In case you didn't know, we are currently in the middle of a special event in Final Fantasy XV called the Moogle Chocobo Carnival. Taking place outside of the main game, the town of Altissia has been redecorated for the event with moogles and chocobos all over town and even Noctis himself can dress up in not one, but two different festive outfits to celebrate the franchise's mascots with fun and games for all. To access it, you will need to download the extra content which can come with the season pass, or a free package that apparently has less content but let's in people who can't afford the paid version.
For those of you who are not familiar, chocobos are large yellow birds that are usually ridden in lieu of horses which generally do not exist in the Final Fantasy multiverse introduced in FFII while moogles are white mole like creatures with purple bat wings and big pink noses and a pom pom on top of its head that were introduced in FFIII and both appear in some form in every game since they were introduced. Chocobos are actually pretty cool, they protect you from random encounters while you ride them and they can cross rivers and have a catchy theme song that changes with each game. Moogles are also cool, but much more often get relegated to comic relief and are not taken very seriously. Both are notable as being cute, which can sometimes contrast with the otherwise dark nature of the game's story.
Starting January 24 and going to February 20, these two cute mascots, with a little help from the also cute carbuncle, are taking over FFXV. For those who like open world exploring, this is awesome, there is one main quest and a few subquests, all of which amount to mini games, plus mini games that don't involve quests at all, and you just get to goof around. There are also rewards that should last beyond the event, particularly that Noctis can now take photos himself without Prompto. This feature was introduced because there is a photo component to the event, including one sidequest and some random extras, but Prompto is not with Noctis so he has to do it himself. The main sidequest for photography is the Brother Kupomarov where you photograph six moogle dolls hidden around town with clues in a poem, but if you look closely there are challenges to recreate photos of oddities around town. Finally, once you complete the main quest of getting a voucher for the fireworks show you can watch fireworks and take photos of them from a gondola in the bay around Altissia. In addition to the photography you can also get two new recipes for Ignis by ordering them at the Square Enix Cafe, the moogle cheesecake which reduces tension on the line during fishing and the chocobo tart which enhances stamina when riding chocobos, both of which are handy for special activities during the event, and you can redeem medallions for a decal, fishing lures, and rare treasures that can be used for upgrading weapons as well as other items if you get too many medals somehow. One of the activities is fishing which can net you a new rod and reel or chocomog medals.All of these specials remain in your save file so you can use the items in your regular game when you go back o playing the regular story.
Other sidequests include a diner dash game at one of the restaurants, a puzzle game decorating the Listro Plaza and best of all, the quest to round up lost chocochicks, baby chocobos that run around town. In addition to these quests, there's also the chocobo racing track and at the coliseum you can play carnival games including, whack-a-cactuar and a shooting gallery. One other thing that you can miss is children crying over their lost balloons, which sounds sad, except Noctis can track down the balloons and use his warp to retrieve them, which is not only nice, but you get medals for it. There are medals everywhere, literally, they are just lying on the ground, on tables, medals everywhere. The whole event is basically collecting these medals to get your permanent items.
One last thing to note, I found a glitch where Vyv apears to offer a quest, but it does not work. Talk to him and the game crashes, just take your photo and move on. Now, go on and have fun! Kupo! Kweh!
I wanted to add also my predictions for future downloadable content. We all know they have planned to add chapters where you get to play as Gladiolus, Ignis and Prompto, as well as a multiplayer mode. While it sounds cool, nobody has asked why. Here's what I think: Gladiolus and Prompto are going to let us play through the chapters where they get separated from the main party and tell us what they were doing. For Gladiolus this means alternative Chapter 7, we'd get to find out how he got that scar and I'm betting lil' sis Iris will be his back-up, I can't figure much beyond that, but it's enough to get me excited. I haven't gotten as far as Prompto leaving the party, but I know from the wikia that he does get knocked off a train and it takes a while for him to rejoin the team, and the DLC should explain where he went, which may involve fellow Niflheim ex-patriate Aranea Highwind, which would be hilarious if he tries to take advantage of their alone time. I'm not sure about Ignis, though my guess would be during the few days immediately following the Leviathan Incident when Noctis may be out of commission and perhaps there's more to his blindness than we thought. Finally, multiplayer mode, probably during the ten-year gap and revolving around daemon hunting, which would explain rumors of designing your own character, which would be a hunter who is determined to go down swinging. Also, there might be a slight possibility of new Royal Arms; the regular arsenal is probably enough, but Ignis said there's likely as many Royal Arms as kings, and we only get 13 of 113, so there's still one hundred out there, and while Noctis is normally the only one who can wield them, Kingsglaive shows that in times of dire need, others can wield the power of the king, and if that can be considered for fighting Niflheim imperials, it should apply to a well meaning hunter facing a daemonic apocalypse. In any case I purchased my DLC season pass and I'm keeping save files from the points I suspect I'll need for the DLC later.
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