History VideoGame / FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles1

The first game in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' series, this was also the first installment of the [[RunningGag boil-lancingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise made for a Nintendo system since the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}}. It was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube as an action RPG, but also famously required UsefulNotes/{{GameBoy Advance}}s for multiplayer. The game sold well, but the requirement is considered a big reason it didn't sell better.

A remaster was released for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and the UsefulNotes/{{Android|games}} and UsefulNotes/{{iOS|games}} mobile platforms, featuring global online multiplayer with cross-play and cross-progression, additional voice acting, and new content including outfits, dungeons and bosses.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:The FinalBattle will have the player's memories manifest into a physical form and casting Cure on them turns the memories into special magicite. When the special magicite is used, the player will either cast Blizzaga, Thundaga, Firaga, Curaga, or Invincibility with zero casting time, allowing them to attack Raem hard and fast.]]

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:The Black Knight]]

* FourElementEnsemble: The four races are thematically based on the four classical elements. The clavats' down-to-earth nature, earth-toned hair and eye colors, and their reputation for farming represent Earth. Lilties, with their reputation as hotheads, propensity for blacksmithing, and their hairstyles that variously resemble flames, represent Fire. Yukes, with their wings and their reputation for being spacy, represent Air. Selkies, with their hair and eyes coming in various shades of blue and teal, having their only independent settlement being on an island, [[SelkiesAndWereseals and being named after a type of mythological water being]], represent Water.

* BareYourMidriff: Some of the Selkie designs (male ''and'' female) do this. Also the female Submarine Yuke in the ''Remastered Edition'', which reveals there's nothing to see.

*** The female Yuke design, Submarine, confirms that they are empty armor suits by way of BareYourMidriff.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Every single non-child female Selkie. Most noticeable in the end of year festival where the camera will pan by a dancing Selkie, [[MaleGaze at just the right angle to show off how bouncy she is.]] Clavats can get in on this in a roundabout fashion in the ''Remastered Edition'' with the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsADarkLord Mira]] DLC character skin, which lets female Clavats mimic the half-Selkie, half-Clavat princess, who has her own gainaxing.

* '''Selkie''': Appearing as humans with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair oddly colored hair]], they are thieves from the isle of Leuda. They use [[ImprobableWeaponUser racquets]] as weapons, and are the [[FragileSpeedster fastest]] of the four.

The first game in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' series, this was also the first installment of the [[RunningGag boil-lancingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise made for a Nintendo system since the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}}. It was release on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube as an action RPG, but also famously required UsefulNotes/{{GameBoy Advance}}s for multiplayer. The game sold well, but the requirement is considered a big reason it didn't sell better.

* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:During the final boss fight, memory bubbles of your characters' families show up, which you can collect... and use to cast magic which either makes you invincible or shoot FrickinLaserBeams.]]

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* BackThatLightUp: Playing the original title with original [=GBAs=] means it's not always easy to see what is going on in your info screen.

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: You can have 8 people in your caravan, but only 4 people can go into the dungeon areas at a time. This is justified by the gameplay mechanics, of all things; can you imagine trying to fit 8 people into the crystal chalice's tiny purification radius? Also hand-waved in universe, the caravan wagons are said to contain a small crystal to protect anyone staying behind.

* BackThatLightUp: Playing with original [=GBAs=] means it's not always easy to see what is going on in your info screen.

* EnemyScan: Only shows up for the multiplayer where one player can use the ability to see an enemy's HP on their GBA screen as well as any weaknesses and resistances.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The four races.
** Selkies are Sanguine, Lilties are Choleric, Yukes are Melancholic, and Clavats are Phlegmatic.

* GhostTown: Tida, Rebena Te Ra.

* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo: Sort of. If you want to play multiplayer, you have to have a Game Boy Advance (and link cable) for each player. To have four [=GBAs=], four link cables, and the game itself, one person would have to spend about ''$400''. Nintendo and Square Enix were banking on the fact that the GBA was outselling the [=GameCube=] four-to-one at the time, but didn't account for the fact that many owners of one did not own the other and may not have had friends who did. This is averted with the UpdatedRe
release, which opts for an online-only multiplayer experience where players on different platforms can band together to tackle the game's dungeons.[[note]]However, this change means that the game's version of local co-op, which originally still required linking the [=GameCube=] and GBA consoles, was excised completely.[[/note]]

* BareYourMidriff: Some of the Selkie designs (male ''and'' female) do this. Also the female Submarine Yuke in the Remastered Edition, which reveals there's nothing to see.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Every single non-child female Selkie. Most noticeable in the end of year festival where the camera will pan by a dancing Selkie, [[MaleGaze at just the right angle to show off how bouncy she is.]] Clavats can get in on this in a roundabout fashion in the Remastered Edition with the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesMyLifeAsADarkLord Mira]] DLC character skin, which lets female Clavats mimic the half-Selkie, half-Clavat princess, who has her own gainaxing.

* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo: Sort of. If you want to play multiplayer, you have to have a Game Boy Advance (and link cable) for each player. To have four [=GBAs=], four link cables, and the game itself, one person would have to spend about ''$400''. Nintendo and Square Enix were banking on the fact that the GBA was outselling the [=GameCube=] four-to-one at the time, but didn't account for the fact that many owners of one did not own the other and may not have had friends who did. This is averted with the Remastered re-release, which opts for an online-only multiplayer experience where players on different platforms can band together to tackle the game's dungeons.[[note]]However, this change means that the game's version of local co-op, which originally still required linking the Gamecube and GBA consoles, was excised completely.[[/note]]

** The DLC weapons in the Remastered Edition are all 5 (for Lilties) to 10 (for the other races) points stronger than the best weapons in the original game. This is meant to help speed the gameplay process up somewhat, as the Remaster added several new post-game dungeons to the game that are designed to be challenging even to players who decked themselves out in endgame equipment before beating the final boss.

* SceneryPorn: It's known for having some of the best graphics on the Gamecube.

* SocializationBonus: Hope you've got friends with [=GBAs=] and link cables handy for the original game, because you'll need them. Certain spells like Gravira, Graviga, and Holyra are only accessible when playing with friends since they're impossible to cast by yourself. This is significantly diminished in the Remaster: you'll only band together to tackle the game's dungeons and nothing else, so every other aspect of the original Gamecube title that was affected by playing in multiplayer (such as everyone getting letters from their families/[=NPCs=], the random map events picking different players to respond to the [=NPCs=] in each event, etc.) is effectively inaccessible in this version.

* AutoRevive: Having a Phoenix Down in your command slot will revive you upon dying, which is the only way to save your self in single player mode. Averted in multiplayer, where you can revive on your own with a Down from your inventory assuming all other players haven't died at the same time.

* AutoRevive: Having a Phoenix Down in your command slot will revive you upon dying, which is the only way to save your self in single player mode.

* BareYourMidriff: Some of the Selkie designs (male ''and'' female) do this. Also the female Submarine Yuke, which reveals there's nothing to see.

* FurBikini: The lady Selkies.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Every single female Selkie. Most noticeable in the end of year festival where the camera will pan by a dancing Selkie, [[MaleGaze at just the right angle to show off how bouncy she is.]]

* InstitutionalApparel: The Stiped Brigands wear purple and lilac striped clothes that make them look similar to escaped convicts from old-timey cartoons. Artemicion doesn't wear anything since he's a Moogle, but the stripes on his fur resemble prison stripes.

* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo: Sort of. If you want to play multiplayer, you have to have a Game Boy Advance (and link cable) for each player. To have four [=GBAs=], four link cables, and the game itself, one person would have to speand about ''$400''. Nintendo and Square Enix were banking on the fact that the GBA was outselling the [=GameCube=] four-to-one at the time, but didn't account for the fact that many owners of one did not own the other and may not have had friends who did.

* PurposelyOverpowered: [[spoiler:The special magicite in the FinalBattle are designed to be used without any cast time and are always powerful spells since Raem has a ton of HP.]]

* SocializationBonus: Hope you've got friends with [=GBAs=] and link cables handy for the original game, because you'll need them. Certain spells like Gravira, Graviga, and Holyra are only accessible when playing with friends since they're impossible to cast by yourself.

A remaster has been announced for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, and the UsefulNotes/{{Android|games}} and UsefulNotes/{{iOS|games}} mobile platforms, featuring global online multiplayer with cross-play and cross-progression, additional voice acting, and new content including outfits, dungeons and bosses. It is set to come out on August 27, 2020.