http://www.ffskies.com/forums/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:36:45 +0000 MyBB http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=250 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:32:04 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=250
Duration: 23rd August 15:30 BST (14:30 GMT) to 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT) 25th August

Affected services: Final Fantasy Skies, Forums, Topsites

Please be patient during these times.]]>
Duration: 23rd August 15:30 BST (14:30 GMT) to 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT) 25th August

Affected services: Final Fantasy Skies, Forums, Topsites

Please be patient during these times.]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=249 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:23:10 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=249
Another day and another annoucement from Square Enix at this years Games Convention, this time a game from Nippon Ichi Software on the PlayStation 3.

The game, Disgaea 3. The release, early 2009!

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "The forthcoming release of Disgaea 3 marks Square Enix's commitment to delivering memorable titles to new audiences. Nippon Ichi has created a wonderful world full of bizarre characters and deep, addictive gameplay. I am delighted that we have added Disgaea 3 to our growing 2009 line-up and I hope everyone enjoys playing this unique and rewarding game"]]>
Another day and another annoucement from Square Enix at this years Games Convention, this time a game from Nippon Ichi Software on the PlayStation 3.

The game, Disgaea 3. The release, early 2009!

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "The forthcoming release of Disgaea 3 marks Square Enix's commitment to delivering memorable titles to new audiences. Nippon Ichi has created a wonderful world full of bizarre characters and deep, addictive gameplay. I am delighted that we have added Disgaea 3 to our growing 2009 line-up and I hope everyone enjoys playing this unique and rewarding game"]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=248 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:20:41 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=248
At long last, the first Star Ocean game is making it's way to Europe and other PAL territories this October exclusively to the PlayStation Portable.

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "Star Ocean has already proved to be a popular series in Japan, we now hope that players around the world can discover why by experiencing the origin of the series. With Star Ocean: The Last Hope arriving in 2009, there's never been a better time to enjoy the Star Ocean adventure."]]>
At long last, the first Star Ocean game is making it's way to Europe and other PAL territories this October exclusively to the PlayStation Portable.

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "Star Ocean has already proved to be a popular series in Japan, we now hope that players around the world can discover why by experiencing the origin of the series. With Star Ocean: The Last Hope arriving in 2009, there's never been a better time to enjoy the Star Ocean adventure."]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=247 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:20:17 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=247
Square Enix today announced that a new Space Invaders game from Taito called Space Invaders Get Even will be available, to download exclusively from the Nintendo WiiWare service, across Europe in October 2008.

Players will control mysterious UFOs and give orders to hordes of Space Invader underlings in an attempt to overrun Earth and battle Earthlings' attacking human weaponry.

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "Space Invaders Extreme launched earlier this year recaptured the hearts of many gamers, and launched the Space Invaders series to a new generation of younger fans. Space Invaders Get Even promises to be a great follow-up release for this the 30th anniversary of the series."]]>
Square Enix today announced that a new Space Invaders game from Taito called Space Invaders Get Even will be available, to download exclusively from the Nintendo WiiWare service, across Europe in October 2008.

Players will control mysterious UFOs and give orders to hordes of Space Invader underlings in an attempt to overrun Earth and battle Earthlings' attacking human weaponry.

John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "Space Invaders Extreme launched earlier this year recaptured the hearts of many gamers, and launched the Space Invaders series to a new generation of younger fans. Space Invaders Get Even promises to be a great follow-up release for this the 30th anniversary of the series."]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=246 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:18:55 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=246
This a perfect example of why my resentment towards Sony has grown over the last couple of years. First of all I was annoyed with PSP lite coming out and what, a year later a new PSP? Shocking considering a few of my mates recently got PSP lites. As is yet ANOTHER PS3 with MORE memory.

This is just ridiculous. Companies are now using memory as a means to keep a healthy flow of cash coming in. "Every so while release a new one with more memory to justify the hefty price!" and they let the old stocks sell out. Absolute joke. Both M$ and Sony.

