Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

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Sealed: the original seal is intact. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.

Item Description

Once a year, every village in this world sends out a caravan. A poisonous miasma has covered the land, and the only protection is a crystal that must be renewed with drops of myrrh gathered from distant trees. So a small band sets out with a chalice, carrying the village's safety with it through every forest, mine and ruin it enters. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles builds its entire adventure around that ritual, and the result is one of the most unusual and charming spin-offs Square ever made.

The chalice is not just a story device. Its protective bubble keeps the miasma at bay, so someone has to carry it, and the party has to move together. That idea comes alive in multiplayer, where up to four players each use a Game Boy Advance connected by link cable as a controller. Each handheld screen shows different information, such as maps or enemy details, so friends have to talk to each other constantly. Combining spells by casting them at the same moment unlocks stronger magic, and coordinating those fusions in the middle of a boss fight is a highlight. Solo players are joined by a moogle named Mog, who carries the chalice for you.

The world is filled with four distinct tribes, the sturdy Clavats, the tiny Lilties, the mysterious Yukes and the agile Selkies, and between expeditions your caravan crosses paths with other travelers and receives letters from home that slowly build a quiet, melancholy story. Kumi Tanioka's score, full of recorders, lutes and folk instruments, gives everything a gentle, storybook atmosphere unlike anything else in the series.

Crystal Chronicles was the first Final Fantasy on a Nintendo home console since Final Fantasy VI on the Super NES, developed by The Game Designers Studio, a Square team formed to make games for Nintendo hardware. It launched a whole sub-series and was remastered years later, but the link-cable design that defined it exists only on the GameCube. The original is a lovely piece of Square and Nintendo history to own.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
2003
Publisher
Nintendo
Developer
The Game Designers Studio
Players
Single player, Multiplayer
About the game

Join a crystal caravan! A deadly miasma has swallowed the land, and it's up to you to hold it at bay! Many dangers lie along your journey, but you need not face them alone. Enlist your friends in a crystal caravan and make your mark together in the Crystal Chronicles!

Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.
Watch gameplayFinal Fantasy Crystal Chronicles on GameCube
Video: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

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