Terra Battle will evolve based on its number of downloads

Terra Battle, the upcoming smartphone RPG from Final Fantasy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, will consist of a 30-chapter story, this week’s Famitsu reveals.

Even after clearing the story, players will be able to continue leveling up their characters and doing battle with powerful enemies.

Battles take place atop an eight-by-six game board. The objective is to clear all enemies that appear. During their turn, players will have four seconds to freely move around the game board.

Being a free-to-play game, micro-transactions are in place. Users can opt to pay for additional “Energy,” which can be used for stamina recovery, additional continues, and for the in-game gacha.

Additionally, Sakaguchi announced that the game will evolve through a new “Downloadstarter” campaign. It’s essentially a Kickstarter, but rather than gather money for new features, they will instead be added based on the game’s number of downloads. Here’s the timeline:

• 100,000 downloads – New compositions by Nobuo Uematsu added.
• 200,000 downloads – New characters by Hideo Minaba debut.
• 300,000 downloads – Manga artist Nakaba Suzuki brought on board.
• 1 million downloads – Terra Battle concert held.
• 1.4 million downloads – Figure production started.
• 2 million downloads – Console version development started.

Terra Battle is due out for smartphones in Japan this October.

Thanks, Games Talk.