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Sep 22, 06 05:24PMKrunal

Many people have been wondering what is this games relation to Final Fantasy XII and will it be a Prequel, a Sequel or what.

Well Yokoyama has removed all doubt:

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"The reason we chose the DS was that we had many opportunities to see up close people playing it," Toriyama explained. "We planned to target the game at people who haven't touched games until now. The concept we developed was that of making an 'entry level FF' title."

As a result the game will apparently feature revised gameplay. "We removed anything that would look complicated [to a new player], and built the battle system with an eye towards users who were playing the game for the first time."

Although inheriting the FFXII title, Yokoyama downplayed its link to its PS2 predecessor. "It is not accurate to call this a sequel. We want people to view it as the latest FF game. This is not FFXII-2."

This is not the first time the company has made an "entry-level" Final Fantasy game. In 1992 it published Final Fantasy Mystic Quest for the Super Nintendo, a simpler, less complex spin-off of the series.

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It seems that they have tried to make this game seperate from FFXII, now wether the story has to do with the Dalmascan Empire or one of the other empires only time will tell.

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Jun 29, 09 04:20PMJacen4789

quote Der_di_das
OK, i didn't bother reading 3 pages of this but if it hasn't been said already. It is obviously a sequel, they have Vaan in his skypirate ship with Penelo in her new clothes, the intro movie takes place directly after the end of XII. Basch is in his judge armour and Ashe is queen. It is a sequel no matter what they say. Also I saw a screen with something about someone wanting to start the war again!

I agree. If it weren't for the airship and the fact that it takes place after FFXII last scene makes it a sequel.

Dec 19, 07 11:24AMTerrra

Correction to what Krunal said:

This game DOES have Ashe, as a playable character to top it off. She isn't much involved in the story line, but she is there and from around chapter 6, you have her in your party permanently.

Also, there IS a gambit system, except it is much simpler. Each character only has one gambit. That doesn't mean they don't do anything else on their own, they do, but the gambit is priority. For example, if you set Penelo to use her Revive gambit, she will concentrate on resuscitating fallen party members, but when everybody is back on the board and she doesn't need to use the Revive gambit, she heals those whose HP is not full.

Nov 24, 07 02:25PMburnum

quote mettaur_15
What exactly is Ashe relationship with Vaan? I've always thought they were siblings, from their looks.

<--- Didn't play FFXII .___.

he helped rescue her in the beginning of the ps2 game. all he is to her in that game is a friend. also, it states that it takes place on year after the events of ff12.

Nov 23, 07 02:58AMDer_di_das

OK, i didn't bother reading 3 pages of this but if it hasn't been said already. It is obviously a sequel, they have Vaan in his skypirate ship with Penelo in her new clothes, the intro movie takes place directly after the end of XII. Basch is in his judge armour and Ashe is queen. It is a sequel no matter what they say. Also I saw a screen with something about someone wanting to start the war again!

Nov 21, 07 11:13AMmettaur

What exactly is Ashe relationship with Vaan? I've always thought they were siblings, from their looks.

<--- Didn't play FFXII .___.

Nov 19, 07 12:02PMShadowGuard

Hopefully its Ashe, im personally a Vaan-Ashe more than Vaan-Penelo

May 22, 07 12:55AMbluerfin

While fanboyism is rampant in wiki, some editors work as hard as they could to give accurate info. i rather doubt forums like the one in gamefaqs, THAT's fanboyism incarnate.

Anyway, relation to FFXII? Herebe spoilers.

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All six main characters make their return, it DOES have Ashe, and also including the boy emperor, the bounty hunter, the three pirate assistants, three familiar faces from rabanastre, and the moogle mechanic.

Old locations like Rabanastre will return, though the story mainly takes place in the purvama lemures, a floating continent like Bhujerba.

The game plays as a real-time strategy, no more turn-based. There are quickenings, one for each character.

All the espers except a few will also return to the game, albeit new ones named after past FF summons and monsters.

You control an airship early in the game, and this airship will be your base of operations.

vaan and penelo's relationship will be revealed in a secret ending. in RW, their relationship is somewhat disturbed by a certain character.

blah, that's all I'm writing here for now.

May 09, 07 11:17PMMatt Addison

Oh? Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales? I hear it's an interesting game. I haven't played it yet myself, but it looks quite fun. XD I should import it.

As for developing a relationship between Penelo and Vaan, from the videos I have seen, it appears that the two of them are a lot closer this time around. XD

May 09, 07 08:49AMkik36

Let's hope that the story is better than FFXII. There was absolutely no love interest between Vaan and Penelo....maybe they noticed and will expand that.

Now I have to get a DS, and my wife has been begging for a pink one....I may just have to suffer with the pink for a while. Might as well pick up the Chocobo game for DS while I am at it.

May 05, 07 05:21PMneto_360

It should be released outside of Japan as well. It wouldn't make sense not to. If the game is directly related to FFXII, which was released everywhere, then Revenant Wings should be as well.

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