Mobius Final Fantasy JP – The Beautiful Steam Version

2016/11/042016/11/04 koukoupuffs5 Comments

Some screenshots, thoughts about the Windows version, and a gameplay video~!

The store page is region locked to Japan meaning that you need an IP address from Japan to access it. I took a look through it via VPN to see if it mentioned game pad support and it does but it’s not supported. Neither is touchscreen.
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As far as I can tell, using the mouse is the only way to get around, but you can exit the game with the ESC key on the keyboard. Actually, I don’t believe there’s any other way to close the game other than with that or Alt-F4.

Two parts of the store page. ^^ This is the link to the page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/504730/. Again, it will not show up if your IP address is not from Japan.
The game data sharing option didn’t go as smoothly as I liked. I generated the one-time password from my iPad mini 2, but the Steam version refused to accept it. I tripled checked the letters and numbers since I still had the password on the tablet screen. No mistakes were made when inputting it so I have no idea why it kept giving me an error. Generating a new password worked though.
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As the title of this post indicates, it’s beautiful. Here are some samples. The screenshots are in 1680×1050 which is my desktop resolution. Kind of old school based on today’s standards, I know:
Shiny Echo. *_*
This was taken from my temporary account when I was trying out the Steam version. ^^

This high definiton quality. *_*

Mog TT

Maybe it’s not impressive to some since their mobile devices already display the game in gorgeous quality but this is a step up from what I’m used to seeing on my iPad mini 2. In fact, after a few hours of playing the game on my computer, it’s hard to look at the mobile version. ^^;

Two comparison screencaps:

Left is from the iPad mini 2. Right is from the Steam version.
The details and texture on is much sharper on the PC version.

Left is from the iPad mini 2. Right is from the Steam version.

One thing I noticed was that the Skirmisher/Survivor STILL wore a black void as a suit even in higher resolution. But if you rotated the model a bit to get lighting onto the blackness, you can kind of see some contrast.

Completely black. D:

You can kind of see the abs!

Some more screenshots and babbling under the cut.
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Mobius Final Fantasy JP – Windows Version/Steam Test Without VPN

2016/10/312016/11/28 koukoupuffs7 Comments

Edit on November 4th EDT: Corrected the error about Magicite not transferring between operating systems. It doesn’t apply to any that were received for free.

Edit @ 11: EDT, November 1st: It works! Some screenshots and info on game data sharing have been added. :3

Edit @ 1:22 EDT, Nov 1st: Official JP Twitter updated with tweet that there is no estimate on what time the maintenance will end. iOS and Android versions are also affected.

Edit @ 21:20 EDT: Maintenance is still going. 😡

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Thanks to Tok Woei Cherng for sharing the following at the
Facebook group I’m apart of.

At the present time, the game can be installed through https://steamdb.info/app/504730/info/ without the use of VPN.

DISCLAIMER: Attempt this at your own risk. There’s every possibility the game is still region locked to Japan and Steam doesn’t really like people from other countries accessing things not meant for their own region. Please see point 3, section A under http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

As the game is still in maintenance at the moment, it’s uncertain if the game will even work properly once it goes live at 10:00 AM Japan Time.

Here are some screenshots after downloading the installer. ^^

Mobius Final Fantasy - Steam version — Mobius FF under the library. Don’t mind my other games. 😛

Mobius Final Fantasy - Notice window — Pop up window explaining the game is under maintenance and to check the official Twitter account for up-to-date information.

I suppose the pop-up window right aligned since the game menu will be on that side.

As for the full list of Steam achievements, you can view them at the steamdb.info site.

For system requirements, I listed them here: https://koukoupuffs.net/2016/10/18/mobius-final-fantasy-jp-square-enix-to-release-mobius-ff-on-steam-next-month/

Edit: Woohoo!

Mobius Final Fantasy Steam Version - Enter Player Name — Starting new. XD

Mobius Final Fantasy Steam Version - Goddess — Did the mobile versions have the team effect too?

Mobius Final Fantasy Steam Version - Title Screen — The title screen

For everyone looking to know how to share the save data from their mobile game with the Windows one, the Square Enix Presents stream from yesterday had a slide about that. 😀

Mobius Final Fantasy - Game Data Sharing — The process is the same for all platforms. You can do the reverse too and move the Windows game data to mobile.

Seeing that the game loads and plays without issue, it seems like Square Enix just opted to make the store page fixed to the Japan region. The game isn’t doesn’t check for your location. This isn’t to say it won’t change in the future though.

