TwilightXTwilight

TwilightXTwilight (The X is silent) is the 2nd installment in the Twilight series and the direct sequel to TwilightXDawn. It is a multi-crossover featuring characters and items from franchises such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Pokemon, Yo-Kai Watch, Mother as well as a few original characters from the previous game. The name stems from the two time periods in a day. Time rarely changes in game and so the game seems almost always in a permanent Twilight for in game.
The game was released on December 15th 2017 to nice reception. A sequel named Twilight x Destiny is in the works with a late 2020 release planned.
==Plot==
See Also - TwilightXTwilight/Ash Story, TwilightXTwilight/Lightning Story, TwilightXTwilight/Lost Story
Following Team Nates defeat at the hands of Team Cloud, Carnia was nearly decimated and everything on the island has been either destroyed or transformed. Queen Mary managed to save the planet, but her life is ending quicker than before because of it. tells them that the only way to fix the world to its original state is to find and unleash the Elemental Crystals (Final Fantasy franchise) upon the world in order to save it. 
Meanwhile, Team Cloud (Now Team Ash) has lost Cloud and Sun/Moon to the destruction of Carnia. The remaining two (Ash and Sofia) are given a new quest: Find 8 alternate melodies and combine them for Queen Mary. Along the way, they are joined by Alena (Dragon Quest), Paula (Earthbound) and Noctis (Final Fantasy).
Team Awakening (As Queen Mary has called them) is in the middle of continuing their quest to find the fragments of lost time. However, the near destruction of Carnia has all but come close to breaking Jessica and Mai's spirits. However, Isaac keeps his promise to protect Mai and the Hero continues to persevere.
This games main stories are Ash Story (Focusing on Ash and Sofia instead of Cloud like in the previous game), Lightning Story (Detailing the fall of Team Lightning as the group falls apart and Nate is the temporary leader of the group) and Lost Story (In which Team Awakening struggles to get a grips).
Each story has its own main quest to follow. Team Nate focuses on gathering the 4 Elemental Crystals from Final Fantasy, Team Ash focuses on gathering an alternate 8-melodies and Team Awakening focuses on finishing their quest to gather the fragments of forgotten Time.
== Characters ==
=== Final Fantasy ===
Name 	Art	First Appearance 	Background 	Story
Lightning	 	Final Fantasy XIII (2009)	Following her failure to defeat Team Cloud, take the 16 melodies and prevent the erasure of Carnia in the previous game, she has pitted the whole failure on herself and slowly falls apart because of her emotions. While she is still the appointed leader, Nate is forced to step up for her. The two grow a friendship and Lightning starts to open up more. Eventually, she gets better but still stays back in order to test Nates leadership skills.	Lightning Story
Terra 	 	Final Fantasy VI (1994) 	Since she has gained control of her mind following the last game, she has begun to uncover her past in order to find her connection to the villain who is trying to erase Carnia. She is the only other person (Besides Nate) that Lightning had warmed up to prior to their defeat by at the end of the previous game. 	Lightning Story
Noctis 	 	Final Fantasy XV (2016) 	Recruited by Queen Mary to help out Team Ash due to their dwindling numbers. He is their to help guide them in their quest to find the alternate 8 melodies and complete the shrines. Because of his royal heritage, he has the ability to open certain shrines. 	Ash Story
Cloud 	 	Final Fantasy VII (1997) 	It is revealed that following the near-destruction of Carnia, his body and mind were separated but this is being corrected by the people in Magicant. 	Ash Story
=== Dragon Quest ===
Name 	Art 	First appearance 	Background 	Story
Erdrick	 	Dragon Quest III (1988) 	After the last game and their groups defeat at the hands of Team Cloud, he and Nate attempt to keep their team together due to multiple issues (Lightning is emotionally broken, Terra is still very unstable and Red is angered and wants to avenge everyone himself).	Lightning Story
Sofia 	None	Dragon Quest IV (1990) 	With Sun/Moon and Cloud missing, she and Ash have to cooperate with only so much power left in them. She is determined that Sun/Moon is alive but not so much Cloud. 	Ash Story
Alena 	None	Dragon Quest IV (1990) 	A tomboyish girl who suddenly joined Team Ash due to their lowering numbers. She and Noctis both joined Team Ash by orders of the dying Queen Mary. 	Ash Story
Jessica	None	Dragon Quest VIII (2004)	Tasked with protected the 3 chosen, she defended them in the previous game with her life during their quest to find the 7 fragments. However, following the worlds destruction, she has questioned her ability to put people over herself. 	Lost Story
