Twilight x Destiny

Twilight x Destiny is an upcoming action role-playing game crossover developed in collaboration between Level 5, Square Enix and Atlus. It's the third game in the "x" series of crossover games and the sequel to TwilightXDawn and TwilightXTwilight. The game features characters from various Role-Playing Game franchises, notably Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Pokemon, Yo-Kai Watch, Megami Tensei: Persona, Kingdom Hearts, Fire Emblem, Mother and Deltarune. As with the other two games, it's intended to be a celebration of the Japanese Role Playing Game genre, and thus many references to the represented series are present as well as to other series. The game has no known release date. More information will be coming soon.
==Story==
See also, Twilight x Destiny/Story Mode
The games story takes place some time after the events of TwilightXTwilight and follows a completely different set of characters instead of the established set from the prior two games. These characters are suddenly gathered in the Worlds of "Ask" and "Embla" with only vague recollections of their memories. As such, they search for answers as to their whereabouts and the meaning behind their sudden gathering. 
Similar to Persona Q, the games story is split into seperate stories that focus on the two sets of characters split between the worlds.
While the game likely shares continuity with the prior two games, as of now, it seems the games narrative in stand-alone. 
==Characters==
=== Final Fantasy ===
Name 	Character Portrait	First appearance 	Skill Description	World
Cecil Harvey	 	Final Fantasy IV 	
Due to his heavy broadsword and armor sets, his attacks are far slower. However he's very powerful in battle and can take lots of damage making him useful for tanking attacks.
(Class: Warrior)
He is represented by the Strength Tarot Card	Embla
Benjamin 	 	Final Fantasy Mystic Quest	
He is overall a well-rounded character with his stats in Health, Speed and Strength all being equal though a little lower than avergae initially. He learns decent abilities and spells. He's a very beginner pick but if you chose to give him better equipment and prioritize leveling him up he can become a Lighting Bruiser and fight at quick speeds.
(Class: Minstrel)
He is represented by The Sun Tarot Card	Ask
Tifa 	 	Final Fantasy VII 	
She only fights hand-to-hand but she's extremely powerful. She's very good in the air as well as on the ground and over the course of the game she learns a large set of abilities that can be tapped on in battle which can aid her adding to her versatility. 
(Class: Fighter)
She is represented by the Temperance Tarot Card	Ask
Squall 	 	Final Fantasy VIII 	
He has less health than his allies and tends to take damage much quicker so his fighting style is more projectile based. This is assisted through the usage of his gunblade as well as the series of spells he ends up learning throughout the game. Despite this, he's still good with close combat and quick at that which can be very useful. 
(Class: Mage)
He is represented by the Judgement 'Tarot Card	Embla
=== Dragon Quest ===
Name 	Character Portrait	First appearance	Skill Description	World
Pudding 	 	Dragon Quest II 	
Unlike in her home game of Dragon Quest 2, she specializes in much more destructive spells and only learns basic healing spells. She learns at least one spell from each Dragon Quest spell families. 
(Class: Mage)
She is represented by the Wheel of Fortune Tarot Card	Ask
Kiryl 	 	Dragon Quest IV 	
Kiryl learns strong healing and defensive spells, but is fairly limited in the weapons and armor he can equip.
(Class: Sage)
He is represented by The Hierophant Tarot Card	Embla
Bianca Whitaker	 	Dragon Quest V 	She is similar to a Minstrel in that she is close to being a jack-of-all-trades however she is most proficient with swords and hand to hand combat 
(Class: Ranger)
She is represented by The Empress Tarot Card	Embla
Eleven 	 	Dragon Quest XI 	
He's a jack-of-all-trades character who can be modeled in any direction the player wants due to his status as a Minstrel like character. 
(Class: Minstrel)
He is represented by The Hermit Tarot Card	Ask
=== Persona ===
Name 	Character Portrait	First appearance 	Skill Description	World
Fuuka Yamagashi	 	Persona 3 	
She is a Navigator and guides the player through the world of Embla. As such, she is unplayable and has no skill set.
(Class: Navigator)
She is represented by The Priestess Tarot Card	
Embla
Futaba Sakura 	 	Persona 5 	Like Fuuka, she is a navigator and guides the player through the world of Ask. As such, she is unplayable and has no skill set.
(Class: Navigator)
She is represented by The Priestess Tarot Card	Ask
Kotone Shiomi 	 	Persona 3 (Portable)	
While in Persona 3 she was a wildcard and thus could use several different Persona's, she finds that she can only use Orpheus and so it remains her only Persona throughout the game. 
