Looking at localization in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

By Spencer . July 14, 2007 . 9:44pm

Got the pleasure of checking out the USA/Europe build of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions and I’m glad to say it’s shaping up well. The team behind Final Fantasy XII took the task to re-localize Final Fantasy Tactics and preserve the fantasy world of Ivalice. Instead of “magic” you have “magick”, the lancer class is appropriately named “Dragoon” and the oracle class is now renamed to Mystic. The special attack names for the Mystic class and the Monk are also more eloquent instead of spin punch or blind. As an added bonus the cutscenes are fully voiced in the Square-Enix USA version, instead of being silent films in the Japanese release. This is going to be the first time anyone will hear Ramza and Delita speak.

Other new features in the PSP release are co-op/competitive multiplayer, cameos (see them here!) and the two new job classes.

TAGS: Final Fantasy, Localization, PSP, Square Enix

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9 Responses to “Looking at localization in Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions”

Judo Says:
July 15th, 2007 at 5:08 am

Shouldn’t be “Empty or not”?

Aoshi00 Says:
July 15th, 2007 at 5:57 am

Guess it really outdoes the Jpn version, just like we get to hear DQ VIII’s voice-over in the Eng version first.

coffeemate Says:
July 15th, 2007 at 11:09 am

o gawd fully voiced?! I creamed my pants after just those few words.

I’ll be expecting quality voice actors, SE!

Spencer Says:
July 15th, 2007 at 11:24 am

@Judo - hahaha I can’t believe you noticed that, you’re right though.

@coffeemate - only cutscenes are voiced, not the entire game. Still pretty cool though

Pichi Says:
July 15th, 2007 at 11:43 am

Is that really a spelling error or the way of speech? They say “ser” now instead of “sir”, so I’m wondering if there is any more of these types of speech.

I’ll miss the Oracle name and so many others, oh! ^_^;;

Kheldar Says:
July 16th, 2007 at 2:54 am

That’s actually perfectly correct grammar, if one not widely used. I find it adds to the world if they use olden English. Of course if they start speaketh riketh dath in every word I’ll go batshit crazy.

Also: IS THE LAGGING FIXED!??!

Alexander Says:
July 16th, 2007 at 7:11 am

Oh sweet voice overs.

“Also: IS THE LAGGING FIXED!??!”

I second that question. Also, does the audio sound downgraded?

Fiska Says:
July 16th, 2007 at 1:41 pm

Yes, POST SOMETHING ON THE LAG PROBLEM. It’s no minor issue, no matter what fanboys seem to think. Tactics is my favorite game of all time, but I just won’t accept a technically worse version than the one I already play on my PSP. It shouldn’t have been an issue. I also want to know how the hell the lag made it through testing, assuming they tested it at all.

Spencer Says:
July 16th, 2007 at 1:59 pm

I’m going to be honest I didn’t sit there with a stopwatch and test to see if it’s different from the laggy Japanese version. But there was a delay when casting spells. Whether it’s the same or better than the JPN release I can’t say for sure. I might be able to get a second hands on with it soon and if I get a chance I’ll clock it.