Podcasts about Yoshinori Kitase

Welcome to our 20th season! Join us as we explore the most anticipated games of 2025 and sit down with the game's director Naoki Hamaguchi and producer Yoshinori Kitase about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Recorded live at Square Enix. Sponsored: Level up your game and get 10% off @TurtleBeach with code GTR at turtlebeach.com/GTR! #turtlebeachpod Danny and Riana are to announce the launch of the new business "D&R Media Consulting" and podcast called "The Danny and Riana Show". New episodes every Wednesday. Check it out! http://dannyandriana.com Buy Danny's new children's book, "Danny Loves Video Games" now on Amazon! English (Hardcover / Kindle) or Spanish (Hardcover / Kindle). "Danny is your typical young boy. He loves playing video games! Read along and find out how he transformed his passion into his career. Based on the true story of Gamertag Radio Founder & Host, Danny Peña." Watch the award-winning film, Gamertag Radio: A Podcast Story now for free on Youtube - story.gamertagradio.com | Store: store.gamertagradio.com. Send us questions - fanmail@gamertagradio.com | Speakpipe.com/gamertagradio or 786-273-7GTR. Join our Discord - https://discord.gg/gtr chat with other GTR community member.

TCW Podcast Episode 215 - Final Fantasy VII   Final Fantasy VII holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers. For some, it was the first time they really connected with a JRPG. For others, it marked the transition from pixel art games to 3D gaming. Final Fantasy VII owes much to the storytelling work of its predecessor, Final Fantasy VI, led by Yoshinori Kitase. Kitase used his love of filmmaking to add an artistic flair to games, improving on the static scenes most games relied on. With Final Fantasy VII, Kitase aimed to overcome hardware limitations in storytelling. This desire to push beyond hardware constraints also led SquareSoft to break ties with Nintendo and join Sony with their new PlayStation. The marketing of FF VII in the West as more than just an RPG helped it become the first Final Fantasy game to sell more in the West than in Japan, thereby cementing JRPGs in the public's mind.   TCW 157 - Final Fantasy's Tale: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/final-fantasy-s-tale/ FFVI - Sand on my boots!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W79EPTyL7Pc FFVI - Opera Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwHrQdC02FY FFVI - Cid's Death and Celes Reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHNcwGol0zo FFVI - Loke and Rachel's Backstory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl7urWIrQTU FFVI - The Falcon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZA9om3Ezww The Original Trilogy ILM Special Effects Makers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85MK2GDkoxo Star Wars Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJguy6wSYyI Spaceballs Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZveoBfiww TCW 053 - This History and Merger of Enix and Square: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-history-and-merger-of-enix-and-square/ TCW 011 - The Genesis of JRPGs: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-genesis-of-jrpgs/ FF IV - Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njl7aBS0Ah4 FF IV - The Giant of Babil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq6k1gHh_2k  FF VI - Coin Toss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ZSXwMe678 FF VI - Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAD31P49hsw FF 7 - An Oral History: https://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 Polygon - Final Fantasy VI Tech Demo with Kazuyuki Hashimoto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DTjrY1LXrk FF VI SGI Tech Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHHdODEMD9c FF VII Opening Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CORYpK6_W8 Interview With Hironobu Sakaguchi: https://youtu.be/wucMb3Hcuhc?t=269 Friendly Tap of the Horn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mYHss0Xmus Following the Blood Trail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQq79OZIvE The Midgar Zolom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfqkWu1Yrj8 Knights of the Round cast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv9aI5RkoeQ Sephiroth's Ultimate Attack - Super Nova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktc022h9Nj8 Final Fantasy VII Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDz9A4ByHIQ FF7 Promo Art: https://www.mobygames.com/game/858/final-fantasy-vii/promo/ Aerith's Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGuohjmGY3Q     New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1     Intro Music: FF VII Opening ~ Bombing Mission: https://archive.org/details/final_fantasy_vii_soundtrack/02-Opening+~+Bombing+Mission.mp3     Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Title: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit I Publisher: Square Enix Designers: Naoki Hamaguchi, Motomu Toriyama, Tetsuya Nomura (directors); Yoshinori Kitase (producer); Teruki Endo, Masanori Sato Platform: PlayStation 5 Release date: February 29, 2024 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SPECIAL GUEST: Andrew Orozco (@MoogIenator); Geek News Now (@GNN_Home), DuoSense Podcast (@DuoSenseP) SHOWNOTES: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is finally here, and yes, we're a little late on this episode, but we are beyond stoked to talk about our experiences so far on the sequel to 2020's Final Fantasy VII Remake and the second part of a trilogy reimagining of the 1997 original Final Fantasy VII! Andrew Orozco from Geek News Now and the DuoSense Podcast joins Ashley for a spoiler-free review of the winner of Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards 2023. In what ways does Rebirth expand on its video game predecessors and the world of Final Fantasy VII? Does it live up to the hype? Find out now, and stay tuned for more content very soon! Collateral Gaming is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and is on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Chill Lover Radio, and wherever else you get your podcasts! Get the latest news in gaming and geek pop culture from Geek News Now! Check them out at geeknewsnow.net, as well as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You can also follow their associated podcasts on Podbean and Amazon Music. The DuoSense Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other podcast platforms! You can also follow them on Twitter! Collateral Media presents Robert Ortegon's Texas Sundown, a 2024 indie short film made by and starring the crew of Collateral Cinema, available now on YouTube: youtu.be/trpnh2fYkaY (Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don't sue us; we're poor!)

Dans l'arrière-salle d'un hôtel parisien battu par la pluie de novembre nous attendent deux générations de développeurs japonais. En blazer et chemise rayée, le producteur Yoshinori Kitase, qui approche la soixantaine. Calme et posé, il est devenu une des légendes de Square Enix en réalisant un des plus éclatants succès de la firme à la fin des années 90, alors qu'il effectuait ses premiers pas en solo au poste de réalisateur sur Final Fantasy VII. C'est lui qui a confié l'un des remakes les plus attendus du jeu vidéo au volubile quadra qui se tient à ses côtés. En baskets et sweat-shirt pétants, Naoki Hamaguchi ne semble pas angoissé par le destin du paquebot à plusieurs centaines de millions de dollars dont il a la charge. Très bien accueilli, le premier volet conforte le duo dans leurs choix. Quand le jeune plaide pour la tradition, l'autre encourage la révolution.Un entretien réalisé par Patrick Hellio et Marius Chapuis.Pour commenter cette émission, donner votre avis ou simplement discuter avec notre communauté, connectez-vous au serveur Discord de Silence on joue!Soutenez Silence on joue en vous abonnant à Libération avec notre offre spéciale à 6€ par mois : https://offre.liberation.fr/soj/CRÉDITSCet entretien a été enregistrée le 6 novembre 2023 sur Discord. Réalisation : Erwan Cario. Générique : Marc Quatrociocchi Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

