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Friday, August 13th, 2010
Posted by Reeve at 12:40 PM EST
Advent Children iPhone/iPad App Now Available
Today, Square Enix released "Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete Larger Than Life", a collection of high-resolution images for Apple's iPhone and iPad. This gallery app, the second in the "Larger Than Life" series after the debut Final Fantasy XIII version, features 83 CG images from Advent Children Complete and includes a calendar mode and the ability to zoom in and out. From the screenshots posted at the source, it looks like the images included with the app are mainly familiar pieces of promo art as opposed to movie stills.
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete Larger Than Life is available worldwide for ¥700.
Source: Andriasang - Now Final Fantasy VII Advent Children is Larger Than Life
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Posted by Reeve at 05:54 PM EST
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded Coming Soon, Dissidia Tops the Piracy Charts
Yesterday, Square Enix began to unveil their lineup for this year's E3 Expo, which includes heavy-hitters like the Parasite Eve spinoff The 3rd Birthday, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and Final Fantasy XIV. Buried in the list were the previously announced Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for PSP, and—more surprisingly—Kingdom Hearts Re:coded for DS. Kingdom Hearts Re:coded is a port of the Japan-only cellphone game Kingdom Hearts Coded, and features Sora as the main character.
Next up, some news more directly related to FFVII. According to Japan's Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA), Dissidia Final Fantasy is the most pirated portable game in that country, with 5,281,223 illegal downloads. Crisis Core also made the list with 1,223,881 illegal downloads, by itself accounting for an estimated 7,098 million yen in potential lost sales. CESA also reported on DS piracy; yet another Square Enix title, Dragon Quest IX, appeared in the top five there. If you want to know more, Siliconera has posted figures for both the DS and the PSP.
Source: Shacknews - Report: Most Pirated Japanese DS and PSP Games
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Posted by Reeve at 11:31 AM EST
Square Enix's President Will "Explore the Possibility" of an FFVII Remake
The Final Fantasy VII remake teases have made their way to the top. During a Siliconera interview, Square Enix's President and CEO Yoichi Wada said, "Right now we don’t have a clear direction, but many fans have requested we remake Final Fantasy VII. We’re going to explore the possibility – whether or not we’re going to do it, if we’re going to do it, and the platform."
This comes not long after FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama (who was not on the original FFVII staff [ETA: Dawn Treader has pointed out that this isn't true. He was one of the Event Planners for the Field Section, as seen in the end credits. Thanks, DT!]) stated that if he could remake any game, it would be FFVII.
Special thanks to Dawn Treader for posting this news in the Forums.
Source: Siliconera - Square Enix CEO Comments On Final Fantasy VII Remake
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Posted by Reeve at 12:37 PM EST
Why a PS3 FFVII Remake Would Be a Difficult Project
Yoshinori Kitase recently stated, in an interview with Ultimania magazine, in regards to the lack of a PS3 remake of FFVII: "It is very hard to make games on PlayStation 3 in the same style as the games in that era had. Making graphics will take enormous time."
This was also given as the explanation why the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII lacks towns, as well as certain other elements from older games in the series. As the game's director, Motomu Toriyama, explains, "Considering the amount of work to make graphics that deserve HD, it is hard to make towns in the conventional style. In the limited period of development time, to convey the great story that deserves the name of Final Fantasy, and to convey the battles that entertain players enough, we condensed each element."
Considering the sheer number of and amount of detail within FFVII's background files, I can see why Kitase would be concerned. FFVII is a visually rich game and was in development for several years; a remake could take a very long time to complete. Any extra development time also means a huge budget, and considering that remakes never sell as well as or better than the originals on which they're based, it wouldn't make much sense from a business perspective either.
Source: Spong - HD Kills Final Fantasy PS3 Remake
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Posted by Reeve at 12:06 PM EST
Nomura: Still No Remake, More Cloud Cameos Possible
This is old news to anyone who has been visiting the Citadel for some time now, but although some at Square Enix have expressed interest in it, the company is not going to be making a Final Fantasy VII remake at any point in the near future. FFVII co-plotter, character designer, and battle visual director Tetsuya Nomura most recently emphasized this point in Famitsu, saying, "Fans are looking forward to an oft-rumored remake of FFVII, but I don't believe this will happen for the time being."
The comments appeared in a regular feature about video game characters, and this week's installment focuses on the iconic Cloud Strife. About Cloud, Nomura says that "it's possible that he will appear in other titles as a guest character." Given that Cloud has already shown up as a guest star in several games (often alongside other FFVII characters), it's not much of a stretch to say that there's some truth to this, and we haven't seen the last of his cameos.
Source: Destructoid - Don't expect a Final Fantasy VII remake anytime soon
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Posted by Reeve at 02:29 PM EST
Rumor Mill: Dissidia on PS3 and 360
A site called The Bitbag got a scan of a page from an unidentified Japanese game magazine that shows Dissidia: Final Fantasy as coming out for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Whether or not this will be a straight port or an enhanced edition (a la Universal Tuning), or even if this news is real at all, is currently anyone's guess.
As usual, we'll keep an eye on this rumor and keep you all updated, especially if it turns out that there's some truth to it.
Source: The Escapist - Is Dissidia: Final Fantasy Coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360?
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