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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The collection includes soundtracks from The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy X and more, and will each launch...
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Earlier today, Square Enix unveiled their release line-up for 2009 which included 28 titles. Unfortunately, only 7 of these titles are related to the world of Final Fantasy.
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Final Fantasy IV DS fails to climb or improve performance while Dragon Quest fails to impress at all in the latest UK charts...
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The 5th September 2008 marks the release of two highly anticipated Square Enix RPG's.

Final Fantasy IV is now avaliable for European gamers on the Nintendo DS, whilst Infinitie Undiscovery is avaliable for Xbox 360 owners.
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Square Enix is giving away 10 Protector Kits to keep your Nintendo DS safe. The hard plastic case and stylus feature custom Final Fantasy IV graphics that separate your DS Lite from others.

Entries to participate started yesterday (August 13), but you can still go for it as it will only end on September 16.
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Videogamer writes: "Square Enix has today announced that Final Fantasy IV is to be released for Nintendo DS across Europe and other PAL territories on September 5, 2008.

Final Fantasy IV is one of the highest rated adventure games of all time and is being enhanced for its first appearance on Nintendo DS. The game will feature improved 3D visuals, fully voiced cut-scenes, a remixed score and additional content never seen before."
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Final Fantasy IV, the remake for Nintendo's DS, has been just been dated for release in PAL territories on 5th September 2008.
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Welcome to New Releases for the Week!

The highlight this week is Final Fantasy IV on the Nintendo DS.

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of July 20, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC! As always, release dates are subject to change.
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Highlights this week include NCAA Football 2009 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Nintendo Wii), Rock Band Track Pack Vol 1 (Nintendo Wii, PS2) and Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of July 13, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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Square Enix recently posted its financial standings ending March 31, 2008, and suffice to say, the relationship with Nintendo must be amiable at worst.
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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?
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Final Fantasy IV on DS has been slapped with a summer 2008 release date for NTSC land, Square Enix is dolloping on a bit of extra FF-fun with new shots from the game.It's a remake of the original, "With improved 3D graphics, fully-voiced dramatic cut-scenes, an inspiring remixed score and additional content never before seen".That new content includes new episodes, an Event Theatre bonus mode that lets you ... » Read More

The revolutionary title comes to DS on July 22.

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that it will launch a completely re-envisioned Final Fantasy IV for Nintendo DS on July 22, 2008. A new generation of gamers will now have the opportunity to experience a legend reborn.

The team that brought Final Fantasy III to Nintendo DS comes together once again to breathe new life into a classic that broke convention and introduced a wide array of innovations to the RPG genre. With its groundbreaking Active Time Battle (ATB) system and an engrossing, character-driven plot, Final Fantasy IV was a stunning step forward for role-playing games when it was originally released for the Super NES in 1991.
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Square Enix today announced that Final Fantasy IV DS, the re-envisioned remake of 1991's SNES classic, will hit retailers on July 22.
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Final Fantasy IV is coming to your DS on July 22, 2008, Square Enix says. The highly-anticipated rebirth of quite possibly one of the most beloved FF games in 8-bit history got its release date after months spent lusting over the import copy (reviewed here). Touted as the ultimate treat for FFIV veterans and loaded with rich CG cutscenes and Touch Screen functionality, IV is the story of the dark knight Cecil and his ... » Read More

The full Final Fantasy IV interview that was published in Nintendo Power's May issue has surfaced online. It features many new details regarding the Nintendo DS remake, and Takashi Tokita, director of the original Final Fantasy IV, reveals that he is working on a new project:

"I'm currently working on an unannounced title that's being developed on a scale no different than that of the original FF4, and I hope North American gamers will give it a try."

- This is by far the most difficult version of Final Fantasy IV.
- Useless abilities from the original version (Cry, Pray, etc) have been changed significantly to make them more useful.
- The team has addressed every criticism of the Final Fantasy III remake: More detailed character, loading times, wider set of abilities, etc.
- Bosses were all rebalanced, so people who played the older versions won't be able to use "tricks" to beat them easily.
- New auto-battle system: You assign a single action for each character and they repeatedly carry out that move.
- Lunar Ruins from FFIV Advance is not included, however a New Game+ mode with additional augments and new optional bosses has been added.
- Summons are called Eidolons, as a tribute to Final Fantasy IX fans.
- Confirmed: Only 25% of the original story was used due to space limitations.
- Asano thinks creating old-school RPG's with present-day technology is going well, and Square Enix shouldn't limit themselves to just remakes.
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