My guest today is a Japanese video-game director, producer, and executive officer of Square-Enix. Born in 1966 in Fussa City in the suburbs of Tokyo, he studied filmmaking at Nihon University. After graduating, he was working at an animation studio when he first played Final Fantasy on the Famicom, and immediately saw the dramatic potential of the video game medium. Despite having no technical skills, he joined Square in 1990, to work as an “event planner”, involved in level design for Seiken Densetsu (Final Fantasy Adventure) for the Game Boy. Four years later he directed Final Fantasy VI, a game widely considered a classic. A protégée of the company's founder, Hironobu Sakaguchi, my guest subsequently worked on many of the company's best-loved titles, and now serves as Brand Manager for the Final Fantasy series. “My father would complain that he had no idea what was going on when I played RPGs at home after school,” he once told me. “This made me want to make games that those watching the screen beside the player might also find interesting.”  Be attitude for gains. https://plus.acast.com/s/my-perfect-console. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week has been a whirlwind of rumors, speculation, and reports centered around Microsoft's possible direction for the future of Xbox as a brand, as a console, and what that means for the gaming world in general. Gaming social media imploded so crazily that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer had to reveal a business summit is occurring next week that will cover this. Sean and Marc discuss this possible major change to gaming, will it really be all that bad? Is it a big deal if Xbox no longer has any "true exclusives?" does this mean that it is now Game Pass or bust? What avenues does Microsoft gaming really have at this point? And is this the death of the Xbox Console? Also, Marc is near the end of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Sean has some thoughts on Persona 3 Reload and speaks generally (without spoilers) about the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo and some things from the State of Play. Plus, Disney invests big money into Epic Games and promises a major Fortnite partnership, Capcom asks which of their franchises you'd like to see make a return, rumors on the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, Knuckles TV show news, and more!You can also watch this episode in video form on the W2M Network Youtube Channel, please give us a like, comment on the episode, and give the channel a subscribe and follow as well: https://youtube.com/live/PFov4lQW9cYTimestamps: 00:01:00: START 00:02:50: Housekeeping -------------- MAIN TOPIC ----------00:04:10 What's going on at Xbox? Are they about to go Multi-Platform? Is the Xbox Console Dead?00:36:30: Ubisoft defends the $70 Price tag of Skull & Bones because it is a AAAA Game-------------- Games We Are Playing ---------00:42:30: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Marc beat it) 00:52:25: Persona 3 Reload (Sean) 00:58:35 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Demo (Sean) ----------- What's in the News -------- 01:03:25: Report comes out that Nintendo Switch 2 could have its announcement in March01:05:55: Capcom asks in a survey what games you'd like to see get remade or have a sequel01:10:55: Disney invests $1.5 Billion into Epic Games 01:16:35: Yoshinori Kitase says he'd change the Junction system for a Final Fantasy 8 Remake01:18:55: Kadokawa acquires Octopath Traveler Developers Acquire01:22:15: Knuckles TV Show gets release date---------------- The End ----------01:23:50: Games Coming out this week- If you prefer podcasts: Listen and give us a review on these platforms... - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ag/podcast/video-games-2-the-max/id886092740Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wjd0u3xO7TdAm4gKRM44LAmazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/Video-Games-2-the-MAX-Podcast/B08JJPTZTWPodchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/video-games-2-the-max-181386Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/?podId=2465904IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-video-games-2-the-m-28438312/- Check out other W2M Network Shows - Latest Otalku Cafe Episode (Anime): https://youtube.com/live/7AUIjsRmzz4Radulich in Broadcasting's Argyle Review: https://youtube.com/live/Go4t0HbiumoRadulich in Broadcasting's Percy Jackson Season 1 Review: https://youtube.com/live/U94u4q8wc5E- News Story Links - Ubisoft defends Skull & Bones Pricing: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-ceo-defends-skull-and-bones-70-price-despite-its-live-service-leanings-calls-it-quadruple-a/Nintendo Switch 2 Could Be Announced as early as March 2024: https://gamerant.com/rumor-nintendo-switch-2-reveal-march-2024/Capcom asks about old franchises in a survey: https://www.ign.com/articles/capcom-asks-players-if-they-want-sequels-to-okami-dead-rising-mega-man-and-moreDisney Invests $1.5 Billion in Epic Games: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/7/24065281/disney-epic-games-investment-fortnite-metaverseYoshinori Kitase says he change the Junction system for a Final Fantasy VIII Remake: https://insider-gaming.com/final-fantasy-8-director-would-rework-battle-system-in-a-remake/- Follow on X (Twitter): -Sean on Twitter: https://twitter.com/W2MSeanW2M Network on Twitter: https://twitter.com/w2mnetwork- Other Social Media -Follow us on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@w2mnetwork2Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/aydMgvUN9dFollow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/w2mnetworkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w2mnetwork/Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/W2MNetwork

This week has been a whirlwind of rumors, speculation, and reports centered around Microsoft's possible direction for the future of Xbox as a brand, as a console, and what that means for the gaming world in general. Gaming social media imploded so crazily that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer had to reveal a business summit is occurring next week that will cover this. Sean and Marc discuss this possible major change to gaming, will it really be all that bad? Is it a big deal if Xbox no longer has any "true exclusives?" does this mean that it is now Game Pass or bust? What avenues does Microsoft gaming really have at this point? And is this the death of the Xbox Console? Also, Marc is near the end of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Sean has some thoughts on Persona 3 Reload and speaks generally (without spoilers) about the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo and some things from the State of Play. Plus, Disney invests big money into Epic Games and promises a major Fortnite partnership, Capcom asks which of their franchises you'd like to see make a return, rumors on the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, Knuckles TV show news, and more! You can also watch this episode in video form on the W2M Network Youtube Channel, please give us a like, comment on the episode, and give the channel a subscribe and follow as well: https://youtube.com/live/PFov4lQW9cY Timestamps: 00:00:00: START 00:01:50: Housekeeping -------------- MAIN TOPIC ---------- 00:03:10 What's going on at Xbox? Are they about to go Multi-Platform? Is the Xbox Console Dead? 00:35:30: Ubisoft defends the $70 Price tag of Skull & Bones because it is a AAAA Game -------------- Games We Are Playing --------- 00:41:30: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Marc beat it) 00:51:25: Persona 3 Reload (Sean) 00:57:35 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Demo (Sean) ----------- What's in the News -------- 01:02:25: Report comes out that Nintendo Switch 2 could have its announcement in March 01:04:55: Capcom asks in a survey what games you'd like to see get remade or have a sequel 01:09:55: Disney invests $1.5 Billion into Epic Games 01:15:35: Yoshinori Kitase says he'd change the Junction system for a Final Fantasy 8 Remake 01:17:55: Kadokawa acquires Octopath Traveler Developers Acquire 01:21:15: Knuckles TV Show gets release date ---------------- The End ---------- 01:22:50: Games Coming out this week - If you prefer podcasts: Listen and give us a review on these platforms... - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ag/podcast/video-games-2-the-max/id886092740 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wjd0u3xO7TdAm4gKRM44L Amazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/Video-Games-2-the-MAX-Podcast/B08JJPTZTW Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/video-games-2-the-max-181386 Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/?podId=2465904 IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-video-games-2-the-m-28438312/ - Check out other W2M Network Shows - Latest Otalku Cafe Episode (Anime): https://youtube.com/live/7AUIjsRmzz4 Radulich in Broadcasting's Argyle Review: https://youtube.com/live/Go4t0Hbiumo Radulich in Broadcasting's Percy Jackson Season 1 Review: https://youtube.com/live/U94u4q8wc5E - News Story Links - Ubisoft defends Skull & Bones Pricing: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-ceo-defends-skull-and-bones-70-price-despite-its-live-service-leanings-calls-it-quadruple-a/ Nintendo Switch 2 Could Be Announced as early as March 2024: https://gamerant.com/rumor-nintendo-switch-2-reveal-march-2024/ Capcom asks about old franchises in a survey: https://www.ign.com/articles/capcom-asks-players-if-they-want-sequels-to-okami-dead-rising-mega-man-and-more Disney Invests $1.5 Billion in Epic Games: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/7/24065281/disney-epic-games-investment-fortnite-metaverse Yoshinori Kitase says he change the Junction system for a Final Fantasy VIII Remake: https://insider-gaming.com/final-fantasy-8-director-would-rework-battle-system-in-a-remake/ - Follow on X (Twitter): - Sean on Twitter: https://twitter.com/W2MSean W2M Network on Twitter: https://twitter.com/w2mnetwork - Other Social Media - Follow us on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@w2mnetwork2 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/aydMgvUN9d Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/w2mnetwork Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w2mnetwork/ Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/W2MNetwork

