Final Fantasy News

Square plans to announce "three new titles" at E309 E3 2009 is already way off the richter scale - rumours up the wazoo, and Square's here to add fuel to the fire! Amidst trailers for Sony's Project TRICO and teaser sites for a new Kojima Productions title, word is starting to spread regarding Square's secrets for this year's show. Scuttlebutt is, Square will be revealing not one, not two but THREE un-announced titles this year. However, that's not the best part - two of these are supposedly sequels to their "bigger franchises". What could these be? We here at FF Insider are putting our money on at least one new Final Fantasy spin-off, but besides that, who knows. Kingdom Hearts? Dragon Quest? Front Mission? Or maybe even... a new Chrono title!? Check back with us here from June 2 onwards for E3 coverage! Source: The Magic Box.

26 May 2009

Square Party soon - more news on the way! Sorry about a lack of updates people - Square is being decidely tight-lipped at the moment... The only reason? Square-Enix Party 2007 is going to be a big one people! Over the next few weeks a few more scans and pieces of info will be released, but nothing big until May 17, when the Party kicks off! Get ready for massive amount of new news on Square's biggest upcoming titles, with word of a new FF13 and FFV13 trailer shown! Don't forget the surprise special announcements - the new Star Ocean, and Nomura's other surprise! So don't fret Final Fantasy fans! We're all still here, and the news is on it's way!

1 May 2007

Games of Square-Enix Party 2007 As always, Final Fantasy is the most important feature - SE's 2007 Party will be featuring a lot of it... and more. Firstly, these are the confirmed titles that will be on show (FF-related): Final Fantasy: Anniversary Edition (PSP) Final Fantasy 12: Revenant Wings (DS) Final Fantasy 11 (PS2/PC/X360) Before Crisis: Final Fantasy 7 (mobile) Final Fantasy Tactics: Shishi Sensou (PSP) Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Ring of Fates (DS) Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - The Crystal Bearers (Wii) Final Fantasy 2: Anniversary Edition (PSP) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 (PSP) Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children Complete (Blu-ray) Final Fantasy 13 (PS3) Final Fantasy Versus 13 (PS3) Final Fantasy Agito 13 (movile) Although this is already a huge amount, there's apparently more... the message that appears at the bottom of the page (in the second image) reports: "The evolution will never stop, the series continues… and a Final Fantasy that nobody is aware of will enter the scene." So a new Final Fantasy, of some sort, will be revealed here... seeing as many of the above listed games feature Nomura as character designer, and seeing as Nomura also says he has a 'surprise' for SE Party '07, expect him to be closely involved... Square-Enix Party 2007 takes place on the 12th and 13th of May. Stay tuned for more info... Source: Spira's Destiny.

22 Mar 2007

Square-Enix Christmas Cards Although not full size, images of the Japanese-only Square-Enix Christmas Cards were revealed at Jump Festa. One is based on Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 for the PSP, with the other based on Advent Children Complete, the Blu-Ray version of Advent Children. Hopefully bigger, higher resolution versions will be made available for those who would want to print them out and use them. Source: [link=http://www.spirasdestiny.net/]Spira's Destiny[/link].

18 Dec 2006

Final Fantasy 3 and 5 updates Final Fantasy 3 has recently surprased 750,000 sales in Japan, while still holding a place in the Japanese top 10 of console software sales. The recently released top 10 is from September 25th through October 1st, which lists Final Fantasy 3 as number 8, with sales of just under 40,000 that week. This amount took the overall sales in Japan to 751,294, making it the only Final Fantasy and Square-Enix game in the top 10 for that period. In other news, Japanese gaming site Famitsu has rated Final Fantasy 5 on the GBA. The game was given a 32 out of 40 rating, with it's 4 reviewers giving it 8, 8, 8, and 8 ratings. Final Fantasy 3 is due out in the US on November 14th, with Final Fantasy 5 being released on November 6th in the US. A European release has not yet been announced for either at this point.

8 Oct 2006

Spring 2007 for Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Square-Enix have annouced that Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 will be released in Japan during Spring of 2007. Although no other release dates were announced, Crisis Core was shown in detail, and is a prequel to Final Fantasy 7 which is said to take place seven years before the main game (so around the time as Before Crisis). Unfortunately nothing was said of an international release, or even dates for other games such as the Final Fantasy 13 series or Final Fantasy 12: Revenant Wings Source: RPGfan

24 Sep 2006

Square-Enix announce Tokyo Game Show lineup With the TGS just a few weeks away, Square-Enix have released their list of gams which will be making an appearance, with eight of the eleven products being Final Fantasy based. Video: Final Fantasy 5 Advance - Nintendo GBA Final Fantasy 6 Advance - Nintendo GBA Compilation of Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core FF7 - PlayStation Portable Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy 13 - PlayStation 3 Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy Versus 13 - PlayStation 3 Playable: Chocobo to Mahou no Ehon - Nintendo DS Dawn of Mana - PlayStation 2 Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - Nintendo DS Final Fantasy 3 - Nintendo DS Final Fantasy 11 - PlayStation 2 & Xbox 360 Project Sylpheed - Xbox 360 The Tokyo Game Show opens on September 22nd. Source: GameFront

7 Sep 2006

Final Fantasy 5 Advance release dates confirmed Square recently divulged the release date for the upcoming Final Fantasy 5 Advance for GBA, as well as talking briefly on new additions. Firstly, the official Japanese release date is October 12th, and the US shall be getting it on the 6th of November. In the way of the extras the game will be getting at least one new dungeon and some new job classes, but besides this information is scarce. No European release date is known at this point in time. Source: Spira's Destiny and FF12 Gamigo.

2 Aug 2006

Final Fantasy Radio returns to AOL AOL have recently announced that they will be streaming Final Fantasy Radio again after it ended in 2004. Final Fantasy Radio was a popular online only AOL radio station from 2003 - 2004, while played only tracks from the series. After much demand, the radio station has been revived and has hit the radio-waves again! “We feel so fortunate to have such a loyal following and want to give a huge ‘thank you’ for their efforts to bring back FINAL FANTASY radio,” said Daishiro Okada, President and COO, Square Enix, Inc. “We are especially delighted to have FINAL FANTASY radio return on such a prestigious online destination as AOL and look forward to our future endeavors with them.” You can check out the stream here. Source: Elizabeth Chan of AOL.

30 Jul 2006

Square-Enix Release 16 New Ultimate Hit Games Square-Enix has released a list of 16 of their most successful games which they plan to re-released in the japanese market, including their most most successful and most popular games. The games will go on sale on July 20th and is made up of 13 Playstation 1 games, iincluding their Final Fantasy titles. The full list includes; Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, PlayStation 2, 2,800 yen ($24.44 USD) Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome, PlayStation 2, 2,800 yen ($24.44 USD) Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi, PlayStation 2, 2,800 yen ($24.44 USD) Valkyrie Profile, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) Chrono Cross, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) Chrono Trigger, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) SaGa Frontier, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) SaGa Frontier 2, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshitachi, PlayStation, 2,500 yen ($21.82 USD) Final Fantasy VII, PlayStation, 2,500 yen ($21.82 USD) Final Fantasy VIII, PlayStation, 2,500 yen ($21.82 USD) Final Fantasy IX, PlayStation, 2,500 yen ($21.82 USD) Final Fantasy Tactics, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) Vagrant Story, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana, PlayStation, 1,500 yen ($13.09 USD) Source: RPGfan

30 Apr 2006