Final Fantasy

The Japanese PS2’s Last Game Gets A Release Date

A couple of months ago, I wrote about how the Japanese PlayStation 2 has one unreleased game left. For the longest time, this title, Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin, had been simply labeled as “Release date: 2013.” Now, at last, it has an official release date. Seekers of Adoulin is in fact the first…

Here’s What Solo Gameplay Is Like in Lightning Returns: FFXIII

By now, most fans have seen the trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and are at least partly aware of the new game system that will involve a limited time of 13 days in which Lightning must save the world. Video from the trailer shows Lightning in her new outfit running, fighting, climbing and…

Here’s The *Official* First Trailer For Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

aka Final Fantasy XIII-3 You might have seen this a couple of days ago, if you were lucky enough to see the leaked footage before Square Enix pulled it down, but if you weren’t, here it is! Enjoy.

You’ll Want a Red Mage Muppet after Seeing This Final Fantasy Musical

Four years ago today, we featured a video from Brentalfloss—the New York comedian Brent Black—for the very first time. On that anniversary, we’re delighted to bring you what might be his finest work yet, a Muppets musical starring the mages from Final Fantasy. “I’ve been working on this video off-and-on for over 2 years,” Black…

Square Enix Will Bring Final Fantasy V ‘And More’ Games To iOS

At the end of this trailer for Final Fantasy IV—which is out today on iOS for the Square Enix-ish price of $16—there’s a Very Special Teaser. Final Fantasy V! And more! This is very cool, especially if they keep going through the years. While the first four Final Fantasy games have already been re-released seven…

Heads up! Final Fantasy IV is now out on iOS. Yours for US$16 at the Apple Store

Here’s The First Trailer For Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII [UPDATE]

Square Enix returns to the well one more time next year with another Final Fantasy XIII spinoff, this one called Lightning Returns. Below, the game’s first trailer. That’s… quite the outfit change you’ve had there, Lightning. You can read a lot more about the game in this exclusive interview we had with its creators back…

A Look Inside the Brand New Square Enix Cafe

Famed Japanese game maker Square Enix recently launched a new establishment called Artnia. Inside, there are figurines on display, plush toys and accessories to buy, as well as CDs, t-shirts, pricey souvenir chocolate and cookies. This isn’t just a gift shop. There’s also a cafe that serves parfait, pancakes, sandwiches, coffee, and original non-alcoholic “potions”…

All the Final Fantasy You Can Eat

Yesterday, Kotaku showed off the special (and totally bonkers) Metal Gear bento Sony created to mark the series’ anniversary. That wasn’t the only special bento. There was a Final Fantasy bento, too. Looks good, huh? Literally. Ham was used for the characters’ skin, while eggs were used for the blond hair. And those blue pupils?…

JRPGs Are Better When Playing With a Friend

I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember. I started with an Atari 2600 before moving on to the good old NES and beyond. Yet, in all that time I have never enjoyed versus gaming. Perhaps this is because, as a kid, I was the youngest of my game playing friends—and…

This Looks Like New Final Fantasy Versus XIII Character Art [Update: No, It’s Not]

Don’t get too excited just yet! It’s only one Versus character (Noctis). And it’s only one drawing. What’s more, it looks vaguely like character art we saw earlier this year. But, it is apparently new, and it does feature other FF characters. Keep the dream alive! This art comes via a Kotaku reader, who says…

Happy 25th Birthday, Final Fantasy. It’s Time To Get Your Act Together.

Happy birthday, Final Fantasy! You were first released in Japan on December 18, 1987. You’re 25. Good times. Now listen. We need to talk. There used to be a day when seeing the name “Final Fantasy” meant we were about to play something fantastic, when your “brand”—as the kids like to call it these days—was…

Square Enix’s Next-Gen Engine Sure Makes Eyeballs Look Pretty

We may know nothing official about the next generation of consoles, but we do know what Final Fantasy overseers Square Enix hope their games will look like on them, courtesy of its 2012 debut of the Luminous engine These two videos give us a closer look at the tech demo first shown at E3, zooming…

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade is Live and Pretty Disappointing

Sneaking past me onto iTunes this morning, DeNA’s Asian import Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade is now available for free download. Just don’t expect much in the ways of bells or whistles. In fact, there’s no sound at all. Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade is one of those collectible card games I love so much, only instead…

This Is What Didn’t Make the Final Fantasy Tactics Final Cut

Back in the days before the infamous Grand Theft Auto “Hot Coffee” scandal, it was common practice in game development to simply leave unfinished content on the disk. Sometimes this data was cut due to time issues, other times it was old data from early in the game’s development that no longer fit the vision…

A Bento Box. Shaped Like a PS3. No, Really.

To show its gratitude to the Final Fantasy and the Metal Gear series, Sony is launching a special “character bento” (kinda like this, I assume). Sony hasn’t yet unveiled the actual meal, but today it did show off the bento box the food will go in. The bento box that looks like a new PlayStation…

Chun-Li vs Tifa In a Brutal Fistfight. Who Would Win?

Sorry if that sounded like an idle fanfic question. I couldn’t care less what your imagination says. What I do care about is videos going to the trouble of dressing up professional stunt people/fighters and having them go at it… in the name of idle fanfic curiosity. Chun-Li vs Tifa (Street Fighter 2 vs Final…

The Smartest & Dumbest Things Square Enix Did in 2012

Square Enix. It’s a name that evokes some powerful memories: what gamer hasn’t formed some sort of emotional connection with games like Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest over the years? If you play video games, you’ve probably played something developed or published by Square Enix. They’ve got tentacles everywhere. 2012 was an interesting year for…

Looks Like Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy Is Coming To iOS Today

There’s a listing for Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy up on the New Zealand iTunes Store, which almost certainly means that the rhythm game will be out in North America later today. Theatrhythm is a tap-tap-tap game in the style of Elite Beat Agents or Guitar Hero in which you strum your fingers across the screen to…

There’s a teaser site up for a Theatrhythm game. Smart money says it’s a mobile port.