ra's and ga's
When I played FFviI for the 1st time I wondered why the black magic spells like fire, fira, and firaga, were converted to simple, fire1, fire2, and fire3. I've also discovered this in IV. Tell me when did the change to ra's and ga's come into ff? Do you prefer it with the simple 1,2, and 3, or do you like the ra's and ga's?
Me I like the ra's and ga's it shows evolution? now when did ice1, 2 and 3 die, VIII?
They had to use numbers in the early FFs due to the limited number of characters in the name screen.
I prefer the -ra, -ga and -ja suffixes of the later games.
Actually up until VIII, they were all 1, 2, 3, 4.... numbered levels
like the previous poster said it was mostly due to limited space
FF1 only had 4 characters ex:
FIRE
FIR2
FIR3
FIR4
THE JACKEL
And Thunder spells were "LIT" "LIT2" "LIT3"
Ah good ol "Lightning" days
Like above people said, it was due to limited character space. In Japanese, they use symbols for syllables, not letters like English. So "Fi", "ra" and "ga" would take up only 3 spaces. But there are only 4 spaces (in FFI anyway.), and English would require more letters to spell out that word romanized. So, they used simplified versions of the spells, but got out the same meaning.
I personaly prefer the "ra", "ga", "ja" suffixes myself.
Add-on: actually, "Firaga" would take up four, 'cause of the little "i"...well, nevermind. It doesn't matter unless you know what I'm talking about...)
Words like "Fira" and "Curaja" sound a lot more magical than some dope yelling "Ice 3!"
That too.Originally Posted by TheAbominatrix
I think "-ga" is supposed to be "-aga".
Fire
Fi-ra
Fir-aga
Fir-aja
Thunder
Thund-ara
Thund-aga
Thund-aja
Blizzard
Blizza-ra
Blizz-aga
Blizz-aja
Cure
Cu-ra
Cur-aga
Cur-aja
Last edited by Llednar Twem; 02-27-2006 at 10:34 PM.
i think the numbering of spells stopped for a while since Final Fantasy VII (referring to mainstream titles), and then it picks back up with an epic record in Final Fantasy XI. i suppose it's logical in Final Fantasy XI's sense, otherwise a WHM wouldn't have the need to go so far if it was just Cure, Cura, and Curaga. Final Fantasy XI is actually a mix between numbering them and adding suffixes to a crazy point.
now, for my opinion - the names can be somewhat longer, but i fancy them more. they'd work better with Roman Numerals (instead of Fire3/et-cetera), at least while it doesn't get insane...
You just persuaded me.
Kaycee says (12:06 AM):
whos' obama?
ra and ga are better, period.
THUNDAGA! best black magic spell. :mog: *kuuuuuupo!*
Well, the "ra, ga, ja" suffix spells are actually what they are called by in the Japanese version of the games, so they did use them in Japan, just not outside.
Now that they can fit all that in to a line of text, they do
Of course, I've heard that FFXI's spell level up system is similar to FFII's? I'm not sure; someone would have to tell me that one.
What happenend to Flare and Unltima?
Kaycee says (12:06 AM):
whos' obama?
talking 'bout standard black magic. Of course everyone's gonna love Holy, Flare, and Ultima.......it's a no brainer. You want to see how I break it down???
Standard magic: Thundaga
Overkill magic: Holy
BEST FF magic in the who smurfing world: Holy Thundaga!
Holy Meteor pWns Holy Thundaga
But Holy Ultima Flare Meteor Thundaga is better than both
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