Overview

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line is the fourth Final Fantasy-themed rhythm game and the first to appear on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Players can recruit a team of four characters from throughout Final Fantasy history and play rhythm-based battles in a unique, franchise-spanning quest.
Features
- 385 songs from 46 games in the series' thirty-five year history.
- 2-player local cooperative play.
- 8-player online competitive mode that includes power-ups and opportunities to thwart other players.
- 104 characters and monsters to discover and bring into the party.
- Three primary difficulty settings plus a "Supreme" difficulty for some songs.
- Music Player and Theatre modes that allow players to freely listen to tracks they've unlocked.
Gameplay
Basics

Like previous games in the series, Final Bar Line is primarily a rhythm game, which means the gameplay mostly consists of precisely interacting with triggers that scroll across the screen in unison with the music. The color of the triggers indicates what type of interaction is required from the player.
Series Quest

The new campaign mode gives players the opportunity to choose one of twenty-nine games from the franchise to unlock new songs, characters, and items from that game. Each song includes a specific quest, which are like tasks or goals that must be completed during the song, and rewards for doing so.
This mode is the primary method for unlocking more hero characters and songs. Villain characters can be unlocked by completing all the songs from that specific game in the franchise.
In addition to the Standard style of play in Series Quest, players can also bring a friend for Pair Style, which is a cooperative mode where the triggers are divided between two players in separate lanes. A third option, called Simple Style, is a one-button mode designed for beginners who want to progress through the quests.
Party System

Players can choose a team of four characters from across the franchise. Each character has three abilities that will affect the combat sequences throughout the song. The party as a whole can also have one summon equipped using a Summonstone, which can be found and collected either in the Series Quest mode or by sharing with other players through ProfiCards. The player can also select an airship and a moogle to accompany them. The airship and moogle are purely cosmetic and do not affect the combat or song.
Stage Types

Each song in the game is classified as one of three types of stages.
- Battle Music Stages (BMS) feature waves of enemies culminating with a boss of some kind.
- Field Music Stages (FMS) see the party battling enemies as they travel across the world that the song is from.
- Event Music Stages (EMS) feature a cinematic presentation such as cutscenes from the specific game from which the song originates.
Multiplayer

Up to four players can play simultaneously in a competitive mode through any song in the game. During the song, players can earn and deploy attacks on the other players such as Fat Chocobo or Moogle to block their view of the notes. Winners of these battles earn CollectaCards, which feature all sorts of characters and items from through the franchise.
ProfiCards

A player's ProfiCard is used to share information and items with other players. Each player can customize their own ProfiCard and select Summonstones from their inventory to share with other players when their ProfiCard is viewed. Information shared includes:
- Total Rhythmia (Experience Points)
- Total Play Time
- Feats Completed (out of 100)
- Completion Percentage
- Top 3 Songs Most Played
- Current Team
- Top 5 Most Used Characters
Museum

The Museum section of the game is where players can view all of the unlockable extras that they've discovered.
- Collection - Tracking the player's CollectaCard collection.
- Theater - Watch any Event stage cinematics.
- Music Player - Freely listen to any songs that been unlocked.
- Records - Tracking a multitude of statistics.
- Feats - An In-Game Achievements system.
Difficulty
Final Bar Line includes four difficulty levels, which increase the number of triggers that appear within each song. Only certain songs offer the Supreme challenge.
- Basic
- Expert
- Ultimate
- Supreme
Live Info Mode

This brand new mode allows players to have live statistics and data on the screen at all times. This includes:
- Controller Input Display
- Song Difficulty Ranking
- Current High Score
- Damage Dealt
- Enemies Defeated
- Character Level and Abilities
- Note Accuracy
Characters
Final Bar Line features over 100 playable heroes and villains from across the franchises history. Once unlocked, any of these characters can be put into a player's four-person party of adventurers.
Song List
The base game features 385 songs from across the franchise's 35-year history. When including the Digital Deluxe bonus songs, which are available as a separate "upgrade" purchase, and the Season Pass songs, there are a total of 504 songs available.
Songs with no denotation in "Availability" are included in the 385 songs in the base game. Songs noted with "DD" are available as DLC in the Digital Deluxe and Premium Digital Deluxe versions or upgrades.
Final Fantasy Main Series
Final Fantasy