=== Pokemon ===
Name 	Art	First Appearance 	Background 	Story
Ash 	 	Pokemon [Anime] (1997) 	Following the conclusion of Clouds Story in TwilightXDawn, Ash believes that Cloud has perished along with most of Carnia. Because of this, he is forced to take up the role of leader without much of an option. Knowing that it is mostly his fault for his friends death, he needs revenge of "The Weird Guy" not only for Cloud, but to get his Pikachu back. 	Ash Story
Red 	 	Pokemon Red-Blue-Green-Yellow (1996)	Because of his groups failure to defeat Team Cloud, he is angered at himself for becoming to lenient and now wants Team Cloud dead for all of the lives lost. In this game, he and Pikachu grow as a team. 	Lightning Story
Sun/Moon	 	Pokemon Sun & Moon (2016) 	Following their victory over Team Cloud, Sun/Moon (Depending on which gender you chose), was thought to have vanished during Carnia's near erasure. However, he/she survived and was recovered by Team Awakening but lost their memory. While trying to recover their memories (From Pokemon Sun and Moon as well as the previous game), they have to cope with their anxiety and the hope that they can get back to what they consider home.	Lost Story
=== Yo-Kai ===
Name	Art	First Appearance 	Background 	Story
Nate	 	Yo-Kai Watch (2013)	Following his teams failure in the previous game, Lightning has become too emotionally unstable to continue leading the team. As Queen Mary's secondary messenger, Nate is forced to take over for Lightning. During this game, the two become a better duo.	Lightning Story
=== Mother ===
Name 	Art 	First Appearance 	Background 	Story
Ninten	None	Mother/Earthbound Beginnings (1989)	TBA 	Lost Story
Paula 	None	Mother 2/Earthbound (1994) 	Suddenly appearing, she offers to assist Team Ash in their venture. She has physic powers (PP) that can be used for a multitude of different abilities.	Ash Story
Lucas 	None	Mother 3/Earthbound 2 (2006) 	Former guardian of Queen Mary. He joins Team Lightning/Nate when they enter Magicant. 	Lightning Story
=== Original ===
Name 	Art 	First Appearance 	Background 	Story
Hero 	None	TwilightXDawn (2016)	With his family dead, world lost, and 4 more fragments still out there, it is a race against time before the crazy man kills him and his friend. He learns to grow in this game.	Lost Story
Isaac	None	TwilightXDawn (2016)	After the world is nearly erased, he and the only people he have left are forced to find the remaining 4 fragments of forgotten past. He protects Mai with his life. 	Lost Story
Mai 	None	TwilightXDawn (2016)	Though the 3 children are all chosen, she has a very special power that hides inside her. Because of this, the main characters are forced to protect her with their life. 	Lost Story
== Gameplay ==
Just like the previous game, which held many similarities to Final Fantasy Dissidia and Dragon Quest Heroes, this one plays like an Action Role-Playing game. However, this game also has many Final Fantasy XV similarities.
=== Overworld ===
The games overworld is mostly changed from the previous game, with many new areas to explore. This includes a vast swamp, boundless woods, and a very dark meadow. In the overworld, you can come across many different monsters from the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy franchises as well as many types of Pokemon along the way. Though the game is mostly straight forward, it becomes less in the 2nd or so half of Lighting story.
Because the game adds more Mother elements, their are things that you'd find odd on the overworld. In one area, their is a reference to Earthbound (Mother 2) in which their is a giant pencil in the way that you need to erase with a pencil eraser...
 The world map has more things to explore and traversing it is similar to games like Xenoblade Chronicles X and Breath of the Wild.
=== Battle System ===
While still taking from Action-RPGs like Final Fantasy Dissidia and Kingdom Hearts, this one takes more elements from Final Fantasy XV and even some non-RPGs like Breath of the Wild. A new addition are the new special moves (Coup de grace or Limit Break depending on characters)
Once you level up, you are given skill points that you can use to boost attributes. This includes Sword/Weapon strength, brute strength, skill, magic, MP, and a ability for a specific franchise (Ex. Limit Break for FF, Z-Power for Pokemon, Coup De Grace for Dragon Quest and PSI for Mother/Earthbound).
=== Side Quest ===
Side quests can be done in this game. Unlike the last game though, these ones can give you some very vital items. For an example, one side quest actually can give you a piece of Erdricks Armour.
