Square Enix will release Final Fantasy VII International as a downloadable game through their Japanese eStore on May 16.

No, Square Enix never made Final Fantasy VII for the Famicom. A Chinese company took the story of the game and hacked Final Fantasy II to create a Final Fantasy VII demake.

Years before Eidos was acquired by Square Enix, the company worked with both Squaresoft and Enix separately. Eidos published Dragon Quest Monsters from Enix and handled the PC port of Final Fantasy VII which was packaged in a trapezoidal box.

As part of Final Fantasy’s 25th birthday celebration, Square Enix partnered with Japanese cable TV network Family Gekijo to broadcast Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Final Fantasy Digital Collection includes digital copies of Final Fantasy 1 all the way up to Final Fantasy IX so you can play the entire series on PSP or Vita.

Happy 25th birthday, Final Fantasy! We were curious about the flow of Final Fantasy games and put together a chart showing all of the major titles releases and ports Square Enix made with the “Final Fantasy” name on them.

Get Win? Square Enix has a bunch of games including Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance], Heroes of Ruin, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. Each one is $27.99 from their online store until October 28.

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There appears to be a slight difference between the number of titles being made compatible in North America and Europe.

The functionality to play PSOne Classics on the PlayStation Vita will be added via a firmware update later this month.

This version of Final Fantasy VII has a few modern features like achievements, 36 of them for hardcore fans to collect.

During a shareholders meeting, an attendee asked Yoichi Wada the yearly question – when will we see a Final Fantasy VII remake? The short answer is while Final Fantasy VII is held in high esteem, Wada wants to guide the company to make a game that surpasses it.

PSOne Classics are coming to Vita this summer, Sony confirmed at E3.

There are some neat tidbits about Final Fantasy VII in the article like the game was supposed to portray Yuffie, the materia stealing ninja, on wanted posters. Each poster would have a different face and the “Yuffie” that joined your party would be based on the last poster you saw.

Famitsu will also have an article that celebrates Kirby’s 20th anniversary.

Until tomorrow (February 8th), certain PSP and PSOne Final Fantasy games on the European PlayStation Store have been discounted by 50%.