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* [[Ascended Fanon]]: Square Enix has definitely endorsed their fans creations regarding this game. The [[Memetic Mutation|"Car Driving" Meme]] is not only officially endorsed by Square Enix, they even released free HD assets so people can make their own meme images. Square Enix not only approved of mods to add the '''Pocket Edition'' versions of characters as skins into their source game, they even improved on the fan versions and released improved ones with numerous fixes as well as personally congratulating the fans who made the originals. Square Enix staff have personally congratulated fan remixers of the game music since before the game even released.
* [[Ascended Fanon]]: Square-Enix has definitely endorsed their fans creations regarding this game.
* [[Development Hell]]: Pushing ten years in development. It was announced practically the day after ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' back in 2006, and took three years just to be ''teased'' to the public at E3. To put this in perspective, in the time it's taken from the initial announcement to the public release of gameplay footage, ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' has been released worldwide; ''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'' has been announced, released and '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130911102513/http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=ae8d667b53355d8ea364fafa44d5253e4362e17f apologized for]'''; ''[[Artifact Title|Final Fantasy Agito XIII]]'' (a.k.a. ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]'') has been announced, renamed, released and already given a sequel; and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'' has been developed, announced, and released as well. [[Word of God]] says ''Versus'' is going to be the last game released in the ''Final Fantasy XIII'' series. It got to a point by early 2011 that a conference had to be arranged to prove that the game, amongst other high-profile Square Enix games, was ''still in development''. Tetsuya Nomura was replaced as director by Hajime Tabata back in 2014, and the game was released only in 2016.
** The [[Memetic Mutation|"Car Driving" Meme]] is not only officially endorsed by SE, they even released free HD assets so people can make their own meme images.
** SE not only approved of mods to add the '''Pocket Edition'' versions of characters as skins into their source game, they even improved on the fan versions and released improved ones with numerous fixes as well as personally congratulating the fans who made the originals.
** SE staff have personally congratulated fan remixers of the game music since before the game even released.
* [[Development Hell]]/[[Vaporware]]: Pushing ten years in development. It was announced practically the day after ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' back in 2006, and took three years just to be ''teased'' to the public at E3. To put this in perspective, in the time it's taken from the initial announcement to the public release of gameplay footage, ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' has been released worldwide; ''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'' has been announced, released, and '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130911102513/http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=ae8d667b53355d8ea364fafa44d5253e4362e17f apologized for]'''; ''[[Artifact Title|Final Fantasy Agito XIII]]'' (aka ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0]]'') has been announced, renamed, released, and already given a sequel; and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'' has been developed, announced, and released as well. [[Word of God]] says ''Versus'' is going to be the last game released in the ''XIII'' series. It got to a point by early 2011 that a conference had to be arranged to prove that the game, amongst other high-profile Square Enix games, was ''still in development''. Tetsuya Nomura was replaced as director by Hajime Tabata back in 2014, and the game was released only in 2016.
* [[Fan Nickname]]:
* [[Fan Nickname]]:
** Noctis was commonly named "Storm" before his official name was revealed, thanks in part to [[Mondegreen|Mondegreens]] from the aforementioned "Somnus" and also because naming main characters [[Final Fantasy VI|after]] [[Final Fantasy VII|meteorological]] [[Final Fantasy VIII|or]] [[Final Fantasy X|geographical]] [[Final Fantasy XIII|phenomena]] is a recurring theme of the ''FF'' series.
** Noctis was commonly named "Storm" before his official name was revealed, thanks in part to [[Mondegreen|Mondegreens]] from the aforementioned "Somnus" and also because naming main characters [[Final Fantasy VI|after]] [[Final Fantasy VII|meteorological]] [[Final Fantasy VIII|or]] [[Final Fantasy X|geographical]] [[Final Fantasy XIII|phenomena]] is a recurring theme of the ''Final Fantasy'' series.
** His buddies also got the not-always-flattering nicknames of "[[Bishonen|Blond Faggot-kun]]," "[[Testosterone Poisoning|Manly Bearded Dude]]," and "[[No More Heroes|Glasses Touchdown]]."
** His buddies also got the not-always-flattering nicknames of "[[Bishonen|Blond Faggot-kun]]", "[[Testosterone Poisoning|Manly Bearded Dude]]" and "[[No More Heroes|Glasses Touchdown]]".
