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Characters exclusive from the game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius only. For the visions' tropes, see their respective games. Averted later in season 2, where the fate of one of the two is revealed - one was released before the events of the story. The Mother of Hess and ruler of Hess's kingdom. 2018-7-13 Characters exclusive from the game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius only. For the visions' tropes, see their respective games. Averted later in season 2, where the fate of one of the two is revealed - one was released before the events of the story. The Mother of Hess and ruler of Hess's kingdom.
.: Rain, Lasswell, Fina, Dark Fina and Sakura can summon Visions to fight for/with them., which is mentioned before the in Gronoa. It's eventually revealed that Veritas of the Light can too, summoning Veritas of the Dark from 700 years ago.: The 'Side Stories' events opened in the second anniversary show the main party members ( minus Rain, for plot reasons) prior to the start of season 2, with the stories demonstrating how they came to the levels of power shown in their season 2 rereleases. Playing through them has the practical effect of unlocking special passive traits for those units. Voiced by:A knight of the Kingdom of Grandshelt, and the protagonist of Season 1.
A precocious pilot who was entrusted with command of an airship at the tender age of eighteen, he maintains a carefreesome might say lackadaisicaldemeanor. He has the unwavering trust of the king and his nation's people, in large part due to his father's reputation as a stalwart knight of the kingdom. For Season 2 tropes, see Hyoh of the Delta Star.: As Vagrant Knight Rain he summons visions of the cast to help him out in battle and has attacks he gained through his bonds with his friends.: His Vagrant Knight description reveals he died at the end of Season 1, but was revived by Dark Fina along with the Veritas.: His signature weapon, Crimson Saber, is a great sword.: At the end of Crystalis part 3, Hyoh of the Delta Star has the party dead to rights, has powered up, and is about to go in for the kill. Suddenly, a hooded man dashes in, blocks Hyoh, and one-shots him.
The hood comes down, and it's Rain. Later subverted; the whole thing was a.: As Demon Rain, his Halloween alternate.: Discussed in the first third of Season 2. The esper Phoenix mentions that people brought back from the dead don't return the same way they were in order to prevent them from simply rushing into the same situation that got them killed in the first place and dying yet again. This implied that Hyoh might have been a Rain that Ultimately averted, since it turns out Hyoh is Rain, but Rain willingly took up the identity as a result of hitting the.: Early on, Rain has a few moments (most blatantly with the recruitment/powering up cutscenes for Siren and Shiva, though a couple with Fina as well). This gets completely abandoned later on - his status as the 'flirty' Grandshelt knight gets shifted to Lawrence, Jake takes over that status for the main party, and in Season 2, Jake even point-blank asks Lasswell if Rain likes women. It's hard to imagine anyone who had seen early-game Rain even needing to ask.: Attracts Fina, and Lid at various times during the story.: Rain's power to use lapis to relate to Visions and gain power from them is apparently quite rare; Lasswell, Fina, and Nichol all believe that he may be destined to save the world from destruction.: His characterization gets brought up in season 2 a couple of times in side events, which feature a vision of Rain acting as he did in the earlier parts of season 1. In particular, it takes Jake by surprise, whereas Lid makes sure to note that Rain matured out of such behavior.: Helps anyone who he sees in trouble, even when the main focus of the group is to prevent the Veritas from destroying the remaining crystals as soon as possible.
Sakura calls him out on it in Mysidia, outright stating that the world could have been destroyed by the Veritas destroying the last two crystals while Rain and the group were helping a village from a monster attack.: His vision powers came from Dark Fina when he touched the Earth Crystal.:. If Brave Exvius were one of the 16- or 32-bit RPGs it draws inspiration from, then Rain would not be a part of the playable party for most of Season 2: the main quest is to find him, so obviously he must be absent, and even after they do, he leaves again to return to the he donned while missing, being shown exclusively in cutscenes for a good portion of the campaign. But this is Brave Exvius, where the whole point is that you can summon instances of any character the gacha has given you. Including Rain. (Heck, you could have five different Rains fighting the battles while Lasswell tries to find him!).: While not a strong magic user, Rain naturally learns several Black Magic spells including Stone, Stona, and Stonaga.