It's been 2 weeks since our last regular podcast and we've missed quite a lot! Ed's interviewed Yoshinori Kitase, the director of the original FFVII (plus a million other credits) and asked him about Tifa joining Tekken, with an interesting response! Ben's also been playing a ton of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and has been enjoying it far more than he expected. A Plus, we chat about what you've been playing and everything else we might have missed! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:47 - Tifa in Tekken & Ed's interview with Kitase 00:27:13 - PlayStation State of Play 00:44:30 - Xbox games on PS5? 00:49:15 - Chants of Sennaar 00:57:29 - Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League 01:09:00 - What you've been playing 01:16:15 - More Suicide Squad & Outro   ▼ Swapping Joysticks ▼ ● All previous episodes available at http://swappingjoysticks.com

This week, Sony graced us all with a rather lengthy PlayStation State of Play showing off the promised games such as Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin, but also delivering a few surprises such as an almost 10-minute look at Death Stranding 2 among other announcements. Sean and Marc give their thoughts on the State of Play and if they are more hyped about anything that was shown than they were previously. Also, Marc has been playing quite a lot of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, as he traverses through Hawaii with Ichiban and friends exploring the beaches, the Animal Crossing-like Dondoko Island, and battling it out with the Sujimon. Sean unfortunately hasn't been able to play much, but both of them will be able to discuss Persona 3: Reload next week at least. There's also a rumor that Sony may be working on a PlayStation Vita 2 or at least a true original portable device, but that it would not be released for at least another two years. Would it be possible to even have a PlayStation 5 portable? Does this mean we will see this become an even bigger trend in gaming? Or is this just another case of PlayStation and potentially Xbox going after Nintendo a little too late? Plus, sadly, more layoffs at Embracer Group, and SEGA of America also is set to have layoffs as well. games being delisted with no warning off Steam and consoles, Square-Enix saying a Final Fantasy VI remake would take 20 years to make, info on the PDP Fortnite Festival guitar and more!You can also watch this episode in video form on the W2M Network Youtube Channel, please give us a like, comment on the episode, and give the channel a subscribe and follow as well: https://youtube.com/live/8WzNlRXhOsMTimestamps: 00:01:00: START00:02:10: Housekeeping------------------ MAIN TOPIC -----------00:03:40 PlayStation State of Play Reactions------------- Games We Are Playing ---------00:21:45 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Sean & Marc) 00:36:40 Discussing if they are gonna play Persona 3: Reload, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and Helldivers 2------------- What's in the News ------------00:39:25 SEGA of America laying off 61 people and Embracer Continues Layoffs as well at Eidos Montreal, Cancels Deus Ex game too00:42:25 Spec Ops the Line and Devil Mary Cry 3 & 4 Special Editions get suddenly Delisted00:45:40 Some European retailers to stop selling physical Xbox Games in stores00:49:10 According to a Hardware Leaker, there's a possible PlayStation Vita 2 or Original Portable in Development with AMD00:55:45 Yoshinori Kitase says it would take 20 years to make a FFVII-style remake of FFVI00:59:40 Sean talks about the PDP Rock Band 4/Fortnite Festival Guitar 1:01:15 Skull & Bones is going to have an Open Beta February 8-11 and some random thoughts---------------- The End ------------01:02:35 Mario versus Donkey Kong has a Demo on Nintendo Switch and the Games Coming out this week! - If you prefer podcasts: Listen and give us a review on these platforms... - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ag/podcast/video-games-2-the-max/id886092740Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wjd0u3xO7TdAm4gKRM44LAmazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/Video-Games-2-the-MAX-Podcast/B08JJPTZTWPodchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/video-games-2-the-max-181386Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/?podId=2465904IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-video-games-2-the-m-28438312/- Check out other W2M Network Shows - Latest Otalku Cafe Episode (Anime): https://youtube.com/live/VldMlSaoodwRadulich in Broadcasting Triple Feature: Streetfighter Live-Action/Street Fighter 2/Mortal Kombat Annihilation: https://youtube.com/live/MmcWXk95DDA- News Story Links - PlayStation possibly working a separate Vita 2 or non-Remote Play handheld: https://insider-gaming.com/sony-new-playstation-handheld-console-development/Devil May Cry 3 and Devil May Cry 4 Special Editions Delisted: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/devil-may-cry-3-special-edition-and-devil-may-cry-4-delisted-from-steam/Embracer Group lays off 97 people from Eidos Montreal: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/eidos-montreal-lays-off-97-staffersFinal Fantasy VI Remake Would take 20 years: https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-6-remake-would-take-about-20-years-to-make-original-director-saysPDP Riffmaster Wireless RB 4/Fornite Festival Controller: https://www.ign.com/articles/pdps-new-wireless-guitar-controller-works-with-rock-band-4-and-eventually-fortnite-festival- Follow on X (Twitter): -Sean on Twitter: https://twitter.com/W2MSeanW2M Network on Twitter: https://twitter.com/w2mnetwork- Other Social Media -Follow us on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@w2mnetwork2Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/aydMgvUN9dFollow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/w2mnetworkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w2mnetwork/Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/W2MNetwork

