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* CityOfCanals: Vence, City of Water, is basically a fantasy Venice complete with gondolas and a European aesthetic.

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''Fantasian'' is an UsefulNotes/AppleArcade exclusive EasternRPG created by Mistwalker and developed by ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.

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starts [[note]]'''Clockwise from bottom:''' [[TheHero Leo]], [[TheCaptain Zinikr]], [[IneffectualLoner Tan]], [[TheArtfulDodger Ez]], [[TokenRobot Prickle]], [[BadassBookworm Valrika]], [[WhiteMagicianGirl Kina]]\\\
'''Center:''' [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse Cheryl]][[/note]]]]

''Fantasian'' is an UsefulNotes/AppleArcade exclusive EasternRPG UsefulNotes/AppleArcade-exclusive [[EasternRPG JRPG]] created by Mistwalker and developed by ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details Uematsu.

Mechteria, mechanical blobs that [[EnergyAbsorption drain people's energy]], are slowly infesting the Queendom of Vibra, making land uninhabitable and forcing people out of their homes. No one knows how the infestation started or how to stop it, and the situation grows more dire with each passing day.

Enter Leo, an intrepid researcher looking for his father and [[AmnesiacHero his memories]], as well as
a struggle way back to the Machine Realm that he accidentally abandoned his companions [[RobotBuddy Prickle and Clicker]] in. Unfortunately, the only recent event he can remember is a brief image of a [[MysteriousWaif mysterious girl]], who turns out to be Kina, a healer from the Frontier Town of En and your first party member.

As they journey across the different realms, Leo forms a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits party of diverse characters]] dedicated to uncovering the truth and restoring balance to a world caught
between [[BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous Chaos and Order]].

''Fantasian'' has TurnBasedCombat similar to VideoGame/FinalFantasyX, where you can see the
order of who will attack, and chaos in certain actions can affect this turn order. Something unique to this game is the game's world.
addition of a Dimengeon, a device that allows the player to store random encounters in a PocketDimension to be fought all at once at a later time, greatly streamlining exploration and helping LevelGrinding.

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''Fantasian'' is an Apple Arcade exclusive EasternRPG created by Mistwalker and developed by ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.

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''Fantasian'' is an Apple Arcade UsefulNotes/AppleArcade exclusive EasternRPG created by Mistwalker and developed by ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Said almost word for word by [[spoiler:Blue to Tan]] after [[spoiler:Tan refuses to become a spy again and threatens to kill him]].

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Said almost word for word by [[spoiler:Blue to Tan]] after [[spoiler:Tan refuses to become a spy again and threatens to kill him]].him]].
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** A bottle of wine on the floor of a residence in Vence is labelled "VideoGame/FinalFantasy 30th Anniversary".

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** A bottle of wine on the floor of a residence in Vence is labelled "VideoGame/FinalFantasy 30th Anniversary"."[[VideoGame/FinalFantasy FF]] 30 Year Anniversary Wine".

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* CompanyCrossReferences: The Orbling-type monsters have basically been plucked directly from Terra Battle.



* CrossCompanyReferences: The Orbling-type monsters have basically been plucked directly from Terra Battle.

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* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** Leo's Dimengeon, which allows the player to store a number of random encounters to be fought all at once at a later time.

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* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
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AntiFrustrationFeatures: Leo's Dimengeon, which allows the player to store a number of random encounters to be fought all at once at a later time.



* CrossCompanyReferences: The Orbling-type monsters have basically been plucked directly from Terra Battle.
* CrossPoppingVeins: Enemies that have been taunted will sport these.



** The Chaos Basilisk's two main tricks, [[spoiler: World of Death, which curses your party members every turn, and Death Stare, which can OneHitKO your party members, can be nullified by equipping Curse Null gems on everyone and inflicting it with the [[TemporaryBlindness Mist]] ailment]].

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** The Chaos Basilisk's two main tricks, [[spoiler: World of Death, which curses your party members every turn, and Death Stare, which can OneHitKO your party members, can be nullified by equipping Curse Null gems on everyone and inflicting it with the [[TemporaryBlindness Mist]] ailment]].ailment]].
** The [[spoiler: Shadow of Yim]] can use Distortion of Reality, which creates two identical clones of the boss that will explode and damage you if hit. [[spoiler:To identify who the real Yim is, use Taunt on her beforehand]].


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** A bottle of wine on the floor of a residence in Vence is labelled "VideoGame/FinalFantasy 30th Anniversary".
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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Cheryl starts throwing haphazardly throwing books around in the Midi Toy Box after Leo says that he was only interested in her necklace and accidentally trips the hidden entrance to the basement, covering it up with an IMeantToDoThat statement.

