An all-star cast of talent from Final Fantasy’s past gathered today in Tokyo to promote the imminent release of FFXII. Lots of details concerning the game were revealed by those present, including:
- The World of Ivarice (the same world as Final Fantasy Tactics, but a different time period), dominated by two rival empires: Arcadia and Rosaria. The two sides have been entrenched in a bitter war. A tiny kingdom, Dalmasca, has been caught in the middle of the conflict due to its strategic importance to both sides.
- The lone survivor of the Dalmascan royal family, Princess Ashe, joins a resistance force to free her country from the seemingly invincible Arcadian forces. Despite the will to emancipate her kingdom, the task does prove impossible.
- A young man named Vaan, who has lost his parents in the war, meets Ashe, and their encounter changes the entire world.
- FFXII will contain an equivalent to FFT’s Judges: the Knights of Terror.
- The game will introduce different languages that are spoken by different races, and will also include unique prejudices, such as social classes.
- Art director Hideo Mibana also spoke of a large array of airborne vehicles, including many that will be much bigger than human history’s biggest warships.
This presentation included many more details not mentioned here. FFXII is scheduled to be released in Japan in summer 2004.
[Sources - GameSpot]
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