Star Ocean is a sci-fi Japanese role-playing game franchise developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix, centering around groups of space explorers from a utopian future society of real-world Earth that emerged following an apocalyptic World War III.
The series was created after tri-Ace fell out with Namco over the latter's heavy-handed directorship of Tale Phantasia, which would become the first Tales installment Tales of Phantasia. The first Star Ocean game was released in 1996 for the Super Famicom, and its development was heavily influenced by American sci-fi franchise Star Trek. The franchise's first global release was the second game, The Second Story, on the PlayStation in 1999. As of 2025, the series comprises six main titles (of which three have been remastered), one gaiden game, two spinoffs, several manga, and two incomplete production works.
Connections to the Final Fantasy series
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius characters Rain, Lasswell, and Fina appeared as summonable units in the mobile game Star Ocean: Anamnesis.
Characters from the Star Ocean series appear as summonable visions in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. In turn, Star Ocean: Anamnesis launched a cross-promotion with Brave Exvius.
Final Fantasy character appearances in Star Ocean
- Rain (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius) - As a playable character in Star Ocean: Anamnesis.
- Lasswell (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius) - As a playable character in Star Ocean: Anamnesis.
- Fina (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius) - As a playable character in Star Ocean: Anamnesis.
- A moogle of Lapis - As an in-story character.
- Players could also earn a plush accessory in the likeness of a moogle.
Star Ocean character appearances in Final Fantasy
- Roddick Farrence (Star Ocean: Fantastic Space Odyssey) - As a unit in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
- Millie Chliette (Star Ocean: Fantastic Space Odyssey) - Not in person, but Roddick's Trust Master reward in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is an accessory called "Millie's Charm". If equipped by Roddick, he's granted with the ability "Millie's Feelings" (ATK+30).
- Jie Revorse (Star Ocean: Fantastic Space Odyssey) - As a boss in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
- Rena Lanford (Star Ocean: The Second Story) - As a unit in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
- Fayt Leingod (Star Ocean: Till the End of Time)
- Sophia Esteed (Star Ocean: Till the End of Time)
- Reimi Saionji (Star Ocean: The Last Hope) - As a unit in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
- Fidel Camuze (Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness) - As a unit in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
Other Square Enix universe appearances
- Lenneth (Valkyrie Profile) - As a playable character in Star Ocean: Anamnesis.
- Silmeria
- 2B (NieR: Automata) - Attacker unit
- 9S (NieR: Automata) - Sharpshooter unit
- A2 (NieR: Automata) - Defender unit
- Azure Lenneth (Sharpshooter) - As a playable character in Star Ocean: Anamnesis.
- Freya - As a playable character in Star Ocean: Anamnesis.
- Arngrim
- Hrist
- Mystina
- Lezard Valeth
External links
- The Star Ocean franchise at Star Ocean Wiki.