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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Cheryl starts throwing haphazardly throwing books around in the Midi Toy Box after Leo says that he was only interested in her necklace and accidentally trips the hidden entrance to the basement, covering it up with an IMeantToDoThat statement.



* HomeBase: Valrika's laboratory becomes this for the party at the end of Part 1.

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* HomeBase: Valrika's laboratory becomes this for the party at the end of Part 1. When you’re not using them, it’s implied that your party members hang out here.



** Cheryl and Kina [[spoiler:get kidnapped by Vam]] and end up in the Machine Realm, leaving Leo behind in the Human Realm.
** Leo, Zinikr, and Ez get separated [[spoiler:after they jump in the wormhole]], leading to Leo landing in the Chaos Realm, and Ez and Zinikr ending up in different places in the Human Realm.

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** Cheryl and Kina [[spoiler:get kidnapped by Vam]] and end up in taken to the Machine Realm, leaving Leo behind in the Human Realm.
** Leo, Zinikr, and Ez get separated [[spoiler:after they jump in the wormhole]], leading to Leo landing in the Chaos Realm, Realm and Ez and Zinikr ending up in different places in the Human Realm.



* TemptingFate: One [=NPC=] describes the Uzra is described as "totally sandstorm-proof." No points for guessing what natural disaster nearly wrecks the ship.

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* TemptingFate: One [=NPC=] describes the Uzra is described as "totally sandstorm-proof." No points for guessing what natural disaster nearly wrecks the ship.
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* StandardStatusAilments: Mist, Curse, Sleep, and Poison.

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* StandardStatusAilments: StatusEffects: Mist, Curse, Sleep, and Poison.
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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Cheryl starts throwing haphazardly throwing books around in the Midi Toy Box after Leo says that he was only interested in her necklace and accidentally trips the hidden entrance to the basement, covering it up with an IMeantToDoThat statement.

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* CliffhangerCopout: It's never explained how Prickle and Clicker got out of the above situation.

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* ** CliffhangerCopout: It's never explained how Prickle and Clicker got out of the above situation.



* DevelopersForesight: You gain Cheryl's bedchamber in the Vibran Palace as a warp point around the middle of Part 1. However, [[spoiler: if you try warping there when you need to go back to the Palace in Part 2, you find that her door is conveniently blocked by mechteria, which forces you to fight your way through the palace entrance]].



** Zinikr calls Leo a "Sandsea dog" for trying to steal Cheryl's necklace, and tells him to not "look a gift Sandseahorse in the mouth" when they get a potential way out of jail.

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** Zinikr calls Leo a "Sandsea dog" for trying to steal sneaking into Cheryl's necklace, bedroom, and tells him to not "look a gift Sandseahorse in the mouth" when they get a potential way out of jail.



* HomeBase: Valrika's laboratory becomes this at the end of Part 1.

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* HomeBase: Valrika's laboratory becomes this for the party at the end of Part 1.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The party finds out that [[spoiler:by defeating Vam, they've only furthered Jas's plan to destroy and remake the world]].



** Leo accidentally warps to En without Prickle and Clicker, leaving them behind in the Thaumatech Factory.

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** Leo accidentally warps to En without Prickle and Clicker, leaving them behind in the Thaumatech Factory.Factory in the Machine Realm.


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* ShoutOut:
** In the Coliseum, Leo expresses amazement that Ez was able to take down a monster by himself, and wishes that he and Zinikr had tricks like that. Zinikr's response? "Don't be silly, Leo. [[Advertising/TrixRabbit Tricks are for kids]]."

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* ArcWords: "Order," "Chaos," and "Zero."



* {{Cliffhanger}}: The ActionPrologue ends with Prickle and Clicker surrounded by the newly-repaired Robo Organizer and a swarm of angry robots.
* CoolAirship: The Uzra. InUniverse too, as one sidequest involves gathering people who wish to travel on it again.

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The ActionPrologue ends with Prickle and Clicker noting that Leo dropped something as they are surrounded by the newly-repaired Robo Organizer and a swarm of angry robots.
* CliffhangerCopout: It's never explained how Prickle and Clicker got out of the above situation.
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CoolAirship: The Uzra. InUniverse too, Uzra, also known as the "floating palace of the Sandsea." En holds a celebration when it docks in the harbor, and one sidequest in Part 2 involves gathering people who wish to travel on it again.



* HomeBase: Valrika's laboratory becomes this at the end of Part 1.