The one that started it all.
Final Fantasy II

Firion's group of heroes join the Wild Rose resistance group to save the world. This is the first FF game to feature a chocobo and a character named Cid.
Final Fantasy III

Four orphans set out to save the world from a looming darkness while new features include summons, a job system, and moogles.
Final Fantasy IV

Cecil Harvey leads a troupe of a dozen playable characters into a new generation of Final Fantasy.
Final Fantasy V

Bartz Klauser and a group of new friends embark on a world spanning quest to stop crystals from being shattered and the series introduces a revolutionary level of freedom with a new job system that features twenty different roles any character can choose.
Final Fantasy VI

Widely considered to be one of the greatest games of all time and features one of the most maniacal villains of all time as well.
Final Fantasy VII

Cloud Strife joins a group of eco-terrorists on a mission to save the planet in one of the most influential games in history and the first in the series to feature 3D environments and CD quality music.
- Released: January 31, 1997
- Platform: PlayStation
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Released in 2005, Advent Children is a computer-animated movie that takes place two years after the events of the game where a trio of new villains are attempting to resurrect Sephiroth.
- Released: September 14, 2005
- Platform: DVD, UMD
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

The first ever prequel in the series is an action RPG that takes place seven years prior to the original and follows the rise of Zack Fair in the SOLDIER program leading up to the events of Final Fantasy VII.
Last Order: Final Fantasy VII

A 25-minute anime movie that retells the events of the massacre at Nibelheim that was originally shown in flashbacks in Final Fantasy VII.
- Released: September 14, 2005
- Platform: DVD
- Composer: Takeharu Ishimoto
Final Fantasy VII Remake

After over a decade of speculation, a more action-based remake of Final Fantasy VII launched in 2020 by retelling the events within Midgar, but with some significant twists on the original.
- Released: April 10, 2020
- Platform: PlayStation 4
- Composer: Masashi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki, Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy VIII

Squall Leonhart and a group of students from a military academy set out to save the world from an oppressive government led by an evil sorceress and learn things about their connected, forgotten pasts along the way.
- Released: February 11, 1999
- Platform: PlayStation
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy IX

The series returns to its roots with a medieval fantasy setting and a focus on magical crystals. Zidane Tribal and his group of bandits attempt to kidnap a royal princess and things don't go exactly as they expect.
- Released: July 7, 2000
- Platform: PlayStation
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy X

The series enters its fourth generation of platforms by introducing cinematic presentations, fully voiced characters, a fully 3D world to explore, and a revolutionary "Sphere Grid" for character advancement.
- Released: July 19, 2001
- Platform: PlayStation 2
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy X-2

For the first time in series history, a direct sequel to the previous game introduces a new level of freedom in terms of exploration and in combat plus a new "Dress Sphere" system that is reminiscent of the job systems in the older games.
- Released: November 18, 2003
- Platform: PlayStation 2
- Composer: Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi
Final Fantasy XI Online

The first game in the series to go online. A subscription-based MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI allows players to create their own character among thousands of others while still implement series traditions like an in-depth story, a job system, and yes... chocobos.
- Released: May 16, 2002
- Platform: PlayStation 2
- Composer: Naoshi Mizuta, Kumi Tanioka, Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy XII

While not a sequel, the story takes place in the same universe as Final Fantasy Tactics in world called Ivalice. It takes the series in a new direction with a completely open world, a free-moving third-person camera, and a gambit-based combat system that allowed players pre-program party members actions in combat.
- Released: March 16, 2006
- Platform: PlayStation 2
- Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hayato Matsuo, Masaharu Iwata
Final Fantasy XIII

