#ffcc is life!!!

[dany36]

IT’S HERE!!!! 😍😍😍😍

[kechichronicles]

I'm happy to announce that the Crystal Chronicles Fan Music Masterlist I've been gently curating has finally been updated with new music, along with fixing and cleaning up dead links!

With this update I've gone and created a new layout to make things way easier to navigate! Simply click on a song to see all of the fanmade music I've found for it! It should work on Mobile too so have fun guys!

[master-infinity]

Artwork to celebrate Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles 20th Anniversary

[kplays]

Quiet poll victories Mobius, chocobo mystery Dungeons, and theateythem final fantasy curtain call.

Now, as hoped for by @livefromrhythmridge , it's time for the crystal chronicles poll

Crystal defenders are here too, as I think this is the last of the subseries and that next week will start on the main series related games

*tag later when looking up if Tumblr has tags for most of these

[kechiarts]

Alright I made an FFCC blog to hold all of my fave FFCC posts/arts/etc so if y'all see me mass reblogging it's cuz I'm filling it up with all the goodies~

Edit: Man had to edit this cuz apparently I hit the reblog limit XD

I've never hit the reblog limit in my life so I guess I'm now mass liking all my faves to reblog later XD

[the-crystal-in-chronicles]

“Happy New Year” Crystal Chronicles artwork by Toshiyuki Itahana. Posted on the old official Crystal Chronicles blog back in 2008.

[closedrop]

Genesis would have jealousy fantasies

You can’t argue this with me because so he would

[sack-thing]

When you have (close to) no feedback on your fics you have no idea if you have any reader. But still you keep going.

[imperial-nuisance-rudje]

Found an encyclopedia eorzea template, decided to fill out shayun's entry like he was a crossover normal raid npc. I don't think the water damage/spilled ink look worked out, but by the time it clearly wasn't working sunk cost had set in, so.

NOT his main timeline but i like thinking about how he'd work as an NPC while actually altering as little as i can so, more under the cut.

In this version, he Exalts at a normal time for deebs rather than Exalting as an adult due to extraordinary circumstance, and it ends up making him simultaneously the only member of the light party circle (since the other two exalt over the course of the first tier) familiar enough with anything coming from Creation to act on it, but also he's still operating on FF14 assumptions of reality and his exaltation and who he's reincarnated from are the only real links he has to Creation! The idea is that he goes from suspicious due to seeming to know to much to the player realize that he's still pretty damn clueless and his Great Curse is manifesting as suicidal plans to strike against the invading Deathlord (who, yes, is my Deathlord OC. if i'm hypothetically in a position to do this in the first place i'm in a position to be self-indulgent). The tier 2 capstone fight is against him, Fraj, and Myste (here rendered as an adult and called "the Shadow"), as he's losing his mind a little over how much the WoL is interfering with his ability to end his life.

This being FFXIV, exhausting him by kicking his ass means being able to drag him back and hand him to people who were worried about him, leaving only tier 3 to have a 100% hit rate of fighting Exalted concepts.

Oh, side note: the miasma is part of this raid being a giant love letter to Crystal Chronicles as well--the unlock dungeon would reference rebena te ra, the mushroom forest, and conall curach, the music would take cues from crystal chronicles' utterly unique soundtrack, you'd initially drive off the miasma to explore the Shadowlands by using a smaller version of the myrrh container in FFCC (with the nod of how it works mentioning that the liquid inside is "a heavily perfumed cocktail including myrrh, bitter herbs, alcohol, and crystal sand", and that mixture would be used to protect the research outpost as well. the visual effect the barrier causes in ffcc would also show up in the shadowlands dungeon!). It helps that Crystal Chronicles is about a ruin being brought about by an external force, and using a lot of those ff elements would more smoothly knit together the crossover and the base setting.

