Katakana can also be used to add emphasis to words, similar to how a word might be bold or italic or put in "quotes" to imply a hidden meaning. Anyone who has played the Japanese version of a Final Fantasy title can see the majority of spell names are phonetically spelled English words. The most common use is to spell out foreign loanwords, for instance ãƒ
Katakana acts as a special alternate alphabet that has a variety of uses. Japanese, employing different alphabets, (hiragana, katakana and kanji) follows different rules. In English, we might normally order items of the same category numerically or alphabetically. Final Fantasy Tactics introduced a fourth level to this, which uses the suffix -ja. Now Fire spells would progress from Fire to Fira and Firaga. It seems Squall's "whatever" attitude was contagious, because with the 8th installment, they decided not to bother with the English system, and just leave the Japanese as-is, with -ra and -ga. Until Final Fantasy VIII, the higher level spells of each element were simply numbered - for example, Fire, Fire 2 and Fire 3.
So, what might Eorzea's mystical side look like? Now we have Final Fantasy XI, which mixed both of these to form a naming system that could better accommodate the range of spells available to adventurers in Vana'diel. Old school gamers grew up with the simple 1,2,3 numbering pattern, while folks who jumped in during the Playstation era may be more familiar with -ra and -ga, taken from the original Japanese. However, there have been several patterns throughout the history of the Final Fantasy series. Although the classes have been altered dramatically from what most fans are familiar with, the naming conventions for magic are said to be largely unchanged. There will be single-target spells, area-of-effect spells, and different levels of magic will require longer casting times and higher MP consumption. One of these, which was recently mentioned, is the magic system.Īccording to Dengeki PlayStation, magic will take a similar form to past Final Fantasy titles. A nice gift from the folks at Square Enix, but there are still many mysteries about the upcoming MMO that are yet to be solved. The release of Final Fantasy XIII also brought with it the beta application signups. Over the holiday break, we have been treated to a handful of tidbits and a plethora of screenshots for Final Fantasy XIV.
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