Edea Kramer

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Edea Kramer
Final Fantasy character
Concept artwork of Edea Kramer for Final Fantasy VIII, as drawn by Tetsuya Nomura.
First gameFinal Fantasy VIII (1999)
Created byTetsuya Nomura

Edea Kramer (

Ultimecia
had Edea under mind control. It is also revealed that Edea was the matron for Squall and the other main characters at an orphanage years in the past.

Edea was created by

Jenova
, one of its antagonists. The design went unused in Final Fantasy VII, but because Nomura liked it, it was featured in Final Fantasy VIII. She has received generally positive reception, being noted as an effective villain and praised for her dress.

Concept and creation

Edea is one of three character concepts, along with

Jenova.[1] Nomura based Edea's design on the style of Yoshitaka Amano, who was the character illustrator of Final Fantasy VI and previous games.[2] This design was not used, but they chose to use this design for her in Final Fantasy VIII due to how much Nomura liked her.[1][3] A scene depicting Edea murdering someone in front of a cheering crowd was met with speculation that Edea was mind controlling the audience, which was later confirmed in the Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania guide.[4]

Appearances

Edea first appears in the

Ultimecia. When Ultimecia's control is broken, Edea takes the side of SeeD in the struggle and joins Squall's party for a short time. However, Edea accidentally gives her powers to Rinoa Heartilly
, one of the Party members and fellow protagonist, making her a sorceress. After Ultimecia is defeated, a younger Edea meets Ultimecia and decides to have her powers absorbed, resulting in a time paradox.

Edea appears as a playable character in Final Fantasy Record Keeper, while one of Ultimecia's designs in Dissidia Final Fantasy is based on Edea's.[7][8]

Edea's likeness appears as an alternate outfit for Ultimecia in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy,[9] and also in Dissidia NT as part of the "Edea's Corpse Appearance Set" DLC.[10]

Reception

Edea has received generally positive reception since Final Fantasy VIII. Meghan Marie of

Complex and IGN.[14][15] Writers Brittany Vincent and Foster Kamer also ranked her as the 20th coolest video game villain, praising her for how the game shifts her from antagonist to likable ally.[15] Laura Burrows of IGN complimented her attractiveness and discussed how her true personality does not take away from how powerful and vicious she was when she was possessed.[16] Matthew Walden of GameSpot noted the difficulty of finding a villain with a gentler side than her, comparing her non-possessed form to Mother Teresa.[17]

Chad Concelmo of

Disney villain Maleficent.[19] Paolo Papi of Blasting News included Edea in his list of characters who are both sexy and deadly, discussing her use of her sexuality to "beguile her enemies".[20] Chris Greening of Video Game Music Online discussed how various themes are used throughout the game to demonstrate how Edea's character grows; he cited "The Sacrifice" and "Premonition" as identifying of Edea's dark side, while "The Successor" represents her true nature.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b "Yoshinori Kitase Interview". Famitsu. No. 1224. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  2. ^ Knight, Sheila (2003). "Tetsuya Nomura 20s". FLAREgamer. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  3. ^ Baird, Scott (October 14, 2016). "15 Things You Didn't Know About Final Fantasy". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Baird, Scott (January 13, 2019). "Final Fantasy: 10 Wild Fan Theories That Were Confirmed (And 10 That Should Be)". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Bankhurst, Adam (August 24, 2019). "Final Fantasy 8 Remastered Release Date Announced". IGN. Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Steinman, Robert (November 24, 2017). "Final Fantasy Rogues Gallery: The Best of the Worst, and Necron". RPGFan. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. Touch Arcade. Archived
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  8. ^ Spencer (December 20, 2010). "See Laguna's Another Form And Squall's Third Form In Dissidia 012[duodecim]". Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  9. ^ Belmonte, Jose (September 5, 2017). "FFVIII Villain Ultimecia Announced for Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT". Attack of the Fanboy. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "DFF NT: Edea's Corpse Appearance Set for Ultimecia". Steam. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  11. ^ Marie, Meagan (September 29, 2011). "CosBlog # 66: Sorceress Edea by Hopie Chan". Game Informer. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  12. ^ Vincent, Brittany (September 5, 2017). "Dissidia: Final Fantasy Arcade Is Paying Tribute to One of the Series' Coolest Villains". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  13. ^ Hodges, Chris (February 3, 2019). "25 Ridiculous Mistakes In Final Fantasy Only True Fans Noticed". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  14. ^ "Top 25 Games of All Time: #11-15". IGN. June 7, 2000. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  15. ^
    Complex. Archived
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  16. ^ Laura, Burrows (April 3, 2008). "Top 50 Chicks Behaving Badly: Round 4". IGN. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  17. ^ Walden, Matthew (August 13, 2015). "17 Video Game Villains Who Had Hidden Hearts of Gold". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  18. ^ Concelmo, Chad (October 5, 2011). "The ten biggest asshole videogame wizards EVER!". Destructoid. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  19. ^ Steinman, Robert (May 28, 2010). "Final Fantasy VIII". RPGFan. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  20. ^ Papi, Paolo (August 17, 2017). "Sexy and deadly: Video game's most alluring female bosses". Blasting News. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  21. ^ Greening, Chris (August 1, 2012). "Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack". Video Game Music Online. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
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