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- Title: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - Echoes of Time Region: PAL Dolphin Revision: SVN 2954 Status: PROBLEMS Notes: - Iso in normal state -> black screen.
Title: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - Echoes of Time Region: PAL Dolphin Revision: SVN 2954 Status: PROBLEMS Notes: - Iso in normal.
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Genre: Role-PlayingRating: CERO: A, ESRB: E10+, PEGI: 12+, OFLC: PG
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A really great game... If you have friends to play it with. The AI is fustrating at most points of the games, though the gameplay is fun. Multiplayer is probably the main reason you should want to buy this game, though single player is decent at best because of the AI.
James rates this game: 5/5An innovative new concept in multiplayer gaming, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time enables Wii and DS users to play side by side for the first time. This breakthrough in gaming connectivity allows players on both Nintendo platforms to journey together in the fantastical world of the beloved Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series. Echoes of Time offers a gameplay system that allows for a seamless, hassle-free in-game switch from single to multiplayer mode. Play anytime, anywhere, with anyone and experience a new level of connectivity with this latest adventure in the FFCC series. A triumphant return from a monster-infested forest marks the completion of the 16-year-old hero's coming-of-age ceremony. However, the hero's joy is short-lived as a young village girl is found to be afflicted by a mysterious illness known as 'crystal sickness.' Determined to obtain the cure, the hero steps out of the secluded village for the first time, only to discover a world in which crystals are merely artifacts of the past and no longer exist. Play anytime, anywhere with anyone Multiplayer connectivity reaches new heights in Echoes of Time, where players can team up or compete with friends and players around the world. The intuitive control scheme introduced in Ring of Fates returns, now adapted to Wii for double the action. Players can switch between single and multiplayer modes at any time while playing, enjoying two great gaming options in one integrated experience. A personalized hero can be generated from a choice of the four familiar races of the series; Clavats, Lilties, Selkies or Yukes. Players joining from the Wii can also introduce their Miis to the world of FFCC. Create and customize materials, armor and equipment for characters with tailored appearances and abilities - no two heroes will be the same! Players can continue to enjoy the game even after completing the main adventure, as the New Game+ feature provides increased difficulty and better items with every new round.
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| Developer(s) | Square Enix |
| Publisher(s) | Square Enix |
| Director(s) | Mitsuru Kamiyama |
| Producer(s) | Kiyoko Maeda |
| Designer(s) | Hiroyuki Saegusa |
| Artist(s) | Yasuhisa Izumisawa |
| Writer(s) | Hiroyuki Saegusa Miwa Shoda |
| Composer(s) | Kumi Tanioka |
| Series | Final Fantasy |
| Engine | Pollux Engine |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS, Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Action RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time[a] is a Wii and Nintendo DSaction role-playing game in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series developed by Square Enix.
The game was released in Japan on January 29, 2009.[1] The North American version was released on March 24, 2009 and the European version was released on March 27, 2009.[2][3] The Australian version was released on April 2, 2009.[4]
- 1Gameplay
- 2Characters
Gameplay[edit]
Wii Version[edit]
The Wii version of the game contains all of the major elements of the DS version, but must be played on a single screen. To compensate, the Wii version has two adjustable in-game windows. Each window has a maximum size that is approximately 40% of the total screen which can make the text (on both the play and item windows) difficult to read. As a minor addition, the Wii version also contains a new trailer for the next Crystal Chronicles game entitled 'The Crystal Bearers', and allows players to create masks based on their Miis which cost 5000 gil.
Characters[edit]
Sherlotta
Sherlotta is an immortal female Clavat that is 2000 years old, she seems to knows the forest better than anyone.
Lakeicius
Lakecius is a 2000 years old immortal wizard.He and his army stayed in the tower. Before that, he was in the library reading about the crystals and the ancient cilivians. 2000 years ago, he killed all the villagers, except for Sherlotta, who turned immortal.
Veriaude
Veriaude is an immortal male Yuke who was Larkeicius guinea pig before Sherlotta. When Veriaude sees a crystal, he will turn into a beasts the hero defeated.He now stays at the bottom of the ruins.
Norshtalon
Norshtalon is a female Yuke that was living in the town studying with her parents. She later ran into the forest and got lost. Fortunately, the villager Watrill found her and raised her as his student.
The villagers
Watrill
Watrill is a Yuke who became Norshtalon's teacher. As a Yuke, he has a library with books about crystals. His appearance is with a wizard cloak and hat.
Eryll
The only villager who remains when the old Crystal Core broke. She usually plays with Norshtalon and was Lian's favorite Sister. She was cured by the hero when she had crystal sickness.
Llina
Llina is a Clavat who befriended Lian and went back to the village with him. She took care of Eryll when she was ill.
Lian
Lian is Eryll's Brother, and a male Clavat. He usually names his vegetables. A close friend of Llina, he is one of the first ones to return to the village.
