First look: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War
Square Enix is bringing a lot to the PSP’s table this year. On top of Crisis Core and a Final Fantasy Collection, Sony’s PlayStation Portable will also be getting the strategy-based Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War. There is still no confirmation on a release date, but we’ve put together an overview of everything we know about the game so far.
The Lion War, or “Shishi Sensou” in Japanese, is not a totally new game in itself. Rather, The Lion War is an updated port of the original PlayStation One game. We haven’t seen any videos of gameplay yet, but one would assume it will be handled in the same fashion as the original + fancy new menus.
Since we announced the game last year, we have learned some new bits of information. Final Fantasy Tactics on the PSP will include completely new cutscenes, characters, and job classes. Among the new characters will be popular stars from FFXII. The new job classes will include the Dark Knight class and the Onion Knight class (from FFIII).
Unfortunately, it is hard to predict how different FFT: The Lion War will be from the original with out any solid gameplay footage. All we have to run on is the official trailer from Jump Fiesta and several screenshots (see below).
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War trailer
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War screenshots
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