* TurnsRed: Almost a literal example with the Chaos Basilisk. [[spoiler:When it is down to less than half health, it casts World Of Death, which curses your party every turn and tints the battlefield dark red.]]

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* StandardStatusAilments: Mist, Curse, Sleep, and Poison.
* TemptingFate: One [=NPC=] describes the Uzra is described as "totally sandstorm-proof." No points for guessing what natural disaster nearly wrecks the ship.
* TurnsRed: Several bosses do this.
** The Robo-Organizer changes to Overclock mode when it is damaged enough, dramatically boosting its attack power.
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Almost a literal example with the Chaos Basilisk. [[spoiler:When it is down to less than half health, it casts World Of Death, which curses your party every turn and tints the battlefield dark red.]]

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* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** Leo's Dimengeon, which allows the player to store a number of random encounters to be fought all at once at a later time.
** Skills and buffs obtained from characters' growth maps can be removed, and you will get back all of the [=SP=] you spent on them, allowing you to readjust stats and skills between fights.



* BlatantLies: The Merchant's Guild's reaction to Ez accusing them of plagiarizing his one of his inventions:
-->'''Ez:''' Wait a sec! Even this is a rip-off! I designed that same brainwave transmitter to help cure headaches!
-->'''Guild Member:''' N-No, you didn't! This is a completely different device! With different, uh, waves!
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The ActionPrologue ends with Prickle and Clicker surrounded by the newly-repaired Robo Organizer and a swarm of angry robots.



* PartyScattering: Happens twice in Part 1.

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* PartyScattering: Happens twice three times in Part 1.1.
** Leo accidentally warps to En without Prickle and Clicker, leaving them behind in the Thaumatech Factory.


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* PuzzleBoss: Some of the boss fights fall into this.
** The Chaos Basilisk's two main tricks, [[spoiler: World of Death, which curses your party members every turn, and Death Stare, which can OneHitKO your party members, can be nullified by equipping Curse Null gems on everyone and inflicting it with the [[TemporaryBlindness Mist]] ailment]].


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* TurnsRed: Almost a literal example with the Chaos Basilisk. [[spoiler:When it is down to less than half health, it casts World Of Death, which curses your party every turn and tints the battlefield dark red.]]
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''Fantasian'' is an Apple Arcade exclusive RolePlayingGame created by Mistwalker and developed by ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.

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''Fantasian'' is an Apple Arcade exclusive RolePlayingGame EasternRPG created by Mistwalker and developed by ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.
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* CreatorCameo: Creator/AkiraToriyama, who created one of the dioramas, appears as an writer who decides that his next work will be called [[Manga/DragonBall Dragon Dot]].


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* DefeatMeansFriendship: After you defeat the monster that the Merchant's Guild summons to fight you, Ez and the Guild call a truce and start working to produce merchandise together.


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* HoldYourHippogriffs:
** Zinikr calls Leo a "Sandsea dog" for trying to steal Cheryl's necklace, and tells him to not "look a gift Sandseahorse in the mouth" when they get a potential way out of jail.
** Cheryl and Sebastian swear "by the Founders."


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* PartyScattering: Happens twice in Part 1.
** Cheryl and Kina [[spoiler:get kidnapped by Vam]] and end up in the Machine Realm, leaving Leo behind in the Human Realm.
** Leo, Zinikr, and Ez get separated [[spoiler:after they jump in the wormhole]], leading to Leo landing in the Chaos Realm, and Ez and Zinikr ending up in different places in the Human Realm.


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* ShmuckBait: The chest holding the [[spoiler:Eternal Holy superboss]] is described in-game as "ominous, foreboding, yet strangely tempting."

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* CoolAirship: The Uzra.

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* CoolAirship: The Uzra. InUniverse too, as one sidequest involves gathering people who wish to travel on it again.



* PocketDimension: Leo's Dimengeon can send up to 30 (later 40) monsters you encounter to one of these to be fought later.

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* PocketDimension: Leo's Dimengeon can send up to 30 (later 40) 50) monsters you encounter to one of these to be fought later.



* WeaponizedOffspring: The [[spoiler:Mechteria Blob in East Vence]] fights with smaller Mechteria monsters that bud off.

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* WeaponizedOffspring: Several monsters and bosses do this.
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The [[spoiler:Mechteria Blob Blobs in East Vence]] fights Vence and the Vibran Royal Palace]] fight with smaller Mechteria monsters that bud off.

