Ariana Grande Joins Final Fantasy

[Depression Moon]

Sensational pop star Ariana Grande is headed to Final Fantasy territory. In a tweet she wrote today the singer revealed that she will appear as a guest character in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. There is a short clip of her character on her Instagram page which you can view here and a photo of her meeting Square Enix representatives which you can view below. Final Fantasy Brave Exvius released in October of 2015 for mobile devices in Japan, but didn't see a worldwide release until almost a year later in June 2016. Exvius features turn based RPG combat that the series is known for with some elements of Brave Frontier thrown in.



Ariana Grande's sprite with her Dangerous Woman bunny mask.

There is currently no word on what exact role Ariana's character will play in the game and if it will be a free update or paid content, but given who she is it is likely the latter.

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[Depression Moon]

[Fox]

My broken heart... why would you do this to me...

[Squall Leonhart Loire]

What the hell is happening to Final Fantasy? What's next? Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, or Donald Trump? Seriously.... what the hell.... I used to love this franchise as a kid but now it's become something so weird....

[Fynn]

I'm not complaining, tbh. Brace Exvius already has some weird random characters in it that have no relevance to FF so this doesn't hurt it

[Squall Leonhart Loire]

I've never really played BE(not into mobile games, even if they are Final Fantasy or a series I really enjoy) so what kind of characters?

[Fynn]

Innings BE you essentially have two actual characters and the rest of your party comes from a random download distribution. There's classic FF characters like the Ehite Mage, Russia, Sabin, Terra, etc. but there's also a whole bunch of unfamiliar characters who seem like they're supposed to mean something to me but they don't.

[Squall Leonhart Loire]

I just find it strange that she's in a Final Fantasy game....

I heard she's like super popular in Japan though...

[Fox]

Of all the people to include I think she's a good one because she has quite a 'Final Fantasy-y' name. A party consisting of Terra, Celes and Ariana kinda works where a party consisting of Terra, Celes and Taylor maybe wouldn't.

[Squall Leonhart Loire]

She follows the Final Fantasy XV Fan-page apparently.

[Aulayna]

In recent years, Square Enix's marketing department are really making it hard for me to like them as a company. They seem to rapidly be turning into what EA was back in the early 2000s with a heavy reliance on superfluous paid content (All the Bravest anyone?), retailer exclusive pre-order bonuses and celebrity endorsements. The only saving grace is they still make (relatively) good games.

I really feel that there are creatives at SE that want to make good games, but the business management is stifling them too much in search of a quick buck. It makes me sad as something like FFXIV has such huge untapped potential, but Yoshi-P is always talking about resource struggles - if only SE invested more in something like FFXIV than trout like this.

/rant

[Squall Leonhart Loire]

In recent years, Square Enix's marketing department are really making it hard for me to like them as a company. They seem to rapidly be turning into what EA was back in the early 2000s with a heavy reliance on superfluous paid content (All the Bravest anyone?), retailer exclusive pre-order bonuses and celebrity endorsements. The only saving grace is they still make (relatively) good games.

I really feel that there are creatives at SE that want to make good games, but the business management is stifling them too much in search of a quick buck. It makes me sad as something like FFXIV has such huge untapped potential, but Yoshi-P is always talking about resource struggles - if only SE invested more in something like FFXIV than trout like this.

/rant

I totally agree. I'd say they're more like Nintendo... though. Ariana Grande doesn't seem like someone who even plays JRPGs much less video games... and yet randomly she's part of the mobile game.

[FFNut]

This is a little weird. It seems like they are tossing a name to a Sprite just to get people who wouldn't buy the game to buy it. If it works and they get TSN of new downloads congratulations I guess, yet when stuff like this happens it ends up hurting the long term fan as they get a cookie cutter experience made for the masses instead of the game that made them a company. It's a gamble either way as I doubt she put her name on it cheap.

[Elly]

that's cool, i love Ariana, have all her albums, but there's nothing thats going to get me to buy a mobile phone game ever again... Mobile games are the biggest scam in the game industry, knowing my luck i'd spend upwards of $500 before getting the character i want, no thanks, i could buy a new console for that much...

[Squall Leonhart Loire]

So true...