Square Enix’s Dissidia: Final Fantasy demo skipped the full motion video cutscenes, ignored the chessboard mission system, and went straight to the fighting. The demo had The Warrior of Light, Frionel, Onion Knight, Squall, Zidane, and Tidus all set at level 20. I played with half of them. Before I get to their styles I [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan plans to populate the PlayStation Store with first party games the same day they appear in stores for a lower price. Every first party PSP game is getting a dual release treatment. Third party games don’t seem to be picking up this strategy yet, opting for digitally distributed re-releases on the [...]

Each year Square Enix prepares a Tokyo Game Show sampler CD with tracks from unreleased albums. The sampler is offered to visitors who make a purchase at the Square Enix Music booth, and this year marks volume number three. While the preview website implied that the disc would be rounded out by songs from The [...]

Speaking of bundles, Sony has three PSP-3000 packages scheduled to come out in Japan. The Patapon 2 Winter Gift pack is the only one directly from Sony and it’s bland. A plain PSP-3000 and Patapon 2 will set you back 23,800 yen ($238). A limited edition Gundam X Gundam Premium Pack is priced at 24,840 [...]

Square Enix had a new trailer for Dissidia: Final Fantasy to show in their Closed Mega Theater at Tokyo Game Show. Since we’re looming in on Dissidia’s December release date Square Enix spilled the beans and revealed the complete cast. Exdeath sparred with Bartz who was wielding two swords. His EX Mode attack surrounds  him [...]

We have some more Dissidia: Final Fantasy footage to show you, this time with the Warrior of Light and Garland. The two Final Fantasy 1 representatives gain a notable ability in Dissidia, flight. With his newfound power, the Warrior of Light darts towards Garland shooting Shield of Light energy beams. These new abilities whittle Garland [...]

Thanks to scans of Shonen Jump we have a first look at Cecil and Golbez, his villain counterpart, in Dissidia: Final Fantasy. This probably isn’t a huge surprise since Cecil and Golbez represent the core story of Final Fantasy IV best. A blurry second image shows Cecil can switch between being a good willed Paladin [...]

After two gameplay videos Square Enix finally uploaded the five minute Dissidia: Final Fantasy trailer shown at their private DKΣ3713 event. The video shows all of the characters we know about plus Kefka, the maniacal clown from Final Fantasy VI, and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII. Seeing the new villains is the highlight, but the [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan just announced a trio of PSP-3000 bundles and inadvertently announced release dates for their key PSP games this holiday season. Dissidia: Final Fantasy is scheduled to be in stores on December 18, a few weeks after Patapon 2 Don Chaka sees a release on November 27. Similar to Bleach: Soul Carnival, [...]

Square Enix released another gameplay clip of Dissidia: Final Fantasy from the DKΣ3713 event, this time with two characters representing Final Fantasy X. In the Tidus vs. Jecht fight Square Enix was careful to preserve or at least convert little graphical details like the bubbles budding off Tidus’ sword. The possibly fake limit break pop-up [...]

Weren’t at the invite only DKΣ3713 Square Enix event in Tokyo? Square Enix is starting to make some of the content publically available like this Dissida: Final Fantasy clip on the official site. Click on movie then the trailer to view it. You can see the Onion Knight from Final Fantasy III duke it out [...]

Last month's Dissidia: Final Fantasy update included direct feed screenshots of the game's cast of characters in action and an updated official website. Following this was another update where new trailer for Dissidia was made available and a release date of sometime in 2008. We know of the game's current cast of character and what [...]

The new images of Dissidia: Final Fantasy isn’t the only media Square Enix released. A trailer also appeared on the Square Enix Member’s page, which is now circulating on video sharing sites. The clip features mostly in game footage of Squall, Zidane, and The Warrior of Light fighting their respective adversary. At the end you [...]