Final Fantasy Archive

  • Get Ready for Square Enix’s Nintendo 3DS Summer of Fun

    Get Ready for Square Enix’s Nintendo 3DS Summer of Fun

    Square Enix has three sweet Nintendo 3DS titles on the way in the coming months just in time to help gamers beat the summertime heat, all three previously without specific North American ship dates. Not any more. This week, official launch dates have been penciled […]

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  • Final Fantasy XIII-2’s Heroes Dress Up Like Commander Shepard

    Final Fantasy XIII-2’s Heroes Dress Up Like Commander Shepard

    Mass Effect 3 is everywhere right now. About the only place the game can’t be found is in a downloadable content crossover with Final Fantasy XIII-2. Oh wait… Never mind. My bad! Piggybacking off of the smash-hit success of BioWare’s trilogy-closing space opera, Square Enix […]

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  • Square Enix’s 3DS Final Fantasy Rhythm Game Comes West This Summer

    Square Enix’s 3DS Final Fantasy Rhythm Game Comes West This Summer

    Oddly titled in that special Square Enix way, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is a musical spin-off to the publisher’s legendary JRPG franchise. It came out in Japan last month, and now Square Enix’s Western branches have confirmed that the Nintendo 3DS exclusive is being translated for […]

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  • Review: Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (iPhone)

    Review: Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (iPhone)

    When the original Final Fantasy Tactics was released, many fans of Square Enix’s prized series were caught off guard to say the least. Instead of following the same formula that had proven successful for every other FF release, Tactics added an entirely new strategic element […]

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  • Review: Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy

    Review: Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy

    In our discussion review for Dissidia: Final Fantasy, both Mike and I agreed that it was a fun and rewarding hybrid mix of one-on-one 3D fighting and Japanese-style role-playing that simply lacked the depth and staying power it needed to be a mandatory purchase. Jump […]

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  • Final Fantasy XIII-2 E3 2011 Trailer – Love It or Hate It?

    Final Fantasy XIII-2 E3 2011 Trailer – Love It or Hate It?

    Final Fantasy XIII is far from being a favorite Final Fantasy of mine (it’s in my bottom five for sure), but I don’t carry the same hatred for it that many series fans do. Actually, I poured over 60 hours into it, and don’t regret […]

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  • Review: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection

    Review: Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection

    Like most Final Fantasy games, my first experience with Final Fantasy IV (hereafter FF IV) was on a handheld – the excellent GBA version, to be precise. I later played the DS version, which took all of the great stuff they added to the GBA […]

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  • Final Fantasy IV and The After Years Unite on PSP

    Final Fantasy IV and The After Years Unite on PSP

    Square Enix’s SNES JRPG classic, Final Fantasy IV, turns 20 this year, and a new PSP compilation is being released to celebrate the anniversary. Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection unites the original Final Fantasy IV and The After Years, the sequel previously only released […]

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  • Final Fantasy XIII-2 Made Official

    Final Fantasy XIII-2 Made Official

    It’s funny to me that three of my least favorite Final Fantasy games have been the three to receive sequels. Not that they are bad games, they just pale in comparison to the franchise’s best. Final Fantasy X got a ‘Charlie’s Angels’ style sequel in […]

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  • Making of Final Fantasy XIV Parts 1 & 2

    Making of Final Fantasy XIV Parts 1 & 2

    Watch the first two parts in the making of Final Fantasy XIV video series to learn more about the game’s character creation and monster designs.

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