And still no backwards compatibility. I will literally never buy another sony console again. Even if Shenmue3 came out it.]]>
This a perfect example of why my resentment towards Sony has grown over the last couple of years. First of all I was annoyed with PSP lite coming out and what, a year later a new PSP? Shocking considering a few of my mates recently got PSP lites. As is yet ANOTHER PS3 with MORE memory.

This is just ridiculous. Companies are now using memory as a means to keep a healthy flow of cash coming in. "Every so while release a new one with more memory to justify the hefty price!" and they let the old stocks sell out. Absolute joke. Both M$ and Sony.

And still no backwards compatibility. I will literally never buy another sony console again. Even if Shenmue3 came out it.]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=244 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:40:10 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=244 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=243 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:57:24 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=243 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=242 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:39:52 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=242
I got geometry wars 2 last night and was playing with my mate on it. got well hooked.]]>
I got geometry wars 2 last night and was playing with my mate on it. got well hooked.]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=241 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:24:56 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=241
Square Enix has recently revealed their lineup for this years Games Convention in Germnay which is open to the public on the 21st to 24th August.

- Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
- Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy XI (PC and Xbox 360)
- Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360)
- Space Invaders Extreme (PlayStation Portable)

http://www.square-enix.com/eu/gc2008/index_en.html]]>
Square Enix has recently revealed their lineup for this years Games Convention in Germnay which is open to the public on the 21st to 24th August.

- Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
- Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS)
- Final Fantasy XI (PC and Xbox 360)
- Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360)
- Space Invaders Extreme (PlayStation Portable)

http://www.square-enix.com/eu/gc2008/index_en.html]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=240 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:46:15 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=240 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=239 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:26:32 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=239
first of all there will be a new version coming out by the end of the year (when, i dont know). i have decided to scrap the original version 2 as, well, it just didn't feel right for the type of site (would use it for square info if that was still around as it is a pretty good layout).

secondly i know that i wont ever get the hits that other sites do so the site will just be here for those who want game help and european news (the only thing that is big is the topsites which is one of the top ones out there which has taken me a lot of effort to achieve so woot! go me :D).

thirdly the forums, i am thinking of seperating the news from the forums and going back to an improved cutenews system as it gives me more design options and isn't dependent on mysql so the forums and more importantly topsites can use that. the forums are staying and won't be having a face lift, the only thing that may happen is new avatars, smilies, and any good features that i find on MyBB.

saying that i am open for what people would say is the best thread layout (so like instead of Final Fantasy VII to IX could be in individual areas, etc.), if your confused by that then...just ignore it lol.

i am deciding whether or not to keep the telly service or to just change it to videos of things i like only type thing instead of the old everything square enix gets added.

i will be making a side site on FFSkies that is a sort of blog/FFXI area, it's nothing major and will only really be there for me to rant, tell my progress or arrange meet ups with people on the game (and in the future any other mmorpg that i may join from sqex).

although i am pretty busy of late with real life stuff i still want people to use what i have available already so i wont be closing the site like FFIllumina (shame thats going, had some good site designs).

so yeah, thats a long site status update for you :wink:]]>
first of all there will be a new version coming out by the end of the year (when, i dont know). i have decided to scrap the original version 2 as, well, it just didn't feel right for the type of site (would use it for square info if that was still around as it is a pretty good layout).

secondly i know that i wont ever get the hits that other sites do so the site will just be here for those who want game help and european news (the only thing that is big is the topsites which is one of the top ones out there which has taken me a lot of effort to achieve so woot! go me :D).

thirdly the forums, i am thinking of seperating the news from the forums and going back to an improved cutenews system as it gives me more design options and isn't dependent on mysql so the forums and more importantly topsites can use that. the forums are staying and won't be having a face lift, the only thing that may happen is new avatars, smilies, and any good features that i find on MyBB.

saying that i am open for what people would say is the best thread layout (so like instead of Final Fantasy VII to IX could be in individual areas, etc.), if your confused by that then...just ignore it lol.

