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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: To ''itself'', in terms of the overall patches of release versus ''Ambition of the Illuminus'' and ''Portable 2''. If you jumped into those versions, they play a fair bit more traditionally by the online ''Phantasy Star'' standards. If you played the launch version of the game, there were no gear drops from enemies whatsoever, the gear-upgrading methods were so stingy that they still stand as ''the'' hardest upgrade mechanics in the franchise, and numerous other design choices that later versions of the game opted to undo or replace.
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* BittersweetEnding: ''Phantasy Star Portable:'' [[spoiler: Vivienne seals Helga inside of the SEED Hive, preventing the SEED invasion, and escapes with the player's character before the AMF assault on said Hive. However, they are both then discharged from the GUARDIANS due to Vivienne's (unwitting) role in Helga's plans.]] Thing is, [[spoiler:this is supposed to be the ''good'' ending]] ...

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* BittersweetEnding: ''Phantasy Star Portable:'' [[spoiler: Vivienne seals Helga inside of the SEED Hive, preventing the SEED invasion, and escapes with the player's character before the AMF assault on said Hive. However, they are both then discharged from the GUARDIANS GUARDIANS, Vivienne due to Vivienne's her (unwitting) role in Helga's plans.plans, and the player for defying direct orders in order to save her.]] Thing is, [[spoiler:this is supposed to be the ''good'' ending]] ...
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* BittersweetEnding: ''Phantasy Star Portable:'' [[spoiler: Vivienne seals Helga inside of the SEED Hive, preventing the SEED invasion, and escapes with the player's character before the AMF assault on said Hive. However, they are both then discharged from the GUARDIANS.]] Thing is, [[spoiler:this is supposed to be the ''good'' ending]] ...

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* BittersweetEnding: ''Phantasy Star Portable:'' [[spoiler: Vivienne seals Helga inside of the SEED Hive, preventing the SEED invasion, and escapes with the player's character before the AMF assault on said Hive. However, they are both then discharged from the GUARDIANS.GUARDIANS due to Vivienne's (unwitting) role in Helga's plans.]] Thing is, [[spoiler:this is supposed to be the ''good'' ending]] ...
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After the [[SleeperHit unexpected success]] of Sega's MMORPG, ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'', the company was eager to try and follow up with a more developed successor.

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After the [[SleeperHit unexpected success]] of Sega's MMORPG, online ActionRPG, ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline'', the company was eager to try and follow up with a more developed successor.
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''Phantasy Star Universe'' [[SpiritualSuccessor is that successor]]. ''Universe'' takes place in the Gurhal System; a solar system composed of three planets and five races. Several hundred years ago, [[MasterOfNone Humans]] created three races in their likeness to develop the worlds: [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots CASTs]] for working with computers, [[SpaceElves Newmen]] to study [[{{Magitek}} TECHNICs]], and [[BoisterousBruiser Beasts]] for working in harsh conditions. Eventually their creations became societies in and of themselves, and have taken over control of the planets of [[CityPlanet Parum]], [[{{Wutai}} Neudaiz]] and [[JungleJapes Maotoob]] respectively. There have been a slew of expansions released as stand-alone games, which are all covered on this page due to their content and placement in a shared timeline.

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''Phantasy Star Universe'' [[SpiritualSuccessor is that successor]]. ''Universe'' takes place in the Gurhal System; a solar system composed of three planets and five races. Several hundred years ago, [[MasterOfNone [[HumansAreAverage Humans]] created three races in their likeness to develop the worlds: [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots CASTs]] for working with computers, [[SpaceElves Newmen]] to study [[{{Magitek}} TECHNICs]], and [[BoisterousBruiser Beasts]] for working in harsh conditions. Eventually their creations became societies in and of themselves, and have taken over control of the planets of [[CityPlanet Parum]], [[{{Wutai}} Neudaiz]] and [[JungleJapes Maotoob]] respectively. There have been a slew of expansions released as stand-alone games, which are all covered on this page due to their content and placement in a shared timeline.

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* OneHundredAndEight: The plot of ''infinity'' revolves around 108 mysterious fragments that Nagisa is collecting.


