<s>
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Think	O
&	O
Feel	O
and	O
Square	O
Enix	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
title	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
2006	B-Application
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
Vaan	O
is	O
a	O
sky	O
pirate	O
,	O
possessing	O
his	O
own	O
airship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
announced	O
in	O
the	O
Ivalice	O
Alliance	O
series	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
elements	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
turn-based	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
and	O
Tactics	B-Application
Advance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
entirely	O
with	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
stylus	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
given	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
give	O
commands	O
to	O
the	O
characters	O
by	O
tapping	O
on	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
stylus	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Summoning	O
magic	O
returns	O
from	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
in	O
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
and	O
has	O
a	O
larger	O
role	O
;	O
director	O
Motomu	O
Toriyama	O
said	O
that	O
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
has	O
more	O
summons	O
,	O
or	O
Espers	O
,	O
than	O
any	O
previous	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Espers	O
can	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
battle	O
groups	O
using	O
a	O
system	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
Square	O
game	O
Bahamut	B-Application
Lagoon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
element	O
of	O
alchemy	B-Language
and	O
synthesizing	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
obtains	O
recipes	O
and	O
materials	O
necessary	O
for	O
the	O
synthesis	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
locations	O
in	O
the	O
Ivalice	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
Advance	I-Application
return	O
in	O
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
setting	O
:	O
Lemurés	O
,	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
official	O
website	O
as	O
a	O
legendary	O
purvama	O
(	O
floating	O
continent	O
)	O
raised	O
into	O
the	O
skies	O
by	O
the	O
god	O
Feolthanos	O
long	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
adds	O
four	O
main	O
playable	O
characters	O
to	O
the	O
six	O
in	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
:	O
Kytes	O
and	O
Filo	O
,	O
two	O
orphans	O
from	O
Rabanastre	B-Application
;	O
Llyud	O
,	O
a	O
resident	O
of	O
Lemures	O
;	O
and	O
Ba'Gamnan	O
,	O
a	O
sinister	O
bounty	O
hunter	O
who	O
has	O
a	O
grudge	O
against	O
Vaan	O
and	O
company	O
for	O
having	O
involved	O
themselves	O
in	O
his	O
affairs	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lizard	O
design	O
of	O
Salamander	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
be	O
boar-like	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
designs	O
would	O
come	O
out	O
well	O
and	O
distinguishable	O
within	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
 '	O
graphical	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
begins	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Vaan	O
flying	O
his	O
own	O
airship	O
with	O
Penelo	O
after	O
Balthier	O
and	O
Fran	O
"	O
stole	O
"	O
the	O
Strahl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balthier	O
soon	O
drops	O
Vaan	O
and	O
Penelo	O
back	O
in	O
Rabanastre	B-Application
where	O
they	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Kytes	O
and	O
Filo	O
,	O
witness	O
a	O
strange	O
object	O
flying	O
overhead	O
:	O
a	O
derelict	O
airship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
directed	O
and	O
its	O
story	O
written	O
by	O
Motomu	O
Toriyama	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
directed	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X-2	I-Application
and	O
XIII	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Toriyama	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
aimed	O
at	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
owners	O
who	O
are	O
not	O
experienced	O
with	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
and	O
removes	O
overly	O
complicated	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
battle	O
system	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
enemies	O
with	O
minimal	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Think	O
&	O
Feel	O
,	O
their	O
first	O
game	O
being	O
The	B-Application
Con	I-Application
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
sprite-based	O
graphics	O
engine	O
with	O
3D	O
backgrounds	O
and	O
character	O
designs	O
by	O
Ryoma	O
Itō	O
(	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
Advance	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Producer	O
Eisuke	O
Yokoyama	O
cited	O
Warcraft	B-Application
and	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
as	O
sources	O
of	O
inspiration	O
and	O
expressed	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
"	O
extract	O
the	O
pure	O
'	O
fun	O
 '	O
of	O
those	O
games	O
"	O
and	O
bring	O
it	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Itō	O
based	O
some	O
of	O
his	O
designs	O
on	O
those	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
character	O
designer	O
Akihiko	O
Yoshida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Itō	O
"	O
traded	O
secrets	O
"	O
with	O
him	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
confidence	O
he	O
gained	O
from	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
creator	O
Yasumi	O
Matsuno	O
's	O
praise	O
on	O
his	O
tampering	O
with	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Tactics	I-Application
Advances	I-Application
Moogle	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
localization	O
,	O
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
was	O
rebalanced	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
difficult	O
because	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
market	O
is	O
judged	O
as	O
"	O
more	O
familiar	O
"	O
with	O
the	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
added	O
a	O
dungeon	O
and	O
a	O
boss	O
from	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
was	O
scored	O
by	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
composer	O
Hitoshi	O
Sakimoto	O
,	O
joined	O
by	O
Kenichiro	O
Fukui	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
arranged	O
the	O
English	O
version	O
of	O
"	O
Kiss	O
Me	O
Good-Bye	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
has	O
more	O
technical	O
limitations	O
than	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Sakimoto	O
considers	O
it	O
not	O
particularly	O
noticeable	O
in	O
practice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
in	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XII	I-Application
,	O
the	O
music	O
is	O
entirely	O
dynamic	O
and	O
context-dependent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
2008	O
,	O
Revenant	B-Application
Wings	I-Application
has	O
sold	O
1.04	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
,	O
with	O
540,000	O
units	O
sold	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
220,000	O
units	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
280,000	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
received	O
praise	O
from	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Dengeki	O
DS	B-Device
&	O
Wii	O
Style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
criticism	O
found	O
was	O
with	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
stylus	B-Device
,	O
as	O
its	O
usage	O
in	O
selecting	O
areas	O
on	O
the	O
battlefield	O
can	O
be	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
gave	O
it	O
a	O
7.5/10	O
,	O
IGN	O
gave	O
it	O
an	O
8.3/10	O
,	O
1UP.com	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
B+	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
GameZone	O
both	O
gave	O
it	O
an	O
8.5/10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
named	O
it	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
for	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
