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Square Enix has just finished their income presentation, and during this announced the Japanese developer and publisher that neither Kingodm Hearts III or Final Fantasy VII: Remake will be released until April 2017. The publisher published a list of their major releases coming this year, and World of Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and PS4 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider appears all on this list. Both Kindom Hearts III and Final Fantasy VII: Remake is absent, as is Nier: Automata previously otherwise have been dated to 2016 good news to all here in kh13 i have translate it in english so all can understand i translate it from gamereactor

I never understood this. Why is Hercules the only Disney world with that distinction? For instance, Vincent Valentine would have been a perfect fit for The Nightmare Before Christmas. Does anybody have any guesses or ideas as to why this is?

Who do you think will die in KH3 and who do you want to die in KH3? Aside from the obvious villains who will most likely die, I don't want any of the good characters to die, but I think it would be a great way to bring more emotion to the game and to make Sora and the gang more serious and pull their act together. For example, I think it'd be interesting to see Aerith die. Since she is a different person than she is in Final Fantasy, I don't think the person who kills her should be Sephiroth, I think it should be one of the Seekers of Darkness. Perhaps while at Radiant Garden, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Leon, Yuffie, etc all run outside and see Aerith be struck in the heart by Young Xehanort or something. I think it would bring more depth to all the characters in that scene, because we would be able to see the emotional side of Leon and the other FF characters. It would also show how ruthless and evil Young Xehanort and the Seekers of Darkness are. What are your thoughts on this and who do you think will die in KH3?

final fantasy xv fan made trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54aMGpPvNw

So for the first time in Final Fantasy history, Final Fantasy XV will be localized in Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese as text options! Source: Gematsu

Are you excited for Final Fantasy XV? Cause I am!

DISSIDIA 012 FINAL FANTASY is the prequel and follow up to DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY, both for the PlayStation Portable. Directed by Mitsunori Takahashi & produced by Ichiro Hazama and developed by Square Enix 1st Production Department. Those two are now in Business Division 4. Written by Saori Itamuro & Akiko Ishibashi and composed by Takeharu Ishimoto. What this game is all about is fan service. There is sooo much fan service. A lot of it good, a lot weird. Seeing your favourite characters like Lightning and Yuna interact with voice acting is amazing. The scenario is fine, it does its job, the point is to see your favourite characters not some epic scenario you'd expect in a normal FINAL FANTASY game. The music is great, as it should be. There is a lot of depth and content to this title so you could easily spend a hundred hours here. Graphically it's quite nice, even in 2016. The gameplay also works and works well. There's also online but I obviously couldn't try it out. The game's problem is the difficulty however. The game is very hard even on easy. There's an RPG mode, but that's not the answer, the answer is making your game's difficulty balanced out. Some characters are simply a pain to use to be honest. I'm trying to use Kuja and his attacks are absolutely pathetic and they expect you to defeat 3 characters with him without any health restores or the chance to level up him. DISSIDIA 012 does a lot right, and looks great but it's also very hard. 7/10

Square Enix has revealed Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival for arcades in Japan. indieszero, the developers of all 3 Theatrhythm games on Nintendo 3DS are also developing this one while Ichiro Hazama is of course serving as producer. More details available next weekend. This does however make a Theatrhythm Kingdom Hearts unlikely.

Probably been asked before, but I'm genuinely interested to see everyone's responses. Are there any characters you like from FF that you thought they should've included?

I think that's all of it.

This month I was lucky enough to interview DotEmu, a French-based video game company founded in 2007. DotEmu have been working with Square Enix for many years now porting many classic FINAL FANTASY games to PC via Steam. Last year they also ported FINAL FANTASY VII to PlayStation 4, which was the third most downloaded PS4 title on the PlayStation Store in North America for December 2015. It also charted in Europe at #9. Their PC ports have also sold quite well according to SteamSpy. In the interview I confirmed with them what Square Enix titles they have ported, who they worked with at Square Enix, what it’s like working with Square Enix and porting these classic games and more. Big thanks to DotEmu’s CEO, Cyrille IMBERT for being kind enough to answer the questions, their Communication & Marketing Manager Jessica IRAGNE and the rest of the team at DotEmu. You can read the interview here.

i was bored and decided to make a boxart for The Hopeful Lightning saga i really want this to happen i hope there is a limited edition of it too with the novels fully translated in English

I am excited for all of these games.

PlayStation's holding a big sale on the PlayStation Store for Europe/Australia. Among the titles featured are many Final Fantasy games including Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. These are 50% off. Already got them? The 3rd Birthday, Lord of Arcana and many, many others are also on sale.

Would you want there to be Final Fantasy themed worlds in Kingdom Hearts III?

What's your favourite Final Fantasy battle system?

