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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

2003 86 / 100 Role-playing (RPG) Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Squaresoft brings its popular Final Fantasy franchise to the Game Boy Advance in the form of strategic warfare. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance trails the story of a young boy named Marche who is magically transported from his sleepy modern-time home to a strange kingdom where magic and adventure reign supreme. Players control a set of troops who specialize in various fighting, healing, magic, and archery skills (or j Show full summary

Squaresoft brings its popular Final Fantasy franchise to the Game Boy Advance in the form of strategic warfare. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance trails the story of a young boy named Marche who is magically transported from his sleepy modern-time home to a strange kingdom where magic and adventure reign supreme. Players control a set of troops who specialize in various fighting, healing, magic, and archery skills (or job classes). Strategically positioning characters on the battle map, and calculating offensive advances are the keys to success. Two players can battle and trade items with the aid of the GBA link cable.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing

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Squaresoft brings its popular Final Fantasy franchise to the Game Boy Advance in the form of strategic warfare. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance trails the story of a young boy named Marche who is magically transported from his sleepy modern-time home to a strange kingdom where magic and adventure reign supreme. Players control a set of troops who specialize in various fighting, healing, magic, and archery skills (or job classes). Strategically positioning characters on the battle map, and calculating offensive advances are the keys to success. Two players can battle and trade items with the aid of the GBA link cable.

GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing GenreRole-playing (RPG) GenreTactical GenreTurn-based strategy (TBS) ThemeFantasy Traitairship Traitandrogyny Traitbacktracking Traitbasilisks Traitbeen here before Traitblindness Traitbow and arrow Traitbreaking the fourth wall Traitclass change Traitclass-based Traitcoming of age Traitdamage over time Traitdeath Traitelementalist Traitexplosion Traitfemale antagonist Traitfictional currencies Traitfranchise reboot Traitgender exclusive equipment Traitgrid-based movement Traitgrinding Traithealer Traithidden character Traitinteractive achievement awards 2004 Traitjrpg Traitlaw Traitlevel scaling Traitmagic Traitmale protagonist Traitmana Traitmanagement Traitmelee Traitninja Traitnon-player character Traitoverworld Traitparty system Traitparty-based combat Traitpermadeath Traitpom-pom Traitrandom encounter Traitrock music Traitsequel Traitsingle-player only Traitsnow Traitstat tracking Traitsummoners Traitsummoning support Traittactical turn-based combat Traitturn-based Traitturn-based tactics Traitvirtual console Traitwarriors Traitwhite magic Traitwii u virtual console

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Square Product Development Division 4
Publisher
Nintendo, Square Enix, Square
Franchise
Final Fantasy
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Fantasy
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Game Boy Advance Feb 14, 2003
  • Game Boy Advance Sep 08, 2003
  • Game Boy Advance Oct 24, 2003
  • Game Boy Advance 2003
  • Wii U Jan 28, 2016
  • Wii U Jan 29, 2016
  • Wii U Mar 30, 2016

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