News / 2005 / May / 16

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• Official Final Fantasy VII Advent Children release date confirmed
  Advent Children is to be released September 14th on DVD, as was already known earlier, but here are relevant excerpts from the official press release just in case you care. Full Article
  16 May 2005 by Rahul ↑ 22 ↓ 5 commentss permalink
• E3: Pirates of the Caribbean's Jack Sparrow in Kingdom Hearts II
  Square Enix's E3 press conference has revealed one of the probably many surprises in store for us with Kingdom Hearts II, namely that Pirates of the Caribbean hero Jack Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp in the movie, though whether he stars as a voice actor in the game is unknown) will be a character in the game. Rachel is overjoyed. You should be too. IGN PS2
  16 May 2005 by Rahul ↑ 9 ↓ 5 commentss permalink
• E3: World of Mana is a next-gen title
  Little of interest was mentioned at Square Enix's press conference (presumably because the major unveilings will be handled by the console manufacturers themselves later today and tomorrow), but it was confirmed that World of Mana is in fact scheduled for release on an unknown next-gen console (which is probably Revolution). More news as it happens.
  16 May 2005 by Rahul ↑ 8 ↓ discuss permalink
• E3: Advent Children will release simultaneously in US and Japan; Square Enix to pursue networked games
  A new trailer for Advent Children has been made available (warning: spoilers) which shows just how much crazy action is in this title, which is due out on September 13 in the US and September 14 in Japan on DVD. The trailer is underpinned by a new piece of music: a rock version of One Winged Angel, which sounds similar to the guitar work prevalent in the Black Mages albums recently produced by Uematsu. Additionally, Wada has come forth to state that his desire is for the company to pursue networked gaming, which further underlines the importance of PlayOnline and obviously the suggestions of last week that there may be more to reveal between Square Enix and Nintendo. IGN: Advent Children Trailer
  16 May 2005 by Rahul ↑ -10 ↓ 4 commentss permalink
• E3: Final Fantasy XII delayed until 2006?
  A photo taken by French gaming website JeuxFrance shows the release date overview Square Enix showed at its press conference, which quite obviously displays Final Fantasy XII as a 2006 "fiscal year" release (now - March 31 2006). This puts the game into 3 years of development time. Bah.
  16 May 2005 by Rahul ↑ 32 ↓ discuss permalink
• E3: World of Mana teaser; multiple new Mana games confirmed (Seiken Densetu DS + World of Mana?)
  "From ages past to ages yet to come, the tale of the Mana tree and the Sword of Mana grows with each telling. New installments in the World of Mana series exploring the history of this fantastic world are on the horizon. Stories yet untold await in the World of Mana." Jeux France photo
  16 May 2005 by Rahul ↑ 17 ↓ discuss permalink
• E3: Final Fantasy XI confirmed for Xbox
  WTF? Yes. Microsoft has managed to convince Square Enix into allowing FFXI onto its dying platform. It's currently unknown how exactly Square Enix and Microsoft intend to combine Xbox Live and PlayOnline to make cross-platform gameplay in Final Fantasy XI possible, but there must have been some big deal struck for either of the two to buckle with their priorities. What's more, the situation begs an answer to the question of whether FFXI on Xbox is even that much of a beneficial move, considering the game is over three years old now and probably won't be seeing another expansion pack in its lifetime. Oh, and reports are indicating that the Xbox360 will give the game a graphical boost of some kind, whatever that means. Forbes
  16 May 2005 by Rahul ↑ -18 ↓ discuss permalink
• E3: Square Enix and Final Fantasy support planned for Playstation 3
  "Square Enix is extremely honored to have had the chance to provide you with this technical demonstration of what the Cell processor can bring to the PLAYSTATION 3 and the world of gaming. We are committed to fully backing SCEI's new computer entertainment system and plans to bring the FINAL FANTASY series to the PS3 are just beyond the horizon." Now I'm going to bed.
  16 May 2005 by Rahul ↑ 44 ↓ 2 commentss permalink