Square Enix Mystery Game Is A New Final Fantasy

Leaked scans from Weekly Jump, a major Japanese enthusiast publication, confirmed that the the mystery game that's been teased on Square Enix's website is none other than a title by the name of Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden, an RPG for the Nintendo DS. The game is expected to be released in Japan this coming Fall.

Final Fantasy Gaiden is a standard menu-driven RPG with parties consisting of four characters encountered throughout the story. IGN, which received the translations, notes that the battle system lacks mana points (MP) but contains the presence of a "Charge" command next to standard fight and item commands, which sounds a bit like a Limit Break.

Additionally, the game is said to contain a heavy customization element for character equipment, which also results in changes to the character's appearance. While this may come as a standard feature in Western RPGs, such customizability is a rare feature to JRPGs, and it may well stand as one of Square Enix's new innovations to the genre.

The article reveals that in Final Fantasy Gaiden, players will take the role of a young teenager tasked by a king to rescue his kidnapped daughter. From the outset, it sounds like a very clichéd premise, but like any Final Fantasy game, I suspect that there will be twists and turns as players proceed through the storyline.

If the artwork and character designs on the teaser website seemed familiar, it's because they were designed by Akihiko Yoshida, who previously worked on the artwork in both Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII.

We expect to know more about Final Fantasy Gaiden within the coming days.

Source: IGN