Final Fantasy VIII

Original title: Fainaru fantajî VIII

Video Game
1999
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8.7/10

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Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Romance Sci-Fi

A group of students at a military academy rescue a mysterious girl, who some say is the sorceress who wants to govern the universe.A group of students at a military academy rescue a mysterious girl, who some say is the sorceress who wants to govern the universe.A group of students at a military academy rescue a mysterious girl, who some say is the sorceress who wants to govern the universe.

Director
- Yoshinori Kitase
Writers

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

6.5K

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Director
- Yoshinori Kitase
Writers

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins

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Final Fantasy VIII

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Trivia
A real-time rendition of Final Fantasy VIII's signature "ballroom scene" using the Playstation 2 graphic engine was created to show off the new console's power.

Goofs
After Squall is dressed up in his uniform, he leaves his dormitory room located in the North area first floor of Balamb Garden and he leaves the North area. But when Quisits calls for Squall at the First Floor Lobby. Squall approaches from the South as though he's entering the school from the front gate.

Quotes
Squall: [after a Laguna dream sequence] I dreamt I was a moron.

Crazy credits
During the end first half of the end credits we see a few minutes of "handheld video camera footage" taken during a party after the team's victory over the sorceress. At the end, just before the camera's battery runs out we see Riona outside pointing towards the sky. After the credits are done there is an additional scene.

Alternate versions
Because it is illegal to posses Nunchaku in the UK, it is also illegal to have them shown in movies and on television shows. For this reason, Selphie's weapon of choice has been reclassified in the UK version as "Sticks of Death".

Connections
Edited into Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box (2012)

Soundtracks
Liberi Fatali
Music Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics by Kazushige Nojima
Latin Translation by Tarô Yamashita
Orchestrations by Shirô Hamaguchi (as Shirou Hamaguchi)
Conductor: Katsuaki Nakatani
Soprano: Komaki Miyabe, Matsue Hamauzu
Alto: Chie Sasakura, Hitomi Kaga
Tenor: Hirokazu Takiguchi, Jun Suzuki
Bass: Katsuyuki Nakanishi, Takeshi Yamagami
Recording & Mixing Engineer: Kenji Nagashima
Assistant Engineers: Yasuhiro Tsurusaki, Yasuo Iijimma
Recording Coordinator: Yûji Saitô (as Yuji Saitou)
Recorded at Sound City, Tokyo

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One of the best RPGs ever

While some might bemoan the lack of traditional RPG cliches in FFVIII, I applaud the designers for taking this game one step higher. Gone are the stupid-looking cartoon characters that ruined much of FFVII for me - instead, we have well-rounded, interesting characters. This is almost more a movie (or perhaps mini-series) than a game, perhaps. But I felt rewarded by an entertaining and interesting story, interesting places to visit, and last but not least, beautifully rendered graphics. If this is the future of RPGs, then bring it on.