final fantasy traditions

[catcouger]

ok, all the final fantasys have a character named cid in them. can anyone think of other traditions besides this one?

[boys from the dwarf]

bahamut. hes in nearly every FF.

a lot of summons like odin and ifrit and shiva too.

biggs and wedge make a few appearances.

there are weapons and names like the ragnorok, the invincible and excalibur.

[catcouger]

yep that's true, also until recently none of them had sequils.

[~SapphireStar~]

Moogles, Gil.

[Dell]

Chocobos, Main character with sword or dagger/knife, Feminine Character, Limit Breaks, White/Black Magic.

Villain that wants to destroy the world (With the exception of FFXII)
Ifirt, Shiva and Bahamut is not a summon anymore in FFXII, they're airship/places.
Focus on the main character (With the exception of FFXII)

[LunarWeaver]

Not being tied down to any tradition is my favorite Final Fantasy tradition. Er, I mean not that there aren't things that carry from game to game... but it's nothing they wouldn't just ditch if they felt like it, coz that's just how they go these days.

[Paul]

Focus on the main character (With the exception of FFXII)
and I, and II and III, and VI :)

[~SapphireStar~]

Cant believe I forgot chocobos!

[The Crystal]

All FFs have more then one world map(WoB and WoR, the three planets of FFV, etc) or different versions of the same world map(normal world and world with Meteor in the sky, normal world and world covered with Mist, etc).

[DJZen]

Swords.

[-Red XIII-]

main character has love life...

cloud aeris (sorta)
zidane dagger
squall rinoa (definatly)
tidus yuna

[Pharoh Amon Khan III]

Summoned Monsters/Monsters: Ifrit (Efreet), Bahamut, Shiva, Carbuncle, Ramah, Silf, Titan, Siren (sometimes a random encounter monster), The Holy Armaggedon Machine: ALEXANDER!!!! And many more.

Tonberry (Run for you lives!)

Masamune

Murasame

Falchon

Chocobos (Boco- FFV, FFT)

Blk/Wht Spells
Holy, Meteor, ect.

Airships

Mirage Tower and Tower of Babel

Minu/Mewt

Bangle (s)

Moogles

Ribbon

Dragoon Knights

Go to the FFCompendium website, really clarifies the traditions of FF.

[farplaner]

All of the main characters have ears!! Narf!

[Zeromus_X]

Crystals that appear in some incarnation or another.

Nihilistic and/or sudden deus ex machina final bosses/antagonists.

Religious allusions in some form or another.

Poor or slightly skewed translations for English localizations.

And...

White Mage Kitties! :cat: :love: :cat: :love: :cat: :love:

[My_car_is_faster_than_you]

Cactaurs

Jump (IV, VI, IX) maybe more.

Certain summons, (Bahamut, Shiva, Ifrit [Ixion, Ramuh, Indra], Leviathan, and Odin) some mention before.

Ultima Weapon (ultimate weapons, celestial weapons, etc.)

Certain magics like (Pearl, White, Ultima, Flare, Fire/Ice/Bolt)

Run away option

Some songs are carried over. (I forget which ones at the moment)

GP

[Seto Fett]

Biggs and Wedge naturally. Since VII anyway, as I haven't played below VII.

[Sefie1999AD]

All of the main characters have ears!! Narf!

Not the ones in FFIII DS, and not sure about FF Tactics. :p Musical similarities in FFs:

- The Prelude theme in almost all of the FFs
- The Prologue / Final Fantasy theme in several FFs, either at the beginning of the game or in the end
- The Chocobo theme
- The Fat Chocobo theme
- The battles have a similar intro in many of the FFs (1-6 and 9)
- Victory fanfare
- The Moogle theme

[catcouger]

yep! think you guys said all of them!

[Thane]

Often there's a loner-type character.

FF VI: Shadow
FF VII: Vincent
FF VIII: Squall(Later on he opens up to the other characters)
FF IX: Amarant
FF X: Auron

And the main character's love intrest is usually a white mage or have really good magic abilities.

[Rengori]

Ninjas.

FFI: Ninja
FFIII: Ninja Class.
FFIV: Edge
FFV: Ninja Class, Gilgamesh
FFVI: Shadow
FFVII: Yuffie

And before anyone says that that tradition stopped, those and IX are the best so it doesn't really matter.

[Twilight Edge]

From VII onwards(dunno about XII or before VII) all FFs contain a Masamune.

FFVII: Sephiroth's super long,super cool original katana version.
FFVIII: Gilgamesh's sword collection(dunno haven't see him use it before).
FFIX: Zidane's super large thief sword.
FFX: Auron's celestial weapon with a hook-like end.

[Zeromus_X]

All of the main numbered FFs have a Masamune (dunno about XI, but I don't know why they'd leave it out)

FFI: Best weapon in the game, wieldable by any class.
FFII: One of the best weapons, casts Haste for free.
FFIII: One of the legendary weapons in Eureka.
FFIV: Edge's best weapon.
FFV: One of the sealed Kuza weapons, gives an Initiative-like ability to the wielder.
FFVI: Kerfunkled as 'Aura', it is one of Cayenne's best katana.
FFT: Yet another superb piece of equipment that can be stolen by Marquis Elmdor.
FFTA: Teaches the 'Two-Swords' ability for Ninjas.

[Auragaea]

Some of what I've read are RPG traditions, not necessarily FF traditions.

[black orb]

>>> Probably Red Mages and the Masamune, those appeared in the very first FF game..
The other jobs and weapons are just RPG generic..

[Crossblades]

Masamune
Chocobos(exception of FF I)
Moogles(exception of FF I and FF II)
Ragnarok
Excalibur
Cid
Summons(exception of FF II and Bahamut appears in FF I but couldn't be summoned)


Ninjas.

FFI: Ninja
FFIII: Ninja Class.
FFIV: Edge
FFV: Ninja Class, Gilgamesh
FFVI: Shadow
FFVII: Yuffie



FF XI has Ninjas too. And Amarant should be counted as a Ninja since he can throw weapons and equip Ninja gear

[Bolivar]

A race of "ancients"
"1 or 2000 years ago..."
A flying fortress
Something from another planet causing havoc
the end of the world