How summons came to be is never explained within the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII releases or media, except for some dummied lines from the original Final Fantasy VII, explained by Sephiroth in the Temple of the Ancients after obtaining the Bahamut Materia.
FINAL FANTASY XVI SUMMONS SERIES
Final Fantasy VII is the only game in the Final Fantasy main series where none of the summons are fought as bosses. Summons play a minor role, reverting to mere monsters called into battle, this time via Summon Materia. See also: Summon (Final Fantasy VII), or Summon Materia (Final Fantasy VII) In the Advance and The Complete Collection releases, the Lunar Ruins feature the Lunar Eidolons, dark versions of the Eidolons that serve as the bosses of the trials of the ruins. The king of all monsters, Bahamut, lives on the Red Moon. They are ruled over by Queen Asura and King Leviathan. Summoned monsters live in an alternate world called the Feymarch, accessed by a cave deep underground. The King of Baron tricks Cecil and Kain into delivering a ring to the village that unleashes monsters to burn it to the ground and Rydia is the village's only survivor. The Nintendo DS release coined the term "Eidolons," a naming convention carried into the The Complete Collection release and its sequel Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.Įidolons can be summoned by the Summoners of the village Mist. They were known as summoned monsters in the original version, and Summons in the PlayStation and Advance versions. Summoned monsters play a major role in the story. See also: Eidolon (Final Fantasy IV), or Summon (Final Fantasy IV) Some games that lack specific English terms refer to them simply as summons or summoned monsters/beasts. Since then, various games have used different terms for summoned monsters-Esper and Eidolon are the most common with the latter being more popular, but there are others.
The first specific name given to summoned monsters in an English game was Final Fantasy VI, where they are called "espers". In the Japanese games summoned monsters are usually referred to as "phantom beasts" ( 幻獣, Genjū ?), and in some other works, such as Final Fantasy XIII, "summoned/called-for beast" ( 召喚獣, Shoukanjuu ?).
Typically, however, a summoning is only temporary and the summoner eventually dismisses the summoned monster back to its home realm. There is no universal rule that governs how long summons can manifest in the normal world, varying from game to game to accommodate different gameplay mechanics. This is difficult to perceive when the player summons a monster against enemies, but in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-, the summons Genesis calls to attack Zack teleport Zack into another realm for the fight, Zack returning to the normal world when the summon is defeated. In other games, summons seem to possess the ability to transport their enemies into a pocket dimension to do battle in. Summoned monsters often live in another dimension separate from the human world, and travel between the realms is restricted or frowned upon. Zack sent to a pocket dimension to battle Bahamut Fury. While this is not universal, and some summons are acquired in other ways, most often the player must adhere to this tradition. Starting with Final Fantasy X summoned monsters have acted as temporary party members, able to be called into battle to fight alongside their summoner in place of the rest of the party for a period of time.Ī recurring theme with summoned monsters is that, to earn their allegiance and the right to summon them, the summoner must best the summoned monster in battle. Summoning them costs MP, often more than normal spells, but their attacks tend to be stronger or have effects normal spells cannot duplicate. In earlier titles summoned monsters merely appeared to perform a single attack before vanishing. 2.33.1 War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.2.29 Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival.2.28 Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call.2.26.3 Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia.2.25 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord.2.19.1 Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.2.14.2 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.2.13.1 Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.2.7.3 Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.2.7.1 Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII.2.4.2 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.
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