Granblue Fantasy

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Not to be confused with Grand Blue.
Granblue Fantasy
File:Granblue Fantasy logo.png
Developer(s)Cygames
Publisher(s)Cygames
Director(s)Tetsuya Fukuhara
Producer(s)Yuito Kimura (Launch - 2014),

Koichi Haruta (2014 - 2016),

Yuito Kimura (2016 - Current)
Artist(s)Hideo Minaba (皆葉英夫), Yuya Nagai (永井悠也), Ryoji Ohara (大原遼士), Ryota Murayama (村山竜大), Hitomi Yoshimura (吉村仁美)
Composer(s)
Platform(s)
Release
  • JP: March 10, 2014
Genre(s)Role-playing game, MMORPG
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer(Maximum of 30 players in Raid Battles)

Granblue Fantasy[a] (Japanese:グランブルーファンタジー, Hepburn: Guranburū Fantajī) is a Japanese Social-network game & Role-playing video game developed by Cygames for Android, iOS and web browsers, which first released in Japan in March 2014. The game is notable for reuniting music composer Nobuo Uematsu and art director Hideo Minaba, who previously collaborated on Final Fantasy V (1992), Final Fantasy VI (1994), Final Fantasy IX (2000) and Lost Odyssey (2007).

Gameplay

The game plays as a role-playing video game with turn-based battles.[1] The game also contains summons and a class system that alters the main character's move-set and growth.[2] Characters gain levels and abilities by accruing experience; by collecting certain materials, some character may earn an extra star (which is called "FLB" or full limit break) summons and weapons equipped also confer characters with bonuses on attack power and HP. The characters themselves are gained either via quests (the main story quests or special event quests) or by using in-game currency to receive random crystal fragments, which may contain special weapons that add specific characters to the party. Characters, summons, and weapons are ranked (from best to worst) as SSR, SR, R, or N; each is also of type wind, water, fire, earth, light, or darkness. It is recommended to use a superior element on battle (for example using water against fire) as some dungeon giving a penalty to the non-superior element. Voice actors provide voices for all of the characters in battle, and for much of the main and event story lines.

Plot

The Captain (the player character, either Gran or Djeeta by default) and their winged companion Vyrn are relaxing in the town of Zinkenstill, when they spot an Erste Empire airship in the sky nearby. The Captain inadvertently comes to the rescue of a girl named Lyria and an Imperial Officer named Katalina as they try to escape from the Empire. However, the Captain suffers a mortal wound during the fight, forcing Lyria to merge her soul with them in order to bring them back from the brink of death. Lyria then uses her power to summon a giant monster called Proto-Bahamut, driving the Empire's forces away. With the Captain and Katalina's fates now tied to Lyria, the three of them decide to head to the island of Estalucia, both to escape from the Empire and possibly find clues about the Captain's estranged father.

Unfortunately, Katalina's poor piloting skills cause them to crash-land elsewhere in the Port Breeze Archipelago. The trio look for a working airship and a pilot to steer it. They end up meeting Rackam, an odd helmsman working on an airship that has been broken for years. However, the Empire follows them to the island as well, looking to recapture Lyria. The three eventually manage to convince Rackam to help them fight off the Imperial soldiers chasing them, and in return help him finish repairing his airship, the Grandcypher, to make it skyworthy.

As the Captain travels across the skies, gathering up more allies on their journey and fighting Primal Beasts, creatures created by those many years ago, the crew find themselves slowly dragged into a plot involving the mysterious Black Knight, the doll-like Orchis, and the history that the Empire seeks to keep secret while they pursue Lyria.

Characters

See also: List of Granblue Fantasy characters

Game economy

Granblue Fantasy uses a gacha system; rather than buying new characters outright, players spend crystals, or tickets, then get a random "drop" from using the crystals or tickets.[3] Characters and equipment are acquired randomly; any one crystal only has a certain percentage chance of being a desired character.[4]

Development

I thought to myself, "Can we really make a mobile RPG with such a large-scale feeling from this?" but after seeing the game screen, I was truly surprised...It's as if you completely forget that you're playing a mobile game.[5]

– DeNA director Kenji Kobayashi

Uematsu worked on eleven tracks for the game, with Tsutomu Narita doing nine others, and Minaba drawing roughly 100 potential character designs.[6] The game also contains voice overs from Hiroaki Hirata, who previously worked on Final Fantasy XII and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.[2]

The game was originally planned for release in Japan for December 17, 2013, but it was put back to March 10, 2014.[7] The game is free-to-play and published by Mobage.[8] At TGS 2015, it was announced that the game would receive an international release in March 2016.[9] Instead of an international launch, a language patch was released adding an in-game option to switch from Japanese to English.[10] This allows international players who have been playing the Japanese version to keep all of their data.