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* CriticalHit: Most attacks and offensive skills (barring Ez's [[FixedDamageAttack grenades]]) can do this. Some characters can learn skills that will temporarily boost their critical rate, and one of Tan's weapons makes it so his blows either [[AllOrNothing land a critical or miss completely]].



* LetMeGetThisStraight: Leo's reaction to one of the robots explaining that they upgraded the Secret Base's communicator to find treasure chests.

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* LetMeGetThisStraight: Leo's reaction to one of the robots explaining trying to explain that they upgraded the Secret Base's communicator to find treasure chests.

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* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Some of the treasure chests contain armor that can be equipped onto your party members.



* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Cheryl is able to OneHitKO a swarm of Mechteria Jellyfish in a cutscene [[spoiler:in the Vibran Palace]], even if she's not at a high enough level to do it in battle.



* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: You can fight floating fish-like creatures.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mayor of Vence, who quickly agrees to evacuate the pier after the Uzra goes out of control and gives you permission to explore the Mechteria-infested East Vence.

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* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: You can fight floating fish-like creatures.
creatures called Piranharas.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: Leo's Warp Device [[spoiler:with gems from Cheryl's necklace powering it]], as it allows the party to warp between different realms.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: Leo's reaction to one of the robots explaining that they upgraded the Secret Base's communicator to find treasure chests.
* PocketDimension: Leo's Dimengeon can send up to 30 (later 40) monsters you encounter to one of these to be fought later.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mayor of Vence, who quickly agrees to evacuate the pier harbor after the Uzra goes out of control and gives you permission to explore the Mechteria-infested East Vence.Vence.
* RandomEncounters: How you encounter monsters, not surprising considering what its creator [[Franchise/FinalFantasy is known for]].



* WeaponizedOffspring: The [[spoiler:Mechteria Blob in East Vence]] fights with these.

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* WeaponizedOffspring: The [[spoiler:Mechteria Blob in East Vence]] fights with these.smaller Mechteria monsters that bud off.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Said almost word for word by [[spoiler:Blue to Tan]] after [[spoiler:Tan refuses to become a spy again]].

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Said almost word for word by [[spoiler:Blue to Tan]] after [[spoiler:Tan refuses to become a spy again]].again and threatens to kill him]].
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-->'''Cheryl:''' [[spoiler: Mother... was that really you?]]

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-->'''Cheryl:''' [[spoiler: Mother... was that really you?]]you?]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Said almost word for word by [[spoiler:Blue to Tan]] after [[spoiler:Tan refuses to become a spy again]].
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* RunningGag: Leo is ''awful'' at disabling the Toy Boxes' security systems.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Leo gives a comforting one to Ez when he blames himself for [[spoiler:letting go of Cheryl's hand when they were falling through the wormhole]].

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* ActionPrologue: The game opens with Leo, Prickle, and Clicker trying to escape a mysterious factory.

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* ActionPrologue: The game opens with Leo, Prickle, and Clicker trying to escape a mysterious factory.factory, before he warps to En and the game truly begins.


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* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Only three party members can be used at a time.


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* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: You can fight floating fish-like creatures.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mayor of Vence, who quickly agrees to evacuate the pier after the Uzra goes out of control and gives you permission to explore the Mechteria-infested East Vence.
* WeaponizedOffspring: The [[spoiler:Mechteria Blob in East Vence]] fights with these.
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Leo and Cheryl met at a masquerade ball before the game started, but due to his amnesia, he doesn't remember any of it.

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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Leo and Cheryl met at a masquerade ball before the game started, but due to his amnesia, he doesn't remember any of it.it.
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-->'''Cheryl:''' [[spoiler: Mother... was that really you?]]
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* CoolAirship: The Uzra.

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A new video game that came out on Apple Arcade. It was created by Mistwalker, with it being developed by ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.

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A new video game that came out on ''Fantasian'' is an Apple Arcade. It was Arcade exclusive RolePlayingGame created by Mistwalker, with it being Mistwalker and developed by ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.world.

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* ActionPrologue: The game opens with Leo, Prickle, and Clicker trying to escape a mysterious factory.
* AerithAndBob: Character names include Leo, Cheryl, Owen, Zinikr, and Folt.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Leo and Cheryl met at a masquerade ball before the game started, but due to his amnesia, he doesn't remember any of it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]][[caption-width-right:350:A new fantasy starts]]
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A new video game that came out on Apple Arcade. It was created by Mistwalker, with it being developed by FinalFantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.

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A new video game that came out on Apple Arcade. It was created by Mistwalker, with it being developed by FinalFantasy ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and composer Nobuo Uematsu. It details a struggle between order and chaos in the game's world.
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