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  • Author's Saving Throw: Over the years the game began to drift away from its (loose) mythological roots and further into more Animesque tropes and conventions, largely hitting critical mass with the Ninja update. DevCat admitted they may have gone too far and made an effort to shift back, leading Chapter 6 to be based on Arthurian Legendnote  paired with writing closer to Chapter 1.
  • Development Hell: Mabinogi Europe was stuck at G12 from October 2010 to the shutdown of that server.
  • Dummied Out:
    • Nekojima to the North America server. Well, sort of.note 
    • The Fullmetal Alchemist collaboration outfits have been translated and can be viewed in the Western Servers via Auction House, but no one but GMs can obtain them.
  • Troubled Production: During Chapter 4's (Generation 13-16) development, the director was canned after Generation 14 due to poor reception and many of the ideas the director had for the rest of the Chapter was left hanging. See Overshadowed by Controversy for info.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • The music for Tir Chonaill's graveyard is named "Town_SidheGroveCamp_000". This area does not exist in the final game.
    • In the KAMEX 2002 promotion prototype, there was a fairy companion named Rachel that was based from Navi and would follow the player around. Later on, Rachel would be reimagined and become Nao and Eiry in the final version.
    • Avon only has two NPCs and barely anything to do until the Chronicles I Update. The reason? See Troubled Production above. This left Avon in an unfinished state with only two NPCs, and little to no reason to go to Avon.
    • Treasure Hunter was supposed to be an Elf female before being changed to a Human Male.

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