I love foreshadowing. A person spoken of only in whispers. Something that happened long ago said in passing. A place nobody dares go to. A piece of dialogue that only gains meaning in retrospect.
My absolute favorite has to be the TV station in Timber, from Final Fantasy VIII, and indeed all radio waves in that game. Originally mentioned in passing as being unusuable due to interference, you can also catch a glimpse of strange lines of text on the screen at Timber's TV station, which look like gibberish but have very real, meaningful text buried in there - text that only makes sense once you reach a certain point much later in the game.
On the giant screen outside the TV Station in Timber, the following message can be seen on the screen.
I AM ALIVE HERE
BRING ME BACK THERE
I WILL NEVER LET YOU FORGET ABOUT ME
What a perfect fusion of the modern and the fantastical.
What are some other good examples?
My absolute favorite has to be the TV station in Timber, from Final Fantasy VIII, and indeed all radio waves in that game. Originally mentioned in passing as being unusuable due to interference, you can also catch a glimpse of strange lines of text on the screen at Timber's TV station, which look like gibberish but have very real, meaningful text buried in there - text that only makes sense once you reach a certain point much later in the game.
On the giant screen outside the TV Station in Timber, the following message can be seen on the screen.
I AM ALIVE HERE
BRING ME BACK THERE
I WILL NEVER LET YOU FORGET ABOUT ME
The reason for the radio interference is Sorceress Adel's tomb, which, orbiting the planet, interferes with the radio waves and fills all frequencies with noise. This led to most wireless technology being abandoned, and facilities, such as the Communications Tower in Dollet and the TV Station in Timber, fell to disuse. An outdoor TV display in Timber displays the interference, and one can decipher a message from Adel among the noise.
In short, the sorceress who was too powerful to defeat and was expelled into space is still alive, shouting so hard that it interferes with radio waves and renders them useless.
You later learn about this sorceress through flashback sequences as the ultimate foe that Laguna and his friends "defeated" about twenty years ago, MUCH farther into the story.
In short, the sorceress who was too powerful to defeat and was expelled into space is still alive, shouting so hard that it interferes with radio waves and renders them useless.
You later learn about this sorceress through flashback sequences as the ultimate foe that Laguna and his friends "defeated" about twenty years ago, MUCH farther into the story.
What a perfect fusion of the modern and the fantastical.
What are some other good examples?
