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# And lo! Square hath bequeathed a new franchise upon us
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/and-lo-square-hath-bequeathed-new-franchise-upon-us/
- Published: 2013-12-18T15:17:44.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:21:49.000Z
- Description: The impending release of Bravely Default: Flying Fairy on January 2nd marks the end of an era. We’ll just call it the we-can-make-nothing-but –Final-Fantasy-era. For a while there, every game coming out of the RPG studio Square Enix had something to do with Final Fantasy: Final Fantasy XIII, Final F
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, final fantasy, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

The impending release of *Bravely Default: Flying Fairy* on January 2nd marks the end of an era. We’ll just call it the we-can-make-nothing-but –*Final-Fantasy-*era. For a while there, every game coming out of the RPG studio Square Enix had something to do with *Final Fantasy: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Agito, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy: Four Heroes of Light*. Are you picking up on a recurring pattern? Oh yeah, and *Dragon Quest*, not *Final Fantasy*.

The important thing is that *Bravely Default* is not branded “Final Fantasy,” and that it already has a sequel in the works: *[Bravely Second](http://www.siliconera.com/2013/12/04/bravely-default-sequel-bravely-second-announced-3ds/?ref=killscreen.com).* This, by our rough estimate, makes it the first new franchise from the RPG mega-corp in a quarter-century. But how does it play? Eh, it’s pretty much old-school *Final Fantasy*.