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Final Fantasy Artist Has Fancy Art Show

While studying art history in college, I often wondered if professional artists really wear scarves in galleries. If they are Yoshitaka Amano, they do! The artist is showing his fine work at Shibuya gallery Art Statements Tokyo until next January. This is the first time these pieces are being shown at an exhibition in Japan.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 17, 2010

The Console War Fought Final Fantasy Style

If the video game console wars were fought not with billions of dollars spent on marketing and exclusives, but with Power Bombs, Biggoron, and Spark Shocks—and an Evil Wall with Bill Gates’ face—it might look something like this. “Firewall” is the latest creation from Doctor Octoroc, the talent behind Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog: The…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 16, 2010

There’s A Little Final Fantasy In Mario Sports Mix

The upcoming character-driven Wii sports compilation Mario Sports Mix is being developed by Square Enix, which explains how five iconic Final Fantasy characters have made it into the game’s roster. Who made the cut? You tell me, Kupo! No, it’s not Cloud and Sephiroth. Square Enix decided to go even more iconic than that for…

By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2010

The Choicest Cuts Of Bowser, Ganon, Yoshi & Chocobo

What’s the sweetest meat of Mario’s eternal rival, Bowser? Artist Jude Buffum breaks down the choicest cuts of Nintendo villains Bowser, Ganon, Blooper and more in a new series of meat diagrams that video game butchers would swear by. Buffum answers the questions we never really wanted answers to, like “What’s the best way to…

By Michael McWhertor Published November 8, 2010

There May Be Better Ways To Spend A Day, But They’re Not As Awesome

(Zombie) Jölan, a Kotaku ‘Shop Contest all-star, is brilliant in other media, too: Namely, Minecraft. “How I spent my day,” he says of the above construction.

By Owen Good Published November 7, 2010

Knights Of The Crystals Is Final Fantasy For Facebook

Square Enix takes the winning formula from Zynga’s Mafia Wars and applies it to Final Fantasy to create Knights of the Crystals. Will you party up, or spend some quality time breeding chocobos in Chocobo’s Crystal Tower? Yes, it’s Final Fantasy: Mafia Wars, more or less. Players complete quests using action points, leveling up and…

By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2010

Lots Of New Looks At Dissidia 012[Duodecim]

Character art. Screen shot galores. Pre-rendered scenes. If you were feeling wistful about Final Fantasy fighting game Dissidia 012[Duodeicm], fret not. You can see a lot of the 2011 PSP game, with new images from the house of Final Fantasy, Square-Enix.

By Stephen Totilo Published October 27, 2010

Heroes’ Hiro Knows His Final Fantasy

Entering the press room at BlizzCon 2010 late Saturday afternoon, I overheard one of Blizzard’s PR people arguing that Final Fantasy XIII was the best in the series. I couldn’t help but get involved. Neither could Heroes star Masi Oka. I didn’t get involved in the conversation because Masi was standing there. I got involved…

By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2010

Which Game Series Should Go 3D?

3D televisions are expected to proliferate. More 3D TVs means more and more 3D games. Japanese research firm goo Ranking (via What Japan Thinks) polled folks in Japan regarding which game series they wanted to play on a 3D TV. The survey sample was mostly female (68.2 percent) and ranged from teenagers to senior citizens…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 26, 2010

Understanding Final Fantasy’s Next Fighting Game, Just A Little Better

Let’s start with the name: Dissidia 012[Duodecim]. You don’t say the “12. “That’s the first thing I recently learned about the new Final Fantasy fighting game. You don’t say the 12 because “Duodecim” means “12.” My high school Latin teacher told me that long ago and a Square Enix representative reminded me when she showed…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2010

The Last Story Out The First Month Of Next Year

Next January, upcoming role-playing game The Last Story will be released on the Nintendo Wii. But what day? I’ll tell you! The game will be released on January 27, 2011 in Japan. It was originally set for release this year in Japan. No word on the game’s Western release. The Last Story is set on…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 29, 2010

Dissidia 012[Duodecim] Final Fantasy’s TGS Trailer Busts Out

Square Enix’s next Final Fantasy drenched fighting game, the painfully titled Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy, was shown at this year’s Tokyo Game Show in both playable and trailer form. Here is the latter. The PSP game appears to have all the high drama and the beautifully rendered CGI of a Final Fantasy game, but now…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 22, 2010

A Magical Journey Through Tons Of Square Enix’s Licensed Stuff

Capcom isn’t the only Japanese game publisher ready, willing and thrilled to sell its licensed wares to Tokyo Game Show attendees. Square Enix always has a commanding presence at TGS, a space loaded with high quality crap for purchase. Whether you’re in the market for perfumes that will make you smell like a Final Fantasy…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 19, 2010

Have A Look At Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy

Square Enix is following up its role-playing fighting game Dissidia Final Fantasy with “Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy”. Not all the characters have been made public yet — however, Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII and Kain from Final Fantasy IV will be in the game. Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy will be released in 2011.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2010

Final Fantasy Fighting Game Gets A Sequel Struck By Lightning

Square Enix has revealed the follow-up to its portable Final Fantasy fighting game, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, in the latest issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump. That game is the somewhat clumsily titled Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy, a PlayStation Portable release planned for release sometime in 2011, the magazine reveals. (The logo looks like Dissidia…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2010

What Nintendo 3DS Games Is Japan Excited About?

The Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo’s 3D-glasses-free portable, isn’t out yet. Nintendo has only said it will be out before next April. Yet, Japanese people are excited to play games on it. But which games? Website 4Gamer polled over 21,000 of its readers about which Nintendo 3DS games they were most excited about. Here are the results…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010

Final Fantasy Dev: Japanese Games Slipping Because Of Technology, Passion

Why aren’t Japanese games made by companies not called Nintendo not as big or important as they used to be? Square Enix’s Final Fantasy veteran Akitoshi Kawazu has a theory. “Aside from a few well-known titles, games from Japan are receiving less and less attention, regardless of if it’s an RPG or not”, he told…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 31, 2010

The Idol Game Metroid’s Co-Creator Made With Final Fantasy’s Creator

Hironobu Sakaguchi created Final Fantasy. Yoshio Sakamoto co-created Metroid. And in 1987, both worked together on a game with this lady, Miho Nakayma. Game company Square was interested in doing an adventure game. But not any old adventure game, but one that used the telephone. Square was gung-ho for Nintendo’s Famicom Disk System console, which…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010

Games Within Games: Making Asteroids, Final Fantasy and Metal Slug in Starcraft II

Starcraft II looks to be an amazing game in its own right, but it’s also an incredible tool for making your own games. When Blizzard took to the stage last year to show off the game editor for Starcraft II they were sure to bring with them examples of some incredible mods they had already…

By Brian Crecente Published July 21, 2010

Let’s Watch Some Guy Play Final Fantasy XIV

Final Fantasy XIV is now in beta, so people in the real world are playing it. And what do people in the real world do when playing video games? Yeah, they film it and upload it to YouTube. Here’s the game’s character creation suite, followed by a lengthy section that divides its time between cinematic…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2010