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Creative Producer Tetsuya Nomura shares story details on Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin

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DiipuSurotu

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In an interview with Famitsu, Creative Producer Tetsuya Nomura shared more information regarding Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin. This includes how the title came to be, and whether or not Strange of Paradise is actually connected to the first Final Fantasy game in any substantial way. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
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First and foremost, Nomura explains how the title of the game came to be. In the interview he states that while Stranger of Paradise is based off of the first entry in the Final Fantasy series, the crux of the story is that Jack is a stranger to this new world. Nomura describes the world of Final Fantasy as a "Paradise," and Jack is therefore a stranger in that land.

He goes on to state that this game is not a continuation of the first Final Fantasy game. This title draws inspiration from the first game. It more or less uses it as a "motif," according to Nomura. Additionally, the Shrine of Chaos that is available during the limited time demo will differ from the one that will appear in the complete game.
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Nomura also explained that Jack's appearance, specifically his starting outfit, was designed to clearly state that he is not from the world of Final Fantasy. He also mentions that players will more than likely change their equipment a lot. Additionally, due to Jack and the Warrior of Light sharing a similar goal, Nomura mentions that they had to design these characters to be completely different from the actual Warrior of Light. Additionally, he does state that Jack's name has a special meaning and that the reasoning for it is spoiler related.
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More at:
www.siliconera.com

Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin is Not a Continuation of Final Fantasy I

Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura confirmed that Stranger of Paradise is not a continuation of the first Final Fantasy game.
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EDIT: SE's official translation of the interview:
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STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN – the Famitsu interview | Square Enix Blog

Creative Producer Tetsuya Nomura, Producer Jin Fujiwara, and Director Daisuke Inoue discuss the bold new vision for the FINAL FANTASY series.
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TronLight said:
It's really an isekai uh?
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Another one!?

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Y2Kev

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The title "stranger of paradise," which already was not english, makes even less sense. Imagine going to a new city and being like, "I am a Stranger of London." People would look at you like you had a hole in your head.
 
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Jack in Japanese is basically the words for wicked and evil lol, right? Jaa and aku.
 
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I am really curious how can normal name like Jack have a special meaning.
 
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Y2Kev said:
The title "stranger of paradise," which already was not english, makes even less sense. Imagine going to a new city and being like, "I am a Stranger of London." People would look at you like you had a hole in your head.
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You mean going to London specifically? I'm not a native English speaker so it doesn't jump out to me that if the title is Engrish
 
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Nomura must have made a 20 page essay on why Jack is a special name at this rate
 
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I'm wearing Jacks normal outfit throughout the entire game . I don't want him to ever fit into the world
 
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DiipuSurotu said:
You mean going to London specifically? I'm not a native English speaker so it doesn't jump out to me that if the title is Engrish
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Yes. The English phrase is "stranger in paradise." If you search "stranger of paradise" and specify no FF results, you get no results. I am just like blown away they went with this.
 
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Y2Kev said:
The title "stranger of paradise," which already was not english, makes even less sense. Imagine going to a new city and being like, "I am a Stranger of London." People would look at you like you had a hole in your head.
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I don't think the title is meant to be spoken by the characters.
 
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Y2Kev said:
Yes. The English phrase is "stranger in paradise." If you search "stranger of paradise" and specify no FF results, you get no results. I am just like blown away they went with this.
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The title always felt off to me, but I couldn't immediately pinpoint why that was. Thanks for the explanation. You're spot on.
 
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FF Origin is Jack's gritty self insert fanfic that he wrote to cope with playing a baby colouring book game like Final Fantasy 1.
 
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His name is Jack because he's one of five pieces of Luxord, the others being Heart, Queen, King and Spade.
 
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Jack will become villain, the literal Chaos he is trying to defeat and from mid game you will get to play as actual WoL trying to defeat Jack (all your progress will carry on from Jack).
What a TWWEEESST.
 
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His name is Jack because he switches classes and is a jack of all trades.
What do I win?
 
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