The series moves to its fifth generation of consoles with the first entry in a sub-franchise known as Fabula Nova Crystallis. Set in a floating realm of Cocoon, Lightning and group of allies set out to save her sister and take down a tyrannical government known as The Sanctum.
Final Fantasy XIII-2

For the second time in series history, this direct sequel follows Lightning's sister, Serah Farron, as she goes through a time-bending journey to find Lightning.
- Released: December 15, 2011
- Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Composer: Naoshi Mizuta, Masashi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Another series first, Lightning Returns is a second direct sequel to a main entry. Also, unlike any previous game in the franchise, Lightning is the only controllable character in the entire game.
- Released: November 21, 2013
- Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
- Composer: Naoshi Mizuta, Mitsuto Suzuki, Masashi Hamauzu
Final Fantasy XIV Online

The series' second foray into the MMORPG genre was met with such an unfavorable response in 2010, that it was shut down entirely in 2012. After a year of continued development, it was relaunched as A Realm Reborn and became a massive success.
- Released: August 27, 2013
- Platform: PC
- Composer: Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy XV

After a decade in development that saw the game originally begin as a spin-off of Final Fantasy XIII, the fifteenth installment sees Noctis Lucis Caelum, a royal prince, and his three best friends embark on an action-packed road trip of a lifetime.
Final Fantasy Spin-Offs
Dissidia Final Fantasy

As part of the series' 20th anniversary, this fighting game pits characters from across the franchise in a battle between order (Cosmos) and discord (Chaos).
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

Even more warriors are summoned into an alternate dimension to fight in the eternal struggle between order and discord.
- Released: March 22, 2011
- Platform: PlayStation Portable
- Composer: Takeharu Ishimoto
Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade

Developed by Team Ninja, the first arcade game in the franchise moves the Dissidia series to a 3-on-3 battle system where warriors are once again summoned to an alternate dimension; this time new gods known as Materia and Spiritus.
- Released: November 26, 2015
- Platform: Arcade
- Composer: Takeharu Ishimoto, Keiji Kawamori, Tsuyoshi Sekito
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

The console version of the arcade game introduced over a dozen more characters plus an additional ten through DLC.
- Released: January 11, 2018
- Platform: PlayStation 4
- Composer: Takeharu Ishimoto, Keiji Kawamori, Tsuyoshi Sekito
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

Opera Omnia brings the fighting game sub-series full circle to a turn-based RPG featuring over 100 characters.
- Released: February 1, 2017
- Platform: iPhone, iPad, Android
- Composer: Takeharu Ishimoto, Keiji Kawamori, Tsuyoshi Sekito
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

After a decade away, the franchise returns to Nintendo with an action-adventure multiplayer RPG.
- Released: August 8, 2003
- Platform: GameCube
- Composer: Kumi Tanioka
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers

Taking place 1000 years after the original, the sequel does away with the multiplayer aspect in favor of a single-player action-adventure with a deeper storyline.
- Released: November 12, 2009
- Platform: Wii
- Composer: Kumi Tanioka, Hidenori Iwasaki, Ryo Yamazaki
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

A spin-off of the main series that was marketed as an entry-level RPG with simplified mechanics for players unfamiliar with the genre. It was the first in the franchise to be released in North America before Japan.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Within the archives of Dr. Mog, a researcher named Tyro is given access to stories from different worlds, which allows players to relive some of the most memorable events from through the franchise in sprite-based reenactments.
- Released: September 24, 2014
- Platform: iPhone, iPad, Android
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu, Naoshi Mizuta, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masayoshi Soken, Masashi Hamauzu
Final Fantasy Tactics

The series' first foray into the genre of turn-based strategy games is often considered one of the greatest games of all time, not just within the Final Fantasy franchise. It is so popular that it spawned multiple other tactics games as well as other games in the same universe included Final Fantasy XII.
- Released: June 20, 1997
- Platform: PlayStation
- Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata
Final Fantasy Type-0

Part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis sub-franchise, this action RPG features fourteen classmates from a magical academy who are deployed to defend their nation's crystals from an invading empire.
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light