Unlike Chie, she can only summon her Persona for specific attacks and thus she uses melee weapons. Her main weapon type are spears (Though her starting weapon is a Naginata)
(Class: Warrior)
She is represented by The Fool tarot card	Embla
Chie Satonaka 	 	Persona 4 	
Chie makes use of her Persona, Tomoe, who buffs up all of Chie's physical abilities. Tomoe also enables Chie to use Bufu attacks. 
(Class: Fighter)
She is represented by The Chariot Tarot Card	
Ask
Ren Amamiya 
/
Joker 	 	Persona 5 	
The worlds of Ask and Embla both seem to have some properties of the Metaverse meaning Ren carries over much of his abilities from the cognitive world into the real world. 
Like Minako however, he can only summon Arsene as his Persona and relies on him only for certain attacks. Ren mostly utilizes his quick speed and dagger in order to damage enemies. 
(Class: Lightning Bruiser)
He is represented by the Justice tarot card	Embla
===Kingdom Hearts===
Name 	Character Portrait	First appearance	Skill Description	World
Sora 	 	Kingdom Hearts 	
Sora is the most well rounded of all the Keyblade masters and has average speed, spells and power.
(Class: Minstrel)
He is represented by The Star tarot card	Ask
Riku 	 	Kingdom Hearts 	
His attacks are far slower than the other Keyblade wielders, yet his attacks are much more powerful. He has no access to magic however which can put him at a disadvantage
(Class: Warrior)
He is represented by The Devil tarot card	Embla
Kairi	 	Kingdom Hearts 	
She's faster than Sora, but her attacks are much weaker than her contemporaries. However she's a very talented magic user and can access the most spells out of the Kingdom Hearts cast
(Class: Mage or Sage)
She is represented by The Empress Tarot Card	Embla
===Pokemon===
Name 	Character Portrait	First appearance 	Default Pokemon	Background & Usage	World
Gloria 	 	Pokemon Sword & Shield	
*Grooky
*Scorbunny
*Sobble	
Gloria is responsible for collecting Pokemon. She can only collect Normal, Fire, Ice, Fighting, Water, Flying, Grass, Bug, Electric and Ground Type Pokemon. 
She is represented by The Moon Tarot Card 	Ask
Gladion	 	Pokemon Sun & Moon 	
*Null 	
Gladion is responsible for collecting and can only use Dark, Fairy, Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Poison, Rock and Physcic Type Pokemon. 
He is represented by the Hanged Man Tarot Card	Ask
===Yo-Kai Watch===
Name 	Character Portrait	First appearance	Skill Description & Background	World
Natsume Amano	 	Yo-Kai Watch 4 	
She collects all of the Yo-Kai with her Yo-Kai Watch
She is represented by The Death Tarot Card 	Embla
===Fire Emblem===
Name 	Character Portrait	First appearance 	Skill Description	World
Lucina	 	Fire Emblem Awakening 	
She is extremely good with arial combos and is quick thus making her an expert lightning bruiser
(Class: Lightning Bruiser)
She is represented by The Magician Tarot Card	Ask
Byleth	 	Fire Emblem Three Houses	
Byleth is extremely powerful and can wield a wide array of weapons ranging from long swords to axes to bows. Unlocking her 9th Rank Confidant will allow her to use three varying weapons at once.  
(Class: Warrior)
She is represented by the High Priestess Tarot Card 	Embla
===Deltarune===
Name 	Character Portrait	First appearance	Skill Description	World
Ralsei	 	Deltarune 	
Unlike in his home game, he is similar to "Eleven" in terms of capability though he leans towards being a mage/sage as he originally was in Deltarune. It is in that area that his stats grow much quicker and larger.
(Class: Minstrel)
He is represented by The World Tarot card	Ask
===Mother===
Name	Character Portrait	First appearance	Skill Description	World
Poo 	 	Mother 2 	
He is a fighter who specializes in hand-to-hand combat. 
(Class: Fighter)
He is represented by The Emperor tarot card	Embla
== Gameplay==
===Battle System===
Twilight x Destiny, as were the previous two installments in the series, is an Action Role-Playing Game & Hack and Slash hybrid that allows the player to control the various in game characters. In this game, the various characters are split up by having distinct approaches to combat and unique spells and attacks. The player chooses between 3 characters in the cast to put into a party. Each character is able to be swapped out on whim in battle (ala Final Fantasy 7 Remake). Each character also has their own unique Persona inspired "All Out Attack!" which occurs when an enemy is downed in combat.
Gloria, Gladion and Natsume are incapable of being added into a 3 person party however. Instead, they are used to collect Pokemon and Yo-Kai. The Pokemon and Yo-Kai they collect can be added to the players party. 
