So nearly three years after a Sephiroth-themed Sackboy was shown off for LittleBigPlanet’s showing at Tokyo Game Show, there will finally be a set of FF7 Sackboy costumes. Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, and Aerith costumes will be available for $1.99 apiece. If you purchase the bundle for  $5.99 / €5.99 / £4.79, you’ll get all of those costumes as well as one for Vincent. Despite the Playstation blog’s wording as “the rest of AVALANCHE”

So on July 13, 2011 you can begin trying to keep Aerith away from Sephiroth in LittleBigPlanet2. Thanks to forum member Zeuz for the heads-up.

Here it is, folks. The commentary we’ve known we had to do since we recorded the first one.
Yes, it’s The Spirits Within. Brace yourselves.

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For the past several days, we here on the TLS forum have been taking part in a fun little exercise called the 30 Days of Final Fantasy. The idea is that you talk about one FF-related topic a day for 30 days. These are the topics for each day:

Day 01 – Your favourite FF game!
Day 02 – Your least favourite Final Fantasy game.
Day 03 – Your favourite Final Fantasy theme/song.
Day 04 – Your favourite Final Fantasy party from your favourite game.
Day 05 – Your favourite Final Fantasy City/Town.
Day 06 – Favourite part of your favourite Final Fantasy game.
Day 07 – Least favourite part of your favourite Final Fantasy game.
Day 08 – Favourite Chocobo Version.
Day 09 – Favourite Moogle Version.
Day 10 – Best Final Fantasy scene ever.
Day 11 – Final Fantasy game that disappointed you.
Day 12 – Final Fantasy game you’ve played more than 5 times.
Day 13 – Your favourite version of Cid.
Day 14 – Favourite Final Fantasy male character.
Day 15 – Favourite Final Fantasy female character.
Day 16 – Your favourite Final Fantasy limit break.
Day 17 – Favourite Final Fantasy mini game.
Day 18 – Favourite Final Fantasy opening sequence.
Day 19 – Best Final Fantasy outfit.
Day 20 – Best Final Fantasy hair.
Day 21 – Favourite Final Fantasy pairing/ship.
Day 22 – Favourite Final Fantasy summon.
Day 23 – Least Favourite Final Fantasy mini game.
Day 24 – Best Final Fantasy quote.
Day 25 – Final Fantasy game you plan on playing (old or new).
Day 26 – OMG WTF? Final Fantasy moment.
Day 27 – Best Final Fantasy storyline.
Day 28 – First Final Fantasy game obsession.
Day 29 – Current Final Fantasy game obsession.
Day 30 – Saddest Final Fantasy character death.

I got the idea to post about it from LiveJournal user Xi-Feng, who got the idea from LJ user toffeethesnob, who got the idea from LJ user Korynth, who got the idea from LJ user wheatcakes.

(Sheesh! I hope that’s all the credits where credit is due.)

Anywho, it’s been a lot of fun, and I’m making this frontpage post to invite more of you to get in on it. It’s not too late to take part, as it’s only up to Day 06 on the forum right now (I myself am only up to Day 05, as I started a day later than everybody else).

So, come join us. =) Share your favorites, your least favorites, your disappointments, and the Final Fantasy moments that inspired you, made you cry, or that you’ll never forget for whatever other reasons.

If you’ve been playing Dissidia 012 — or watching videos of it on YouTube — then you know by now that the voices of the game’s various characters can occasionally be heard saying “Square Enix” and “Dissidia Duodecim” at startup. You may have even noticed that the game of origin for some of the characters seems to correspond to certain days of the month on which you hear them (e.g. you heard Steve Burton/Cloud on the 7th of April).

You may be interested to know exactly what circumstances determine who you hear on a given day — and perhaps even a given time on a given day. Read on for more.
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Mentioned in our “Dissidia 012 Review and Story Analysis” article, this is TheLifestream.net’s exclusive — and extensive — plot analysis FAQ of the Dissidia Final Fantasy series. This is the most comprehensive such analysis of Dissidia’s story around — the closest thing to a Dissidia FF Ultimania Omega you’ll ever find, unless Square Enix decides to do one, of course.

We hope that this article enhances your enjoyment and appreciation of Dissidia, and perhaps your understanding of it as well.
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How did your predictions for Dissidia 012 turn out? Was it all you hoped for, or one of the greatest disappointments yet from the Final Fantasy series?
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It’s over. Done with. Finito. Kaput. Capulet. Montegue. Othello. Leer. Where was I going with this?

Wherever it was, I’m in no rush to get there.

Oh, right! It’s time for the last FF: Legend of the Crystal release! Released not exactly in time for, but in honor of the combined Birthday of my fellow commentors Forcestealer and Tennyo. A fitting end, since I released the first of these on my own birthday. Oh, and I guess it’s also being in honor of the release of some game or somethi- Dissidia! That’s the ticket. But definitely more the Birthday thing.

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Don’t be too shocked. All good things must come to an end. And so did this.

Have we really reached the end? The final chapter of our Legend of the Crystals commentary?

Yes. Sort of.

This is the last chapter of the OVA, the Star Chapter, and it’s the last chapter of Forcestealer, Tennyo, and my- Ryushikaze’s- commentaries on them. But it’s not the last release of the Legend of the Crystals commentaries.

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And this is just the door to the bathroom

Hello again. Forcestealer, Tennyo, and I, Ryushikaze, have fallen through time and space again to bring you the third episode of the Legend of the Crystals Fan’s Eye View commentary series, focusing on the Dragon Chapter, which is rather lacking in Dragon for the most part.

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She’s listening to our commentary too.

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Well, it certainly looks like Square-Enix was indeed holding back at TGS for this, as there is a veritable flood of tiny snippets and bigger trailers and the like. I’m going to make an attempt at consolidating some of this for you. I may not have all the sources as stuff is literally coming in from all over, but pictures and trailers are almost assuredly legitimate. I’ll stuff it all after the break.

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Are you bored at work? Sitting in your cubicle in grim silence? Or are you bored at home? Sick of the same playlist all the time? If Pandora’s 40 hour per month limit has you down, you should head over to FinalFantasyRadio.net.

You may have noticed our recent affiliation with this site. In addition to being run by some cool people, you can make whatever you’re doing sound more epic from music primarily from Final Fantasy. There is also music having anything to do with FF or Uematsu, and even classic video game tunes completely unrelated. They have an intuitive automated request system if there’s a particular song you would like to hear. And if a DJ is on you can simply request a track from them in the chat box. You also may hear songs or versions of songs you never knew about as plenty of covers and OCRemixes are also frequently played.

It will play on most music players and they even offer a browser toolbar. Featuring concerts, live playthroughs of Final Fantasy games, and the chatbox provides great distraction. I know my workdays have improved dramatically. So do yourself a favor and check it out.

"Rude, why the hell did you request Eyes on Me? I was enjoying the flight."