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Even Baby Cloud Strife Has Big Hair and a Deadly Cute Sword
D’wah. Now this is adowable. Baby Cloud Strife—hair, sword, and all. This photo was snapped by Jeriska at the recent Anime Expo 2012. Check out more of Jeriaska’s pics here as well as in the link below. Cloud Strife – Anime Expo 2012 [Flickr]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 3, 2012 -
I Want To Play A Full Final Fantasy Game With Rhythm Combat
There’s a new Final Fantasy game coming out tomorrow. Don’t get too excited: this isn’t Final Fantasy XV. There are no next-gen graphics or melodramatic stories here. Instead, Square Enix will release Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, a 3DS game that is best described as “Elite Beat Agents with Final Fantasy music,” or “the game that makes…
By Jason Schreier Published July 2, 2012 -
Still Awake? Let’s Talk About Video Games!
Hey guys, you still awake? I am. Let’s put this new Kotaku discussion making machine to the test – by having a discussion, about video games! I’ll get it started. What is your favorite Final Fantasy and why? Mine is VI. It was VII as an angst filled teen (of course) but then VI grew…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
Kotaku East
The Road to Final Fantasy XIII-2
At the GDC in Taipei held at the Taipei International Conference Center in Taiwan, Motomu Toriyama of Square Enix held a presentation on the development between Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2. Toriyama, who held the position of director for both games, took the podium and revealed the inner working of development on Final…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 28, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Fifty Bucks? For This Final Fantasy Food? Really?
At the recent Decade of Final Fantasy XI Vana★Fest 2012, Square Enix and gamers celebrated ten years of FFXI. Ten years! That’s quite a milestone and definitely worthy of celebration. This meal, however, isn’t. The above lunch box cost ¥4,000 (US$50), which is shocking to people in pricey Japan. The meal looks like something you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 27, 2012 -
You Think You Can Hold Up Tifa’s Suspenders?
While Square Enix still hems and haws over a Final Fantasy VII remake, cosplayers continue to don the duds of the game’s iconic heroine, Tifa Lockhart. A white t-shirt, suspenders, a mini skirt and red boots, Tifa’s character design is simple. It’s also one gaming’s most memorable and easily identifiable. Anyone can put together a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 27, 2012 -
Kotaku East
The Three Game Creators (And One Comedian) Behind Guild01
Level-5’s newest game, Guild01, isn’t really one game, but rather four games in one. Each of these games was created by a different director and have nothing in common other than the cartridge they come on. But what is most interesting about these games are the men behind them. Three of them are famous developers…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 26, 2012 -
Kotaku East
If There Were a Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy Would Be Finished
Another day, another request for a Final Fantasy VII remake. The game was released in early 1997, and there are still calls for a remake. Endless calls. At a Square Enix meeting today in Tokyo, honcho Yoichi Wada was asked about, wait for it, the possibility of a FFVII remake. He replied that even within…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 26, 2012 -
The Most Profitable Final Fantasy Game is the One Players are Still Paying For
In case anyone was wondering how ten-year-old Final Fantasy XI scored a brand new expansion pack while you’re still waiting for a Final Fantasy VII remake, consider which one makes Square Enix the most money. According to a picture-filled account of this weekend’s Vana Fest 2012 event at Famitsu (translated by Andriasang), Square Enix CEO…
By Mike Fahey Published June 25, 2012 -
Final Fantasy XI‘s Newest Expansion will be Seekers of Adoulin
Commemorating a decade of Final Fantasy XI, Vanafest 2012 revealed a new expansion for the MMO. Seekers of Adoulin will promise new lands, new tales, new jobs—including the “Geomancer,” confirmed on the expansion’s official site. Check out its official trailer above. It’s mostly text, though the background of the “new tales” clip might give you…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2012 -
An Open Letter To The Creators Of Final Fantasy
Dear Square Enix, How you doing? It’s been a while. Last I heard, you guys had some money issues. Hope you’ve bounced back. Sold off some of those extra records in the attic. Took out a second mortgage on your airship. Made some Facebook games. Whatever. I’m writing today because you’re the vanguard of role-playing…
By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2012 -
Hey Square Enix, Please Bring This RPG To The U.S.
This is Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. It’s a role-playing game made by some of the people who made 3D Dot Game Heroes and some of the people who made Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light. Nintendo showed it off during its Japanese livestream last night. And it looks wonderful. Let’s try to ignore the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2012 -
The Case for Video Games as Music
If you’re a regular Kotaku Melodic reader, you’re no stranger to the idea that despite many developers’ cinematic aspirations, video games have more in common with music than they do with film. It’s an idea that I’ve been pushing at Kotaku for a while now, starting with my first article as a Kotaku columnist last…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 21, 2012 -
May The Incredible Music of Final Fantasy Live On Forever
No matter how you feel about the current state of Final Fantasy—and if you’re a fan of role-playing games at all, you likely have some sort of unshakeable conviction about which was the best, which was the worst, and how Square Enix has ruined everything—there’s one fact you can’t deny: It’s got some awesome jams.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2012 -
Celebrate 25 Years of Final Fantasy With One Insane Free Remix Album
I’ve heard plenty of Final Fantasy music remixes in my time, but OCRemix’s 35th free album release, Final Fantasy Random Encounter, is the first one I’ve heard that combines metal guitars with vocals in the style of “Airplanes” as made famous by Haley Williams of Paramore. Project director Brandon Strader sent us a link to…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThe Free-to-Play Square Enix Online Game You’ve Never Heard Of
When people think of Square Enix and online games, Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV—and perhaps the upcoming Dragon Quest X—are probably the games that come to mind. But late last year, Square Enix tried its hand at a free-to-play browser game by the name of MONSTERxDRAGON. MONSTERxDRAGON is a strategy RPG/card game hybrid…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 19, 2012 -
Kotaku East
Final Fantasy Creator’s Surfing Game Almost Done
Hot off The Last Story, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, is working on a new game called Party Wave. It’s an iOS game. With surfing. And rainbows. And sky. Finally the surfing game ‘Party Wave’ with iOS is nearly completion [Twitter]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012 -
Kotaku EastFinal Fantasy Airships Go Well with Japanese Businessmen
A new series of Final Fantasy ads feature big name Japanese actors Eita and Kenichi Endo and a tagline that asks if you’ll board an airship. The spots are for a Final Fantasy social game called Final Fantasy Brigade, which might not be the most exciting thing in the world for FF diehards. However, the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012 -
Kotaku EastFinal Fantasy, King of Fighters, and Magic: The Gathering Collide in This Arcade Game
Trading card games are big in Japan—from Yu-Gi-Oh! to Pokémon to Magic: The Gathering. And given the popularity of video games also, it’s really not surprising that videogame makers figured out how to combine the two. Today, outside of fighting games and medal games, these card/video games are the most popular thing you’ll see in…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 15, 2012 -
Kotaku East
See How the Amazing Final Fantasy Tech Demo Stands Up to Pre-Rendered Graphics
Square Enix, the folks behind Final Fantasy, are working on a new game engine. And hot damn, it looks fantastic Recently, Square Enix showed a real time demo of the tech in action. In the above gallery, you can see how a pre-rendered version stacks up with a real-time version. This shows just how stunning…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2012