Dune the little reference which is really cool

[Kazhim]

Hello

I post a topic about this reference, i wonder if ppl noticed or if they know Dune; I discover this saga very late, so i never wondere if the big worm from desert we see in final fantasy game usually were inspired directly by the saga of Frank Herbert

To the Oasis camp there is an meta event in the camp where worm invade it, and at the end, a mini boss shows up name as Ulhuadshi, which is an anagrame of Shai Hulud, emperor of Sand from Arrakis, we see the same letter in the name but in different order.
https://www.google.com/search?q=shai...w=1920&bih=938


Ii think the reference is real, also Dune is a great saga attemporal and frontierless , it is very interesting to see designer give such reference in their game, ref who can not speak to all

tell me your think about it

thank you

[Kaedan]

Nah. Big worms living in deserts were done long before Dune, and the ones in FF don't really bear any resemblance.

Dune is a great series, however. ^_^

[Espritduo]

Nah. Big worms living in deserts were done long before Dune, and the ones in FF don't really bear any resemblance.

Dune is a great series, however. ^_^

The fact that Ulhuadshi is an anagram of Shai Hulud, however, is an unmistakable reference to the Dune worms specifically, though.

[Gwenorai]

I was really happy about this! The move they use is called 'Spice Spray' as well I believe? It had spice in the name - that I can certainly with 100 percent guarantee it has spice in the name.

[Ceridwenae]

I can't speak to the event you refer to, OP, but I do know that I have to tell myself "Fear is the mind killer" every time I use the Duty Finder.

[Kazhim]

as Espritduo says, it is a reference, i dont say who creat the creature first, i say the developper make a real reference to the serie of franck herbert, and i really think they inspired their worm from Dune, even if desert worm could existe to any old mythologic, only one book gave them a big role, also final fantasy use to be to do reference of this order, ff9 got plenty of them for example. (italian theatre, classic french roman and so on)

[Kazhim]

I was really happy about this! The move they use is called 'Spice Spray' as well I believe? It had spice in the name - that I can certainly with 100 percent guarantee it has spice in the name.

what do you mean? i didnt understand, is there something i missed?

[Gwenorai]

In Dune there is a whole theme regarding Spice. In Dune, the worms make Spice. And in the first book in the desert, they have spice factories they use to gather it, but the big sand worms come and devour them.

It's also how Spice was in Star Wars; George Lucas got the idea from Dune. Spice is an addictive base drug in both universes.

The worms that use the ability Spice Spray are actually in a later dungeon - 'The Burn'. If you haven't gotten there I won't spoil more!
So, I guess this is a second reference ^^ Sorry for the confusion!

[Lusavari]

The move you're talking about is in the last section of pulls in The Burn. The Sandworms there use a move called Desert Spice. That is unmistakably a Dune reference.

I literally make a joke about this move every time I run the dungeon. Every, single time...

[Gwenorai]

Thank you! I knew it had the name spice in it! I smile every time I just see it.