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The current issue of Japanese gaming-Bible Famitsu contains an exhaustive feature on Final Fantasy XI. This feature reveals the intriguing fact that the character classes available from the beginning of the game are none other than the character classes from the original NES Final Fantasy. Yes, that means the player may choose to be a Fighter, Monk, Thief, White Mage, or Red Mage.