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Generally, this game is considered the weakest of the original tetraology, largely because its ambitious design somewhat outstripped the capabilities of the hardware and developers of its day; today, with modern storage and development teams, a multi-generational epic might be possible, but in 1990, with a small team and on a cart with a data weight of less than a megabyte, doing the concept justice proved... difficult. The location shift from the previous two games (which, among other things, left the ending of ''PSII'' unaddressed) also caused a large deal of discontent. While still remembered as being one of the most ambitious titles of the 16-bit era (and one of the only to attempt a generational shift), ultimately its sibling titles are remembered more fondly.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Sari of the second generation and Warrior!Kara of the third fit this trope.
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* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: Orakio's black sword.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Rhys was in one of these before the start of the game. He broke it off when he fell in love with the mysterious Maia.
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Virtually a given in a Phantasy Star game.
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: Techniques are customizable. Grouped into four sets (Healing, Melee, Time, and Order), one technique's effectiveness can be boosted at the expense of another. It's actually a fairly robust system that allows for some helpful character specialization.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Fake-Out Opening]]: Appears completely unconnected to the other games in the tetralogy ''at first''.
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* [[For Want of a Nail]]: Lune's daughter Kara. {{spoiler|If Nial is your second-generation protagonist, his and Lune's final battle will help Lune come to terms with the war finally being over, and a Kara will be born that grows up to be a rather sweet princess who specializes in healing. If you went with Ayn's route, this fight obviously never occurred, and Lune will have had to come to terms with the war on his own; in the meantime, a Kara will have been born that has grown up as more of an embittered warrior, specializing in attack spells and sporting a much more armored appearance.}}
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: Siren and Lune are both explicitly named as the generals under Orakio and Laya, respectively, and will pound you into fine paste if you make a single mistake during their boss fights.
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* {{spoiler|[[Generation Ships]]: The Alisa III is just one such model that escaped the destruction of Palma. Ayn or Nial discover this for themselves when they take off to Azura or Dahlia, respectively. Another ship, the Neo Palm, still exists as well; they're the only two left of the fleet that first left Palma.}}
* [[Global Currency]]: That'll be 200 meseta!
* [[Going Down
* [[Great Offscreen War]]: The Devastation War between Laya and Orakio creates the setting for the whole game.
* [[Human Popsicle]]: This happens to {{spoiler|Laya}}. The wake-up time varies between generations. {{spoiler|She}} can even be woken up ''twice'' if Aron is your third-generation protagonist.
* [[Love Hurts]]: Rather obvious given the [[Love Triangle]] bride choices, but in at least two circumstances, the bride not chosen is single the rest of her life.
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* [[Magic Knight]]: Ayn and every third-generation protagonist, though how strong their magic will be depends on their ancestry.
* [[Mecha
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Orakians are slower than Layans and don't level up as fast, plus they lack access to techniques. However, they make up for it by being ''very'' sturdy and strong.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: Has four third-generation protagonists.
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* {{spoiler|[[Time Travel]]: one of the endings.}}
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Wren has three alternate forms that allow the character to travel more quickly across the worlds.
* [[Unto Us a Son
* [[Unwinnable
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: {{spoiler|Lyle is known as the Dragon Knight. He kidnapped Maia at the beginning of the game, and later on he uses his dragon form to transport Ayn and his party to Techna before passing away.}}
* [[Warrior Prince]]: All of the male chief protagonists for all of the generations.
* [[Witch Species]]: The descendants of Laya's clan are the only humans able to use techniques.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: You better believe it. The most egregious would be the famous use of a color best described as "electric laser limeade" as the hair color of ''five'' different characters.
▲* [[You Must Be This Tall to Enter]]: Caverns connecting the worlds require special gemstones to travel through; some such caverns ''never'' get said gems, necessitating the use of Laya's Pendant to teleport through her temples. Even then, there's occasionally guards standing inside to prevent you from reaching the dais.
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