Come to think of it, I think in-app purchases are still restricted to Japan. I’m unsure of this though.

Please note that purchased Magicite/Magic Stones (魔石 – the premium currency) doesn’t transfer between different operating systems. Magicite received through maps, login bonuses, daily missions, etc. will.

An English version of Mobius Final Fantasy Steam/Windows version is currently unavailable.

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Mobius Final Fantasy JP and Global Square Enix Presents – November Updates/Calendars

2016/10/302016/11/01 koukoupuffsLeave a comment

Edit on November 1st @ 11:30 EDT:
Calendar links added!
Updated Global summary to include mention of FFX cards and Ace Striker (Tidus) job.
Event map name added.
Battle Tower event name changed.

Edit on November 1st:
Added the start and end date for the battle tower.
Corrected “Break Resistance Down” to “Break Defense Down” and also removed “early acquisition” from the last point of the Global Servers summary.

Edit on Oct 31st: Post has been modified to reflect information from the global/Chinese stream.

Added link to Altema summary of the Japanese live stream as well as translated the points.

As always, corrections are welcome.
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Global Servers

Calendar: https://www.facebook.com/notes/mobius-final-fantasy-ne/november-calendar/350130795341430

Keep in mind that new content is usually added at 19:00 UTC-8 (server time). However, the dates vary so not everything will occur on November 1st or the first Thursday of the month. Relevant links found below lead to Japanese sites. Use Google Translate or your favourite translation site on them.

Mobius Final Fantasy Global - Breakdown of November content — What’s in store for November~

From November 1st until November 13th, special login bonuses will be available in addition to the regular ones. Also within this period, all players will be given 1 free summon draw a day for 1 ability card.
Special login bonuses to celebrate 8,888,888 registered users!
Facebook campaign for sharing an event-corresponding post 888 times. When the goal is met, everyone will receive 88 Ability Tickets.
Third exploration map (http://altema.jp/ffmobius/hunterisland-3817) and second set of Skill Panels (panels 5 – 8) will be implemented on November 8th.
FF Type-0 summon cards campaign from November 8th – 23rd. See details at http://altema.jp/ffmobius/zerohdcollabo-3196
Hashmal and 3-star battles will be added in multiplayer on November 10th. http://altema.jp/ffmobius/hasyumarimu-9996 The suggested jobs and decks aren’t really relevant to global though.
New event running from November 17 until December 14: Collective Limit Break!
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The map is divided into 3 regions; each one grants a boost in deck level for one specific class. However, you can still use another class, such as a Warrior in a Ranger region, but the Warrior won’t receive the bonus boost. In the Japanese version, unlocking one of the locks at the top of the map was determined by the number of players using a certain job class, I believe. You can see more details here: https://xn--ff-sg4a4c7f9c.gamewith.jp/article/show/16382
Battle Tower: Karma Season! http://altema.jp/ffmobius/tonberi-3303 This runs from November 24 until December 2nd.
Berry~

Clip of a tonberry flailing 😦 https://www.instagram.com/p/7x_S20iAlg/
FFX cards and Ace Striker (Tidus) job will be around from November 24th to December 2nd. http://altema.jp/ffmobius/ffxcarnival-4402
New Echo costumes along with Chef/Cook Tonberry and FF Type-0 Class Second Moogle in the Spirit Grove. Class Zero and Class Third Moogles can also be obtained. The former is from the event map and the other one … Well, in JP, players had to collect 10 of each key item from Colossus enemies to receive it. Since there’s been changes in global events already, I’m not sure this method will still be the case. $:\$
Echo, Echo, and Echo. I believe the Pirate Echo is gained from completing the third exploration area though.

Screencap from Japanese version. The flan is already in global. (I’m sure it was added before the FF Type-0 collaboration but I ignored it so it’s still showing new.)
On November 24th, AOE (area of effect) + Break Defense Down cards along with other currently unnamed ones will be added. Former summon draw-only cards, Carbuncle, Alexander, and Doomtrain, will appear in the Ability Shop from this point on as well.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/MobiusFFTW/videos/284041808657350/

Incidentally, there’s a Chinese Youtube channel that’s catalogued all the videos so far at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUrT39iEtKVm3zEcBGdNT0A I’m not certain it’s official though.

