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Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger highlight 'Love SQ' soundtrack (News)

Oct 4, 2009

Square Enix has announced Love SQ, a soundtrack composed by a variety of Japanese artists featuring music from the Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger and other Square(soft) Enix classic titles.

RPG Deals 8/30 - 9/5 (News)

Aug 31, 2009

Russ tells of console sales and other RPG deals as he begins, "September may have a lot of games coming out for it, so it is a good thing the prices of the 360 and PS3 dropped. Plus you still might be able to grab a decent computer during the back to school sales. Gaming triple play ahoy!"

411mania: The Release List for the Week of August 24, 2009 (News)

Aug 26, 2009

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Cursed Mountain, and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody.

Group of gamers playing entire Final Fantasy series for one whole week, taking donations for charity. (News)

Jul 18, 2009

A group of teenagers from Texas called "The Speed Gamers" are attempting to complete the entire Final Fantasy series in only a week, while taking donations for ACT Today, an organization to help support families affected by Autism.

(From their front page)

TheSpeedGamers have been streaming video game marathons for over a year to raise money for various charities. In total they have raised over $32,000 dollars and played 11 marathons.

TheSpeedGamers are based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, but have members from around the world.

Ugly polygon "babes" of yesteryear (Feature)

Jul 9, 2009

3D games, as a rule, don’t age well. The games of the last couple console generations might have been awesome for their time, but take a look at them now and it’s hard to see them as anything other than jaggy abortions in which cardboard rectangles masquerade as limbs. And as if that weren’t embarrassing enough, most of those games contain female characters who, in their day, were genuinely considered sexy. ...

Square Enix to skip FF5 for DS, Remake FF6? (News)

Apr 6, 2009

Square Enix's recent announcement that they would be bringing classic Final Fantasy to the Virtual Console was greeted as good news all round by fans, but the details of the announcement have led to some interesting speculation.

"We Need To Go Beyond Traditional Square Enix" - Kotaku (News)

May 20, 2008

Kotaku writes:

Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada (above, left) is worried. Western game companies are doing really well! Meaning that competition is getting harder. Yet, Wada hopes to capitalise on the Western market, aiming to increase the ratio of overseas sales from its current 50 percent to 80 percent in the next three years. According to the exec:

"We face competition not only from Japanese videogame companies but from game companies worldwide. We also see some new players from outside the videogame industry coming in... Economies of scale and breadth of scope is getting important. It may be a business alliance or it may be us taking a stake in others, but we need to go beyond traditional Square Enix."

That business alliance sounds nice and all. But, how about stop calling everything Final Fantasy? Or make things other than RPGs? Or if you are going to make RPGs, why not make the games people have been asking for for the past decade?

Final Fantasy III now available across Europe (News)

May 4, 2007

For the first time ever Europeans can now play the legendary Final Fantasy III in English. The Nintendo DS remake has shipped today and can be found at most video game stores across Europe for the MSRP of US $39.99.

Nintendo scooped Final Fantasy III remake from Sony (News)

May 2, 2007

The DS remake of Final Fantasy III is about to launch across Europe this Friday, but it could have been a different story if Nintendo hadn't stepped in and persuaded Square Enix to go with the DS.

The company's original plan was to release the remake on the old, faithful PlayStation 2. But there seems to have been a bit of a last minute bidding war from Nintendo.

The Dark side of Final Fantasy (Feature)

Apr 10, 2007

You thought Final Fantasy was all about cute cat-things named “moogles” and some brooding teens that save the world, right? Oh, you couldnt be more wrong. Little did you know that the pinnacle RPG franchise will tear your life to shit and make you a depraved maniac. Think were bluffing? Go ahead tough guy, read on about the dark side of Final Fantasy. Addiction Medical research shows that thousands of gamers worldwide cant operate without their daily fix of Final Fantasy. What do ...

