Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania

The Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania is a book about Final Fantasy VIII originally published in Japan by DigiCube in 1999, and re-released by Square Enix in 2006. The book is generally spoiler-free, and has no pictures of the final bosses, who are simply referred to as "Last Boss".

Table of contents[]

After selected chapters, there are brief interviews with staff members who worked on Final Fantasy VIII.

The book has the following chapters:

Chapter 1 - World & Character (p.6-47)
- Features political and geographic maps, profiles of major and minor characters, character event maps, town information, a keyword guide, and descriptions of vehicles.
Chapter 2 - Battle (p.48-75)
- Describes the battle system, such as the ATB system, elements, status, and Limit Breaks.
Chapter 3 - Junction (p.76-115)
- Explains the Junction system, profiles of Guardian Forces, magic, a hidden draw point map, command abilities, support abilities, and refining.
Chapter 4 - Item (p.116-151)
- Showcases every obtainable item, and has further information about item refinery. Also covered is gil, Shops, and weapons.
Chapter 5 - Card (p.152-185)
- This chapter focuses on Triple Triad. Rules and playing styles are covered, and gives several examples of different game scenarios. There is a catalog of every obtainable card, and every person that can be challenged to a game, including the Queen of Cards and Card Club sidequests.
Chapter 6 - Monster (p.186-255)
- A complete bestiary of monsters and bosses encountered, excluding the final bosses.
Chapter 7 - Scenario (p.256-305)
- A brief walkthrough of the storyline, with diary-like entries from the characters written by Benny Matsuyama. Also takes players through side stories.
Chapter 8 - Chocobo (p.306-323)
- Walks through the Chocobo Forests and the Chocobo World minigame.
Chapter 9 - Secret 111 (p.324-355)
- This chapter shows players 111 secrets, such as achieving SeeD Rank A, the Library Girl with a Pigtail, and PuPu sidequests, where to find Timber Maniacs, etc.
Chapter 10 - Map (p.356-467)
- Shows all the field background images (not battle screen or world map images) and their connections, hidden items, and interactive parts.
Index (p.468-473)
The Score of Eyes On Me (p.474-477)
- Score of the song with lyrics in English and Japanese.
Epilogue (p.478-479)
- A short story Aru Hi no Garden no Jugyō Fūkei (ある日のガーデンの授業風景, Aru Hi no Gāden no Jugyō Fūkei?) written by Kazushige Nojima about Hyne from the perspective of a Garden classroom lecture.

Sample pages[]

UltimaniaVIIIsample 1 — Sample page from the Monster chapter.

Credits[]

Adapted from the SE-Mook reissue.

Publisher

Square Enix Co., Ltd.

Planning/Composition/Writing

Studio BentStuff Co., Ltd.

Akira Yamashita (Director/Interview Part)

Benny Matsuyama (Character Guide/Scenario Short Story)

Ryota Ode (大出綾太) (Sub-Director/Item/Secret 111)

Naoki Yamanaka (山��直樹) (Battle/Junction)

Toshimitsu Itaba (Chocobo/Map)

Tomohito Koishi (小石朋仁) (Scenario)

Yoshifumi Kato (加藤義文) (Card)

Daisuke Shirakawa (白川大輔) (Monster)

Masayuki Yamaki (八巻将之) (Monster)

Masaomi Ito (伊藤真臣) (Area Guide/Keyword Guide)

Shoei Katahira (Map)

Shinya Yamada (Analysis support)

Kazutoshi Watanabe (渡辺和歳) (Analysis support)

Uosue Retto (Card support)

Design

STOL

Art Director: Asomi Ishikawa (石川朝臣)
Designer: Masayuki Fukunaga (福永将行); Shizuka Muraoka (村岡志津加)
DTP: Yuichi Osawa (大澤雄一)

Photography (Gunblade): Handmade Co., Ltd.; Hiroshi Shibaizumi; Shouji Otake
Art (Gunblade): Toshisaku; Shinji Tamura (田村愼二); Mitsuaki Hasegawa (長谷川充亮)
Collaboration: Square Enix Co., Ltd.; Final Fantasy VIII development team
Supervision: Square Enix Co., Ltd.; Michio Okamiya; Katsumi Miyazaki; Rieko Katayama

Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania

Contents

Table of contents[]

Sample pages[]

Credits[]

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