Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
Studio	Square Enix indieszero
Publisher	Square Enix
Senior Developer	Ichiro Hazama
Erstveröffent- lichung	April 24, 2014 September 16, 2014 September 19, 2014
platform	Nintendo 3DS
genre	Music game , role play
Subject	Fantasy , science fiction
Game mode	Single player , multiplayer
medium	Nintendo 3DS Card, Digital Distribution
language	Japanese , English
Age rating	USK PEGI

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is a video game for the Nintendo 3DS that was developed and published by Square Enix and indieszero in 2014 . It is the sequel to the 2012 theatrhythm Final Fantasy . Compared to its predecessor, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call offers a significantly larger selection of pieces of music, a revised game mode and the option to unlock additional characters. In Japan the game received mostly positive reviews, with Metacritic the game received a rating of 89 percent based on 52 player reviews .

development

The first sign of a continuation of the Theatrhythm series was given at the beginning of September 2013 with the entry of the word mark in the North American trademark register. About two weeks later, the official game title in Shonen Jump was announced. As of September 4, 2014, the official English-language demo version of the game was made available for download in the Nintendo eShop , with which additional game characters could be unlocked in the main game if this demo version was downloaded. According to producer Ichiro Hazama, Curtain Call should be the last game in the Theatrhythm series. However, at the end of 2014 a new title was announced with Theatrhythm Dragon Quest , which will initially appear in Japan in 2015.

Gameplay

As in the predecessor, the player in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call can assemble a team of four characters from all previously published Final Fantasy games to guide them through the individual tasks. The task is to successfully navigate the characters through a song without the health indicator dropping to zero. This happens as soon as the player does not follow a handicap correctly or leaves it out. Upon successful completion of a piece, the player receives so-called rhythm points .

As with Theatrhythm Final Fantasy , the songs are divided into three categories: Field music, battle music and event music, with only the first two appearing in the individual tasks and the event music only gradually can be unlocked. In the field music task, the player controls a single character through the entire length of a song and tries to hit the given characters correctly by dragging, pressing or moving the stylus on the screen. In combat music, the player controls the entire group and occasionally encounters bosses. In quests, boss fights can only be found in combat music. The event music task consists of fulfilling the requirements with the stylus at the right moment, while game sequences can be seen in the background. New features of the game include the Medley Quests , which replace the Chaos Shrine from its predecessor, the Card Crystarium with which the player can upgrade individual characters using the CollectaCards received during the game , Fat Chocobo - which now and then - at the end of a field music Task appears and leaves the player with a treasure chest upon successful completion, as well as various minor changes.

The game comprises a total of 221 pieces - without DLC - including music from the games Final Fantasy X-2 , Final Fantasy XIII-2 , Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII , Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn , Final Fantasy Type-0 , as well as from the franchises Tactics , Dissidia , Crystal Chronicles , Adventure and the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children . The player can put together his team of 60 characters - without DLC. In late December 2014, Square Enix announced a DLC that can also be used to add songs and characters from the non -Final Fantasy games Bravely Default and Chrono Trigger .

Characters and songs

Playable characters

character	game
Warrior of the light	Final Fantasy
Firion	Final Fantasy II
Onion Knight	Final Fantasy III
Cecil Harvey	Final Fantasy IV
Bartz Klauser	Final fantasy v
Terra Branford	Final Fantasy VI
Cloud Strife	Final Fantasy VII
Squall Leonheart	Final Fantasy VIII
Zidane Tribal	Final Fantasy IX
Tidus	Final Fantasy X
Shantotto	Final Fantasy XI
Vaan	Final Fantasy XII
Lightning	Final Fantasy XIII
Y'shtola	Final Fantasy XIV: Realm Reborn

Unlockable characters in game mode

During the game, the player gets different colored shards ( Engl. : Shards ) with which other characters can be unlocked. Chaos, on the other hand, cannot be unlocked with these shards, but is automatically unlocked after defeating it. Below is a list of the characters that can be unlocked in the game. DLC's are not taken into account.

