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Nirolak · Mar 19, 2015

Just announced at the FF11 event.

I'll try to update with more details soon.

The game is reminiscent of White Cat Project (very successful Japanese iOS/And game that often pulls in ~$1 million a day judging by games with known revenue that chart at the same spots, here's that for reference http://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/app/bai-maopurojekuto/). I note this as that game doesn't have a stamina bar, so if they're targeting the same audience, this might not either.

Square Enix said:
FINAL FANTASY GRANDMASTERS: A New Online RPG for Smartphones Set in the World of Vana'diel

FINAL FANTASY GRANDMASTERS is a full-scale online RPG for smartphones that shares the characters and world setting of FINAL FANTASY XI.

Players are able to freely combine their favorite jobs and dazzling equipment to create, strengthen, and power up their characters. Chat and communicate with those you meet, engage in real time cooperative battles, and make new friends as you vanquish foes and assist allies.

Keep your eye on this new generation of FINAL FANTASY scheduled for release in 2015, brought to you in all its glory in collaboration with Crooz Inc., creators of numerous smash hit social games such as The Knights of Avalon.

* At present, the game is scheduled for release in Japan only.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/46414

For now here are images:

BossRush · Mar 19, 2015

Obligatory "Wow its nothing""

NeoGeoOwner · Mar 19, 2015

It's more than I ever asked for! THANK YOU SQUARE ENIX! This looks perfect.

FourMyle · Mar 19, 2015

This actually looks really fucking cool. Chances of this being localized = 0% I'm guessing? :/

onimonkii · Mar 19, 2015

Will play the hell out of this on android!

texhnolyze · Mar 19, 2015

FourMyle said:
This actually looks really fucking cool. Chances of this being localized = 0% I'm guessing? :/

Considering there are lots of western FFXI players, they would be dumb to not localize it.
They're kinda dumb enough though.

Ken · Mar 19, 2015

It's a Goobue!

Kitoro · Mar 19, 2015

I'm a huge FFXI fan, but this isn't very nice to look at. Hopefully the gameplay makes up for that.

I'm much more excited for Brave Exvius.

On a side note, isn't S-E drowning F2P fans with too many FF mobile games at once?

injurai · Mar 19, 2015

Does Square just shit out mobile games? There is a new one a week or something.

Xord · Mar 19, 2015

I hate those character models.

Zee-Row · Mar 19, 2015

I'll give this a chance.

Parakeetman · Mar 19, 2015

Why am I not surprised...

Qvoth · Mar 19, 2015

White cat project gets 1 million a day? Holy shit
Haven't bothered with jp mobages in quite a while, what's the current hottest thing?

Endless · Mar 19, 2015

From Square Enix Europe press site

saher · Mar 19, 2015

The logo is amazing

ash_ag · Mar 19, 2015

I have nothing against casual mobile games in principle, and maybe a casual FFXI spin-off is not a terrible idea.
That said, how can it even be legal for something so offensively ugly to exist?

Was there a certain date when Square Enix and quality control broke up? Does anything matter at this point?

QuantumZebra · Mar 19, 2015

texhnolyze said:
Considering there are lots of western FFXI players, they would be dumb to not localize it.
They're kinda dumb enough though.

so...... this ^

Pennywise83 · Mar 19, 2015

injurai said:
Does Square just shit out mobile games? There is a new one a week or something.

This is the standard Square-Enix (and Squaresoft also) strategy: pump out game after game on the most successful platform of the moment, even if some of those porjects are completely nonsensical, or will never work. SNES, PS1, PS2, DS, and now mobile.

On topic, this looks quite nice anyway.

Pai Pai Master · Mar 19, 2015

I don't like the environment art. Its kinda sacrilegious to depict the beautiful world of Vana'diel in such an ugly fashion. That said if its fun Ill definitely give it a shot. Provided it gets localized.

DrROBschiz · Mar 19, 2015

Why does every mobile game look like a hot mess

WTF are they making these games in?

Spiritwalker · Mar 19, 2015

Looks a bit like the 3D NDS remakes, only worse somehow. I'll give it a chance if they release it in Europe though.

LiK · Mar 19, 2015

I am so not excited.

TatteredHat · Mar 19, 2015

I really hope this is not going to be a cashgrab, it might actually be fun then.

But looking at FF:ATB, I hold out very little hope. I'm already seeing a dreaded energy bar, so there's that.

Interfectum · Mar 19, 2015

It looks like they fucked up the texture scaling on the environments. Something seems "off."

I'm guessing this is a Unity engine game?

aerts1js · Mar 19, 2015

haha.......where is the squaresoft that I remember when I was a kid?

TheMink · Mar 19, 2015

This looks like it could be very fun.

Jawmuncher · Mar 19, 2015

I know it's mobile but man those ground textures are something else.

TheBryanJZX90 · Mar 19, 2015

Looks like FF3 or FF4 on DS. I thought smartphones were more powerful than that.

The Technomancer · Mar 19, 2015

What the fuck? The remake of FFIV on DS looked better than this eight years ago

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