We all loved to fish in Final Fantasy XV right? Right? I mean, you didn't delay your playthrough several hours for any other reason right? No? Just me?

Apparently it is not just me! Square Enix announced at the Sony E3 Press Conference that a VR experience unlike any other will be coming September 2018. That's right folks, you all wanted it! (Even if you're not admitting it) We are getting a first person fishing game for Final Fantasy XV! ...

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is almost here! Hype hype! Well hold on just yet, you haven't even seen the launch trailer! Check it out! ...

Final Fantasy XII is being remastered for us with all the extra bells and whistles! Square Enix just recently released the story trailer for Final Fantasy XII: Zodiac Age. ...

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Rumor has it that Square Enix is working on a new game of a highly super-famous RPG series. Website dualshockers reported that a Japanese publisher/developer is looking for new developers. The info was found from an ad on a Japanese career site, ECareerFA. While a particular publisher isn't mentioned they state, "it’s described as having created “huge RPGs” and having launched online games as well. It has a digital entertainment business that provides “high quality games with unique world views” and delivered “a large number of million-sellers.” On top of that, the company has an amusement business based focused on the Taito Station arcades (Taito is owned by Square Enix), a publishing business for manga, and a licensing business." This sounds a lot like Square Enix. Square currently has three franchises that could be considered super famous; Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Kingdom Hearts. All three franchises currently have games in development (Final Fantasy VII Remake, Dragon Quest XI, ...

Wow, that's a mouthful. So perhaps I've been watching too many YouTube Vids about the Dark Souls games, and this topic comes up way too much, but I figure I'll give it a try for a series I've spent way too much time with. Though I will state right now that this list will omit the MMO bosses due to me never finishing any of them, so I can't make a fair judgement. I am also not going to count battles that are obviously fixed story fights such as Cloud's final duel with Sephiroth or the Yu Yevon fight since those battles are more about story than actual battle mechanics.

I will also say right now that this topic obviously contains a bit of a story spoiler for the series, specifically newer entries people haven't played yet, so if you don't want the final boss spoiled for you, I would turn back now. ...

Until May 8th, Square Enix is having a huge sale at their North American online store. Games for systems going as far back as the Playstation era are available for a s little as $7.49. Included are all their hit series Deus Ex, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, and of course, Final Fantasy. Also available are collectibles such as plushes and soundtracks. Click on the lonk below to check out the selection:

https://store.na.square-enix.com/spr...rance-sale-all ...

Mistwalker Studios announced another crossover event with Square-Enix focusing on Final Fantasy XV with Noctis and various monsters from Final Fantasy XV taking their princely adventures to the world of Mistwalker's Terra Battle. ...

A NeoGaf user by the name of Square2015 released some data concerning the sales of each Final Fantasy game. This data focuses specifically on first month sales on the mainline entries barring the original two, and a few spinoffs. Notably, Final Fantasy XII, XIII, and XV rounded out the top three spots with Final Fantasy Tactics selling the least with only 49,000 in its first month. This data can show how much the market has changed over time and what points in time in the series had the most hype surrounding them. You can check out the list below.

Mainline Series

FFIII Oct 1994:
#5 77,000 (2 wks)

FFVII Sep 1997:
#1 494,000 (4 wks)

FFVIII Sep 1999:
#1 579,000 (4 wks)

FFIX Nov 2000:
#2 331,000 (2 wks)

FFX Dec 2001:
#2 747,000 (3 wks)

FFX-2 Nov 2003:
#3 403,000 (2 wks)

FFXI Online [w/ PS2 HDD] Mar 2004:
#8 115,000 (2 wks)

FFXII Nov 2006:
#2 896,000 (4 wks)

FFXIII Mar 2010:
#1 1,322,000 (4 wks)

FFXIII-2 Feb 2012:
355,000* (4 wks)

FFXIII-LR Feb 2014:
165,000* (3 wks)

FFXIV-ARR Aug 2013:
#9 >115,000** (3 wks)

FFXV Dec 2016:
#2 1,573,000 (5 wks)



Spinoffs ...

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age will be getting both a Collector's Edition and Limited Edition when released on July 11, 2017. Both editions are available for pre-order exclusively on Square Enix's Online Store. ...

In the latest issue of Dengeki Playstation, Final Fantasy VII Remake's producer Yoshinori Kitase provided an update on the game's voice recording progress. According to him, the remake's main story voice recording (most likely referring to the first installment of the Remake) is nearly finished. ...

Now that we live in a post-FFXV world, Del Murder and I took the time to look back on some... interesting trends that SE has decided to follow in its game announcements.

We've all joked about "Please be excited" and announcing announcements of announcements, but where did it all start? And where is it going? Will XVI meet the same fate? Have a listen as we discuss what we think about all this - and feel free to join the discussion!

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Two new images for Final Fantasy 7 Remake have been revealed at MAGIC (Monaco Anime Game International Conferences) 2017. ...

Steam is having a Square Enix publisher weekend with classic SE games, including Final Fantasy, up to 75% off! Think you'll pick up a few games? ...