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Mobius Final Fantasy JP – Chapter 6 Part 1 Completed

2016/10/282016/10/29 koukoupuffs3 Comments

Mobius Final Fantasy - Chapter 6 Part 1 Complete — This is what shows up once you finish the entire map. I’m not sure what やりこみ means though. Google Translate says it’s “Crowded” so it’s Crowded Dungeon?? Seems weird. .__. Also, I wonder if the text was actually meant for Part 2. ^^;

Whew, I’m finally done with this infernal lock-infested map. While locks are certainly nothing new in the world of Mobius Final Fantasy, Chapter 6 Part 1 is patterned after the Hall of Fame where specific objectives are found on each one so you’ll encounter them along almost every single path.

However, unlike the Hall of Fame, all attempts are counted toward the target goal so if you don’t meet the conditions the first time, you can replay the same area again until you do. The only exception is the node before the final battle with a Sicarius. The task for that lock is to score a single hit against the boss that reaches 300,000 or higher in damage.

I wrote about the joys of attempting to accomplish that with Ifrit in my initial post about Chapter 6.

One thing I didn’t mention in that post was that Chapter 6 Part 1 was to be released in 2 separate segments. The top half of the map, which featured Shiva and Ifrit, came out on October 8th while the bottom half with Hamshal and Famfrit started a few days ago on October 22nd. Continue reading “Mobius Final Fantasy JP – Chapter 6 Part 1 Completed” →

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Mobius Final Fantasy – First Anniversary Collections (art book)

2016/10/202016/10/28 koukoupuffs4 Comments

I love the artwork from the game so I pre-ordered the book from Amazon Japan not long after it was announced by Square Enix. The shipping confirmation was received this Monday and it was delivered last night. *_* So fast~!

Anyway, I took some photos of some of the illustrations. Pardon the quality since I don’t have any professional tools or equipment to take incredible photos. ^^

Case in point:

The photos~

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Covers and obi — Dust cover, cover, and obi.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Back Covers — Back of the dust cover and book.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Inside title page — The title page.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Job section — Job section.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Dragoon and Dancer — One of my favourite illustrations is the Dancer. Unfortunately, the photo’s not all that great. ^^

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Scholar and Ace Striker — The Scholar and Ace Striker (Tidus).

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Knight of Heresy and Ninja of Heresy — The names of these jobs literally translate to Knight of Heresy and Ninja of Heresy. I wonder if it just means that they don’t follow the Palamecian rules? I don’t have any of these jobs so I don’t know what the card descriptions are like. Incidentally, these were limited time job cards.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Sage of Heresy and Paladin — The Sage of Heresy was a limited time job. The Paladin, however, is a regular one that’s always in the job pool.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - SOLDIER 1st and Berserker — Cloud and the Berserker.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Strategist and Judge Magister — The Strategist is another one of my favourite illustrations (and jobs)~! Other job is the Judge Magister (Gabranth) from FFXII.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Mercenary of Balamb and Thief of Tantalus — Squall and Zidane.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Tonberry and Moogle Costumes — Tonberry and Moogle Costumes.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Knight of Etro and Vanguard of Hope — Lightning (^^) and Hope.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Last Hunter and Indomitable Hero — Noel and Snow.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Ability Cards — The illustrations for ability cards follows the jobs.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Moogle :D — Moogle and others.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Hellgate and Melter — Hellgate and Melter.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Ketos/Cetus and Trance cards — The top left card is Dark card that has the Dark weapon enchantment. The other ones are all Trance types. Bastet (on the right) is among my fave illustrations.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - 1st Anniversary Cards — These are all illustrations from the 1st Anniversary cards.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - FFXIII cards — Some of the FFXIII cards. I didn’t even know Barthandelus was one until I saw this. ^^;

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Orphan and Minwu — Orphan and Minwu. The Minwu card is known as the Ultimate Card. Read about it here: http://altema.jp/ffmobius/ability/1862 I doubt this will be the last Ultimate card we’ll ever see which makes the whole “Ultimate” name kind of silly.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Gallery — The Gallery section features character design drawings. Notice the design for Wol; he’s wearing the initial outfit which caused the controversy that forced Square Enix to cover up the sides of his torso and his butt.

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Image Art — The Image Art section features concept art. It seemed like Mobius FF was supposed to have a modern day setting?

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - World Design — Beautiful paintings of locations. *__*

Mobius Final Fantasy First Anniversary Collections - Last page — Credits page.

There’s also commentary from Toshiyuki Itahana (character designer), Toshitaka Matsuda (art designer), and an interview with both Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi, the producer and project leader of Mobius Final Fantasy respectively.

