"Final Fantasy XV" was showcased during the recent Tokyo Game Show, which was held last Sept. 15 to 17, and the trailer shown to the crowd has since been released online. The trailer, now with English subtitles, reveals several key plot points as well as returning summons such as Ramuh and Shiva.
The trailer opens with Noctis and his group first discovering the fall of the city of Insomnia and the death of King Regis, Noctis' father.
Fans who watched the tie-in film, "Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV," will recall that the city and the king fell when the leaders of Niflheim offer a peace treaty but then execute an assault the moment they are within the city borders. Regis dies, but his special team of soldiers, the Kingsglaive, manage to get Princess Lunafreya out in time.
This shows that as the events in the film unfold, players will be experiencing the story from Noctis' point of view. Prince Noctis also questions why his father chose to save him and him alone, a point that is brought up several times in the trailer.
From that point, the trailer focuses on core game mechanics such as the ability to use the car both on the road and in the sky, the return of Chocobo mounts, and the return of summons. Summons shown in the trailer have appeared in the franchise before. These include Shiva, Titan, Ramuh, and Leviathan.
Gamespot points out that the trailer does feature Lunafreya speaking to a large crowd, indicating that she is no longer in the clutches of the enemy and that she may be rallying the people to help Noctis and the rest to bring down the Niflheim Empire.
"Final Fantasy XV" was initially meant to roll out this September, but the game's release date was pushed back to Nov. 29 in order to include more features, instead of releasing them post-launch as DLC. The game will be available for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
