Talk:Toushin Toshi 2/@comment-30086411-20170114165832/@comment-27031093-20170115001054

Probably because when the first Toushin Toshi came out there were only two Rance games and thus basically no lore and world structure to keep in mind when making the game. Instead, the later Rance games had to make sure to include references to the content of the first Toushin Toshi.

By setting it in an alternate world, they were able to tell the story the wanted without having to adhere to the structure of the Continent that had been established by the many more Rance games that had been made at that point. The general layout of the world is the same, but stuff like Leazas and Helman aren't suggested to exist at all, and people don't seem to have level caps (unless Seed just has an ungodly amount of potential, but the game consistently takes the stance that he's a fairly talentless schmuck who just works hard, so that seems unlikely).