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is a fictional universe setting primarily appearing in the ''Final Fantasy'' video game series. The world was conceived by Yasumi Matsuno when he joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1995, and has since been expanded upon by several games, with more yet due with the ''Ivalice Alliance'' series. Ivalice is described as a complex world with a very long history, and the stories of ''Vagrant Story'', ''Final Fantasy Tactics'', and ''Final Fantasy XII'' are said to unfold quite close on the Ivalice map. Though described often as a world, this was only physically true of Ivalice in ''Final Fantasy Tactics Advance'', in which Ivalice was created parallel to the real world. The 'true' Ivalice, as witnessed in the remaining games, describes two distinct locations; a geographical region,〔Ivalice (Sage Knowledge 29 of 78), Clan Primer Bestiary 〕 and a smaller kingdom, both of which belong to a larger, unnamed world. Generally, however, the term Ivalice is also used to refer to the conceptual setting, rather as one might say "the world of medieval Europe" and the Middle Ages Mediterranean. ==Concept and creation== Ivalice was created by Yasumi Matsuno as a fictional world with its own identity; a medieval-like world where magic and machine exist together. The usual elements of ''Final Fantasy'', such as Chocobos, crystals and magic spells, blend into the setting. This setting first appeared in ''Final Fantasy Tactics'', a game produced mostly by the team that made ''Ogre Battle'' and ''Tactics Ogre'', and was Matsuno's first project with Square following his departure from Quest in 1995. Matsuno's next game, ''Vagrant Story'', featured several allusions to ''Final Fantasy Tactics'', and Matsuno stated in 2004 that ''Vagrant Story'', ''Final Fantasy Tactics'', and ''Final Fantasy XII'' unfold quite close on the map of Ivalice, "a complex world with a very long history and the stories". Following Matsuno's departure from Square Enix during development on ''Final Fantasy XII'', Square Enix has continued to feature Ivalice in other games. In 2011, Matsuno stated that he never originally intended for ''Vagrant Story'' to take place in Ivalice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yasumi Matsuno @ Twitter )〕 As a result, any references he had made of ''Final Fantasy Tactics'' in ''Vagrant Story'', as well as ''Vagrant Story'' references in ''Final Fantasy XII'', only serve as "fan service".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yasumi Matsuno @ Twitter )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ivalice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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