Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania

The Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania is a book about Final Fantasy VIII originally published in Japan by DigiCube in 1999, and re-released by Square Enix in 2006. The book is generally spoiler-free, and has no pictures of the final bosses, who are simply referred to as "Last Boss".
==Table of contents==
After selected chapters, there are brief interviews with staff members who worked on Final Fantasy VIII.
The book has the following chapters:
*Chapter 1 - World & Character (p.6-47)
**Features political and geographic maps, profiles of major and minor characters, character event maps, town information, a keyword guide, and descriptions of vehicles.
*Chapter 2 - Battle (p.48-75)
**Describes the battle system, such as the ATB system, elements, status, and Limit Breaks.
*Chapter 3 - Junction (p.76-115)
**Explains the Junction system, profiles of Guardian Forces, magic, a hidden draw point map, command abilities, support abilities, and refining.
*Chapter 4 - Item (p.116-151)
**Showcases every obtainable item, and has further information about item refinery. Also covered is gil, Shops, and weapons.
*Chapter 5 - Card (p.152-185)
**This chapter focuses on Triple Triad. Rules and playing styles are covered, and gives several examples of different game scenarios. There is a catalog of every obtainable card, and every person that can be challenged to a game, including the Queen of Cards and Card Club sidequests.
*Chapter 6 - Monster (p.186-255)
**A complete bestiary of monsters and bosses encountered, excluding the final bosses.
*Chapter 7 - Scenario (p.256-305)
**A brief walkthrough of the storyline, with diary-like entries from the characters written by Benny Matsuyama. Also takes players through side stories.
*Chapter 8 - Chocobo (p.306-323)
**Walks through the Chocobo Forests and the Chocobo World minigame.
*Chapter 9 - Secret 111 (p.324-355)
**This chapter shows players 111 secrets, such as achieving SeeD Rank A, the Library Girl with a Pigtail, and PuPu sidequests, where to find Timber Maniacs, etc.
*Chapter 10 - Map (p.356-467)
**Shows all the field background images (not battle screen or world map images) and their connections, hidden items, and interactive parts.
*Index (p.468-473)
*The Score of Eyes On Me (p.474-477)
**Score of the song with lyrics in English and Japanese.
*Epilogue (p.478-479)
**A short story Aru Hi no Garden no Jugyō Fūkei written by Kazushige Nojima about Hyne from the perspective of a Garden classroom lecture.
==Sample pages==
==Credits==
Adapted from the SE-Mook reissue.
;Publisher
:Square Enix Co., Ltd.
;Planning/Composition/Writing
:Studio BentStuff Co., Ltd.
:Akira Yamashita (Director/Interview Part)
:Benny Matsuyama (Character Guide/Scenario Short Story)
:Ryota Ode (大出綾太) (Sub-Director/Item/Secret 111)
:Naoki Yamanaka (山中直樹) (Battle/Junction)
:Toshimitsu Itaba (Chocobo/Map)
:Tomohito Koishi (小石朋仁) (Scenario)
:Yoshifumi Kato (加藤義文) (Card)
:Daisuke Shirakawa (白川大輔) (Monster)
:Masayuki Yamaki (八巻将之) (Monster)
:Masaomi Ito (伊藤真臣) (Area Guide/Keyword Guide)
:Shoei Katahira (Map)
:Shinya Yamada (Analysis support)
:Kazutoshi Watanabe (渡辺和歳) (Analysis support)
:Uosue Retto (Card support)
;Design
:STOL
:;Art Director
::Asomi Ishikawa (石川朝臣)
:;Designer
::Masayuki Fukunaga (福永将行)
::Shizuka Muraoka (村岡志津加)
:;DTP
::Yuichi Osawa (大澤雄一)
;Photography (Gunblade)
:Handmade Co., Ltd.
:Hiroshi Shibaizumi
:Shouji Otake
;Art (Gunblade)
:Toshisaku
:Shinji Tamura (田村愼二)
:Mitsuaki Hasegawa (長谷川充亮)
;Collaboration
:Square Enix Co., Ltd.
:Final Fantasy VIII development team
;Supervision
:Square Enix Co., Ltd.
:Michio Okamiya
:Katsumi Miyazaki
:Rieko Katayama
==External links==
*Amazon.co.jp
*Play-Asia
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