Character designs by Hideo Minaba, Yuya Nagai, Ryoji Ohara, Ryota Murayama and Hitomi Yoshimura Scenery designs by Sotaro Hori, Hitomi Yoshimura, Yutaro Kaneda, Megumi Hasegawa, Masaki Hirooka, YUU Kikuchi, Toronn and Fumio Seno[11]

Reception

Popularity & Revenue

By March 2016, the game had been downloaded over 10 million times in Japan,[12] which had risen to over 25 million by December 2019.[13] The game grossed ¥20.9 billion ($190.43 million) between January 2017 and October 2017.[14] In 2018, it grossed ¥33.9 billion ($308.88 million) where it was the year's sixth highest-grossing mobile game.[15] Combined, the game grossed at least ¥54.8 billion ($499 million) in Japan between 2017 and 2018. Many journalists compared it favorably to earlier Final Fantasy games.[1][8][16]

Criticisms and controversy

On 31st December of 2015. Due to the proven lucrative system of the game economy, as some players compulsively attempt to get desired characters via spending money on repeated random character acquisitions. It was so effective to the point of raising worries of government regulation to stop exploitation; the Japan Online Game Association imposed stricter restrictions on the industry after a player streamed themselves spending around ¥700,000 (~6,000 US dollars) attempting to get Andira, a new and heavily advertised character, on December 31, 2015.[4] There was a time-limited period where Andira's appearance rate increased, with her becoming more difficult to acquire on January 3, fueling "delirium" and pressure on players to attempt to get her immediately.[3] Frustration and claims of Andira's "drop rate" being less than advertised from other players as well led developer Cygames to offer compensation in crystals to people caught in the incident, a promise to set up a system to automatically give a drop after too many "misses", and an apology from the management.[17] On 8th January, the management had issued an in-game apology for the confusion and discomfort caused to the rest of the customers. However, no compensation has been announced for the apology.[18] After the change in policy, players choose and immediately acquire a desired character after spending 90,000 crystals (totaling 300 draws).

Other media

Animation

  • Granblue Fantasy The Animation (2017), an anime series adaption of the franchise. A-1 Pictures produced it in the Spring 2017 season.
  • Granblue Fantasy The Animation Season 2 (2019),[19] began airing in Japan in the Fall 2019 season. The voice cast of Season 2 remained mostly the same as Season 1, but the production staff were almost entirely different as the studio was changed to MAPPA.[20][21]
  • Grand Blues! (2020), an anime adaptation of the 4-panel comedy manga by Kikuhitomoji. DMM.futureworks produced it in the Fall 2020 season.[22]

Video game

  • Granblue Fantasy Versus (2020), console video game. The game was first announced at "Granblue Fantasy Fes" in December, 2018.[23] It is a 2.5D animated fighting video game developed by Arc System Works for the Playstation 4 and PC via Steam. Versus initially planned to release in 2019, and the closed beta test was held from May 8 to May 24. The game was officially released on Feb 6, 2020, according to the latest announcement at "Granblue Summer Fes" in August.[24]
  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink (2023), an upcoming action RPG developed by Cygames Osaka (replacing the originally announced PlatinumGames).

Collaborations (Tie In)

Rage of Bahamut: Genesis / Virgin Soul (2015 / 2017)

  • Playable Character: Nina Drango, Rita, Amira & Charioce XVII (Redeemed from serial codes)

Events

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls / The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage

Cinderella Fantasy ~Girls on a Quest~ (October 2014)

  • Playable Character: Rin Shibuya & Uzuki Shimamura
  • Summon: Brunnhilde

Cinderella Fantasy ~Keep Dreaming in the Sky~ (January 2015)

  • Playable Character: Mio Honda & Mika Jougasaki
  • Summon: Kirari Moroboshi

Cinderella Fantasy ~The Newcomers~ (May 2015)

  • Playable Character: Mizuki Kawashima, Miku Maekawa & Anzu Futaba

Cinderella Fantasy ~Peace for Lost Souls~ (August 2015)

  • Playable Character: Koume Shirasaka, Kanako Mimura & Rika Jougasaki

Cinderella Fantasy ~Snowy Mountain Story~ (October 2016)

  • Playable Character: Miria Akagi, Anastasia & Ranko Kanzaki

Cinderella Fantasy: Piña Hazard (June 2017)

  • Playable Character: Minami Nitta & Shiki Ichinose

Cinderella Fantasy: To the Skies Once More (May 2020)

