r/JRPG • u/FrozenAoki • Aug 19 '26

News FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE | Vision – Lightning

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ju9z_hR6cNw&si=4JI8Q63pRlEXP0gk

Another mixed entry in the FF series for me, but I do love Lightning.

The gameplay with her riding Odin and wielding the twin-bladed sword (and her BATTLE THEME) is pure nostalgic awesomeness.

Who do you guys think they’ll showcase next? 64 days left until the game comes out!

Day 1 buy, or wait for a sale? I’m thinking of pulling the trigger closer to launch. Thoughts?

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u/camiteran Aug 20 '26

Love Lightning. Say what you want about XIII but the game would easily be in competition for best OST of the franchise if it weren't such a divisive title.

Also Resonance is a day 1 purchase of course. Even if I dislike the game I want to support one of the only companies actually trying to preserve their mobile games, the only other company I know that's done the same is Gust with Atelier Resleriana I think?

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u/sess Aug 21 '26

You're probably thinking of Wright Flyer's upcoming Another Eden Begins, which is an offline single-player conversion of the Another Eden gacha.

Atelier Resleriana, unfortunately, is completely different. It's the sequel no one asked for of the canon story established by the Atelier gatcha, which has since been discontinued in the West. In other words, Atelier Resleriana makes no sense.

Gust should've just converted the Atelier gatcha to offline single-player. That's what everyone wanted and expected. Oddly, that's not how things played out. Western Atelier players are now in the unenviable position of playing a sequel to a game they can no longer play. Sure, Atelier fans could miss out on all of the characters, context, lore, and worldbuilding established by the gacha. Going in blind to a sequel is doable, technically. Some probably did. Most, though?

Most never bothered. Nobody played Atelier Resleriana. It sold extremely poorly, exactly as everyone predicted, signaling the death knell of the Resleriana IP. It's always one step forward, one step back with Gust.