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V-Jump Scans We have uploaded a couple of scans from V-Jump. 31 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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More Information in New Japanese Magazines Information regarding the silver-haired youths, Tifa, the Turks and Before Crisis has surfaced in the latest issues of Dengeki Playstation and Famitsu PS2. » Discuss in the forums... 28 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Fan Game Update: Trailer Added Velvet Nightmare has created a trailer for his fan made Advent Children game. The trailer shows an opening cut scene to the game and some action scenes. Velvet Nightmare has also scheduled a release date of July 21 for the game, as well as including some more information. » Download Trailer [8MB, wmv]... 27 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Misc Scans from Dorimaga *Updated 28/5* A couple of miscellaneous scans containing Before Crisis and PSP information have been uploaded. The events of Before Crisis will tie up with the main storyline of Final Fantasy VII and will follow FFVII's chronological table. Players will not be playing as someone from FFVII, but will do missions as a member of the Turks. AVALANCHE from when Barret was not the leader will also appear. 27 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Before Crisis slated for Sept 2004 Release Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII is due to be out September 2004, and will be available (in Japan) on NTT DoCoMo 900i-series or higher phones. It is unlikely the game will be available outside Japan in the near future due to the disparity between the cellphone technologies. 27 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Change in Advent Children Release Date The release date in the Information section of the official site has been modified from Summer 2004 to a more vague 2004 timeframe. » Official Site... 26 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Summarized info from Japanese Magazines **Updated 27/5** New information can be found from the latest issues of Dorimaga and V Jump. Interesting info includes that Marlene has a very important role in the story, and that a European release is still undecided. 24 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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New Wallaper on Shinra Site The Shinra site has updated with a wallpaper of Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz in the Midgar ruins. » Shinra Site... 24 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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AC Content on iMode 3D CharaPhone models of Cloud, Aeris and Tifa for the NTTDoCoMo FOMA P900iV have emerged. Cloud scratches his head and shakes his hand when the phone is waiting for or receiving information. There is also a ringtone with Aeris' theme and a tune for Aeris "from FFVII AC". » View Image... » Source: FF7AC Reunion... 24 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Massive Scans Update Scans of the latest issue of Dorimanga, as well as Famitsu PS2, Weekly Famitsu and The Playstation 2 have been uploaded. V Jump scans will be added shortly. At the moment, the movie is 20-30% complete and will last for 70-80 minutes. 24 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Advent Children E3 Handout A scan of the Squre-Enix's E3 handout for Advent Children has turned up; of interest in it is the official name for the planet - Gaia. » Scan Link » Discuss in the forums 23 May 2004 : Posted by Radical Edward |
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Offical Site Update The official FFVII Advent Children site has been updated with new information on the characters. Information on Tifa, Barett, Vincent, Loz, Yazoo, and Kadaj has been added. » Offical Site » Discuss in the forums 20 May 2004 : Posted by Radical Edward |
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Game Informer Interview with Nomura The Game Informer website has a short interview with Tetsuya Nomura. In the interview, Nomura talks briefly on the roles of the three silver haired men and is sure to point out that their hair and eye color matches that of Sephiroth. He also mentions that Square-Enix are currently finishing up recording voice acting for the movie and that bonus features such as deleted scenes and character bios will be included on the DVD. » Game Informer Interview... 20 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Advent Children Figurines Some pictures of the models of Cloud, Tifa, and Vincent that were displayed at the Square-Enix E3 booth have been found. Update 19/5, Summoner Yuna: I actually had my own images of these from E3. Sorry I didn't upload them earlier. I've added them to the article. 17 May 2004 : Posted by Radical Edward |
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E3 Report: Square-Enix Games Reviewed In my final E3 report, all Square-Enix games that were playable at E3 have been reviewed, including Final Fantasy XII, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. My final convention report is also up which includes a wrap up on my thoughts on E3. » Read Report... » E3 Reports Index... 15 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Square-Enix E3 Report Today's report covers the Square-Enix booth in detail and their presentation. I have also added my convention reports for the first two days which covers some of the best booths and games that I have come across so far. » Read Report... » E3 Reports Index... 14 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Shinra Section of Official Site Updated The Shinra section on the official site has been updated. You can now register as a Shinra employee. At the moment, 3 wallpapers as well as a screensaver of Cloud are available for download. Thanks to Vilaeth for the translations. For more details, go here. » How to Register... » Official Site... » Shinra Section... 