In the canonical true route, should the player awaken the crystals across four different worlds, Airy reveals herself and is defeated by the party.

The "Friend Summon" system has players summon the characters of other players using either data transfer between the player's friends, or 3DS Streetpass system between strangers. After your payment has been processed, the content will be downloaded to the applicable system linked to your Nintendo Account, or your Nintendo Network ID in the case of Wii U or Nintendo 3DS family systems. Having committed treason towards the duchy, Edea sees a better option in teaming up with the group than treading alone as a deserter. As they get closer to completing their quest, Ringabel regains the rest of his memories, realizing the pattern on Airy's wings was "6", which changed to "5".

It was released on December 5, 2013 [2] as a stand alone release and as a downloadable content upgrade.

In reaction to the review scores the game first saw in Europe, the Bravely Default Twitter account tweeted: "Bravely Default is a game that was designed only taking RPG fans in Japan into consideration. The game's title represented the game's main theme of self-reliance: not blindly following the will of others, and following your own will.Support abilities can be customized, but each has a set "cost" as to how many support abilities can be placed on one character. Though the group expects things to have improved in Ancheim, they find Khamer still spewing propaganda to turn the people against Agnès and the Crystal Orthodoxy.

Downloadable content in the form of additional character costumes were made available both through promotional codes and post-release content.A unique gimmick included in the game was using the platform's camera to project the player's image into an area of the arena during the final boss battle.

During exploration, standard enemies appear through random encounters: outside battle, the encounter rate can be adjusted from high to nothing.Despite moving away from the Final Fantasy series, it retained a battle system and world setting in common with many Final Fantasy games. The English voice actors were chosen to sound as similar as possible to their Japanese counterparts, and adjustments were made to characters through the actors' performances: these included making Ringabel more flirtatious, and adjusting Edea's growl of rage between language versions. They are ranked S-E and vary from class to class: for example Freelancers have a B rating in all weapons. The group is knocked out by Archduke Lester DeRosso, the previous leader of the Council, with Alternis placing Edea in her room where she is confronted by her father, Grand Marshal Braev Lee.