Fighting in battles will give you "Experience Points" that will be added to a collection. Once you get a set amount of experience points, you will eventually level up. Experience points are shared between all of the characters you've unlocked that's in the specific world you're in (read more below), however a majority of the experience points will go to the party the player is playing as when the experience points are given. During battles, "Skill Points" can be earned and used to invest in certain abilities and buffs in a method similar to Dragon Quest IX.
If a specific set of circumstances are reached, characters can access "Pep Powers", returning from Dragon Quest XI. This gives two or more characters in your party the ability to deal certain team based attacks and be given acess to certain buffs such as better accuracy/evasion. Each character combo has their own unique team based attack. 
Returning from the previous games are franchise specific power up abilities. The Final Fantasy cast can access the ability to Limit Break (as in Final Fantasy 7). Characters from the Dragon Quest franchise can access a multitude of "Coup De Grace" abilities like in Dragon Quest 9 (0 Zone for Pudding. Choir of Angels for Kiryl. Roaring Tirade for Biance and Critical Claim for The Luminary). If equipped with a Z-Crystal of their type, Pokemon can use Z-Moves as in the Generation 7 Pokemon games. Unlike the Generation 7 games however, Z moves are incapable of being used every battle and one use forces the crystal to have to recharge. While there is a charge limit, the Z move can be unleashed before the limit is full; however the full power of the Z move will not be unleashed if done so.
Characters are split into "Heavy" and "Light" categories. The categories affect whether or not the characters are better at comboing on the ground or in the air. Heavier characters are better at grounded combos while lighter characters are much better in the air.
During battle, if the player switches characters in the middle of a combo this can lead to a "Baton Pass" with the character to be swapped out with. Each character has their "Baton Pass" combo that deals its own amount of damage and can sometimes knock down an opponent which can lead to an All-Out Attack.
While all of the characters have their own set of skills, certain groups will have unique party skills that can be utilized in battle. This is to encourage the player to experiment with the many different characters in the game.
====Class System====
There is a Class System. However all the classes of the characters are predetermined and more often than not, permanent. However as the game progresses you can use your skill points to change your character from said predetermined class into a hybrid class. Kairi is an interesting case as from the moment you can start playing as her you can choose whether or not to focus her on Mage skills or Sage skills.
=====Game Classes=====
Class 	Description 	Characters with this class
Warrior 	They have large sums of health and are really good for distracting enemies. Their abilities and fighting styles can range unlike the below character classes 	Cecil Harvey, Riku, Bianca Whitaker 
Lightning Bruiser 	A quick-paced attacker that attacks with lower damage output but their speed is far higher and once leveled up to a good percent, so is the amount of damage they put on enemies at a time.	Joker, Lucina
Minstrel 	
An "All Around" type character. All of their stats are mostly equal depending on how you level their skills up and the majority of them learn the most basic of magic. They do have their own unique sets though. For example, The Luminary is the only character who can learn Zap spells	Benjamin, The Luminary, Sora, Ralsei
Fighter 	They possess high Agility, Strength and Resilience. However they have low magic capability 	Tifa, Chie Satonaka, Poo
Mage 	
They specilize in casting destructive and debilitating spells, but performs poorly in melee combat.  	Squall, Pudding, Kairi
Sage 	
Specialize in healing and fortifying spells rather than offensive magic. They are similar to "Priests" from Dragon Quest 	Kiryl, Kairi
Pokemon or Yo-Kai Trainer	Their duty is to collect and train the magical beasts that the team gathers along the way. Specifically the Pokemon and Yo-Kai that they find in Ask and Embla 	Glroria, Gladion, Natsume Amano
Navigator 	They guide the player through the overworld and dungeons as well as give advice during the battles 	Fuuka Yamagishi, Futaba Sakura
===Skill Trees===
Skill Trees allow the player to slowly teach their party members new spells and abilities. It also gives them a chance to improve their attributes. When they unlock a particular panel, the ones surrounding it will become available, expanding options ever further. There are also secret skills that are only unlocked when all the surrounding skills have been unlocked. Each character has different skill paths they can follow though whether the difference be big or small depends on their class. 
===Pokemon & Yo-Kai Collecting and battling===
Pokemon/Yo-Kai collecting and battling can be optional, but are heavily recommended as they can be quite useful as Pokemon and Yo-Kai can help clear paths that were initially inaccessible or create paths and shortcuts to help the player traverse the lands much quicker. Acess to the many Pokemon and Yo-Kai for battle are also extremely useful. 