14 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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New Infomation in Japanese Magazines New infomation has surfaced in 3 Japanese magazines. Weekly Famitsu has published "Monthly AC Vol. 1", part of an on-going in-depth coverage of the DVD. There has also been an interview with Nomura-san in Famitsu PS2. 13 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Interview with Square Enix President In an interview with Gamespot, Square Enix President Yoichi Wada further elaborated on the company's plans for the future. Here is his reply when asked about the target audience for Advent Children: "We want to appeal to a broad demographic, but we also want to reach our core audience. I’m not interested in trying to acquire or cultivate new users from a totally unrelated group…that would destroy the brand." » Full Gamespot Article... 13 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Advent Children & PSP Clarification There has been additional information derived from articles on the PSP and it is now clear that Advent Children will be available on UMD (Universal Medial Disk) for the PSP when the PSP launches sometime in early 2005. This is in addition to the DVD release. Advent Children is still set to be released in Japan sometime Summer 2004. » Source: TechTV 13 May 2004 : Posted by Radical Edward |
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GameSpy Talks to Nomura GameSpy recently had the opportunity to talk to Tetsuya Nomura. He told them that the key theme for the movie will be "the salvation of children". Although much of the article refers to known information, it is still an interesting read and takes the view of someone who doesn't know much about Advent Children. » GameSpy Article 13 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Offical AC Site Updated The official site has updated with the E3 trailer. It begins with a flashback of Aeris' funeral. » Official Site... 13 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Full Advent Children E3 Report Absolutely everything that is related to Advent Children [or Final Fantasy VII for that matter] and was shown at E3 is listed here. From Square-Enix's presentation, the PSP and even the video wall, if it had Advent Children on it, we've reported it! » Read Report... 13 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Trailer Snapshots We have 3 high resolution snapshots of the trailer being played at the Sony PSP press conference. A screencap of Marlene is also available for viewing. 12 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Trailer Script Although the latest trailer is in English, myself and Clorith have got together a full script to outline what the trailer shows if you haven't seen the trailer already. Includes both voice over and scence descriptions. » View Script... 12 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Characters Update With some help of our new news reporter, Radical Edward, we have now updated the characters section with all of the known characters. I have also completed some of the other minor updates, like adding the scans to the scans section, the screens to the screens section, etc. I'm off to attend E3 tomorrow, so hopefully I'll come back with something good to share. » Characters Page... 12 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Translations for Second Scan Again thanks to Vilaeth, we now have the translations for the next scan showing the new images. Interestingly, it refers to "the head of Jenova" next to the picture of Vincent. » View Translation... » Scans Page... 11 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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E3 Trailer Available for Download Thanks to Gefallenen , we now have the trailer for download. This is the low res version, as soon as we can obtain a high res version, we'll make it available. » Download Trailer... [link removed] » Trailers Page... Update by Summoner Yuna: We have been contacted by Square-Enix to remove the trailer from our site which we have now done so. In it's place we have provided a link on the trailers page where you can download it from GameSpot. 11 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Advent Children E3 Trailer GameSpot has the Advent Children trailer up that was shown at E3. Please note that registration is required to view it from the GameSpot site. » Final Fantasy VII Media Index (GameSpot) 11 May 2004 : Posted by Radical Edward |
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Advent Children & PSP New information from Sony indicates that Advent Children will be playable on the PSP (PlayStation Portable), and will be release on one Universal Media Disc (UMD). During their E3 presentation a trailer for Advent Children was played on the PSP to demonstrate its capabilities, and reports indicated that the trailer was comprised of old and new material. 11 May 2004 : Posted by Radical Edward |
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Square Enix Press Conference At a press conference 10 May 2004 Square-Enix gave a brief run down of there current plans for the future, including future game focus, the formation of a new branch, and new venture into DVD films and games. 11 May 2004 : Posted by Radical Edward |
