Final Fantasy

These Commemorative Final Fantasy VII Remake Figures Don’t Look So Good

Square Enix has revealed a whole host of official merchandise to commemorate the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake in Japan. Some of it looks excellent. These, however, do not. The figurines of Cloud, Sephiroth and Aerith look passable from far away. But when you get up close, the quality is like, as a commenter on…

Pre-registration is now open for the game Square Enix isn’t calling Final Fantasy Tactics Mobile but is pretty much that. They’re calling it War of the Visions Final Fantasy Brave Exvius for some reason, and it’s launching on iOS and Android in North America this spring. Thoughtful and strategic bathroom times lie ahead.

Shadowbringers‘ Latest Expansion Ups The Stakes (And Robot Teeth)

Final Fantasy XIV’s current expansion Shadowbringers landed with a bang last July, and it’s been expanding since then with more battles and intrigue. Those additions have come in pieces: a string of raid monsters here, a cross-over collaboration with Nier Automata there. The early additions were enjoyable, but the story took time to move its…

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Wedding Attire Will No Longer Be Tied To Character Gender

There’s a saying among some Final Fantasy XIV players: “glamour is the true endgame.” While there are plenty of high tier raids and continuing story quests, fashion is a key component of the game, and today brings some good news for players who put fashion first. In the lead-up to the next round of fresh…

The Final Fantasy VII Remake Opening Is A Little Longer And A Lot Prettier

The opening movie for Final Fantasy VII starts with a field of stars, fades into Aeris, pulls back to reveal the city of Midgar, and then follows Cloud and Barret’s train to its destination. The Final Fantasy VII Remake opening does that too, only prettier and with a lot more Midgar. As iconic as it…

Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s Chocobo Chick Looks So Dragon Ball

While it’s unclear what the hell happened to Carbuncle in Final Fantasy VII Remake, the Chocobo summon looks like it’s taking a page out of Dragon Ball. Chocobo appearance has varied over the years with different twists on the design, but the Final Fantasy VII Remake Chocobo looks like it has a Super Saiyan ’do:…

Square Enix Cafes Are Covered In Final Fantasy VII Remake

Square Enix has rolled out a handful of cafes to serve food, sling drinks and showcase its games. There are no better places to cover with Final Fantasy VII Remake decor It’s not only the Square Enix Cafe in Tokyo and Osaka but also the Artnia Square Enix restaurant in Shinjuku that is covered in FFVII.…

What The Hell Has Final Fantasy VII Remake Done To Carbuncle

Square Enix released a big batch of new Final Fantasy VII Remake screenshots today, including one of Carbuncle, who is usually one of the Final Fantasy series’ cutest summons. It now looks like an alien from a 1950s science fiction B-movie. Is it a fox or a dog? Why is its head so big? Why…

What Your Least Favorite Final Fantasy Says About You

The Final Fantasy franchise has been many things to many people in the decades since the series debuted in 1987: a card game, an energy drink, and no less than three unpopular motion pictures. But the nucleus of the entire multimedia universe has been the 15 core games in the series. Everybody has a favorite…

Lost Odyssey Brilliantly Explores The Tragedy Of Being Immortal

Last month, I wrote about the first leg of Lost Odyssey and how much I was enjoying it. The second disc and first half of the third have been even better. The worldbuilding is mysterious and intriguing, with each new section making me want to know more about the immortals I’m playing as. The narrative…

Cloud Strife Looks Great In A Dress In Final Fantasy VII Remake

In the original Final Fantasy VII, Cloud Strife dons a dress as part of a rescue mission. Way back in 2015, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura said the character would once again wear a dress in the remake, and now the character finally shows off those threads. The original Honey Bee Inn looked like it was…

Why Everybody Loves Final Fantasy Tactics

Boy, do people love Final Fantasy Tactics. They love it so much they’d marry it, if human-video-game marriage were legal. It’s a desert-island game for approximately 70% of the video gaming population; it’s been replayed more often than The White Album This piece was first published on January 7, 2013. We’re bumping it today for…

Mobius Final Fantasy Ends Service On June 30

Mobius Final Fantasy, one of the prettiest and most unique mobile FF spin-offs, will soon be no more. Today Square Enix announced the game will be going down for good at the end of March in Japan, with the global version continuing until June 30. Mobius Final Fantasy is a free-to-play turn-based role-playing game for…

A New Final Fantasy XV MMORPG For Mobile Is Coming

Square Enix is teaming up with South Korean developer JSC Games and Chinese game maker GAEA Mobile to develop a Final Fantasy XV massively multiplayer online role-playing game for mobile. Tentatively titled, well, Final Fantasy 15 Mobile, the game has been in the works for a few years. It’s being developed with Unreal Engine 4…

Final Fantasy Artist Yoshitaka Amano Has Done A Vogue Cover

For its first issue of 2020, Vogue Italia is trying something new (and very old), by ditching photography and devoting an entire edition to fashion illustration. There’ll be seven different covers made to celebrate this, and one of them has been done by Yoshitaka Amano, who many of you will know for his extensive work…

Lost Odyssey Is A Moving Story About Immortality, Memories, And Loss

There’s a game I keep coming back to every few years. It’s Lost Odyssey for the Xbox 360. Developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Mistwalker Studios, it’s basically Final Fantasy mixed with the old show about immortals, Highlander. The first two times I played it, I got to the White Boa, then stopped. Life just got in…

Fight, Magic, Item: The Comfort Of Simple RPGs

The last two games I played on my Switch were the original Dragon Quest and Breath of Fire, two early examples of the Japanese role-playing game. Today, they might seem overly simplistic: grind for levels, brute-force through a boss, repeat. These two games are, if anything, even more simplistic than their peers. And right now,…

Kingdom Hearts III DLC ReMIND Is Coming To PS4 Next Month And Xbox One In February

According to a delisted trailer on Square Enix’s YouTube page, the new Kingdom Hearts III DLC, ReMIND, is coming to PS4 on January 23, 2020, and then a little later it will be released on Xbox One, on February 25, 2020. The trailer has since been made private. Before it was made private and unwatchable,…

Our Best (And Worst) Memories Of The PlayStation, 25 Years Later

On this day 25 years ago, the Sony PlayStation released in Japan. A lot of us here at Kotaku have pretty fond memories of the PlayStation, from bartering for access with our siblings to sitting in dark, dusty basements, illuminated only by the light of an old TV and some sharp, sharp polygons. Take a…

First Look At Final Fantasy Brave Exvius…The Musical

As previously reported, free-to-play game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is being turned into a musical. Here’s a glimpse of what it might look like, which seems to be fancy threads. Final Fantasy Brave Exvius The Musical will debut this March with runs in Tokyo and Kobe. It’s written by Fumiya Matsuzaki, who previously penned the…