"perhaps you think about this too much" what else am i supposed to do when doing dishes

[dany36]

some more commentary from the FFCC remastered edition OST booklet, including some words from Donna Burke! just love reading how much this game's music means to the people involved with breathing it to life. but most importantly, i wanted to include Ryoma Araki's comments since all of it rang true, especially this part:

The period instruments used in the score breathe life into the world, and the game wouldn't be the same without them. To my knowledge, no other title has put such instruments front and center before or since, or elevated game music like this one has.

full transcript for the images above found after the jump :)

Commentary from Ryoma Araki (game director):

To this day, the soundtrack of FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES holds special memories for many people. The period instruments used in the score breathe life into the world, and the game wouldn't be the same without them. To my knowledge, no other title has put such instruments front and center before or since, or elevated game music like this one has. When this remaster project began, we were adamant that the game mustn't lose that identity. Initially we aimed to keep the music exactly as it was when the game first released, but Hidenori Iwasaki is a stickler for quality and pushed us to include the original music and the retouched versions -- now both are available in the game. The new songs and rerecorded vocals are of the highest caliber. In our eyes, there was no room for compromise. Without a shadow of a doubt, this album is the collective work of the best music specialists I've had the pleasure of working with.

Commentary from Yae (Vocals, Storytelling Narration):

Hello, I'm Yae. I did the vocals for "Morning Sky" and "Moonless Starry Night," as well as the narration in the main game. The main themes "Morning Sky" and "Moonless Starry Night" are infused with musical influences from around the world that create beautiful and magnificent melodies. The remaster features new records, and I was honored to be a part of them. I've grown as a person since the game's original release, and I hope people can discern the added maturity in my singing voice. I sang with heartfelt love and emotion, and I hope that this journey of adventure gives players the courage they need to overcome even the most difficult of times.

Commentary from Donna Burke (Vocals, Storytelling Narration, Lyrics Translation):

Words cannot express how grateful I am that FFCC has been remastered and released for a whole new generation of gamers. Back in 2003 it was thrilling to be asked to sing, adapt lyrics and narrate for a FF game and I am so proud to be a part of the Final Fantasy world. I love singing "Moonless Starry Night" and "Morning Sky" at my concerts. The songs are filled with longing and emotion and I wish you all love and joy as you play this game and listen to the new updated recordings.

Commentary from Masahiro Kataoka (Studio R.E.E.L.) / Lyrics

Since FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES was made, right up to today, I've felt that the memories of our journeys should be held in high esteem. This is because our journeys are spun of a story that's one-of-a-kind, utterly irreplaceable. Every player who traversed the world of FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES holds their own personal memories of the journey. Memories of the many towns, forests, and mountains. Memories spanning over many years of adventure. Those cherished moments transformed into light, and then hope, and traveled here, to now, to the future! Now the stage is set for those travelers to create new memories that spin new tales, cast new rays of light that live on in their hearts. I'd be delighted if the hope for the future that shines in these stories inspires the same in every player.

[kechichronicles]

Special Art Cards for My Life as a Darklord from the Final Fantasy TCG!

[writer-of-worlds]

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🍓Strawberry - What was the first thing that you remember coming up with about this Wip? Was it a feeling? A character?

For my FFCC fic, Life Changes, I read another fic that inspired me to write that one! All I remembered was "This fic was so good, I HAVE to write mine with my OCs!" and immediately start thinking of how my boys meet, what they usually do together, etc! That was nearly three years ago LOL

[ra-vio]

I was going through my screenshots. I love Pavlov and King Leo.

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I'm sorry. This thing needed to get out of my head 😂

For those who don't know, FFCC: My Life as a King is another FFCC title that settles after the original FFCC. I'll let the official cover for you to see. :3

[the-not-witches-art-cottage]

working on world map for my original stuff based on a dream i had

[serpenttailedangel]

!!!

They changed the second verse in the riddle!

Urg... I guess the new verse is a lot easier to decipher, but it doesn’t sound as appealing at all. I’m going to keep reciting it the old way.

Of crumbled inn few reminisce, its faulty beams will not be missed~