Before on the site, we wrote a preview for Final Fantasy Type-O and were awaiting the PSP spinoff with great anticipation but was it meant to come to North America alongside a European release as well? The answer is thankfully, yes. In an interview with vandel.net, mainly discerning Final Fantasy XIII-2, Yoshiniri Kotose (the producer of the game) told the fans that a localization of Final Fantasy Type-0 for Europe and North America is in the works and more information will be disclaimed later.  If you haven’t already, check out the PSP demo of Final Fantasy Type-0 on the Japanese PlayStation Store.

Famitsu have revealed Pinocchio’s world to be in Dream Drop Distance.  In the picture below, we see Pinocchio in a cell, lying as his nose grows. Knowing that Dream Drop Distance is a follow up to Kingdom Hearts 2, we know this will not be an origin story based on Jiminy Cricket and the puppet’s relationship. It is a follow up to what happened in Kingdom Hearts 2 in the world of Monstro. What worlds do you think will be revealed next? I believe it will be Chicken Little because he appeared as a summon for Kingdom Hearts 2. Which world do you want to see in Dream Drop Distance?

From the TGS 2011 event, tons of new gameplay videos have been uploaded to the net. Gamespot, on YouTube and their website, have showed off Riku’s story in the Hunchback of Notre Dame level. In addition, KH13 have uploaded Sora’s story in Traverse Town along with a few cutscenes featuring Neku from the The World Ends With You series. This video has subtitles! Both of these gameplay videos show that Riku and Sora have stepped up in terms of skills and abilities. Also as a party, it seems like you can adopt some enemies and place them in your squad much like the Dragon Quest games. Pretty cool! Oh and also Sora has a new costume, thanks to Yen Sid.

Riku YouTube

Sora Gameplay

And the production of SE is still rolling! While you are still sitting in front of your game system playing a memorable game after learning about the Tokyo 2011 Event and knowing more about Kingdom Hearts 3D, there are some other games that the company will be racing to finish releasing and developing just for all of you. Lord of the Apocalypse, Army Corps of Hell, and Emperor Saga are undergoing tests in order to be release. Lord of Apocalypse and Army Corps of Hell are to be playable on the PSP and/or the PlayStation Vita respectively and the nice part is that they will be in stores in December of this year as an Action RPG games. As for Emperor Saga (Not the Historical-Reality Person), this RPG is to be released sometime in the fall and is more likely to be played online.

For tempo fights, islands, and to travel and rule the worlds, these three games will be able to satisfy your alternate needs.

Neku, from “The World Ends With You” is appearing as a cameo for the world of Traverse Town in Kingdom Hearts 3D. Much like the story in Neku’s action RPG, the character must fulfill “the game” of death, which only gives him 34 minutes to succeed or die. In addition to that, Neku asks if Sora could be his partner but then decides that Sora would be too weird and then runs away. Sora, ultimately, being the mischievous and curious 15 year old he is, decides to follow him and rides on a rail which leads him to a boss battle. If you look at the bottom of the picture, there is a new limit form on Sora during the cutscene and also, it is quite clear that the party system from the PlayStation 2 games will be returning to the new installment.

Personal Thoughts

It is quite surprising to see such an obscure franchise in Kingdom Hearts and ever since the series started, it has only been host to Final Fantasy. This fact alone has me jittering for the new game and making me want a 3DS. Could we see a Dragon Quest world in the game? There could be. However, The World Ends With You was worked on in collaboration with the Kingdom Hearts team so it only makes sense for Neku to have a role in this. Another point to address, on the other hand, is the fact that maybe Square-Enix could be trying to endorse the character for their handheld games. The only Final Fantasy character who showed up on Birth By Sleep was Zack. Isn’t that odd? Square-Enix, if this is a marketing scheme, may try to implant Dragon Quest into the mix as well because of DQ’s sheer amount of games on the Nintendo DS.

What Square-Enix series do you want to see in Dream Drop Distance next? Tell us in the forums!

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In a press conference for Nintendo, Square-Enix showed a quick glimpse of gameplay from Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance. The new entry into the series may include the party system from the original PS2 games. However, there are game play mechanics that have not been repeated before such as bouncing off of walls and riding rails. In this sneak peek, Sora rides through Traverse Town but then presumably enters inside a new part of the world, blanketed in lights and greenery. Check the quick video below if you are thirsty for information.

Kingdom Hearts 3DS Gameplay
So, what’s your verdict? Are you looking forward to this? Post on the forums!

The 10 year anniversary of Tidus’ adventure is coming and next year, Square-Enix will be celebrating the game with a HD Remake for PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3. This was announced in Sony’s Tokyo Game Show Conference. This isn’t exactly a Kingdom Hearts remake but its a good sign for Kingdom Hearts to come back to our screens in glorious high definition. Keep in mind, however, that this High Definition version of Final Fantasy X has not been announced for North American or European audiences yet. More news of Tokyo Game Show 2011 will be coming shortly!

With Final Fantasy XIII-2 releasing in January 2012, it is quite astonishing to notice that the domain, www.finalfantasyxiii-3.com, has been entered into the registrar for the Corporation Service Company according to Fusible. Previous games have been leaked through domain names such as inFAMOUS 2 and Wipeout 2048 for the PS3 and Vita so this seems to be pretty solid information that the Final Fantasy XIII series to be a trilogy.

We could see this announced in the Tokyo Game Show! What do you guys think? Are you annoyed that the series is having a third game? Do you want them to work on Kingdom Hearts 3 instead? Are you happy about Final Fantasy XIII-3 being made? Rage or cage your excitement towards the game on the forums!

The latest installment of the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy Type 0 is set to come out to a gaming store near you very soon! Square Enix is determined to distribute the game in Japan on October 2011 but soon the PSP title will also be coming to the North American players as the game is being processed for English speakers. While others are waiting on the company to show them the next Kingdom Hearts installment, it is more pleasing that Square-Enix is also on the move on working for another Final Fantasy series. The plot is supposed to be very deep, having around twelve characters that are playable on the game.

In addition to that, Tetsuya Nomura has also been working with Director Hajime Tabata to make sure this will be an Epic Enix re-imaging of their classic franchise. Originally known as Final Fantasy Agito XIII, the battle system will be different from the Crisis Core battle system and is desired to be the fastest battle system ever made in ATB mode, which was originally first been used in the sequel of FFX, FFX-2. The game can also be played in multi-player; up to three players can play through ad-hoc compatibility. A positive factor about the battle system of the game is that it will have elements merged together from FFXII and FFXIII. One of this writer’s favorite constituents of Final Fantasy is the power of summoning, where in this installment, the creature will gain power alongside its master. If that is not enough to satisfy one’s self in the art of magic, it is OK to say that, the players will be able to fully play as the summons themselves.

Final Fantasy: Type Zero for the PSP is set to be a breath-taking game but there is no doubt that Square Enix wants to once again prove its dominance amongst the diverse crowd of RPG’s with their new initiatives to increase the quality of their work.

~ Written by H.SummonerBWM ~