However, Princess Hisui was tricked by a Rogue Cheney from the future into allowing the dragons to come through the door of Eclipse so that he can control them and defeat Acnologia, but only seven successfully come through before Eclipse is closed. At the same time, Fiore's royal family initiates a plan using a device called Eclipse that is said to be capable of defeating an army of 10,000 dragons that are coming from 400 years in the past to ravage the kingdom. Fairy Tail decides to participate in the Grand Magic Games, a tournament held in Fiore's capital Crocus to decide the most powerful guild, and takes first place. However, the missing members return, having been protected by magic cast by Mavis Vermillion's spirit, and start building up the guild's reputation again. Seven years later, the Fairy Tail guild has fallen into disrepair, becoming the weakest in Fiore. They are separated into three categories those that boost character stats, those that increase the likelihood of inflicting status ailments on enemies, and rare lacrimas formed from recipes that can only be equipped by a specific character.Īfter the strongest members of Fairy Tail stop the dark guild Grimoire Heart on Tenrou Island, the dragon Acnologia appears and seemingly destroys the island while they are on it. Equipable items called Lacrima may be dropped by enemies, bought, or crafted at the guild. Winning battles can also reward players with jewels and items dropped by the enemies, such as Ethernano Particles, which are absorbed by party members whose element matches that of those dropped and restores some of their MP. Player characters and enemies alike have elemental compatibilities and weaknesses, based on a system of seven types of magic: Non-Elemental, Fire, Ice, Holy, Demon, Light, and Dark. When a character gains a new level, the statistics (stats) of the character are upgraded. Once the party defeats the enemies by winning the battle, each member gains experience points in order to reach new levels. Some abilities can even reposition enemies on the grid. Enemies are placed on a 3×3 grid and the abilities of the player characters each have specific ranges and areas that they can affect. Characters are knocked out when they run out of either HP or MP. Before being triggered, Awakening can be expended to avoid an incoming attack, or follow up an ally's attack with another. After taking enough damage, individual characters can trigger Awakening, which grants brief stat bonuses and, on some characters, new forms and moves. Attacks slowly fill the Fairy Gauge that, when full, allows the player to trigger a Magic Chain, which allows party members to attack one after the other for less MP, or end the chain with a massive Finisher.

Players use menus to select physical or magic-based attacks, use items to heal status ailments or restore HP or MP, defend, or flee from the fight some fights can not be fled. Jewels (the in-game currency) are also earned from missions and, in addition to buying items, can be used to upgrade the guild's interior, such as adding a magic shop or the ability to take on more difficult quests.īattles are turn-based, with a focus on chaining attacks and performing combination specials. The guild itself acts as a base, where players can accept missions, which when completed raises its renown via a lettered ranking system. In Fairy Tail, players control a party of characters and traverse the game world with the goal of restoring the titular guild to its former glory. Reviewers praised the game's combat mechanics, but criticized the story as lacking accessibility for those not already familiar with the Fairy Tail franchise. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows in Japan and Europe on July 30, 2020, and in North America a day later. Based on the manga series Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima, it follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel and the other members of the titular wizard guild. Fairy Tail is a 2020 role-playing video game developed by Gust and published by Koei Tecmo.

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