Brendan 2007-05-05 0 comments
Motomu Toriyama, the director of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings mentioned an interest in developing yet another sequel for the Final Fantasy XII universe, and by mere association the Ivalice Alliance campaign. Revenant Wings, Toriyama's concurrent project alongside the main Fabula Nova Crystallis installment, Final Fantasy XIII, released in Japan late last month, selling figures well over 300,000 units in...
kula shakerz 2007-05-01 0 comments
Square Enix has just released a gameplay video of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates on their official development blog. During the first part of the video you see the Selkie boy Nasche talking to someone while in the second half you see the same characters move around in a 3D environment. Check out the video here: http://www.ffccnews.jp/2007/05/49.html (flash...
kula shakerz 2007-04-28 0 comments
Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, a PlayStation Portable port of the original PlayStation video game Valkyrie Profile by tri-Ace (known for their Star Ocean series and recently Radiata Stories) has been released in Europe and other PAL territories. The sequel Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria will be released in Europe sometime this summer.
kula shakerz 2007-04-26 0 comments
The Final Fantasy XII spin-off title Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings for the Nintendo DS was released today in Japan. The story takes place one year after the events of Final Fantasy XII and Vaan is now a sky pirate with his own airship. There is currently no release date for Europe or North America.
Brendan 2007-04-24 0 comments
Square Enix has given fans the world over reasons to clap and cry, all at once. In an interview with Nintendo Dream, and subsequently hijacked by IGN, Shinji Hashimoto divulged more details on the company’s intentions to draw out the Fabula Nova Crystallis project over the next ten years, likening it to the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series. "Although...
Brendan 2007-04-24 0 comments
Speaking to game magazine Nintendo Dream, Shinji Hashimoto of Square Enix offered a few details on the company’s upcoming game for Nintendo Wii, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers: "Recently, I was able to check the progress on the Wii version. It's coming along extremely well. However, developing a game that makes use of the Wii Remote is difficult.”...
Brendan 2007-04-24 0 comments
With the tremendously popular remake of Final Fantasy III a financial success in both Japan and the United States, Square Enix is beginning the media blitz that precedes most of the company’s major releases. Enjoy the sparse sequences from Final Fantasy III’s opening FMV sequence. You can view the video here.
Brendan 2007-04-23 0 comments
In the annual Famitsu Awards, Square Enix’s latest RPG epic, Final Fantasy XII for PS2 tied with Pokemon Diamond & Pearl for Nintendo DS for 'Game of the Year'. The creator of the Final Fantasy series, Hironobu Sakaguchi, walked away with ‘Most Valuable Person of the Year’ while his Xbox 360 title Blue Dragon, garnered the Novice Game of the...
kula shakerz 2007-04-23 0 comments
Square Enix has updated the official Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War website and added the Japanese TV commercial. To have a look enter the "Movie and Download" section of the website and select the 30 second TV-CM clip. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/fft/ (in Japanese).
kula shakerz 2007-04-22 0 comments
Square Enix is going release a new series of soundtracks containing compilations of battle themes from their various games. The Square Enix Battle Track Vol. 1: Square 1987 - 1996 album will include 25 tracks from Nintendo, Super Nintendo and GameBoy games composed by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenji Itou, Ryuuji Sasai, Rudra no Himitsu, Hiroki Kikuta, Youko Shimomura, Yasunori Mitsuda, Noriko...
kula shakerz 2007-04-19 1 comment
The Final Fantasy remake Final Fantsay Anniversary Edition for the Sony PlayStation Portable hit the shelves in Japan this morning. The game features a slight facelift, the extra dungeons from the Gameboy Advance versions, as well as the monster encyclopedia and music players. Final Fantasy Anniversary edition is also confirmed for North America on 26th June 2007 but there is...
kula shakerz 2007-04-17 0 comments
Square Enix today announced the release dates of the Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II anniversary editions for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) in North America. The first game will hit the shelves on June 26th, 2007 while the second will ship to retailers on July 24th, 2007. There are still no confirmed release dates for Europe.
kula shakerz 2007-04-17 0 comments
Square Enix announced yesterday the appointment of Daishiro Okada, previously president and chief operating officer, to his new role as vice chairman of Square Enix, Inc. Replacing him in the role of president is John Yamamoto, currently head of Square Enix Ltd., the European subsidiary of Square Enix Co., Ltd. Yamamoto will be assuming the role of chief executive officer...
kula shakerz 2007-04-17 0 comments
Final Fantasy Director Motomu Toriyama recently revealed some more details regarding the Fabula Nova Crystallis project in an interview with the Playstation Magazine. He mentioned that the 3 previously announced games (Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII) are only the beginning of the series and that it will be a huge project. Although Square...
kula shakerz 2007-04-16 0 comments
The latest issue of the Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump reveals a new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates character. All we know so far is that the new Character is a Selkie boy named Nasche. Check out the Shonen Jump scan here.
kula shakerz 2007-04-14 0 comments
The prequel of one of the most popular games in the Final Fantasy series, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII might be released in Japan on August the 2nd this summer if the rumors prove to be true. Please note that the release date has yet to be confirmed. Update: The release date has been confirmed by Square Enix.
Brendan 2007-04-14 0 comments
A new website for Final Fantasy Tactics A2 has opened, giving viewers a good look at the game's logo and main characters, Luso and Adel. The site opened earlier today, and features a redone version of Hitoshi Sakimoto’s track “Companions That Surpassed Their Tribe.” To view the website, click here.
kula shakerz 2007-04-13 0 comments
Square Enix announced yesterday that their first Nintendo Wii title, Dragon Quest Sword: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors will hit the shelves in Japan on July 12th. The Genius Sonority-developed titled will carry a price tag of 6,800 yen ($57.05 US).
kula shakerz 2007-04-13 0 comments
We are currently in the process of upgrading the Square Insider content management system backend to version two. If you get any weird errors then its probably due to that. Please post any error messages you might get and how you got them here. In related news here's one of the new features made possible with this upgrade: dynamic release...
Brendan 2007-04-09 0 comments
With intense speculation about Sony’s potential loss of Final Fantasy XIII exclusivity lessening in the past few weeks, Weekly Famitsu revived the debate with a poll to gauge cross-platform opinion. The Japanese magazine wanted to know which series readers thought should abandon the ranks of exclusivity, and while the speculation about Final Fantasy XIII’s fate had been rampant, the Final...