First Footage of Final Fantasy X HD Released

In this week’s roundup: the first footage of Final Fantasy X HD on Vita is teased; The Guardian gets a first look at Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII; Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions now on Android; plus lots from our forum.

The First Footage of Final Fantasy X HD on PS Vita Teased (via Gamingbolt)

Sony have released a new trailer for Final Fantasy X HD for the PS Vita at the Vita event held in Japan today.The trailer shows the CG version of Yuna and the Tidus model has also been reworked.

Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto apologised for the delay and also posed with a picture of the game running on the Vita. No release date was given, aside from “coming soon”.

A price drop for the PS Vita in Japan was also announced at the event.

Discuss Final Fantasy X HD for PS3 and Vita on our forum

The Guardian gets a first look at Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (via The Guardian)

I have to confess that, as someone who played and enjoyed both XIII and XIII 2, I was at a loss to understand much of what I was shown in Paris when it came to plot details.

As near as I could make out, the story in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII commences such a long time after the end of XIII 2, that the previous game’s plot has no bearing. Lightning, the flint-like ex-soldier protagonist in XIII awakens from a centuries-long hibernation to find that the chaotic realm of Valhalla has merged with the real world to form a series of beautiful islands. She also discovers that the world will end in 13 days and it’s up to her to save it and its inhabitants – as you do.

Discuss Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII on our forum

Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions now available on Android (via Siliconera)

Square Enix finally brought the iOS port of the enhanced PSP port of Final Fantasy Tactics to Android. (That’s a lot of porting!) Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions has been revised with touch screen controls. You can move the map around by sliding and pinch to zoom in or out of the battlefield.

The Android version has a few extra enhancements. The unit graphics are high resolution and the game’s drawing speed has been improved.

iOS users will get an update with all of the added features in the Android version at a later date. Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions costs 1400 points on the Square Enix Market eStore.

Have you played Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions? Start a discussion here.

More from the forum

• What did you think of FFVII your first time through?
• The never-ending FFVII Love Triangle Debate rages on.
• Weird and wonderful FFVII merchandise, including the Rufus Shinra Cup!

Community news

• Ghost X‘s tournament to determine the strongest army in the Final Fantasy series has hit Round 2! A list of Round 1 winners can be seen here. Go here to vote in Round 2.
• Chapter Five of the Final Fantasy IX community playthrough has begun: from the beginning of disc two to Cleyra – get involved!
• Happy birthday to forum veteran Ryoko (A.K.A Mage), who turned 30 last week!
• Welcome to our newest member (with a great name!), Poe-Lantern!