His Lava Floor skill combines earth and fire elements in a single physical attack.: His Demon form is notably more power-thirsty and hot blooded than any other incarnation of him. Flavor text suggests.: Fully awakens to his true powers to help his dad try and close the portal.: Rain's cloak/cape is tied off with a knot off to the right, and with sashes slung around only his right shoulder. He even averts - the cloak and sashes are always favoring Rain's right.: Becomes Hyoh the Delta Star in Paladia.: Despite being shown in Lasswell's flashback that he inherited Raegen's Tranquility/Mirror of Equity, it's not in his default moveset. However, see Akstar below.: Maybe, but he tries to stop Sol from further opening the portal after the final boss.
He is successful, but it's unknown whether he survives or not currently. Later chapters confirm he did die trying to save Lapis but was revived by Dark Fina.: Suffers a brief one when he sees the undead soldiers from his airship crew in Kolobos.: Invoked. He attacks Fina specifically to try to convince the party he is not Rain when in his Hyoh disguise.: Along with Lasswell, you start with him and he can be upgraded to 6 star unit, and his upgraded form does have some very useful abilities (like Undermine), but ultimately there are units who outperform him.: After reuniting with the party in season 2, he abandons them to go back to being Hyoh for several reasons, one being this.: If he sees a situation that he feels needs his attention, he rushes right in, much to Lasswell's chagrin. It causes serious problems in New Olderion, as a power within him went out of control when he grabbed the Ring of Paladia despite Dark Fina's warnings.: Makes soup for Sol, Nichol, and Sakura during season 2. Sol calls it disgusting while Sakura flat out vomits.: Crimson Saber, which can be obtained and equipped by anyone if earned in an event.: Commits evil acts to make his Hyoh identity more believable, such as attacking Fina.: Dark Fina's teasing comments tend to go right over his head.: His dad left home when Rain was still young and Rain's mother was murdered by Veritas of the Light out of jealousy.: Fire, Fira, and Firaga are part of his spell pool.
His does fire damage. His Lava Floor skill combines earth and fire elements in a single physical attack. Finally, his sword, obtainable from the Trial of the Burning Soul, does fire damage.: At the end of Season 1 Rain goes missing after the final boss monster. Lasswell finds Rain's sword and is determined to find him, which leads us to Season 2.: While everyone knows where Rain is during Season 3, he's way too busy being the king of Aldore to participate in the plot. As noted under, however, this is a for gameplay purposes.: Has fire based magic, wears a red cloak and is the hero of the story.: The Red to Lasswell's Blue. Later, he continues to be Red to Nichol's Blue.: While it hasn't been given much attention by the story thus far, the fact that his father is the rightful heir to the Paladian throne means that Rain is technically the rightful crown prince.
Nobody outside the Sworn Six and the Mother of Hess are aware of this, however. Has tragic consequences in Paladia, where supporters of Hess slaughter a village he took refuge in due to this heritage. This stops being a secret at the end of Season 2, as he explicitly reveals it to all and sundry. The Japanese version of the game has also released an instance of him in his post-reveal costume and position, suggesting it will play into the further story.: Can gain memories of the visions he summons in an area where their memories are the strongest.
These only apply to events however.: Adding on to above, it also makes his personality more like the hero in question.: His Awakened Rain variant, which becomes perhaps the best anti-magic tank in the game if equipped for it. He still has enough skills to temporarily power up into a, though.: In flashbacks, Raegen's face appears very similar to Rain's, with a couple of lines suggesting being older than present-day Rain.
He also has a similar fashion sense, though preferring grey over Rain's red.: His Side Stories chapter, added as of the third anniversary, has him (and Raegen) cause one, of the 'Object Loop' variety. Rain from the end of season 1 is sent to an alternative dimension along with Raegen from 5 years before the story's start. When Raegen tells Rain where he was when he left, Rain mentions that's where they encountered each other when Raegen wore the Veritas of the Frost armor, which let Raegen know that the armor was in that area so that he could wear it when encountering Rain later.Lasswell. Voiced by:The of Season 1, and the protagonist of Season 2. A knight of the Kingdom of Grandshelt, he shares command of an airship with his childhood friend Rain. His skills are on par with Rain's, and his no-nonsense attitude has earned him the trust of his superiors and subordinates alike.
