Brendan 2016-01-30 0 comments
Bravely Second: End Layer releases on February 27th in Europe and April 15th in North America. For gamers who weren't sated by Bravely Default's impressive array of powerful (and sometimes mystifying) costumes and jobs, Square Enix has a solution. The sequel to 2012's love letter to JRPGs and, in more than a few places, Final Fantasy, will introduce twelve new...
Brendan 2016-01-26 0 comments
Final Fantasy Explorers, the plucky action-RPG upstart that took its time getting out of Japan, is now available to Western fans. If review units were provided to the mainstream gaming press then it would seem that Square Enix has not yet lifted the embargo which, historically, is not a great sign if the publisher is relying on positive buzz to...
Brendan 2016-01-03 0 comments
Final Fantasy Explorers is by no means a new game. Released in Japan a little over a year ago, this quirky hybrid of Final Fantasy and Monster Hunter has drawn the curiosity of western gamers since the title's announcement. In just a few short weeks Final Fantasy Explorers will launch for the Nintendo 3DS in the United States on January...
kula shakerz 2015-05-18 0 comments
Square Enix has announced that they're releasing Dragon Quest VII: Journed of the Cursed King on the Nintendo 3DS. This re-release will feature new story missions, two new party members (a female thief named Gerda and Morrie of the Monster Arena previously seen in Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road), full voice-overs, music by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and support...
Brendan 2014-08-30 5 comments
More great news for RPG Lovers out of PAX this past week: Bravely Second, the direct sequel to Square Enix's successful Bravely Default for the Nintendo 3DS, will be hitting Japanese shelves this holiday season. It may come as something of a sudden follow up to western gamers, but Bravely Default has actually been out in Japan for two years...
kula shakerz 2014-06-11 0 comments
Japanese magazine Jump (ジャンプ) has revealed in its latest issue that Square Enix is currently working on a multiplayer action-RPG game for the 3DS called Final Fantasy Explorers. Up to four players will be able to form a co-op party where they can select from a variety of classic Final Fantasy classes. No release date for the Japanese market has...
kula shakerz 2014-04-23 0 comments
Square Enix has announced that they'll be releasing the sequel to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy in Europe and North America exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS system. The game will feature over 200 tracks and more than 60 playable characters, with audio taken from the entire Final Fantasy series (including Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XIV:...
Xin 2014-03-26 5 comments
In an interview this week with CVG, Silicon Studio president Takehiro Takeda piqued non-3DS owners interest when speaking about the future of the Bravely Default series and how his company plans to grow the series going forward. "We may expand in the future but we don't have a clear plan yet. We're talking about that, maybe using other devices, but...
Xin 2014-03-14 2 comments
You've got to hand it to Bravely Default. Here is a new IP, targeting a relatively niche market, with some traditional RPG elements at it's core, that SquareEnix had no intention of releasing outside of Japan. That's a lot going against you in this industry. So again, you have to give the game a bit of credit for moving 200k...
Brendan 2014-02-07 2 comments
Bravely Default, the newest game from the team that remade Final Fantasy IV and created Final Fantasy: The 4 Warriors of Light, is now available for sale in the United States. Released to near critical acclaim, Bravely Default features an engaging new battle system, a new take on familiar mythology, and a beautiful art direction. A demo is available on...
kula shakerz 2014-01-28 3 comments
The North American release of Bravely Default is less than two weeks away and Nintendo has just uploaded two new TV commercials and a gameplay trailer to YouTube. Bravely Default, known as Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (ブレイブリーデフォルト フライングフェアリー) in Japan, is a traditional role-playing game with turn-based combat, and is by many considered a spiritual successor to the 2009 video...