View Full Version : FFXII to be the last "roman numeral" final fantasy?
ChibiDusk
2004-03-03, 19:38
Will 12 be the last FF game released that is not a sequel, or a spin-off [tatics, crystal chronicals, chocobo dungeon]? Clocks do only have 12 hands...
FF6: Touch each clock to get an elixer...
FF7: Temple of the anciencts had a clock room, remember where you have to cross, and get Aeris's Final Weapon?
FF8: Ultimecia's Clock tower
FF9: Really not too sure...
FF10: Travels through time 1000years, 1000 is a clear multiple of "10"
as in the tenth hand.
FF11: haven't played...
FF12: Something about a war which could end the world...or something?
haven't paid close attention to it.
This theory is a rumor, I was just thinking.
After this there may only be sequels and remakes...hopefully not :(
I hope you know that clocks are an everyday fact of life for most people, and 1000 years is a very common unit of time.
orochidp
2004-03-03, 22:17
Hmm...
You're reading too deep into it all.
If they wanted to be clever, don't you think they'd start with the game's stories?
I'm not sure what clocks have to do Final Fantasy titles, and I'm not sure what Roman Numerals have to do with clocks. Frankly, Chibidusk, your whole post has me confused.
There are plenty of Roman Numerals to put after the words "Final Fantasy" and what makes you think they're basing the numbering on clocks? Also, why couldn't they go to 24 and use a 24 hour "clock system?"
ChibiDusk
2004-03-03, 22:45
weren't clocks in the olden days written in roman numerals >.<
Just a rumor I heard on some fansite
boneyjellyfish
2004-03-03, 22:55
ChibiDusk, XIII follows XII. I hope you understand.
ChibiDusk
2004-03-03, 23:04
Yeah Yeah, I understand all that.
We had a whole class dedicated to roman numerals *sigh*
Like how only 4 characters can be in one number statement.
etc etc
boneyjellyfish
2004-03-03, 23:20
Yeah Yeah, I understand all that.
We had a whole class dedicated to roman numerals *sigh*
Like how only 4 characters can be in one number statement.
etc etc
Huh? You can go up to 15, actually.
MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
hmm. if i know anything about XII, then it's set in one of the "spin-off's" worlds. ivalace.
don't think it'll be the last, because the name will make money. the "last" will come when no one's interested in FF games anymore. (my prediction_
ChibiDusk
2004-03-04, 00:01
Huh? You can go up to 15, actually.
MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
Oh wait, I said it wrong, you're right XD
What I meant was you can only used 3 of the same symbol
in one statement. Sorriez >.<
Will 12 be the last FF game released that is not a sequel, or a spin-off [tatics, crystal chronicals, chocobo dungeon]? Clocks do only have 12 hands...
FF6: Touch each clock to get an elixer...
FF7: Temple of the anciencts had a clock room, remember where you have to cross, and get Aeris's Final Weapon?
FF8: Ultimecia's Clock tower
FF9: Really not too sure...
FF10: Travels through time 1000years, 1000 is a clear multiple of "10"
as in the tenth hand.
FF11: haven't played...
FF12: Something about a war which could end the world...or something?
haven't paid close attention to it.
This theory is a rumor, I was just thinking.
After this there may only be sequels and remakes...hopefully not :(
FF 9 = You run around a portrait wall 9 times (there's a sun dial...) and you get Garnet's real name
FF12 - FFTA, I heard you hunt for Marche. marche is the hero of FFTA.
Hey they might use army time.
ChibiDusk
2004-03-04, 00:28
Hurray for more clockiness fun, lol.
Again, I myself im not sure to the truth of this so please
don't complain to me. I was just asking if it was indeed true and I hope not.
Zero Avelok
2004-03-04, 09:59
NANI!!! :twitch:
if that is true...then we need to do something about it...Quickly!!!