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* Mystical108: The plot of ''infinity'' revolves around 108 mysterious fragments that Nagisa is collecting. [[spoiler:Reuniting them all revives the dark god, Dark Falz, the source of all evil in the universe.]]
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* OneHundredAndEight: The plot of ''infinity'' revolves around 108 mysterious fragments that Nagisa is collecting.
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* KaizoTrap: [[spoiler:Olga Flow]]'s sword is launched out of its hand during its death animation and plants into the ground, which can harm the player if they are in the way. You can actually Perfect Block this with good timing and receive a Title for doing so.
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* MythologyGag: The "Beyond Space and Time" mission in ''infinity'' is basically SEGA's idea of a ''Phantasy Star Online'' fanfiction. [[spoiler:The player, Emilia, and Nagisa wind up stranded in Ragol after a subspace experiment goes awry, where they find Red Ring Rico's logs and travel through ''PSO''[='s=] areas before meeting Red Ring Rico herself. The trio team up with her and eventually stumble across Olga Flow, the body of Heathcliff Flowen corrupted by Dark Falz, and with some encouragement from Nagisa and a team of Hunters from Pioneer 2, help Rico defeat Olga Flow and save Flowen.]]
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** ''infinity'':
*** Defeat the boss of Chapter 4. [[spoiler:Nagisa, realizing that the player is trying to avoid killing her, lunges at Emilia, forcing them to defend her and inflicting a lethal blow to Nagisa. Nagisa dies, rendering her mission fulfilled, and Wynarl reveals the truth to the player and Emilia before taking her body and the collected malice along with him. After the credits, Emilia and the player discover a fragment of Wynarl residing in the player's Visiphone, who suggests that Nagisa would have lived had the player not struck her down in her boss battle.]]
*** Clear Chapter 5 without seeing all special cutscenes. [[spoiler:The player strikes down Nagisa at the Ark, averting the threat of Dark Falz and saving Gurhal. As Nagisa and Wynarl fade away, they bid final goodbyes to the heroes, and the two of them share a heart to heart with each other before moving on to the afterlife. After the credits, Emilia reflects on their choices, wondering if they could have saved Nagisa if they were just a little nicer to her.]]
*** Clear Chapter 5 after seeing all special cutscenes. [[spoiler:Nagisa finally admits her desire to live, creating enough power of hope to drive Dark Falz from her body. Wynarl, who is holding the 108th fragment, absorbs its power in Nagisa's stead, ensuring Nagisa's survival. The heroes successfully destroy the incarnation of evil, Dark Falz Dios, and saves the Gurhal System for the final time. Nagisa and Wynarl share a heart to heart before Wynarl departs to the next life. After the credits, Nagisa returns to the RELICS site where she met Wynarl on her "birthday", only to discover all of Little Wing waiting to receive her as a true friend.]]
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* ToBeContinued: The credits of ''infinity'' caps off with "And the battle continues in infinite galaxies..." alongside the ''Phantasy Star Online'' 10th Anniversary logo, subtly teasing the following game ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2''.
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* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Late in the plot of ''infinity'', Wynarl reveals his intent to revive Dark Falz, raises an Ancient superweapon buried beneath Parum, and whisks himself and Nagisa away. Throughout the entire final chapter Wynarl continues to goad Nagisa into revealing her true feelings and acts pretty darn evil for the whole mission, right up until the heroes confront him directly. It's only when Nagisa finally admits that she wants to be saved that Wynarl's ''real'' plan kicks into action, as the hope he inspired in Nagisa allows him to draw Dark Falz out of Nagisa's body and into his own so it can be defeated permanently, revealing that he was GoodAllAlong.]]
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* ThemeTunePowerUp: [[spoiler:During the final phase of the Dark Falz Dios fight, the battle theme is replaced by the ''Portable 2 infinity'' theme song, "Ignite Infinity".]]

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* ThemeTunePowerUp: ThemeMusicPowerUp: [[spoiler:During the final phase of the Dark Falz Dios fight, the battle theme is replaced by the ''Portable 2 infinity'' theme song, "Ignite Infinity".]]
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* ThemeTunePowerUp: [[spoiler:During the final phase of the Dark Falz Dios fight, the battle theme is replaced by the ''Portable 2 infinity'' theme song, "Ignite Infinity".]]
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* GameplayRoulette: Compared to base ''Portable 2'', which mostly consisted of standard "get to the end" missions throughout the entire story, ''infinity'' doubles down on gimmick missions ''very'' hard. Every single Story Mission has some sort of twist, such as breaking Blight Stones, capturing mutant monsters, an EscortMission, and a mission where your camera is locked to a side-scrolling/top-down perspective for 90% of the quest and seals off your LimitBreak.
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The [[WordOfGod final]] instalment of the ''Universe'' series came in the expansion ''Portable 2 Infinity'' for the PSP. This expansion added on several new missions and a new race called "Deumans": mutated humans who have gained supernatural powers from exposure to the [=SEED=] virus. Its new story focuses on one such Deuman, Nagisa, as she searches for some [[MacGuffin mysterious fragments]] for a shadowy figure known as Wainal.