====Pokemon====
Pokemon can be found and fought against on the Ask overworld. To collect a Pokemon, you must defeat a Pokemon during battle and throw a Pokeball at it. However, Gloria and Gladion can only collect, battle and trait with certain Pokemon types. Gloria can only use Normal, Fire, Ice, Fighting, Water, Flying, Grass, Bug, Electric and Ground Type Pokemon. Gladion can only use Dark, Fairy, Steel, Ghost, Dragon, Poison, Rock and Physcic Type Pokemon. However, Pokemon collecting can be optional and the game starts you off with default choices for both Gloria and Gladion. Pokemon can only be collected and used in Ask and can be used to discover blocked off areas of the world. 
====Yo-Kai====
To use Yo-Kai in battle, Natsume needs to collect Yo-Kai Medals in order to summon Yo-Kai in battle. In order to collect Yo-Kai medals, she needs to befriend and then battle the Yo-Kai. The process of doing so involves gifting the Yo-Kai with food before beginning a battle. Yo-Kai can be found all over Embla, not just in the overworld but in towns too. 
===Summons===
Over the course of the game, the player can unlock summoning cards that give out either aid or assist in battle momentarily similar to those from the Kingdom Hearts games. They can be unlocked through the various side quests and confidants as well as through searching the overworld and dungeons. The majority of these summons are cameo characters from properties owned by Square Enix, Atlus, Nintendo and Level 5.
Below is a list of the confirmed summons in the game so far.
*The Scions of Erdrick (Dragon Quest 2)
*SEES (Persona 3)
*Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)
*The Phantom Thieves of Heart (Persona 5)
*Futaba Sakura (Persona 5)
*Demi-Fiend (Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne)
*Hibiki, Daichi & Io (SMT: Devil Survivor 2)
===The worlds of Ask and Embla===
In Twilight x Destiny, there are two worlds that the characters must traverse through. In game, the characters decide to split their operations between the two worlds and as such, only 12 characters can explore Embla but not Ask while the other 11 can only explore Ask but not Embla. Experience points can only be gained and shared by the groups in each world.
===Shrines===
Returning from TwilightXTwilight are shrines. These are small little spots on the map that contain either challenges or puzzles for the player to solve. In return for completing the challenge or solving the puzzle, they will be rewarded for their hard work with an item. Depending on the difficulty of shrine, this can range from something minuscule such as a health pick-up to a Z-Crystal for a Pokemon. 
===Confidants===
A mechanic from the Persona games, Confidants are a game mechanic that allows the player to form bonds with party members as well as a few NPCs. Hanging out with Confidants will give the player a rank up in the partnership. Improving Confidant ranks with Party members unlocks various abilities for use in combat. Improving ranks with non-party Confidants grant other bonuses, such as giving access to new and equipment and boosting experience points and Gil gain. 
While in Persona 5 (and its proceeding games), the only character capable of doing confidants was the player avatar, in Twilight x Destiny each of the 22 NPC Confidants are specific to a certain party member in your team that shares their Tarot Card; thus every character can do a confidant.
Confidants involving playable party members can be done with any other character in the party. The only time this is not the case is the Fuuka confidant which will always be done from Akira's point of view and Futaba's, which will always be done from Eleven's point of view.
===Fuuka & Futaba===
As they did in Persona 3 and 5, Fuuka and Futaba both act as the groups navigator during battle. They also both give tips and clues on the overworld as they both did in Tartarus and Mementos back in Persona 3 and 5. If you take time to purse either of their Confidant links, they'll eventually unlock the ability known as "Moral Support" which can have a variety of effects but during major battles can give you stat buffs (such as stronger attacks or better defense and agility) or heal your team somewhat (maxing out the Confidant will give each of them the ability to heal you completely). However "Moral Support" can only be activated if a set of certain circumstances are hit during battle (Clinging to death during a boss battle for an extended period of time for an example). However unlike Persona 3 and 5, there is an option to turn off the navigators guidance. However this only works in the overworld. In battle they will chime in every now and then and give tips on to combat enemies (I.e. giving out the weaknesses of enemies)
===Spells and Abilities===
Various characters can attain a multitude of spells in the game. However they are unique to the game series the characters come from. There is a distinct difference between the Final Fantasy Magic Spells, Dragon Quest Magic Spells, Shin Megami Tensei (Persona) Spells and PSI. All work a little differently and output different amounts of damage. For example, all fire based magic abilities work very differently. Agi skills from the Shin Megami Tensei games remain present for a couple of seconds after usage. Dragon Quest characters can only learn the Sizz family which does slightly less damage than the Frizz family but can affect more enemies. This is the opposite of how the Final Fantasy magic works which is more powerful than the Dragon Quest fire magic but can not evenly target more than 1 enemy. There is a system in play for the various other series of spells.
