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• Final Fantasy X-2 sells 2 million copies
  So. Since March 13th FFX-2 has sold slightly over 2 million copies in Japan, making it uh, a multi-million seller. Square Enix expects the title to do even better when it hits the wild west presumably later this year, as non-Japan territories have been more successful for Squenix titles for a while now. Oh, and here's a video of Final Fantasy XI: Vision of Girade.
  15 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 48 ↓ discusss permalink
• Mother 1 and 2 coming to GBA; Mother 3 under development
  The official Mother 1+2 homepage has launched at Nintendo's japanese site, with information about the upcoming GBA game which will include both titles on one cart. Whether it will be coming to NA or Europe is unknown, and while Mother 3 is definitely under development, there are no details as of yet. Nintendo.co.jp
  15 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 45 ↓ discusss permalink
• Radical Dreamers translated
  A project over at Sourceforge.net has finally delivered, with the Chrono Trigger 2: Radical Dreamers translation patch 1.0 being completed. Head on over and grab it quick! Sourceforge.net
  15 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 73 ↓ discusss permalink
• Front Mission Online?
  According to Gamefront, Square Enix has ..done something, that relates to something, that maybe registered a trademark or something and which all boils down to Front Mission Online being released towards the end of the year and using a global communication network to send players strategy guides. Yay?
  15 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ -2 ↓ discusss permalink
• All Star Pro-Wrestling III will not come to America.
  Square Enix revealed its latest upcoming title in the most recent issue of Famitsu, All-Star Professional Wrestling III. The title will feature at least 40 real wrestling pros and has a Japanese release window of summer 2003.
  16 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 63 ↓ discusss permalink
• No hard drive needed for North American Final Fantasy XI?
  North American Final Fantasy XI beta testers apparently won't require a PS2 hard drive to operate. Full Article
  16 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 23 ↓ discusss permalink
• Sega and Namco discuss merging
  Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports that Sega and Namco are currently discussing the possiblities of a 2004 merger, creating an entity that would topple Konami as the largest third-party publisher in Japan. According to reports, Namco would be completely absorbed by Sega were the merger to happen, with the subsisting conglomerate grossing about $3 billion a year in world-wide sales. Gamers.com
  16 Apr 2003 by Matt ↑ 6 ↓ discusss permalink
• Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu will feature co-op play
  Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu [news|coverage] will reportedly include a two-player feature where two players can link up via GBA link cable and play coperatively. Accordingly, the same mode of play will also be enabled for gamers via Gamecube GameBoy Player
  19 Apr 2003 by Matt ↑ 37 ↓ discusss permalink
• Washington state makes selling murder simulators a class 1 civil infraction (a really bad crime)
  "The Washington state Senate approved a bill Thursday to make selling M-rated videogames a crime. If the bill is passed into law... it will be the first time that the Entertainment Software Ratings Board ratings have been backed by the force of law." Gamers.com
  19 Apr 2003 by Matt ↑ 18 ↓ discusss permalink
• Mario Kart GCN apparently not online, but Nintendo has another God-damned, mother fucking peripheral for you to buy anyway
  According to Special Reserve, obscure, unreliable UK retailer, Nintendo has completed Mario Kart for Gamecube and is reading eight-player support for the title. Players can reportedly link up two gamecubes for two-tv split-screen karting action, which would obvioulsy require you to purchase an additional peripheral.
  19 Apr 2003 by Matt ↑ 28 ↓ discusss permalink
• Sony confronts bump in the PS3 road
  IBM's proposed Cell chip won't be ready in time for Sony's planned 2005/6 launch of the PS3, and as a result, Sony has instead announced that they will be using a different chip set to power the PS3. Which ship they will be using, however, has yet to be decided. IBM's Cell chip architecture is reportedly 100 times more powerful than that of Intel's Pentium 4 and 7 klopogillion times the power of the Turbografix 16. Games Are Fun
  21 Apr 2003 by Matt ↑ 2 ↓ discusss permalink
• The Getaway and Tomb Raider 2 movies develop
  Sony is finalizing its sales of the rights to the Getaway movie, which should be ready for a release simultaneously with the Getaway 2 at the end of 2004. Tomb Raider 2 is also under progress, as it will apparently be more closely related to the games this time round, with Angelina Jolie featured in a variety of funky locales under direction of Twister-dude Jan de Bont.
  22 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 41 ↓ discusss permalink
• Capcom shares drop 16% as it slashes 18 projects
  Sales of Capcom games have been severely underperforming as Capcom's losses for the fiscal year increased by 50%, leading it to cut 18 upcoming games from its development list - games including new Breath of Fire, Clock Tower, Devil May Cry, and PN03 titles. Whether this means the permanent end of the popular series hasn't been established, however, Megaman still seems to be going strong, ironically. Gamesindustry.biz
  22 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 21 ↓ discusss permalink
• Final Fantasy XI: Vision of Girade/Jiraat/Gerblah more successful than the game's initial launch
  With the launch of the Final Fantasy XI add-on pack, Vision of Girade (?) last week in Japan, which shipped at 80k copies and sold 80% of that on the first day, Square Enix should be reasonably happy compared to the fairly poor initial sales of the title last year. Selling 80k of the expansion means that approximately 40% of the game's player purchased the add-on, making it anything but a failure.
  22 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ -3 ↓ discusss permalink
• Half Life 2 announced
  The June issue of CGWorld will feature a massive preview of what, according to the cover, is Half Life 2. That said, they probably won't be the first to show it, since it will undoubtedly be revealed more fully at E3. Half Life 2 is coming!
  22 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 38 ↓ discusss permalink
• First screens of Mario Kart, Castlevania, and more surface
  In some kind of pre-E3 skirmish, the unveiling of several AAA titles has begun and various publications have the latest. Get a summary of all that shit inside. Full Article
  23 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 24 ↓ discusss permalink
• Hanjuku Hero vs 3d not sunny side up yet
  According to Famitsu, Square Enix's development of Hanjuku Hero vs 3d, the funky SRPG seeing you battle between 2d and 3d parties, is only 70% complete, even with a Japanese release date of late June. Gamefront
  23 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 42 ↓ discusss permalink
• Square Enix upcoming games translated; more info revealed
  As E3 draws near, companies have begun to reveal small details of the titles they will be unveiling at E3 in order to get the right press there. Accordingly, Square Enix has released information on its upcoming Nintendo titles, as well as confirmed registration of some others. Full Article
  25 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 20 ↓ discusss permalink
• BLACK MAGES live thanking/performing meat festival leads to 2nd album announcement
  As Famitsu reports, the live concert of Final Fantasy: the Black Mages, an arranged album of battle themes, was held on 26/27 April in the Shibuya AX. The concert was a giant success and Uematsu and co felt that doing another album like this one would be beneficial to the fan community. The concert will be aired on Uematsu's internet radio in June.
  27 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 26 ↓ discusss permalink
• Square Enix expands Final Fantasy X-2 merchandise line
  Gamers.com reports an update to the various available FFX-2 merchandise, which in this case includes a sleek zippo lighter valued at $120 and some figurines that can be chained to it. The zippo also has some sort of bird motif, seemingly significant to the game. FFX-2 zippo
  27 Apr 2003 by Rahul ↑ 4 ↓ discusss permalink