Learning that Agnès and the others are in the dungeon, Edea demands to know what her father hopes to gain. Like its predecessor, the game is for the Nintendo 3DS, takes place in the same world, and involves a new character named Magnolia Arch. The amount of time a project takes to complete depends on the number of friends assigned to it, taking anywhere from days to weeks. Starting development as an action role-playing sequel to Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, it retained elements from the Final Fantasy series while having its own story and gameplay elements. In contrast to much of his previous artwork, Yoshida created the game's artwork using a stronger design and coloring style.

The Edge reviewer greatly enjoyed the deceptively simple Brave and Default mechanics despite a run time they described as "bloated". He used the methodology of American TV dramas, like the older Beverly Hills 90210 and Glee, as references. Two years prior to the game's announcement on Christmas Day 2017, character designer Akihiko Yoshida posted an image on Twitter of Edea holding a pair of Joy-Con controllers. It doesn't include any story relevant to the full game, and serves to show players the mechanics and feel of the game. During certain points, a Party Chat option appears, giving players the option of initiating conversations between the party members.La historia no avanza lo más mínimo y lo único interesante son los combates opcionales contra grupos de jefes, los cuales son peleas muy duras y, nuevamente, sin ninguna recompensa. They reach Heinkel before he can escape on the Eschalot airship and defeat him, avenging Owen's death.

The battle system revolves around turn-based combat: each side is allowed to perform an action or multiple actions, with each character having independent movements and commands: these actions include attacking with the equipped weapon, using magic, or using an item. The attack names, dialogue when used, and after-effects (such as status effects, elemental properties, better damage versus certain enemy types) of these moves can be customized. Silicon Studio developed a well-received demo for the project and were assigned to develop the game. After spending another night in the Yulyana Woods Needleworks, Tiz watches Agnès talk to the Sage about the vestal of water, Olivia.Kensuke Nakahara, director and head of development at Silicon Studio, has said that the main challenge was to make Bravely Default: Flying Fairy a "traditional" RPG, and not an old-fashioned or overtly nostalgia-inducing one. The game, however, was released as Bravely Default in Europe and North America, and the new subtitle was kept in the second title screen before loading the saved game. Its sales and sell-through rate were notably higher than those of its predecessor The 4 Heroes of Light. Even if you do get a good party going, the late chapters have battles and boss fights so unbalanced that you're forced to loop the same actions until the boss is dead, somtimes for over half an hour. Please note: for games that support 3D images, you can only appreciate the 3D effect of Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL on the system itself.