The main protagonists are the members of Class Zero, a class of fourteen Agito Cadets from Akademeia, the magic academy of the Dominion of Rubrum, one of the four nations of Orience. The game takes place in the world of Orience, which is divided into four nations blessed with Crystals. It was directed by Hajime Tabata, with Tetsuya Nomura providing character design, while Takeharu Ishimoto composed the score. It was later re-released worldwide as Final Fantasy Type-0 HD for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows via Steam. It was announced for mobile phones, but released for the PlayStation Portable in October 2011 exclusively in Japan.
Final Fantasy Type-0, originally developed and announced as Final Fantasy Agito XIII, is an action role playing game in the Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy series.