Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time started out as a DS-only game. The Wii version came out because it was a painless process to bring Echoes of Time to the console.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is a pick up and play, drop in and drop out multiplayer game. Different from many online enabled console RPGs there is an option to link up with worldwide players. A great idea, but also a potential problem when adventurers can’t speak the same language.   Square Enix [...]

Let’s get something right out of the way: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is, at its core, a game designed around a co-op muliplayer experience. The single player mode is enjoyable enough, but multiplayer is where the game truly shines and exhibits its unique charm.   The game encourages you to hop right [...]

Square Enix’s newly created Pollux Engine made it possible to develop the same game for the Nintendo DS and Wii. However, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time doesn’t look exactly the same on the Wii. Stare at two screens of the same fight long enough and the models on the Wii version look a [...]

North America will see Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes Of Time in stores on March 24. The game launches in Japan this Thursday which means the localization gap between regions is a mere two months. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes Of Time just might set the benchmark for the fastest Nintendo DS and Wii localization [...]

The Wii version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time has a special feature or I should say a special trailer. Pick up Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time for the Wii and you can watch a new trailer of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. Square Enix has not announced a [...]

Square Enix is starting the limited edition DSi trend with a Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time bundle package. We mentioned this before, but now you can see what the DSi looks like. A cat creature is on the left and the words Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Echoes of Time encircle the outer camera. [...]

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time has worldwide online play which is awesome. However, this feature also introduces a language barrier when a Yuke from say Japan and a Selkie from Germany randomly link up in the same game. Square Enix claims “the multiplayer mode can be played seamlessly even when each player selects [...]

Of course Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is coming to North America and it is getting a speedy localization too. Square Enix will release the Wii/DS game in Japan first on January 29 with a limited edition Nintendo DSi. A few months later in the spring Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time [...]

Sorry, the Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days DSi won’t be the first limited edition Nintendo DSi. Square Enix plans to release another limited edition DSi in Japan this January to commemorate the release of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time. The unit will be white in color, have the game’s logo on it, and a [...]

Earlier this week Square Enix set a release date for Dragon Quest V and announced Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. They didn’t mention Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time at all and I wouldn’t have expected them too since the game wont come out in Japan until January 29, 2009.   But, hey, [...]

Square Enix USA has yet to announce Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time for a domestic release, but it’s a shoe in. If the Echoes of Time trademark wasn’t enough of a clue, a menu screenshot shows Echoes of Time players can choose to connect with someone with in their home country or search [...]

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is the first cross platform game for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Interestingly, it doesn’t look like there is any difference in the level of graphics between the two versions. You get Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates quality models on the Wii with a different interface. [...]

While you’re waiting for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Square Enix plans to keep you busy with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time. This entry in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series is an action RPG for the Wii and Nintendo DS. The cross platform Pollux Engine lets four people play together [...]