Namingway



Namingway is a recurring non-player character in the Final Fantasy series. An odd creature, it often lets the player change the name of something.

Final Fantasy IV
Namingway is a Hummingway, and he appears in various towns around the world, often in the Training Rooms, and in the end even on the Red Moon in a cave full of Hummingways, which is where he originally came from. His purpose is to offer to change the names of various characters throughout the game. Characters can have their names changed multiple times.

In the Nintendo DS remake, because of the voice-acting, Namingway can no longer change the characters' names. Unable to deal with this anymore, Namingway embarks on a world tour, seeking new meaning to his life. In each town he is encountered in, Namingway gives the player an item or asks a request of them. At one point, he even battles them himself. The full story of Namingway involves him becoming a cartographer, a musician, and an outdoorsman. He eventually begins courting two women, and when he finally chooses one of them to be with, he discovers she is cheating on him. Namingway thus abandons her and meets another woman, whom he marries.

Namingway is also friends with the Fat Chocobo, who takes over the various devices that Namingway gives the player access to. Namingway appears in the following locations. Note that Namingway will not appear in the next location until met in the preceding location and the subquest for that location completed.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Namingway appears in various locations around the world at the end of each chapter. Due to being unable to change names, he instead changes his name to Challengingway and gives access to the Challenge Dungeons.

Tradingway appears in the ??? location on the True Moon, and will exchange pieces of Adamantite for any Adamant equipment. He also pops up various times during the game to sell items to the party.

Final Fantasy IX
Namingway appears on a Tetra Master card. The card can be shown to a man in Daguerreo and he will offer to change the name of one of your characters. It is arguably the rarest card in the game after Ozma, with only two copies of it available to the player. One is in Kuja's room in the Desert Palace (near the teleporter, only after Eiko has been kidnapped).

The other is in Treno, during the card tournament. When the player is in control of Vivi, they are given the option of "going home", or staying in Treno. Choosing the latter will give Zidane a different opponent in the card tournament's second round, who holds the Namingway card.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Namingway appears as a Sahagin in the Galbana's Sky Saloon. When asked, he will change the Galbana's name. During the game's course Namingway will hide amongst various places in the Sky Saloon, usually in an area that partially conceals him.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Namingway is an non-playable character that lives in a house west of Arbor. When asked, he will change the name of the magic spells the party has obtained.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
Namingway makes a small cameo in Dissidia Final Fantasy as a tutor from the in-game manuals.