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Dissidia Final Fantasy: First High Quality Trailer

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 [...]

Hori’s Chocobox for Nintendo DS Lite

Hori is one of my favorite companies when it comes to making clever gaming accessories.  They created such oddities as a katana for Onimusha 3 that you can swing around like a wild man. 

Their newest accessory, the Chocobox, is to celebrate the release of Cid to Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon, in which Cid and a Chocobo team up [...]

OMG Toys: Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII

The legacy of Final Fantasy VII refuses to fade away. With each addition to the story, the amount of merchandise also increases.  Luckily the quality seems to only improve.  This next line of Final Fantasy VII figures from the PSP game Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII are due out some time in January next year. 

Cloud Strife
height: 21 [...]

Tokyo Game Show: Eye Candy

Fluency in Japanese certainly is not necessary to appreciate the goings-on at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.  Thanks to the internet, neither is actually being in Japan at any point in your life.  Dengeki’s website has several videos highlighting different video game publishers and their booths at TGS.
The videos are for the most part devoid [...]

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days New Screens

I’ll admit I have a hard time following Square Enix’s newest game conglomerations–mainly the Final Fantasy XIII series and the string of new Kingdom Hearts titles.  Every once and a while, when I have some time, I try and get the facts straight.
I was especially bored at work today, and stumbled across a few new [...]