character	game
Princess Sarah	Final Fantasy
Minwu	Final Fantasy II
Cid Haze	Final Fantasy III
Rydia	Final Fantasy IV
Cain Highwind
Edge Geraldine
Faris Scherwiz	Final fantasy v
Lenna Charlotte
Tycoon
Galuf Halm Baldesion
Locke Cole	Final Fantasy VI
Celes Chere
Edgar Roni Figaro
Tifa Lockhart	Final Fantasy VII
Sephiroth
Barret Wallace
Aerith Gainsborough
Seifer Almasy	Final Fantasy VIII
Rinoa Heartilly
Laguna Loire
Vivi Ornitier	Final Fantasy IX
Garnet Til Alexandros XVII
Eiko Carol
Yuna	Final Fantasy X
Auron
Jecht
Price	Final Fantasy XI
Aphmau
Lilisette
Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca	Final Fantasy XII
Balthier
Fran
Snow Villiers	Final Fantasy XIII
Hope Estheim
Oerba Dia vanilla
Serah Farron	Final Fantasy XIII-2
Noel Kreiss
Lightning	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Yuna	Final Fantasy X-2
Rikku
Paine
Benjamin	Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Ciaran	Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Tifa Lockhart	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Zack Fair	Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII
Ramza Beoulve	Final Fantasy Tactics
Agrias Oaks
Cosmos	Dissidia Final Fantasy
chaos
Ace	Final Fantasy Type-0
Machina Kunagiri
Rem Tokimiya

Songs

game	Field Music	Battle Music	Event Music
Final Fantasy	Main Theme Castle Cornelia Opening Theme Matoya’s Cave Mt. Gulg Airship Sunken Shrine	Battle Miniboss Battle Final Battle
Final Fantasy II	Main Theme Town Dungeon Tower of the Magi Finale	Battle Theme 1 The Rebel Army Battle Theme 2
Final Fantasy III	Crystal Cave Eternal Wind The Boundless Ocean Aria, the Maiden of Water Let Me Know the Truth The Crystal Tower	Battle 1 Battle 2 This is the Last Battle
Final Fantasy IV	The Red Wings Theme of Love Main Theme of Final Fantasy IV Troian Beauty Tower of Zot The Airship Within the Giant	Battle 1 Battle 2 Battle With The Four Friends The Final Battle
Final fantasy v	Four Hearts Harvest Home, Sweet Home Mambo de Chocobo The Airship A New World In Search of Light	Main Theme Of Final Fantasy V Battle 1 Battle at the Big Bridge The Decisive Battle The Final Battle
Final Fantasy VI	Terra's Theme Edgar & Sabin's Theme Celes’s Theme The Airship Blackjack Searching for Friends Kefka’s Tower	Battle The Decisive Battle Battle to the Death Dancing Mad
Final Fantasy VII	Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII Gold Saucer Cosmo Canyon The Highwind Takes to the Skies Judgment Day	Let the Battle Begin! Fight On! JENOVA Aerith's Theme The One-Winged Angel
Final Fantasy VIII	Blue Fields Find Your Way Waltz of the Moon Fisherman’s Horizon Ride On The Castle Ending Theme	Don't Be Afraid Force Your Way The Man with the Machine Gun Maybe I'm a Lion The Extreme
Final Fantasy IX	Over the Hill Dark City Treno Aboard the Hilda Garde Not Alone Behind the Door Melodies for Life - Final Fantasy A Place to Call Home	Battle 1 Battle 2 Swords of Fury Festival of the Hunt Something to Protect The Darkness of Eternity The Final Battle
Final Fantasy X	Zanarkand Spira Unplugged Mi'ihen Highroad Movement in Green Suteki Da Ne (Isn't It Wonderful?) Launch Servants of the Mountain A Fleeting Dream	Battle Theme Challenge Fight With Seymour Otherworld A Contest of Aeons Final Battle
Final Fantasy XI	Vana'diel March Ronafaure Gustaberg Sarutabaruta Heavens Tower Voyager Selbina The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah	Battle Theme FFXI Opening Theme Awakening Fighters of the Crystal Ragnarok Shinryu
Final Fantasy XII	Streets of Rabanastre The Dalmasca Estersand Heart of a Child Giza Plains The Mosphoran Highwaste The Arcadian Empire	Final Fantasy (FFXII Version) Boss Battle Battle with an Esper Life and Death Flash of Steel Struggle for Freedom Ending Movie
Final Fantasy XIII	The Sunleth Waterscape March of the Dreadnoughts The Gapra Whitewood The Archylte Steppe Dust to Dust	Blinded By Light Defiers of Fate Saber’s Edge Desperate Struggle Fighting Fate
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	To the Sun On Westerly Winds Serenity Engage	The Land Breathes Fallen Angel Torn from the Heavens Under the Weight	Answers
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest		Battle 1 Battle 2
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Dungeon		Dungeon Hero X's Theme Raffaello Battle Guardian of the Dark II
Dissidia Final Fantasy	Gate to the Rift	The Troop's Advance The Decisive Battle (arrangement: from Final Fantasy VI) Dissidia Ending Dissidia Final Fantasy (Final Trailer)
Final Fantasy Series		Chaos Shrine - TFFCC BMS Arrangement - From Final Fantasy	Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (Special Arrange Medley)
Final Fantasy Tactics	Prologue	Answers Antipyretic Ultima’s Transformation	Opening
Final Fantasy X-2	The Farplane Abyss We're the Gullwings	YRP, Fight! No. 1 Let Me Blow You a Kiss Resting Place	1000 words
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Sound of the Wind Across the Divide	Monster Ronde United, Heaven-Sent This Is the End for You!	Moonless Starry Night
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Cloud smiles	Those Who Fight (Piano Version) Divinity II J-ENOVA (Advent Children Version)	Advent: One-Winged Angel
Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII	Timely Ambush A Flower Blooming in the Slums	Encounter The SOLDIER Way The Price of Freedom	CRISIS CORE Theme - Dreams and Honor
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Gate to the Rift	Cantata Mortis Dissidia 012 [Duodecim] Trailer	Lux Concordiae
Final Fantasy Type-0	The Earth Under Our Feet Soar Tempus Finis	War: Worth a Thousand War: The White Weapon Vermilion Fire	We have come
Final Fantasy XIII-2	Historia Crux Groovy Chocobo Eclipse Noel’s Theme - Final Journey	The Last Hunter Etro’s Champion Heart of Chaos	Warrior Goddess
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	The Glittering City of Yusnaan The Dead Dunes	Crimson Blitz Chaos Lightning Returns	Savior of Souls

