Weekly roundups

Cloud and Sephiroth to feature in mobile game

by Flintlock December 3, 2012 0 comments

In this week’s roundup: Cloud and Sephiroth will be unlockable in Airborne Brigade; voting for Final Fantasy Super Fan opens; Square Enix list the five key components of a Final Fantasy game; plus lots from our forum.

New Mobile Final Fantasy Game on the Horizon, and We Hold the Key to Sephiroth (via Kotaku)

Airborne Brigade, the first free-to-play Final Fantasy social game to be released in English, casts players as airship pilots exploring an FF-inspired land, banding together in brigades to take on powerful bosses. As players progress through quest regions they’ll gain experience and items and equipment inspired by the popular role-playing series.

Players can pre-register for Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade at the official website, which will score them a three-month exclusive Cloud character card to summon for aid during boss fights, as well as notification as soon as the game goes live. But what’s Cloud without his arch-enemy and sometimes fan fiction lover? Enter the top secret code “Kotaku” into the referral code section of the form and you’ll secure exclusive use of the One Winged Angel.

Discuss this on the forum (hat-tip: Shademp)

Final Fantasy Super Fan Contest Top 25: Polls Open (via Square Enix)

With our recent and first ever global Final Fantasy Super Fan Contest, we’ve seen a lot of great entries and dedicated individuals to the long running series. It was difficult to narrow down to 25 stellar entries, but a joy to watch all the videos our amazing fans submitted.

Now we leave it up to all of you! We’ve displayed all 25 entries from around the world that made it as a finalist and we need the fans to pick the winner, [who] will have their name included in the closing credits for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII and receive two tickets to The Celebration Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary concert in Paris, France!

Discuss this on the forum (hat-tip: Prince Lex)

Here’s What Makes a Final Fantasy, According to Square Enix (via Kotaku)

This last weekend in Tokyo, Square Enix held an open conference centered around its real-time tech demo, Agni’s Philosophy: Final Fantasy. While presenting the technical aspects was paramount in the design of Agni’s Philosophy (as it was meant to showcase the detail and flexibility of Square’s new Luminous Engine), its creators were adamant it feel like a Final Fantasy. But what exactly makes a Final Fantasy a “Final Fantasy”? To answer this question they put together a list of the five minimum components for a Final Fantasy.

Those five components are “magic; summoning; gorgeous beauty; refinement; change and challenge”. Ignoring the fact that they actually listed six components, we were a little surprised to see things like “story” and “character development” missing from Square Enix’s list. What would be on your list? Have your say on our forum (hat-tip: Prince Lex)

More from the forum

• What real-life music might the Final Fantasy VII characters listen to?
• The absence of Professor Gast from the Compilation
• What did you think of the first Final Fantasy?
• More proof that our members are incredibly talented: Sephiroth depicted in China ink
• And that they are just as dedicated: Our Final Fantasy collections