This week, Sony graced us all with a rather lengthy PlayStation State of Play showing off the promised games such as Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin, but also delivering a few surprises such as an almost 10-minute look at Death Stranding 2 among other announcements. Sean and Marc give their thoughts on the State of Play and if they are more hyped about anything that was shown than they were previously. Also, Marc has been playing quite a lot of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, as he traverses through Hawaii with Ichiban and friends exploring the beaches, the Animal Crossing-like Dondoko Island, and battling it out with the Sujimon. Sean unfortunately hasn't been able to play much, but both of them will be able to discuss Persona 3: Reload next week at least. There's also a rumor that Sony may be working on a PlayStation Vita 2 or at least a true original portable device, but that it would not be released for at least another two years. Would it be possible to even have a PlayStation 5 portable? Does this mean we will see this become an even bigger trend in gaming? Or is this just another case of PlayStation and potentially Xbox going after Nintendo a little too late? Plus, sadly, more layoffs at Embracer Group, and SEGA of America also is set to have layoffs as well. games being delisted with no warning off Steam and consoles, Square-Enix saying a Final Fantasy VI remake would take 20 years to make, info on the PDP Fortnite Festival guitar and more! You can also watch this episode in video form on the W2M Network Youtube Channel, please give us a like, comment on the episode, and give the channel a subscribe and follow as well: https://youtube.com/live/8WzNlRXhOsM Timestamps: 00:00:00: START 00:01:10: Housekeeping ------------------ MAIN TOPIC ----------- 00:02:40 PlayStation State of Play Reactions ------------- Games We Are Playing --------- 00:20:45 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Sean & Marc) 00:35:40 Discussing if they are gonna play Persona 3: Reload, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and Helldivers 2 ------------- What's in the News ------------ 00:38:25 SEGA of America laying off 61 people and Embracer Continues Layoffs as well at Eidos Montreal, Cancels Deus Ex game too 00:41:25 Spec Ops the Line and Devil Mary Cry 3 & 4 Special Editions get suddenly Delisted 00:44:40 Some European retailers to stop selling physical Xbox Games in stores 00:48:10 According to a Hardware Leaker, there's a possible PlayStation Vita 2 or Original Portable in Development with AMD 00:54:45 Yoshinori Kitase says it would take 20 years to make a FFVII-style remake of FFVI 00:58:40 Sean talks about the PDP Rock Band 4/Fortnite Festival Guitar 1:00:15 Skull & Bones is going to have an Open Beta February 8-11 and some random thoughts ---------------- The End ------------ 01:01:35 Mario versus Donkey Kong has a Demo on Nintendo Switch and the Games Coming out this week! - If you prefer podcasts: Listen and give us a review on these platforms... - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ag/podcast/video-games-2-the-max/id886092740 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wjd0u3xO7TdAm4gKRM44L Amazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/Video-Games-2-the-MAX-Podcast/B08JJPTZTW Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/video-games-2-the-max-181386 Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/?podId=2465904 IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-video-games-2-the-m-28438312/ - Check out other W2M Network Shows - Latest Otalku Cafe Episode (Anime): https://youtube.com/live/VldMlSaoodw Radulich in Broadcasting Triple Feature: Streetfighter Live-Action/Street Fighter 2/Mortal Kombat Annihilation: https://youtube.com/live/MmcWXk95DDA - News Story Links - PlayStation possibly working a separate Vita 2 or non-Remote Play handheld: https://insider-gaming.com/sony-new-playstation-handheld-console-development/ Devil May Cry 3 and Devil May Cry 4 Special Editions Delisted: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/devil-may-cry-3-special-edition-and-devil-may-cry-4-delisted-from-steam/ Embracer Group lays off 97 people from Eidos Montreal: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/eidos-montreal-lays-off-97-staffers Final Fantasy VI Remake Would take 20 years: https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-6-remake-would-take-about-20-years-to-make-original-director-says PDP Riffmaster Wireless RB 4/Fornite Festival Controller: https://www.ign.com/articles/pdps-new-wireless-guitar-controller-works-with-rock-band-4-and-eventually-fortnite-festival - Follow on X (Twitter): - Sean on Twitter: https://twitter.com/W2MSean W2M Network on Twitter: https://twitter.com/w2mnetwork - Other Social Media - Follow us on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@w2mnetwork2 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/aydMgvUN9d Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/w2mnetwork Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w2mnetwork/ Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/W2MNetwork

Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw  Topics: Omdia analyst says Switch 2 launching this year with 8-inch LCD screen https://mynintendonews.com/2024/01/26/omdia-analyst-says-switch-2-launching-this-year-with-8-inch-lcd-screen/ The Pokémon Company releases a statement about Palworld, will “investigate and take appropriate measures to address any acts that infringe on intellectual property rights” https://corporate.pokemon.co.jp/media/news/detail/335.html 40-minute State of Play scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, covering 15+ games https://blog.playstation.com/2024/01/29/state-of-play-returns-this-wednesday-2/ Several games already leaked by XboxEra's Nick Baker https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/rumor-sonic-generations-related-announcement-coming-soon-r1863 Rocksteady pulls Suicide Squad an hour into early access after players' games ‘auto completed' https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rocksteady-pulls-suicide-squad-an-hour-into-early-access-after-players-games-auto-completed/ Embracer Group Cancels ‘Deus Ex' Video Game https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/embracer-group-cancels-deus-ex-video-game?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNjU0Nzg4OSwiZXhwIjoxNzA3MTUyNjg5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTODE2NkVUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.T2W3xfF0THBVaAiDy-RvS1Vht-c3VHXJY4_CX6i7vio Official statement of 97 layoffs https://twitter.com/EidosMontreal/status/1752027685293801632 A Final Fantasy VI remake would take ‘twice as long' as FF7, says producer Yoshinori Kitase https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-final-fantasy-6-remake-would-take-twice-as-long-as-ff7-says-producer/ Limited Run is releasing a CDi controller for Arzette: https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1750581725850136670  Questions from Discord: Beavis Christ: Also, how do you think the trend of games having to be bigger and bigger will develop? I think we're long past the point where some people had predicted a second market collapse. Will indie continue to rise in importance, with some devs landing in the AA space? What we're playing: Mary: Stray (beat), Cult of the Lamb new content, Mineko's Night Market (beat), Super Mario RPG, 7 Days to Die John: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Final Fantasy VI, also known as Final Fantasy III from itsinitial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed andpublished by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is thesixth main entry in the Final Fantasy series, and the first to be directed bysomeone other than series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was insteadfilled by Yoshinori Kitase and Hiroyuki Ito. Long-time collaborator YoshitakaAmano returned as character designer and concept artist, while composer NobuoUematsu returned to compose the game's score, which has been released onseveral soundtrack albums.Find us online!Jeff Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/CentaurProductions Twitter - @JeffCentaurRuss Twitter - @RussMac25Chris Twitch - http://twitch.tv/LierXAgerate Twitter - @EnrichFlavor

Title(s): Final Fantasy VII Remake (ファイナルファンタジーVII リメイク) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (ファイナルファンタジーVII リメイク インターグレード) Developer: Square Enix Business Division 1 Publisher(s): Square Enix Designers: Tetsuya Nomura (director/artist), Naoki Hamaguchi (director), Motomu Toriyama (director), Yoshinori Kitase (producer), Hironobu Sakaguchi (producer/writer), Teruki Endo, Kazushige Nojima (writer) Platform(s): PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows (Intergrade) Release date(s): April 10, 2020 June 10, 2021 (Intergrade: PS5) PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: For the second part of our Season Five Premiere, Ash and Beau (Collateral Cinema) are comparing the 2020 remake of Final Fantasy VII to its source material! How does Final Fantasy VII Remake hold up, both as a modern representation of a title considered one of the greatest video games of all time and as a standalone action RPG? Listen to our thoughts, and stay tuned for our next two-part original–remake comparison on Resident Evil 2 for Spooky Month! Collateral Gaming is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and is on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Chill Lover Radio, and wherever else you get your podcasts! (Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don't sue us; we're poor!)

