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Let These Cosplayers Bring Your JRPG Fantasies to Life

Good cosplay isn’t only about good costumes. It’s about good backgrounds. Kansai-based cosplay collective Akasha-Chronik nails both. The group, lead by cosplayer Mao Inumoto, focuses largely on Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy as well as sporting picturesque backgrounds that look straight out of Square Enix’s art department. In the above gallery, Mao and Akasha-Chronik take…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2011

Final Fantasy XIII-2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and More Coming to New York Comic-Con This Year

Comics aren’t the centerpiece of comic-cons anymore. For better or worse, the nerd gatherings that bear that nomenclature feature all sorts of pop culture, but I guess “culture-con” doesn’t roll off the tongue quite so appealingly. Anywho, New York City’s very own comic-con kicks off this week and among the many exhibitors on hand will…

By Evan Narcisse Published October 10, 2011

Grown Woman Threatened for…Being a Grown Woman

Aki Toyosaki is 24 years-old. A big Grand Theft Auto fan, she works as a voice actress, voicing Yui Hirasawa in K-On as well as Cinque in the upcoming Final Fantasy Type-0. She’s an adult, and she’d be free to live her life as an adult. That is, if she wasn’t a voice actress in…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 10, 2011

Square Enix, Tear Down This Final Fantasy XIV and Give Us Final Fantasy XV

In today’s final and fantastic episode of Speak up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox Me has an absolutely brilliant idea for Square Enix: Trash the failed MMO and recycle its assets for a new single player Final Fantasy game. Why is Final Fantasy XIV so goddamn pretty and why can’t we get this style in a…

By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011

Which Retailer Has the Best Final Fantasy XIII-2 Preorder Incentive?

When Final Fantasy XIII-2 hits North American shores on January 31, GameStop, Best Buy, and Amazon customers that preordered the game will walk away with some pretty spiffy bonus items, but which is the most enticing? This time around it’s not GameStop. In the world of retailer-exclusive preorder bonuses, dedicated video game retailer GameStop normally…

By Mike Fahey Published October 3, 2011

Wait, Isn’t Final Fantasy Versus XIII a PS3 Exclusive?

A Final Fantasy Versus XIII job wanted ad lists PS3 package title experience as necessary, “or otherwise an Xbox 360 package title”. But Versus is a PS3 exclusive! Just like FFXIII was. Well, at one point. [Square Enix]

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 28, 2011

Final Fantasy XIV “Damaged” Final Fantasy

For a game with grand ambitious, Final Fantasy XIV has been a grand disappointment. Today in Tokyo, Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada once again addressed the game’s shortcomings. “The Final Fantasy brand was damaged,” Wada said, adding that the game was being “substantially reworked” so that the game can be revived as the FFXIV that…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 27, 2011

I, For One, Welcome Our New Final Fantasy Rhythm Game for 3DS

While some of my colleagues may not be fans of the first Final Fantasy-based rhythm game for the Nintendo 3DS, I continue to hold out hope for Square Enix’s Theatrhythm Final Fantasy It’s not that I’m a Final Fantasy fan or obsessive about its music. It’s that I just love a good touchscreen-based rhythm game,…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 20, 2011

Square Enix’s Tokyo Game Show Booth Is…Look Out, Giant Chocobo!

As you’d expect, Square Enix’s booth at this year’s Tokyo Game Show is one of the biggest and most popular, even on this first day, which should be quiet. Which it wasn’t. At least at the place where you could play Final Fantasy games. Also on-hand were some Western games that Square Enix is helping…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2011

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets Its Own PlayStation 3 and A Release Date

Square Enix is releasing the sequel to Final Fantasy XIII in Japan this December. It’s called Final Fantasy XIII-2. To commemorate that release, Sony will release a sequel to the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Edition. Releasing alongside Final Fantasy XIII-2 in Japan will be the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Edition Ver.2,…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011

Final Fantasy X is Coming to PlayStation Vita and PS3 in HD

Square Enix will bring PlayStation 2 role-playing game Final Fantasy X to the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3, the company announced today, giving the 2001 video game a high definition makeover. The game’s publisher called the HD upgrade a “special 10th anniversary production” but did not show the Vita and PS3 version in action, only…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011

So That Final Fantasy Music Game Sure Looks Bad

Final Fantasy Versus XIII looks great. Heck, PSP title Final Fantasy Type-0 looks great, too. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, that Final Fantasy music game, doesn’t. Stuff like this might fly on the iPhone, but this is actually a 3DS title—meaning, it will cost more than US$0.99 to play this. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 12, 2011

Final Fantasy Type-Pretty PSP Bundle

If you are planning on buying PSP title Final Fantasy Type-O and if you really, really love FF, do yourself a favor. Buy this. This being a limited edition FF Type-0 box set sold through Square Enix’s online shop. It’s pricey (¥12,760 or US$165), but comes in a beautiful box. It’s packed with a copy…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 9, 2011

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Travels Through Time to Fix Past Missteps

Was Final Fantasy XIII too linear for you? Square Enix has heard the complaints, and answers them with a mechanic that’s about as non-linear as they come: Time travel. How does it work? Director Motomu Toriyama has the answers. At the heart of Final Fantasy XIII-2‘s story and gameplay progression is the Historia Crux, a…

By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2011

This Final Fantasy Figure Excites Me More Than the Game

After the whole Final Fantasy XIII hullabaloo, a FF break was in order. The world didn’t get that. It got Final Fantasy XIII-2 Perhaps, FFXIII-2 is fantastic—I haven’t played it yet, so I wouldn’t know. There’s some much hanging over the title, like Final Fantasy‘s good name and the crushing disappointment of FFXIII This Lightning…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 5, 2011

Exhaustion Breeds Quality in the Dragon Con Day Two Cosplay Gallery

After three hours of baby-interrupted sleep, I trudged across town to Dragon Con 2011 again today, where I occupied a great many benches and attempted to stay awake. I was mostly successful. Being dead tired has its benefits, however. Were I full of energy, I would have run about the convention madly, taking shots of…

By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2011

The Woefully Inadequate, Apologetically Dramatic Dragon Con Day One Cosplay Gallery

My best camera lost its shutter button a year ago. My second best camera lost its button five shots into today’s Dragon Con day one cosplay harvest. My third best camera was purchased at Wal-Mart a half hour ago. I finally get the hang of my expensive Nikon camera, and it self-destructs on me. I…

By Mike Fahey Published September 2, 2011

Final Fantasy Versus XIII Versus Not at TGS

In early August, I asked where the hell Final Fantasy Versus XIII was. This could change, but it’s apparently not at this year’s Tokyo Game Show! Final Fantasy XIII-2, among other FF games, will be there too. [TGS2011]

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 31, 2011

The Quest for a New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer (And Stupid Dialogue)

The latest trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2, the sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, features beautiful cutscenes, exciting gameplay, and some truly horrid dialogue. Can’t win ’em all! Some standout nuggets: “One more thing, don’t ever lay down and wait to die” and “Humans aren’t strong, they die easy.” La-la-la-la-la-la-la. Ungh. The pretty pictures flying through…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2011

Creator Commentary Makes This Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer a Learning Experience

You’ve seen this Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer before, but you’ve never seen it with informative commentary from a pair of Japanese gentlemen. Let’s see what producer Kitase Yoshinori and director Toriyama Motomu have to say! That is, of course, if you understand Japanese. Otherwise you’ll just have to sit here with us slow kids and…

By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2011