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The Guardian Forces
Basics
The Guardian Forces are a new addition to the Final Fantasy series. Like the old summons, the Guardian Forces do exactly as they state, guard the character. After you call upon the guardian force, the amount of time it takes for them to attack depends on your compatibility with them. This may seem a bit annoying becuase you have to wait for the guardian force, but the forces also have HP. This means that they take the damage for you while they are being summoned. The problem is that if the guardian force's HP is reduced to zero, they do not attack, and are Ko'd until you revive them.
Junctioning
One interesting thing about Final Fantasy VIII is that if you do not have a guardian force junctioned with you, all you can do is attack.
Attributes
Like Final Fantasy Tactics, your guardian forces can learn different attributes such as Boost which allows you to boost the GF's attack or HP-J which junctions magic to your HP.
Names
Some of the summons have returned such as the regulars: Shiva, Ifrit, Bahamut, Leviathan and Alexander. Other new ones have also been added such as Quezacoatl, Diablos, Pandemonia, Doomtrain and Jumbo Cactuar(yes, this is a giant running cactus).
If you are at all confused, don't worry, just play the game and you'll get used to it.
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