A special interview with Arnie Roth, conductor of Distant Worlds. Interview performed by ssdninja. Interview also viewable on our Patreon page (public post) Distant Worlds is a concert series centered around the Final Fantasy franchise. Produced by AWR music and debuting in 2007, Distant Worlds brings the music of Final Fantasy to audiences around the world. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Distant Worlds and the 35th anniversary of Final Fantasy. The concert series premiered in Tokyo, Japan on Aug. 6, with a North American premiere set for Chicago on Sept. 10. The Chicago performance will have vocalist Rikki performing “Suteki da ne” from Final Fantasy X along with legendary composer Yoko Shimomura in attendance. Arnie Roth is a Grammy-winning musician and conductor of Distant Worlds. Throughout the years he has continued to bring the music of Final Fantasy to fans all over the world. This short interview aims to discuss the past and future of Distant Worlds, along with recalling some memories along the way. Tickets are still available for the Chicago shows as well as other upcoming performances at ffdistantworlds.com/. Hironobu Sakaguchi, Naoki Yoshida, Yoshinori Kitase, Yoko Shimomura, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Naoshi Mizuta, Masayoshi Soken, Nobuo Uematsu, RIKKI, Emiko Shiratori, Arnie Roth, and Kazuko Shibuya gather in Tokyo for the world premiere of the 35th anniversary of Distant Worlds. Photo courtesy of AWR Music

Welcome to the Gameflow Podcast! The newest show under the Podcast Fresh Network hosted by Ryan Melo!Today, We'll be talking about the new game Square Enix is releasing this Winter, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII: Reunion. This game will be an updated version of the original PSP game that is blurring the line between remake and remaster, so a "remakester" if you will. This episode goes over the recent interviews that Tetsuya Nomura and Yoshinori Kitase have done regarding the newest entries in the Final Fantasy VII universe. Also check out our other shows! We have the Last Wrestling Podcast hosted by our very own Chris Torres! The Podcast Fresh Cafe hosted by both Ryan Melo & Chris Torres where they discuss games, movies and anything pop culture. Lastly check out our Fresh Prince of Bel-Air review show where we review the show episode by episode!-------------------------------------------------Check out D9 on Youtube!-------------------------------------------------FOLLOW PODCAST FRESH: INSTAGRAM | TWITTERFOLLOW CHRIS TORRES: INSTAGRAMFOLLOW RYAN "ACAPELLO" MELO: INSTAGRAM | SOUNDCLOUD |Download Jungle, One Winged Angel, Facts, Dirty Bottles, and more at Acapello's Soundcloud pagePodcast Fresh: Cafe drops every week!E-MAIL US AT PODCASTFRESH2020@GMAIL.COM WITH QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, STORIES, OR WHATEVER ELSE IS ON YOUR MIND!*We don't own some of the music used in our shows*

Follow itmeJP on Twitch and watch him LIVE everyday 1PM ET: https://www.twitch.tv/itmeJP We're now on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Google Podcasts! The news for today: Activision Blizzard's internal investigation finds no wrongdoing. Final Fantasy 7 Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase likens Rebirth to popular trilogy sequels. Supermassive's The Quarry and Squanch Games - High on Life were originally meant to be Google Stadia exclusives & much more! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JPNN is the premiere gaming news source* with breaking news on Gaming, tech, and doggo news! *According to "some people." - Follow JP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itmeJP - Follow JP on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/itmejp - Subscribe to JP's main channel for the latest shows: https://www.youtube.com/c/itmeJP - Subscribe to to JP's game archive channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/itmeJP2

- Sony compra Bungie por 3.600 millones de dólares. El estudio responsable de títulos como Destiny o Halo, pasa a ser estudio subsidiario de Sony Interactive Entertainment. En principio y según Sony, Bungie seguirá teniendo la opción de «autopublicarse y alcanzar a jugadores allá donde elijan jugar». - La segunda parte de Final Fantasy VII Remake se mostraría este año, según adelanta su productor Yoshinori Kitase. Ayer se cumplió el 25 aniversario del lanzamiento de Final Fantasy VII, publicado el 31 de enero de 1997 a nivel mundial, y es por esto que algunos responsables de la saga han estado concediendo entrevistas, asistiendo a eventos, o simplemente, publicando algún tipo de comunicado. Kitase, productor y director del FFVII original, asistió a un evento en el que afirmó que «habrá más información este año, si podemos». Dependerán aquí de lo avanzado que esté Final Fantasy XVI, entre otras cosas. - Cyberpunk para PS5 podría estar a la vuelta de la esquina. La cuenta de Twitter «Playstation Game Size», que ha ido últimamente ganando popularidad por anticipar los tamaños de los juegos antes de que se publiquen, han dejado caer que ya tienen localizada la versión de PS5 de Cyberpunk. Hablan además de que no se trata de un parche, sino de una versión nativa para las nuevas consolas, y que probablemente saldrá a mediados de febrero o principios de marzo. - La Epic Games Store ha alcanzado los 194 millones de usuarios en 2021, incrementándose desde el año pasado en 31 millones. Epic Games ha publicado un informe repasando diferentes cifras sobre su crecimiento y hay algunos detalles interesantes. Por ejemplo, el gasto de sus usuarios ha aumentado un 20% con respecto al año pasado, superando los 840 millones de dólares; y el récord de jugadores activos mensuales alcanzó este diciembre los 62 millones de jugadores, un aumento interanual del 11%. Os dejo el enlace por si queréis profundizar en las cifras. - Star Wars Eclipse tomaría inspiraciones de The Last of Us. Este título de Quantic Dream, en el que se alejarán un poquito del modus operandi habitual de la desarrolladora, vuelve a salir a la palestra tras una recapitulación de todo lo conocido por parte del insider que más información está dando al respecto. La novedad aquí es que el desarrollo está complicándose hasta el punto de que tuvieron que modificar su motor gráfico, y también están encontrando dificultades a la hora de contratar. Si queréis recibir un correo diario con las noticias y el enlace al podcast, podéis suscribiros a la newsletter. Puedes encontrarme en Twitter como @nachocerrato.

