List of Final Fantasy references in A Realm Reborn

[Yasuhiro]

Calofisteri is a boss in the new raid. Yoshida wasn't kidding when he said he wanted to bring back fan favorites
I gotta admit I forgot all about this boss and was only reminded of it in 3.3 thread



Weeping city of mahc even has a bit of FFIX's battle theme play

[White_Devil]

Not sure if anyone's posted these yet.

FFVII
Doing /vpose as a Dark Knight will make the player do Cloud's victory pose, doing /bstance will make the player use Cloud's battle stance before going back to the default Dark Knight stance.
Cloud's Motorcycle from Advent Children was shown off as a mount in a Live Letter, but was never added since it looked weird going at a regular mount's speed and would give the player an unfair advantage in ARR areas if it went at the speed of a flying mount.

[Phileas]

The white mage 2.0 relic weapon: Nirvana is a reference to Yuna's ultimate weapon in ffx. It also has the same general shape and everything.

[Yasuhiro]

Not sure if anyone's posted these yet.

FFVII
Doing /vpose as a Dark Knight will make the player do Cloud's victory pose, doing /bstance will make the player use Cloud's battle stance before going back to the default Dark Knight stance.
Cloud's Motorcycle from Advent Children was shown off as a mount in a Live Letter, but was never added since it looked weird going at a regular mount's speed and would give the player an unfair advantage in ARR areas if it went at the speed of a flying mount.

Might be a possible shout out because there's only so many ways you can do it but Dark Knights Plunge attack looks like Cloud's braver

Tried getting my own screenshot of me doing it for comparison but can never get it at that exact pose above

[Yasuhiro]

New Patch new references and throwbacks for us FF fans
Here's some that I caught, I'll spoiler tag them

(?) means possible reference

Hullbreaker Isle Hard

Final Fantasy VI (III in the US)
Y'mir is a boss in this dungeon but the best part about this is the attention to detail, you fight him in a cave just like you do in FFVI

Shor Khai (excuse my spelling)

Final Fantasy V, The Enchanted Fan is brought back and recreated in glorious 3D! They're a lot bigger than expected them to be FFV is my favorite game in the series!

The Weeping City of Mhach

Final Fantasy (?) The Crocodiles at the start of the raid look like the crocodiles from the first game
Final Fantasy IV (?) The spider boss reminds me of the generic half spider half human enemies you encounter
Final Fantasy V You fight a tombstone mini boss
Final Fantasy V Caliofesteria is the final boss of this raid
Final Fantasy IX Ozma! Need I say more?
Final Fantasy IX The raid theme is a remix of Final Fantasy IX's battle theme
Final Fantasy XI don't know if this was said before during the start of Void Ark but Cait Sith in this is a model recycle from XI

Might have missed some hoping Enkidoh pops in and adds to it

[Yasuhiro]

Anyone with a good memory remember how much of Ozma's moveset mirrors the original?

Lv5 Death: Inflicts Instant Death on all party members whose levels are a multiple of 5. Ozma will only use Lv5 Death if the party has a member susceptible to it; if no party member is of a suitable level, Ozma will not waste its turn.
Death: Inflicts instant death on one party member if it hits.
Lv4 Holy: Deals Holy damage to all party members whose levels are a multiple of 4. Ozma will only use Lv4 Holy if the party has a member susceptible to it.
Holy: Deals Holy damage to one target. Ozma will not use the ability if the target absorbs it.
Flare: Deals non-elemental damage to one target.
Flare Star: Deals damage based on the characters' level. Can miss.
Doomsday: Deals Shadow damage to all targets, including Ozma.
Meteor: Deals random damage to the entire party, with the possibility of dealing 9999 to all of them.
Curse: Deals non-elemental damage to all party members and inflicts Confuse, Poison, Slow, Mini, and Darkness.
Mini: Inflicts Mini status on all targets.
Esuna: Used if Ozma is afflicted with a status ailment.
MP Absorb: Used if Ozma is low on MP. Drains MP from the party.
Berserk: Used to counter attacks.
Curaga: Used as a counterattack; there is a higher chance of countering with Curaga when Ozma's health is low.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/O..._Fantasy_IX%29

All I remember from this was Holy, Meteor and I think I might have seen him mini/death some people

[Niqote]

The current rising (2016) event is referencing FFIX

Not just the fact there is a play, but a very specific line 'You don't need a reason to help people' -Zidane Tribal

[Xlantaa]

Anyone with a good memory remember how much of Ozma's moveset mirrors the original?

Lv5 Death: Inflicts Instant Death on all party members whose levels are a multiple of 5. Ozma will only use Lv5 Death if the party has a member susceptible to it; if no party member is of a suitable level, Ozma will not waste its turn.
Death: Inflicts instant death on one party member if it hits.
Lv4 Holy: Deals Holy damage to all party members whose levels are a multiple of 4. Ozma will only use Lv4 Holy if the party has a member susceptible to it.
Holy: Deals Holy damage to one target. Ozma will not use the ability if the target absorbs it.
Flare: Deals non-elemental damage to one target.
Flare Star: Deals damage based on the characters' level. Can miss.
Doomsday: Deals Shadow damage to all targets, including Ozma.
Meteor: Deals random damage to the entire party, with the possibility of dealing 9999 to all of them.
Curse: Deals non-elemental damage to all party members and inflicts Confuse, Poison, Slow, Mini, and Darkness.
Mini: Inflicts Mini status on all targets.
Esuna: Used if Ozma is afflicted with a status ailment.
MP Absorb: Used if Ozma is low on MP. Drains MP from the party.
Berserk: Used to counter attacks.
Curaga: Used as a counterattack; there is a higher chance of countering with Curaga when Ozma's health is low.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/O..._Fantasy_IX%29

All I remember from this was Holy, Meteor and I think I might have seen him mini/death some people

As I remember from FFIX:

Level 5 Death: He doesn't use it (for obvious reasons)
Level 4 Holy: He used instead just Holy. Deals damage and can knock back.
Holy: Like I said before.
Flare: He doesn't use it.
Flare Star: Don't rembmer now, I think don't use it.
Doomsday: He used it and can wipe the party. He will use it if not kill Shadow Ozma quick.
Meteor: He use it a lot, also spawn those cubic adds.
Curse: He doesn't use it exaclty, but at the beggining of the pyramid form uses a beam ray which inflic some stats. Also put bleeding debuffs in pyramid form.
Mini: Like I said before, he can put mini using that beam ray.
Esuna: He doesn't use it.
MP Absorb: He doesn't use it (thank god)
Berserk: Doesn't use it.
Curaga: Nope

[Vidu]

Doesnt he use Flare/Flare Star (I would bet on Flare Star, but not 100%) when he changes into cubic form, right before the orbs spawn? Pretty sure the attack that puts vul-up-stacks on you if you're not close to... "him" is called Flare or Flare Star.

[Xlantaa]

Doesnt he use Flare/Flare Star (I would bet on Flare Star, but not 100%) when he changes into cubic form, right before the orbs spawn? Pretty sure the attack that puts vul-up-stacks on you if you're not close to... "him" is called Flare or Flare Star.

Maybe can be that. I should... "try" netx time to be sure.