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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord
光と闇の姫君と世界征服の塔 ファイナルファンタジー クリスタルクロニクル
Hikari to Yami no Himegishi to Sekai Seifuku no Tō:
Fainaru Fantajī Kurisutaru Kuronikuru
Developer(s) Square Enix
Publisher(s) Square Enix
Release date Japan June 30, 2009
United States/Canada July 20, 2009
Europe July 17, 2009
Genre Real Time Strategy
Game modes Single player
Ratings ESRB: Everyone 10+ Everyone 10+
CERO: All Ages All Ages
OFLC: TBA
Platform(s) Nintendo Wii

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord released in Japan as Hikari to Yami no Himegishi to Sekai Seifuku no Tō: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Subtitle translated as The Daughter of Light and Darkness, and the Tower of the World Conquest) is an installment in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series for the Nintendo Wii available through the WiiWare download service. It is a sequel to Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.

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[edit] Characters

Artwork of My Life as a Darklord characters
  • Mira: Daughter of the former Darklord, she battles Adventurers trying to take the Dark Crystal from her tower by setting up traps and monsters in their way.
  • Tonbetty: A female Tonberry that provides strategies to Mira during battles.
  • Tonberries: A group of tonberries that are loyal to Mira and help carry out her plans.
  • King Leo: The young Clavat King of Padarak who defeated the original Darklord. He invades Mira's tower as the final boss along with an army from Padarak.
  • Chancellor Chime: The mentor and sister figure of King Leo. Trailers feature her as one of the many Adventurers trying to invade Mira's tower.
  • Hugh Yurg: A retired warrior of Padarak, who is sent to invade Mira's tower.
  • Fiona: The half Lilty, half Clavat Queen of Alfitaria. She invades Mira's tower and is fought as a boss at one stage.
  • Bel Dat: A Selkie who is the young sister of Bal Dat, leader of the Striped Brigands.
  • Stiltzkin: A moogle who travels the world.

[edit] Story

The story follows Mira, the highly fashionable daughter of the former Darklord, who is charged with dispatching intruding do-gooders by strategically placing traps and monsters around the tower she calls home. She arrives one day when her tower is seen flying across the air. Within the top of the tower is a crystal she must protect from adventurers trying to attack her home.

[edit] Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot of My Life as a Darklord.

Once Mira's tower appears in enemy territory, Adventurers will begin to invade it. Players must defend the tower, starting by building some floors, if the Adventures reach the top of Mira's tower and get to the Dark Crystal then it's game over. There are several types of floors players can build. At first, players start with a simple offensive floor that will do damage to enemies and slow them down, but over time more types of floors will unlocked. Some will help defend monsters, some will do very clever - and strange - things to Adventurers attempting to invade Mira's tower. Heroes of all the tribes and job classes from the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series will storm the Darklord’s lair in real time.

[edit] Monsters

Monsters are summoned to battle the Adventurers trying to invade Mira's tower since Floors aren't enough to defend it. Players will start off with Goblins, but as the game progress more monsters of different ranks such as Bombs, Cactuars, Scorpions and more will be unlocked.

[edit] Downloadable Content

Similar to My Life as a King, My Life as a Darklord includes downloadable content. The total Wii points cost for all DLC comes to 5700 Wii points, meaning if you want the game and all DLC you'll have to shell out 6700 Wii points altogether.

The current downloadable content available for My Life as a Darklord is as follows:

Costumes

  • Beloved Wardrobe (600 Points): Three costumes for Mira including the Radiant Dress (Styled after the light side of Miras standard dress, lets you cast Cure once per battle, restoring a little HP to all monsters and Artifacts), the Dark Dress (Styled after the dark side of Miras standard dress, raises your starting NP by 50) and the Prim Dress (Styled after Chime from FFCC: MLAAK, lets you cast Hard Slash once per battle, dealing light melee damage).
  • Designer Wardrobe (600 Points): Three costumes for Mira including the Cat Dress (Styled after Sherlotta from FFCC: EOT, raises your starting NP by 50), the Mystic Dress (Styled after Rydia from FFIV: TAY, lets you cast Fire for light magic damage) and the Puffy Dress (Styled after Porom from FFIV: TAY, lets you cast Cyclone for light generic damage).

Monsters

  • Darklord Special Forces (500 Points): Adds Ogre (Melee), Ahriman (Ranged), Sahagin (Magic), Coeurl (Generic), Chimera (Generic) and Lamia (Healing) to the group of Monsters you're able to summon.
  • Darklord Elite Unit (500 Points): Adds Gigas (Melee), Abaddon (Ranged), Tentacle (Magic) Death Knight (Generic) and Little Pirate (Generic, styled after King Leo from FFCC: MLAAK) to the group of Monsters you're able to summon.
  • Kain (200 Points): Adds Kain (From FFIV: TAY) to the group of Monsters you're able to summon.
  • Palom (200 Points): Adds Polom (From FFIV: TAY) to the group of Monsters you're able to summon.

Floors

  • Bedroom Set (300 Points): A pack of three Artifacts to give you the advantage in battle. Void Fountain (restores monsters' HP and cures status effects), Summon Mirror (summons random Monsters) and Drain Chest (drains adventurers' HP and distributes it to your monsters).
  • Living Room Set (400 Points): A pack of four Artifacts to give you the advantage in battle. Purgatory Press (cuts adventurers' HP in half), Abyss Crane (warps adventurers to the bottom floor), Hypno-Box (stops adventurers from moving) and Bravery Stove (raises your monsters' attack power).

Items

  • Darklord Armory (400 Points): A pack of five items each usable once per battle. All five items are spells, they are as follows, Shockwave, Blast Arrow, Fira, Quake and Cura.
  • Vile Ribbon (200 Points): An item that raises your NP by 50 at the start of a battle.
  • Nightmare Tiara (200 Points): An item that raises your NP by 50 at the start of a battle.
  • Fatal Earrings (200 Points): An item that raises your NP by 50 at the start of a battle.
  • Gloomy Armband (200 Points): An item that raises your NP by 50 at the start of a battle.
  • Wailing Doll (200 Points): An item that raises your NP by 50 at the start of a battle.

Stage Collections

  • Wanted on Vacation (500 Points): Adds a new world and episode for you to enjoy after completing the game.
  • A Fateful Clash! (500 Points): Includes two stage collections of varying difficulty. You must complete Chapter 3 of the main story before you can play through these stages.


[edit] Development

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord was announced on March 25th, 2009, during the Game Developers Conference. Characters' designs are by Yasuhisa Izumisawa, who previously designed characters for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, with Toshiyuki Itahana as art supervisor. The scenario writer is Motomu Toriyama, who filled the same role for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King. Kumi Tanioka, who has worked on all previous Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles games, is composer for the game. The game's director is Hiroyasu Kaneko.


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