Free DS/PSP magazine Issue 3 (News)

Apr 5, 2007

The third issue of GamerZine's free handheld gaming magazine is out and includes reviews of Ratchet and Clank Size Matters, Final Fantasy II, Harvest Moon, Virtua Tennis 3 and loads more. There's also previews and reviews roundups on all the latest games, plus a feature on retro games compilations and mobile phone gaming.

How to make a game for the PSP (News)

Mar 16, 2007

Issue 2 of HGZine, the free magazine for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS, includes an exclusive column by Steve Lycet from Sumo Digital (makers of TOCA, OutRun 2006, and Virtua Tennis) on how a game is converted to the PSP. Also in the issue are reviews of Lunar Knights, Phoenix Wright, Prince of Persia Rival Swords, Spectrobes and many more. There are also previews of Call of Duty Roads to Victory, Harvest Moon, My Sims, and a roundup of every Final Fantasy game in development for handheld devices (no small feat!).

Free magazine for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS launches (News)

Feb 21, 2007

Gamerzines, who have already launched free Xbox 360 and PC games magazines, have just published the first issue of HGZine. Handheld Gamerzine covers Nintendo DS and Sony PSP games, and the first issue is packed with reviews of Sid Meier's Pirates, Mario vs Donkey Kong 2, Ghost Rider, Castlevania, Dungeon Siege and more. There are previews of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Manhunt 2, Driver 76 and an exclusive interview with Burnout Detonator Senior Producer, Nick Channon.

As with other Gamerzines, the magazine is written by professional games journalists and published for free in PDF format. The magazine is enhanced with video and multimedia.

Final Fantasy III figures on the way (News)

Feb 2, 2007

It doubtless has more to do with commerce than anything else, but at least Square Enix can argue its solid little Final Fantasy III figures tie in with the newly-3D status of the DS game.

Final Fantasy III (Review)

Jan 2, 2007

If you were to judge this remake of the Japanese Final Fantasy III solely on its appearance, you'd be right to think its a modern-day re-imagining of an 8-bit classic. However, that assessment would only be half right. The visuals, music and platform may all be the latest in handheld tech, but the top-notch recreation can't hide the hard-assed, 1990 gameplay that dwells underneath the shiny surface. You want character development? None of that here. Final Fantasy III loosely touches on a tale ...

Holiday Buyers' Guide 2006 - Nintendo DS (Feature)

Dec 6, 2006

What began as a bizarre shot in the dark has fast become one of the biggest success stories in video games. Even though its first six months were rough and questionable, the DS currently owns the handheld market, and with good reason. There's literally something for everyone on the dual-screened portable, and its beautiful cosmetic makeover (known as the DS Lite) made the device all the more palatable to hardcore and casual gamers alike. With its mixture of brain teasing puzzle games, ...

Final Fantasy III - gameplay 2 11-14-06 (Video)

Nov 14, 2006

The series' last retro classic makes its way west. It's the first with the popular Job System that lets you change classes

Final Fantasy III (Screenshots)

Nov 13, 2006

Final Fantasy III vs Final Fantasy V - which one rules? (Feature)

Nov 10, 2006

As if you aren't already spending gobs of time filling out your license boards in Final Fantasy XII, now we've got two more Final Fantasy games coming in the span of a week. These revamped re-releases, Final Fantasy V Advance and Final Fantasy III, will soon be appearing on store shelves, both in handy-dandy portable format for you to get your RPG on anywhere you please. Neither game is very well-known among western audiences. Final Fantasy V has been neglected since its 1992 release in Japan, ...

Final Fantasy III - secondary characters (Feature)

Nov 9, 2006

The extensive remake of Final Fantasy III will be in your hot little hands in a matter of days. You know all about the class-swapping job system and how the game still plays like an old-school, hard-nosed RPG bastard, but you're probably still in the dark when it comes to knowing your support group. As you set out to save the world, special characters will join up and randomly lend their aid in battles, only to leave once their own agenda has been met. The next few pages reveal those very ...