i am deciding whether or not to keep the telly service or to just change it to videos of things i like only type thing instead of the old everything square enix gets added.

i will be making a side site on FFSkies that is a sort of blog/FFXI area, it's nothing major and will only really be there for me to rant, tell my progress or arrange meet ups with people on the game (and in the future any other mmorpg that i may join from sqex).

although i am pretty busy of late with real life stuff i still want people to use what i have available already so i wont be closing the site like FFIllumina (shame thats going, had some good site designs).

so yeah, thats a long site status update for you :wink:]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=238 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:47:03 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=238
It must be games you have played and put them from 1 to 5. 1 being your best :)

Here's mine:

1.Halo 3
2.Gears of War
3.Grand Theft Auto IV
4.Mass Effect
5.Call of Duty 4

You can give reasons for your choices.

Halo 3 is my number one because I loved previous Halo games. For me Halo 3 is the complete game. The multiplayer has been perfected with content always being released and will be for the forseeable future. Forge and Theater make it a great package too. Campaign is epic. Just the complete game in my opinion :)]]>
It must be games you have played and put them from 1 to 5. 1 being your best :)

Here's mine:

1.Halo 3
2.Gears of War
3.Grand Theft Auto IV
4.Mass Effect
5.Call of Duty 4

You can give reasons for your choices.

Halo 3 is my number one because I loved previous Halo games. For me Halo 3 is the complete game. The multiplayer has been perfected with content always being released and will be for the forseeable future. Forge and Theater make it a great package too. Campaign is epic. Just the complete game in my opinion :)]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=237 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=237
i'll be on FF11 tomoz night up to that time (i might go to sleep but im not sure) so if you want to chat (well i dunno, you might?).

right im signing off this place until i come back, laters!]]>
i'll be on FF11 tomoz night up to that time (i might go to sleep but im not sure) so if you want to chat (well i dunno, you might?).

right im signing off this place until i come back, laters!]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=236 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:47:55 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=236

Quote:You can call Tetsuya Nomura a lot of things, but you can't call him lazy. The Square Enix producer has his hand in almost all the major projects his company's working on right now, from the three announced games set for release under the Final Fantasy XIII label to three new Kingdom Hearts games, the upcoming PSP brawler Final Fantasy: Dissidia, and even The 3rd Birthday, a new mobile game set in the world of Parasite Eve. In an interview published in Weekly Famitsu magazine this week, the master of all things four-sided and equilateral joined the rest of Dissidia's main staff to discuss Square's future plans -- and as you'd expect from Nomura, there's a lot of them.

As reported earlier, Dissidia is a new PSP game that pits famous Final Fantasy heroes and villains from past and present against each other in high-action arena battles. As senior director Takeshi Arakawa (who previously worked on The World Ends With You) puts it, the project is a chance for Square Enix's younger staff to get hands-on with Final Fantasy in a way they weren't able to before. "Most of the staff is relatively young, so a lot of them grew up as FF's main audience," Arakawa told Famitsu. "They really care about this project. There's a lot of dedication to getting deep into the heart of these characters, and I think there's enough depth here that everyone's going to be happy." Executive producer and character designer Nomura agrees: "One theme of this project was giving the younger staff a chance to shine. Even if it's not exactly an RPG, I'm glad we were able to give these people who used to be Final Fantasy's target audience a chance to work on a new FF-related project. It's been hard, though! I'm staying fairly hands-off on this project, so even if I have my opinions, I'm leaving it to the rest of the staff."

As planning director Mitsunori Takahashi (who was involved extensively with the first two Kingdom Hearts games) puts it, Dissidia is designed to appeal to two very different audience: casual RPG fans who like FF's vast array of characters and hardcore gamers looking to lose themselves in the game world. "We are definitely concentrating on characterization here; that's one of the core concepts of the battles," Takahashi said. "Basically, I think every player has their own hero character which they like the most, so we made them relatively simple to control so it'll be easier for them to play as whom they like. The villains, on the other hand, are definitely meant for the hardcores. I grew up as part of the FF generation, so I want to respect all the original games as much as I can. That's why I want to get as much material from the original games as possible into [Dissidia]." As Nomura puts it, there's more than enough depth here for anyone to enjoy: "It will take some time to completely power-up a character. If you try to work them all up to max power, I think you'll be playing for a pretty long time."

