Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Developer(s)Tose
Square Enix
Hi Corporation (iOS / Android)
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Designer(s)Hiroyuki Ito
Artist(s)Hiroshi Minagawa
Akihiko Yoshida
Hideo Minaba
Composer(s)Hitoshi Sakimoto
Masaharu Iwata
SeriesFinal Fantasy
Ivalice Alliance
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable, iOS, Android
Release
May 10, 2007
  • PlayStation Portable
    • JP: May 10, 2007
    • EU: October 5, 2007
    • AU: October 8, 2007
    • NA: October 9, 2007
    iOS
    • WW: August 4, 2011[1]
    Android
    • JP: February 14, 2013[3]
    • WW: June 4, 2015[2]
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (Japanese: ファイナルファンタジータクティクス 獅子戦争, Hepburn: Fainaru Fantajī Takutikusu Shishi Sensō) is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The game is an updated version of Final Fantasy Tactics made for the PlayStation, which was released in 1997.[4]

The War of the Lions is the second announced game in Square Enix's "Ivalice Alliance" series of video games set in the Ivalice fictional world. The first is Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (a sequel to Final Fantasy XII) and the third is Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (both of which were released on Nintendo DS).[5] Ivalice (during the setting of the game) has technology in line with the late medieval era of human history along with the typical magic and supernatural abilities found in most Final Fantasy games. Players control a mercenary named Ramza who finds himself embroiled in a civil war and an ancient demonic evil that has begun to take hold over the world. A noble by birth, he is forced to re-evaluate his opinion of commoners when his lowborn best friend starts a revolution against the ruling powers of Ivalice.

The game was overhauled during development to take advantage of the PSP's screen ratio and technical abilities which resulted in new cutscenes, the capacity for multiplayer, and other features. War of the Lions also includes new playable characters from other Final Fantasy titles, such as Balthier from Final Fantasy XII and Luso Clemens from Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, as well as returning favorite Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, who was playable in the original release of the game. The War of the Lions received strong reviews upon its release and has since been adapted for mobile phones and tablet devices.

  1. ^ ""FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: The War of the Lions" Product Information". Facebook. 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
  2. ^ SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd. "FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: WotL - Android Apps on Google Play". google.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-15.
  3. ^ "ファイナルファンタジータクティクス 獅子戦争 - SQUARE ENIX MARKET - SQUARE ENIX". square-enix.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-06-02.
  4. ^ Square Enix (2007-05-14). "Square Enix Allies Dragon Quest and Ivalice For North America". PR News Wire. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
  5. ^ IGN Staff (2006-12-13). "IGN: Final Fantasy Tactics Returns". IGN. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-03-01.