QuickNavigation - FF Odyssey Final Fantasy VIII Characters: Irvine (Last updated on 11/25/2008)

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Bio

Irvine Kinneas
Age: 17
Height: 6’

About (No Spoilers)

     An expert sharpshooter from Galbadia Garden, Irvine is quite an independent character without very many friends.  While Irvine seems calm and cool, deep down inside he is serious and at the same time charming.  He is also considered a “ladies man” throughout the game as well.

Major Relations

     Besides the fact that Irvine has close relations with the other SeeDs due to their past in the orphanage, Irvine does not have many ties with anyone else as he seems quite content as an independent person.  Later on, he meets Selphie, eventually cares about her, gets to know her as a close friend, and charms her with his attitudes.  Other than that, Irvine is content at being alone at times.

Character Developments (Spoilers)

     Irvine joins up with Squall and the others after he is called upon for the plan to assassinate Sorceress Edea as he is an expert sharpshooter and the only one available that can wield guns or rifles.  However, just before Irvine attempts to shoot down Edea, he appears to have trouble pulling the trigger and is quite hesitant and afraid a well.  Eventually he shoots a bullet from his gun but then Edea blocks it and the plan fails.  While he seems cocky, Irvine is quite a serious character and learns to get along well with the others later on.

Review

     I liked Irvine’s character personality-wise but his importance in the game definitely went down after the Edea assassination mission and Square did not concentrate much on his character throughout the game overall.  Still, he has reasonable character development compared to the others and as the only character that can use Guns or Rifles, he proves to be a useful character for long-range.  In addition, his personality is well liked for the most part but can get annoying at times.

Weapons

     Irvine can use different kinds of ammo as part of his Limit Break and some can prove to be useful while others aren’t as good.  His Limit Break has a certain time Limit so you have to be quite fast to pull it off and use it effectively.  The ammo also kind of determines how effective Irvine’s Limit will be, some will take longer to shoot while others won’t.

Irvine’s Limit Breaks:
 Normal Shot
 Scattered Shot
 Dark Shot
 Fire Shot
 Canister Shot
 Quick Shot
 Armor Shot
 Hyper Shot

Weapon Name	Price	Attack Power	Attack %	Parts needed for remodelling
Valiant	100	12	105	4 Screws, 1 Steel Pipe.
Ulysses	200	15	108	1 Steel Pipe, 1 Bomb Fragment, 2 Screws.
Bismarck	400	20	110	1 Steel Pipe, 4 Dynamo Stones, 8 Screws.
Exeter	800	25	115	2 Dino Bones, 1 Moon Stone, 2 Star Fragments, 18 Screws.