Play Arts Kai - PROJECT! Final Fantasy

[Flare]

Waitaminnit is that the first Cid ever???

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Cloud and Fenrir

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Better picture of Cid and Cait.

EDIT:

AND HE COMES WITH A LITTLE MEGAPHONE OMG

 

[Cloud_S]

Holy shit... I was away from the net for a few hours and totally missed this... damn lol

Well folks it's been about 4 years since Cid was rumored to be in development but his time has finally come. Of course given the various improvements since then.... he'll now likely rival AC Sephiroth as the best looking AC PAK (honestly would re-buy Barret if they redid him...cause... yeeeah).

Love how CC Zack looks, and I hope they flesh that games character roster out a bit beyond CC Aerith and possibly Angel... gotta do Genesis... heck maybe even Lazard? Though they might just do a CC Sephiroth...hah...

Closer pic of Zack:

 

[lithiumkatana17]

I doubt Genesis will be made because of licensing issues with Gackt. I swear, I used to love the guy, but now I find his involvement with the franchise more an annoyance than anything, because of how the story will probably be retconned.

But man, I'd LOVE me some Angeal standing next to Zack. GIT ON IT SQUARE.

 

[Theozilla]

I doubt Genesis will be made because of licensing issues with Gackt. I swear, I used to love the guy, but now I find his involvement with the franchise more an annoyance than anything, because of how the story will probably be retconned.

But man, I'd LOVE me some Angeal standing next to Zack. GIT ON IT SQUARE.

Out of curiosity what exactly are the licensing issues with Gackt that could impede Square Enix in terms of character usage/storytelling? I have heard this referenced many times, but I still don't understand what it exactly entails.

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Ok, from what I understand, there was a contract between Square and Gackt that allowed them to use his likeness, his voice, and his music for Dirge and Crisis Core. Nomura was a huge fanboy of the guy. From what I understand, Square and Gackt had a falling out, and since the contract is likely expired or null and void, they cannot use his likeness for anything else in the compilation, which includes the remake and/or merchandise. So unless they come to terms about this, it's likely that Genesis is going to be retconned out.

 

[Theozilla]

Ok, from what I understand, there was a contract between Square and Gackt that allowed them to use his likeness, his voice, and his music for Dirge and Crisis Core. Nomura was a huge fanboy of the guy. From what I understand, Square and Gackt had a falling out, and since the contract is likely expired or null and void, they cannot use his likeness for anything else in the compilation, which includes the remake and/or merchandise. So unless they come to terms about this, it's likely that Genesis is going to be retconned out.

If they modified the way Genesis' face looked design-wise would that still count as using Gackt's likeness? Or does using Genesis' character directly in any manner count as using Gackt's likeness regardless of how Genesis looks design-wise?

Also, even if they can't directly use Genesis in the Remake, I think SE could still include references and/or easter eggs to his character, without having to retcon out anything.

 

[Shademp]

Googling on the topic of Gackt, Crisis Core and licenses etc this is all I can find: Fan speculations as to why Crisis Core has never been released to the PSN or not yet received an HD release. The standard theory is that the license to use the song "Why" (by Ayaka) has expired and that this contributes to why CC hasn't seen a re-release.

The same appears to be true when it comes to Gackt's involvement: Nobody is providing an exact date for when his contract with Square (presumably) expired. I have also found no statement about Square and Gackt being on bad terms. There might be some essential interview- or licensing info out there, but I haven't found it.

I wonder why it would be so difficult for Square, a huge company, to acquire licenses for songs. The theory does make more sense if Square and the involved singer or singers are on bad terms.

 

[SeaDragon]

CID FINALLY!!

 

[Avalanche87]

Totally lost my freakin mind!!! I've got no words!!!

 

[Channy]

CIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

ABBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUT

TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME

THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH GIIIFFFSSSS

 

[Avalanche87]

Channy, all of them rolled into 1 was me basically!

 

[lithiumkatana17]

Holy crap guys, guess who's getting a PAK figure!!

 

[lithiumkatana17]

More PAK goodness from TGS!

 

[Tennyo]

Terra is so pretty. <3

 

[Nelxid]

Hi all. I&#8217;ve finally found my way here. I used to be active in the old ffmerchandise forum.

Glad to see some familiar faces here channy, tennyo and all. Are zellu, prov and touya here too?

i still actively collect PAK till now so i&#8217;m so happy to find this thread here.


Anyway, i&#8217;m so psyched for the current PAK roster especially now that they are trying to complete the ff vii compilation series and also rebooting dissidia line. I thought its genius for them to reboot dissidia line so that they can re-release older PaK character like lighning and squall to current PaK standard. And now that terra is here, my hope for classic ff characters PAK is coming to reality. I like that now they are focusing on finishing the older lines (different direction from when the PaK division was still under hidemi maddog).

But i do find that A lot of collectors from my days have retired now and not so active anymore. So hopefully this new direction from SE of revisiting older ff line will actually draw older collectors to come back into the hobby.

 

[Avalanche87]

Advent Children Fenrir.... *drooooolz*

Well... really... I'm drooling for all of them! (VII related of course )

 

[Nelxid]

Advent Children Fenrir.... *drooooolz*

Well... really... I'm drooling for all of them! (VII related of course )

Yeah me too. So happy that we’re getting 1st class zack pak. He’s my all time fave ff characters along with laguna.

Curiously is why are they making DoC vincent? I thought AC vincent PAK is very solid, albeit a little outsized by the current PAK standard. And what is that rifle coming with him? Doesnnt look like DoC death penalty to me

 

[Nelxid]

And about that fenrir, doesnt look like that the sword compartments can be closed with all those swords inside. So probably we&#8217;re gonna get 2 sets of compartments, 1 set open and 1 set closed compartments maybe?

And are the swords even removable from the compartments? I see they give us a closed first tsuruhi blade in that pic

 

[Roger]

Curiously is why are they making DoC vincent? I thought AC vincent PAK is very solid, albeit a little outsized by the current PAK standard. And what is that rifle coming with him? Doesnnt look like DoC death penalty to me

In DoC Vincent also has the use of the machine gun Griffon and the rifle Hydra.

 

[Channy]

Hi all. I’ve finally found my way here. I used to be active in the old ffmerchandise forum.

Glad to see some familiar faces here channy, tennyo and all. Are zellu, prov and touya here too?

Hey welcome! Yeah not sure what happened to poor ffm.. Tennyo was a part of the community before and I found my way back to it. Haven't seen any of the other people from ffm yet.

And I agree, as badass as that DoC Vincent looks, I thought AC one was fine so far.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

More PAK goodness from TGS!

WELP. This is definitely being purchased by me.





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[Channy]

Those little guys behind him are pretty cute too. Looks like Trading Arts KAI Dissidia line

 

[Cloud_S]

FFXIII DISSIDIA ~ Lightning - 11,300 JPY (29%OFF)
Release Date: January 2018