Final Fantasy

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,…

One Of The Best Final Fantasy Games Turns 14 Today

Happy birthday, Final Fantasy IX! You’re fourteen years old now, and still just as lovely as you were back in 2000, though you could stand to take it easier on the random encounters. FFIX, a story about an interspecies romance and a wizard child who learns how to have feelings, first came out in Japan…

Final Fantasy‘s Creator Almost Made a Ballet Dancing Game

The father of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, is working on a new smartphone game called Terra Battle. It’s an RPG. It could have been a ballet dancing game. Sakaguchi revealed some vague details about his new game, Terra Battle, in this week’s Weekly Famitsu. He’s got a lotta good talent working on it, with several…

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is working on a new role-playing game. Called Terra Battle, it is slated for smartphones. Details are currently scant, but Sakaguchi reveals more about the game in the upcoming issue of Famitsu.

Time For A Final Fantasy VI Speedrun

This is it: Summer Games Done Quick is nearly complete. It’s time for the final (and hopefully most exciting) run: Final Fantasy VI I’m gonna (try to) stay up all night watching—join me, will you? I’ll be chatting in the comments below, and you can watch the stream live right here: (And check out the…

Artist Flavio Bolla did a pretty neat paint of Kalm and its mini-reactor, which is the first town we visit in Final Fantasy VII, once leaving Midgar. This was the town where nothing really happened besides gearing up and watching Cloud’s extra-long, 30-minute flashback. Final Fantasy VII – Kalm by flaviobolla [DeviantART, via TheCyberWolf] Dayshot…