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Japan Is Getting Some Switch Games We’re Not (Yet?)
We just got a whole bunch of awesome Nintendo Switch game announcements in today’s Nintendo Direct, but as usual, Japan got a little bit extra. Here are the announcements you didn’t see if you only watched the U.S. Direct. SaGa Scarlet Grace, the latest in Square Enix’s long-running series of really complicated RPGs originally released…
By Chris Kohler Published March 8, 2018 -
My Very Realistic Suggestions For Making The Chrono Trigger PC Port Better
Square Enix suddenly released Chrono Trigger on Steam last week. Several seconds later, fans around the world discovered it was a port of the mobile version of the game. I, too, was disappointed. I made this video with some suggestions on how they could make it better. The port currently sits at a “Mostly Negative”…
By Tim Rogers Published March 8, 2018 -
Final Fantasy XV Is Great In First Person, Unless You’re Fighting
Final Fantasy XV’s Royal Edition update introduces a new first-person mode to the game, allowing players to witness the world of Eos from Noctis’ point of view. Just don’t try fighting with it turned on unless you’ve got a strong stomach. Pressing down the L3 and R3 buttons on the controller (or the N key…
By Mike Fahey Published March 7, 2018 -
Final Fantasy XV Sure Looks (And Runs) Great On PC
Final Fantasy XV looks good on consoles, but on PC, it feels like the game that we were meant to play two years ago. The PC version of Square Enix’s boy band extravaganza launched today, and from some initial testing (with me on a GTX 1080 and Fahey on a Radeon Vega RX 64), it’s…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2018 -
Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition Adds A Big New Scene To The Final Act
Final Fantasy XV may be one of the strangest video games ever created, in large part because the developers have spent the past year and a half updating, changing, and adding new features to the game. And as of tomorrow, there’ll be a whole new story in the final act. We already knew that the…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2018 -
Square Enix just uploaded a Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth trailer, calling it “First Teaser Trailer 2018.” Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth was a PlayStation Portable port of the original game, which was first released on the PS1 in 1999. Is a new port or remake in the works?
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2018 -
That Time The Final Fantasy Team Made An Aliens Game
The name Square is closely associated with RPGs, and for good reason. But in the days before it had its first huge hit with Final Fantasy, Square tried all kinds of different things, including licensing the rights to the 1986 film Aliens and producing an action game with some now-familiar names in the credits. There’s…
By Chris Kohler Published February 28, 2018 -
Oh No, Chrono Trigger Looks Awful On PC
Excitement for the surprise Steam release of Chrono Trigger quickly turned into dread today as fans realized that this port, like most of Square Enix’s PC ports, looks like garbage. Why has Square had such a hard time getting this right? No, Square Enix hasn’t replaced all of the character models with washed-out sprites as…
By Jason Schreier Published February 27, 2018 -
Square Enix Will Still Be Releasing Final Fantasy XV DLC In 2019
Originally, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata said he wanted to add at least three more add-ons in 2018. That was the plan. Now Tabata is saying there are four more in-coming and all the DLC might not come out this year. In a recent 4Gamer interview (via Hachima), Tabata discussed the DLC, saying, “There…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2018 -
People Are Still Trying To Make Final Fantasy VI Look Less Awful On PC
One of the biggest shames in modern gaming is how badly Square Enix mangled its ports of Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI to the PC. Fortunately, modders are still working overtime to try to fix them. “A World Reborn,” for example, is an in-progress mod by ESN23 that adds more character to the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 23, 2018 -
Rise And Shine, Noctis Lucis Caelum
Players who pick up Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition on Steam before May 1 will receive the Half-Life Pack, allowing Noctis and multiplayer characters to cosplay Gordon Freeman. There’s even a crowbar. It’s completely ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as there being three different pre-order incentives for Steam (a fashion pack), Origin (a decal pack) and…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2018 -
A Look Back At Parasite Eve‘s Great Dialogue
I love weird games, ones full of FMV cutscenes, mix-and-matched RPG battle systems, and nonsensical science fiction plots. Parasite Eve has given me all of those things, along with something I didn’t expect: great dialog. Parasite Eve follows NYPD officer Aya Brea, the sole survivor of a mass murder spree during an opera at Carnegie…
By Heather Alexandra Published February 20, 2018 -
People Are Already Making Silly Mods For Final Fantasy XII On PC
If you have ever wanted to play all of Final Fantasy XII as Reks, the character who dies in the opening tutorial, you’re now in luck, thanks to the power of PC modding. “Play as Reks fully” is just one of many substantial PC mods that has popped up over the past couple of weeks,…
By Jason Schreier Published February 20, 2018 -
After 210 Hours On Kingdom Hearts‘ Destiny Islands, Man Reaches Level 100
AaroneousGaming is a trooper. For the past month, he’s been grinding through Destiny Islands in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + II.5 Remix. And yesterday, he reached Level 100. That’s right, Level 100 in Sora’s home islands. You know, the extended tutorial where you’re supposed to get the hang of Kingdom Hearts and not where you’re…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2018 -
Yuzuru Hanyu Would Be A Good Final Fantasy Character [Update]
This weekend, Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won Olympic gold. In Japan, people were excited and online, they quickly pointed out that Hanyu’s dramatic poses and intense stares look like something straight from Final Fantasy Update February 20 – 2:00am: An earlier version of this story included clips of Hanyu apparently skating to Final Fantasy…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 19, 2018 -
The Secret Of Mana Remake Makes A Great Game Worse
When Secret of Mana came out in 1993, it was rightfully praised as one of the Super Nintendo’s best action games thanks to a lovely soundtrack, beautiful spritework, and fun hack-n-slash gameplay. The 2018 remake has ruined all three of these things. I’ve played a couple of hours of the PlayStation 4 version of this…
By Jason Schreier Published February 15, 2018 -
Square Enix’s New Arcade Game Looks So Damn Cool
Leave it to Square Enix to make one of the neatest-looking arcade games shown at this year’s Japan Amusement Expo. It’s called Starwing Paradox, and features a movable pilot seat. Now, have a look at it in action. See? So cool. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 12, 2018 -
Listen To Kingdom Hearts III‘s Theme Song By Utada Hikaru
Pop star Utada Hikaru has become synonymous with Kingdom Hearts. It wouldn’t be a main entry in the series without her music. Utada Hikaru recorded songs for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. She’s back for KHIII with a track called “Chikai” (誓い), which means “oath” or “vow.” And here is the English language version,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2018