On today's IGN The Fix: Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced today it acquired Destiny Developer Bungie for $3.6 billion. Cyberpunk 2077 is set to receive its next-gen version. As tweeted by the PlayStation Game Size Twitter account, which regularly posts findings from across the PSN database, a new addition suggests that the long-awaited new-gen versions of the CD Projekt Red RPG may be on the way. Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura confirms more Final Fantasy 7 spin-offs are on the way. Among statements made for Final Fantasy VII Remake's Twitter account celebrating its 25th anniversary, with Nomura and Final Fantasy VII Remake's producer, Yoshinori Kitase, reflecting on the growth of the series and its future. Narz has all that in your Daily Fix!

KITASE TIME! On this episode we take a deep dive on FF7R producer and legacy Square juggernaut Yoshinori Kitase! Thanks for listening! Alright everyone, let's mosey! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-midgar-minute/support

I waited a day for extra content and this what I came up with. It was such a short week of news, but I wanted to pass along all these great games on sale. SO episode 199 is what it is. Hopefully more stories coming next week. With both the E-Shop and PSN store having big holiday sales, I wanted to comb through and pick all the JRPGs out. Some great deals to be had. So increase your backlog today! There were a handful of news worthy stories floating out there, which make up the middle of the show. I wrap things up with a blog by Yoshinori Kitase. He dives into his producer role on Final Fantasy X and X-2. I recently began a replay of X so this was a fun read. Hope you enjoy it too. Support the podcast here https://www.patreon.com/JRPGReport Paypal: Direct support available via jamesfisherproductions@gmail.com Leave us a review on Apple or your favorite listening place. Like our Facebook Page We now have a website! www.jrpgreport.com Follow us on Twitter @Jrpgreport JRPG videos on Youtube Email me at jrpgreport@gmail.com Check out these fine sources for more information on the stories I cover: https://www.gematsu.com/ and https://www.siliconera.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jrpgreport/message

In Episode 43 of Today's News Tonight, Caddicarus joins us to discuss vague comments made recently by Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase about what to expect for part 2, the formal announcement of Netflix's Sonic Prime animated series, GoldenEye 007's fabled Xbox Live Arcade remaster leaking in its entirety, the Switch and its first-party software absolutely killing it in Nintendo's latest earnings report, a good Samaritan taking advantage of the GameStonk situation to purchase Nintendo Switch consoles for charity, and more! Check out more from Caddicarus! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Caddicarus​ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/caddicarus​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Caddicarus​ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/caddicarus ​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caddicarus/ ​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Caddicarus/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gvg/support

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on Final Fantasy VI, which is often in the conversation surrounding the pinnacle of the 16-bit JRPG. We set the game in its time, and then turn to it directly, talking about world-building and how 2D feels better than 3D for these sorts of games, among other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to South Figaro Issues covered: who chose this game, stringing out the announcement of the game, how the numbering happened, the apex 16-bit JRPG, Square leaving Nintendo, 1994 in games, knowing what they're doing, feeling like a late-generation game, the transition from VI to VII, the expense of cartridges vs CDs, getting to the limits of cartridges, investing in the cinematics department, self-correcting the numbering scheme, how good the cinematics department was, moving to more of a cinematics-based storytelling style, caveat: this is our darned podcast, Nomura starting as a "debugger," the advantages of staying somewhere for a long time, compressed world-building on the SNES version, making the cinematic for people who already know the game, having expectations, 2D holding up better than 3D from this era, not being ready to compare with Chrono Trigger yet, feeling hyper-linear and not being able to pursue options you think you should, feeling like Chrono Trigger was better balanced for straight play, feeling more adventure-gamey, having moments that stick with you, being balanced towards easy early on, getting poor feedback from an enemy, leaning on Edgar's strengths, some parallels with other popular media, sticking with the given names, hoping for strong characterization, similarity in presentation across modes in 2D and late 3D, universality and abstraction, having a great moment in a combat, adding layers of confusion to presentation with multiple interpretations and writers, removing abilities at the end of the game, adding challenge, addressing adventure game dialog trees through time rewind. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Chrono Trigger, Ultima, Dragon Quest/Warrior, Earthbound, Level-5, Studio Ghibli, Ni No Kuni, Nintendo, Super Metroid, Warcraft, TIE Fighter, X-COM: UFO Defense, Earthworm Jim, Donkey Kong Country, Tekken, Namco, DOOM (1993), System Shock, The Elder Scrolls: Arena, Master of Magic, Theme Park, Aladdin, The Lion King, Sonic (series), Sega Genesis, Quake, PlayStation, Blizzard, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yoshinori Kitase, Shigeru Miyamoto, Fallout, Vampire: the Masquerade, Troika, Hiroyuki Ito, Tetsuya Nomura, Tetsuya Takahashi, Nobuo Uematsu, Kingdom Hearts, The Spirits Within, Star Wars, Pokemon, Arcanum, Baldur's Gate, Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Ben "from Iowa" Zaugg, Symphony of the Night, God of War II, Life Is Strange (season one), Wasteland 2, Spider-Verse, Spider-Man 2, Tobey Maguire, Returnal, Groundhog Day, Death Stranding, The Last Story, Mistwalker Studios, Wii, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: Stay tuned! Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

It's another episode and it's another huge update about the Final Fantasy 7 Remake! Yoshinori Kitase and Tetsuya Nomura have been speaking to Japanese media about what to expect from Intergrade, with some loose talks about Part Two, and there's also new information about First Soldier, Ever Crisis and... Forspoken (although that's not Final Fantasy-related!)

In this first episode of our deep-dive into Final Fantasy VIII, we look at the key members of the development staff and the reasoning behind their decisions to mix things up and take FF8 in a very different direction from past entries. We also examine the style of director Yoshinori Kitase and character designer Tetsuya Nomura--this being their first opportunity to do things the way they saw fit without the oversight of Hironobo Sakaguchi. What makes a strong hook? Are the characters convincing? Was the setting relatable and compelling? We answer these questions and more after playing through the opening hours of Final Fantasy 8! Time Codes: 1. Introduction To Our Analytical Process (1:09) 2. Our Personal History And Opinions Of FF8 (6:29) 3. Development History And Influences (11:36) 4. Summary Of What We Played For This Episode (49:06) 5. Analysis Of The Game's Style (58:30) 6. Early Thoughts On Characters (1:27:00) 7. Other Observations (1:42:20) Join Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/vWzXpTc Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/resonantarc Twitter: @resonantarc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/resonantarc

It's been a few months since the Final Fantasy 7 Remake released and Square Enix has started talking about what's next...! Senior figures on the project, including Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi took part in an extensive segment within Famitsu and shared insights into the development of the first part and offered hints about what will appear in the future.