Ullz
Ullz is a young male selkie with purple hair. He usually plays catch with the other younger villagers. He gave the hero the way to Ruins Entrance 2.
Toumli
Toumli is a female Lilty who was the second one to return to the village. She took care of the hero when he/she was an infant.
Phelple
Phelple is a rather bratty young Lilty child who often gets away with various pranks due to the meekness of his mother, Toumli.
Tratt
Tratt is a female Selkie who resides in the same forest as the Hero. She is the mother of Ullz and appears to be friends with the Lilty, Toumli.
Bachenn
Bachenn is a middle aged Clavat man, the husband of Tratt and father of Ullz. He is a slothful man and can often be found sleeping by the water wheel.
Story[edit]
The protagonist of the game returns from a forest where they battled a great number of monsters to celebrate their sixteenth birthday and coming-of-age ceremony. Upon completion, a Clavat cat-girl named Sherlotta rewards them with a personal crystal. The hero returns home to find a young village girl, Eryll, suffering from 'crystal sickness'. The hero then sets out to find a cure for the disease. However, he is unaware that outside his village lies a world where crystals are merely artifacts of the past and no longer exist.
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In the town, they meet a man named Larkeicus, who agrees to make them a cure in return for a favor. Obtaining the necessary ingredients, the hero is able to make the potion and saves Eryll. As part of the bargain with Larkeicus, the hero must activate two long-dormant statues atop a fire and ice mountain.
When they complete their task, Larkeicus begins plotting against the hero, first by destroying the 'Crystal Core', which is said to be the last crystal remaining in the world.The following day, the hero awakens to find their village empty, as if all the villagers had left. Eryll is still left behind and asks him to find the broken pieces of the Crystal Core, believing that putting it back together will bring everyone back to their home. Larkeicus goes rogue and attacks the player, but returns from the dead after defeat, warning that should they meet again, he will kill them. Later finding an immortal Yuke Veriaude who worked alongside Larkeicus 2000 years ago, Veriaude gives them a method of locating the crystals and hopes that by doing so he amends for some past mistake of some sort.
One by one, the hero locates the crystal fragments, discovering more about their infancy and the town's history through sudden flashbacks, particularly Sherlotta, who found the hero abandoned as a baby and raised them as a child.They also notes that none of the villagers seemed to have aged from their past selves. When the crystal core is complete, it suddenly manifests itself into the hero's body, giving them the power to interact with ancient technologies. They uses their newfound power to delve further into the forests near their village, where they learns a startling revelation.
The hero discovers their village in ruins. Sherlotta appears and explains that Larkeicus and Veriaude apprentice razed the village 2000 years ago, and all of the inhabitants were slaughtered in the attack. Sherlotta and Eryll were attempting to escape, but Eryll was killed and Sherlotta was made immortal when she made indirect contact with the Crystal Core. It also gave her the power to create crystals, although Sherlotta herself doesn't understand why it chose her to be the harbinger of such powers.
The Crystal Core also made the villagers live, although they could not age, and their existence was tailored toward the Crystal and to the minds of those who wish to see them. Sherlotta and the villagers lead empty lives for 2000 years, until they found an infant which they could grow and raise to live for them in the outside world, the infant being the hero. With this, Sherlotta accompanies the player to put an end to Larkeicus's plan, as he wishes to stop a future event which was so powerful it destroyed all the crystals, and his city which ran on their power.
Sherlotta and the hero attempt to find a way to gain access to a tower which emerged when the hero activated the two statues, as she believes that is where Larkeicus plans to stop the future event.To do so, they gather a number of artifacts, including the hero's crystal locator and an 800-year-old spirit-witch made by Larkeicus to guard the artifacts (Who later aids the player greatly in finding the later artifacts).During this search, the villagers begin their slow process of disappearing from the world, valuing every moment the hero comes by to see them.
Eventually, only Norschtalen remains, as she is the second orphan the village raised and still mortal in her time. With nothing left to cherish or protect, Sherlotta and the hero go to the tower. To open the way, they use the artifacts and abandon the witch to an isolated spot near the entrance, saying that maybe someday somebody will come to retrieve her. At the top, the hero is surprised to see another, human Sherlotta, blind and deaf to her surroundings.
The cat-Sherlotta explains that her present was made after Eryll's pet cat had also retrieved the power of immortality. Through the cat, Sherlotta was able to live off in a depression until she found the hero, where the meaning of life and death became clear in her head again as she and the villagers dedicated their lives to helping you grow into a suitable adult. She then gives one final request to the player, to kill her so that her lifeless body cannot aid Larkeicus any longer with its powers. Larkeicus appears to make good on his promise to kill the hero, after a long battle where he destroys Sherlotta's cat-form and continually abuses her power, the hero and he reach a stalemate.
