Hello again friends. What's that? Is it time for another showcase of Final Fantasy fan art? You bet it is! This week, we have five pieces to share! Not a lot compared to what we had in the previous week, but still enough to enjoy and appreciate. Remember to visit the sources if you want to compliment the artists for their artwork. Without further ado, let's take a look at our showcase.
Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida released another Letter from the Producer regarding the development progress of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
According to Yoshida, the development team is in the “final stages” of preparing the alpha test version of FFXIV 2.0. The alpha test is currently on track to start sometime around the end of October, just a few weeks away.
The rest of the Letter is devoted to detailing the results of the Player’s Poll from last month, where Yoshi asked if anyone would want to play on FFXIV 1.0 after November, even if that data did not carry over into A Realm Reborn. Yoshi said he was planning on reopening the 1.0 servers if 30% said “yes,” and so a few days after the servers are taken down on November 11, 2012, they will be coming back up! However, Yoshida cautioned that if the login numbers drop below 30% of the current players, then the servers can be taken back down.
But it seems like good news for people who are not alpha testers: you can continue
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So Square-Enix in North America have been pretty cool with us lately and decided to send us a bunch of limited edition Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary posters. [IMG]http://www.eyesonff.com/BoB/25th-anniversary-poster.jpg[/IMG]
Want one? You can get one!
We're giving away 40 of these gorgeous 20" x 28" posters. It'll be a couple of weeks before the deadline and we'll be posting easy and simple ways you can improve your chances of winning over those two weeks. In order to apply, just post in this thread stating that you would like a poster. Winners will be advised via Private Message around 14-16 days from now at which point we will collect addresses for shipping of the posters (we can ship internationally, this isn't exclusive to North America). The methods of improving your chances will be posted into this thread, so keep checking back!
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Hey everyone Goldenboko back with the latest happenings here at EoFF! Another mighty fine week of updates from our... lovely community. The past week has seen Olympic toils and troils, some weird discussions and debates, and some good ol' fashion strangeness. Without further delay here's what's happened the past week!
The Final Fantasy Olympics continue on! The past week has seen a flurry of winners crowned!
Hello again friends! It's time for another week of fan art, and we have a nice collection this week. All are simply amazing, so please take a look. Be sure to visit the artists and send them your compliments as they would no doubt truly appreciate it. If you want to see more artwork, be sure to visit our group in Deviantart! It's been a month since the fan art showcase started, so please take the time to celebrate one month of fan arts with me in this week's gallery!
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[IMG]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/273/7/b/ff3__warriors_of_light_by_respectablespecticle-d5gc54i.jpg[/IMG] FF3: Warriors of Light
We start this week with this cute picture featuring the Warriors of Light from the DS version of Final Fantasy III. Let's see if anyone can recognize the classes.
Final Fantasy XIII is a game that's divided Final Fantasy fans, and Snow is very fitting for a game like this, as he too seems to be either loved or hated. Regardless of how you feel about him as a character or FFXIII as a game, I hope you can agree with me that he has one awesome theme.
Pure rock 'n' roll. This song is dripping with both attitude and rebellion. Does the bold, brash nature of the piece remind you of a certain irrepressible, fiery young man who leads team NORA?
It's not ever going to be the kind of song whose melody gets stuck in your head, but as you listen to it, I'm sure you can feel your head slowly bob up and down. It also seems like perfect driving music, be it hurtling down the highway at noon, or cruising through the city at night.
I also want to note that it would not be out of place in a Dynasty Warriors game at all! Anyway, let's have a look at other versions.
This is from YouTube user JillxxxValentineRE1 and I just want to say - he is phenomenal and has a huge amount of talent. This version
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Today, Square-Enix published an announcement on The Lodestone detailing some changes to items and money in A Realm Reborn. Here are some highlights:
As we covered previously, FFXIV 2.0 will reduce all players’ gil and all NPC item costs to 1/10 of its current value. This is being done because some cheap consumable items, such as arrows, will be removed. The new announcement clarifies that this is only a general guideline, and rebalancing issues may result in some deviations in this formula for specific items and services. Additionally, we reported in the last Letter from the Producer III, total inventory slots will be reduced to the original 100. However, any items a player has in excess of the new 100 slot limit will not be lost. Instead, the items will be given to a special NPC, and the player can speak to it in order to regain the items at his convenience.
Player-operated bazaars will also be closing, and all items and gil will be put in the player’s inventory. Because the current cap for crystals in the inventory, 9,999, will not be changed, any crystals a player
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Last month we brought you some info on an iOS rhythm game from Square Enix and iNiS - the guys behind Elite Beat Agents. Demon's Score looks like another enjoyable rhythm based game, perhaps an attempt to revive the genre. But Square Enix also seems to be using it to screw over its Western fanbase.
[IMG]http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2010/03/Final Fantasy heroes/crisis_core_cg__1__tif_jpgcopy--article_image.jpg[/IMG] We're shocked and disappointed too, Cloud.
