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Dissidia Final Fantasy: EX Combat

By Roy | Published: November 7, 2008
This is a video highlighting the finer points of EX combat in Dissidia Final Fantasy.  When it comes to tough battles, understanding this system will be integral to success.  So the video begins by explaining that the gauge next to the HP bar is your EX gauge, and circles it in red.  Obviously it starts at zero.  [...]
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Square Enix Presents Crystal Defenders for iPod Touch and iPhone

By Roy | Published: October 30, 2008
Square Enix is bringing a second game to a largely unused gaming medium: the iPod.  This time it’s the iPod Touch and iPhone.  The game, Crystal Defenders, is planned for a winter release this year.  I have been a bit busy at work so I asked Foxes to do the translation work for me: Square Enix is [...]
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OMG Toys: Dissidia Vol. 1

By Roy | Published: October 30, 2008
The growing frenzy that is Dissidia: Final Fantasy has spawned its own line of Trading Arts figures, and volume 1 has been revealed which includes 5 total figures on the side of light or Cosmos. Damn it Square Enix, are you trying to cripple the American economy further by releasing even MORE figures I feel compelled to [...]
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OMG Toys: Halloween

By Roy | Published: October 25, 2008
I have been waiting for a decent Cloud figure from Kingdom Hearts since the damn game came out, which was way too long ago (2002).  Each painful day passed Cloud-less, although I did have the Formation Arts Cloud, which was close.  But he and I both knew it wasn’t enough.  I humbly bowed before the [...]
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Dissidia Final Fantasy: First High Quality Trailer

By Roy | Published: October 23, 2008
Classifying Dissidia Final Fantasy as a fighting game seems like an understatement after watching this video.  The game may be unclassifiable, which is a good thing.  I think the video game world could use a nice violent shake. Square Enix seems to really enjoy the transition from standard turn-based battles into fast, real-time action.  I believe this love of action engines began with Kingdom [...]
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