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GameInformer: Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden Preview

GameInformer writes: "A teaser leading up to TGS first put this game on our radar, which is commonly being translated as The Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (no official English title has been given, however). We spent a short span of time with Gaiden last week, blindly navigating through Japanese dialogue boxes and menus. Many of the game's details are still a mystery, but what we were able to discern is below."

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Five cooler alternatives to a Black Wii, including keeping your WiiWare and Virtual Console games

There is a lot of buzz going around the Black Nintendo Wii system, rumored to be coming to North America this May. You don't have to sacrifice your white Wii system, including your library of WiiWare and Virtual Console games, to change the color of your Wii system. See 5 recommended alternatives to ditching your white Wii system for a $200 color upgrade (or a more costly loss of your WiiWare and Virtual Console games).

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Square Enix Announcement Not Shocking

The internet gets a sad but necessary reminder not to overhype things. The big Square Enix USA announcement game, as predicted, was not the new game so many had convinced themselves it would be.

MechaGear5081d ago (Edited 5081d ago )

Whoa, I like rpgland and all, but I really hope they're crap this time.
This and versus xiii not @ e3 would really give it to me.

FACTUAL evidence5080d ago

Besides, that FF title sounds like a crappy wii spinoff, I'm good.

zetsuei15081d ago

as lame as Namco Bandai in this generation.

They could amaze us fairly easy: New Chrono Cross,Parasite Eve for HD consoles (360/PS3), Kingdom Hearts Sequel (360/PS3), Valkyrie Profile, The World Ends With You Sequel, Dragon Quest outside DS (360/PS3)

But no instead they decide to hype a useless tittle that almost everybody doesnt care. Seriously Square couldn't be more lame in this generation /facepalm

hay5081d ago

True. They overhype every little piece they produce, they spew BS(30 years of FF7 remaking, western gamers like only macho protagonists and the list goes on) and their ridiculous take on pretty much everything(RPGs don't need storylines, rehashing titles, new and original games aren't great)...

The Square we loved and followed is no more.

kratos1235080d ago

soo treu man i really want squaresoft back they where the best devolpers ever without a doubt
SE can suck it too many times i have been dissapointed this gen
im stil waiting fore the day wada gets fired.
i just wonder sometimes how you can make the best devolpers in the world one of the worst im trully amazed how this guy pulled it of

lomion55081d ago

I would shed tears of joy should another chrono game ever be annonced. It may be strange, but amazing as Chrono Trigger was, and it was so very amazing, Chrono Cross may very well be my most favorite game of all time.

Marcello5080d ago

The only thing that Squeenix could do to shock me is release a good game

vhero5080d ago

I am getting sick of them thinking games like that are gonna be huge in the minds of fans. I thought the announcement of a re-release of SaGa (Final Fantasy Legends for those who don't know) was bigger personally. I honestly can't wait for the re-release of that classic.

Heisenberg5080d ago

Exactly. SE is sitting on a potential gold mine, and somehow they squander it every step of the way. Every game you mentioned, right down to a FFVII remake, things the dedicated fans SquareSoft earned want very badly, and would go ape shît over, they let collect dust on the shelf. Again, it's squandered potential by a company that has become completely out of touch with it's audience, and that really blows for us.

How does SE get so wrong, what SquareSoft had perfected? Honestly, the blueprints were already laid out, the fans were happy, great original games were being made, games that are now classics... the format worked. This is a classic example of 'fixin it, when it ain't broke'... See kids, they're clichés for a reason.

kingdavid5080d ago (Edited 5080d ago )

Sooooo many good games and sequels they could make and they released games like nier and last remnant :l

It just boggles the mind. THey must have 20 chimps in their boardroom.

toyuts5080d ago

its prob cuz they don't want to spoil and tell every1 the fact that sqaure enix lost everybody they had

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ClownBelt5081d ago

Haha. SE needs to learn what announcement people will crap their pants and what not.

maskedwarrior5081d ago

What a disappointment if this is what they have been teasing.

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Top 5 of Final Fantasy's Most Evil Bad Guys

Brandon Thompson writes: "Gamers have seen few franchises with histories as impressively deep and memorable as the Final Fantasy series. Besides being known for great story lines lovable heroes, Square/Enix's uber-popular franchise is also known for having some of the meanest and most evil baddies in the history of video games.