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is an RPG exclusive to the PlayStation Portable released in Japan in 2007 and worldwide in 2008. In Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII players assume the role of SOLDIER 2nd Class Zack Fair who then shortly switches to 1st Class. Throughout the game players will learn the past of Final Fantasy VII, get more detail on who the "Zack" fella from the original actually is, and learn more about the history of essential characters like Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and Sephiroth. After playing the game twice I am able to point out all the good things to be had about it. First off I can say the graphics are definitely nice considering this is a PSP game developed around 9 years ago. The CG looks as good as the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children film and the gameplay and normal look are on par with PS2 graphics. Environments look quite crisp and lend well to the PSP's display. The PSP's limited hardware result in a fair amount of cutscenes needing to use speech bubbles, but the important scenes and a fair amount of non-important scenes will also give you voices. The story is quite great. We finally delve into the past of Zack Fair who only briefly appeared in the original Final Fantasy VII. We also see a good bit of Cloud's past along the way, and how he himself became a part of SOLDIER. During the game it seems that Cloud is a little less shy than he was when we first met him, which is understandable since many things have yet to occur. We learn that Aerith (or in original Final Fantasy VII terms Aeris) used to have a close relationship with Zack. Even turning romantic at a certain point, but not in a heavily emphasized way. Tifa's appearances aren't critical to the story (except for one certain event with Sephiroth which is a recap of something we saw previously), but they do show us that she used to be much different than we previously knew, but at the same time relatively the same. Sephiroth, believe it or not, was a somewhat nice guy back then! Well, for awhile anyway... But even then he was definitely one of the most skilled people at Shinra. I can't go into much detail beyond that as I would spoil critical story elements, but I can say that the story is deep, thrilling, exciting, and offers a whole new background to the world of Final Fantasy VII! The ending is quite emotional, and is something that is certain to make you shed a tear. The gameplay was something I found quite enjoyable, Zack has many Materia commands available for use. Some slow, some fast. Some are even for stat improvement. The Materia Fusion system allows Zack to combine two materia to make a completely new type of materia, which at times is very useful for things like obtaining powerful attacks early on in the game. There's a unique mechanic that comes in handy on a number of occasions called DMW (Digital Mind Wave.) This is where Zack uses his memories of a certain character to activate a special attack. Each character activates a different attack and is unlocked on the DMW as the story progresses. Some entries are optional. The DMW is activated at random, but it's chances of activating can be heightened depending on the situation. During events where Zack is thinking heavily of a certain character he will have a better chance of activating them in the DMW and using their attack. Though the DMW has a chance of failing it is mostly successful. This mechanic is also how Zack himself levels up by getting all 7's for the numbers. Everything is somewhat strategic, yet action-packed. Ultimate attacks used by summoned creatures such as Bahamut or Ifrit include CG scenes which also look very nice and add to the intensity to the battles. There are no optional weapons, but Zack does start to use the Buster Sword at a certain point. Music and sound effects are definitely a fitting tribute to the series. Many of the tracks are new, but some are revised versions of old ones. They all capture the essential feel of game's universe and bring us right back to those spine-chilling moments from the original PlayStation title. Sound effects such as menu scrolling and walking are spot on as well. Voice acting is no doubt right on the mark. Every character sounds completely authentic and the actors did a good job capturing necessary emotion in both the Japanese and English voice cast! However one scene with Cloud in the English VA during the ending did lack intensity, but it's not a huge problem. Verdict: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is a wonderful edition to the Final Fantasy VII storyline that fully utilizes the PSP's hardware to offer unique gameplay, a thrilling and emotional story, and a whole new light on the Final Fantasy VII franchise. It is a journey that any fan of the series or JRPG goer in general should take. I would LOVE to see an HD remaster on PS4. 10/10

With the year over let's take a look at the sales in Japan for Final Fantasy titles in 2015. Wasn't many releases though. Haha. All numbers are from Famitsu. From my understanding this does not include digital. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD sold 128,447 copies on PlayStation 4 Final Fantasy Explorers sold an additional 53,383 copies on Nintendo 3DS bringing it to 265,587 copies. Will be interesting to see how it performs in North America & Europe/Australia with the 3DS in likely its last year of being relevant. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster sold 32,922 copies on PlayStation 4. Only other things to crack the top 381 were FFXIV releases which sold around 55,000 copies combined. Majority for PS4.

Through the ages, the Victory Fanfare for the beloved series Final Fantasy has changed many times, from Final Fantasy 1 to Final Fantasy 14, including games that don't quite fall under the "Numbered" games like Final Fantasy: Four Heroes of Light. But tell me, which of all of these Victory Fanfares are your #1 favorite, within the series? Here are is a good number of the "Numbered" games' Victory Music. But you can choose from any of the games not listed as well, such as Final Fantasy 11, and even the Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales. Personally, I have a tie between three different Fanfares. The ones I chose are from: 3, 6, and 10 (FF 10-1). Rock on!

SteamDB has listings for the following titles: FINAL FANTASY XIII Demo Final Fantasy Franchise Advertising App The second one also came with this image: Sounds like they might be porting the Final Fantasy Portal App to Steam. The Final Fantasy XIII demo sounds odd now considering it's now sold 500,000 copies on Steam.

The Game Boy Advance collection of Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II is coming to the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on January 6.

Square Enix Europe is holding a big sale on their online store. Among the titles on sale are Final Fantasy XIII (50% off) Final Fantasy XIII-2 (50% off) Murdered: Soul Suspect (75% off), Tomb Raider (75% off) and many more.

I've completed the following. Final Fantasy (Android) Final Fantasy II (Android) Final Fantasy III (Android) Final Fantasy IV (Android) Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Android) Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- (PSP) Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- (PS2) Final Fantasy X (PS2) Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2) Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (PS3) Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS) Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (DS) Final Fantasy All the Bravest (Android) Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call (3DS) Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (PS4)

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