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Completed Sections
and Major Updates
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December 31, 2003 |
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Recently there has been
a lack of FF news, so we decided to work on several sections within the
past few months. In what may be the biggest update in a long time,
the following sections are now complete: Well, it's been a great
year, and I hope all of you have a Happy New Year! Site updates
(with some news, especially in regards to FF 12) will resume shortly afterwards.
Until then, enjoy your parties, but remember to be safe and use proper judgment! |
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Strong first-half financial
results for Square-Enix
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December 4, 2003 |
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Square-Enix has announced
encouraging and strong results for the first-half of the fiscal year of
2003. The driving forces behind the positive results were strong sales of
it’s online game, Final Fantasy XI as well as strong sales towards it’s
online software as well as good sales in the North American market. Total
net sales in the first-half of the year totaled up to 19.7 billion Yen,
while the total net income from that period was at 1.2 billion Yen. Combined
figures show that both companies have seen a 2.5% increase in total profits
from this time period last year and income is up by a large amount. |
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Final Fantasy Scenario
Writer Leaves
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December 4, 2003 |
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Kazushige Nojima has recently
left Square-Enix in the last month. He was an important member of Square’s
first production team and has worked on stories and scenarios for such games
like Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy
X, Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts. In addition, he has worked with
others and was director behind the strategy RPG game Bahamut Lagoon. Obviously,
working for the company for a long time, he will be missed along the ranks
of the Final Fantasy production team. |
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Notice regarding third-party
“Speedhack” tools in FFXI
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December 4, 2003 |
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Square-Enix is cracking
down on players who are gaining unfair advantages by using cheap third-party
tools and programs to cheat in FFXI. Here is the excerpt from a recent notice
on the official PlayOnline website: |
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FF III Wonderswan Update
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November 27, 2003 |
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Apparently, it seems that the Wonderswan colour
version of FFIII is still on track, though with some difficulties and delays,
mainly with the issues of porting the game over to a portable game system
format. Some people had thought that the WSC version of FFIII had been cancelled
but now, with confirmation from Square-Enix in a recent issue of the Famitsu
weekly, FFIII is now on track for a future WSC release. Square-Enix has
stated that storage problems were the main issue behind the major delays
within the game itself, since they were porting it on a portable game system,
unlike the original version of FFIII which only saw the light an day on
the Famicom (NES). |
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Final Fantasy XII Preview
Impressions
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November 21, 2003 |
Seeing the trailer video for FFXII at the SquareEnix
conference the other day, November 19th to be exact, I couldn't help but
be a bit optimistic about the upcoming FF title. While the trailer itself
is only like 3-4 minutes long, it is well worth the download as it shows
off the two main characters and you get to see a few very breathtaking shots
of FFXII's world as well. FFXII seemingly goes back to the series roots
for the most part and the setting is more medi eval-like
than the previous incarnation, FFX. I can't help but think that the airship
sequences remind me a lot of FFIX, seeing the artwork for FFXII, it does
appear that airships play a relatively prominent role once again. We don't
know at this point, whether or not we will see the restoration of the traditional
FF element of freedom to roam around and travel, unlike FFX which many people
thought was far too linear. The character designs itself, while I'm not
too particularly fond of, are quite similar to the style used in FFX and
to me, the new male lead, Vaan, looks a little like a cross between Zidane
and Tidus. I'm not sure why Square seems to be using more younger and feminine-looking
male characters lately in general, maybe it's of the target demographic
and all, I dunno. That's what I think, then again, some people probably
wouldn't mind the design all that much, since there are more important factors
to take into account. The camera system seems more like FFXI as you now
can see 360 degrees and a possible behind the character perspective which
proves to be quite a fresh change. The world takes on the same name as the
one in Tactics Advance, otherwise known as I valice.
Supposedly, it's either merely a coincidence as the Ivalice in FFXII is
bound to be different from the one in Tactics. The battle system from the
trailer, even though you see very little of it appears to be kind of like
FFXI's battle system. No real details on it but supposedly, the gameplay
is going to be different from past FF incarnations. It has become very clear
that there are several conflicting influences in the style and world of
FFXII, you see a good mix of European and Meditterean influences in the
cities and towns. Not only that, but non-human characters are fairly evident
in this FF and seem to play a fairly important role, in addition to the
human characters of Vaan and Ashe. The setting of the game is essentially
around the theme of war, and that will play a prominent and primary role
in the game itself, alongside the actual storyline.From some of the FMVs, you can kind of tell that some of the battles are relatively "dark" in style and substance and could be a welcome addition to the FF series. Some have complained that FFIX and FFX didn't ha  ve
a very dark mood within it, for the most part. The logo itself is a very
interesting prospect, as it depicts the "Judge" a mysterious character that
will be in the game, we don't know if it's only one of them or a group of
them but apparently they seem to be on the evil side. It is speculated that
a love story, while evident in FFXII, will not be as serious in terms of
romance as the previous FF games have, which could mean something. In my
opinion, the logo looks pretty cool and it happens to be one of the better,
if not the best logo that the FF series has to offer so far. The graphics
overall look much nicer as to be expected and is indeed a big improvement
over FFX's visuals. Not sure how the music will be like but I'm sure it
would turn out to be another good musical score for what hopes to be a very
promising RPG game. More details to follow, obviously as it becomes available
to us. The biggest question remains about the actual gameplay and battle
system, the storyline doesn't seem to be such a big issue at this point.
Finally, FFXII is supposedly set for a Summer 2004 release in Japan. |
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FF 12 Screenshots/Media/Preview
Movies
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November 21, 2003 |
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Well the day has finally come for ffxii's debut
to the world. Yea I know the picture of the crowd looks almost exactly like the droids in episode one. Believe me, you're not the only one thinking that either. The logo is unusually large, but that's the logo they came up with. The game has some amazing graphics and voice acting. Almost makes me want to import it when it comes out in Japan, but then I don't want the story to be spoiled for me when it comes out in North America. Some Screenshots:           2 Preview Videos: (lower on that page) |
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FF XI: Online Site...
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November 21, 2003 |
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Bishop (site news helper) has opened up his
own FF XI site complete with lots of maps, a bestiary, and more! Check
it out: |
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FF XII Magazine Teaser
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November 7, 2003 |
As the debut of FF XII comes near, a Japanese
magazine has gotten some renders and screenshots of the game before SquareEnix's
debut. Check out the magazine scan: |
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FF XII Release date
pushed back...
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November 7, 2003 |
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FFXII release date has been pushed back even
though there was no release date. SquareEnix now plans on releasing the
game after March 31, 2004. Not only that, the game's release date might
be pushed back even further for two reasons. One is so that Final Fantasy
XII won't compete with any other SquareEnix products. The second reason
is to give the development team more time to work on the game. Either way,
we ain't going to see much of this game for quite a while. |
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New Forum and Topsites
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November 7, 2003 |
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Forum: Furthermore, some
fan art and
wallpapers were added since the
last update. We need more people to send some
fan fiction to us, as we haven't
seen any new ones for ages! |
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