Nintendo's Really Pushing This Bravely Default Game

The game looks cool and the 8-4 guys had a bunch of great things to say about it, but that boxart bums me out.

I enjoyed the demo of this more than any other game for 3DS this year (including Fire Emblem) and - speaking as a PS4 owner - I'm looking forward more to this game than any other Winter release, on any platform.

Given that my Christmas list includes Tearaway, Link Between Worlds and the new Wii U Mario, that's saying a lot!

Similar to how 4 Heroes of Light was kinda a throwback to the NES Final Fantasy games, this kinda feels like a throwback to SNES Final Fantasy games.

I also love demos for the games that have unique content, it is a pretty rare thing and it is cool when it happens.

Nintendo? is that you?

No, it means your normal.

@masterfaculty: Not liking anime doesn't make you mature or cool.

I'm probably just an old man, but I just can't get into the anime art style anymore. Makes me feel a little gross inside.

Yep. To be fair to him though, it's kinda confusing as hell.

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy was only released in Japan.

The game getting a western release under the title Bravely Default is known in Japan as Bravely Default: For the Sequel - an updated version of Flying Fairy.

Although, I'm kinda wondering if the differences are significant enough to actually warrant these being separate wiki entries. I don't know enough about them to actually make that call. I guess this Kotaku article makes it sound like it probably does change enough to be its own wiki entry.

Finally a return to the good Final Fantasy of old

They didn't mention this at all for the EU Nintendo Direct, maybe 'cause its coming out later over here?

@patrickklepek The video links to the wrong game page. Correct one: http://www.giantbomb.com/bravely-default/3030-43731/

European here. What's up, 'Murica?

That's all.

I swear Japan, Flying Fairy? No wonder they dropped it on the US one.

@aegon: EU edition got that cover? The NA one has the same art as the JP regular.

Uh...

Once I get me another 3DS this game is so I'm my list.. I better preorder the boxset.. *nodnod*

I don't really know about this but I will probably get the demo when it comes out and I'll see whether or not it's a shitload of f**k

They are the same aside from border colour and "flying fairy" in the title? The one with the different art is the special edition.

This seems like a Final Fantasy game in all but name (which I'm totally cool with). It's very reminiscent of 4 Heroes of Light on the DS, from what I have seen.

I'm jealous Europe has this already (hey, you guys gotta win sometimes, though :P), but I will definitely be picking this up in February in NA.

It seems super crazy that they are putting out a demo that has completely new content, but if they have the resources, I'm all for it. It can be a bummer when you play a demo that is essentially just the beginning of a game, and then have to play through the exact same content again when you buy the game proper. Although some games have circumvented this by letting you transfer your save over to the full game, which is a totally acceptable way to solve that issue.

From now on I set all my defaults to Brave...

1. I hate this chibi character design that they've going.

2. The website for the should be bravelydefault.aspx

Sounds like this is 2014's Xenoblade which is totally a good thing. I can't wait!

This looks so good. Can't wait to pick up a 3DS and Bravely Default. Need to satisfy that JRPG itch that always comes around this time of the year and it looks like this game will do more than that.

I'll wait for the sequel.

Anyone worried about the microtransactions, letme explain what they are. In battle, you have this Brave / Default system, where you can take up to 4 actions at once per character, reducing their Brave Count by 1, but after that they have to sit out until their Brave count returns to 0. They get one Brave per turn. However, you can use Sleep Points at any time to get an action. Sleep points are earned by having Bravely Default on, and your 3DS in sleep mode. Every 8 hours you get one Sleep Point, up to a maximum of 3.

Now the Microtransactions come in buy allowing you to buy Sleep Potions, which completely refill your Sleep Points. I'm about 10 hours into the game, and have used Sleep Points once, and that was to complete a tutorial quest. I earned those points by having the 3DS Asleep. Unless there's something hidden somewhere that the manual doesnt cover, this is the only microtransaction in the game.

Also, the game is freaking incredible. The Demo they put out doesn't really do it justice, but that said, the Demo is a good 6 hours of content not in the actual game.

Also Also, in this weeks Bombcast when they were talking about Final Fantasy, I wanted to scream at my MP3 player that what they seemed to want was out (here in the UK), and called Bravely Default.

Loving the FF Tactics style art!

I think this may push me into the 3DS camp instead of the VITA.

It's got a Job system, so I'm already convinced I might love it. (See also: FFT, FFV, DQIX, Al Snow's J.O.B. Squad Tactics Advance, etc)

If only Square would hire someone who could come up with game titles that don't sound like idiotic gibberish. I'm glad they're trying hard to claw their way back to coherency after Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, which (if you take the spaces out) looks like a username someone had to go with because KingdomHearts420 and KingdonHeartsFan2013 were already taken.

Flying in a default position doesn't seem that brave.

See, Gerstmann? If you start treating corporations like entities instead of groups of people, you end up with weird sentences like that deck.

Why does the North American box art have to be the much crappier one? Can't they be the same?

I can't wait for this to come out.

JOB SYSTEM

I was told this game was like Final Fantasy V, in that the plot is garbage but the job system is excellent. Sold.