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The [[WordOfGod [[GrandFinale final]] instalment of the ''Universe'' series came in the expansion ''Portable 2 Infinity'' infinity'' for the PSP. This expansion PSP, an UpdatedRerelease of ''Portable 2'' that added on several the "Deuman" race, rebalanced gameplay, gear and mission updates, and the new missions and ''Episode 2'' expansion. Set 6 months after the climax of ''Portable 2'', a new race called "Deumans": mutated Deumans, humans who have gained supernatural powers from exposure whose DNA has been irrevocably transformed into a powerful new form, has begun to spring up across the [=SEED=] virus. Its new story focuses on Gurhal System. A chance encounter with one such Deuman, Nagisa, as she searches for some [[MacGuffin mysterious fragments]] for a shadowy figure known as Wainal.
Deuman named Nagisa leads to the player and Emilia teaming up with her and an Ancient named Wynarl to solve the mystery of the Deumans and prevent the advent of yet another threat to Gurhal's peace.
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* MultipleEndings: Fairly prevalent across every game and every episode.
** ''Portable 2'':
*** Clearing the game with less than 189 points with Emilia earns the Normal Ending. [[spoiler:Shizuru commits suicide to expel Kumhan from his body. Mika sacrifices herself to allow the heroes to defeat Kumhan, putting an end to his schemes once and for all, and Mika and Emilia share a heartfelt goodbye. As the tower of Shizuru's memories collapses, Emilia looks onward to the future.]]
*** Clearing the game with 189 or more points with Emilia earns the Good Ending. [[spoiler:Shizuru drives Kumhan from his body, joining the heroes for the final showdown. Mika sacrifices herself to allow the heroes to defeat Kumhan, and as he falls, the subspace suddenly transforms into a grassy field. Emilia looks onward to the future, determined to keep fighting for Mika.]]
*** Clearing the game with 219 or more points with Emilia and S Rank in all Story Missions earns the Best Ending. [[spoiler:All events from the Good Ending occur, except as Kumhan falls, the subspace suddenly turns into a field of tethis, a fleeting remnant of Mika's memories. Emilia finds her determination to protect everything that Mika sacrificed herself for, determined to keep her memory alive. The Gurhal System finally finds true peace, signified by the once-rare tethis flowers blossoming all across the system. As the heroes celebrate their hard-earned victory, they watch as the player and Emilia embark on yet another expedition into subspace.]]
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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: ''Portable 2'' has a few. The main one is "The Magashi Code", which is a MarathonLevel that requires 5 of each Spellstone to play but has a +200% Drop Rate and features a ton of level-scaled enemies with 2x EXP and 25% of their normal HP, making it the absolute best level grinding mission in the entire game. For players who cannot afford to play The Magashi Code, they can opt for the DownloadableContent mission "Gurhal Heroes", a BossRush that is only really beatable at Level 70+ but comes with 2x EXP and Drop Rate packed in.

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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: ''Portable 2'' has a few. The main one is "The Magashi Code", which Plan", a truncated version of the mission of the same name from ''Universe''. It is a MarathonLevel that requires 5 of each Spellstone to play but has a +200% Drop Rate and features a ton of level-scaled enemies with 2x EXP and 25% of their normal HP, making it the absolute best level grinding mission in the entire game. For players who cannot afford to play The Magashi Code, Plan, they can opt for the DownloadableContent mission "Gurhal Heroes", a BossRush that is only really beatable at Level 70+ but comes with 2x EXP and Drop Rate packed in.
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* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:It's revealed that the real Shizuru is trying to fight Kumhar's influence even as Kumhar possesses his body. This culminates in Shizuru summoning the HeroicWillpower necessary to perform a HeroicSacrifice, fatally impaling himself to drive Kumhar from his body and rendering him vulnerable. In the Normal Ending, Shizuru dies from his injuries, but if the Good or True Ending conditions were met, Shizuru survives and joins the heroes for the final showdown.]]