Dissidia is due for release in Japan before the end of the year, but right now it's only part of must be an extremely packed schedule for Nomura these days. The producer is currently directly involved with no less than eight titles across the PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS and cell-phone platforms -- and while we'll get a chance to see many of them at E3 next month, Japanese gamers won't get their turn until DKS3713, a small private event taking place in Tokyo on the weekend of August 2. "There will be a lot announced," Nomura said. "Since I'm heavily involved in fewer projects now, I won't be announcing anything related to the Japan market at E3. What I announce there will be dealing with the overseas market, so there won't be any new video at that event, either."

The name "DKS3713" comes from the initials of all the games set to be on display in one form or another. Set to be available in playable form are Dissidia, Nintendo DS mystery adventure Sigma Harmonics, DS RPG Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, and its PSP counterpart Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep; other titles, including the assorted FFXIII projects and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete, will be shown in video form only. "As I've said before, Final Fantasy Agito XIII [mobile phones] and Final Fantasy Versus XIII [PS3] are not side-story games; they are all XIII," Nomura noted. "The names are different just to distinguish the projects from each other. We're developing both games with the idea that they are Final Fantasy XIII, so a lot of work's going into the story and setting. XIII itself takes priority right now, though, so the Versus team is helping out with that right now. So we're working on the story, the programmers are building the basic framework, and the designers are drawing a lot of concepts. We're advancing in the areas we're able to advance in."

Except for Dissidia and 358/2 Days (both of which are confirmed 2008 releases in Japan), no firm release dates have been announced for any of Nomura's current projects. Nomura did hint at some brand-new announcements at the August event, however: "I hope people can wait until this [DKS3713] event; I think they'll understand why I haven't been saying too much lately."


Unfortunately, it there is no release date for Dissidia outside Japan but we may get some new information on Final Fantasy XIII, Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.]]>

Quote:You can call Tetsuya Nomura a lot of things, but you can't call him lazy. The Square Enix producer has his hand in almost all the major projects his company's working on right now, from the three announced games set for release under the Final Fantasy XIII label to three new Kingdom Hearts games, the upcoming PSP brawler Final Fantasy: Dissidia, and even The 3rd Birthday, a new mobile game set in the world of Parasite Eve. In an interview published in Weekly Famitsu magazine this week, the master of all things four-sided and equilateral joined the rest of Dissidia's main staff to discuss Square's future plans -- and as you'd expect from Nomura, there's a lot of them.

As reported earlier, Dissidia is a new PSP game that pits famous Final Fantasy heroes and villains from past and present against each other in high-action arena battles. As senior director Takeshi Arakawa (who previously worked on The World Ends With You) puts it, the project is a chance for Square Enix's younger staff to get hands-on with Final Fantasy in a way they weren't able to before. "Most of the staff is relatively young, so a lot of them grew up as FF's main audience," Arakawa told Famitsu. "They really care about this project. There's a lot of dedication to getting deep into the heart of these characters, and I think there's enough depth here that everyone's going to be happy." Executive producer and character designer Nomura agrees: "One theme of this project was giving the younger staff a chance to shine. Even if it's not exactly an RPG, I'm glad we were able to give these people who used to be Final Fantasy's target audience a chance to work on a new FF-related project. It's been hard, though! I'm staying fairly hands-off on this project, so even if I have my opinions, I'm leaving it to the rest of the staff."