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AC Trailer Screened The new trailer has already been screened to the press and is said to be a visually stunning presentation able to "induce goosebumps". An action-packed fight scene with Tifa, as well as shots of the Turks and Marlene, was shown. We will keep you informed when any footage comes up. Source: IT Media 11 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Cloudy Wolf Cell Phone Strap Measuring 50mm x 12mm and priced at 1,500 yen, this piece of merchandise will be available in the later half of this month. » View Image... 11 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Before Crisis logo and more info More information has been released regarding Square-Enix's new mobile game. Before Crisis will be a mobile game for a currently unannounced cell phone platform. It is an action-RPG with a top-down perspective and makes use of 3D-rendered graphics. 11 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Dear Friends Concert Tonight the Dear Friends concert was held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. And like the Tour de Japon concerts, new music from Advent Children was played. Advent Children.net was in attendance for the concert, so I have written up a report on not only the Advent Children music, but also the concert itself. 11 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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High Resolution Screens from X-2 Trailer 30 large, high resolution screens now available. It appears that Square-Enix have released the latest batch of official screens to online media sites. Some images are the same as the TGS screens, but many new screens are included. » Screens Page... 11 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Another New Scan New scans have emerged with more shots of Tifa in the heat of battle. Also, it appears that the names of the silver haired enemies have been translated as Kadaj, Yazoo and Loz. » View Scan... » Scans Page... 10 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Before Crisis Screens and New Info New screens of the Turks in Before Crisis have been released. It is an Action RPG and takes place 6 years before FFVII, with the Turks as the main characters. It seems possible for 3 players to link up and play. More infomation will be released at E3. 10 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Full Jump Translations Thanks to forum member Sasayaki, we now have full translations for the latest scan. Of interest is the mention of "big brothers city" in that whether the Silver Haired Men will be welcome in Midgar. » View Translation... » Scans Page... 09 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Square-Enix to develop games for new handheld platforms Square-Enix's head of operational planning, Sasaki Michihiro, commented on his company's plans for the PlayStation Portable. He said Square-Enix does intend to support the platform, but still has some questions regarding its business model. Square-Enix also appeared as one of the companies supporting the Nintendo DS on a recently published list from Nintendo. In view of the recently announce FFVII: Before Crisis, there is now the possibility that one of those aforementioned systems might support the game. Source: RPGFan 09 May 2004 : Posted by Clorith |
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Jump Scan Images : Larger Quality Thanks to SquareNet.info we now have some larger quality images from the Jump scan. The images show in detail the new characters. Phychicer Yuna will also be further enhancing these images shortly, so they will be as clear as they can be. » Screens Page... 07 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Full Jump Magazine Scan We now have the full Jump Magazine scan featuring the images of Tifa and the Turks that was reported yesterday. The scan shows some beautiful footage of several of the characters, including an unknown girl, Vincent [who is confirmed now as his name is written] and one of the silver haired men looking very much like Sephiroth. » View Scan... » Scans Page... 07 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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New Images, Tifa and the Turks New images have appeared on the web of what appears to be Tifa and the Turks. One of the images shows what appears to be Tifa in a fighting scene. The images appeared in the latest Jump magazine, but unfortunately the current images aren't of the best quality. Also some possible names of the opponents have been given. 06 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Possible Japanese Voice Actors Well known movie database website IMDb is listing Japanese voice actors for Cloud and Sephiroth. As IMDb is usually a reliable source of information, this information has not been confirmed anywhere by Square-Enix. Therefore we can only list this as being speculative at this point in time. 05 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Fan Made Advent Children DHTML Game Recently forum member Velvet Nightmare announced that he was working on a DHTML game called "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Memory of Despair. Impressed with his ideas, we offered to host his game for him. Although the game has a long way to go before completion, it will be a RPG type game with many features. 05 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Cloud Mobile Phone Model On doing some digging through the web, we have tracked down an image of the Cloud cell phone model that will be displayed at this year's E3. It was first displayed at a presentation in Japan back in September last year displaying the capabilities of a new line of phones at the same time Square-Enix announced they were going to be releasing Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest on a cell phone format. » View Image... 04 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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Square-Enix USA Website Updates E3 Info The official Square-Enix website has been updated with a press release on the games that it will be showing at the E3 expo next week. There is a small paragraph on Advent Children which refers to technological advancements enabling a new look for the world of Final Fantasy VII. It also mentions that no release date has been set for the US as yet. Of further interest is the mention of a FFVII related mobile game - "Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII". 03 May 2004 : Posted by Summoner Yuna |
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