If there were an award for giving a game manufacturer the cold shoulder, Square Enix would win hands down. Actually they would win a few times. Let me elaborate…
Square Enix first shunned Nintendo back in the 90’s when it decided to move over to the Sony Playstation format after having a long standing relationship with Nintendo and it’s many FF titles. Now it is switching sides again and jumping on the Microsoft bandwagon with the announcement of Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360. But no sooner do they hug Microsoft with one arm than stab them in the back with the other by announcing that there will be no 360 version in Japan. Read More »
Square Enix just announced that Final Fantasy XIII will be coming to the Xbox 360 and the Microsoft camp. The Microsoft big wig was the first to also add that this is one of the many Sony PlayStation franchises that have transitioned to the Xbox 360, from Guitar Hero to Grand Theft Auto and now Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy fans and Xbox fans can now rejoice as they join forces, everyone tries to forget about FFXI and that poor excuse for an MMORPG.
::UPDATE:: Let me add that this is quite a kick in the shins to Sony. A lot of questions do come to mind though that Square is not ready to answer. How many discs will the Xbox 360 version ship with? Will there be any exclusive DLC on the PS3 BluRay version or 360? For now both versions of the game are identical.
We do know that FFXIII will drop in Japan first and then come to Europe and North America. An Xbox 360 version for Japan does not seem to be in the cards at this time, looks like they will depend on Sony to handle their sales in Japan. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is still a PlayStation 3 exclusive.
The classic Chrono Trigger is making a grand return for a DS only game. This is one of the best RPG’s form the past and should make quite a splash on the DS, Nintendo continues to make the DS a strong handheld with a huge number of titles. I wonder what kind of money hat Nintendo had to give Square Enix to keep this as an exclusive? Sorry to all the PSP owners out there, but you will have to fork over some cash and grab a DS now to play this.
The World Ends With You is Square Enix’s newest endeavor into Nintendo DS RPG fun and it works. You are Neku Sakabara and are forced to play in something called the Reaper’s Game; if not you will be erased. The Reapers set up different tasks for you to perform within a certain time frame and this goes on for seven days.
No one can see Neku, but he can read peoples’ minds and this becomes useful for solving certain puzzles and finding enemies or Noise. You roam around Shibuya trying to free the world of monsters and make sure that you do not get erased in the process. There is an underlying message that this Reaper’s Game is forced on you and you are in an alternate reality world, think a cross between Lord of the Flies and the Matrix.
Square Enix released a whole heap, yes a heap of trailer for their upcoming PSP title Crisis Core: Final Fantasty VII . Sit back and enjoy. I can’t wait to spend countless hours on my PSP playing this title.
Holy lots of videos Batman. We’ve got four new videos for you today from Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core for the PSP. It’s looking to be one of the best Final Fantasy titles since FF7.
The game will be releasing in about a month, so get ready to spend some cold hard cash on this title.
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This is a huge list of games that will put the library of Wii titles close to 150 (not counting Virtual Console games) and the DS titles close to 450.
I thnk Nintendo really wants to show everyone that not only Nintendo developed games are scheduled ot hit the console but also a lot of third party games as well, many have speculated that third party developers would shy away from the unique controls.
Here is the all encompassing list of games scheduled to come out for the Wii and the DS until the first quarter of next year.
Wii
Oct. 1: MLB(R) Power Pros from 2K Sports
Oct. 1: Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire(TM) from D3Publisher of America
Oct. 2: Crash(R) of the Titans from Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Oct. 5: Balls of Fury(TM) from DSI Games
Oct. 8: Donkey Kong(R): Barrel Blast from Nintendo
Oct. 9: FIFA 08 from Electronic Arts
Oct. 9: Bleach: Shattered Blade(TM) from SEGA
Oct. 9: LOONEY TUNES: ACME ARSENAL(TM) from WB Games
Oct. 10: Arctic Tale from DSI Games
Oct. 15: Sea Monsters from DSI Games
Oct. 16: Thrillville(R): Off the Rails(TM) from LucasArts
Oct. 22: EA PLAYGROUND from Electronic Arts
Oct. 23: Backyard Football from Atari, Inc.
Oct. 23: The Sims 2(TM) Castaway from Electronic Arts Read More »
Square Enix will be bringing the Kingdom Hearts world to portable devices in the near future with 3 new titles for the Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, and mobile phones.
Square Enix, Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan, Square Enix), a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software and services, announced three new titles in the award-winning KINGDOM HEARTS series at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 held in Makuhari Messe. The new titles are KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days for the Nintendo DS™, KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and KINGDOM HEARTS coded for mobile phones. These titles are currently only confirmed for release in Japan. Release in other territories will be determined at a later date.
Hopefully these titles end up being released on other parts of the world. They would definitely sell a hell of a lot of copies.
So if you are a sucker for figurines and Final Fantasy here is your chance to own some cute lil guys for your desk. My favorite is the red mage and his pimp hat. Here is the official info:
FINAL FANTASY III TRADING ARTS MINI Set
A set of five adorable miniature figurines based on the characters from FINAL FANTASY III, released on the Nintendo DS.
Square Enix’s Project Sylpheed Xbox 360 demo is set in the 27th century, 2632 A.D. to be exact and quite honestly I had no idea what this game was about or what a Sylpheed was. Who knew this was a flying game? Well the demo lets you develop different types of weapons for you fighter and equip them. The nice thing is then you can enter a camera mode and see what your craft looks like. You set you primary and secondary weapons and off you go into battle on a mission.
I have to admit that the game looks nice and the flying is impressive, but I just couldn’t get a hang of the controls and this ruined the experience for me. Also I have to add that if you suffer from motion sickness you may want to pass on this demo, it made me quite dizzy and i have no problems usually with flight games. This game will remain a mystery to me as the demo did not give me anything I would want to sink my teeth into, the game is Top Gun in the future and you are Maverick.
We're like Spaceballs... we're making Loot Ninja everything. Coming soon we'll have hats, shirts, hoodies, possibly banana hammocks if one Editor has his way...
Check out the shirt prototypes here and the hats here
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So if you are a sucker for figurines and Final Fantasy here is your chance to own some cute lil guys for your desk. My favorite is the red mage and his pimp hat. Here is the official info:
