List of Final Fantasy references in A Realm Reborn

[ApolloGenX]

Probably mentioned already- isn't Atomos the Gaping Maw from XI?

[Versiroth]

Probably mentioned already- isn't Atomos the Gaping Maw from XI?

Atomos is from various FF games I believe. For instance, the image below was from FFIX (He was a summons).

[Rhykin]

Probably mentioned already- isn't Atomos the Gaping Maw from XI?

you're partly right.

The Cavernous Maws from the Wings of the Goddess Expansion were of in fact lesser forms of Atomos.

[Celaine]

- The music that plays in the zombie fate in S. Thanalan is a remix of the battle theme from FFII.
- There is a Kain gardening around the Sanctum of the Twelve. (FF4) Oddly enough, in 1.0, Kain was sitting in the leatherworkers guild making boots and sometimes smacking his shoulder with his hammer. o_O
- Ricard is seen drinking inside Buscaron's Druthers. (FF2)
- The airship company is called Highwind Airways which is a direct reference to all the known Highwinds in the series, including Kain, Ricard, and Cid.

There are others that have jumped at me from time to time. If I remember what they were, I'll come back for more.

[Barboron]

Not really a reference but back story on some of the game references to both FF series and FFXIV.


Cait Sith (Pronounced like 'caught she') translates from Irish to Cat Fairy. Cait, being cat and Sith coming from a fairy like creature (a banshee). [source]

Those for ever sought after ponies of the extremes (Can't quite remember the full story but people can google these if they wish.):

Enbarr - Comes from Irish mythology yet again, was a horse belonging to Niamh, Queen of Tír Na Nog [source]

Gullfaxi - From Norse mythology, a horse belonging to Hungnir who was killed and had the horse taken by Thor. Odin, who wanted the horse expected it as a gift but rather, it was given to Magni. The horse was second only to Sleipnir, the horse of Odin. [source]

Xanthos - A city from Ancient Lycia. [source]

Aithon - One of four horses of the Greek God Ares, god of war, which drew his chariot. [source] [Also thanks to HakuroDK]


Weapons:

Gae Bolg - Another from Irish culture, it was a spear used by Cúchulainn. It also appeared in The Last Remnant. [source]


Other:

Aiatar - This dragon from Brayflox Longstop comes from Finish mythology. An evil spirit said to take the form of a snake or dragon and spread disease. [source] Also has several different spellings. [source]






I don't know my mythology inside out, I just looked some of these things up as I came across them in game and found the mythology behind them. The horses in particular after reading Enbarr's name and assuming it's relation to Irish as "Barr" translates to "Top". However, Enbarr translates to Imagination (consult the source).

[HakuroDK]

Aithon - One of four horses of the Greek God Ares, god of the gun, which drew his chariot. [source]

Ares was the God of War and Patron Deity of Sparta. Guns didn't exist back then. Also, it is possible that the chariot being referred to belongs to Apollo, God of the Sun, who had his golden chariot drawn by horses in an eternal chase against his twin sister Artemis, Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt.

I think your source is kinda flawed with its information. Not trying to insult you or your sources, just adding clarity from my own knowledge. I'm kind of a Greek Mythology buff. I don't claim to know everything, but I know a good amount.

[Barboron]

Ares was the God of War and Patron Deity of Sparta. Guns didn't exist back then. Also, it is possible that the chariot being referred to belongs to Apollo, God of the Sun, who had his golden chariot drawn by horses in an eternal chase against his twin sister Artemis, Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt.

I think your source is kinda flawed with its information. Not trying to insult you or your sources, just adding clarity from my own knowledge. I'm kind of a Greek Mythology buff. I don't claim to know everything, but I know a good amount.

No, not insulted at all it was suppose to say god of sun, yeah I got mixed up with Apollo. What with the horse being on fire and everything XD thanks, will edit now.

[Enkidoh]

Sorry to cast Raise on this thread, but given some new FF series fanservice references have surfaced in 2.3, I felt it was worth reviving. (Spoilered for those who have not yet undertaken 2.3 content)

FFIII

- The second part of the Crystal Tower, Syrcus Tower, fittingly features boss enemies from FFIII's Crystal Tower, although some have been renamed, such as Scylla, Amon (Hein in FFIII) and Xande.

- Unei and Doga, the clones of long dead Allagan sorcerers in the Syrcus Tower story line, are of course based on the sages Unei and Doga from FFIII

- The group of researchers investigating the Crystal Tower is called NOAH, possibly referring to the famous magus of the same name from FFIII
- The background theme music for Syrcus Tower is a remix (by Masayoshi Soken), of Nobuo Uematsu's Crystal Tower, the theme for the eponymous final dungeon in FFIII.
- The Onion Knight minion directly references the Onion Knight Job in FFIII (right down to emulating the NES-era sprite model, much like the Minions of Light)

FFVI

- although he's not yet in the game, the 'stinger' cutscene after completing the new Hildibrand quest line shows that Ultros from FFVI will be coming to the game in the future as part of a future set of Hildibrand quests - fittingly in Ul'dah's Colosseum.

FFVII

- in the new Minion Guide, for the Cait Sith Doll, highlighting the minion's image brings up a speech bubble that directly quotes Cait Sith from FFVII.

Jessie, one of the members of Avalanche in FFVII, appears as a high-ranking member of the Garlond Ironworks during the quest to repair your magitek armour's weapon systems.

FFIX

- the new moogle mail delivery quests are similar to the Mognet quest line in FFIX where the player had to deliver mail on behalf of the moogles.

FFXII

- the Mandragora Royalty bosses feature in the new Hildibrand quest line as antagonists - they also feature in their own FATE on the Isle of Umbra.
The new Hunt system is very closely based on the Hunt from FFXII.

There's probably more, but these are some of the new references I've discovered so far.

[Deafinition]

Sorry to necropost but I've been looking through music references and I've found that some sound very familiar but weren't listed anywhere that I could find and would like to add to the list when I can. I didn't want to start a new thread since this list is already pretty extensive. If anyone else caught any music callbacks to earlier games in the franchise, I'd love to see them.

Here's the one I found recently. The music that plays during the airship cutscene when you're first able to board the airship is the same (albeit more fully orchestrated) song as the FFVIII ending theme.

FFXIV Airship Theme
FFVII Ending Theme

[Enkidoh]

Sorry to necropost but I've been looking through music references and I've found that some sound very familiar but weren't listed anywhere that I could find and would like to add to the list when I can. I didn't want to start a new thread since this list is already pretty extensive. If anyone else caught any music callbacks to earlier games in the franchise, I'd love to see them.

Here's the one I found recently. The music that plays during the airship cutscene when you're first able to board the airship is the same (albeit more fully orchestrated) song as the FFVIII ending theme.

FFXIV Airship Theme
FFVII Ending Theme

That's already been mentioned - that track is the 'Final Fantasy' theme that appears in one form or another in pretty much every FF title (except FFII and FFXIII), usually either at the start of the game or the ending. It actually first appeared in the very first FF game on the NES in 1987 when the player first crossed the bridge out of Corneria, so it's definitely far older than FFVII.

Also there were actually two versions of this track appearing in FFXIV - the 'original' version was by Nobuo Uematsu from the version 1.0 OST and was known as Opening Theme on the FFXIV 1.0 OST album such as Before Meteor (in FFXIV 1.0 it played on the character creation screen, and in FFXIV ARR it plays at the very end in the ending credits, during the listing of Legacy Campaign players). As well, there is also the 'new' version you mentioned which was remixed by Masayoshi Soken for ARR, known as A World Apart on the FFXIV ARR OST album.