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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII takes America by storm
The American software charts for the week ending 29th March 2008 have been released, and Zack and Cloud have taken first place!

You heard right folks, Crisis Core has taken gold after just one week! The game sold a massive 277, 633 copies in its first week, which is absolutely massive for a PSP game.

You can check out the chart here to see the competitors!

Note the slight schooling of the Nintendo Wii's Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which was beaten by more than 50,000 copies! Astounding, seeing as Brawl has been one of the most hyped games in the US for months now.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 is out now across Japan and America, and will be releasing on the 6th of June across Europe. Stay tuned for more Crisis Core-related updates!

Sources: Forever Fantasy and American VideoGame Chartz.
4 Apr 2008

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII launch party details
America certainly has Crisis Core fever at the moment, with the title's iminent release, a launch party is schedueled for tomorrow.

The event will take place at the PlayStation Store at Metreon, San Francisco. It will be held tomorrow (March 25), from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, with the first 200 visitors guaranteed a copy of the game, and the first 100 receiving a free T-shirt!

Raffles will be held, with various Final Fantasy-related merchandising available as prizes, as well as lithographs (authorised copies of famous FF works by sketch artists).

Shinra ID Cards will be made on-site, featuring your name and photograph (taken there). This will be a great item for collectors, so don't forget to stop by!

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 is releasing tomorrow, March 25th, across North America. Enjoy the long-awaited game, fans! Also, check out the official Crisis Core site for new updates and videos!

Source: Forever Fantasy.
24 Mar 2008

IGN gives Crisis Core a positive review
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 has been getting a lot of mixed press lately, but major website IGN has positively reviewed the game!

They give the game a final score of 8.5, a highly positive score in light of much of the game's reason press.

You can check out the review here!

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 will be releasing across North America on March 25, which is less than a week from now!

Sources: Forever Fantasy and IGN PSP.
19 Mar 2008

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Collector's Edition for Europe
Well it looks like Europe is fianlly getting in on the 'pre-order bonus' love that Japan and America has had for years.

In this case, it's Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 which is being given the Collector's Edition treatment. Said collector's edition contains a unique cover, and an exclusive artbook entitled The Art of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7.



Please note that this deal is currently only available to players across Europe, and to claim this offer you must pre-order the game at your local retailer!

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 will be releasing across North America on March 25th, 2008. Rumour has it that the game will ship on June 27th across Europe, but we can't confirm this as of yet.

Sources: Forever Fantasy, NeoGAF and Play.com.
15 Mar 2008

Newest batch of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII videos
Yet another batch of English Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 videoclips have turned up online, this time courtesy of IGN!









The first clip shows off everyone's favourite VA duo, Quinton Flynn and Crispin Freeman returning as Reno and Rude respectively, and returning with style! The second clip however, is a little strange.

Aerith appears here with a voice that sounds very different to her Advent Children incarnation, meaning we probably have yet ANOTHER voice actress taking on the role (following on from Mandy Moore and Mena Suvari). Not only in this inconsistant, but she's now calling herself Aerith!? Fans are extremely confused as to what this means for English players, seeing as she was only ever called Aerith the English versions of the Kingdom Hearts titles - her name was translated as Aeris for English versions of previous Compilation titles...

The final video shows of what looks to be a very poignant first meeting between Zack and Cloud - Rick Gomez and Steve Burton seem to be back in full force, and the music as Cloud removes his helmet is just a little on the haunting side...

Fans can be sure to eat up anything Crisis Core in spades, as the game has been getting some good press lately. Said fans need not wait much longer, as Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 will be releasing on Sony's PSP across North America on March 25, 2008. We'll update you when it makes its way to European territories.

Sources: Forever Fantasy and their FFNetVids YouTube Channel.
9 Mar 2008

More Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII pre-release goodness
Yet again, more English video-clips of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 continue to surface online through Square's marketing campaign.

The videos show off the in-game battle engine really well here, as well as the graphics capabilities in natural cut-scenes (ie. not pre-rendered).







We really can't say enough good things about this game lately - it appears to be turning out really well, with an adequate vocal-cast lending their talents to the title and some great gameplay to back it up!

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 will be releasing across North America on March 25th. No word yet on a release in PAL territories, but we'll update you when we hear anything.

Sources: Forever Fantasy and their FFNetVids YouTube channel.
2 Mar 2008

EGM/1UP give out their Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII review
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 has been a title with large shoes to fill - now EGM has revealed the first Western impressions of the game!

Fans of the original Final Fantasy 7 have been eagerly anticipating this title for months now, but its difficult to deny that they have also had their reservations. With the history of the Compilation of FF7 (particularly Dirge of Cerberus), fans have had good reason to be sceptical about the quality of a PlayStation Portable exclusive entry.

Well, the wait is finally over, as EGM have revealed their official scores for the game - the panel of three reviewers gave the game a B+, a B+ and an A-. Not too bad! Much better than Dirge of Cerberus, at least...

In related news, EGM have also revealed their scores for the newly translated English title, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates, for Nintendo's DS. The title has scored rather mediocrely, with a B-, a B- and an A.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 will be releasing across North America for Sony's PSP on March 25th. Similarly, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates will be releasing in the same territory on March 11th for Nintendo's DS.

Sources: Forever Fantasy, 1UP/EGM, NeoGAF and GameFAQs.
1 Mar 2008

New English screenshots from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
A large batch of new English-language screenshots have appeared online recently featuring the upcoming Crisis Core PSP title.

The 90-or-so images can be found here at Jeux-France!

The images, although new, don't show anything of a particularly new nature, but are of great help for those who are still sceptical about the localisation of the title.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 for Sony's PSP is releasing across North America on March 25th, 2008. Check back with us here at FF Insider for news regarding releases in PAL territories.

Sources: Jeux-France and Forever Fantasy.
28 Feb 2008

New English clips of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Four separate new videos of Crisis Core have turned up online from this year's GDC, all of them featuring English dialogue!









There you have it folks - a very adequate look at the English localisation for the PSP title Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7. The game has come along quite a long way since we first saw it at E3 2006, and its good to know that its long development period is drawing close to its end.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 will be releasing across North America on March 25, 2008. Remember to pre-order if you really want this title, as it has gained quite a level of popularity!

Sources: Forever Fantasy and their FFNetVids YouTube Channel, as well as GameTrailers.
24 Feb 2008

Newest Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII video
Today Square USA has released yet another video promoting the imminent American release of Crisis Core!

The video doesn't include any new English audio like the previous clip we showed you, but it's still a great display of quality CGI! Enjoy!



Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 is releasing on March 25th, 2008 across North America. We'll update you in the future on the details of a PAL release.

Also, you can check out the newly updated American Crisis Core website right here! New facts have been added on character and story, as well as gameplay. Did anyone else notice that Aeris is being listed by her original Japanese name, Aerith?

Sources:Forever Fantasy and their FFNetVids YouTube Channel.
14 Feb 2008
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