165833582176/libbie-the-cyber-oryx-libbie-is-my-entry-to as a possible mascot for Libre Office]], but his entry was unsuccessful. Libbie would later become an NPC in Freedom Planet 2 years later.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, an option for a player to play the game's story arcs in any order they wanted was supposed to be substituted with a more linear structure, but [=GalaxyTrail=] eventually changed their minds and added the feature back during the development.

*** Sabrina actually stepped into the same recording booth as the rest of the cast to record new lines for the Bird Guard, but she wasn't satisfied with any of them, so she simply opted to recycle the one voice clip she recorded for him in the first game.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, an option for a player to play the game's story arcs in any order they wanted was supposed to be substituted with the more linear structure, but [=GalaxyTrail=] eventually changed their minds and added the feature back during the development.

*** The Magister would have an alternate, more casual wardrobe for when Shang Tu was taken over, and Milla had an alternate outfit for the Battlesphere, reflecting her persona as "Allim". Both were scrapped due to the already large amounts of spritework done for the game at the time.

*** Lilac would have an unlockable pair of wings that would give her the ability to hover and fly. Sabrina fought fiercely to try and get them into the game, but they were scrapped for reasons pertaining to their functionality and the idea that they'd be obsolete compared to other powerups.

*** The Magister would have an alternate, more casual wardrobe for when Shang Tu was taken over, and Milla had an alternate outfit for the Battlesphere, reflecting her persona as "Allim". Both were scrapped due to the already large amounts of spritework done for the game at the time.
** An earlier footage had Milla fight her opponents with martial arts in addition to using energy blocks for deflecting projectiles and throwing it at them. She loses her hand to hand skills in favor of being a ranged fighter that fire micro cubes as her primary means of attacking.

** An earlier footage had Milla fight her opponents with martial arts in addition to using energy blocks for deflecting projectiles and throwing it at them. She loses her hand to hand skills in favor of being a ranged fighter that fire energy shots as her primary means of attacking.