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- Japanese more strict with gaming
Famitsu Cube/Advance rated Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, giving it 9/9/9/8 (35). That's two points higher than Famitsu gave it! Partial bastards! Unsurprisingly, FFTA has sold over 225k units so far... In related news, the same Cube/GBA mag also rated Metroid Prime and Fusion, dealing out respectively a 37 and 35. Not bad. Famitsu itself rated Prime with a mere 33, and Dengeki, another crazy Japanese magazine, gave it 7/8/7/8. What were they thinking? Gamefront - Square EA: "So long, and thanks for all the fish"
After 5 years of cooperation in releasing each other's titles with the purpose of increasing popularity in Japan (EA) and North America (Square), Square and EA will be terminating their publishing contract conveniently just before Square Enix comes into existence on April 1. "We believe we have reached this goal, and that is why we're ending the agreement," some dude at Square bullshitted. Everyone knows you're ending it because of the merger! Stop being so obviously irrelevant! Forbes
- Buy Star Ocean 3, win land on Mars
"Gamers who enter the sweepstakes online or through the registration card provided with the game have a chance to win deeds to 10 lots of real estate on the planet Mars." Gamers
- FF: THE BLACK MAGES released, live performance announced
Uematsu's official BLACK MAGES homepage now sports an update as the album was released in Japan today: Uematsu will be performing (personally? hahaha) the album live on April 26th in Shibuya, wherever that is. Interested parties may reserve tickets from March 1st. Babelfish also reports that this whole thing will involve a "thanking/apologizing meat festival" and will be performed by the "Black Demon Taoists". Right. PlayOnline
- Miyamoto in London; several billion gamers crush to Virgin Megastore to see gaming deity
Shigeru Miyamoto, the dude behind Mario and Zelda and everything else that Nintendo ever made that was cool (besides Metroid and the Game Boy, which were dreamt up by Gumpei Yokoi), conquered London today, forcing rabid gamers throughout the city to bow to his supreme greatness. Here's a photo of his victory. Gaming-Age Forums
- In Britain, Jedi religion more popular than Jewish, Buddhist
"More than 390,000 people listed their religion as 'Jedi' on their 2001 census form, more than those who said they were Jewish, Buddhist or Sikh, the Office for National Statistics said Thursday." CNN.com
- Acclaim still not willing to stay down
Pictures like this, this, or this indicate that Acclaim's new title "Beach Volleyball" (also: most creative title in history) is absolutely not out to monopolize on the tasteful taboo-pushing that Tecmo was recently found guilty of with is Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball. Maybe Acclaim should just resort to naming it "Beach Voyeurball" and get it over with. Gamefront
- Unlimited SaGa set for US release
Man, the headline says it all.. what kind of press release is this, anyway? Square has set the niche title for a "summer 2003" release. Unlimited Saga is basically unique because it has completely kickass music as well as sophisticated graphics technology that Square developed in cooperation with Adobe. Scalable sprites that don't actually animate, but are pseudo-animated using realtime filters like Spherize! Isn't that so totally badass?! Gamefront
- Miyamoto says new GBA Zelda in the works
According to Games Are Fun, Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that Capcom (assumably the Flagship development house) is working an a new Zelda title for the GameBoy Advance. The new title will reportedly be revealed this May at E3. Link
- Pikmin 2 revealed
Nintendo has revealed the first details of Pikmin 2, most likely the sequel to Pikmin. New to the title is split-screen multiplayer gameplay in addition to new enemies and environments. Media
- New Seiken Densetsu: New Promise GBA media
Squaresoft and Brownie Brown have revealed some new art and screens from their upcoming remake of 1991's Seiken Densetsu for the Game Boy, Seiken Densetsu: New Promise, which is set for a summer 2003 release in Japan. Newtechnix
- VisionTek graphics card gives "BITCH'N EYE CANDY," tells other applications, "BI-A-TCH! GO MAKE ME A SAMWICH!!"
Utilizing ATI technology, a VisionTek graphics card claims to provide "FREAK'N COOL Visual Effects," "FREAK'N AWESOME video quality," and "ASS KICK'n graphics performance." No, really. That's what it says. A purchase of the card includes "toll-free tek-support." William Shatner was unavailable for comment. VisionTek
- Hell of a lot of new Crystal Chronicles screens and art
One, two, three, four, and five new scans of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for the Gamecube. Spot the moogle! Newtechnix
- Enix not developing for Gamecube or Xbox
Enix has apparently mentioned to Japanese magazine Quiter that it will not be pursuing development of software titles for either the Xbox or Gamecube - planned games will only be released for PS2 or Game Boy Advance, and most will be for PS2. Whether or not this policy will change when they merge with Square to form Square Enix, however, wasn't mentioned. Quiter
- FFTA White Melodies released
The Final Fantasy Tactics Advance arranged album, "White Melodies" was released yesterday in Japan. We got the tracklist and everything, so check it out! Link - Mr. Rogers dead
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Fred Rogers, better known as television's "Mister Rogers," a cultural icon and kindly neighbor to generations of American children, died Thursday at the age of 74. Rogers' diabolical evil was surpassed only by the demoniacal acts of Hitler, Pol Pot, and Steve Urkel. CNN.com
- Gamers now able to choose life and live on GameCube
After months of rumours, a Konami official has recently confirmed that a Metal Gear Solid title is in development for the Nintendo GameCube. Other than acknowledgement of the title's existence, no other information about the game is known. The game was previously believed to have been a port of the first Metal Gear Solid, which appeared on the PlayStation and PC; however, this may possibly not be the case. Let the rampant speculation begin! PlanetGameCube
- FFXI: Vision of Girat's Shiva very hot
Square has further developed its Playonline Final Fantasy XI: Vision of Girat page, adding screens of new locations with descriptions that I can't read, as well as some pictures detailing the use of the three new character classes which are presumably summoner, badass samurai, and uh, something else. The summoner's page features some explanation as to how the act of summoning is executed, as well as some shots of the new Shiva, who is as scantily clad as ever. Yay! Playonline
- Square considering FFIII for Wonderswan
Despite Steven Wilson's confirmation that Square canned the Wonderswan release of Final Fantasy III last July, Bandi is reportedly petitioning for Square to release the title, regardless of Square's worries of quality and Wonderswan's pending discontinuation. - FFX-2 confirmed for North America
Gamefront reports that Final Fantasy X-2 will be released in North America in November this year.
19 Feb 2003 by 
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