As planning director Mitsunori Takahashi (who was involved extensively with the first two Kingdom Hearts games) puts it, Dissidia is designed to appeal to two very different audience: casual RPG fans who like FF's vast array of characters and hardcore gamers looking to lose themselves in the game world. "We are definitely concentrating on characterization here; that's one of the core concepts of the battles," Takahashi said. "Basically, I think every player has their own hero character which they like the most, so we made them relatively simple to control so it'll be easier for them to play as whom they like. The villains, on the other hand, are definitely meant for the hardcores. I grew up as part of the FF generation, so I want to respect all the original games as much as I can. That's why I want to get as much material from the original games as possible into [Dissidia]." As Nomura puts it, there's more than enough depth here for anyone to enjoy: "It will take some time to completely power-up a character. If you try to work them all up to max power, I think you'll be playing for a pretty long time."

Dissidia is due for release in Japan before the end of the year, but right now it's only part of must be an extremely packed schedule for Nomura these days. The producer is currently directly involved with no less than eight titles across the PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS and cell-phone platforms -- and while we'll get a chance to see many of them at E3 next month, Japanese gamers won't get their turn until DKS3713, a small private event taking place in Tokyo on the weekend of August 2. "There will be a lot announced," Nomura said. "Since I'm heavily involved in fewer projects now, I won't be announcing anything related to the Japan market at E3. What I announce there will be dealing with the overseas market, so there won't be any new video at that event, either."

The name "DKS3713" comes from the initials of all the games set to be on display in one form or another. Set to be available in playable form are Dissidia, Nintendo DS mystery adventure Sigma Harmonics, DS RPG Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, and its PSP counterpart Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep; other titles, including the assorted FFXIII projects and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete, will be shown in video form only. "As I've said before, Final Fantasy Agito XIII [mobile phones] and Final Fantasy Versus XIII [PS3] are not side-story games; they are all XIII," Nomura noted. "The names are different just to distinguish the projects from each other. We're developing both games with the idea that they are Final Fantasy XIII, so a lot of work's going into the story and setting. XIII itself takes priority right now, though, so the Versus team is helping out with that right now. So we're working on the story, the programmers are building the basic framework, and the designers are drawing a lot of concepts. We're advancing in the areas we're able to advance in."

Except for Dissidia and 358/2 Days (both of which are confirmed 2008 releases in Japan), no firm release dates have been announced for any of Nomura's current projects. Nomura did hint at some brand-new announcements at the August event, however: "I hope people can wait until this [DKS3713] event; I think they'll understand why I haven't been saying too much lately."


Unfortunately, it there is no release date for Dissidia outside Japan but we may get some new information on Final Fantasy XIII, Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=235 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:05:52 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=235 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=234 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:22:12 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=234 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=233 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:56:07 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=233
http://www.tripletags.com/

It doesn't have any sort of point scoring system like the Xbox version but it does the job.]]>
http://www.tripletags.com/

It doesn't have any sort of point scoring system like the Xbox version but it does the job.]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=232 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:21:36 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=232
I honeslty thought it was a joke then duffy came on stage...]]>
I honeslty thought it was a joke then duffy came on stage...]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=231 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:19:17 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=231
Infinite Undiscovery - 5th September - 360
The Last Remnant - 20th November - 360
Star Ocean: The Last Hope - spring 2009 - 360
Final Fantasy XIII - at least a year after the japanese release unless they can translate and port quicker then they ever have.

Besides that we still got the September dates for FF4 and DQ4 on the DS.]]>
Infinite Undiscovery - 5th September - 360
The Last Remnant - 20th November - 360
Star Ocean: The Last Hope - spring 2009 - 360
Final Fantasy XIII - at least a year after the japanese release unless they can translate and port quicker then they ever have.

Besides that we still got the September dates for FF4 and DQ4 on the DS.]]> http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=230 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:31:46 +0000 http://www.ffskies.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=230
Secondly I have not forgotten about Version 2, just haven't finished it although all other main content is still available so it isn't the end of the world now is it.

I will add any new content provided at E3 (yes, even trailers and pictures!), so keep an eye out if there is anything.]]>
Secondly I have not forgotten about Version 2, just haven't finished it although all other main content is still available so it isn't the end of the world now is it.

I will add any new content provided at E3 (yes, even trailers and pictures!), so keep an eye out if there is anything.]]>