Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy shows off its FFI event scene

4:00 PM on 02.10.2012   |   Bob Muir

Square Enix's musical homage to its popular franchise, Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, has three gameplay modes: battle mode, field mode, and event mode. The last one usually consists of FMV cutscene footage with Ouendan/Elite Beat Agents-styled circles on top, but what are they planning for the earlier Final Fantasy games that didn't have cutscenes?

The answer, it seems, is making a video from gameplay footage, showing the plot progression. They could have grabbed the FMV scenes from the PS1 rereleases, but I like it better this way; those CG scenes still seem out of place in an sprite-based game. Watch this gameplay video of Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, and around the 5-minute mark you'll see an event mode for the first Final Fantasy game, which you can contrast with the event mode for Final Fantasy IX that follows right after.

Just be forewarned of that the adorable girl playing the 3DS is really excited that Shantotto from FFXI is included in the game. Seriously, it's kind of creepy. It's just an MMO with chocobos, lady.

[Via Siliconera]

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