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This year 2023 has been one for the ages, as Nintendo continues to dominate the Video Game market with strong sales of one its of top tier franchises in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, while its Super Mario Mario Bros. film generated over a billion dollars at the box office. With the…
Producer Naoki Yoshida, has read your (or at least from some fans) responses regarding his latest game, Final Fantasy XVI. Needless to say, he is not pleased. According to tweets from Audrey (who translated Yoshida’s comments from a mini documentary), Yoshida is frustrated by the ‘hate’ that he has received from a segment of the…
Yoshida, and Creative Business Unit III, crafted an experience in Final Fantasy XVI, that in my opinion, delivers a storyline, and audio/visual presentation on par with some of Sakaguchi’s best work. Yes, in my opinion, Final Fantasy XVI is a worthy successor to Final Fantasy X (XI, and XIV were online entries, FFXII was great,…
So, it is hard to believe, but it has been a quarter century since 1998. I have very fond memories, perhaps my fondest memories, as a gamer are from that year. While most of my time was spent playing (oh blessed days!) WCW/NWO Revenge, Ocarina of Time, and Golden Eye. I did play some JRPGs…
So, give it or take, Final Fantasy XVI has sold about 3 million copies, as we quickly approach its first month of sales. Square Enix hasn’t given further updates from that early number, which likely means that the majority of people who wanted Final Fantasy XVI, already bought it, and any other sales beyond that…
And so, the era of leaked documents continues, but this time we are going back on a Nostalgic trip to 1996. During this time period, Nintendo was king, and about to unleash the most powerful video gaming system (PC or otherwise) known to man in the Nintendo 64. Sega had a leg up on Sony…
The following excerpt is from my upcoming review of the Final Fantasy XVI that will – apart from offering my perspective on the game – address certain complaints from a sizable section of our JRPG Group community who has trashed the game, needlessly, over aspects of Final Fantasy XVI that have never been much of…
In the middle of the Final Fantasy XVI commotion, due to Metacritic finally awarding it an aggregate score; Nintendo held one of its most memorable Nintendo Direct episodes in recent memory. Plenty of interesting games were revealed, but for starved JRPG fans, two particular announcements were Mana from heaven. Super Mario RPG Remake Will Arrive…
Given that rumors abound of an “in the works” Final Fantasy IX Remake, and Final Fantasy VII’s resurrection as Sequel/Remake of sorts, gamers have turned their attention to the other popular – and most revered – game in the franchise: Final Fantasy VI. While Final Fantasy VI did not set the sales world on fire…
Given that it has been over two decades since the last great Final Fantasy (2001’s FFX), saying that FFXVI is the greatest Final Fantasy in two decades, is not necessarily a grand statement. However, after playing Final Fantasy XVI’s demo, which chronicles the early stages of the game, I have no choice but to feel…