History Headscratchers / FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight

* Why are Lucifer and Satan separate beings in this game? This always seemed odd to me, particularly how they have opposite powers (Lucifer is light, Satan is darkness).

** Perhaps time was in poor shape even before the obvious Crash later.

** I'd attribute this to cultural misunderstandings, similar to how the Japanese interpreted Valentine's Day as a day for women to explicitly rank their affection of men with chocolate. A good example of this in reverse, translating a Japanese concept into English, is from DigimonAdventure. Joe Kido's virtue is Seijitsu which has been translated as Reliability, Honesty, Loyalty, and Faith. All a true but also don't quite hit the mark.

* How do Jusqua and Aire use the Black Mage and White Mage jobs as soon as they arrive in Liberte? Yunita and Brandt don't unlock them until afterwards.

** Also, Brandt didn't ditch Yunita ''for'' the cat. He ditched her and then the cat showed up apparently wanting to join him, so he shrugged and let it follow him.

** I'd attribute this to cultural misunderstandings, similar to how the Japanese interpreted Valentine's Day as a day for women to explicitly rank their affection of men with chocolate. A good example of this in reverse is from DigimonAdventure. Joe Kido's virtue is Seijitsu which has been translated as Reliability, Honesty, Loyalty, and Faith.

** I'd attribute this to cultural misunderstandings, similar to how the Japanese interpreted Valentine's Day as a day for women to express their love instead of just a day for romance. A good example of this in reverse is from DigimonAdventure. Joe Kido's virtue is Seijitsu which has been translated as Reliability, Honesty, Loyalty, and Faith.

** Brandt wanted to become "stronger", so he felt [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself he had to go on by himself]]. Jusqua, who felt responsible for Aire [[BalefulPolymorph being transformed into a cat]], was too ashamed to face Yunita, who was part of Aire's personal guard. (Even if she [[FailureKnight wasn't very good]] at her job.) Alternatively, neither of them wanted to take the chance that her FailureKnight status was contagious.

**** [[SarcasmMode Thanks. Thanks a lot.]] Now I'm wondering if now this entry belongs under the HighOctaneNightmareFuel heading.

*** unless of course, you entered cetus through the uh...the..ugh.

** Brandt wanted to become "stronger", so he felt [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself he had to go on by himself]]. Jusqua, who felt responsible for Aire [[BalefulPolymorph being transformed into a cat]], was too ashamed to face Yunita, was part of Aire's personal guard. (Even if she [[FailureKnight wasn't very good]] at her job.) Alternatively, neither of them wanted to take the chance that her FailureKnight status was contagious.

* I really don't get why on earth Brandt ditched Yunita... for a ''cat'' (even if it was [[spoiler:Aire]], Brandt had no way of knowing until Arbor). Or why Jusqua ditched her, even if his reasons were a bit more justified it still doesn't make any sense to me. So, uh, just ''what'', you two, ''what''?

** The Japanese title also uses the character "4", but it isn't seen as quite so unprofessional there, so still no excuse.

** The game deliberately went against some of the classic FF name conventions. For instance, the Black Mage job in Japan is usually called Kuromadoushi while in this game it's called Kuromahoutsukai

* Why is the character '4' used in the title instead of 'four'? It looks unprofessional and out of place. Were they trying to tie FFIII and FFV together with another installment that has a '4' and a job system?

*** unless of course, you entered cetus through the uh...the..ugh.

** Probably not. When you awaken him (her?), he's facing north away from where the whirlpool appears, plus the fact that the whirlpool is at the Port, not the island...

** It's probably the inside of Cetus.

* What is with the Whirlpool in Liberte? It's hardly explained ''at all'' in the game (most things aren't IIRC), and the only known facts are that it appears at night, between the port and the island, and it has great [[spoiler:cursed]] treasure. What really bugs (and [[NightmareFuel disturbs]] me) is... ''why on earth is it a WombLevel''?!

** At the Fighter issue, there is also a separate Monk crown. Not sure what's with the bandit issue - may be that thief is more of an insult or something like that.
** The game deliberately went against some of the classic FF name conventions. For instance, the Black Mage job in Japan is usually called Kuromadoushi while in this game it's called Kuromahoutsukai

* Why is the monk called "Fighter" and the thief called "bandit" and why don't any of the jobs wear their iconic adorable hats?

'''Wrath:''' Assigned to Horne. They're the only country that's amassing an army for world domination so I guess it fits the best.