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* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:It's revealed that the real Shizuru is trying to fight Kumhar's influence even as Kumhar Kumhan possesses his body. This culminates in Shizuru summoning reemerging during the HeroicWillpower necessary to perform climax of the final chapter, intent on freeing his body from Kumhan's possession. In the Normal Ending, Shizuru performs a HeroicSacrifice, fatally impaling himself to drive Kumhar Kumhan from his body and rendering him vulnerable. In the Normal Ending, Shizuru dies before dying from his injuries, but if the Good or True Ending conditions were met, Shizuru survives drives out Kumhan through sheer HeroicWillpower and joins the heroes takes Kraz's place for the final showdown.]]
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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: ''Portable 2'' has a few. The most popular ones are "The Magashi Code", which requires 5 of each Spellstone to play but features level scaling, and "Gurhal Heroes", a DLC BossRush that is only really beatable at mid-game levels but has a mission-wide 2x EXP and Type Point multiplier.

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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: ''Portable 2'' has a few. The most popular ones are main one is "The Magashi Code", which is a MarathonLevel that requires 5 of each Spellstone to play but has a +200% Drop Rate and features a ton of level-scaled enemies with 2x EXP and 25% of their normal HP, making it the absolute best level scaling, and grinding mission in the entire game. For players who cannot afford to play The Magashi Code, they can opt for the DownloadableContent mission "Gurhal Heroes", a DLC BossRush that is only really beatable at mid-game levels Level 70+ but has a mission-wide comes with 2x EXP and Type Point multiplier.Drop Rate packed in.
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* TheCameo: During the final act of ''Portable 2'', major characters from ''Universe'' make brief appearances on TV to ask the Gurhal System for aid in [[spoiler:providing the necessary positive energy needed to fire a WaveMotionGun into subspace]].

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* TheCameo: During the final act of ''Portable 2'', major characters from ''Universe'' Laia, Curtz, and [[spoiler:Karen/]]Mirei make brief appearances on TV to ask the Gurhal System for aid in [[spoiler:providing the necessary positive energy needed to fire a WaveMotionGun CombinedEnergyAttack into subspace]].

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* BackFromTheDead: The player is killed protecting Emilia near the start of ''Portable 2'', causing Mika, an Ancient living within Emilia, to unleash her power and reconstruct their body, reviving them. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Emilia herself died when the SEED attacked the Rykros base she was stationed at during her time at GUARDIANS, which was the initial trigger for Mika resurrecting Emilia and entering her body.]]



** [[spoiler:Emilia]] was turned into one by the GUARDIANS. [[spoiler:This led to a great deal of angst when she was treated more as a component in a machine than as an actual person]].

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** [[spoiler:Emilia]] was turned into one by The Tenma is a massive supercomputer located deep in a GUARDIANS base in Rykros that uses a human pilot for computation. [[spoiler:Emilia is that pilot, which caused her to gain a lot of resentment and hatred for the GUARDIANS. [[spoiler:This led to a great deal of angst when GUARDIANS since she was always lonely and felt treated as more as of a component in a machine tool than as an actual person]].a person. She eventually goes back in of her own accord when the heroes need to run subspace experiments in short notice to counteract Kumhan's plot.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: During the climax of ''Portable 2'', [[spoiler:Ursula takes control of Clad 6 and engages its combat mode, which is tantamount to rebellion and gets her some very angry words from her superiors at Skyclad. Once the whole incident blows over, she is reprimanded for her actions by Skyclad, who she promptly tells to screw off.]]

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* BelligerentSexualTension: Kraz and Ursula don't appear to get along very well initially, but they seem to have ''something'' going on. [[spoiler:Chelsea reveals that they were once lovers when they were in GUARDIANS, but after Kraz had a wife and child their relationship soured. Teaming up with each other during the subspace incident helps rekindle their fire, and a year later [[OfficialCouple they end up tying the knot]].]]



* BelligerentSexualTension: Kraz and Ursula don't appear to get along very well initially, but they seem to have ''something'' going on. [[spoiler:Chelsea reveals that they were once lovers when they were in GUARDIANS, but after Kraz had a wife and child their relationship soured. Teaming up with each other during the subspace incident helps rekindle their fire, and a year later [[OfficialCouple they end up tying the knot]].]]
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Kraz and Ursula don't appear to get along very well initially, but they seem to have ''something'' going on. [[spoiler:Chelsea reveals that they were once lovers when they were in GUARDIANS, but after Kraz had a wife and child their relationship soured. Teaming up with each other during the subspace incident helps rekindle their fire, and a year later [[OfficialCouple they end up tying the knot]].]]
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* RelationshipValues: ''Portable 2'' has a hidden points system with Emilia that is influenced by the dialogue options you pick during cutscenes. The player must have sufficient points with her in order to fulfill specific ending criteria. In ''infinity'', this system extends to Nagisa, but only unlocks extra cutscenes instead of affecting the ending.

