kula shakerz 2003-02-05 0 comments
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced the finalists for its 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremonies on February 27 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. SquareSoft received 6 nomination for this years award ceremony, lets hope they win some too ^_^ Kingdom hearts got nominated...
sifar 2003-02-03 0 comments
It was only recently confirmed that Final Fantasy I + II would definitely hit the shelves of European stores. The compilation titled Final Fantasy Origins is a complete remake of the first two games in the FF series. It seems that the game will be delivered to Europe, but only in English. The game will come along with a standard...
sifar 2003-02-02 0 comments
According to rumours, in the next issue of Famitsu Magazine, there will be an interview with Squaresoft director, Yasumi Matsuno, and Nintendo Reprsentative, Shigeru Miyamoto. The two men will discuss their current projects and here is a little snippet from their discussion: Journalist: Is the development of Final Fantasy XII in progress? Matsuno: Collaboration with Nintendo is positive. I should...
sifar 2003-02-02 0 comments
According to Gamers.com those working in Enix America had to leave yesterday due to their closing. This event occured because of Square taking over operations here in North America. The union of Squaresoft and Enix will probably involve a lot of restructuring and in the end could profit both firms. A meeting will be held by the two on February...
sifar 2003-02-02 0 comments
Squaresoft has confirmed that the strategy guide for Final Fantasy X-2 will be published by none other than Bent Stuff who also worked on the guide for Kingdom Hearts. The guide will be called FFX-2 "Ultimania Guide". These guides are similar to the ones we get in North American + Europe, however, there is a slight difference. The guides seem...
sifar 2003-02-01 0 comments
Square Europe have confirmed that Final Fantasy Origins will make its way to Europe. FF Origins will consist of two games: Final Fantasy I + II. Currently only the English version will be sent to England and Scotland, and by mid-march, the rest of Europe shall receive the game. Final Fantasy Origins, for the PSOne, is a complete remake of...
sifar 2003-01-31 0 comments
Company Vorbesteller alongside PlayStation.co.jp are offering buyers of Final Fantasy X-2 a limited free keychain which can only be recieved if the game is booked in advance. In competition, Amazon.co.jp has offered Final Fantasy X-2 for 15% cheaper, thus lowering the price to 6,630 yen. In other news, Hori published information on its "Tiny Bee" controller for Final Fantasy X-2....
sifar 2003-01-30 0 comments
Thats right, FFX2.com has just revealed a video of Final Fantasy X-2 which showcases Yuna singing with Paine and Rikku dancing. Just as mentioned before, Koda Kumi sings two tracks for the game and Yuna sings one of them. The dance sequence of Yuna is actually being done by the singer Koda Kumi who has done motion capture for Yuna....
sifar 2003-01-30 0 comments
Quiter gave us some information on how many units, of Final Fantasy X-2, Squaresoft planned to send to Japan for its early mid-march release. And that number has been deemed as being 1 million. The game will be available March 13, 2003 for 7,800 yen which is approx. $66 USD.
sifar 2003-01-29 0 comments
Quiter has made available some information about the new Add-on coming up for Final Fantasy XI. It will be released on April 17, 2003 for approx. 3,980 Yen. That is the price for the PlayStation 2. The price for the PC version is yet to be announced. Famitsu and Dengeki gave us some more updated information along with Quiter. A...
sifar 2003-01-29 0 comments
Corporatoin Di Magic has just released the REO Final Fantasy X-2 Limited Box which will be released alongside the actual game on March 13, 2003 for an approx. price of 22,200 Yen. From January 30th to March 3rd, the product can be reserved at any gaming or electronics store almost anywhere in Japan. There are 22,000 stores who accept the...
sifar 2003-01-28 0 comments
DigiCube has just shown Kingdom Hearts' new poster book which holds all of the game's released artworks. This book was a long time coming, but due to several difficulties, it was only released recently. The book's pages are in A2 size and the whole book contains 10 posters. All the artwork and posters have been kept in a fashion so...
sifar 2003-01-27 0 comments
ZakZak released an article about the current situation of the Square and Enix merger. Not much has changed, except the fact that Mr. Miyamoto (Square's largest shareholder) is more pleased with the current ratio of 0.85 : 1. That is, 1 share of Square for 0.85 shares of Enix. The article revealed that Mr. Miyamoto is currently living in North...
sifar 2003-01-25 0 comments
24 days into the month, Final Fantasy X2's official site finally updates itself again. And a whole lot of information has become available. Several images from the V-Jump magazine were present plus a lot of new images aswell which gave us some details about the Ability system in the game. There are different "dress spheres" and there is an information...
sifar 2003-01-24 0 comments
It seems that PlayOnline.com is advertising the opportunity for you to purchase a PS2 BB Unit online. But there are limited quantities and so one must hurry before they run out. The unit will cost a total of 18,000 yen which contains shipping and consumer tax aswell. It is assumed that this will only apply to those living in Japan....