Final Fantasy XIII for PS3 hits 1 million sales on the first day of release in Japan, increasing the total worldwide franchise sales to 92 million units. The game comes to North America and Europe on March 9th for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
For sad North American Gamers (PS3 gamers only)
FFVIII full game is now available on the PSN Store for $10, joining FFVII in the PSOne Classics section.
Sorry 360 gamers. Not much news for you here.
This year’s Tokyo Game Show’s biggest highlight, at least for me, was the Final Fantasy XIII trailer. For those of you who want a taste of the first FF game on next-gen consoles should really take a look. This one is obviously the Japanese version, but with subs.
Remember the secret ending after Kingdom Hearts 2. Well if you don’t, I gotcha’ covered.
At first, when I saw this myself after beating KH2, I was expecting it to be a teaser for Kingdom Hearts 3. Last year we found out that this was actually a teaser for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for PSP. Square hasn’t mentioned anything about the game until now. Here are some catching facts about the game you should know.
- This is a prequel to the series. This game takes place ten years prior to KH1.
- Aqua, Ventus, and Terra (the three knights) are each playable main characters. They seem to be aprentices of Master Xeahnorth (villain of KH2), who was the betraying aprentice of Ansem the Wise. Aqua, Ventus, and Terra are also mentioned in Ansem Report 11 in KH2.
- Since each of the three are playable characters, you can probably stretch the game to 15 hours each. “There’s plot for all three people in each world and the bosses are different for each one, so it’s like having three games in one,” director Nomura said. “
- The game includes Cinderella’s world and also Lilo and Stich’s world.
- Birth by Sleep still has a tentative “winter” release date in Japan. Nomura commented that the exact date won’t be finalized until Final Fantasy XIII’s is. “Since FFXIII is further ahead in development, I imagine it will come first,” he said, “but I think people will get to play this without waiting too much longer.”
The game will be available in some sort of playable format at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show in late September.
Terra battling someone
The upcoming Ratchet & Clank Future: a Crack in Time will be coming on October 7 for the PS3.
Square Enix confirms that there won’t be FFVII remake, at least for now. In the meantime, just buy the $10 original PSX version from the PlayStation Store.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is originally on the DS, but Rockstar has confirmed it for the PSP platform, which will be coming October 1st.