As the name would imply, this spin-off was designed to return the series to its roots with a new story about a 14-year-old boy who is sent by a king to save the princess, only to return to find the entire kingdom turned to stone. The game features a classic job system.
- Released: October 29, 2009
- Platform: Nintendo DS
- Composer: Naoshi Mizuta
Mobius Final Fantasy

A turn-based RPG designed specifically for mobile devices, which featured new story chapters via online updates for several years.
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

A reimagining of the original Final Fantasy told through a different perspective and in an action RPG format developed by Team Ninja.
World of Final Fantasy

Designed in part to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise, this entry sees two siblings traveling between different art styles in a world called Grimoire, which is populated with characters and monsters from throughout the series.
- Released: October 25, 2016
- Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
- Composer: Masashi Hamauzu
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

A touch-screen-based rhythm game featuring songs from the first thirteen games in the main series.
- Released: February 16, 2012
- Platform: Nintendo 3DS
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Kumi Tanioka, Naoshi Mizuta
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call

More songs, more characters, more games represented (including ones outside of the Final Fantasy series), and multiplayer.
- Released: April 24, 2014
- Platform: Nintendo 3DS
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Kumi Tanioka, Naoshi Mizuta, Takeharu Ishimoto, Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi, Kenji Ito, Yasunori Mitsuda
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: All-Star Carnival

An arcade adaptation of the rhythm game sub-series.
- Released: September 27, 2016
- Platform: Arcade
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Kumi Tanioka, Naoshi Mizuta, Takeharu Ishimoto, Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi, Kenji Ito, Yasunori Mitsuda
Theatrhythm Final Bar Line

Two brand new arrangements are included here.
- Released: February 16, 2023
- Platform: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Kumi Tanioka, Naoshi Mizuta, Takeharu Ishimoto, Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi, Kenji Ito, Yasunori Mitsuda
Final Fantasy Albums

Over forty compilation albums have been officially released including all types of remixes and covers in a variety of styles ranging from full orchestras, vocal arrangements, heavy metal remixes, and piano solos.
Twenty tracks from a handful of these albums have been included in Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. Most of them are part of the Digital Deluxe Edition's bonus tracks, but can also be purchased separately as a DLC upgrade.
Other Square Enix Franchises

The Chrono series of RPGs centers around traveling through time to save the world. Both entries in the series are among the most critically acclaimed games in history. The first game was also a collaboration between Squaresoft and Enix Corporation long before the two merged.
- Games Represented: Chrono Trigger (1995), Chrono Cross (1999)
- Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda

A cult classic RPG developed by Square in 1994 that features seven scenarios with seven different protagonists from different time periods that can be played in any order. A remake was released in 2022.
- Games Represented: Live a Live
- Composer: Yoko Shimomura

A series of action RPGs developed by Square beginning with Seiken Denetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Final Fantasy Adventure) in 1991. Originally conceived as a Final Fantasy spin-off series, it became its own franchise with Secret of Mana in 1993.
- Games Represented: Secret of Mana (1993), Trials of Mana (1995), Legend of Mana (1999), Sword of Mana (2003)
- Composers: Hiroki Kikuta, Yoko Shimomura, Kenji Ito

A series of action-adventure RPGs created by Yoko Taro as a spin-off from the Drakengard series set in the distant future after an apocalyptic event. NieR:Automata's soundtrack is considered by many to be one of the best OSTs of all time.
- Games Represented: NieR Replicant (2010), NieR:Automata (2017)
- Composer: Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Takafumi Nishimura, Keigo Hoashi, Kuniyuki Takahashi

The first of Square Enix's HD-2D Series that stylistically takes 2D sprites and puts them in a 3D world with dynamic lighting. The game focuses on eight protagonists from different parts of the world whose prologues can be played in any order before they all cross paths.
- Games Represented: Octopath Traveler (2018)
- Composer: Yasunori Nishiki

