Ahead of the October release of Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light for the Nintendo DS, Square-Enix announced a contest for fans to submit their own custom Crowns inspired by the game’s versions. Well, the results are in. Contest winners have been announced and you can view all the winners and runners up on the official contest page here. Producer Tomoya Asano and artist Akihiko Yoshida also comment on the winners as well. Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light released on October 5th.

■ Official contest page.

The Storyteller! Although Square-Enix was coy about the details, describing the job as one that boosts abilities. This brings the total number of Crown in the game to 28. As we approach the release date next month (Oct. 5th for North America and 7th for PAL regions), stay tuned to FFN for all of your breaking news and information.

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Via: Official site.

As per the official blog for Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, there are four new jobs to report on tonight! Here we see the debut of the Musician, Ninja, Sage, and Scribe.

The Musician players the role of a party buffer, and can cast Regen to regenerate the party’s health for three turns as well as abilities Nocturne and March to increase attack power and speed respectively. The Ninja is able to deftly evade attacks and employs the use of Moving Target and Target Dummy to avoid being hit. They are also able to Counter enemies when they avoid being hit. The Sage is a master of casting spells, and can use Spell Again to cast spells consecutively for the remainder of their current Action Point total. Sages are also able to use Diligence and Betterment to augment their spells by reducing their AP cost by one. Lastly, a Scribe will increase in power the longer that you play the game! Using Time they are able to deal damage based on how long you’ve played, and Wireless will deal damage on how much time you’ve spent in multiplayer. Crown will recover a character’s HP based on how developed their Crowns are.

There’s only one Crown left, and Square-Enix will be revealing it next week. You also can pre-order the game right now and receive a limited edition poster as a gift. Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light releases on October 5th in North America and October 7th in PAL territories.

Via: Official Site

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light is playable at Gamescom this week, but Square-Enix is keeping us non-attendees in mind too. They’ve updated their official blog with new information about some of the towns and characters you’ll meet in your travels. Lilibelle is a magical fairy who helps the party at one point, and Torte has been turned into a mouse! Despite this he aspires to be a great sage one day. They’ve also announced our pre-order gift is a limited edition poster (pictured below) of the game’s artwork! You can download varying sizes of the poster new wallpapers here.

Via: Official Site

The newest addition to the massive list of “Crowns” (or jobs) is the Paladin, a classic Final Fantasy class that plays defensively “and doesn’t afraid of anything!” . This unique class will be utilized in defending other party members from damage all while putting up a decent defense with armor. The abilities the Paladin will bring into battle include “Cover”, which will shield allies from enemy attacks (that will damage the paladin instead). Other abilities include: “Bait”, which will provoke enemies to attack you instead of your friends and “Avenge”, which will increase your physical power when an enemy is targeting you for an attack. There’s one more ability listed as well called “Last Stand”. While no description of it is given, perhaps it will be an ability used while the paladin or his/her allies is in critical health status.

Brandt, Jusqua, Unita, and Aire display the Paladin Crown.
Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light features a Crown system similar to the classic Final Fantasy job system. Crowns (whether they be helms or hats) of all types represent their individual jobs and bestow their respective wearer with abilities specific to that Crown. White Mage, Black Mage, Fighter, Ranger, and Bard are just some of the jobs recently revealed in Square-Enix’s “Summer of Jobs” blog on the official website. There are some new takes on some classic jobs and some entirely new ones as well!

The game features a take on the classic NES-era Final Fantasy games, from turn-based battle systems to charming characters and locales. Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light is exclusive to the Nintendo DS, and will be available for North American audiences on October 5th, 2010 for $34.99 USD. You can also pre-order now at Gamestop’s website. European audiences will only wait until October 8th, 2010 to get their hands on the RPG.

Via: FINAL FANTASY: THE 4 HEROES OF LIGHT