Final Fantasy XII: International Zodiac Job System announced
by Ross Miller 
{ May 10th 2007 at 5:40PM }
According to Game|Life's Chris Kohler, who obtained a media kit for the title, enhancements to the game include:
- 12 new license boards for each character, tuned to specific jobs in the FF universe (e.g., Monk, Red Mage)
- A presentation based on the US release (English voices, 16:9 widescreen)
- A "bonus DVD based on the US version."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Vexorg @ May 10th 2007 5:46PM
I find it's rarely a good sign when a game's title sounds suspiciously like the name of some sort of government bureaucracy...
sheppy @ May 10th 2007 5:49PM
I thought KH2: Final Mix was coming stateside. Remake of Chains Of Memory, applying the Chains battle system to KH2... that's an expanded version WORTH rebuying.
OhJustSomeRandomGuy @ May 10th 2007 5:52PM
Dammit!
This is the version of the game that addresses the problems I have with the game.
But I don't want to buy another version!
GAHHHHH!
LowerHouseMember @ May 10th 2007 6:02PM
Best title ever
DEEZNUTZ @ May 10th 2007 7:23PM
**YAWN** yet another FF game. I started and stopped at VII.
Bluebreaker @ May 10th 2007 7:23PM
I like it. But my friend said quote "Aren't they fixing the wrong issue here?" unquote. He didn't like the ADB/Gambit thing.
There's a screen shot floating around that shows a giant Zodiac Wheel where I guess it's where you choose the jobs then it goes to the regular License Board screen.
greatslack @ May 10th 2007 8:14PM
If it's Japan only then maybe they should drop the "international" from the title. Don't they call that false advertising or something?
Samuel McConnell @ May 10th 2007 8:27PM
You put the colon in the wrong place. It's actually "Final Fantasy XII International: Zodiac Job System".
If this game has 480p (or, god help me, 720p or 1080i) support, I'm in for an import.
Silver R. Wolfe @ May 10th 2007 8:29PM
Oooh... I might get it for jobs. :3
I love jobs, they are sexy.
sheppy @ May 10th 2007 10:45PM
"If it's Japan only then maybe they should drop the "international" from the title. Don't they call that false advertising or something?"
Not really. We didn't get FFX International, did we?
Sara @ May 11th 2007 12:39AM
Sheppy makes a good point. This is pretty much what always happens with Final Fantasy games.
1) It's released in Japan
2) It's released in the U.S., at a much later date (Europe typically gets the release at this time, or a little later yet). Usually an extra boss, or whatnot, is thrown into the mix.
3) Europe gets their "International" version. This typically has all the U.S./Europe upgrades, as well as other additions.
Also of note is the fact that the International version has never, ever been released to the U.S./European market, despite the fact that it would make a killing *shrug*
Oh, and the whole idea that the game would be easily playable, since they're keeping the English voice acting, is slightly laughable. My understanding is that the text will still remain Japanese, which will make the game be more than a little hard to play.
gf @ May 11th 2007 6:36AM
Except that if you learned a bit of romaji you'd quickly learn that 90% of the text is really english hidden behind japanese characters.
Shinsei @ May 14th 2007 3:45AM
Final Fantasy X: International had an option to change all in-game text to english. I'm hoping FF12: International will have the same option.
iRobot @ May 22nd 2007 12:49PM
The game is fine the way it is!!!! Just because I couple of "whinny babies" have to have things the old way, doesn't mean that we ALL have to switch back. Personally, I think the "JOB" thing is stupid.
At lease with the license board (pain-in-the-ass, thought it is) -- everyone in the party can do a little bit of everything.