<s>
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
and	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
FOMA	O
mobile	B-Application
service	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
SoftBank	O
Mobile	B-Application
and	O
EZweb	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
is	O
a	O
prequel	O
to	O
the	O
1997	O
video	O
game	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
forms	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Compilation	B-Application
of	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
,	O
a	O
metaseries	O
expanding	O
on	O
and	O
continuing	O
the	O
story	O
established	O
in	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
place	O
six	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
adventures	O
of	O
the	O
Turks	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
covert	O
operatives	O
working	O
for	O
the	O
Shinra	O
Electric	O
Power	O
Company	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
fights	O
against	O
both	O
rebel	O
group	O
AVALANCHE	O
and	O
their	O
corrupt	O
employers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
gameplay	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
experience	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Western	O
critics	O
have	O
generally	O
praised	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
issues	O
involving	O
the	O
capacity	O
of	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	O
in	O
the	O
west	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
released	O
outside	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
will	O
be	O
recreated	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
2023	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ever	I-Application
Crisis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
featuring	O
2D	O
graphics	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
along	O
in	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Characters	O
have	O
hit	O
points	O
and	O
magic	B-Application
points	I-Application
,	O
and	O
can	O
level	O
up	O
upon	O
acquisition	O
of	O
experience	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
they	O
can	O
equip	O
new	O
weapons	O
and	O
armor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
acquired	O
,	O
Materia	O
can	O
be	O
leveled	O
up	O
as	O
in	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
certain	O
circumstances	O
,	O
assistance	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
summoned	O
monsters	O
,	O
recurring	O
figures	O
in	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
called	O
in	O
via	O
the	O
Materia	O
system	O
to	O
deal	O
damage	O
to	O
multiple	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
is	O
set	O
six	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
world	O
on	O
which	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
is	O
set	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
the	B-Application
Planet	I-Application
"	O
in-game	O
and	O
"	O
Gaia	B-Application
"	O
by	O
game	O
staff	O
,	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
multiple	O
regions	O
run	O
by	O
a	O
megacorporation	O
called	O
the	O
Shinra	O
Electric	O
Power	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shinra	O
uses	O
the	O
energy	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Planet	I-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Lifestream	O
,	O
to	O
power	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
is	O
endangering	O
the	B-Application
Planet	I-Application
and	O
its	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
events	O
of	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
frequently	O
overlap	O
with	O
those	O
of	O
Crisis	B-Application
Core	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rising	O
against	O
them	O
is	O
AVALANCHE	O
,	O
a	O
rebel	O
group	O
who	O
rightly	O
believe	O
that	O
Shinra	O
's	O
energy	O
extraction	O
is	O
slowly	O
killing	O
the	B-Application
planet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
,	O
Shuriken	O
(	O
Female	O
)	O
,	O
later	O
appears	O
in	O
Crisis	B-Application
Core	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Cissnei	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Turks	O
are	O
led	O
by	O
Veld	O
,	O
a	O
veteran	O
of	O
the	O
group	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
Tseng	O
,	O
a	O
character	O
who	O
plays	O
an	O
important	O
role	O
in	O
other	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
characters	O
from	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
make	O
appearances	O
either	O
as	O
cameos	O
or	O
supporting	O
characters	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
protagonists	O
Cloud	O
Strife	O
,	O
Tifa	O
Lockhart	O
,	O
Aerith	O
Gainsborough	O
and	O
supporting	O
character	O
Zack	O
Fair	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
antagonists	O
Rufus	O
Shinra	O
,	O
son	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
president	O
,	O
and	O
Sephiroth	O
,	O
a	O
SOLDIER	O
who	O
would	O
go	O
rogue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
opens	O
with	O
the	O
trainee	O
Turks	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Midgar	O
to	O
investigate	O
AVALANCHE	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
a	O
Materia	O
owned	O
by	O
Elfé	O
is	O
Zirconiade	O
,	O
an	O
ancient	O
and	O
powerful	O
summoned	O
monster	O
that	O
Fuhito	O
intends	O
to	O
use	O
to	O
destroy	O
humanity	O
and	O
stop	O
them	O
harming	O
the	B-Application
planet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Turks	O
find	O
new	O
lives	O
for	O
themselves	O
in	O
hiding	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
later	O
seen	O
helping	O
in	O
the	O
evacuation	O
of	O
Midgar	O
during	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
was	O
created	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Compilation	B-Application
of	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
,	O
a	O
multimedia	O
series	O
based	O
in	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
characters	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
film	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
:	O
Advent	O
Children	O
was	O
originally	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
only	O
product	O
of	O
the	O
Compilation	O
,	O
the	O
production	O
team	O
agreed	O
that	O
one	O
title	O
was	O
not	O
enough	O
to	O
explore	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
in	O
full	O
,	O
so	O
more	O
titles	O
were	O
decided	O
upon	O
,	O
including	O
Dirge	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cerberus	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
Crisis	B-Application
Core	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
by	O
Tetsuya	O
Nomura	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
creative	O
minds	O
behind	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
initial	O
idea	O
was	O
simply	O
for	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
using	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
pre-production	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
set	O
it	O
within	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
approached	O
Tabata	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
only	O
recently	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
division	O
,	O
and	O
asked	O
if	O
the	O
division	O
could	O
create	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
focused	O
on	O
the	O
Turks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
