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Final Fantasy II was the sequel which dared to be different. A shame that it tried a little bit too hard. But, while some of its changes proved unpopular, others remained as staple in the series. Final Fantasy II has guest party members, a large supporting cast, a villain who was larger than life, and […]
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Oddballs in Gaming: Final Fantasy II
August 25th, 2016 
Dash The Bomber 
Posted in Console, Nintendo, Reviews 
Tags: final fantasy, Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy II, nintendo, Square, square enix 
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Was Final Fantasy the End for Square?
July 13th, 2016 Dash The Bomber For as long as Squaresoft has been popular in the West a rumor has plagued the internet. Final Fantasy was named after being the last opportunity for a failing company to come become successful. But, many have discredited this rumor based on interviews with series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi . Sakaguchi, however claims he named it […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: final fantasy, nes, nintendo, NOBUO, SAKAGUCHI, Square, square enix, squaresoft No Comments »
Square Enix Launches Final Fantasy and Saves Company – July 12th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
July 11th, 2016 Carl Williams Final Fantasy represents just how close Square, now Square Enix, was to bankruptcy. They had enough money to release one more game, a role playing game was ready so they released it. Since this could have been their final game, they chose Final Fantasy as the title. Little did they know at the time that […]
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Posted in NES, News, Nintendo Tags: 1990, final fantasy, July 12th, role playing game, rpg, square enix 2 Comments »
Final Fantasy VII Now Available on Android
July 6th, 2016 Carl Williams Who reading this has not played Final Fantasy VII? If that is possible, your reasons have just been diminished by one platform. Android. Yep, Square Enix have finally brought Final Fantasy VII to the Google platform. For anyone that doesn’t know, they already released it on iPhone last year- yeah, we are going that route […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: android, final fantasy VII, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, role playing game, rpg, square enix 1 Comment »
Today in Gaming History: Dragon Quest III
June 12th, 2016 Dash The Bomber 25 years ago the world of eastern RPGs was forever changed with the release of Dragon Warrior III (in the U.S.). DQ3 is the grandfather of almost every cliché that we use in modern Role Playing Games. Dragon Quest III (as its called in Japan) is the epic quest of a young man who embarked […]
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Posted in Game Boy Color, Nintendo, Portables Tags: Dragon Quest III, Dragon Warrior III, enix, square enix No Comments »
Romancing SaGa 2 Released on Android and iPhone
May 29th, 2016 Carl Williams Square Enix continue their porting of classic games from their back catalog of games. One of the most recent ports is Romancing SaGa 2 for Android and iPhone. The interesting thing about this port is that this is the first time it is available LEGALLY in English. Sure, there are illegal reproductions of fan translations […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: android, iphone, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Romancing SaGa, rpg, square enix, super famicom 3 Comments »
Tomb Raider II Comes to Android and iOS with Gold in Tow
November 1st, 2015 Carl Williams Square Enix have released the second Tomb Raider game onto Android and iOS devices. The control scheme is almost exactly as it was in the original release from April of this year so if you hated it there, well, it isn’t better here. Tomb Raider II is one of the more interesting 3D action titles […]
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Posted in News, Portables, Sony Tags: 3d, action, adventure, android, ios, itunes, lara croft, playstation, psone, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, square enix, tomb raider No Comments »
Lara Croft Go Comes to Android and iOS, Remembers Windows Phone Too
August 27th, 2015 Carl Williams The Tomb Raider series is one that has been all over the place as far as the fans are concerned. The first one took gaming by storm, the second was “alright” and the third is quite forgettable. The series just goes up and down from there all the way up to current generation platforms. Recently, […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Portables Tags: adventure, Go!, ipad, ipod touch, itunes, lara croft, microsoft, puzzle, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, square enix, tomb raider, windows, Windows Phone No Comments »
Final Fantasy VII Re-Imagined as a 2D Brawler, ala Final Fight and Streets of Rage
August 16th, 2015 Carl Williams Ah, the brawler, a series that has gotten a bad rap in gaming for being shallow, not much fun and generally generic. I wonder what has taken this once popular genre out of the limelight. A lot of gamers will point their fingers at the popularity of the one on one fighting game genre- rebuilt […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Sony Tags: brawler, Cloud Strife, fighting, final fantasy, final fight, Re-Imagined, square enix, streets of rage, Tifa Lockheart, Twinfinite, Unity Engine, VII 1 Comment »
Final Fantasy VII to See HD Remake Release on Playstation 4
June 21st, 2015 Carl Williams Okay, we are a little late to this one but that happens from time to time (we won’t be promoting this one on N4G for example). Square Enix has finally taken the “fans want it so we are going to give it to them” stance on one of their beloved Final Fantasy VII. That is […]
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Posted in News, Sony Tags: 4, hd remake, IV, playstation, PS4, role playing game, rpg, sony, square enix 1 Comment »