What does it take to make a successful bad guy who makes a real impact on gamers? The character's costume certainly plays a part. Maybe it's how dramatic of an introduction the character has? Maybe it's all about how insanely crazy, strong, and determined the antagonist is. We still think the costume plays some part. You be the judge."

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vgn245120d ago

No Villian will EVER compare to Sephiroth man. He rocks. No one can disagree.

hay5120d ago (Edited 5120d ago )

Kefka been there before and surpassed him. As I love Sephiroth, he's my favourite villain, Kefka is much more than him. Makes Sephy look like a wannabe.

vgn245120d ago

You're just saying that because I said "No one could disagree" lol

blitz06235120d ago

Sephiroth is more bad ass than Kefka, but no one will be crazier than Kefka. The guy is a definition of 'evil'. He should be tops in that list, not Sephiroth.

vgchica5120d ago

from the article - "While we’re not allowed to number our top five lists anymore, there’s little doubt that Sephiroth would top the list if it were titled "popular" bad guys. Even though he's not the most evil, his hatred puts him in the top five."

Why can't you number a top 5?

charlescox45120d ago

How can they give honorable mention to Edea fromVIII? She wasn't that hard.

NegativeCreepWA5120d ago

lol, Sephiroths a little mommas boy always crying for mother. Kefka actually destroyed the world unlike the rest of them.

K-Tuck5120d ago

Sephiroth is a big wet p(an)sy. I'd rate Kuja over him, and Kuja is basically a schoolgirl.

Cerebellum5120d ago

Hands down: Sephiroth. What other villian has a symphony orchestra perform his theme song to live audiences? huh huh? That's right, Sephiroth PWNS!!!

N4Flamers5120d ago

was that a chick dressed as him in the pic. I would have to say the one I hated the most was seymor from FFX. Turned his mom into a summons and kept her in the basement all chained up.

iamtehpwn5120d ago (Edited 5120d ago )

Sephiroth has more rich character development, and a more obvious motivation for destruction. While Kefka is insane, Sephiroth was once psychology (seemly) normal, and even a great hero at one point.

He also didn't think what he was doing was wrong at all. Sephiroth honestly thought he was saving the world by becoming it's God.

radphil5120d ago (Edited 5120d ago )

"Sephiroth is more bad ass than Kefka, but no one will be crazier than Kefka. The guy is a definition of 'evil'. He should be tops in that list, not Sephiroth."

I kinda agree with that, though they did say they aren't allowed to number them. :p

Granted Sephiroth is another likeable villian from the FF series, I'd have to give the Bat**** crazy overall title to Kefka. The amount of stuff Sephiroth did in FF7 is kinda pale in comparison to the amount of grief, death, and overall things Kefka did in FF6.

However Sephiroth did make it seem more personal to what he did, which still makes him on the top lists.

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qface645120d ago (Edited 5120d ago )

why would sefi top the list the list said most evil bad guys technically speaking compared to what some of the other FF have done and what some of them actually are like the embodiment of malice itself sefi isn't really all that evil just someone who went insane

its just a popularity thing in the end anyways

SprSynJn5120d ago

For the love of God man, periods!!

George Sears5120d ago

I define evil as someone for no remorse or compassion for no living being on this planet. A pure malicious conscious from beggining to end. Someone that not even his/her mother would love. For this, Kefka takes the specifications perfectly. A pathetic weakling from the start of the game, towards becoming something like the devil itself. But regardless of his power, he was always an evil twat.

CountDracula5120d ago

Most Final Fantasy characters (Bad guys included) are pretty much wimps.

capn_crunch5120d ago

Barthandelus in XIII was pretty lame, even if it wasn't hermaphrodite lame like almost all other FF villains, he was pretty lame.

Most evil had to be Kefka... sorry Sephiroth fans, he was just a lonely kid who missed mommy.

midgard2275120d ago

dear god, main villain of ff13 was probably the worst villian in any game since xenosaga 2....probably cuz they r both popes.....but UGhhh, i think ff13 wuda been better if guy cid, or guy with silver hair or even jihl (chick with huge rack) was the main villain.

i loved the whole cast except for main villain. uggh i hate him so boring

kevnb5120d ago

first game in the series I quit before finishing.

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