#FINAL FANTASY XVI SUMMONS SERIES#

It's up to the four wayward Warriors of Light to rekindle the Crystals that control the elements. The wind stops, the sea is wild, the earth begins to rot, and fire's been acting pretty sketchy, too.

Final Fantasy (1987): The world is shrouded in darkness.

Final Fantasy X was the first to get a direct sequel ( X-2), XIII was the first to get a whole trilogy, and Final Fantasy Tactics was the first to have a compilation of games set in the same universe, known as the Ivalice Alliance.

#FINAL FANTASY XVI SUMMONS SERIES#

While the series stuck firmly to a policy of one-game-per-number for a long time, in more recent times the franchise has opened up to the idea of sequels and multimedia spinoffs. Meanwhile, Dragon Quest has quietly found a niche market outside of Japan, though it remains king in its home country. Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest were direct competitors as far back as the the NES days following the Square-Enix merger, SMT and Final Fantasy are currently competing in both countries. Later Japanese developers would take notice and break onto the US scene one equally-popular series which took advantage of this trend was Dragon Quest, Enix's Cash-Cow Franchise ( Shin Megami Tensei, Atlus's own cash cow franchise, would also make the jump to the west for the same reason). This series was also one of the first Japanese games made by someone other than Namco or Nintendo to reach US shores and capitalize on that market. Final Fantasy VII broke this trend and was released as 'VII' everywhere, and from that point on, every release except for the Virtual Console versions of IV and VI (the latter was titled III on the SNES Classic) would bear the original numbering. The confusion doesn't end there, as four games were given the name 'Final Fantasy' to increase sales in North America: the first three games of the SaGa (RPG) series (renamed to Final Fantasy Legend I-III) and the first installment in the World of Mana series (released as Final Fantasy Adventure).

Final Fantasy IV was released in America as Final Fantasy II, while Final Fantasy VI was released as Final Fantasy III. Tracking the early parts of the Final Fantasy series can be confusing, as only three of the first six games made it to North America, where the numbers were changed so that the US releases were consecutive numbers. Since then, Final Fantasy is widely-considered the gold standard of JRPGs in the west, and is held in such regard that the English localizations are now developed concurrently with the original production.

It is still widely regarded as one of the best RPGs (eastern or otherwise) of all time. Crucially, we also learned that players will have the option to respec Clive’s unlocked abilities at any point and as many times as they want, which is both a welcome feature and an indication that there’s probably going to be quite a few options to choose from.The series was fairly-obscure for a long time in the west, before exploding in popularity with the release of Final Fantasy VII, which exposed most people to the JRPG genre for the first time. While Yoshida-san wasn’t willing to spoil anything by explaining to us exactly how it comes to be in the game’s narrative, he revealed that Clive will be able to claim the power of Final Fantasy XVI’s fearsome ‘Eikon’ summons to unlock special combat abilities in a menu, where players can also further enhance those abilities as they gain experience. While chatting about the new real-time combat system and protagonist Clive’s unique abilities, Yoshida-san divulged to us a little added detail about how Clive will gain skills over time. We had the chance to speak to none other than the game’s producer and a major figure in the world of Final Fantasy, Naoki Yoshida, about Final Fantasy XVI – in particular how some of the gameplay shown off in trailers is going to work. Most recently, the world was treated to the new Dominance trailer that gave us our best look yet at the game’s combat as well as the unique relationship between the game’s setting of Valisthea and the series’ staple summon creatures – here called Eikons. Final Fantasy XVI, the next big mainline entry in the storied franchise, is approaching its release in mid-2023 as eager fans are slowly drip-fed new information and looks at the game.

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