Fantasy Life

Fantasy Life is a role-playing life simulation game developed by Level-5 for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was self-released in Japan in 2012 and was published worldwide by Nintendo in 2014. The game was written and produced by Akihiro Hino with music by Nobuo Uematsu. The game is set in the fantasy world of Reveria, which is made of the plains and mountains that center and surround the 3 lands of Castele, Port Puerto, and Al Maajik. Its rulers, King Erik of Castele, Damien of Al Maajik, and Olivia of Port Puerto spend their days ruling over their citizens and guiding them in their choice of the 12 available Life paths.

One day this peaceful state is shattered when a strange purple meteorite falls into the house of the player, setting off a chain of events foretold in an ancient prophecy involving Reveria’s goddess and the moon Lunares. Fantasy Life is a role-playing life simulation game, in which players can choose from any of the twelve jobs known as “life classes”. Gameplay centers upon the player taking on various tasks given to them and switching between the twelve Life classes to access different tasks.

Upon achieving various goals such as completing tasks in the game, buying a new house, or decorating said house, players will gain “Bliss points” that will unlock additional features like larger storage, or the ability to expand their home. Players are able to customize several aspects of their character. As the game progresses players have the ability to unlock several new areas, as well as non-playable characters that can join them on their journey and help them fight monsters. Players choose from one of twelve classes, each of which has its own “Life Master” that will assign tasks and award points to the player, allowing them to rank up within their Life.

Each rank gives the player the ability to perform additional tasks and will give Life bonuses (additional vital stat points and abilities) to the player. As the player masters each Life class they gain the ability to more easily produce and access materials on their own, as opposed to purchasing them via a storefront. Players can level up through the ranks of each life class; starting out as a Fledgling and ending with the Legend rank. If the player has the Origin Island DLC, a new rank called the Creator (or God in Europe) rank is added.