Abilities are different than spells in that they are not necessarily spells and thus do not use Magic Points. Abilities cover a wide range of actions, with some focusing on deft weapon use, agile footwork, or making the body as hard as steel.
===Music in Gameplay===
Depending on who the player is controlling when they enter battle, a different battle theme will play.
* Cecil - Final Fantasy IV Battle Theme
*Benjamin - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Battle Theme
*Tifa - Let The Battles Begin (Final Fantasy VII)
*Squall - Don't Be Afraid (Final Fantasy VIII)
*Pudding - Death Battle (Dragon Quest 2) 
*Kiryl - Battle for Glory (Dragon Quest IV)
*Bianca - Monsters (Dragon Quest V)
*The Luminary - Unflinching Courage (Dragon Quest XI)
*Minako - Pull the Trigger (Persona Q2)
*Chie - Time To Make History (Persona 4 Golden) & Reach Out To The Truth (Persona 4)
*Joker - Invitation to Freedom (Persona Q2)
*Sora - Hand in Hand (Kingdom Hearts)
*Riku - Night of Fate (Kingdom Hearts)
*Kairi - Daybreak Town Battle (Kingdom Hearts X) 
*Natsume - Regular Battle (Yo-Kai Watch 4)
*Selene - Wild Pokemon Battle (Pokemon Sword & Shield)
* Gladion - Gladion Battle Theme (Pokemon Sun & Moon)
*Lucina - Conquest, Ablaze (Fire Emblem Awakening)
*Byleth - Fódlan Winds (Fire Emblem Three Houses)
*Ralsei - Rude Buster (Deltarune)
However the player has the option of setting a default battle theme on the options menu. The player can also randomize the battle music as well. On top of that, the player has the option to create a jukebox that plays specific sets of battle music in a row. 
There are many other battle themes that the player can unlock during further exploration. 
==Release ==
On June 9th 2019, Square Enix's Youtube channel released a trailer recapping the events of the previous two games. Later that same day, Level 5 unveiled the title of the game alongside the returning franchises that'd be apart of the game (Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Pokemon, Yo-Kai Watch & Mother). On July 26, Square Enix revealed that Kingdom Hearts would be represented in the series. On August 8, Atlus revealed that the Persona franchise was also going to be represented. Later that day, Sqaure Enix unveiled the Final Fantasy cast that would be apart of the game as well as plans to announce the Dragon Quest characters sometime soon. on August 14th, Square Enix would announce the cast of Dragon Quest characters.
On September 17th 2019, Atlus announced the cast of Persona characters to be involved with the game. The later the very same day, Square Enix revealed the cast of Kingdom Hearts characters to be involved with the game while Junichi Masuda personally revealed the Pokemon avatars for the game while also revealing a list of Pokemon that were due to appear in the game. At the same time, Level 5 disclosed that the only Yo Kai character that wasn't a Yo Kai that would appear in the game was to be Natsume Amano, one of the protagonists of Yo-Kai Watch 4. On September 22nd 2019, Shigesato Itoi revealed that Flint and Poo from the Mother franchise would also be playable.  The next day, other content to the game was announced by Square Enix. Atlus announced that Hibiki, Daichi and Io from the 2nd Devil Survivor Game would make an appearance in some shape or form. Eventually Atlus announced the summoning system as well as the fact that the aforementioned trio would be appearing as summons.
On May 9th 2020, Intelligent Systems revealed that two Fire Emblem characters would be playable. Two days later on May 11th, these characters were revealed to be Lucina from FE Awakening and Byleth from FE Three Houses. On the same day it was announced that the game would be delayed into 2021 with a likely Summer release for that year. However that July it was announced that due to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, the game would be delayed indefinitely until all companies involved could restructure the development team. As such information about the game was silent until January 2022 when Square Enix announced that development resumed that month. The following month, Toby Fox abruptly announced that Ralsei would be a playable character. As of February 2022, there is no known release window.
==Trivia ==
*Kotone and Fuuka's methods of summoning Personas were censored due to their explicit depiction of suicide imagery, specifically showing the characters shooting themselves in the heads with guns. In gameplay, neither Fuuka nor Kotone use their evokers. In cutscenes, the camera angles are carefully chosen to avoid showing the evokers pointed directly at their heads. When the evokers are shown, the characters and the guns are silhouetted in black, with only their eyes visible—blue for Fuuka and pink for Kotone
*This is the 2nd time "The Luminary", "Joker", "Lucina" and "Byleth" have appeared together in one single game. The other time being Super Smash Brothers Ultimate where all but Lucina were apart of the first DLC Challenger pack.
*Eleven, Ren and Gloria can all be named in-game by the player
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