Of all the games in the “Fabula Nova Crystallis” series, Final Fantasy Agito XIII may be the one with the least hype surrounding it. That may be misguided on the part of gamers, though, because as the latest gameplay update shows, this PSP spiritual followup to Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII has killer visuals, killer gameplay, and some killer (and fully controllable) summons.
The heroes of Agito are all trainees at a magic academy, each with his or her own choice of weapons physical and magical. You pick a group of three and build them up RPG-style, either playing by your lonesome or in online co-op, but the big story with this update is the summon system. Every character has the ability to cast summons in Agito, and you’ll be directly controlling the creature you summon right on the battlefield. Lots of the traditional FF summons will be appearing in Agito — screens revealed this week show Odin dismounting his horse Sleipnir and kicking ass with his sword in ways that would look rather painful if this were real life.
Agito XIII is due out 2009 worldwide.
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Let’s face it- most avid gamers completely ignore mobile phone titles. They certainly can’t stand up to titles on other platforms that were designed to play games, and with all the choices available, something for your phone seems like a colossal waste of time.
Obviously, this is the primary reason why most handheld gamers weren’t all that excited when Final Fantasy Agito XIII was announced for the PSP. Most held the viewpoint of, “who cares; if it’s being made as a mobile title, how good could it be?” We would agree with that sentiment, but we’ve just learned something that should come as good news for PSP owners: according to Forever-Fantasy, Square-Enix confirmed at TGS 2008 that Agito is now exclusive to Sony’s handheld. Furthermore, the press kit they handed out makes no mention of the mobile version, which leads one to believe they’ve halted development on that version entirely. Perhaps they realized their vision simply wouldn’t work on a mobile platform…? That’s what we’re hoping for, because we’d suddenly be a lot more interested in this particular game. Given their history, we can’t see Square-Enix toning their efforts down enough to fit on a mobile device, so this is making more sense to us.
We’ll try to have more information for you over the next few months. But for now, let’s just say you shouldn’t dismiss Final Fantasy Agito XIII as a throwaway title any longer; PSP owners could be in for yet another role-playing treat.
Source: PSX Extreme
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On October 12, at the Tokyo Games Show 2008, there will be one live premiere that will surely gather ’round most - if not all - of the gamers at the said event. It’s from Square-Enix, and can you guess what it is?
That’s right, it’s the Live Premiere of Final Fantasy XIII for the PlayStation 3. The big moment will happen at the PlayStation HALL Limited Live, at exactly 4PM and will go for 45 minutes.
We have no idea what will be shown, but that only makes things more exciting. Although we’re betting it’s gonna be some real-time footage of the game, maybe this time with some action scenes. The first day of the TGS, Square-Enix showed real time footage from the game, with Noctic and Stella talking withough any voice acting.
We’ll keep you updated on this one as more news comes rolling in.
Source: PS3 QJ.net
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Square Enix has confirmed that it will release Star Ocean: Second Evolution across Europe and every other PAL region you might care to mention in Spring 2009.
The title, if it’s new to you, is a PSP remake of the creatively-named and well-received Star Ocean: The Second Story. It’s already hit Japan and is planned for North America in January.
It follows Star Ocean: First Departure, a PSP remake of the first Star Ocean game.
Here, in Square’s words, is the new stuff you can expect in the game - “…A revised game engine, an improved battle system and fully-voiced, all-new animated scenes displayed in 16:9 widescreen.”
If you’re in the mood for some corporate blather, here’s John Yamamoto, president and CEO of Square Enix Ltd - ?Star Ocean has already proved to be a popular series in Japan, we now hope that players around the world can discover why by experiencing the origin of the series through the PSP releases of Star Ocean: First Departure and the newly announced Star Ocean: Second Evolution.?
The next ‘proper’ new release for the Star Ocean series will be The Last Hope, due to hit the 360 sometime next year.
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