Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII

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Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII (ファブラノヴァクリスタリスファイナルファンタジーXIII, Fabura Nova Kurisutarisu Fainaru Fantajī Sātīn^?) is the collective name of a series of games made under the Final Fantasy XIII label by Japanese console developer Square Enix. Made in the same vein as the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Fabula Nova Crystallis, which means "the New Tale of the Crystal", is nevertheless based on various worlds and different characters, but each game will be "ultimately based on and expand upon a common mythos."

1 Plot and setting
2 Development
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot and setting

This mythos appears to revolve around "Crystals that lead the world towards the future." Appearing as normal objects, the Crystals are an integral part of all the worlds in each of the games, though the games will not revolve around them; instead, they will provide a background to other, more specific plots. However, the functionality of the Crystals has lead the games' designers to pay special attention to creating the visual look of these worlds.

[edit] Development

The games within Fabula Nova Crystallis are:

Each of the games is independent of the others and only share a common mythological backdrop or 'mythos'. They are being developed by different teams of developers within Square Enix. However, the character designs for the three officially revealed games are by Tetsuya Nomura, who is also the director of Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Each of the games will have its own style of gameplay: Final Fantasy XIII is a turn-based RPG, Final Fantasy Versus XIII is more action-oriented a la Kingdom Hearts, and Final Fantasy Agito XIII is an online game. A possible fourth title, Final Fantasy Haeresis XIII may be in the works as well, as Square Enix made a trademark filing for the title on May 1, 2006.

Square Enix president, Yoichi Wada likened the Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation to that of the likes of Star Wars and has stated that it could span a decade.^[1]

At E3 2006, Square Enix called the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII which at this moment includes 6 games, 2 films, and 2 books a "50 billion Yen project" and said it would span until the 20th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII (2017). In turn, they called the new Fabula Nova Crystallis project a "100 billion yen project" which gives the impression that Fabula Nova Crystallis would span quite a number of years and include many more titles, possible including films, books, anime, manga, toys, etc.

Square Enix's page states that Fabula Nova Crystallis translates to "the new tale of the crystal." However, this is not quite accurate; the Latin word for crystal is "crystallum (-i)," which is second declension. The phrase Fabula Nova Crystalli would be the correct way to render "the new tale of the crystal." However, it should also be noted that "crystallis" could, in fact, be in the Dative case, which would give the translation "the new tale for the crystals".