reception

Meta-ratings Database Rating GameRankings 84.81% Metacritic 83% reviews publication Rating Eurogamer 7/10 Famitsu 4/5 Game Informer 8/10 IGN 8.5 / 10 Polygon 8/10 Hardcore gamers 4/5

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call received a positive response in Japan . Three out of four critics of Famitsu rated the game with 9, one with 8 points, so that the game could achieve 35 out of a total of 40 possible points. In Japan, the game sold around 80,000 times within the first week of its release. Square Enix had a large number of the game produced. The reason for this was that the sales figures for the predecessor were so large that the company had problems handling the requests for the game.

Outside of Japan, too, the game received mostly positive reviews. Martin Eiser from Gamereactor described the game as "Fanservice Deluxe". He positively emphasized that the music of Nobuo Uematsu in particular , who was responsible for the music of most of the Final Fantasy games, "has something magical about it". Eiser said that the first game was just as well received, but that Curtain Call had a number of innovations that had a positive value. Lukas Schmid from PC Games underlined the opinion of many other reviewers in his criticism and was even of the opinion that Curtain Call was "better than its predecessor in all respects". The game was also well received by Gamezone . The large number of songs and playable characters was praised, but the game offers too little innovation compared to its predecessor, so that the critic comes to the conclusion that every buyer has to decide for himself whether the game should be bought or not, if you have already played the first part.

Web links

• official homepage
• Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call in the Final Fantasy Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Metacritic : Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
2. ↑ Game Rankings : Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
3. ↑ Eurogamer : Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call - Critique
4. ↑ Tim Turi: Game Informer : "A Massive Encore Of Nostalgia - Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call"
5. ↑ IGN Entertainment : Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call - Review
6. ↑ Polygon : "Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call review: dancing mad"
7. ↑ Steve Hannley: Hardcore Gamer : "Review: Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy Curtain Call"
8. ↑ ^{a b} Famitsu : Famitsu Review Scores
9. ↑ Ishaan: Siliconera : "Square Enix Was Prepared For Theatrhythm Fans This Time Around"
10. ↑ Martin Eiser: Gamereactor : Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call - Critique
11. ↑ Lukas Schmid: PC Games : THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY: CURTAIN CALL: nTest for 3DS - even better than its predecessor
12. ↑ Patrick Büssecker: Gamezone : Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call in the test: music game with the soundtracks of Final Fantasy