Chocobo de Battle (lost build of cancelled "Final Fantasy" spin-off fighting game; 1997): Difference between revisions

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Magazine ad for the game.

Status: Lost

Chocobo de Battle would have been a Final Fantasy fighting game spin-off where the playable characters were Chocobos. It was first announced in 1997 in an issue of the Japanese magazine Famitsu and had a tech demo featured at Siggraph 1997. It was planned for release in arcades (with a possible Playstation port) and had it been released, it would have been Square's first arcade game, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Gameplay

From what little footage is available of the game, players would control a Chocobo that had the ability to fire missiles. To control the Chocobo, rather than using conventional arcade controls, the player would hover their hand over a blue motion-sensing pad with which they'd have to perform various hand gestures to attack, move, and perform combos.

Existence

While the game was cancelled, the tech demo at Siggraph proves that there was, at some point at least, some kind of prototype for the game. That prototype hasn't surfaced online or been shown off anywhere since, but either Square or someone who worked on the game may have a copy of it.

Gallery

Footage of the game from Siggraph '97	Yuriofwind's video on the topic

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-'''Chocobo de Battle''' was a fighting game, that was going to be a spin-off of the ''Final Fantasy'' series, starring Chocobos getting pit together in a battle arena. The game was first announced in 1997, in an issue of the Japanese magazine ''Famitsu''. It was being developed by Square USA, and would have featured full-3D graphics. The game was to be released in the Arcades, and would have been Square's first arcade game. A port was also considered for the PlayStation.
+|title=<center>Chocobo de Battle</center>
+|image=Chocobo_De_Battle_Mag_Ad.jpeg
-The game would have used a behind-the-character view, and would also use motion controls, hovering your hand above a blue area to move and execute attacks. The game was later cancelled, and only a short gameplay video exists online.
+|imagecaption=Magazine ad for the game.
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
+}}
+'''''Chocobo de Battle''''' would have been a ''Final Fantasy'' fighting game spin-off where the playable characters were Chocobos. It was first announced in 1997 in an issue of the Japanese magazine ''Famitsu'' and had a tech demo featured at Siggraph 1997. It was planned for release in arcades (with a possible Playstation port) and had it been released, it would have been Square's first arcade game, but it was cancelled for unknown reasons.
+==Gameplay==
+From what little footage is available of the game, players would control a Chocobo that had the ability to fire missiles. To control the Chocobo, rather than using conventional arcade controls, the player would hover their hand over a blue motion-sensing pad with which they'd have to perform various hand gestures to attack, move, and perform combos.
+==Existence==
+While the game was cancelled, the tech demo at Siggraph proves that there was, at some point at least, some kind of prototype for the game. That prototype hasn't surfaced online or been shown off anywhere since, but either Square or someone who worked on the game may have a copy of it.
+==Gallery==
+{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXNBHoEAvY|320x240|center|Footage of the game from Siggraph '97}}
+| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-W8DWodO0|320x240|center|Yuriofwind's video on the topic}}
+|}
 [[Category:Lost video games]]