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Now That’s How You Ride a Chocobo

The magnificently-named Randis Albion takes the humble chocobo and toughens it up in this beautiful piece, which he’s hoping will get him a meeting with legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu. You can see the full image below. Go Chocobo Go! [CGHub, via Super Punch]

By Luke Plunkett Published December 4, 2012

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Makes Players Manage Time

Lighting Returns, the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII title, uses a time mechanic. In the game, the world has only 13 days left before it ends. In a recent interview with 4Gamer, game designer Motomu Toriyama went into slightly more detail about the game’s time mechanic. As mentioned above, the time limit in-game is 13 days.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 3, 2012

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The Lightning Returns Logo Took a Very Long Time to Design

Some things can be finished quickly. Some things take time. The Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII logo, it seems, took time. A lot of time. On the game’s official Twitter, someone from the Square Enix publicity department said “it took an exceedingly amount of time to arrive at the design”. Creating it was a long…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2012

There’s a New Mobile Final Fantasy Game on the Horizon, and We Hold the Key to Sephiroth

The airships are coming! Following a highly successful launch in Japan, DeNA Co. and Square Enix are preparing to bring Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade to North American Apple and Android devices. Airborne Brigade, the first free-to-play Final Fantasy social game to be released in English, casts players as airship pilots exploring an FF-inspired land, banding…

By Mike Fahey Published November 29, 2012

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Getting Up Close and Personal with Square Enix’s New Engine Blew My Mind

This last Friday and Saturday in Tokyo, Square Enix held their 2012 Open Conference. While there was some talk about the relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV, the majority of the two-day event focused on Agni’s Philosophy: Final Fantasy. Agni’s Philosophy is the real-time tech demo of Square’s new Luminous Engine that was first presented at…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 26, 2012

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Here’s What Makes a Final Fantasy, According to Square Enix

This last weekend in Tokyo, Square Enix held an open conference centered around its real-time tech demo, Agni’s Philosophy: Final Fantasy. While presenting the technical aspects was paramount in the design of Agni’s Philosophy (as it was meant to showcase the detail and flexibility of Square’s new Luminous Engine), its creators were adamant it feel…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 26, 2012

Here’s A Stunning Minecraft Re-Creation Of Final Fantasy VII‘s Midgar

Earlier this year we showed off someone’s great Minecraft re-creation of Final Fantasy VII‘s iconic city Midgar This one might be better. Kotaku reader Jason sends in these pics from the Minecraft FF7 map he’s been working on (which you can find over at Aegis Gaming). Behold, enjoy, and shake your head at just how…

By Jason Schreier Published November 20, 2012

It’s Final Fantasy XIII, But with Drunken Sex Talk

Binge drinking. Jerking off. Squids. It’s just another wild night in the world of Final Fantasy That’s because someone, let’s call that person a genius, decided to combine screenshots from Japanese role-playing games Final Fanatasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 with Texts from Last Night. Texts from Last Night, of course, is a website that…

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 20, 2012

Final Fantasy XIV Will Get Marriage, But Not Gay Marriage (At Least For Now)

When Final Fantasy XIV relaunches as Final Fantasy XIV: Let’s Pretend This Game Didn’t Happen A Realm Reborn in the near future, the people behind it plan to add a whole bunch of new features. One of those features, to be added in a future patch, is marriage. The traditional version, with men and women…

By Jason Schreier Published November 19, 2012

Final Fantasy XIV Ends with Cinematic Bangs and Server Whimpers

Here’s the end of Final Fantasy XIV, Square-Enix’s MMO getting a reboot in the form of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Fittingly for a flawed endeavor—one Square-Enix officially apologized for—the last day didn’t go so well for some users. A glut of traffic is to be expected whenever you’re bringing down an MMO—who doesn’t…

By Owen Good Published November 11, 2012

How To Make Random Encounters Good

So you’re wandering around the map, minding your own business, just trying to get to the next town. You know, the place with the mystical coconut which you can bring to the king who will build you an airship that you can fly across the Dusty Mountains of Lon’dor-thak in order to rescue the mermaid…

By Jason Schreier Published November 9, 2012

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Final Fantasy Games Have Never Been About Choice

Over the last week as I have spent more and more time with Bravely Default: Flying Fairy—a Final Fantasy in all but name—I have found myself thinking about the classic Final Fantasies and how they compare with the most modern non-MMO iteration, Final Fantasy XIII. When I first played FFXIII, many months before it came…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 9, 2012

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Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is a Classic Final Fantasy in All But Name

I vividly remember watching the Nintendo press conference right before the Tokyo Game Show in 2011 where they announced Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. I remember because I could not stop laughing for a good ten minutes after I saw the nonsensical title pop across my screen. I dismissed the game based on its name alone…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 9, 2012

A White Mage Pumpkin Casting ‘Blind’

Carved and sent in by Kotaku reader Cletus, who lost power last night and needed something to do with all of his knives. From Cletus: Probably should have done a black mage casting fire, but, i had this white mage casting blind as I carved a pumpkin in the dark (to be fair: by faint…

By Jason Schreier Published October 31, 2012

Amazon Is Running An All-Day Video Game Sale

Just a heads up: Amazon is running Lightning Deals on games all day today. Looks like Sleeping Dogs, Skyrim, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy are just some of the titles on sale.

By Jason Schreier Published October 30, 2012

Final Fantasy XIV‘s New ‘Grand Finale’ Will End This Sorry Era of Square’s Troubled MMO

Today brings news, in the form of an official Square-Enix press release, that Final Fantasy XIV‘s “grand finale,” which seems like an odd thing for a company to be announcing regarding their embarrassingly flawed, overly complex and just not very well-liked massively multiplayer online game. But when Square refers to a “grand finale”, they really…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 29, 2012

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Final Fantasy XIV Has Bust Size, But I Don’t See Jock Size

As part of Final Fantasy XIV’s reboot, the game is getting a reworked character creator. It allows you to customize your character’s appearance, such as height, eyebrows, and even jaw and tail length. This recent batch of screenshots (via Siliconera) shows how you can customize your character’s bust size: from Very Small to Very Large.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 25, 2012

Wow, Final Fantasy‘s Combat Really Is Based On Football

I’ve written before about how RPGs parallel football in many ways, and how the ebb and flow of an NFL game mirrors traditional turn-based combat. So it was vindicating to see this great 1UP interview with Hiroyuki Ito, a veteran game designer and one of the engineers behind many of Square’s Final Fantasy games, all…

By Jason Schreier Published October 23, 2012

The Artist Behind Final Fantasy Just Wants To Draw Cute Girls

While speaking with Yoshitaka Amano, the legendary designer who created art for almost every game in the Final Fantasy series, I asked him about his dream project. Would he want to work on a direct sequel to Final Fantasy VI? Maybe a Dragon Quest game? Some sort of crazy Chrono Trigger spinoff? “Something with cute…

By Jason Schreier Published October 17, 2012

Blonde Twins Playing Final Fantasy Music On Harps While Standing Next To A Lighthouse

Brought to you by Camille and Kennerly, the folks who gave us Blonde Twins Playing The Elder Scrolls Theme On Harps While Standing In A Forest and Blonde Twins Playing A Metallica Cover On Harps While Standing In The Desert

By Jason Schreier Published October 12, 2012