[Multiplatform] Ivalice Alliance

Square-Enix has announced a new series of games to expand upon a previously established universe, not unlike the World of Mana and Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series. This time, it's the world of Ivalice which first appeared in Final Fantasy Tactics. The first title under this expansion is actually Revenant Wings, which has its own thread and is properly explained there.

The second of which is a port of Final Fantasy Tactics on the PSP, which will see various updates-- most important of which are two new Jobs being made available. Others include new movies and such.

Lastly, there is the (not-so-)mysterious "FFT A2". Which everyone and their mom suspects is Tactics Advance 2, so yeah.

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Originally Posted by Kostaki

Continual "ports" of games to the PSP simply isn't the way to go about getting people interested in either the games or the system. If they add more than "two jobs" to the game, such as an expanded storyline (which it clearly excels in) then I might have something to be interested in.

But... but it has a spiffy new logo.

One thing people might be able to get excited for is a new translation, as we all know the original was atrocious. They might even get the dude who did Vagrant Story's and (I think) XII's.

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Interesting. That article gave the subtitle of the new Advance game, being "Grimoire of the Impure". I didn't notice anything like that in the scan.

EDIT: Oh, there it is.

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Tactics Advance I believe isn't even a part of the real Ivalice, and is based on the children's experiences with Final Fantasy (I suppose it would be XII). Aside from that, we would have to assume that XII is a distant prequel due to Moogles and perhaps even the Bangaa and Viera going extinct by the time of Tactics.

As for Vagrant Story, that's a little trickier. Most assume that it's sometime between Tactics' Middle Ages and Alazlam Durai's Late Ages, but no one's certain.

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I had just chalked it and the Bunansa name up as little nods to previous games, like the Riskbreaker Guild Rank and Montblanc.

I was speaking idiomatically.

That connection to Advance is easily explained by the fact that the world is crafted by their experiences with Final Fantasy, like I said. A child's outlook could easily explain why the rather grotesque Seeq are absent and why the Judges are considerably more benign than their XII counterparts. Hell, it would make Montblanc fit in all too well, since he is exactly the same in personality and career choice.

Also, Belias is extremely similar to Velius when romanizing, so it isn't a stretch in the least.

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Originally Posted by Metal Sphere

[spoiler]And VS wouldn't take place that far ahead of XII, since it frequently cites 'Naturalist Merlose' in encounters with certain monsters. That would put it sometime before XII. Or if you don't to view this reference in this light, it could be an ancestor, but Merlose is a she in the entries.

Oh right, I forgot to mention that.

Do the people mention Merlose in the game, or is it part of the narration (be it spoken by no one in cutscenes or part of item descriptions and the like)? I can't recall, but if it's the latter, it doesn't necessarily mean it's giving away a general time period. As you might recall, the game quotes Alazlam in the very beginning.

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Okay, now The Magicbox is reporting that Crystal Chronicles: The Ring of Fates takes place in Ivalice.

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Originally Posted by Cobalt Katze

I think someone forgot to sleep before posting the news? The Crystal Chronicles take place in their own world, what with their own unique races and such.

In their defense, there hasn't been anything to confirm that this takes place in the same world. Outfits are similar, but nothing concrete. From what the article says, this game is actually fairly dissimilar to its predecessor-- the story takes more of a central role (focusing on two siblings and having a theme about family), crystals (and presumably miasma) will be nonexistent, and strategy is now considered in battle (having the high ground will cause additional damage, for example).

But, on the other hand, this wouldn't be the first time Magicbox has misquoted or even flat-out wrongly stated information on an upcoming game. I'm also pretty sure I saw a Yuke in a recent screenshot, which wouldn't fit into Ivalice unless they add the original Crystal Chronicles world. Still, I don't think I'd be against the series being added into that universe.

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Alright, this is fucking retarded. Champions of either camp need to take this clash of the titans elsewhere.

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Gaff Gafgarion. He probably doesn't count.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Wow, it's jarring as hell to see the Hokuten referred to as the Order of the Northern Sky. And yes, I am aware that hokuten literally means "north heavens".

EDIT: What the fuck is with that button command? I don't remember that.

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I hadn't actually seen it, but Magicbox reported on it last week. I like the designs, and the fact that Vaan is wearing a real shirt now.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I don't even care if the jobs suck, I will use a Seeq.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?