Mode(s) Single-player Developer Square Enix Holdings Publisher Square Enix Holdings Platforms Android, iOS | Initial release date 16 September 2014 Series Final Fantasy Genre Educational game | |
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Similar Final Fantasy Artniks, Final Fantasy Airborne, Final Fantasy All the Bravest, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy | ||
Final Fantasy: World Wide Words is a Japanese mobile educational game developed and published by Square Enix for iOS and Android devices. A spinoff of the Final Fantasy series, the game teaches typing through Final Fantasy combat. The game was released on September 16, 2014 for Android mobile phones.
Contents
In 2016 it was terminated for both iOS & Android.
Gameplay
The gameplay is described as a "text-input battle RPG" that has the game players party defeat enemies by quickly inputting words into the mobile phone to cast spells. The words are often the names of various physical attacks and magical spells to damage enemies. Typing faster causes character attacks to become more powerful.
Characters from throughout the Final Fantasy series are included, and gaming tropes such as leveling up characters and special abilities are also present. A new feature is called "Decoration", which allows players to add words to the ones given to increase word score. The game uses a chibi art style similar to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. The game is free to play with in-app item purchases available. Players begin the game by assembling a team, and then traveling to different worlds to explore and fight monsters. Multiple stages are present within each world with a boss monster at the end of each. Players are able to find and add new characters to their team, as well as fuse them into higher level characters. Custom skills can also be synthesized. Players can also obtain treasures such as currency and custom words from playing a mini-game at the Chocobo Farm.
Reception
Siliconera and several other video game review sites commented on the similarity of the game to Typing of the Dead.
