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Final Fantasy VIII

Overview

Squall Leonhart is a young man in training to become of member of SeeD - a mercenary organization and the goal of all young students in Balamb Garden. Squall is not a particularly friendly guy and has troubles with his fellow students and teachers. On the eve of his graduation hostilities break out between the city-states of Galbadia and Dollet. As their final test, Squall and three other students are sent on a mission to assist in the fight against Galbadia. In the process they discover that there are other characters pulling strings from behind the stage, and eventually uncover a mystery that involves two decades of secrets hidden both from the world and from themselves.

Final Fantasy VIII is set in a "retro" environment reminiscent in some ways of the 1960's, with a few sci-fi and plenty of supernatural elements mixed in. The basic system resembles those of its predecessors: the player navigates a party of characters over a world map, accessing various locations and fighting randomly appearing enemies in turn-based combat of the series' trademark ATB (active time battle) variety. However, character development system has been re-designed.

Final Fantasy VIII contains a mini-RPG called Chocobo World for the Sony PocketStation that allows you to collect items and power-up certain Guardian Forces

Developers
Square
Alternate Names
  • Chocobo World
  • Chocobo World Enhanced
  • Odetake Chocobo
Video
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Media

Banner

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World -  1920 x 533

Box - Back

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Japan -  800 x 680

Box - Front

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Japan -  800 x 681
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Italy -  474 x 407

Disc

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