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Gaia (Final Fantasy VII)
The ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' is a Media franchise#Transmedia franchise, metaseries produced by Square Enix. A subseries stemming from the main ''Final Fantasy'' series, it is a collection of video games, anime, animated features and Short story, short stories based in the world and continuity of ''Final Fantasy VII'' (1997). Officially announced in 2003 with the reveal of ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', the series' core products are four video games and one movie release. Alongside these are tie-in products and spin-offs including books, mobile games and an original video animation. ''Advent Children'' and the mobile title ''Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII'' are a sequel and prequel to ''VII'', respectively focusing on Cloud Strife, the original game's main protagonist, and covert operatives known as the Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series#The Turks, Turks. ''Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII'' follows Zack Fair, a minor character in ''VII'', while ''Dirg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Square Enix
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate, best known for its ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', ''Star Ocean'' and ''Kingdom Hearts'' role-playing video game franchises, among numerous others. Outside of video game publishing and development, it is also in the business of merchandise, Arcade game, arcade facilities, and manga publication under its Gangan Comics brand. The original Square Enix Co., Ltd. was formed in April 2003 from a mergers and acquisitions, merger between Square (video game company), Square and Enix, with the latter as the surviving company. Each share of Square's common stock was stock swap, exchanged for 0.85 shares of Enix's common stock. At the time, 80% of Square Enix staff were made up of former Square employees. As part of the merger, former Square president Yoichi Wada was appointed the president of the new corporation, while former Enix president Keiji Honda was name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story has been recurrently problematic. A classic definition of a short story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy VII G-Bike
was a free-to-play video game for Android and iOS platforms. Available between October 2014 and December 2015, the title was a racing game with role-playing elements. Based on Square Enix's role-playing game '' Final Fantasy VII'', the player controlled the protagonist of that game, Cloud Strife. While riding on a motorcycle, Cloud battled enemies with melee weapons and magic with help from other ''Final Fantasy VII'' characters. Players could modify Cloud's weapons, clothing and motorcycle, and perform powerful attacks known as limit breaks. Square Enix and developer CyberConnect2 conceived of the game as a series of titles for mobile devices that would see the ''Final Fantasy VII'' mini-games remade. In the development process, they settled on only the most popular title, ''G-Bike''. Developers expanded on the original idea for the mini-game in areas such as customization and gameplay but did not add an overarching story. Critics had mixed reactions due to it not being the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete
is a 2005 Japanese computer-animated film directed by Tetsuya Nomura, written by Kazushige Nojima, and produced by Yoshinori Kitase and Shinji Hashimoto. Developed by Visual Works and Square Enix, ''Advent Children'' is part of the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' series of media, which is based in the world and continuity of the highly successful 1997 role-playing video game '' Final Fantasy VII''. ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'' was released on DVD and Universal Media Discs with Japanese voice acting in Japan on September 14, 2005, and on April 25, 2006, with English voice acting in North America and the UK. ''Advent Children'' takes place two years after the events of ''Final Fantasy VII'' and focuses on the appearance of a trio that kidnaps children infected with an unexplained disease. ''Final Fantasy VII'' hero Cloud Strife, suffering from the same disease, goes to rescue the children. He discovers that the trio plan to resurrect the villain Sephiroth using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding
is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Square for the PlayStation console. It is the seventh main installment in the ''Final Fantasy'' series. Published in Japan by Square, it was released in other regions by Sony Computer Entertainment and is the first in the main series with a PAL release. The game's story follows Cloud Strife, a mercenary who joins an eco-terrorist organization to stop a world-controlling megacorporation from using the planet's life essence as an energy source. Events send Cloud and his allies in pursuit of Sephiroth, a former member of the corporation who seeks to destroy the planet. During the journey, Cloud builds close friendships with his party members, including Aerith Gainsborough, who holds the secret to saving their world. Development began in 1994, originally for the Super Famicom. After delays and technical difficulties from experimenting on several real-time rendering platforms, Square moved production to pre-rendered video, necessita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy
''Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy'' is a series of games within the ''Final Fantasy'' video game franchise. It was primarily developed by series creator and developer Square Enix, which also acted as publisher for all titles. While featuring various worlds and different characters, each ''Fabula Nova Crystallis'' game is ultimately based on and expands upon a common mythos focusing on important crystals tied to deities. The level of connection to the mythos varies between each title, with each development team given the freedom to adapt the mythos to fit the context of a game's story. The series, originally announced in 2006 as ''Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII'', currently consists of seven games across multiple platforms. ''Final Fantasy XIII'', designed as the series' flagship title, was released in 2009. The creative forces behind the series include many developers from previous ''Final Fantasy'' titles, including Shinji Hashimoto and Motomu Toriyama. The myth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Uematsu