The human Sherlotta suddenly grabs hold of Larkeicus and summons the Crystal Core, realizing that it was created by her so that she may live, and that its choice to give her power must have been fate. Larkeicus and Sherlotta realize that it is the destruction of the Crystal Core that destroys the crystals of the past. With Larkeicus unable to move in the Crystal Core's presence, Sherlotta asks that the hero destroy it as the finale of their coming-of-age ceremony to prove that they are a worthy adult, despite the fact that its destruction will result in the death of the immortals and destruction of all crystals.
The hero does so, and returns home triumphant, though deeply depressed at the cost of victory. With only they and Norschtalen inhabiting the village, the hero makes one final pilgrimage through the forest where they received their own crystal. Still holding the crystal they received, they throw it into the pond where the Crystal Core was once located and walks away, their past gone and future ahead.
After the credits roll, the player is free to continue playing on harder difficulties. It is also revealed that Eryll's cat, conveniently named Sherlotta, is still alive. As such, the hero takes notice to the reminder of the past. It is also shown that the tiny crystal the hero had thrown into the pond has grown into a larger one, resembling the Crystal Core. It is likely a new Crystal Core created by the hero's own will. It is presumed that the hero will live out the rest of their adult life seeking comfort and happiness, just as their family (the villagers) would have wanted.
Development[edit]
The game was revealed to the public at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show.
It uses a new engine created by Square Enix called the 'Pollux Engine', which allows players to link up and adventure together in multiplayer mode regardless of which version of the game (Wii or Nintendo DS) they are playing.[5]
The Wii version of the game contains a new trailer for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers.
Reception[edit]
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In the first week of release, the DS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time sold 101,718 copies in Japan, while Wii version sold only 21,721 copies.[11] The following week, the DS version sold an additional 33,985 copies.[12] By the end of the year, the DS version had sold nearly 260,000 copies in Japan, and the Wii version nearly 57,000 copies.[13] Sales in its first week in North America weren't so positive, as approximately 25,000 were sold on the Wii and 16,000 were sold on the DS.[14] As of May 31, 2009, the game has sold 570,000 copies worldwide.[15]
On Metacritic, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time has an aggregate score of 75/100 based on 37 reviews for the Nintendo DS version, and a score of 64/100 for the Wii version based on 29 reviews.[6][7]Famitsu magazine gave the Wii version a 29 out of 40 and the Nintendo DS version a 30 out of 40.[16] Reviews in the west were also positive. IGN gave Echoes of Time 8.5 out of 10 (but only 6.5 for the Wii version), commenting on the tighter controls and gameplay, particularly praising the multiplayer, stating, 'multiplayer is a blast with Echoes of Time'.[9][10]Game Informer gave the game 7.75 out of 10.[8]
Notes[edit]
- ^Japanese: ファイナルファンタジークリスタルクロニクル エコーズ・オブ・タイムHepburn: Fainaru Fantajī Kurisutaru Kuronikuru Ekōzu Obu Taimu?
References[edit]
- ^Gamekyo.com staff (2008-10-01). 'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles : Echoes of Time for the Wii & DS'. Gamekyo.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ^'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time Gets Official Release Date'. IGN.com. January 26, 2009. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^Square Enix (2008-12-10). 'FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: Echoes of Time // Press Release'. gamesindustry.biz. Archived from the original on 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ^'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (2009) on Nintendo DS'. April 2, 2009. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
- ^Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain (1037): 32. 2008-10-15.
- ^ ab'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time for DS Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ ab'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time for Wii Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ abReeves, Ben (2009-09-22). 'The Best Crystal Chronicles Game Yet...And It's Still Average'. Game Informer. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ abBozon, Mark (2009-03-24). 'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time Review'. IGN. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ abBozon, Mark (2009-03-24). 'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time Review'. IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^Tanaka, John (February 6, 2008). 'FFCC Echoes of Time: Wii Beats Ds'. IGN.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^Tanaka, John (February 13, 2009). 'Tales Tops Japanese Charts'. IGN.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^'2009年ゲームソフト年間売上TOP1000' [2009 Game Software Annual Sales Top 1000]. Famitsū Gēmu Hakusho 2010ファミ通ゲーム白書2010 [Famitsu Game Whitebook 2010] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Enterbrain. 2010-05-21. p. 385. ISBN978-4-04-726511-0. Archived from the original on 2015-06-27.
- ^ronin90 (April 5, 2009). 'Echoes Of Time Fails To Impress North American Gamers'. Final Fantasy Union. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^'Results Briefing: Fiscal Year ended May 31, 2009'(PDF). Square-Enix.com. May 19, 2009. Archived(PDF) from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^'GoNintendo » Blog Archive » Famitsu's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time review details lag'. GoNintendo.com. January 21, 2009. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
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