** They also got nicknames according to their traits; [[Shotguns Are Just Better|Shotgun]], [[Megane|Glasses]] and [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Scar]].
** They also got nicknames according to their traits: [[Shotguns Are Just Better|Shotgun]], [[Megane|Glasses]] and [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Scar]].
** King Caelum has been nicknamed [[Die Hard|Hans Gruber]].
** King Caelum has been nicknamed [[Die Hard|Hans Gruber]].
* [[Flame War]]: Aside from the fact that [[Broken Base|it's]] [[Fan Dumb|an]] ''[[Unpleasable Fanbase|FF]]'' [[Hate Dumb|game]], the April Fool's joke that Noctis would be openly gay led to some... ''interesting'' discussions, with both homophobia and rabid accusations thereof abounding, as well as much mocking those taken in, on a number of sites.
* [[Flame War]]: Aside from the fact that [[Broken Base|it's]] [[Fan Dumb|an]] ''[[Unpleasable Fanbase|Final Fantasy]]'' [[Hate Dumb|game]], the April Fool's joke that Noctis would be openly gay led to some... ''interesting'' discussions, with both homophobia and rabid accusations thereof abounding, as well as much mocking those taken in, on a number of sites.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Square Enix|They gave]] ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]]'' a shotgun. [[Oh Crap]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Square Enix|They gave]] ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]]'' a shotgun. [[Oh Crap]].
* [[Wiki Rule]]: [https://finalfantasyxv.wiki.fextralife.com/Final+Fantasy+XV+Wiki ''Final Fantansy XV'' Wiki]
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The lead character is at an event and meets [[Final Fantasy VIII|the heroine in a white dress]]... Hmm...
* [[Names to Know in Anime]]:
** [[Mamoru Miyano]] ([[Death Note|Light Yagami]], [[Kingdom Hearts|Riku]]) as Ignis.
** [[Tatsuhisa Suzuki]] ([[Pokémon (anime)|Jun/Barry]], [[Dancougar Nova|Sakuya Kamon]]) as Noctis himself.
** [[Tetsuya Kakihara]] ([[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]], [[BlazBlue|Jin Kisaragi]]) as Prompto.
** [[Hiroki Yasumoto]] ([[Bleach|Chad]], [[Axis Powers Hetalia|Germany]]) as Gladiolus.
* [[Wiki Rule]]: [https://finalfantasyxv.wiki.fextralife.com/Final+Fantasy+XV+Wiki Final Fantansy XV Wiki]


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Latest revision as of 10:51, 16 September 2019


  • Ascended Fanon: Square Enix has definitely endorsed their fans creations regarding this game. The "Car Driving" Meme is not only officially endorsed by Square Enix, they even released free HD assets so people can make their own meme images. Square Enix not only approved of mods to add the 'Pocket Edition versions of characters as skins into their source game, they even improved on the fan versions and released improved ones with numerous fixes as well as personally congratulating the fans who made the originals. Square Enix staff have personally congratulated fan remixers of the game music since before the game even released.
  • Development Hell: Pushing ten years in development. It was announced practically the day after Final Fantasy XIII back in 2006, and took three years just to be teased to the public at E3. To put this in perspective, in the time it's taken from the initial announcement to the public release of gameplay footage, Final Fantasy XIII has been released worldwide; Final Fantasy XIV has been announced, released and apologized for; Final Fantasy Agito XIII (a.k.a. Final Fantasy Type-0) has been announced, renamed, released and already given a sequel; and Final Fantasy XIII-2 has been developed, announced, and released as well. Word of God says Versus is going to be the last game released in the Final Fantasy XIII series. It got to a point by early 2011 that a conference had to be arranged to prove that the game, amongst other high-profile Square Enix games, was still in development. Tetsuya Nomura was replaced as director by Hajime Tabata back in 2014, and the game was released only in 2016.
  • Fan Nickname:
  • Flame War: Aside from the fact that it's an Final Fantasy game, the April Fool's joke that Noctis would be openly gay led to some... interesting discussions, with both homophobia and rabid accusations thereof abounding, as well as much mocking those taken in, on a number of sites.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: They gave Simon a shotgun. Oh Crap.
  • Wiki Rule: Final Fantansy XV Wiki