#Pictlogica Final Fantasy

[desperatelyromantic]

A simple edit of Pictlogica Final Fantasy images of Faris/Syldra and Shadow/Interceptor on a FF6 battle background (South Figaro) that I made right after I've discussed the details for the commission artwork in my first post with the artist... 🩷

[kplays]

Wow that was the most popular poll I have ever done! I loved what you had to say in the tags and notes.

Ok, so the next one is going to be a bit more eclectic, but the final fantasy series is vast.

Let's talk some of the oddballs

Like before, Feel free to give reasons or fond memories in the notes or reblogs

[uinre]

LIGHTNING FARRON in PICTLOGICA FINAL FANTASY (2013)

[superthatguy62]

I heard you call from the darkness. If you do not fear my arcane powers, then I shall fight with you.

  Argh... I remember this pain. My dark power is growing.

This voice calling to me... You are not evil, are you. If you need my help, have it.

Two descendants of Falgabard square off against the Dark Knight of Remorse

[prynacle]

Pictlogica final fantasy ≒ || FFXV Pixel Avatar

[dailyfreya]

Freya's chibi art from Pictlogica Final Fantasy.

[ultimateillusion]

I have acquired one of the Gilgamesh stuff I ever wanted. I do prefer the normal version like on the figure's card info but its better than nothing, plus the details on this gachapon figure is superb!

Plus I get to nab the trading mini bartz as seen on Final Fantasy Pictlogica and World of Final Fantasy, it was out of print like the Gilgamesh one plus it's been ages I wanted to nab him (he's rather small....)

[crabsinvideogames]

Pictlogica Final Fantasy ≒

The Devil Crab originates from Final Fantasy V, using it's sprite from the Super Famicom release here.

[vgame-dragons]

Ring Wyrm from Pictlogica Final Fantasy

[aggressionbread]

The only bad things about pictlogica Final fantasy are the wait times for unlocking new areas, and the fact that the battles can be kind of tough because I can't read Japanese. Like do I just have bad team comp, or do I have to come back to these battles later after I can level up?

[tmma1869]

I'm so surprised that Kam'lanaut's Mobius artwork is among the FFXI icons in PC Dissidia NT.

Is this icon in the PS4 version too? 😲

Also how come WoL's Mobius artwork is not among the FFI icons but certain RK and OO artworks are?

[miloscat]

[Review] Pictlogica Final Fantasy (3DS)

It’s been an epic 8-month journey but I finally solved a bunch of logic puzzles.

I first became familiar with Pictlogica Final Fantasy thanks to its artwork: characters from across the whole of Square’s long-running RPG franchise in a cute unified chibi style, standing on cubes, and newly created SNES-style sprites for them all as well. Then I found its internationally available (albeit still in Japanese language) smartphone version; this had lots of content updates, rendering more and more obscure characters in said art style, but sadly was a fundamentally disappointing experience as it consisted solely of the “battle mode”, quick-fire mini-Picrosses that trigger attacks in turn-based battles. It was dull, repetitive, and reflex-based, a far cry from what I actually enjoyed about solving nonograms.

Learning about the Japanese 3DS release (with its pretentious use of the "≓” symbol in its name) was a further cause of annoyance, as it had traditional-style Picross puzzles covering Final Fantasy subject matter, but much like Club Nintendo Picross and Club Nintendo Picross Plus, it was never localised on the region-locked handheld. And so when I got to finally borrow a JP region console (a long-term loan that is now concluded) this was the first thing I checked out.

Turns out it was a free-to-play release like Pokemon Picross, only the gating for a non-paying player is to wait in between each “world” (a set of 10 puzzles). The waits start at a few hours but quickly rocket up to two week delays. I decided that rather than pay, I could wait. A fortnightly dose of puzzling was nice, compared to my usual binging pace with these games. I’m still not able to complete the game though, as two bonus worlds were only unlockable through codes given from the official website and by connecting to the app version, both of which were discontinued a mere 18 months after this version’s release. What a mess. There’s a physical release as well; I assume it just has everything unlocked, but I don’t know about the bonus puzzles.

Anyway, I was quite pleased with the offering here. This is an official Jupiter Picross product, just under a different name, and it has all the quality and features that you’d expect with their output (and the lovely 3DS touch screen play experience). In all there’s 310 available puzzles (of which one in each world is in Mega Picross style) minus the inaccessible bonus worlds, and three Micross montage puzzles. That’s plenty to do even if you get them all at once.

On top of that, the battle mode is included here. About half the puzzles give you a chance to recruit a character, which you do by fighting some monster waves and a boss through the rapid-solving process of the mobile game. Getting better characters and levelling them up lets you fight harder battles, and there’s lots of freedom to mix and match your team of five. A lot of the nuance of this mode was lost on me due to the language barrier, and towards the end it just gets too inscrutably punishing; the fights are puzzles of another kind, except you’re slowly trying to figure out which team composition is best for a given fight by trial and error. It’s not what I was here for and I found it tedious and irritating by the end, but I liked building a team of my favourite all-stars from the first six instalments (plus Mystic Quest!) and seeing everyone lined up together in a consistent art style.

If I could pick a nit with the puzzles, most of them have you rendering a small part of a sprite from the games, or a newly created close-up portrait for all the post-VI characters. Upon solving it, the view then zooms out to show you the full picture that you just partially depicted. I found it slightly unsatisfying in the same way the pixel grids in Pokemon Picross (GBC) didn’t really correspond to the subject of the pixel art.

Other than that, this is a perfectly cromulent Picross game, and a wonderful fan-service fest for Final Fantasy followers. (To be clear, it covers the main games from 1 to 15, plus Advent Children, X-2, XIII-2, Type-0, Mystic Quest, Tactics, Tactics Advance, Tactics A2, the Crystal Chronicles games, and World of.) I feel a perverse pride at having cleared it for free, a quiet satisfaction at having solved all the grids without hints, and a baseline annoyance that the game remains region-locked, that some puzzles are now locked forever, and that the mobile game had a whole ton of extra characters that aren’t in this version. Oh well!

[uinre]

LIGHTNING FARRON FROM FINAL FANTASY XIII IN THE OTHER GAMES

Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special (2004) Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (2011) Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (2012) Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (2015) Pictlogica: Final Fantasy (2017) Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia (2017) Final Fantasy Explorers-Force (2018) War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (2019) Puzzle & Dragons x Final Fantasy // Monster Strike x Final Fantasy.

[tinycartridge]

I will happily accept Final Fantasy picross for 3DS ⊟ 

Called Pictlogica Final Fantasy -- an oddly rational name, given the series -- the game will release on 3DS eShop in Japan July 12. If you already have the mobile version, which I do as of just this second, you can share characters across?

There’s some RPG stuff like summons and character leveling, somehow tied into the ross-piccing. No announcement for the west yet, but certainly this is Square Enix’s big E3 game right here. Thanks to Ollie for the tip!

BUY World of Final Fantasys

[prynacle]

Pictlogica FF || Noctis’ Armiger

[nintendocafe]

Pictlogica Final Fantasy coming to Nintendo 3DS