Final Fantasy III - updated hands-on (Preview)

Nov 7, 2006

We're in the middle of an old-school Final Fantasy renaissance. This time last year FFIV appeared on the Game Boy Advance, and this very week we'll see FFV make its GBA debut - but next week, the only Fantasy to never make the leap across the Pacific arrives with a totally new look, sound and presentation. Originally released on the Famicom in 1990 (that's the Japanese NES, just so you know), FFIII comes to DS with completely redone graphics that put in on par with Final Fantasy VII - maybe ...

Final Fantasy III - gameplay 11-07-2006 (Video)

Nov 7, 2006

The series' last retro classic makes its way west. It's the first with the popular Job System that lets you change classes

More Final Fantasy III DS Details (News)

Oct 11, 2006

A few small bits and pieces on the DS remake of Final Fantasy III...

Final Fantasy III DS English Screens (News)

Oct 6, 2006

With less than a month to go until the US release of the remake of Final Fantasy III, Square-Enix have released more shots of the DS title.

Final Fantasy image wave (News)

Oct 5, 2006

It's the last Final Fantasy to reach our shores. That alone should be enough to make RPG gamers salivate on command, but then Square Enix goes off and remakes the whole damn game. Due to this ground-up re-imagining, any new images of Final Fantasy III should tug at both longtime fans and new-to-the-genre DS owners - the hot 3D graphics and redone storytelling could make it the biggest handheld adventure on the system. Hit the Images tab up above for a blast of fresh new shots that show off a ...

Final Fantasy III - Q&A (Feature)

Sep 22, 2006

At TGS, we had an opportunity to sit down with Hiromichi Tanaka, Senior Vice President of Software Development and Tomoya Asano, Producer and talk about a title they both worked on: Final Fantasy III. Unlike last year's enhanced port of Final Fantasy IV to the GBA, FFIII is a full-on remake, and there's a lot to talk about, particularly as it has never been released in the US before. Back when we last spoke about this game it hadn't been finished yet but now it has come out in Japan to great ...

TGS 2006: Square-Enix Lineup (News)

Sep 1, 2006

Square-Enix has announced its lineup for the 2006 Tokyo Game Show, which is being held from September 22 until September 24 in Makuhari Messe via Chiba, Japan.

Playable Demos:

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker (NDS)
Seiken Densetsu IV (PS2)
Chocobo no Mahou Ehon (DS)
Final Fantasy III (DS)
Final Fantasy XI (PS2/X360)
Project Sylpheed (X360)
Dragon Quest Monsters (Mobile)
Dragon Quest: Fushigi na Dungeon (Mobile)
Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Mobile)
Front Mission 2089 (Mobile)
Pokemate (Mobile)

Non-Playable (Video Only)

Final Fantasy V Advance (GBA)
Final Fantasy VI Advance (GBA)
Fabula Nova Crystallis - Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)
Fabula Nova Crystallis - Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3)
Final Fantasy VIII: Crisis Core (PSP)

Final Fantasy III DS gets a Release Date (News)

Aug 22, 2006

Final Fantasy III DS has finally been given a US release date by Nintendo. Mark your diary, because on November 14th FFIII will hit US shores for the very first time.

Famitsu Most Wanted (top 20) (News)

Aug 14, 2006

1. Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix)
2. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
3. Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Capcom)
4. Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of the Patriots (PS3, Konami)
5. Summon Night 4 (PS2, Banpresto)
6. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl (NDS, Nintendo)
7. Super Robot Taisen: Original Generations (PS2, Banpresto)
8. Blue Dragon (Xbox 360, Microsoft)
9. Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square Enix)
10. Utaware Rumono (PS2, Aquaplus)

This Week in Japan (News)

Aug 11, 2006

Cavia's two Xbox 360 games, Bullet Witch and Zegapain arrive while a Pokemon tradition is honored. Meanwhile, notes on a Dead Rising controversy, the future of demos and Final Fantasy III reviewed...

