What Wolf and Golbez say is correct, not to mention that the crystal aesthetic has been prevalent throughout all games and marketing for many years. And then there’s titles like the FNC games and Bravely Default which go out of their way to deconstruct the way these Crystals work (though tbh the FNC-specific themes have already kind of been already set up in XII? Though I guess it’s far more front and center in FNC).

FNC is weird though because apparently in XIII the fal’Cie are supposed to represent the crystals (despite not really looking the part) while in Type-0 the fal’Cie and the Crystals are two separate things. But that’s neither here nor there


Back on topic, it’s really nice to have confirmation that there’s actually stuff that’s been done before announcing this game!