Visually, Fantasian uses hand-crafted dioramas, a concept decided upon at the beginning of its development. He also acknowledged that potentially, Fantasian could be his last project due to his age. With Fantasian, Sakaguchi wanted to work on something that emulated the Japanese role-playing games (JRPG) of the past, stating that it was a style that he enjoyed and that "old styles can be great in their own right". Prior to this, the producer had spent time working on mobile games like Party Wave and Blade Guardian, with his last narrative role-playing game being 2011's The Last Story for the Wii. Ĭonceptually, Sakaguchi felt inspired to go "back to roots" after replaying Final Fantasy VI in 2018 with some of his former colleagues who had worked on the game. The game was created with the Unity game engine. After spending some time conceptualizing on possible ideas, Sakaguchi's team wondered if it would be possible to create a game for Apple. The game was first conceived after Sakaguchi had met with some Apple employees, who were fans of both Final Fantasy and Uematsu's work. The game was developed by Mistwalker, a studio founded by Sakaguchi in 2004. It was first announced during Apple's introductory video of Apple Arcade on March 25, 2019.
Development Writer and producer Hironobu Sakaguchi in 2015įantasian began development in 2018. The game also has mouse and keyboard support and can be played with controllers such as the DualShock 4. The game does not contain any microtransactions, a feature of games available through Apple Arcade. Various enhancements are available during these "Dimengeon" battles, such as increased attack power or the ability to steal a turn from an enemy, to help the player fight the large amount of enemies. However, the "Dimengeon" can only hold a certain amount of enemies, and once this capacity has been exceeded, the player is forced to fight all of the enemies they have accumulated at once. When the "Dimengeon" system is enabled, players do not fight enemies immediately – instead, the enemies are placed into the "Dimengeon", thus allowing players to explore the game's world without interruption. Ī unique element to Fantasian is the "Dimengeon" system which allows players to skip battles against previously encountered enemies. The game features checkpoints and save points that save the player's progress. Characters earn experience points after battles that automatically increase their stats when a character "levels up," and a skill tree is accessible towards the end of the first part of the game.Įquipment can be purchased from various stores or obtained by treasure chests scattered throughout the world to increase a character's attack or defence stat. When playing on a mobile device, players can swipe on the screen with their finger to select multiple targets to attack. When in combat, the player controls a small party, where during the player's turn, the player can deal physical damage to a single enemy, use items to aid themselves or cure status ailments, or use skills that require magic points such as offensive magic attacks or attacks that hit multiple enemies.
During these battles, the game changes to a turn-based RPG. As the player navigates the world, random encounters occur where the player must fight a small group of enemies.
Gameplay Screenshot showing the diorama style used in Fantasian and the HUD that appears during a battleĮxploring the world of Fantasian involves players tapping on a location, which Leo will then navigate his way to. Various characters join him in his quest to recover his memory and discover who he is, while also confronting the mysterious Vam the Malevolent along the way. The game's plot revolves around Leo, a young man who becomes amnesiac after entering an alternate universe known as the Machine Realm. The game is split into two parts, with the first released worldwide on April 2, 2021, and the second part released on August 13, 2021. It was produced and written by Hironobu Sakaguchi with music by Nobuo Uematsu, who are best known as the original creators and pioneers behind the Final Fantasy series. Fantasian is a 2021 role-playing video game co-developed and published by Hawaii-based studio Mistwalker for iOS devices through the Apple Arcade service.
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