Final Fantasy Shrine http://www.ffshrine.org/ News and Content about Final Fantasy en-us Zarkhalar@adelphia.net 60 Jump Fiesta: Final Fantasy, Square-Enix Titles to be Featured http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=84 Square-Enix has confirmed that at the Jump Fiesta gameshow the following games will make appearances: FINAL FANTASY XIII FINAL FANTASY Versus XIII FINAL FANTASY Agito XIII KINGDOM HEARTS II FINAL MIX + FINAL FANTASY XII REVENANT WINGS FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN COMPLETE DIRGE of CERBERUS LOST EPISODE BEFORE CRISIS - FINAL FANTASY V Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:00:00 CST Final Fantasy 6 Advance Release Date http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=83 The release date for Final Fantasy 6 Advance has recently been announced: November 30th for Japan, and February 5th for the US. The rerelease of Final Fantasy 6 will feature new gameplay additions (new espers, dungeons, etc) and enhanced graphics. Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:00:00 CST Final Fantasy 3 DS Official Intro Video http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=82 <a href="http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=30644" class="bodylink">Full story.</a> Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy 3 DS Gets Release Date http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=81 <a href="http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?p=639835#post639835" class="bodylink">Full story.</a> Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy XII English Teaser Site Launches http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=80 <a href="http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=28840" class="bodylink">More details</a>. Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy 13 "80% Complete" http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=79 <a href="http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=28387" class="bodylink">Final Fantasy 13 "80% Complete."</a> Square-enix comments on the progress of the next major game in the Final Fantasy series. Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:00:00 CDT New Final Fantasy Shrine Sister Site http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=78 <a class="bodylink" href="http://zs.ffshrine.org">Zelda Shrine</a>, Final Fantasy Shrine's newest sideproject, has just launched. The site has tons of coverage and media, and we're expanding rapidly. Be sure to tell your friends! Also, for webmasters, Zelda Shrine is currently interested in affiliation, so feel free to contact us. Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:00:00 CDT Highlighted Discussion: Enormous FF7 AC Theory Analysis http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=77 <a href="http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=26054"> Enormous FF7 AC Theory Analysis</a> is Final Fantasy Shrine's first highlighted discussion. We plan on highlighting particularly noteworthy topics on the main page until the new site launches. Feel free to contribute in the discussion, or start another thread in the hopes it'll be fea Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:00:00 CST Final Fantasy Shrine Sister-site Launched http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=76 As the new Final Fantasy Shrine layout has unfortunately been delayed a number of times, we decided to launch a small side project in the meantime: <a class="bodylink" href="http://gh.ffshrine.org">Galbadia Hotel</a> will be a one-stop media resource for everything from sheet music to FMVs to full soundtracks. Currently, over 100 full soundtracks h Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:00:00 CDT New Final Fantasy XII Trailer http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=75 This is the first trailer with additional footage from Final Fantasy XII that Square Enix has released in a considerable amount of time. You'll need quicktime to view the file, and it's rather large (67MB). If you plan on viewing the trailer multiple times, or if you have a slow connection, you should right click on the link and "save target as Fri, 20 May 2005 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy VII E3 Tech Demo http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=73 A technical demonstration of the Playstation 3's capabilities has been released during the E3 convention. This is <i>not</i> from a remake of Final Fantasy VII as far as we know at this time, it's simply a tech demo. You'll need quicktime to view the file, and it's rather large (37MB). If you plan on viewing the trailer multiple times, or if you Fri, 20 May 2005 12:00:00 CDT New FFShrine updates hitting soon! http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=72 The main website has been left inactive for awhile. The reason behind this is that we're planning updating the layout of the site and change a lot of things around. A new news system will be present and several new additions (and subtractions) will be made. In case you have not been by the forum as of late, we have upgrade to vB3 and installed Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:00:00 CST Final Fantasy News Shorts http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=71 <b>Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia</b>: The expansion pack to the ever growing and ever successful Final Fantasy XI: Online, will be released on September 21, 2004. The release will be for both JPN and US and for both PC and PS2. The estimated retail price will be $29.99. Note that you will need the original copy of Final Fantasy XI befor Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:00:00 CDT More Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children Scans! http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=70 Two full page scans from the Japanese Shonen Jump reveals more characters in Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children. <a class=mainlink href="http://images.ffshrine.org/ff7ac/shonen1.jpg">Page One</a> <a class=mainlink href="http://images.ffshrine.org/ff7ac/shonen2.jpg">Page Two</a> On the top page of Page One, we have a nice image of Tifa and two Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:00:00 CDT New Final Fantasy Advent Children Scan http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=69 <center><img src="http://images.ffshrine.org/ff7ac/aeris.jpg"></center> A rather "nice" shot of Aeris in a magazine scan. The interesting part of this picture is... "Who is that behind her?" Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children has been announced for late 2004, as opposed to Summer 2004. Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:00:00 CDT Fullmetal Alchemist: The Fans Say Yes http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=68 Fullmetal Alchemist Coming October 2004, Cartoon Network will start airing episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist, an anime which spawned many great fans in Japan. Along with the release of the anime, the game "Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel" will be released sometime Early 2005. Fullmetal Alchemist is about two brothers who must master t Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy on Xbox 2 http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=67 Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix, recently answered some questions about their future involving the Xbox. Wada did not mention anything about actually working on the Xbox hardware, but, he seems to be interested in Microsoft's XNA tools. XNA is Microsoft's set of development tools that can support development on many platforms like the PC, m Mon, 24 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy Advent Children Website Updated http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=66 The character section has been updated. Now it includes: Cloud Sephiroth Tifa Barret Vincent Kadaj Yazoo Loz Also, under the Shrina section, they added a website that you can enter. It contains a sign in to the site but as to what is in it, we're not entirely sure. The website can be reached <a href="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/d Mon, 24 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy - Cloud Tribute Video Info http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=65 Okay, first those who came from Suprnova and got the torrent. First off, my very first time uploading a torrent and I probably made a huge ass mistake of using my own messy machine as a tracker. I'll probably put this under a different tracker sometime later on... unless it's all right right now and all, then it's cool! And for those who are w Thu, 20 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT Official Final Fantasy E3 Trailers http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=64 Square-Enix's official websites have been updated with two of the trailers that were shown at the E3 gaming expo. <a class="bodylink" href="http://www.square-enix.co.jp/dvd/ff7ac/">Advent Children Trailer</a>. <a class="bodylink" href="http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/promathia/">Chains of Promathia Trailer</a>. Expect screenshots, script Thu, 13 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT E3 2004 Final Fantasy Game News http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=63 The E3 showroom has opened today and our favorite little monkey, mrmonkeyman, has been going around and taking lots of notes... or at least doing a lot of stuff. From his observations of various things for Square Enix, we can expect certain things from the various releases. <b>mrmonkeyman on FFXII:</b> "I'd love to say that I went away from p Thu, 13 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT Advent Children, Before Crisis, and the Nintendo DS http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=62 Square-Enix named the long-rumored Final Fantasy 7 prequel recently: "Before Crisis" takes place before Final Fantasy 7 and will follow the Turks and their rise to power. An official high quality <a class="bodylink" href="http://www.ffshrine.org/ffac/pre-e3-ac/before-crisis-final-fantasy-vii-200405110104793.jpg">Before Crisis logo</a> was releas Tue, 11 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT Square-Enix and E3: Expectations. http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=61 E3, an event that showcases many new things from electronic entertainment companies. Along with what we know so far about our current games, even more will be revealed in a few days. Here is what we can expect from Square-Enix in E3: Front Mission 4 - A tactical game that continues the series of Front Mission. Coming out to the US June 15, 20 Sat, 08 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT Square Enix Europe to start Final Fantasy 11 beta test http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=60 Today, on May 8th, Square Enix Europe have sent out e-mails to “a select group of fans”, offering them the exclusive chance to participate in the upcomong beta testing of the European Final Fantasy XI. The e-mail states that "PlayOnline, Tetra Master and FINAL FANTASY XI" are "potentially on their way to Europe." It says that a lot of testing wi Sat, 08 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT Pre-E3 Advent Children Jump Information http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=59 The full scan (available below) features the first shots of Marlene, the Turks, and Tifa. Alternate pictures of characters already confirmed previously also appeared; new images of both Vincent and the Clones are featured. Along with the images also comes a bit of information: the three "mystery men" have been named. As these are just translatio Fri, 07 May 2004 12:00:00 CDT Artists' Junction Update http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=58 A new system as been made for the Art Junction section. With this new program built for it we can add and approve art pieces on the fly. More will be done to improve the Artists' Junction in the near future as well to better improve its functionality. Also, the list of characters is very short. This is because they will be added as people submit ar Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:00:00 CDT Kingdom Hearts 2 and Chain of Memories news bits http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=57 I don't want to babble stuff no one'll read anyway. There isn't really much to say. All credit goes to squarenet.de (as usual!) for these pictures: <a href="http://images.ffshrine.org/kh2/042002.jpg"><font color=222222>Meeting Hercules.</font></a> <a <a href="http://images.ffshrine.org/kh2/042003.jpg"><font color=222222>I admit, you don't see Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:00:00 CDT FFXI Hits Europe Soon! http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=56 Square-Enix has finally announced something for Final Fantasy XI in the PAL region. Final Fantasy XI is planned to be released sometime this year on the PC and PS2. Currently, there is no mention of the HDD release for the PS2 version but it will either come packaged with Final Fantasy XI (like here in the US) or separate. Final Fantasy XI and Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:00:00 CDT Fifth Final Fantasy XII character revealed! http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=55 Vaan, Ashe, Balflear and Fran have been known for months, and the debates in our forum mostly centered around the kind of relationship that there'd be between Vaan and Ashe. The new character, an energetic sixteen-year-old named <b>Pannero</b>, might bring some fresh wind into this discussion: She's Vaan's girlfriend. Furthermore, it's said that Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy I & II get Another Makeover? http://www.ffshrine.org/FullStory.php?nid=54 Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II were originally released on the Famicom (NES). It was then re-released on the Wonderswan and the PSone. Now, Square-Enix presents another re-release of this classic game but now on a more recent handheld console: The Gameboy Advance. In Final Fantasy I, players will expect a new dungeon called "Soul of Ch Fri, 09 Apr 2004 12:00:00 CDT Final Fantasy Shrine http://www.ffshrine.org/Images/linktous_a.gif http://www.ffshrine.org