However, he has a tendency to dragged along by Rain against his own better judgment.: Purple Lightning, his katana, was given to him by his adoptive father Raegen. The reason he gave it to him was because his biological father, Rowen, won it from Raegen but lost his memory of the event.: The most powerful of the guaranteed party members in terms of physical strength, able to equip, and wearing a magnificently deep purple overcoat, even in the desert. Though that last part nearly bit him in the ass.: As the Season 3 Lasswell story event makes clear, he's really lousy at any sort of deception namely, hiding that he's king of Hess during his travels to pay respects to fallen allies.
He even notes that he's fortunate that Sister and Scartio appear to be fairly gullible. They're not; they're just being polite.: Being called weak, or insulting the Mirror of Equity, will set him off. Usually played with Akstar.: He's basically Rain's older brother in all but blood, having been raised alongside him, and is overprotective to the point it often annoys Rain.
Lid even that Lasswell is the 'older brother type'.: While not a strong magic user, Lasswell naturally learns Aero, Aera, and Aeroga. Voiced by:A young girl who emerged from the Earth Shrine's Crystal with no recollection of her past save for her name. Fina's lack of general knowledge prompts her to act with the innocence and curiosity of a child. She is proficient with white magic and the bow and arrow, though where she acquired such impressive skills, she cannot say. Hints to her past as Dark Fina could reveal her true identity.: Early in the story Fina gets easily distracted by a chocobo and went chasing after it when Rain's group arrived at Lanzelt. Occurs again when she spots a special flower and runs off without telling the others, resulting in her getting kidnapped by bandits. Although this was done out of good intentions as Lasswell commented its healing properties would be useful to the group.: When she briefly regains her memories in Olderion, her personality drastically changes and she appears to be some kind of demonic entity.
Her job sprite as Dark Fina lists her as a 'Dark Spirit' and she was also called the 'Demon of Hess' 700 years ago. Having said that, using Libra on her in game monster battle does reveal her race as Human.: She lost her memory upon breaking free from the Earth Shrine's Crystal.: Once she gets an outfit, it's a fairly minimal affair with a small cloak and skirt over what could be warm-weather workout clothes and high socks. It's more evident in character illustrations than the in-game sprites. The same applies to Dark Fina and the outfit worn in Season 2 by Fina, which is a combination of her cloak with Dark's Fina's clothes.: Happens to her in Season 2 after she's hit by one of Hyoh's attacks.: In part because, Fina just cannot admit her feelings to Rain. Even after Dark Fina spells it out for her, she still can't bring herself to admit it.: Fina begins to disappear due to Dark Fina splitting from her. Voiced by:A mechanical engineer that lives in the land of Dirnado. Voiced by:One of Olderion's tacticians, and a Warden of Water.
He meets up with the party when he and his soldiers are trying to dispatch of a group of enemies before Rain and co. Interfere.: He learns Blizzard, Blizzara, Blizzaga.: His Season 2 redesign includes a pair of these, further highlighting his status.: Everyone who knows him is quick to note that Nichol won't sugarcoat the truth. Best exemplified after defeating Veritas of the Waters at the Water Shrine - he notes how he believes Rain has a special destiny, but that Rain won't be able to do it if he, if Lasswell, and if Lid. While true, it's rather blunt. Nichol: Yes, I remember thinking, 'What a brilliant strategy,' as the ground came charging at my face like a mad bull.: Nichol begins the story as very blunt and unkind to others.
As he befriends the party, he softens up significantly.: It's not entirely clear how serious Sieghart is about it, but more than once, he makes reference to wanting Nichol's romantic attention as well. And that's not even getting into the mounds of subtext about Jake.: He starts the story incredibly blunt, to the point of cruelty. In Dark Fina's story event, she warns him that having too blunt of an attitude would turn people off and make them unwilling to listen to his advice even if it was well-intentioned, starting off his arc.: Rain notes this in the story commentary during the Kefka event, that Nichol has buried his emotions after the attack on Olderion and the loss of Elle. More detail emerges in the first part of the Kingdom of Pharm - Nichol for Elle's death and Luka's, which all comes to the fore when he meets Veritas of the Waters again.: Present in both of his season 2 forms.
