Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy

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Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII (ファブラノヴァクリスタリスファイナルファンタジーXIII, Fabura Nova Kurisutarisu Fainaru Fantajī Sātīn) is the collective name of a series of games made under the Final Fantasy XIII label by Japanese console developer Square Enix. Made in the same vein as the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII collection, Fabula Nova Crystallis, which means "the Tale of the New Crystal" (新しいクリスタルの物語, Atarashii Kurisutaru no Monogatari) is nevertheless based on various worlds and different characters, but each game will be "ultimately based on and expand upon a common mythos." [1]

This mythos appears to revolve around "Crystals that lead the world towards the future." Appearing as normal objects, the Crystals are an integral part of all the worlds in each of the games, though the games will not revolve around them; instead, they will provide a background to other, more specific plots. However, the functionality of the Crystals has lead the games' designers to pay special attention to creating the visual look of these worlds. [2]

The games within Fabula Nova Crystallis are:

Each of the games are made by a different team of developers within Square Enix. However, the character designs for the three officially revealed games are by Tetsuya Nomura, who is also the director of Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Square Enix president, Yoichi Wada likened the Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation to that of the likes of Star Wars and said that it would span a decade. [3]

Translation

Square Enix's page states that Fabula Nova Crystallis translates to "the tale of the new crystal." However, this is not quite accurate—the Latin word for crystal is "crystallum -i," which is second declension. Fabula Nova Crystalli would mean "the tale of the new crystals."