Can u really imagine yourself in a world without FF....JUST SEQUELS!!!! :nono:
MAN , THATs NOT RIGHT!!!
hobobaggins
2004-03-05, 16:14
FF11: haven't played...
play it!!!
valefor!!!
go go go!!!
you must play it! all of you
[/spam]
they may just give it a different name...
<xellos>
2004-03-06, 03:29
yeah, if they go by the 24:00 clock or "military" time, we have quite a way to go
ChibiDusk
2004-03-06, 03:44
But they are numbered with roman numerals.
And the roman numerals are most often associated with
those old sundials. Sundials run on normal
Biohazard
2004-03-06, 10:14
I think is point is ( if it wasn't clear before ):
Old clocks had roman numberal system instead of the numberal system we know ( like I = 1 , II = 2 , III = 3 , IV = 4 , V = 5 , VI = 6, VII = 7 ect. )
Since the various FinalFantasy episodes had something to do with a ( roman ) clock, and the number the episode represents, he read that rumor that final fantasy might seriously change their style because roman clocks only go to 12 ( XII )...
Thats like asking, will Square not milk its cash cow? Your answer, if you didnt get it from that is no because Square was built on FF (you know the whole bankruptcy thing), so I doubt they would ever do anything to stop getting the enormous profits they get from the games. Yeah, I think the numbers are getting a little high, and with X-2 there are now 13 games and only 12 roman numerals, so we've already broken past the 12 games barrier, but who knows where they'll go with this, only time will tell.
ChibiDusk
2004-03-06, 12:53
They could have FF7-2, FF8-2, FFX-5, FFXI-15532525
But those would count as sequels. What I said before was
Will 12 be the last FF game released that is not a sequel, or a spin-off [tatics, crystal chronicals, chocobo dungeon]? Clocks do only have 12 hands...
rumors have been written in game mag saying it COULD be the end of FF series after ff12........
rEkKaShInObI
2004-03-09, 12:21
Maybe 12 will be the final final fantasy. sometimes the next one isnt always what it comes out to be. Square and final fantasy have reps to uphold and i think their finally losing it.
ThePhoenixRises
2004-03-19, 00:31
i think yeah at some stage final fantasy series has got to end. But if the fans keep buying the final fantasy stuff - (square - enix might be money grabbers) so they will want to produce more games so they can scam more money out of us. woohoo, so keep buying then they will have to keep making them, otherwise we will all get really annoyed and get angry and complain and stuff.
(square - enix might be money grabbers)
Might be? The company exists to make money; if they're receiving high earnings off of a particular line of product, why would they stop it?
It doesn't even really matter, though, if you think about it. As we all know, the Final Fantasy games are grouped under the same series name, but in truth they're unrelated in terms of storyline and characters. There are little quirks that travel between them - chocobos, moogles (sometimes) and the name Cid - but those aside, they're unrelated. Final Fantasy is just the name for recognition and saving on original title ideas; theoretically, each Final Fantasy game could have been given its own title and it wouldn't make much of a difference. However, it's better, more efficient marketing this way. So unless Square-Enix plans to stop making RPGs of this nature in general, I don't see why they'd discontinue using the Final Fantasy name.
This is the way how big company earn big money.....
Wonder what title they're naming after final fantasy??
Freddy C
2004-04-04, 14:06
i dont really think 12 will be the last, FF will go on IMO until 15, i mean there are so many FF now (on GBA, Gamecube). also in an interview, the makers say that they arent really pleased with the current graphics and gameplay still and are always looking for ways to improve.
also FF keeps selling and reaching platinum, so why not keep making them, they are all beautiful games. FF13, if they are going to make it will probably be in development right now.
about losing their grip on the series, well i agree, they do need another FF&, though IMO FF7 wasnt the best FF but certainly the most popular. if they make one that beats FF7, then they will definitly make the series get back on track, but FF12 looks amazing.
oh and FF13, if out will blatently be titled FFXIII
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