
This is a similar system to Square’s PS1 game Legend of Mana, where you can find different items from these areas depending on where you’ve placed them. Additionally, most of the map is empty when you first begin the game, and whenever a new locale is unlocked, you can place them on the map. At the outset, missions are few, but as you progress, the amount of potential quests greatly opens up, though some can only be accepted if you’ve already obtained specific quest items beforehand, so there is some semblance of linearity to them. Rather than following a linear path of story battles, the focus here is on accepting and completing various missions, which are posted at the pub found in any city. Additionally, most of the cast of Final Fantasy Tactics were human the Ivalice here is comprised of several races, including Humes (humans), the lizard-like Bangaa (but don’t call them lizards), the fluffy Nu-Mou, the rabbit-like Viera, and the old Final Fantasy standby, Moogles. These fights are administered by Judges, who ensure that the combatants are following the laws of the land. Instead, the focus is on the different clans that fight for control of the various territories. Any pretenses of being based on real historical war is dropped, as are most of the aspects of politics and religion. Though ostensibly based on Final Fantasy Tactics, this version of Ivalice is substantially different from the one previously seen. His main job is a Hermetic, which is similar to the Alchemist,

Marche’s younger brother, who’s wheelchair-bound in the real world, but can walk freely in the fantasy world.Īn eccentric oddball Nu Mou who despises the law system of Ivalice, and creates his own anti-laws. His wife (and Mewt’s mother), dead in reality, is also alive here as the Queen.Ī friendly Moogle, who meets Marche upon being transported into the book, and shows him the ropes of this strange new world. Mewt’s father is a divorced alcholic and negligent parent in the real world, but in the fantasy world, he’s the Judgemaster. Accompanied by a Nu Mou servant named Babus. He ends up being the antagonist of the story, since he has everything he wants. Regularly accompanied by a Viera named Shara.Ī timid boy who ends up as the Prince of Ivalice upon being transported to Ivalice. She’s ashamed of her white hair, which she dyes red in the real world, but is her natural color in the fantasy world. Unlike the rest of the characters, who wish to remain in the fantasy world of the book, he actually wants to go back to the real world.Ī headstrong young girl who finds her place in the fantasy world as the leader of a clan with her own name. After being picked on by the neighboorhood bullies, he makes friends with Ritz and Mewt. The main character, Marche is a shy young boy who has recently moved into St. They each take on different roles in this new, fantasy life, living out their dreams in ways they previously couldn’t in reality. The heroes are a group of children who discover a mysterious book called the Gran Grimoire, which causes the entire city to become enveloped in the world of Final Fantasy. Ivalice (probably a British or American location). Final Fantasy Tactics Advance actually begins in the “real” world, taking place in the city of St.

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Portable machines were aimed towards a younger audience than console games (and the previous Tactics games aimed at a more mature audience than a typical PlayStation owner already) so naturally the game had to be scaled back from the dense political tales that previously defined the series. The game was directed by Yuichi Murasawa, who had previously worked on Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis. In the interim, he acted as producer for a Final Fantasy Tactics spin-off for the Game Boy Advance, appropriately dubbed Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. From here, Matsuno was promoted to directing Final Fantasy XII, though after a number of years he ended up quitting the project due to various difficulties. Final Fantasy Tactics was a huge success, though Yasumi Matsuno and his crew changed gears for their next title, the 2000 PS1 title Vagrant Story.