Final Fantasy III OST Site Opens (News)

Aug 7, 2006

Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu is one of the most prolific video game music composers around. If his name doesn't ring a bell, all you have to do is listen to the music of the Final Fantasy series of RPGs. Yes, he's the man behind the distinct fusion of classical symphonies, rock, and new age sounds heard from Final Fantasy soundtracks.

Uematsu's music has been a large part of the Final Fantasy franchise's popularity, and once again we get to hear Uematsu's masterpieces in Final Fantasy III.

Square Enix has put up the Final Fantasy III OST page where fans are treated to a sample of fine music especially created for the game. All tracks are arranged by Tsuyoshi Sekito and Keiji Kawamori.

Final Fantasy III screens (News)

Aug 4, 2006

Getting any news on the DS remake of Final Fantasy III used to be on the same level of impossible-ness as trashing the Ruby and Emerald weapons in FFVII. Now, not so much, as we've got 16 new screens to share. Nothing too fancy here, but there are more battle scenes pictured and we also get a look at some different character classes in action. When you're done here, check the Images tab up above for even more shots, including an assortment of exclusive ones. Don't forget about the Movies tab ...

EXCLUSIVE Final Fantasy III screens (News)

Jul 13, 2006

It's tough to save the world if you can't get from the pleasant town where you start your journey to the other end of the planet where the Ultimate Evil shacks up with all of those damn monsters. So how does the Final Fantasy III squad do it? According to our exclusive new screens, it's a combination of boat, ship, airship and ...

More Final Fantasy III (News)

Jun 28, 2006

Hot on the heels of our exclusive update which revealed new characters, job classes, and plenty of new screenshots for Final Fantasy III, Square Enix has let fly another volley of exciting new screens and info. Below you will find a pile of brand new images which showcase powers of the the new jobs, such as Geomancer and Viking. You'll also be able to see what it looks like when your character changes ...

Final Fantasy III - new exclusive info (News)

Jun 26, 2006

Today, Square Enix has granted GamesRadar exclusive new info, artwork and screens for Final Fantasy III, the upcoming DS remake of one of the company's most important RPGs. Never before seen in the US in its original form, this classic is being re-imagined from the ground up, with all new graphics, characters and gameplay. Today, we give you an early peek into the latest details of the fascinating world of Final Fantasy III. Check below for the hottest screens, and page on through for details ...

Final Fantasy III Pre-order Flyer (News)

Jun 22, 2006

Final Fantasy III for the DS won't be released until August 24th but it is already receiving a ton of hype in Japan. There are big posters in the local video game stores and shopping malls as you would see in any country, but in Japan you can also put in a pre-order at your local convenience store.

Final Fintasy III Wi-Fi confirmed (News)

Jun 20, 2006

An advert for Final Fantasy III in Nintendo Power, features the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection logo.

Final Fantasy III (Preview)

May 23, 2006

Monday 22 May 2006 Final Fantasy III, the last game in the series to finally make it out of Japan, is being remade from scratch for Nintendo DS. Featuring full 3D graphics and tweaked gameplay, this is another adventure that fans who loved the GBA remakes will gobble up. According to the team behind the game, the idea was not to give a whole new experience, but instead to offer the original classic experience in a new way. The result is a game that's about as traditional as can be. But if ...

Final Fantasy III (News)

May 22, 2006

• Final Fantasy III (WMV, 7.9MB) Monday 22 May 2006 Square Enix has released screenshots and a movie of Final Fantasy III for DS. Due out in September, this remake of a classic NES-era game, which has never before been available in the UK, sports some of the best 3D graphics we've seen on Nintendo's handheld. Hit the movie link above to to get a look at the game in motion, check out the brand new screens below, then click the preview tab above to read about our hands-on with ...