solidify	O
their	O
goal	O
,	O
the	O
staff	O
created	O
a	O
timeline	O
for	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
there	O
was	O
little	O
definite	O
information	O
concerning	O
events	O
prior	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
,	O
they	O
had	O
a	O
relative	O
amount	O
of	O
creative	O
freedom	O
,	O
including	O
creating	O
an	O
early	O
,	O
more	O
violent	O
incarnation	O
of	O
rebel	O
group	O
AVALANCHE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
is	O
the	O
second	O
title	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
because	O
Advent	O
Children	O
was	O
delayed	O
during	O
post-production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
original	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
exclusively	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
phones	O
,	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
's	O
FOMA	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
major	O
mobile	B-Application
title	O
,	O
also	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
lessons	O
learned	O
from	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
port	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
worked	O
hard	O
to	O
make	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
a	O
uniquely	O
mobile	B-Application
experience	O
,	O
with	O
gameplay	O
features	O
built	O
to	O
exploit	O
mobile	B-Application
functions	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
camera	O
and	O
network	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
an	O
announcement	O
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
two	O
additional	O
Japanese	O
mobile	B-Application
carriers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
respectively	O
released	O
for	O
SoftBank	O
Mobile	B-Application
and	O
EZweb	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
and	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Tabata	O
voiced	O
an	O
interest	O
in	O
fully	O
remaking	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
revamping	O
the	O
narrative	O
delivery	O
and	O
incorporating	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
a	O
substantial	O
number	O
of	O
players	O
to	O
enter	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
suggestion	O
was	O
positively	O
received	O
by	O
Nomura	O
and	O
Yoshinori	O
Kitase	O
,	O
but	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
Tabata	O
was	O
busy	O
developing	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Type-0	I-Application
(	O
then	O
Agito	O
XIII	O
)	O
and	O
The	B-Application
3rd	I-Application
Birthday	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
ended	O
with	O
Square	O
Enix	O
's	O
old	O
mobile	B-Application
services	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
composer	O
for	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
was	O
Takeharu	O
Ishimoto	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
compose	O
music	O
for	O
Crisis	B-Application
Core	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
joining	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
a	O
music	O
arranger	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
staff	O
who	O
participated	O
in	O
a	O
competition	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
developers	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
composer	O
for	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
task	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
music	O
that	O
was	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
,	O
but	O
still	O
distinctive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
of	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
was	O
commercially	O
released	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
video	O
animation	O
Last	O
Order	O
:	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
in	O
an	O
album	O
titled	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
&	O
Last	O
Order	O
:	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
Original	O
Soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
tracks	O
of	O
the	O
album	O
were	O
composed	O
by	O
Ishimoto	O
,	O
apart	O
from	O
a	O
few	O
reorchestrated	O
themes	O
from	O
VII	O
,	O
the	O
music	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
regular	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
composer	O
Nobuo	O
Uematsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stated	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
delay	O
between	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
projected	O
western	O
release	O
was	O
that	O
mobile	B-Application
phones	O
in	O
the	O
west	O
were	O
not	O
yet	O
advanced	O
enough	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
formed	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
push	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
into	O
the	O
western	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
these	O
announcements	O
,	O
no	O
further	O
progress	O
has	O
been	O
made	O
and	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
was	O
never	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
west	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
reason	O
for	O
this	O
,	O
as	O
stated	O
by	O
head	O
of	O
mobile	B-Application
operations	O
Keiji	O
Fujita	O
,	O
was	O
that	O
mobile	B-Application
phones	O
in	O
the	O
west	O
were	O
too	O
low-spec	O
for	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
,	O
which	O
could	O
only	O
run	O
on	O
high-end	O
phones	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
making	O
a	O
port	O
impossible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
not	O
seen	O
a	O
release	O
outside	O
of	O
Japan	O
as	O
of	O
,	O
its	O
story	O
would	O
be	O
localized	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
and	O
retold	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
internationally	O
released	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ever	I-Application
Crisis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
day	O
of	O
operation	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
registered	O
200,000	O
users	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Application
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
up	O
until	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
accessed	O
1.6	O
million	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levi	O
Buchanan	O
of	O
IGN	O
was	O
generally	O
positive	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
dark	O
art	O
style	O
,	O
and	O
finding	O
the	O
short	O
mission-based	O
structure	O
ideal	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1UP.com	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
five	O
classic	O
Japanese	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
unlikely	O
to	O
come	O
to	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outside	O
its	O
immediate	O
reception	O
,	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
had	O
an	O
effect	O
on	O
other	O
projects	O
within	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
high	O
popularity	O
of	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
led	O
indirectly	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Type-0	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Fabula	O
Nova	O
Crystallis	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
subseries	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
title	O
for	O
mobiles	O
.	O
</s>
