Final Fantasy XV allusions

Unreleased

The following is list of allusions in Final Fantasy XV.

Final Fantasy series

 * Cor Leonis's name is based on a Latin phrase that means literally "Heart of the Lion", or "Lion's heart", a likely reference to the recurring name in the series.
 * Cidney is XV's incarnation of the Cid character.
 * A majority of the enemies in the game series are based on the designs created by Yoshitaka Amano for previous Final Fantasy games.

Final Fantasy VII

 * There is sign in Restalm for "Adamantoise Paradise" in the area with the cafes. This alludes to the Turtle's Paradise pub in Wutai Village in Final Fantasy VII.
 * Niflheim from Final Fantasy XV is spelt and pronounced very similarly to Nibelheim from Final Fantasy VII, and both names originated from the same word.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-

 * In the "Walkthrough" demonstration released during Paris Games Week 2014 the party drives past a petrol station. There is a sign outside that reads "Banora White." Banora White is a variety of apples in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-.

Literature

 * The initial trailers introduced the tagline "There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so". The line comes from the play, , by English playwright.

Real World Locations

 * Many areas in the game are based on real world locations:
 * The city of Insomnia is based on the of,.
 * The town of Restalm is based on the.
 * Accordo and locations placed around it are based on the city of,.
 * An unknown location is based on,.
 * An unknown location, a gas station in a desert, appears to be aesthetically based on the American southwest.