==== Shrines ====
Shrines are located all across Carnia suddenly. These places hold special items like Materia, Armour and even some rare weapons like elemental swords. However, 5 types of shrines exist in the game. The first set allows you to play on any story and open the shrine. The second set allows only Team Awakening. The third set only allows Team Nate/Lightning. The fourth set only allows Team Ash. The fifth set can only open when you have Noctis in your party.
These shrines play similarly to the Shrines in Breath of the Wild in the sense that you're solving puzzles. However, they play off as a kind of gauntlet as you have 2-4 rooms of puzzles to solve or enemies to fight. Other times, you'l fight with challenges like fighting with only one Pokemon or sometimes with only certain characters and occasionally beating the shrine under a time limit.
Each type of Shrine gives you a specific type of power.
==== Magicant ====
The whole second half of the game takes place in Magicant. In magicant, the game changes from an open world Action-Roleplaying game to a 2d J-RPG in the style early roleplaying games like Dragon Quest III, Final Fantasy and Mother. The whole area of the game is rendered in 8-bits (16 bits for another area) and the music also represents this.
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== Soundtrack ==
Note - It'd be best to try and open the songs in a different tab if you want to listen... If you even care about this at all..
Theme 	Orgin 	Used for
Main Theme [Every Moment] 	Original [2017] 	Main Theme, opening, credits
Opening Text 	Final Fantasy [1987] 	Opening Text Crawl
Vengeance 	Breath of the Wild [2017] 	Red Boss Battle
Anxiety 	Breath of the Wild [2017] 	Stealth Moments
Team Awakening Theme 	Breath of the Wild [2017] 	Team Awakening
Team Cloud Theme 	Breath of the Wild [2017] 	Team Cloud
What are we fighting for? 	Hunter X Hunter [2011] 	Erdricks theme
Terra's Theme (I'll prove you wrong!) 	Final Fantasy 6 [1994] 	Terra's theme
I'll stick with you... 	Links Awakening [1994] 	Hero and Mai theme
Mai's theme (Until the end) 	Original [2017] 	Mai's theme
I just want to go home... 	Final Fantasy VII [1997] 	Moon's theme
Sun & Moon 	Final Fantasy V [1992] 	Sun's theme
Heroic Silence 	Final Fantasy Mystic Quest [1992] 	Hero's theme
All a Team 	Final Fantasy Mystic Quest [1992] 	Team Awakening Theme 2 (Complete Party version)
Magicant 	Kirby's Adventure [1993] 	Magicant exploration #1
Safe Magicant 	Mother 1 [1989] 	Magicant Exploration #2
Magicant infantry 	Breath of the Wild [2017] (8-bit) 	Magicant infantry theme
Mount Magicant 	Links Awakening [1993] 	Mount Magicant Overworld
Sudden Boss Encounter 	Mother 3 [2006] 	Unexpected boss battles
Quick Travel 	Breath of the Wild [2017] 	Quick traveling items (Flying Pokemon, Dragons)
Quick Travel (Night) 	Breath of the Wild [2017] 	Quick Travel (At night)
Quick Travel (In Magicant) 	Breath of the Wild [2017] (Remixed into 8-Bit) 	Quick Traveling Items (But in Magicant)
Make Me Feel Happy 	Dragon Quest VII [2000] 	Safe Towns
Daybreak 	Kingdom Hearts X [2016] 	Quiet Village theme
Lake of the forgotten 	Triforce Heroes [2015] 	Lake
Pokemon Encounter 1 	Dragon Quest VI [1996] 	Wild Pokemon Battles
Pokemon Encounter 2 	Original [2017]/Final Fantasy 8 [1999] (FF8 Battle theme with Pokemon soundfont)	Wild Pokemon Battles
Team Lightning Battle 1 	Original [2017] 	Random Battles Team Lightning
Team Lightning Battle 2 	Final Fantasy V [1992] (Uses FFIV soundfont) 	Random Battles Team Lightning
Team Lighting Boss Battle 1 	Final Fantasy VIII [1999] (Uses FFVI soundfont) 	Boss Battles Team Lightning
Angry Red 	Original 	Reds Theme
Team Ash Battle 3 	Final Fantasy V [1992] (Uses FFVII soundfont] 	Team Ash Battle 3
Team Awakening Battle 1 	Dragon Quest IV [1990] 	Lost Story Battle 1
Team Awakening Battle 2 [Colorless Rose]	Original [2017] 	Lost Story Battle 2
The Light Shines 	Kingdom Hearts X [2017] 	Lost Story Battle 3
We can't fail yet... 	Adventure of Link [1988] 	Magicant Battle theme 1
Protect the Queen 	Breath of the Wild [2017] (8-Bit remix) 	Magicant Battle theme 2
DON'T TRUST THEM! 	Final Fantasy XV [2016] 	Boss Encounter
