04Jun09
As you may know, there have been quite some news about Final Fantasy games lately.
First of all, coming from E3:
Final Fantasy XIV
- FFXIV is the sequel to FFXI in the sense that it is a MMO
- They currently want to make it a global game, meaning no separate servers depending on the region: Japanese players will be able to play with American players
- They are aiming for a release in 2010
Final Fantasy XIII
- Summons are once again a central part of the story. Characters will be attached to one summon (not selectable by players). It is not known if more than one summon will be attached to characters or if all characters will have a summon (or more). The attached summons seem to be fixed by the story.
Final Fantasy VII
- It’s a direct port of the PlayStation game.
- It costs 9.99 US$
- Available for download now (1.32GB required)
And finally, news coming from Nintendo:
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- The sequel to the excellent Final Fantasy IV (also known as Final Fantasy II in North America)
- Released on WiiWare at the beginning of the week
- Contains all the episodes (9) from the cellular game from Japan
- Costs 800 Wii points
02Jun09
Final Fantasy XIV was just announced at Sony’s press conference at the E3. Not much is known yet, but it’s supposed to be a PS3 exclusive and have some online features.
02Jun09
Sony has just announced that Final Fantasy VII will be available for download over the PlayStation Network today. This is great news for people who have been waiting for a port/remake for so long. So if you have a PSP, you’ll be able to play this classic that changed the role playing genre anywhere you want.
13Feb09
I remember when I first discovered the fantastic world of japanese RPGs; I was very young, too young to be able to play, but a few images stick in my head.
I was probably around 5 to 8 years old at a family Christmas party. My older cousin and my dad were discussing this new game called Final Fantasy. They had trouble playing because they didn’t know how to create a party approprietly. This is the first image I remember:
Yes, that is a 4 black belts party. Of course I didn’t really know what it was and it was all a bit overwhelming to me so I didn’t play that game until much later. I didn’t hear more about Final Fantasy or any other RPG until years later when my father bought Dragon Warrior.