Final Fantasy III (News)

May 19, 2006

Today, Square Enix has released new screenshots and a movie of Final Fantasy III for the Nintendo DS. Due out in September, this remake of a classic NES-era game, which has never before been available in the US, sports the best 3D graphics we've ever seen on Nintendo's handheld. It also features the job system - which allows you to change your characters' abilities as you play through the game, a feature that has always been addictive in any FF game it's popped up in. But why waste time ...

Final Fantasy III - trailer (Video)

May 19, 2006

The series' last retro classic makes its way west. It's the first with the popular Job System that lets you change classes

E3 06: Final Fantasy III hands-on (Preview)

May 10, 2006

The history of the Final Fantasy series is notoriously spotty in the US. But we all know the series is a mega-hit, now, too. The last game to make its journey to the U.S. is Final Fantasy III, which is being remade from scratch for the Nintendo DS. Featuring full 3D graphics and tweaked gameplay, this is another adventure that fans who loved the GBA remakes will gobble up. According to the team behind the game, the idea was not to give a whole new experienced but instead to offer the original ...

Not just Final Fantasy (News)

Apr 24, 2006

Every gamer's taken a crack at Final Fantasy. The latest in the series, the long-awaited Final Fantasy XII, is set to debut later this year, maybe as the PlayStation 2's last massive classic. But today Square Enix, the company behind the series, is set to show that it has a lot more to offer than a single epic adventure. Final Fantasy XII ...

Final Fantasy III (Preview)

Mar 1, 2006

By the end of this year, the Game Boy Advance should be home to all the classic Final Fantasy games in their original forms. All but one, that is. Final Fantasy III has been singled out for a DS-sized upgrade, gaining a brand new face and other as yet unnamed features. The original FFIII was only released for the Japanese NES in 1990, and has never been officially translated into English. The fact it's coming out at all is enough to make Fantasy fanatics run for their stash of Phoenix Downs. ...

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Final Fantasy III Strategy Guide (FAQ)

May 29, 2009

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Esy Leveling In The Early Game (Hint)

Apr 15, 2009

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inal Fantasy III FAQ/Walkthrough (FAQ)

Feb 9, 2009

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Get Leviathan (Unlockable)

Jan 7, 2009

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Get Odin (Unlockable)

Jan 7, 2009

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Single Character Challenge FAQ (FAQ)

Oct 13, 2008

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Final Fantasy III Boss FAQ (FAQ)

Jun 27, 2008

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Final Fantasy III: Eureka Guide (FAQ)

Jun 10, 2008

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Final Fantasy III: Weapon Guide (FAQ)

Jun 10, 2008

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Master Smith Guide (FAQ)

Jun 2, 2008

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Final Fantasy III Job Guide (FAQ)

Apr 23, 2008

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Final Fantasy III Weapon Guide (FAQ)

Jan 3, 2008

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Behemoth's information (Hint)

Feb 26, 2007

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View Bestiary/Achievements (Easter Egg)

Feb 26, 2007

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Final Fantasy 3 Walkthrough (FAQ)

Feb 23, 2007

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Defeat Medusa at the Tower of Owen (Hint)

Jan 2, 2007

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Cid's Treasure (Hint)

Jan 2, 2007

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Find the Awesome Wightslayer (Hint)

Jan 2, 2007

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Item Duplication (Glitch)

Dec 11, 2006

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Holy Arrows (Hint)

Nov 17, 2006

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Getting past the Ghost at Kazus (Hint)

Nov 17, 2006

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Storage Shed! (Hint)

Nov 17, 2006

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A Few Good items, that aren't that hard (Hint)

Nov 17, 2006

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Mini Spell Letdown (Hint)

Nov 17, 2006

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Ready The Cannons! (Easter Egg)

Nov 17, 2006

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Free Phoneix Down! (Hint)

Nov 16, 2006

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Secret Dungeon (Unlockable)

Sep 21, 2006

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