(10-27-2015, 01:32 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: I'd like to call into question exactly how "legacy" these spells are. From one of the wikia pages:
Quote:Final Fantasy VIII is the first game in the saga to have the spell called Thundara. Thundara causes medium Lightning-elemental damage on one opponent. It is a common spell that can be drawn from various mid-level enemies in the game, as well as refined from items and lower level spells. Casting Thundara in battle increases compatibility with Quezacotl by 2, but lowers compatibility with Ifrit by 0.6 and with Eden by 0.2. When Magic Booster is used in the 2013 PC re-release, the player's inventory gains 100 Thundara spells, among other basic spells.
Every other game prior to 8 called Thunder spells "Bolt" until you get to the remakes.
So... the legacy for people who played the originals ignore ra-ga-ja.
I'm aware! But in the remakes of these titles, where the character limits were less restricting, they have gone back and changed them. See: the FFIII remake for DS and PC.Â
I also did mention in my original post that -ra/etc. spells are a somewhat recent development, but they are still more widespread than numerical spells at this point.