Now, YOU DIE!! 	Breath of the Wild [2017] 	Boss Encounter
Come on! Fight back! 	Breath of the Wild [2017] 	Boss Encounter (Team Awakening)
Darkness 	Breath of the Wild [2017] (8-Bit) 	Magicant Boss Encounter
Suspenseful Battle 	Breath of the Wild [2017] (8-Bit remix) 	Magicant Boss Encounter 2
Against All Odds 	Breath of the Wild [2017] (8-Bit Remix) 	*Spoiler* Boss Encounter
Gallery 	Dragon Quest Franchise [???] 	Gallery
A clear fetch quest 	Original [2017] 	Mini-Games/Fetch Quests
Aftermath 	Final Fantasy II [1988] 	Team Lightning Overworld 1
Stay Strong 	Final Fantasy VI [1994] 	Lightning Story Overworld 2
Memories Lost to Time 	Dragon Quest VII [2000] 	Ash Story Overworld 1
Suspension 	Dragon Quest III [1988] 	Cutscenes/Boss Encounters
Through the forests! 	Triforce Heroes [2015] 	Cutscenes
Lower Level Battle 1 	Original [2017] 	[Enemies on lower levels] battle theme
Stick Together 	Original [2017] 	Cutscenes
Trust Me 	Original [2017] 	Cutscenes
Panic! 	Final Fantasy Mystic Quest [1992] 	Cutscenes
Queen Mary's message 	Dragon Quest III [1988] 	Cutscenes
Road to Magicant 	Links Awakening [1993] 	Cutscene
I'm sorry. Goodbye... 	Breath of the Wild [2017] (8-Bit) 	Cutscene (Queen Mary theme)
Welcome to Magicant 	Orcale Games [2001] 	Cutscene
Daylight? 	Dragon Quest X [2012] 	Team Awakening Overworld 2
The Wind will blow 	Original [2017] 	Cutscene (Unlocking the Air Crystal)
Team Ash Battle 2 	Original [2017] 	Battle theme Ash Story
The Alternate 8-Melodies 	Original [2017] 	8 Melodies collection
==Development and pre-release reception==
The games announcement was originally supposed to be at the Fantendo 10th Anniversary Showcase in 2017, however, because of problems, it went unannounced and was just suddenly showed off. However, Ninten was teased for the game anyways. Later on, Cloud and Noctis were announced and eventually Puala and Lucas from the Mother franchise. Unexpectedly, Alena from Dragon Quest 4 was also announced.
The game began development shortly after the original game went gold.
Many people have been skeptical about the pretty early announcement of the game considering the original had only been release in December, 5 months before the 2nd games announcement. However, with new characters from Mother and more on the way, some criticism has been removed.
== Reception ==
The game was released to positive reviews. Many take the game as an improvement over the previous with its focus of exploration being praised by many. Most of the praise goes towards the shrine systems, new characters, super moves and storyline. The storyline was especially praised for not going too overboard with the dark setting, and staying faithful towards the characters and where they came from.
Their was some criticism for the last third of the game in which it suddenly goes from Action RPG to a more Turn Based approach which for many threw the whole game off.
Otherwise though, the game was praised.
== Sequel ==
Their is a possibility that a sequel is around the corner to close off the series. However, their are no plans yet.
The name of this sequel will be DawnXAwakening.
== Trivia ==
* While in the original game, you could chose to either be Sofia or her male counterpart, Solo, you exclusively pick Sofia in this game.
* The entire Magicant portion of the game is in 8/16-bit.
* The game is a whole lot darker than the first.
* The dark atmosphere in the game is inspired by the Mother series which had very light hearted characters and events but a very dark atmosphere and background.
* The game also takes inspiration from Breath of the Wild with its overworld and dungeons.
* Though Sofia, Erdrick, Sun/Moon and Red were all voiceless in their original games, they all have voices in this game.
* The game is being developed with the help of Level 5 (Dragon Quest 8, Dragon Quest 9 and Yo-Kai), supervised by The Pokemon Company and is being published by Square Enix (Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest). The only one not doing anything about it is Shigisato Itoi, the mind behind the Mother franchise.
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