The one from the main story, Maritime Strategist Nichol, apparently uses a strategist's fan as a rod to channel magic through. Even more extreme, the Trust Master reward for his summer version, Seaside Nichol, apparently figured out how to channel magical power through a tropical drink.: He feels that, if he had only discouraged Elle a bit more, he could have prevented Elle from becoming a soldier, which would have meant that Veritas of the Waters wouldn't have killed him.: Learns Water, Watera and Waterga naturally, and his deals Water damage.: He's fond of asking whether it's best to save one person or to save one hundred. While he's clearly emotional about having to make such a choice, he fully agrees with his sister when she has to leave for several years to purify Lake Dorr. It comes up again when he worries about whether to save Olderion with the power of the Water Crystal or Rain. Compounded by his suspicions that Rain might be destined to save the world, in which case saving him is the 'needs of the many.'
.: As his Halloween form, he notes he's learning sleight of hand in order to impress children.: Romance just isn't something he's interested in, to such an extent that while he does learn some of Jake's seduction techniques, he only uses them for non-romantic means. Of course, this naturally leads him towards being. As noted below, this includes his great-great- etc.-grandmother's romantic interest.: In the Land of the Crystals, Nichol becomes half of one with Jake. Voiced by:Fina's true self, A Sage of Hess. She was imprisoned in the Earth Crystal in the past due to siding with Hess over Aldore. When Veritas of the Dark smashed her crystal she was freed, but lost her power and memories.
She is reawakened in Olderion as the result of contact with the Sacred Vessel of Paladia, which had the power to restore a person's old self.: According to flavor text, her, the Empress Birch, was based off of the name the Olderians thought she had due to the relevant history about her becoming lost to the ages.: She is initially presented as a mysterious whose motives were unclear, and was even called a demon in-universe. However, as story chapters progressed, she was shown to be a good person.: She was imprisoned inside the Earth Crystal for 700 years and aware the whole time. Voiced by:Leader of the Raven Rebellion in the Zoldaad empire. First meets the party on the train leading into the empire while trying to make a getaway from the guards. Afterwards, he helps the group stop the empire's plans and bring it back to its original state.: The targets of his flirtation include teenage girls, older women, a Shibrya (a beast species), and a giant water snake (Leviathan).: Minor, but after Sozhe is finally deposed, Jake admits that due to his shattering of the Fire Crystal, so he will accompany Rain in part to make up for his actions.: To a lesser degree than Lid (seeing as he's the son of the emperor of Zoldaad), but Jake is limited solely to non-magical skills. Of the main party members, he is the only one who never learns any spells in any of his variants (Black Cat Lid learns two).: Towards Shera, his half-brother.
Jake makes a point to protect Shera whenever possible, and he decides to join Rain in part to avoid a between the older illegitimate child and the younger legitimate heir. Appropriately enough, outside of the characters, he's the oldest of the main party members. It really comes through with his interactions with Lasswell in Gronoa.: Is always either verbally, or physically abused by Lid whenever his traits show. The game also plays up for laughs that Jake is all too aware that Nichol is, way more attractive to women than he is. He even gets this as part of a battle effect - Summer Fina and Lid's is him fantasizing about Fina, Lid, and Sakura in bikinis and Lid.: He is a shameless flirt, but nobody seems particularly interested, and Lid in particular seems to want to smash his face in.: Using two pistol-sized gunblades which looks really high tech, which is made by.: One notable one to Nichol. Jake: So you come in more flavors than just salty, after all.: Even though he admits that he would have done the same thing regardless, he was pretty blindsided by the emergence of Bahamut after the destruction of the fire crystal.: This isn't the first time a hero.: During the in season 2, Jake that would have killed Lasswell had not intervened. The blow nearly kills Jake, and Lid evacuates him to Natura to even have a chance of saving him.
She succeeds, but the damage is extreme - Jake is left blinded, deafened, and paraplegic.: Despite what his character model suggests, Jake's season 1 story version does not have inherent Dual Wield. Voiced by:The founder of Mysidia and Pharm who knows a lot about the Sworn Six of Paladia because she used to be part of the Veritas when they were the Sworn Eight 700 years ago.
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius | |
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Developer(s) | Square Enix, Gumi Inc. |
Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
Producer(s) | Kei Hirono Hiroki Fujimoto |
Artist(s) | Ryoji Ohara |
Composer(s) | Noriyasu Agematsu |
Series | Final Fantasy |
Platform(s) | Android, iOS |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game |
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[a] is a tactical role-playing game co-developed by Square Enix and Gumi Inc. and published by Square Enix for iOS and Android devices. It is a spin-off of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius that draws inspiration from the Final Fantasy Tactics series of games. The game was released exclusively for Japan in November 2019, and a global version was released in March 2020.
