Summary
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remasterwill not have the option to set encounter rates to zero, signaling the departure of a staple feature from the original 3DS title. However, Square Enix stated that the upcomingBravely Defaultremaster will allow players to set the random battle encounter rate between 50% and 200% on the game’s world map.
Originally released in 2012 on the 3DS,Bravely Defaultdrew inspiration from Square Enix’s iconicFinal Fantasyseries. Players take control of Tiz, Agnes, Edea, and Ringabel as they travel throughout the land of Luxendarc and seek out the mysterious crystals at the behest of a Cryst-Fairy named Airy. While both IPs feature iconic character classes and utilize crystals as a plot device,Bravely Defaultincludes twists to the turn-based battles featured in olderFinal Fantasygames. By smartly using the Brave and Default actions, players can stockpile turns in battle and then unleash them to deal heavy damage to enemies in a single turn.
Although the Brave and Default mechanics cangive players control of how to manage battles, one part ofBravely Default’s original version will not be in the upcoming remaster.Square Enix revealedthatBravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remasterwould only allow players to set the random battle encounter rates between 50% and 200%. Ergo, eliminating random encounters will not be possible in the remaster, a fan-favorite part of the 3DS version that gave players complete control over their experience.
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster Will Not Include A Zero Encounter Rate Option
According to Nintendo Life, the original Japanese version ofBravely Defaultdid not allow players to adjust the battle encounter rate at all, and those changes were added in Western releases in 2014. Although the 3DS sequelBravely Second: End Layeralso allowed players to adjust the encounter rate,Bravely Default 2instead opted for visible enemies on the world map that players could either engage or avoid at will.
However, the departure of zero random encounters inBravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remasteris not the only thing that has drawn fans' ire. Like most third-party games coming to the Switch 2, physicalcopies of theBravely Defaultremaster will be distributed on Game-Key Cards, which are game licenses that require downloading the full game files from Nintendo’s servers. InBravely Default’s case, 11 GB of storage space will be needed.
Players will soon be able to dive intoBravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster, asthe game will exclusively launch alongside the Switch 2 on June 5. Whether Square Enix will allow players to adjust encounter rates to zero in a future update remains to be seen.