Marketed in North America as The Final Fantasy Legend on Game Boy, the SaGa was not originally envisioned as a Final Fantasy spin-off. When the series reached the SNES with Romancing SaGa, it quickly separated itself as a series of non-linear, often non-traditional RPGs.
- Games Represented: The Final Fantasy Legend (1989), Final Fantasy Legend II (1990), Romancing SaGa (1992), Romancing SaGa 2 (1993), Romancing SaGa 3 (1995), SaGa Frontier (1997), SaGa Frontier 2 (1999), Unlimited SaGa (2003), SaGa Scarlet Grace (2016), Romancing SaGa Re: Universe (2018)
- Composer: Nobuo Uematsu, Kenji Ito, Masashi Hamauzu

An action RPG series originally developed by Jupiter that was acclaimed from its incredible use of the Nintendo DS' dual screens, its fast-paced action, fashion sense (pin collecting), as well as its stellar soundtrack.
- Games Represented: The World Ends with You (2007), Neo: The World Ends with You (2021)
- Composer: Takeharu Ishimoto
Xenogears

An RPG directed by Tetsuya Takahashi that is renowned for its philosophical, sci-fi storyline that spans thousands of years and its blending of real-time and turn-based combat. It was lauded for its adult-oriented themes compared to typical RPGs that feature teenagers saving the world.
- Games Represented: Xenogears (1998)
- Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda
Downloadable Content
Each of the three Season Passes contain five packs that consist of thirty additional songs from various Square Enix franchises outside of the Final Fantasy series. The packs can also be bought individually.
In addition to the songs, each pack also adds some characters, stages, and items from that particular series.
Season Pass 1
Included with the Digital Deluxe Edition and Premium Digital Deluxe Edition. Also available as DLC.
Season Pass 2
Included with the Premium Digital Deluxe Edition. Also available as DLC.
Season Pass 3
Included with the Premium Digital Deluxe Edition. Also available as DLC.
Special Edition Versions
Digital Deluxe Edition

This edition includes access to Season Pass 1 (30 songs) plus an additional twenty-seven songs including:
- "Aerith's Theme ~Collabo Arrange~" from Final Fantasy VII
- "Battle Scene 2 ~Modulation FF Arrangement~" from Final Fantasy
- "Blinded by Light ~Square Enix Jazz ver.~" from Final Fantasy XIII
- "Clash on the Big Bridge ~Modulation FF Arrangement~" from Final Fantasy V
- "Clash on the Big Bridge ~The Black Mages Ver.~" from Final Fantasy V
- "Cosmo Canyon ~Collabo Arrange~" from Final Fantasy VII
- "Decisive Battle ~Acoustic Arrangements Ver.~" from Final Fantasy VI
- "Distant Worlds" from Final Fantasy XI Online
- "Dugem de Chocobo" from More SQ Arrangement album
- "Eternal Love" from Final Fantasy XIII
- "Eyes on Me" from Final Fantasy VIII
- "Fighters of the Crystal ~The Star Onions Ver.~" from Final Fantasy XI Online
- "Kaze No Ne" from Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
- “Kiss Me Good-Bye" from Final Fantasy XII
- "KUON: Memories of Waves and Light" from Final Fantasy X
- "A Long Fall (Scions and Sinners: Band)" from Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
- "Melodies of Life" from Final Fantasy IX
- "Rise - Mechanicle Castle Alexander: Heavenly Motions Part" from Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
- "Sailing Enterprise - The Invincible ~SQ Chips Ver.~" from Final Fantasy III
- "Symphonic Poem "Hope" - Final Fantasy XII PV Ver." from Final Fantasy XII
- "The Skies Above ~The Black Mages Ver.~ from Final Fantasy X
- "To Zanarkand" from Final Fantasy X
- "You're Not Alone ~Battle SQ Ver.~ from Final Fantasy IX
- "Zephyr Memories ~Legend of the Eternal Wind~" from Final Fantasy III
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Premium Digital Deluxe Edition

This edition includes everything from the standard and Digital Deluxe Editions plus Season Pass 2 and Season Pass 3 (60 songs) for a grand total of 502 songs.