#November2011

Kitase: FFVII Remake Would Be Too Different. Or Uh, Too The Same. Uh. Uh.

The never-ending cry from Final Fantasy VII fanboys and fangirls for a remake drudges on. Final Fantasy XIII2: Ghost Protocol producer  Yoshinori Kitase touched on the continual clamoring with a bit of equivocating.

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Square Enix Suffered ‘Extraordinary Losses’ The Last Fiscal Year.

And a thousand thunders uttered the words “Square Enix lost a fucking shitload of money last year!” Can you imagine how loud that shit is? Anyways, Square Enix has sent out a revised forecast for the fiscal results from last year, and they’re total raw ass.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Announced; Here’s The Trailer.

Final Fantasy XIII is getting a sequel. Art thou prepared?  I spent too many hours last year in a blind rage over Final Fantasy XIII to get into it again. But! There’s always a but, isn’t there? Let’s just say this: whether it was that the game sucked, or I was simply tired of the same tropes that used to thrill me, or a combination of the both, I hated the game. I seethed while playing it, and blistered my fingers ranting about it to friends.

I don’t pretend my opinion is ever the word of God (or someone smart), and in this case I know a lot of people who enjoyed it, and for them, this is probably pretty exciting. Or they’re pretending they’re on some sort of artistic high ground and reject the notion of a sequel.

Whatever the case, Final Fantasy XIII-2 is coming.

Hit the jump for the trailer.

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Boom! Square Enix President Body Slams Microsoft Kinect!

Boom! Hell yeah, fuck you Microsoft! That’s essentially what Square Enix president Yoichi Wada is saying. Dude is droppin’ verbal landmines at the feet of all those goofy ass douchebags dancing in the Microsoft Kinect promos:

via destructoid:
“I missed Microsoft’s conference. Having said that, I think that what they have focused on for Kinect is very interesting and I hope they will attract an even wider audience,” Wada states. “I would say it is no different from just the Wii.

Oh shit! Volleys served! Bombs away! I want to give this dude a bro-hug and a bottle of Diet Mountain Dew. Chilled, of course. We can be tots buddies for life.