Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Someone once sat down to try to draw a family tree that lays out all the Final Fantasy games and how they relate to one another, but that person’s now dead. Don’t do it. However, in controlled doses one can remain safe, so let’s focus specifically on the Tactics offshoot.

The original Final Fantasy Tactics came out for the PlayStation in 1997, a tactical RPG set in the new world of Ivalice, with turn-based battles on gridded battlefields. 2003’s Final Fantasy Tactics Advance was, of course, neither a sequel nor a remake, because that would be too easy. This time it’s about some kids from St. Ivalice, who get transported to the world called Ivalice, via a pesky magic book, although the battles remain grid-set, turn-based affairs. And was a massive success, and remains absolutely adored.

So put it on NSO for heaven’s sake! It was on the Wii U’s Virtual Console, so it’s unlikely rights issues with Square Enix are unsurmountable.