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* RelationshipValues: ''Portable 2'' has a hidden points system with Emilia that is influenced by the dialogue options you pick during cutscenes. The player must have sufficient points with her in order to fulfill specific ending criteria. In ''infinity'', this system extends to Nagisa, but only which unlocks extra bonus cutscenes instead of affecting after each chapter. Unlike the ending.base game, you can still obtain the Normal Ending regardless of your relationship with Nagisa, but to obtain the True Ending you must watch every bonus cutscene.
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* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: ''Portable 2'' has a few. The most popular ones are "The Magashi Code", which requires 5 of each Spellstone to play but features level scaling, and "Gurhal Heroes", a DLC BossRush that is only really beatable at mid-game levels but has a mission-wide 2x EXP and Type Point multiplier.

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* LegacyBossBattle: In ''Portable 2'', [[spoiler:the party is forced to fight both Mother Brain and Dark Falz Final from ''Ambition of the Illumini'' at different points in the story due to subspace shenanigans]].



* {{Precursors}}: The Ancients, revealed in ''Portable 2''. [[spoiler:They were technologically advanced humans who once inhabited the planets that would become the Gurhal System many eons ago. The advent of the SEED wound up inflicting irreparable damage to their society, leading them to developing a backup plan: separating their souls from their bodies to bide their time in subspace, creating a new breed of humans with the capability to survive in a post-SEED ecosystem, terraform the land to revive it, then waiting until the humans (and other associated races) sufficiently evolved enough so that they can [[GrandTheftMe take over their bodies and revive the race.]] Mika, one of the Ancients who is SharingABody with Emilia, opposes this plan, believing that the era of the Ancients has ended and that the new Gurhal must be allowed to move on.]]

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* {{Precursors}}: The Ancients, revealed in ''Portable 2''. [[spoiler:They were technologically advanced humans who once inhabited the planets that would become the Gurhal System many eons ago. The advent of the SEED wound up inflicting irreparable damage to their society, leading them to developing a backup plan: separating their souls from their bodies to bide their time in subspace, creating a new breed of humans with the capability to survive in a post-SEED ecosystem, terraform terraforming the land to revive it, then waiting until the humans (and other associated races) sufficiently evolved enough so that they can [[GrandTheftMe take over their bodies and revive the race.]] Mika, one of the Ancients who is SharingABody with Emilia, opposes this plan, believing that the era of the Ancients has ended and that the new Gurhal must be allowed to move on.]]



* SpoilerOpening: Don't look too close to the FreezeFrameBonus at the end of the opening video, since it shows [[Karen Erra and Mirei Mikuna]] in close proximity, spoiling the TwinSwitch used partway through the story.

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* SpoilerOpening: Don't look too close to the FreezeFrameBonus at the end of the opening video, since it shows [[Karen [[spoiler:Karen Erra and Mirei Mikuna]] in close proximity, spoiling the TwinSwitch used partway through the story.
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* {{Precursors}}: The Ancients. Interesting in that [[spoiler:they turn out to essentially be humans themselves, who ended up destroying themselves because [[HumansAreBastards humans just can't get along]]]].

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* {{Precursors}}: The Ancients. Interesting Ancients, revealed in that [[spoiler:they turn out to essentially be ''Portable 2''. [[spoiler:They were technologically advanced humans themselves, who ended once inhabited the planets that would become the Gurhal System many eons ago. The advent of the SEED wound up destroying themselves because [[HumansAreBastards inflicting irreparable damage to their society, leading them to developing a backup plan: separating their souls from their bodies to bide their time in subspace, creating a new breed of humans just can't get along]]]].with the capability to survive in a post-SEED ecosystem, terraform the land to revive it, then waiting until the humans (and other associated races) sufficiently evolved enough so that they can [[GrandTheftMe take over their bodies and revive the race.]] Mika, one of the Ancients who is SharingABody with Emilia, opposes this plan, believing that the era of the Ancients has ended and that the new Gurhal must be allowed to move on.]]

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* EarnYourBadEnding: ''Portable 2'' has a bad ending, but it is rarely seen by most players since it requires you to consistently be a dick to Emilia throughout the entire story, which many do not intentionally do on the first completion.


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