  • Playable Character: New Generations & Kaede Takagaki

Tales of Asteria

  • Tie in for the mobile game Tales of Asteria from the Tales series

A Tale of Intersecting Fates (July 2015)

  • Playable Character: Sophie, Yuri Lowell & Milla Maxwell

A Tale of Skyborn Bonds (June 2016)

  • Playable Character: Elize Lutus, Stahn Aileron & Tear Grants

The Idolmaster SideM - SideM Fantasy: To the Sky Realm for Some Reasons (October 2015)

  • Playable Character: Teru Tendo, Kaoru Sakuraba & Tsubasa Kashiwagi
  • Summon: Pierre

Ultra Street Fighter IV - Granblue Fighter Ultra (April 2016)

  • Playable Character: Ryu & Chun-Li
  • Player Outfits: Street Fighter Outfit

Street Fighter V - Granblue Fighter V (April 2016)

Slayers - Slayers Magna (January 2016)

  • Playable Character: Lina & Naga

Taito (May 2016)

LORD of VERMILION Re:3 - Order of the Lord (September 2016)

  • Tie in for the arcade game LORD of VERMILION Re:3
  • Player Outfits: Vermilion
  • Summon: Milia

Samurai Shodown - Granblue Shodown (January 2017)

Shadowverse: Duelist of Eternity (February 2017)

  • Playable Character: Arisa & Luna
  • Summon: Bellringer Angel

Shadowverse: Beyond the Sky (September 2020)

  • Tie in for the anime series Shadowverse (Anime)
  • Playable Character: Hiro Ryugasaki & Mimori Amamiya
  • Summon: Ignis Dragon

Touken Ranbu - Katsugeki Touken Ranbu: Fate Horizon (September 2017)

  • Tie in for the anime series Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu
  • Playable Character: Izuminokami Kanesada, Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, & Mikazuki Munechika
  • Weapon: Tsurumaru Kuninaga, Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, & Honebami Toushirou
  • Free unlock of player's Ex class: Samurai

Cardcaptor Sakura: Sakura and the Mysterious Sky Journey (October 2017)

Attack on Titan Titanic Yeager (December 2017)

  • Playable Characters: Mikasa & Levi
  • Summons: Eren

Detective Conan: Gears of Conspiracy

Persona 5: Thievery in Blue

  • Playable Characters: Joker
  • Summons: Morgana Car

Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours Sky-High! (August 2018)

Love Live! Door to the Skies (August 2019)

  • Playable Character: μ's First-Years, μ's Second-Years & μ's Third-Years

Zone of the Enders (August 2018)

Pretty Cure: Memories of the Sky (October 2018)

  • Playable Character: Cure Black and Cure White
  • Summons: Mepple and Mipple

Princess Connect! Re:Dive: Dinner at the Turned Table (December 2018)

  • Playable Character: Pecorine, Kokkoro & Karyl
  • Summon: Princess Knight

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - The Blue Reckoning (June 2019)

Tie in for the anime film Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion

  • Playable Character: Lelouch Lamperouge, Suzaku Kururugi & Kallen Kouzuki
  • Summons: C.C.

Gachapin, Mukku, and the Azure Adventure (December 2019)

  • Playable Character: Gachapin
  • Summons: Mukku

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Scent of Fate at Sky's End (December 2020)

  • Playable Characters: Tanjiro, Nezuko, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, Kyojuro Rengoku & Shinobu Kocho
  • Summons: Giyu Tomioka

Gin Tama: Shonen Jump Is Best Enjoyed Cover to Cover (October 2021)

  • Playable Characters: Shinsengumi (Toshiro Hijikata and Sogo Okita) & Yorozuya (Gintoku Sakata, Shinpachi Shimura, and Kagura)
  • Summons: Kotaro Katsura and Elizabeth

Doraemon: Nobita's Skyfaring Boat (December 2021)

  • Summons: Shizuka, Gian, and Suneo

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - A Fanfare to Echo across the Skies (February 2022)

  • Playable Characters: Special Week, Silence Suzuka, and Tokai Teio
  • Summons: Gold Ship and Mejiro McQueen

Final Fantasy XI: Mirage Minstrel (May 2022)

  • Tie in for Final Fantasy XI's 20th anniversary
  • Playable Characters: Prishe, Lilisette & Iroha
  • Summons: Shantotto II

One Piece Film Red to Blue (September 2022)

April Fool Events

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

Taiko no Tatsujin

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Wiggin' War in the Sky World (April 2021)

Playable Characters: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: グランブルーファンタジー, Hepburn: Guranburū Fantajī

References

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