Final Fantasy

Things Are Very Different For The Creator Of Final Fantasy

When you create one of the most treasured franchises in video game history, what do you do next? When you work on that franchise for 20 years, can you ever really move on? For Hironobu Sakaguchi, the man who created Final Fantasy back in 1987, these have been easy questions to answer. (1. Move to…

Eight Big Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Questions, Answered

The first current-gen Final Fantasy will be out within the next year, it’ll serve as something of a stopgap before Final Fantasy XV, and, well, it’s got kind of a silly name. RPG fans have been waiting a very long time for Final Fantasy Type-0, which was released for PSP in Japan way back in…

Hey, Final Fantasy Explorers Looks Pretty Good

Fashion modeling agency Square Enix just released a handful of new trailers for Final Fantasy Explorers, which will be out for 3DS in Japan this December. There’s no U.S. release date for Final Fantasy Explorers yet, but it’s looking good so far. Monster Hunter-style gameplay with Final Fantasy classes and beasts. I’m sold.

Cactuar Proposes To Girlfriend

I’m not sure what’s going on. This is probably the third romance related stunt to happen in China in recent weeks. What makes this one special though, is that it involves a “Cactuar” in the middle of Beijing. Tencent News reports that last Thursday in the Shijingshan district of Beijing, a masked man dressed in…

The New FFVII Cloud Action Figure Comes With A Lot Of Swords

The upcoming Play Arts Kai Cloud Strife figure, based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, comes with a lot of swords. Perfect for playing out the ending of the movie. Incredibly, the backpack actually holds all of them: Via Hidemi Matsuzuka You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to…

JRPG Characters Look So Good As 2D Sprites

Daniel “Abysswolf” Oliver’s pixel art reminds me of the Metal Slug games, especially Barret’s look in the Final Fantasy VII piece above. But he’s mostly into JRPGs and recently, he remade the cast of a couple of classic games as detailed, colorful 2D sprites. Here’s Breath of Fire II: Final Fantasy VII, with Cait Sith,…

Final Fantasy Blue Ramen Looks Utterly Disgusting

That new Final Fantasy cafe in Tokyo? Oh, it looks wonderful. The blue ramen it’s serving? Not so much. As pointed out on Radio Kaikan, Dengeki Online (above) and elsewhere, this is called “Sea King Leviathan‘s Chilled Ocean Noodles.” So, yeah, they’re blue and they’re cold. [Photo: Radio Kaikan] [Photo: LiveDoor] Who the hell wants…

Worlds Collide: Pokemon vs Final Fantasy, Dragon Age vs Mass Effect

Artist Andrew Ryan, who it’s safe to say is a fairly huge BioWare fan, has a portfolio full of amazing images. Images that are a crossover fanfic writer’s dream While many are related to BioWare’s big universes in some manner, like crossing characters between Mass Effect and Dragon Age, there are some outliers, like a…

I Really Like the Final Fantasy XIII Series Now

I previously wrote that a 3-part short novella epilogue to the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy was being released. Now that I’ve had a chance to sit down and read them all through, I actually like the game series a whole lot more. The three parts of Final Fantasy XIII Reminiscence – tracer of memories –…

Tokyo’s New Final Fantasy Cafe Is Beautiful

That shouldn’t come as a surprise: Final Fantasy games are usually beautiful, too. But I’ll tell you what, this Final Fantasy XIV themed eatery is a stunner. Behold, the Eorzea Cafe. Modelled after the Carline Canopy, it’s named after Eorzea, the region where Final Fantasy XIV takes place. Inside the cafe, you can see weapons,…

Video Games Are Better With Dancing Pixel Birds

French artist Kévin creates his animations in a rather unique way: by using Flipnote Studio, a downloadable application for the Nintendo DS. This makes all of his art look like something from a 90s handheld game. In his recent gallery, he takes several games and replaces the characters in them with penguins and other birds.…

The Steam Achievement That Nobody Unlocked

Some achievements are too easy, at times only requiring players to do mundane things like pressing start. Some achievements pose an actual challenge to players, requiring people to earn their digital trophies. And some achievements? Some achievements just aren’t possible, no matter what a game might say. Such was the case with Christine Love’s Hate…

Let’s Talk About Final Fantasy VI

Welcome to the Summer of Old JRPGs, where we’re playing classic role-playing games and talking about them every week. Check out the full schedule here Are you playing Final Fantasy VI this month? Does it hold up well? Do you still get emotional over the adventures of Celes and Kefka? I’m planning a big ol’…

Look What The Creator Of Kingdom Hearts Has Done To Batman

This is what happens when Final Fantasy character designer and Kingdom Hearts boss Tetsuya Nomura gets his hands on the Caped Crusader. Part of Square Enix’s DC Comics Variant Play Arts Kai line of re-imagined figures — the first of a series designed by Nomura — this Batman is almost more of a Bahamutman, all…

Nine Things You Should Know About The Next Final Fantasy VII Spinoff

In June, Square Enix quietly announced a new mobile game called Final Fantasy VII G-Bike, based on the mini-game from their iconic RPG. The general reaction was a resounding “uh, what?” But the trailer was cool, as is the concept, though we haven’t heard much more about what we’ll get to do in G-Bike, or…

FFXIII’s Lightning. Cosplay by Rainer, photo by vaxzone

Final Fantasy XIV Players Put On Virtual Gay Pride Parade

Well, this is fabulous. Now that gay relationships are officially sanctioned in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, players have gathered together to put on their own pride parade inside the virtual world of Eorzea. The parade took place last weekend, and was organized by the Rough Trade Gaming Community (RTGC), a network that spans…

Final Fantasy Fan Translation Has Become A Fiasco

Last week, the creators of an unofficial English translation for the role-playing game Final Fantasy Type-0 announced that they were taking down the patch and all blog posts associated with it. “Unfortunately I’m forced to remove my posts and pages related to the popular Final Fantasy Type-0 fan translation project,” wrote the project lead, who…

Here’s Our First Good Look At Final Fantasy Explorers

Square Enix’s newly-announced action-RPG might get some Monster Hunter comparisons, but really, it looks a lot more like Phantasy Star Online. It looks good, too. Via GameXplain, here’s some new footage from Final Fantasy Explorers, which is out for 3DS this fall in Japan. This segment was posted during a Japan-only Nintendo Direct this morning.…

Now Final Fantasy XIV Has Private Quarters And Chocobo Raising

Role-players and giant chicken aficionados rejoice! Today’s the day Final Fantasy XIV’s “defenders of Eorzea” patch arrives, giving players private rooms, the ability to raise chocobos, and plenty of questing and hunting to keep others occupied while you’re in your private rooms. Sure, some of you may be excited by the three-faction Frontline player-versus-player content,…