We all love a good infographic, right? They're a visually pleasing way to gawk at information on upcoming games, or perhaps to show off timelines and franchise histories without all that confusing text. Square Enix clearly sees the value of them, too, as it's now in on the act.
It's promoting Final Fantasy Explorers for 3DS, which is heading to the West on 26th January (North America) and 29th January (Europe). In this case it's showing off the 21 job classes that will be available as you explore and hack up monsters - the Blue Mage and Samurai jobs were DLC in Japan but, as confirmed during Nintendo Direct on 12th November, all of this extra content will be included for free in the West.
Cast your eyeballs over it below, anyway, just be sure to click the picture for a bigger view (so you can actually read it).

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Ugh, too many mage classes. Can you switch jobs easily? I want to try them ALL.
This game will be awesome! Day 1 for me.
Think I might go Beast Master or Bard to bring back my FFXI days haha. All these jobs and being able to use moves and abilities from diff jobs reminds me of FFV!
I foresee the Freelancer being where everyone ends up after mastering classes.
Will be interesting to see Western reaction to this game; on the Japanese side, reactions were either "too much like Monster Hunter" or "too much like FFXIV", depending on the person.
Don't do this to me - I was all set NOT to buy this game - and now you've induced my OCD - I remember FFT - and just ITCHING to get out of World History class cuz I'm just about to learn Earth Slash and seriously slaughter some Imps.
@crazedcavalier
If its so close to a MH title then I´m anyway more than happy. Then we got something to enjoy till MH cross gets released
The game seems too multiplayer focused to my tastes and I kinda doubt I can persuade any of my friends to buy it either since they're not the biggest JRPG fans.
Red Mages are always so dapper, it would definetly be my class of choice.
I'm still not sure about this game. I hope we get a demo like Japan did, but this infographic makes me wanna play it!
@Konda It seems it's more like it's in an awkward middle where it's to MH-like for the FF crowd but to FFXIV-like for the MH crowd.
HOLY CRAP! LOOK AT ALL THOSE CLASSES! BLUE MAGE! NINJA! MACHINIST! DEFO GETTING THIS GAME NOW! <33333
@CrazedCavalier Good thing I play and like both FFXIV and MH, so this game will be perfect for me. Probably going to be a white mage, as I love healing classes and I'm mainly a WHM in FFXIV too.
"Even the Monk is ready for battle"
Of course! Have you never seen Braindead??
So for those who've played, how does the class system work? Is it like, each as a leveling system where you can get whatever skills, then switch to another class and use the same skills? I hope it's like that, just as DQ9 was. It was a lot of fun leveling each class.
Does this game have any kind of single player campaign? All of the information I've read is focused on multiplayer.
That sounds AWESOME! Can't wait to try them all out.
@rishisquid You can freely switch whenever you want, just like Monster Hunter. It may not be practical to do them all at the same time, but you can if you put enough time into the game.
@LFiM You can play the entire game solo. They'll give you some monster partner NPCs to help out. Now, just like with Monster Hunter, a big part of the game is multi, but if you have patience and time, everything is possible solo
I am so excited about this game!
Wait what? None of you ever played FFV? Just talkin' about lots of classes.
Have to train peeps for a few classes (black and white mages, paladin, monk, ranger ... NINJA). I wonder tho if Geomancer is as stupid as it was in FFV. You fight against fire monsters so geomancer calls... CREATURES THAT MAKE FIRE DAMAGE.
I don' t know but I preordered the LE.
I heard nothing but bad press over this game when it was released in Japan. And quite frankly the gameplay reminds me of Crystal Chronicles without the charm but all of the mindless combat.
Not only will I wait for more information in the form of reviews, but even then I'd rather pick it up used for $10 at most.
I bet the Time Mage is good for trolling enemies.
I think I will like this alot more then Monster Hunter
"Even the Monk is ready for battle"
You have to think Kung Fu Monk, not Franciscan monk.
Good thing I have friends who are huge JRPG fans cause I NEED this game
Final Fantasy V Online? Can't wait!!
@Jayvir Well, I'm sold!
Knight or Samurai? I can't decide which one I want to be.
Here I thought I had the class I would start with (Thief) but now this info graphic showing all of them. Now I have to roll a die when I get it.
I wonder how the Eastern forums reacts when we get the same dlcs day one and for free?
Nice and all, but Square-Enix should mostly detail the Trance system. If we can play as the Dissidia cast, we'd like to know for how long, given Square implied they act as a summon mechanic of sorts, rather than full-fledged playable characters.
If the game was a bit more focused on single player than multiplayer, it would be day one for me... But for now, I'll wait for reviews. That Black Mage class does look nice!
I don't reallly even play FF and i really wan't this. It's really seems FFIXV but on the 3ds...
Game remind me of the Crystal Chronicle series. I did.love that game so I should love this one two.
Will be keeping an eye on this. I have no 3DS playing friends, so I hope the solo campaign is good. That infographic sure is pretty though.
Never played a Final Fantasy game (Theatrhythm doesn't count) but after seeing so many similarities between this game and one of my favorite RPGs of all time, Dragon Quest IX, I'm definitely sold.
@rishisquid - some of the mage classes aren't that "mage-ly"
If you have played Final Fantasy 5 or Final Fantasy tactics, the Blue Mage and Red Mage are sort of hybrid classes.
@DarthNocturnal - My favorite class too!
I'm an old school FF fan and thus am wary with any new FF since they have sucked hard ever since FF9. But this spin off seems like it may be fun to play online with my cousin. I too, will wait and see what reviews have to say and buy if they are good AND if I'm not still hooked on Xenoblade U. I have to say so far I am loving the FF5 vibe and since I never liked FFMMOs and hate all Monster Hunters, maybe this will be the magic middle grounds!
I'd have to go with Blue Mage then, pretty useful in the main games. I'm actually starting to get excited for this...
Hmm... I doubt I'll end up getting the game, but playing as a dragoon is tempting...
Ah, memories of FFTA. Now, if only you could play as all the different races like in those games...
I like the idea of an online co-op Final Fantasy game but the single player is the main attraction for me. Assuming it is up to snuff this one could be on my radar because I really like the premise and I can always use more games with co-op.
I keep looking at this and I'm wanting to play more and more. The sage and bard classes look the most interesting to me.
Thank goodness companies like SE are willing to make good games for 3DS, since Nintendo doesn't seem capable of doing that anymore. Nothing but garbage from them these days.
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