History Trivia / FugaMelodiesOfSteel

* IKnewIt: From the moment Socks was revealed, the well-versed ''Little Tail Bronx'' fans were immediately able to tie the connection between him, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter Merveille, and Red]]]] just from his last name alone. Sure enough, Yoann confirmed it in [[https://twitter.com/Yoann_CC2/status/1421679192530292740 a tweet]] not long after the game's launch, and told fans to max out Malt and Socks' friendship to see the reasoning unfold.

** Assuming it doesn't appear in the game itself if Sheena is sacrificed before that point, a cut story event for Chapter 7 would've involved the kids running across a mortally injured escapee from the Berman prison camp, who would wish on his dying breath that the other prisoners would be freed.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: It's commonly believed that one condition for the GoldenEnding is to [[spoiler:see all of Britz's level 2 Link Events before he leaves after Chapter 10.]] While it is true that you need to [[spoiler:raise his affinity with the other characters enough to get the scene where the others see the photo in his pendant]], this is possible without [[spoiler:seeing all of the Link Events in question or even getting his affinity with every other character to level 2 in the first place-- you just need to ensure he's had at least five Link Events with the other kids. There are even some players out there who managed to save him entirely by accident.]]

** A cut story event for Chapter 7 would've involved the kids running across a mortally injured escapee from the Berman prison camp, who would wish on his dying breath that the other prisoners would be freed.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: It’s commonly believed that one condition for the GoldenEnding is to [[spoiler:see all of Britz’s level 2 Link Events before he leaves after Chapter 10.]] While it is true that you need to [[spoiler:raise his affinity with the other characters enough to get the scene where the others see the photo in his pendant]], this is possible without [[spoiler:seeing all of the Link Events in question or even getting his affinity with every other character to level 2 in the first place-- you just need to ensure he has a total of ten levels of affinity between all the other kids.]]

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Though the game is available to purchase in Russian territories, [[https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/eb572fc44c8bbc85e81298818e797db3dce496df as mentioned in this article]], any plans for a Russian translation was put on hold due to the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the economic sanctions resulting from it. %%Consider removing, a Russian translation has been added by now

** The Secret Garden was something Matsuyama was insistent on implementing. This is despite the fact that at that point in development, the project was 50 million yen over-budget and went past their projected development time by six months.

* According to [[https://www.4gamer.net/games/575/G057551/20221113001/ this article]] on the localization of the game, the original plan for the game's two choral songs was for them to only be spoken in French and sung by a Japanese choir, but this failed due to the choir having issues with proper pronunciation. Thus, the original French versions of the songs were outsourced to a proper youth choir in France ([[http://www.chorale-lille.fr/ Attention Chorale de Jeunes]] in Lille), before being translated into Japanese for the original choir (from the Fukuoka School of Music and Dance).

** As of Version 1.10, players are now given the option to activate "turbo mode" during route progression, allowing you to get to fights or intermission spots a lot faster than before. The only catch being that you can only activate it on NewGamePlus runs.

* CreatorsFavorite: The game's director Yoann loves Boron. So much so that he called out every streamer who sacrificed him in the tutorial on Twitter, and purposefully made him a GameBreaker just to spite [[Creator/HiroshiMatsuyama his boss]] for doing the same during every playtesting session.

* ColbertBump: Despite the lack of advertising, many furry streamers did do their best to help get word of the game out, notably Creator/SeanChiplock who streamed the game in an effort to raise awareness for it.

** For a more straightforward example, two piano pieces were also cut from the game, but can be found in the game's files, [[https://youtu.be/GD2kua2kDmc A non-specific one]], and [[https://youtu.be/BhQ8EF_FCic an arrangement of the game's ending theme "Memories of Earth and Sky"]]

* RefittedForSequel: According to Yoann, [[spoiler:the Vanargand's design came from [[https://twitter.com/Yoann_CC2/status/1423022229839769601 an unused Titano-Machina design]] from ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' that the devs thought was too good to let go to waste.]]
* RoleReprise: [[spoiler: 11 years after ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'''s release, Tomohiro Tsuboi returns to voice Baion for the ending.]]

** The Secret Garden was something Hiroshi was insistent on implementing. This is despite the fact that at that point in development, the project was 50 Million Yen overbudget and went past their projected development time by six months.
--->'''[[https://twitter.com/Yoann_CC2/status/1552655117916127233 Yoann:]]''' One day he broke into a meeting and said "Guys, the game's almost perfect as it is but the Taranis still lacks something vital: [[SeriousBusiness A PLACE TO POOP]]". Then we added the potty duck.

* WordOfGod: According to Yusuke Tokitsu, [[https://twitter.com/shimipan/status/1437020492813139968 Sheena's mother is named Edna.]]

** The InvisibleAdvertising due to not having an official publisher while having almost no experience with self-publishing.

** The ''$40 USD'' price tag (on average) which turned away those that actually want to play the game.

* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: Though they never outright say it, it's no secret that [=CyberConnect2=] had to use whatever earnings they got from their much bigger, licensed anime-backed projects in order to fund ''Fuga'', as Bandai Namco made it clear that they have no interest in continuing the ''VideoGame/LittleTailBronx'' series themselves.

* RegionalBonus: The Steam and Epic versions of the game are sold in Asian regions at an incredibly affordable price of US$15 for the standard edition and US$25 for the deluxe edition, before taxes. The pricing at Latin-American Steam stores ([[OfferVoidInNebraska aside from Brazil]]) is also much lower compared to the United States and Europe.

* AcclaimedFlop: According to a [[https://www.rpgsite.net/news/12138-fuga-melodies-of-steel-sales-fall-short-of-covering-development-costs Famitsu article]], ''Fuga'' was only able to recoup 30% of its ''development'' cost in the first three months of release, with that number barely budging over the next few months. It took a ''year and a half'' for the game to [[https://twitter.com/Fuga_CC2_en/status/1618458708870139905 sell 150,000 copies worldwide]]. This is a game that was able to get an 80% and above rating on average whenever it was reviewed. The InvisibleAdvertising is a major factor in this.

** As of Version 1.10, Players are now given the option to activate "turbo mode" during route progression, allowing you to get to fights or intermission spots a lot faster than before. The only catch being that you can only activate it on NewGamePlus runs.

** Characters who only have speaking roles or appearances in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O4nxcaJZ_w "How It All Began"]] manga share their voice actors with other characters from the game proper: Kenji Nomura (Shvein Hax) plays the village chief; Sachi Kokuryu plays his wife; Naomi Kusumi (Von Baum) plays Malt and Mei's grandfather; and Yui Kondo (Flam Kish) plays Hanna's mother Yona/Jonah.