Final Fantasy VIII
Release Year: 1999
Genre: RPG
Developer: Square
Publisher: Square
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Welsh References: Mythical Figure, Mythology
Welsh Mythology Figure: King Arthur
Links: Wikipedia, Wikipedia (original game), Wikipedia (Remastered)
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Excaliber and Excalipoor are swords that Gilgamesh can attack an opponent with in Final Fantasy VIII.
In Arthurian tales, Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, with its name ultimately deriving from the Welsh Caledfwlch, where caled means ‘hard’ and bwlch is ‘cleft’. It appears in many interpretations of the stories of King Arthur, but it is first mentioned in Welsh mythology, including the earliest surviving Welsh tale, Culhwch and Olwen (Culhwch ac Olwen).
Throughout the Final Fantasy series, the Excalipoor sword (sometimes going by other similar names) is often portrayed as a weaker or fake version of the superior Excalibur.
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