is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the ''Final Fantasy'' video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton John as one of his biggest influences. Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he first met ''Final Fantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. The two later worked together on many games at the company, most notably in the ''Final Fantasy'' series. After nearly two decades with Square, Uematsu left in 2004 to create his own production company and music label, Dog Ear Records. He has since composed music as a freelancer for other games, including ones developed by Square Enix and Sakaguchi's development studio, Mistwalker. Many soundtracks and arranged albums of Uematsu's game scores have been released. Pieces from his video game works have been performed in various ''Final Fantasy'' concerts, where he has worked with Grammy Award–winning conducto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusuke Naora
(born January 9, 1971) is a Japanese video game art director and character designer who worked for Square Enix (formerly Square). A former member of Toaplan,Translationby Gamengai. by Gaijin Punch. ). Naora served as the art director for several ''Final Fantasy'' and ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' titles. He also served as the producer of the ''Code Age'' franchise. On October 1, 2016 he announced on Twitter that he had left the company, but would continue to contribute to Square Enix games as a freelancer. Biography ''Final Fantasy X'' Naora described the game as a "journey", and the Besaid Village from the game was heavily influenced by his trip to Bali, Indonesia, where he saw seaside towns, temples, people handing out tropical flowers, and distinctive dress. ''Code Age Commanders'' Naora worked on the game ''Code Age Commanders'' for three years, in cooperation with a group he assembled for this project called "War Head". The game was conceived to be a new game, unlike ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazushige Nojima
is a Japanese video game writer. He is best known for writing several installments of Square Enix's ''Final Fantasy'' franchise—namely ''Final Fantasy VII'' and its spin-offs ''Advent Children'' and ''Crisis Core'', ''Final Fantasy VIII'', and ''Final Fantasy X'' and '' X-2''—in addition to the '' Kingdom Hearts series'', the ''Glory of Heracles'' series, and the story to the Subspace Emissary mode in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. Nojima also wrote the original lyrics of " Liberi Fatali" for ''Final Fantasy VIII'' and both "Suteki da Ne" and the "Hymn of the Fayth" for ''Final Fantasy X''. He is also the founder of Stellavista Ltd. Biography Kazushige Nojima first joined Japanese video game developer and publisher Data East. Square Co. He joined Square in 1994. He began work on ''Final Fantasy VII'' after the main character settings were done, though Nojima considered this early in the process; he was still working on ''Bahamut Lagoon''. Nojima also wrote the mythology of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Valentine
is a player character in Square's (now Square Enix) 1997 role-playing video game ''Final Fantasy VII''. Designed by Tetsuya Nomura, he also appears in various titles from the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', a metaseries set in the ''Final Fantasy VII'' continuity. Specifically, he is the protagonist in the 2006 third-person shooter '' Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'' and its mobile phone tie-in '' Dirge of Cerberus: Lost Episode''. Vincent is voiced in Japanese by Shōgo Suzuki and in English by Steven Blum. In the backstory to ''Final Fantasy VII'', Vincent is a Turk who is assigned to guard the scientist Lucrecia Crescent, with whom he falls in love. After a series of scientific experiments involving the cells of the extraterrestrial lifeform Jenova, Crescent gives birth to the game's antagonist, Sephiroth. Soon thereafter, Vincent himself became a test subject to experiments performed by Lucrecia's fellow research boss, Professor Hojo, resulting in genetic mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Fair
is a fictional character in the ''Final Fantasy'' role-playing video game series by Square Enix (originally Square), first introduced as a non-player character in ''Final Fantasy VII'' (1997). Zack later appears in the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' works '' Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII'', '' Last Order: Final Fantasy VII'', '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'' and, most prominently, '' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII'', a prequel to the original game of which he is the main character, and which expands greatly on his backstory. Although Zack is already dead at the start of ''Final Fantasy VII'', is rarely mentioned and only appears late into the story via flashbacks, he is a crucial part of the game's story, as Cloud Strife, the main character, unknowingly confused parts of his own past with Zack's following traumatic events involving the two and Sephiroth; while Cloud originally believes himself to be a member of the paramilitary organization SOLDIER, the military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters Of The Final Fantasy VII Series
''Final Fantasy VII'', a role-playing video game developed by Square (now Square Enix) and originally released in 1997, features many fictional characters in both major and minor roles. ''VII'' has been followed by multiple sequels and prequels, grouped into the multimedia series ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'': these include the 2004 mobile game '' Before Crisis'', the 2005 movie sequel ''Advent Children'', the 2006 shooter spinoff '' Dirge of Cerberus'', and the 2007 action game ''Crisis Core''. Other media include spin-off books and the original video animation '' Last Order''. The setting of ''Final Fantasy VII'' is a world that has been described as an industrial or post-industrial science fiction setting. It is referred to as "the Planet" in most of the games, and was retroactively named "Gaia" in some Square Enix promotional material. ''VII'' follows Cloud Strife, a troubled mercenary who joins with an eco-terrorist group to stop Shinra from draining the life of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
