Bravely Default Famitsu Review Translated
By Janelle | October 13, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Often times, Famitsu review scores are posted online with no context. Well, here’s a little more flesh for the number that goes with Bravely Default: Flying Fairy.
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Bravely Default “Now THAT’s an RPG!” – Square Enix Interview with RPG Land
By Janelle | October 8, 2012 at 5:27 am
While hitting up the show floor at TGS, we got a chance to sit down with Tomoya Asano, the producer of the upcoming Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. Mr. Asano has previously served as the producer for Hikari no 4 Senshi, and the DS remakes of Final Fantasys III and IV. We discussed the upcoming Bravely Default, which will release in Japan on October 11.
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The Final Fantasy Type-0 Localization Problem You Might Not Know About
By Heath | September 29, 2012 at 6:09 am
Everyone’s wondering what’s happening with the Final Fantasy Type-0 localization right now. People are wondering if the PSP’s lack of popularity in North America is a problem, wondering if Square Enix is making a Vita version — what’s the deal? There are a lot of plenty legitimate questions and theories, but I’m going to submit one I haven’t seen yet. It’s the theme song. In the game’s beginning and ending, a J-rock song by Bump of Chicken, entitled “Zero,” plays. There could be a contract dispute between BoC’s record label and Square Enix regarding the royalties, use, or any number of things with an international version.
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Bravely Default: Flying Fairy TGS Trailer
By Heath | September 20, 2012 at 10:33 am
Apparently the battle mechanics and gameplay are really complicated. Looks cool though.
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Kingdom Hearts HD for PS3 Revealed at TGS
By Heath | September 20, 2012 at 8:04 am
In 2013, Japan will get Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix for PlayStation 3.
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Lightning Crashes the party: new Final Fantasy XIII game coming
By Heath | September 1, 2012 at 10:31 pm
A new Final Fantasy game was announced this week, and it’s yet another adventure in the XIII universe. Not wanting to call it Final Fantasy XIII-3, Square Enix has named it Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Lightning will be the only playable character, the battles will be much more of an action RPG system than before, and it will make use of a time travel mechanic that some have described as being similar to that of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Below is a video containing the released images so far, and what had to be the first song you thought of when you heard this news (if you’re from my generation, at least).
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Facebook Fantasy XIII-2
By Andrew | February 4, 2012 at 2:10 am
Square Enix announced earlier that Final Fantasy XIII-2 will allow players to upload their game information directly to Facebook. This gives you more incentive to play it, if you’re worried about making sure all your friends have up-to-the-minute information on your gaming progress.
Dragon Quest X: screens of the Wii MMO show good things
By Heath | September 21, 2011 at 11:48 pm
After taking a huge hiatus, Square Enix is finally updating fans on Dragon Quest X with regularity. Here are a whole bunch of screenshots of the offline RPG with online functionality, mostly focusing on characters and environments. First the screens, then my own two cents.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 release date for North America
By Heath | September 20, 2011 at 12:06 am
January 31, 2012.
Square Enix’s TGS screenshots
By Heath | September 19, 2011 at 4:29 am
Here are Square Enix’s TGS screenshots. As expected, they had lots of RPGs.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer from PAX Prime
By Janelle | August 29, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Christmas gets Cloud-y, if you know what I mean
By Heath | November 10, 2010 at 8:19 pm
On Nov. 22, Square Enix will be releasng a seven-track CD of popular game music tunes remixed in what the company feels is a Christmas style. Here’s a complete track listing, with samples of every song.
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Xenogears fans teased with more music
By Heath | October 6, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Yasunori Mitsuda, who generally uses Twitter in Japanese (duh?), tossed out one in English today, saying “We start to make the orchestra arranged version of Xenogears! Please tell us your favorite music!” He links to the Square Enix Music official page of the upcoming album and requests that fans get in on the planning by voting for their favorite songs from Xenogears. Obviously, no final release date has been set for the album, as it is just entering the planning stages.
Square Enix RPGs of TGS screenshots
By Heath | September 16, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Square Enix’s Tokyo Game Show RPGs shown in lots of screens here. let’s start with…
The Third Birthday (PSP)
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Hands-on with Square Enix games at E3
By Heath | July 5, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Ace Casino hit up E3 and worked the Square booth. He gives his thoughts on all of the games, RPG or not, below:
I had the honor of working as a Square Enix kiosk floater. That means I work as a grunt who watches the demo booths and makes sure no one attempts to pilfer a PSP or a headphone. As a person working the booths, I had the opportunity to play the demos to formulate my own opinions on them.
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Final Fantasy XIV release date, system requirements
By Heath | June 30, 2010 at 12:27 pm
The PC collector’s edition of Final Fantasy XIV will ship on Sept. 22, while the regular PC version will arrive on Sept. 30. The PS3 version will have to wait until March of 2011. And hey, here are the beta’s system requirements:
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RPG Land Called It: Square Enix Announcement Not Shocking
By Heath | May 29, 2010 at 5:55 pm
The internet was abuzz with rumors, theories, dreams, and speculation about Square Enix USA’s next announcement, which an employee discussed on her Twitter, saying many people would be “shocked and stoked.” RPG Land, ever the voice of reason, told people it was not going to be a new game, but that the most likely game to be revealed would be a North American release of Four Warriors of Light. Well, we were right. Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light, selling for $35, will arrive in North America Oct.5 , 2010, almost a year after its Japanese release. See Janelle’s review of the game here. Also dig its official website. This is a solid game, but appeared on incredibly few of the dream lists that were popping up. Next time, be careful not to overhype yourself, internet. Furthermore, don’t let your romantic fantasies of not-yet-existant games blur your vision to the good titles that are right in front of you. …Which might be hard, with the other yet-mysterious Project X still looming on the horizon.
Square Enix prez notes Versus XIII not necessarily PS3 exclusive, internet needs breather
By Heath | May 19, 2010 at 9:47 am
Square Enix president Yoichi Wada, in discussing company finance, made a note of something internet readers might declare a “megaton” of sorts. It seems that Final Fantasy Versus XIII ‘s status as a PS3 exclusive is not set in stone.
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Square conceives Sept release for Birth by Sleep
By Heath | May 18, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Squre Enix USA has announced that the PSP action RPG Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep will ship to North American retailers on Sept. 7, 2010. Dig the official site right here. From my play experience, this is the best Kingdom Hearts game since the original. That is all.
Professionals out, Twitter in: Square Enix tweets more news
By Heath | May 11, 2010 at 11:17 am
Hey, why use a middle man when you can have the internet foaming at its collective mouth just by your text-only blog posts? Square Enix tweets have recently noted that the Final Fantsy IX PSN version is coming in English some time after its May 20 Japanese launch, as well as Threads of Fate being the next PSX game to get PSN treatement.
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