June 2006

Square Enix has launched their European Kingdom Hearts II website. Not much information is there yet, only a list of screenshots and the Autumn 2006 release date.

» Official European Kingdom Hearts II website

During a recent shareholder meeting, Square Enix announced concern over the supplies of DS and DS Lite. Their reason for being concerned? They do not want supplies of the DS or DS Lite to run out when they are coming close to the launch of Final Fantasy III.

They believe that if there are significant system shortages, it will slow down the sales of FF III, a title they are very excited to launch, and believe will have strong sales on the portable. Nintendo has reassured Square Enix that they are shipping as many units as possible, working to meet the 2 million units supplied each month during the summer period.

A couple of days ago Square Enix announced that it shipped over 2.4 million units of its movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children worldwide. 1.3 million units were shipped in the United States already, which is a big success.

Retail giant Best Buy has begun taking preorders for the Final Fantasy VII remake for PlayStation 3 (see for yourself right here -- an event we found curious, considering the fact that Square Enix has repeatedly told the press that the game hasn't been confirmed (as evidenced in this story) and was only intended to be a tech demo for the PS3 hardware at E3 2005.

As always, your buddies here at IGN contacted Square Enix representatives to see what the story is. Here's what they had to say:

"We have confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII is in development, but have NOT confirmed a FF7 remake at any time. The remake has been a popular subject for rumors, but that's all they are. Obviously the Best Buy listing was made in error."

Is Final Fantasy VII PS3 the rumor that wouldn't die?

Source: IGN.com

Dragon Quest VIII, that is in Europe known as Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King has sold over 600,000 copies in Europe since it's release back on April 13th. For the first Dragon Quest game in Europe this is a success.

Big chance that more Dragon Quest games will be released in Europe. Recently Dragon Quest: Joker (for the Nintendo DS) and Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Nintendo Wii) has been announced.

In the recent release of Electronic Gaming Monthly Square Enix has released some new details in a interview about Final Fantasy XIII on the PlayStation 3.

Original the game was planned for the PlayStation 2 and Final Fantasy Versus XIII for the PlayStation 3, but Square Enix liked it better to released both games on PlayStation 3.

The story of Final Fantasy XIII will go around a legend of some new crystals. This will from the basis of the Fabula Nova Chrystallis project. The worlds in the games will be completely different from each other and the characters will not meat each other. The end of the game will take all games in relation.

The heroin of Final Fantasy XIII is based of Cloud from Final Fantasy VII and will be a strong, independent lady.

The battle system of Final Fantasy XIII looks like an action game, but it will be based on previous Final Fantasy games. Like the ATB system will return and they will try to make the system a little faster. The fights are based from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

And as final thing Square Enix said is that motion-sense will be used in the games that will appear on PlayStation 3.

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