We see the character brace as if charging a special move, and green sparks appear around them. Just over halfway through the trailer, we see the older, caped playable character facing off with an ogre-like enemy with a club. There's one more case of this that we've found in the trailer, though it's so short that it's very easy to miss. The fist mimics the movements he makes, turning a small human punch into a large, godly one. Typically in the series, Titan dishes out Earth elemental damage. In the trailer, this fist pummels an enemy while the player character stands safely behind it, his sword sheathed on his back. As pictured in the screengrab above, we see the player character summon a stony fist - and given we've seen a Phoenix Wing already, it doesn't seem unfair to connect this power to another eidolon we see in the trailer - Titan. The Phoenix also seems to be front and center in FF16's logo.īut the Phoenix Wing isn't the only similar power we glimpse in the trailer. We know that the phoenix plays a part in this, as seemingly the young boy Joshua has the power of the Phoenix. The wing seems to be able to pop enemies up into the air and appears to have the appropriate fire element, accompanied by a red glow. The most obvious instance of this is a Phoenix Wing, which we see deployed and summoned mid-combo by both the young and old versions of the playable character, as you can see above. So we're pretty convinced these attacks are related to the FF staple beasts. While these could very well just be regular special moves, these attacks - which sort of look like they wouldn't be out of place in Devil May Cry - do seem to be themed towards the summons we've already seen - as this first trailer introduced us to quite a few. We also see a clear link between Joshua and Phoenix.īut - did you notice what appears to be the power of the summons being used in combat? It makes sense that these mercenaries would want to target such a person, too - they'd hold immense power. The squad of mercenaries talk of targeting "Shiva's Dominant" - which seems pretty clear cut to us as an in-univers name for the person who controls Shiva. In 3D Final Fantasy, summons have almost always played a more significant role than simply being powerful equippable magic, and that certainly carried through to the Final Fantasy XVI trailer, which featured clear-as-day glimpses of Shiva, Titan, Phoenix, and another fiery beast that appeared to be a new design of Ifrit.Īs mentioned, it also seems humans can have some sort of intimate connection with summons in this world. The FF16 protagonist looks like he gains abilities from Summons It seems fair, looking at the rest of the trailer, to suggest some summon-related shenanigans when younger end up changing this protagonist's life. The start of the trailer seems to suggest he might be part of some group that's hunting summons - and his squadmates share the same facial tattoos. In the trailer we also see both characters use a special move that seems to summon a Phoenix wing (more on this in a moment), indicating they likely have the same move and skill set.īased on this, and also based on their extreme physical similarity, it seems to us as though these two men are the same character - one younger, one older. While the voice-over of differs a little - the older version is gruffer - it certainly sounds like the same person. We also see both at the very end of the trailer, where they share a line of dialogue. This older character is actually the first one we see in the trailer, with a distinctive facial tattoo shared with some others we catch a glimpse of. These characters are that black-haired young man and a slightly older man, also with raven hair. One character takes center stage in the trailer, and that's the raven-haired young chap whose name we don't yet know - he only identifies himself as 'Joshua's Shield', referring to his sworn duty to protect the young lad we see in the trailer who appears to have a touch of a summon about him.īut what's interesting is that if you pay closer attention to the trailer, you'll see that there are combat sequences with two distinct characters. FF16 looks like it might take place in two time periods
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