Sortie en 1997 sur la première Playstation, Final Fantasy 7 fait  depuis quelques jours sont grand retour sur Playstation 4.  Ce jeu de rôle conçu par le studio Square Enix et plus précisement par Yoshinori Kitase, Tetsuya Nomura, Kazushige Nojima et Yusuke Naora voit, son gameplay, ses graphismes et son scénario totalement chamboulé pour correspondre aux actuels blockbusters vidéoludiques. Lancer Final Fantasy 7 alias FF7 c’est découvrir un scénario complexe où se mêlent éco-terrorisme, manipulation génétique, romance pudique et sauvetage de la planète. Un mercenaire nommé Cloud rejoint un groupe d’activiste souhaitant sauver la ville de Midgar de l’emprise de la Shinra, une entreprise polluante. Véritable madeleine de Proust pour les gamer, ce classique a prouvé qu’il était possible de ressentir des émotions aussi fortes qu’au cinéma et de vivre une épopée haute en couleur proche des grandes sagas de science-fiction.  Le journaliste et youtubeur Julien Chieze analyse ce classique. 

If you're looking to catch up on recent releases and video games news, look no further than the Taste of Dragons. We are dragons. We eat sandwiches. We play video games. You are welcome. This week on Taste of Dragons, we talk about Final Fantasy 7: Remake, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Fable Anniversary Edition. Trip brings us an update from the world of e-sports and our stalk market broker drops some insider turnip secrets. We also send a little love to the VP of SquareEnix and the director of Final Fantasy 7- Yoshinori Kitase.  Check out this week's Taste of Dragons.  Follow, Like, and Subscribe!IG: @tasteofdragonsTwitter: @tasteofdragonsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TasteOfDragonsPodcast

Bienvenidos a Sector 7, el lugar perfecto para todos los amantes de los podcast... ¡y de los videojuegos retro! Recientemente cumplía 25 años el maravilloso Chrono Trigger. Uno de los mejores juegos de SNES en su día y, sin duda alguna, uno de los JRPG más recordados de la historia. Todo un derroche de talento que unió al creador de las dos sagas del género más importantes del momento: Final Fantasy y Dragon Quest. Aunque, a decir verdad, Hironobu Sakaguchi y Yuji Horii no fueron los dos únicos grandes nombres del "Dream Team" que gestó esta bella obra. También tenemos que mencionar a Akira Toriyama, a Yoshinori Kitase, o a Masato Kato, entre otros muchos. El resultado fue un título inolvidable, que bebió de sagas como Final Fantasy, pero que también aportó elementos y características únicas. En este programa, las repasamos todas. Desde curiosidades del desarrollo hasta el propio juego. Repasando toda su historia (sin spoilers de peso), así como su sistema de combate o las excelentes mazmorras que ofrecía. Como no podía ser de otra manera, lo hacemos conectando el pasado (con nostalgia, historia y anécdotas personales) con el presente. Esto último, en relación a las distintas formas que tenemos de jugar hoy en día y, sobre todo, hablando sobre cómo ha afectado a muchos jugadores la decisión que tuvo Squaresoft en su día, cuando decidió no lanzar el juego en Europa. Por otra parte, y aunque es solo de pasada, también hay referencias a su gran secuela: Chrono Cross, que salió en PSX y que tampoco llegó a nuestro territorio (y sigue sin haberlo hecho). Incluso de una especie de "secuela" más desconocida llamada Radical Dreamers. En este programa también vuelven las secciones. O en este caso, la de Andrés Miguel (Cyberio): "Aquel Maravilloso...". Si todavía no habéis escuchado las anteriores incursiones, debéis saber que en este espacio, Cyberio repasa exhaustivamente un mes de hace 16 años. En este caso, marzo de 2004. Empezamos con un repaso a otras industrias como el cine y la música y acabamos con todo lo que dio de sí a nivel de videojuegos. Todo para, finalmente, rematar con un juego principal del que hablamos en profundidad. Aunque no os chafaremos la sorpresa. Como siempre, esperamos que sigáis compartiendo vuestros mensajes para seguir leyéndolos en cada programa (aquí repasamos los comentarios de Aventuras Gráficas). Y recordad que también aceptamos propuestas y quejas para seguir mejorando. ¡Nos escuchamos! En este programa hemos participado: Oriol Vall-llovera (Uri) Rubén Sevilla (rbn_psx) Pablo Sánchez de Rojas (spuny) Daniel del Puerto (AhuraMazda) Andrés Miguel (Cyberio) ¡Y súscribete a nuestro canal! Si nos sigues en Twitter (@sector7podcast), estarás al tanto de todas nuestras iniciativas. Ahora mismo estamos regalando una copia de Broken Sword Trilogy para PC (Steam)

SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and Stitcher. DISCLAIMER: Due to the increase in Coronavirus cases in the DMV area we're gonna refrain from including the DC Webfest add infront of the show until we have more info on its' status. This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Sean, Marcus & Doug talk about the FFVII Remake, The Last Of Us HBO series, Stadia's big new hire & a whole lotta Coronoavirus related news (this is our new reality)! What We've Been Playing - Time code: 3:55 The whole squad (minus DJ) link up to get disrespectful on Overwatch; Sean attempts to square up with some giants in Shadow Of The Colossus; A random good samaritian saves DJ's life in Gundam Battle Operation 2; Marcus, Sean & DJ give us their impressions of the FFVII Remake Demo; Jordan joins us for some impromptu early impressions of The Division 2's recent DLC.   Gaming News - Time code: 26:50 The quick hits: Sucker Punch finally drops the story reveal trailer for Ghost of Tsushima; Respawn trolled Apex dataminers with the Forge character fakeout; Yoshinori Kitase is prepared to keep remaking FFVII for the rest of his life; The Division 2 coming to Stadia this month with PC Crossplay; Nemesis won't be able to get into RE3 Remake safe rooms after all; A new Amnesia game is coming this fall; The Nintendo Playstation hybrid console/abomination was bought by the man who created Pets.com; Amazon's New World MMO gets a gameplay trailer and...it's not great; The Corona Corner: SXSW 2020 is cancelled, GDC is postponed indefinitely and multiple big studios are enacting work-from-home policies. The heavy hitters: E3's fate gets even more bleak as its' creative director withdraws and the Coronavirus looms overhead (the conference has since been cancelled); Naughty Dog's Hollywood takeover commences as HBO greenlights The Last Of Us TV series & the Uncharted movie gains traction with Antonio Bandaras joining the cast; Google hires former Sony Santa Monica studio head to bolster its' women-led Cloud initiative; Riot Games attempts to bounce back with their own hero shooter, Valorant. If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps! SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE Join/Follow Us:Youtube: Press X To Start TVTwitch: pressxtostarttvFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2startTwitter: @PressX2S Instagram: @PressX2Start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @MarcoMavy on Twitter | IG Be good to each other, Peace!

