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Final Fantasy IV Advance may seem like a weird name for a Final Fantasy entry, but it is not. The reason it is titled as such is because this is a port of the Bandai WonderSwan Color version of the game. Think of it as Square Enix and Nintendo pulling a WWE move by changing […]
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Final Fantasy IV Advance Brings WonderSwan Title to Game Boy Advance – December 12th, 2005 – Today in Video Game History
December 11th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Final Fantasy IX Returns Series to Fantasy Era on PlayStation – November 13th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
November 12th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fantasy IX was one of my favorite role-playing games (RPG) on the Sony PlayStation console. It was such a great game, one that returned the franchise to its roots in the fantasy era. Previous entries had a heavy futuristic/science fiction slant to their stories. While those were fun, there is just something about the […]
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Xbox Game Pass Getting Final Fantasy Titles
November 14th, 2019 Carl Williams Are you a fan of the Final Fantasy games from Square Enix? Have, or plan on getting, a subscription to Xbox Game Pass? If so, you are in luck because Square Enix is bringing the franchise to the popular Microsoft gaming service.
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Final Fantasy Casts Cure on Square Enix – Today in History – May 7th, 1990
May 6th, 2018 Carl Williams Looking back today, it is easy to see that Final Fantasy was a success and why. Back in the day though, even Square was not all that interested in Final Fantasy, to the point that they initially wanted to only produce 200,000 copies in Japan. That is after Hironobu Sakaguchi convinced them to green light […]
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Square Enix Updates Chrono Trigger on Mobile, Steam
March 4th, 2018 Carl Williams Chrono Trigger was one of those role-playing games that made Super Nintendo owners jump with glee upon release. It was simply a game that Sega had no competition for and SNES fans knew it. This was before Square Enix jumped ship to the Sony PlayStation, sealing the fate of the Sega Saturn in North America […]
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Lara Croft: New Sales Details Reveal Retro Gaming Icon is in Rude Health
November 30th, 2017 Carl Williams It says a lot about how quickly technology and the gaming world have evolved that a character which first hit our screens just over 20 years ago can be placed in the pantheon of much-loved retro gaming icons. However, the adventures of everyone’s favorite Tomb Raider Lara Croft have been such an important part of […]
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Square Enix Does Cool Thing for Nintendo Wii Owners, at Least Those That Own a Certain Game
April 15th, 2017 Carl Williams Square Enix, a company that catches a lot of flak from gamers; when things get heated they are on par with Ubi Soft’s level of heat. I am not sure they are trying to turn that public image around with this announcement or not, but it is still cool. If you own Dragon Quest X […]
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Retrospective
December 19th, 2016 Dash The Bomber In 2004, Square Enix released Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. It was the first Final Fantasy game to be released on a Nintendo console after the fallout between Square and Nintendo. However, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles turned out to be very different to what fans were expecting. The Final Fantasy brand is associated with story heavy […]
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Enix Releases Dragon Warrior I and II on Nintendo Game Boy Color – September 27th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
September 26th, 2016 Carl Williams Dragon Warrior I and II is one of the better re-releases we have seen over the years. Dragon Warrior game on the Nintendo Entertainment System was quite a departure from the norm. Before Dragon Warrior there were not a lot of role playing games like it available for the new NES console. Enix, now part […]
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Kingdom Hearts Combines Disney Square Enix on PlayStation 2 – September 16th, 2002 – Today in Video Game History
September 15th, 2016 Carl Williams When I first heard about Kingdom Hearts I was a little dismayed. I was, still am, a big Disney fan. The problem is, I was coming out of the whole “Square rocks” phase of my gaming life. It was intriguing to see what Square Enix did with a blanket Disney license. Something I am sure […]
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