The Cornelia Bridge[1], also known as the North Bridge[2] or simply the the bridge, is a location in Final Fantasy. The bridge starts the game broken, with Cornelia and the Chaos Shrine are on their own island excluded from the rest of the locations on the World Map. Once the player party defeats Garland the bridge is rebuilt to enable the party to cross from Cornelia to the next continent so they can reach Pravoka. The "Final Fantasy" theme plays during this scene in every version.
The field location is only seen once, and a scene plays when the player exits Cornelia Castle after talking to the King in which the bridge is rebuilt. This scene does not take place in the NES version. While the bridge is on the world map, it is simply a tile and stepping on it does not take the party to the location. However, the first time the party moves on to this tile a cutscene ensues.
Story[]
The King of Cornelia asks the Warriors of Light to save Princess Sarah from Garland at the Chaos Shrine. The Warriors of Light depart for the Chaos Shrine and defeat Garland. The King of Cornelia has the bridge rebuilt to reward the Warriors of Light so they can travel northward to Pravoka.
Encounters[]
Cornelia Bridge encounter region in Pixel Remaster. See file summary for other versions.
While it has the region to itself in Pixel Remaster, the Cornelia Bridge shares an encounter region with northern Cornelia and the Earthgift Shrine in prior releases. It borders the southern Cornelia region, the Chaos Shrine region to the north, and the Pravoka region to the east.
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Musical themes[]
The theme for the scene where the party crosses the bridge is "Opening".
Other appearances[]
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]
The Cornelia Bridge has an equivalent location in World B in the Gateway of Departure gateway.
Behind the scenes[]
The original Nihonbashi was a bridge in Tokyo during the Edo period that everyone would have to cross to travel elsewhere in Japan. It is still sometimes used as a symbol for a starting point of a journey. In Final Fantasy the "and so their journey begins..." scene happens as the party crosses the Cornelia Bridge.
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