Please don’t request for certain illustrations. This is all I’m planning on sharing. If you like what you see, please purchase the book! For overseas customers, it costs 2593 yen. Along with shipping and import fees, the total ended up as 3773 yen. I haven’t checked what other retailers carry it aside from the Square Enix Japan e-Store and Amazon Japan though so there may be cheaper options. (The SE Japan store doesn’t ship internationally.)

Incidentally, some of the illustrators have posted their Mobius FF works online. Please refer to this post for links to many of them: https://koukoupuffs.net/2016/06/06/the-artists-of-mobius-final-fantasy/ Note: All links were working at the time I wrote that post, but there’s a possibility that some may be broken now. ^^

Before anyone asks, Square Enix has yet to mention if they will release an English version of the art book.

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Mobius Final Fantasy JP – Square Enix to release Mobius FF on Steam next month!

2016/10/182016/10/31 koukoupuffs1 Comment

Updated on October 31st: The game is set to be released later today (November 1st in Japan) after maintenance ends. Current estimated time will be after 10:00 AM Japan Time.

Updated on October 28th: Added the link to Steam store page.

Updated at 10:00 PM: Added info about frame rate and display resolutions.

Additional updates may follow as more information becomes available.

Mobius Final Fantasy - Steam! — Steam version coming soon!

Wide screen and full screen support will be added and you’ll be able to move your save data from Steam to iOS or Android and vice versa. 😀

You can pre-register here: http://www.finalfantasy.jp/mobius/cpn/win_regi.html However, please be aware of the following points!

There is every possibility this game will be region locked to Japan. (See this FAQ: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1266-QFZC-2141)

Also, note the following for anyone thinking about using VPN:

“You agree that you will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise the place of your residence, whether to circumvent geographical restrictions on game content, to purchase at pricing not applicable to your geography, or for any other purpose. If you do this, Valve may terminate your access to your Account.”

The above was quoted from section 3, point A under http://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

Before anyone asks, there is no word on a Mac or Linux version. There are ways to play Windows games on either operating systems though. (Please search on Google or your favourite search engine for information. ^^;)

System Requirements:

(Square Enix notes that these specs were derived at the time of the announcement and may change when the game is officially released.)

Minimum specs:
OS: Windows 7 64bit
CPU:Intel / AMD Dual Core CPU 1.6GHz or higher
Memory: 2GB or more
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce GT 240 / ATI Radeon, HD 4770 512MB or better
DirectX: Version 9.0c or higher
Storage: 10GB of available space or more
Audio: DirectSound compatible (DirectX 9.0c or higher)
OpenGL 2.0 or higher
Internet connection required

Recommeded specs:
OS: Windows 7 64bit / Windows 8.1 64bit / Windows 10 64bit
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66GHz or Core i5 2.4GHz or higher
Memory: 3GB or more
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTX 750 / ATI Radeon HD 5770 512MB or better
DirectX: Version 9.0c or higher
Storage: 10GB of available space or more
Sound card: DirectSound compatible (DirectX 9.0c or higher)
OpenGL 2.0 or higher
Internet connection required

Edit: Looks like landscape support is coming to smartphones in the next update: https://twitter.com/mobiusff/status/788376725595885569

Edit #2: Per this tweet, the Windows version will run at 60 frames per second and players will be able to choose between SD, HD, full HD, and 4K resolutions (depending on your video card and monitor).

Edit #3: The store page is up now but you will need to have an IP address from Japan to access it: http://store.steampowered.com/app/504730/ Please note that using VPN to pretend you’re in Japan may result in a ban on your Steam account.

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Mobius Final Fantasy JP – Chapter 6 and My Problem with Ifrit

2016/10/142016/10/14 koukoupuffs1 Comment

Or “Wow. Really? We’re supposed to clear Chapter 6 with this job? Okay then. ┐(´～｀)┌”

Perhaps the biggest issue is that Chapter 6 restricts you to using only Meia jobs so if you didn’t manage to draw the superior job, Fauvist, from the Meia-themed summon draw that accompanied the release of the new story chapter, you’ll be stuck with the freebie job, The Azure Witch.

Mobius Final Fantasy - Artwork for the job card, The Azure Witch — Artwork for the job card, The Azure Witch

It’s decent as all stats are pretty balanced and it also has a wide range of auto-abilities, but it honestly doesn’t feel like it’s enough to tackle the new map — especially on Hard difficulty and for the area objective that requires dishing out 300,000 HP of damage on Ifrit. You can see players at the Altema wiki expressing difficulty in achieving the goal. (Comments are toward the bottom of the page.)

