That’s right. You can now stalk..I mean…follow one of the creators of FFVII on 1UP.com.
Yoshinori Kitase has set up a blog in honor of Dissidia’s Western release where it will talk about the development and creation of the game.
Check out his blog right here and read up on it.
After announcing the GameStop (covers) and Amazon (CD) bonus, SQUARE-ENIX announces now a new one. Everyone who buy a copy from Dissidia: Final Fantasy at Best Buy will recieve a Dissidia Desktop Calendar (the same from the Japanese bundle).
Who will you buy from?
Source: SQUARE-ENIX Members Blog
A couple incentives have been announced to be delivered with Dissidia: Final Fantasy. We’ve already shown the reversible cover slip that comes with the gamebox, but if the game is purchased from Gamestop, it will come with two additional slips:
Even better, however, if the game is purchased from Amazon.com, an excerpt soundtrack containing 10 tracks will ship with the game:
So be sure to order your copy for whichever exclusive bonus you want! Or, as SE MEMBERS encourages, buy both and gift one game to a friend, keeping the incentives!
Source: SE MEMBERs Blog
The NA Dissidia Website has been updated once more. Besides the profiles for the remaining characters (except for secret Characters Shantotto and Grabanth), the site was also updated with the 2009 E3 Trailer, a brief explanation of the combat system and a new wallpaper.
Check out the updates in here.
Source: FFchaoticcosmos
Square has given us a look at the US release of Dissidia, and in the trailer are some scenes showcasing the english dialogue. Enjoy!
The ESRB site has confirmed that the original Final Fantasy VII will be added to the Playstation Network store for purchase. A big thanks to forum user Shar and Tetsujin for letting us know!
EDIT: In fact, it just came out today, June 2nd, 2009!!!
Also, S-E USA has officially announced the release date for Dissidia Final Fantasy in their announcement regarding E3. It will hit the streets on August 25, 2009. A big thanks to FF_Compilations for the news!
The North American Site for Dissidia has been updated with Character Profiles for Cecil, Bartz and Terra (from Cosmos’ side) and Golbez, Exdeath and Kefka (from Chaos’ side).
To visit the website, go here.
After announcing three Entertainment Packs this year (Rock Band Unplugged, Hannah Montana: Rock Out the Show and Assassin’s Creed), Sony announced today that will bundle Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children along with a Mystic Silver PSP 3000 and a 2 gigabyte Memory Stick Pro Duo. The Package will be GameStop exclusive and will cost U$199,99, shipping on August 25th.
Pré-order link (thanks BWAngel) -> http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=74864
Source: Kotaku
In an interview with Final Fantasy Union, Director Takeshi Arakawa and Producer Yoshinori Kitase reveal some of the new additions and changes for the US version. One of them being new character appearances and abilities for the playable characters.
Final Fantasy Union: You’ve mentioned there are some differences between the Japanese and Western versions; will there be any other differences?
Takeshi Arakawa: You can see new abilities for the characters, which are only available in the overseas version. Also there are some characters which don’t appear in any events in the Japanese version but they do in the western version.
FFU: So there will be a few more cameos?
Takeshi Arakawa: Yes, that’s right.
You can read the rest of the interview here.
Last week some of the Square-Enix staff, namely planning director Takashi Arakawa and Yoshinori Kitase (director, writer and producer) were present at a gaming event in Munich, Germany. Below is a translation (thanks to Tetsujin) regarding their writing of the scenario and possibly ideas for a sequel.
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A new video has been added to the official Japanese Dissidia Final Fantasy site showcasing an exhibition tournament amongst the various game designing staff. Major thanks to Hitoshura for translating their names here. Below you can read who the staff participants were, and the winner, if you can’t see the video yourself. It’s a very interesting watch to see how the creators themselves measure up in playing their own game.
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A new trailer for Dissidia: Final Fantasy has been released for the English release of the game. Although English text is the only thing new in the trailer, and it ends with a release window of “Summer 2009,” it’s still a welcome site for those of us that have been waiting for the game to come to the US.
Source: GameTrailers
The trailer was released in conjunction with the opening of the full North American site. So far the only character profiles up are the heroes from the first three Final Fantasies, but it is a nice looking site with “What Will You Fight For?” wallpapers.
Source: Official US Dissidia site
