I’ve been a big fan of Final Fantasy related material ever since 9 years ago. I’ve played through Final Fantasy VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2 and XII (incomplete) and both Kingdom Hearts. More »

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Hey Ningin people! I’m a new blogger here, brought on board to sift through all the daily stories in the Ningin Social News area and highlight the things I like everyday. (Ok, I’m going to try for everyday.) More »

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I haven’t played my DS in over a month and a half. Honestly, I just haven’t been in the gaming mood. However, I finally received my pre-ordered copy of Konami’s Suikoden Tierkreis for the DS and that broke my anti-gaming mood. Suikoden Tierkreis is the newest instalment in the series — a spin-off of some sort, making it drastically different from its console counterparts — but it still retains some similarities from the main series. More »

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Square Enix is famous for their RPGs and The Last Remnant is no different.

Releasing in 2 days, The Last Remnant revolves around the character Rush Sykes who is a sweetheart that loves his family. So when his sister Irina is kidnapped, his attempt to save her leads him to being caught up in the middle of a global war involving the “remnants”. More »

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Thanks to the head honchos at Ningin, I’ll be doing a weekly entry every Saturday. Each week, I’m going to showcase a song. The song’s going to be one of the following: Japanese, Korean, anime-related, video game-related, and etcetera. Basically, any song that’s from “Asia” will be chosen, which will usually be a song I’ve been addicted to for the entire week.

Without further ado, here’s this week’s song. More »

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The official Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII websites were opened recently, and they look mighty fine – then again, Squenix did invent Sephiroth Battle Porn.

Neither website contains much content, but rather impressive art to gaze and drool about. Also, the FFVSXIII is completely in Japanese, but again, it doesn’t have anything anyways.

Sadly, there is no news of a release date on either website (or anywhere else I looked, for that matter). However, Dissidia has become 2008’s most popular game, despite being released in December.

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Square Enix has finally released new footage of the much awaited Final Fantasy XIII. However, I’m tired of being teased. Release date ju say yo?

But as if that wasn’t enough, Squenix has also released the trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Although we don’t see any game play action in either trailer, it is nonetheless breath taking.

PLUS most recently, the trailer for Final Fantasy Agito XIII was released. Though the story has nothing to do with XIII, it does revolve around the same theme and mythos. More »

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Okay not really but everyone was shocked to hear at E3 2008 that Square Enix will be taking FFXIII to multi-platform except for in Japan.

Some are pretty pissed that SE is pulling a 360 since they bought the PS3 specifically for FFXIII; however, Corporate Director Shinji Hashimoto doesn’t see it that way. Of course he wasn’t the one spending $300 to buy one.

I’d rather they not think of this as a “betrayal” or disappointment. It’s not like we’re canceling or delaying the PS3 version at all! It’s more of an added bonus for 360 fans. We won’t be putting them at a disadvantage in any way.

In the end, all FF lovers will give in and play the game but Sony lovers (like myself) are a bit disappointed with SE’s decision. We were all expecting FF to save Sony.

Source: Kotaku More »

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Bad boy Bahamut of the Final Fantasy series will make his debut on the NDS screen.

After a week of a mysterious time clock, Square Enix officially announced the Blood of Bahamut. The game will feature a 3D RPG that can be played as a co-op with 1 – 4 players. It will be presented at Jump Festa expo in Japan at the end of this year.

The story will surround two characters, Ibuki and Yui who live in a fortified city build on a giant (who I assume is Bahamut but looks more like Alexander from FFIX). The giant wakes up during an enemy attack and the heroes must fight to defend the city.

I love Square Enix but why would anyone build a city on a giant?

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Square Enix really knows how to impress an audience. At Tokyo Game Show, they featured four Kingdom Hearts trailers, one of which was the upcoming DS game: Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

The trailer featured various mind blowing teasers that included Organization XIII members, the return of Riku and Mickey, various ass kicking and a new character, Xion. The drama didn’t just stop there, at the end the words “February 2009” flashed leaving me completely thrilled and depressed. Note that this is first to be released in Japan leaving the rest of us non-Japanese speakers to wait it out in the cold.

In addition to the DS game, Square Enix plans to release Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep for PSP and Kingdom Hearts 3 for rumored PS3, both of which are still TBA. More »

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This is for all the boys out there. I am a big fan of the Square Enix game, The World Ends With You. While I was thinking of simple cosplay outfits that can be put together in no time, Sanae Hanekom or Mr. H was the first to come to mind. His look is not only simple but its bad ass. Not many cosplay as him unfortunately, but the one person that did pulled it off really well.

So here we go again! I would also recommend this to the ladies as girls are so cute when they cosplay as guys. More »

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