I’ll get come back to this in a bit. First, let’s look at some screenshots from Chapter 6. 😀 Continue reading “Mobius Final Fantasy JP – Chapter 6 and My Problem with Ifrit” →

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Mobius Final Fantasy JP – October Update Summary

2016/10/032016/10/04 koukoupuffs8 Comments

Updated October 4th: Corrected information regarding the Job Card Reboot, Celestriad (the Three Stars item) and Ultimate Card.

I’m still unsure about the ability card level limit though so take it with a grain of salt. The example on the official site and the one in the stream are different. The explanation on the site isn’t that clear either.
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The Square Enix Presents live stream last night revealed some new features and changes that will be added in the October 7th (Japan Time) update.

(The captions under the two images below are for anyone just looking at the page with an image and not this post. ^^)

Mobius Final Fantasy - JP October 2016 Update — Bullet points on what’s included with the October update. See corresponding post for translation.

There’s a lot more under the cut. ^^ Continue reading “Mobius Final Fantasy JP – October Update Summary” →

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Mobius Final Fantasy JP – 2★ Odin Battle (All Attacker)

2016/10/02 koukoupuffsLeave a comment

My initial intention was to attempt the battle using an Attacker with lowered stats* since I wanted to see how a job with just 4 skill panel pages would fare against the boss. I have since discovered that this wasn’t possible as the game automatically restores the stats to maximum once you exit the deck menu. >_<

While I do have jobs that don’t have all 8 skill panel pages completed, they’re also ones that don’t have strong single target Earth cards. =__= This is what happens when you focus on developing ones that destroy regular mobs instead of bosses.

At any rate, this should give global players an idea of the amount of HP the boss has. ^^; The two Earth cards used will most likely not be available any time soon unless Square Enix decides to hold the FFXIII event earlier.

*Every job has a corresponding Medal that can be purchased from the Item Shop. The item allows a job to keep its maximum stats when the player selects any of its previous evolutions.

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Mobius Final Fantasy Global – Upcoming October Updates (Updated Oct 1)

2016/09/212016/10/01 koukoupuffs1 Comment

Updated October 1st for adding a link to the official Facebook page with the October calendar info.

Updated September 22nd for correction on Mobius Day info and adding of the dates for Shiva and Odin’s addition in multiplayer.

Square Enix has posted the October calendar for global now: https://www.facebook.com/notes/mobius-final-fantasy-ne/october-calendar/331862513834925

Original post:

A Chinese-Japanese Square Enix Presents live stream happened earlier today detailing all the additions coming in next month’s update. It’s a big one this time!

Chapter 3 Part 1
New jobs: Dragoon/Dragon Knight, Dancer, and Scholar
Shiva and Odin will be added to multiplayer. Shiva will appear starting October 6 and Odin will show up on October 13. As usual, these will be at 19:00 UTC-8.
Mobius Day
New legendary limited cards (Pictlogica FF cards)
2nd Exploration Region
Infinite Arena
New battle tower event.

Now, about the Mobius Day~!

On the Japanese server, the 8th of every month is known as Mini Mobius Day. (August 8th is the super special Mobius Day with bigger bonuses and more gifts.) While it’s noted as being singular, the “Day” usually goes on for 3 days. ^^;

For versions outside of Japan, Square Enix is doing something different! Instead of simply one or three consecutive days per month, every 8th in a month will be a Mobius Day.

Here’s what Square Enix has planned for October:

Double stamina when using an Elixir to recover it
Fusion success rate will increase by x1.2
Extra Skills will be easier to unlock
Every player will receive a Phoenix Down
Every player will receive an Elixir
5000 Skillseeds per element being handed out on certain days in October. On the 8th day, 5000 Fire and Water seeds will be given out. On day 18, 5000 Wind and Earth seeds, and on day 28th, 5000 Light and Dark seeds.
All Skillseed bonuses will be upped to x2 for exploration regions.

Thanks to Stb Shen and Christopher Chung from the Mobius Final Fantasy – (Jpn & Global Community) & Other games etc. Facebook page, and Alfred Chow in the comments below for assisting with the translations and corrections. (I didn’t know I initially mistyped Arena as Area. ^^; I’d like to see what Infinite Area would be though.)

Links and more information under the cut.

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