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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Also known as FFTA (Acronym)
Developer
Square Product Development Division 4
Publisher
Nintendo
Year
2003
Genre
Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Modes
Single playerMultiplayer
Time to beat
Speedrun 35h · Story 45h · Complete 70h

About this game

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a 2003 tactical role-playing game developed by Square for the Game Boy Advance, and published by Square in Japan and Nintendo internationally. A successor to Final Fantasy Tactics (1997), the story follows the trials of some children from the town of St. Ivalice after a magical book transforms their home into a fantasy realm of the same name. Gameplay has player teams fighting in turn-based combat on a grid, with units using a themed Job system. A new feature is a "Law" system, which places random limitations on player action during battles.

Squaresoft brings its popular Final Fantasy franchise to the Game Boy Advance in the form of strategic warfare. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance trails the story of a young boy named Marche who is magically transported from his sleepy modern-time home to a strange kingdom where magic and adventure reign supreme. Players control a set of troops who specialize in various fighting, healing, magic, and archery skills (or job classes). Strategically positioning characters on the battle map, and calculating offensive advances are the keys to success. Two players can battle and trade items with the aid of the GBA link cable.

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