Gameplay[edit]
The game features similar gameplay elements to the Final Fantasy Tactics series of games, especially Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions, such as a 3D, grid-based map and turn-based tactical combat. Elements common to many games of the Final Fantasy series, such as Esper summoning are also present.[1][2][3]
Other aspects of gameplay are similar to the original Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, with free-to-play features such as gacha systems for 'summoning' new characters to use in combat, including via in-app microtransactions.[1][3] Each character includes a level progression system, and the ability to unlock new abilities.[3]
The game's dialogue is fully voice-acted, and the global release includes dual audio language options.[4]
Plot[edit]
The story takes place on the continent of Ardra on the world of Lapis, the primary setting of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, and depicts a war between five rival nations that occurred in the distant past. As in the original title, the war is waged using the power of Visions, physical manifestations of powerful warriors from different eras and worlds summoned using Crystals.
The continent of Ardra is also referenced in Brave Exvius and was depicted on the game's original world map, but is currently inaccessible and obscured by clouds.
Development[edit]
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War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius was announced in Japan on December 2, 2018 at FFBE Fan Festa, a convention celebrating the original title's third anniversary. Unlike with the original Brave Exvius, which was developed by Gumi subsidiary Alim and published by Square Enix, War of the Visions is co-developed by Square Enix and Gumi. The two Brave Exvius titles are developed and operated in parallel.[5][6]
The game's logo is illustrated by series veteran Yoshitaka Amano, who also provided numerous character and key art illustrations for the original Brave Exvius, and the game's key art was illustrated by Isamu Kamikokuryo, setting art director for Final Fantasy XII, the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, and Final Fantasy XV. The artwork for the game is being handled by CyDesignation, with Ryoji Ohara acting as main character designer under the supervision of Akihiko Yoshida, lead character designer for Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII, and Final Fantasy XIV.[7][8]
Release[edit]
Pre-registration for the Japanese version of the app was announced with a gameplay trailer on June 9, 2019, followed on June 10, 2019 by an English-language announcement at the Square Enix E3 2019 press conference that the game would launch worldwide.[7] The game was released in Japan on November 14, 2019, and receives regular weekly content updates. By February 20, 2020, the Japanese version of the game had been downloaded over 9 million times.[9][2]
A pre-registration campaign for the global version of the app began on February 20, 2020. Pre-registration earned players in-game rewards, dependent upon the total number of pre-registrations before the global launch.[9][8] The game was released globally for both iOS and Android on March 25, 2020.[1] By the end of March 2020, the worldwide version of the game had been downloaded over 1 million times.[10]
Notes[edit]
- ^Japanese: WAR OF THE VISIONS ファイナルファンタジー ブレイブエクスヴィアス 幻影戦争Hepburn: WAR OF THE VISIONS Fainaru Fantajī Bureibu Ekusuvu~iasu Gen'ei Sensō
References[edit]
- ^ abcBonifacic, Igor (2020-03-25). ''War of the Visions' is a mobile spin on 'Final Fantasy Tactics''. Engadget. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ abTolentino, Josh (2020-03-18). 'War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Opens Preorders on iOS Devices'. Siliconera. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ abc'War of the Visions: FFBE First Impressions - Tactical Fields'. GamerBraves. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^'War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Will Have Dual Audio in the West'. DualShockers. 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^'『FFBE』から新作発表!同じ世界観を受け継ぐタクティカル『ファイナルファンタジー ブレイブエクスヴィアス 幻影戦争』が2019年リリース決定'. ファミ通App (in Japanese). 2018-12-02.
- ^Potter, Zack (2018-12-02). 'Square Enix Announces War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius'. DualShockers. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ ab'「どちらかだけに注力します」ということは絶対にしたくない――スクエニ新作『FFBE幻影戦争』プロデューサー・広野氏にインタビュー'. ファミ通App (in Japanese). 2019-06-11.
- ^ abBald, Cameron. 'War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius launches early for iOS'. PocketGamer. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ abMadnani, Mikhail (2020-02-20). ''War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius' from Square Enix Launches on iOS and Android This Spring with Pre-Registrations Now Live'. TouchArcade. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^Hashimoto, Kazuma (2020-03-30). 'War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Celebrates Over 1 Million Downloads'. Siliconera. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
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