While the initial $6.99 price tag for Demon's Score looks relatively affordable -- especially compared to the ~$19.99 price in Japan -- it is actually a trap. Cue Admiral Ackbar. The actual version released to western audiences is heavily scaled back, with a number of DLCs required to actually unlock the full game. Japanese customers are saved the hassle in their one-time fee, but western gamers are going to be forced to buy $2.99 and $3.99 DLCs if they want the same experience, totally somewhere around $40 for the same
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Why hello there. Proto here with a brand spanking new week of FF fan art for us to enjoy. This marks week four, meaning it's been nearly a month since the debut of the Final Fantasy Fan Art Showcase of the Week. How exciting is that? What's also exciting is our growing art galleries in our DeviantArt group. So please come by and see what we have in there. Now it's time to see what's in store in this week's showcase!
We have here is this nice clean artwork of Laguna Loire from Final Fantasy VIII. Yes, he's quite the hottie as some of you ladies would definitely say about him. Hell, even I think he's hot!
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[IMG]http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/268/6/d/a_long_journey_awaits_by_lualy-d5fv5q5.png[/IMG] A long journey awaits
Ah, Rydia. What a cute picture we have with this stylized picture of adult Rydia in chibi form. You know how that is. A big head on a small body. Just adorable!
The past week here at Eyes On Final Fantasy Forums has been quite a busy one and such I have quite a lot to report! I'd say that the forum is firing on all cylinders! Final Fantasy, chat, hell even art has been in abundance as of late.
The Tournament of Video Game Badasses has arrived! In this event vote on your favorite. The current matches are posted here! Your favorite video game characters need your votes! Great badass such as Hwoarang, Ryu, Auron, and Albert Wesker are facing elimination! Only you can prevent forest fires, I mean, help them!
The Final Fantasy XIV development team has dropped some interesting tidbits on the official forums recently. Most noteworthy is that A Realm Reborn will feature new worlds that target new players. Current players will not be able to transfer their characters to the new worlds for a while, but will be able to create new characters there. New players will still be able to choose an existing or non-newbie’d server to join. With the news about regional servers, presumably each region will have at least one sever dedicated to new characters.
Good idea or bad idea? It looks like Squeenix is trying to allow new worlds for new characters to develop their own economies independent of everything that already exists. Whether that will be successful or not or even whether that’s a good thing remains to be seen. Eventually, it looks like a world transfer system similar to the one used in Final Fantasy XI is planned, where you can pay to transfer a character between servers.
As an introduction to this, I'm going to be doing a regular blog update, each one about a different Final Fantasy character's theme as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebrations. Although some of us don't have the time or desire to play through a big long FF game anymore, I think we can all take a couple of minutes to listen to some great music and feel nostalgic. I'll be satisfied even if you skip over my words and just have the songs playing in the background as you go about your internet business.
First up, we have Bartz's theme.
For those of you who don't know who Bartz is, or even those who do, hop on over to this thread. It's incredible. Anyway, Bartz is the main character of FFV and like all good heroes, his parents have sadly died prior to the game. This song is called "My Home, Sweet Home", and plays when you return to his home village of Lix.
The song itself is really poignant and evokes memories, which is relevant to Bartz given his past, but I also think it would evoke memories in the listener. It makes me remember my childhood and my home.
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Square-Enix in response to Gematsu has recently been quoted saying,
The recent KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5 ReMIX- announcement was only for the Japanese market
It joins the list of KH games including Kingdom Hearts Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Final Mix 2 to not see release outside of Japan. We will continue to follow this topic as it develops, but judging by previous experiences it seems unlikely that this game will reach the international market. Is Square-Enix shooting itself in the foot by continued alienation of its fanbase outside of Japan?
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Hello again! It's week three of the Final Fantasy Fan Art Showcase, and we have a lovely set of fan arts to admire. Most importantly, our humble group in DeviantArt is slowly increasing in members and artwork in the galleries. We hope to see more in the coming weeks. As for that, let's take a look at what we have in store for you in this week's showcase. Please enjoy, and if you enjoy the art, please visit the sources to compliment the artists. They will surely appreciate it!
Starting off this week is the nice artwork of some of the cast of Square's finest game before venturing into the third dimension, Final Fantasy VI. It's quite an amazing piece of work as we can see the artist's interpretation of the characters at play.
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[IMG]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/258/4/c/kefka__fly_my_pretties_by_alias_hugo-d5esigs.jpg[/IMG] Kefka: Fly My Pretties
What if Zorn and Thorn from Final Fantasy IX were related to Kefka of Final Fantasy VI? Pure insanity ensues, that is for sure.
There seems no end to the little packs that Square Enix is throwing together to celebrate Final Fantasy's 25th Anniversary. Now, just a couple months out from the official date, Square Enix has announced a series of vinyl records to celebrate the series' music.
Only 30 tracks will be featured across the 5 record compilation, so we're going to be getting a Best Of collection and not the entire discography. Don't panic though; Nobuo Uematsu is involved, so you just know it's going to be great.
The vinyls are set to be release on November 11 and will cost around US$150, so it's certainly one for the true collectors. If you're a dedicated fan of the Final Fantasy series and collector of memorabilia, then this Anniversary year is shaping up to be a goldmine, albeit an expensive one!
The past week has seen Olympic toils and troils, some weird discussions and debates, and some good ol' fashion strangeness. Without further delay here's what's happened the past week!
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