Some are references we couldn’t even get at the time because they were of games we never got (or was never translated correctly in the game it’s referencing, such is the case with Oeilvert) and some take a good while to catch. Luckily the localization effort is also at it’s best with this title, with only a few side references screwed up.įFIX is littered with little extras and references to older FF games everywhere but it’s done right, in a way that doesn’t always yell at your face that this is a reference. Some of the more beloved characters in the series are introduced in this game, such as the cute little Black Mage Vivi. You are a thief who’s beginning mission is to kidnap the princess under the guise of a performance of the region’s most beloved musical, but it turns out the princess wants to be kidnapped and the operation runs into a snag.
Also unlike the last few games before it, the plot takes a turn for more light hearted affair akin to FFV (at first anyway). After the Sci-Fi focused VII and VIII, Square decided to go back to it’s fantastic roots for a remembrance of Final Fantasy as it was.