Το demo του Final Fantasy VII Remake απασχολεί αυτήν τη φορά, όπως και τα 20 χρόνια του PlayStation 2. Οι εξελίξεις στην Sony καλά κρατούν, το Google Stadia προσπαθεί να «ισιώσει» και η Koei Tecmo κάνει παράξενα πειράματα με το Dead Or Alive 6. Εν τω μεταξύ η Ziggurat Interactive προσπαθεί να σώσει το παρελθόν της βιομηχανίας. Get in touch: Email | Twitter Ι Facebook Group Hosted by: Elias Pappas - Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Manos Vezos - The Vez | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Ι Apple Music Japanese professional wrestler Kenny Omega interviews Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase in 23-minute video Final Fantasy VII Demo Dead or Alive 6 hair colour change microtransaction "a complete slap in the face" Google starts rolling out 4K Stadia gaming on the web Our new Stadia Games and Entertainment Studio in Playa Vista Ziggurat Interactive Antonio Banderas Joins Tom Holland in ‘Uncharted' Movie (EXCLUSIVE) Yumi Yang named new head of Sony Santa Monica Studio Ghost of Tsushima - Story Trailer | PS4 'The Last of Us' Series in the Works at HBO From 'Chernobyl' Creator Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann (Exclusive) PlayStation 2

Always something different on the Sunday Special. This week we cover 3 interviews with the directors and producers of Final Fantasy VII Remake. The first is taken from a video interview by Japanese professional wrestler Kenny Omega with producer Yoshinori Kitase. The second part is taken from multiple interviews with producer Yoshinori Kitase and co-director Naoki Hamaguchi and focuses on Midgar itself. The final interview is with with director Tetsuya Nomura talking about multiple topics. I hope you enjoy this look at the game from the amazing talents that created it. Thanks for listening. Leave us a review on Apple or your favorite listening place. Like our Facebook Page We now have a website! www.jrpgreport.com Follow us on Twitter @Jrpgreport Check out videos and Livestreams on Youtube Email me at jrpgreport@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jrpgreport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jrpgreport/support

Mit Final Fantasy 7 Remake erscheint am 10. April 2020 die Neuauflage des legendären Rollenspiels aus dem Jahr 1997. Für die erste reguläre Folge von Open Mic haben wir den von vielen Fans sehnsüchtig erwarteten PlayStation-4-Titel auf einem Hands-on-Event in Berlin mehrere Stunden lang ausprobiert. Sönke berichtet, wie sich das Rollenspiel-Remake spielt, vergleicht die Neuauflage mit dem Original und erklärt, was ihm am „neuen“ Final Fantasy 7 besonders gut gefällt und was (noch) nicht. Und auch auf dem Presse-Event von Square Enix war das Coronavirus allgegenwärtig – nicht nur aufgrund eines erkälteten Yoshinori Kitase, dem Producer des Spiels ... Unterstützt unsere Arbeit und erhaltet exklusive Bonus-Podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/gamesinsider

In today's IGN Daily Fix, Sydnee details why Yoshinori Kitase and Square Enix decided to delay the Final Fantasy VII Remake, Capcom reveals the Resident Evil 3 Remake villain: Nemesis, and we make sense of who's actually attending E3 2020. Sony is a no-show and Microsoft will still be there.

Square Enix has unleashed a whole load of new information relating to the Final Fantasy 7 Remake and within this episode, we're going to be delving into some of it. Our main focus will be around the developer interviews, as Yoshinori Kitase, Tetsuya Nomura, Kazushige Nojima and Motomu Toriyama each had interesting anecdotes to share with us adoring fans. Music this episode is from Papos!

Welcome back to The Reunion: An FFVIIR Podcast! In this second episode, Kyrosis and Vyzz talk about their top emotional moments they are looking forward to in the Remake and the impact these specific moments had on each of them during their initial play-through of FFVII! During the first segment of this episode, they discuss how these scenes played out in the original FFVII, while speculating how they may appear in the Remake. The second segment starts off with a listener mail question asking about their thoughts on the open world aspect of FFVIIR-2 and beyond. Following this, they discuss their thoughts on some recently released news from the FFVIIR Twitter page which featured videos of interviews of the producer of the FFVIIR, Yoshinori Kitase. They also participate in some fun speculation about when we might get some new info about the game! Thanks for listening! Special thanks to Kyrosis's band Lions Leading Sheep for the music in this episode! Check out the video for their track featured in this episode called "Gospel and Heresy" here: https://youtu.be/T7om1UKo7v4 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/lionsleadingsheep Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lionsleadingsheep Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/lionsleading Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lionsleadingsheep Don't forget to like, subscribe and write us a review! It's the best way to show your support! Contact Us: Questions, ideas, inquiries? Send an email! Or join our Discord! E-mail: thereunionpodcast@gmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/d7X7UBw7UV Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Reunion_Podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOZRQWIXXHKHvEt6WZYH2cA Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/thereunionpodcast Check out Kyrosis online here: Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/kyrosisgaming Check out Vyzzuvazzadth's Cosmo Canyon Observatory here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vyzzuvazzadth Cosmo Canyon Observatory Discord: https://discord.gg/EyjHzbZ Twitter: @CC_Observatory and @vyzzuvazzadth Minds: @cosmocanyonobservatory and @vyzzuvazzadth

วันนี้มี 2 เรื่องที่จะนำเสนอด้วยกัน เรื่องแรก ทางทีมงาน GameSpot ลองเล่น Demo เกม Final Fantasy VII Remake ในงาน PAX West 2019 เรื่องที่ 2 บทสัมภาษณ์คร่าว ๆ เกี่ยวกับเกม Final Fantasy VIII จากผู้กำกับเกม Yoshinori Kitase

Today we're discussing the future of the Final Fantasy franchise, but in a way that you might not expect! It comes after legendary creator Yoshinori Kitase spoke to Kotaku about his vision for future games within the franchise and how he wants to incorporate things he's learnt on Mobius into home console titles. It's an interesting thought and it leads onto interesting discussions around the potential for an early access Final Fantasy title, as well as the direction things could potentially go from a gameplay perspective. Outside of that, we have the customary news update including the announcement of a new game and an update on the future of the Type franchise!

This week, Kaleb and Joe dive deep into the sequel to Final Fantasy XIII. Well, the first sequel that is.    Development: Final Fantasy XIII-2 was released on December 15th 2011 in Japan, and January 31st 2012 in the United States. The game was developed and published by our very own Square Enix, though fellow RPG developer tri-Ace was brought into assist with the games programming, art, and design. You may know tri-Ace from titles such as the Star Ocean series and Valkyrie Profile. Development for Final Fantasy XIII-2 began sometime around March or Arpil 2010. Most of the key designers and management team came over from Final Fantasy XIII, including director Motomu Toriyama and composer Masashi Hamauzu. Naoshi Mizuta and Mitsuto Suzuki also assisted with the soundtrack. The game has sold around 3.1 million copies as of January 2013. 300,000 copies have been sold through Steam, where it was released on December 11, 2014. Toriyama originally intended XIII-2 to take place a whopping 900 years after the original game. Once he realized how much of a pain in the ass establishing a backstory for this time gap would be, he decided to make it a time travel game. He wanted Lightning to be happy one day, and felt the need to have Serah take a more active role, since she was crystallized in the first Final Fantasy XIII. Apparently the early concept had Serah travelling alone with Mog. Yoshinori Kitase felt that the dialogue between these two characters was quite girly, almost camp and a bit over the top”, so they developed the character Noel. They didn’t want the stark tonal difference that we see between Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, so they went for a much darker storyline. The team also learned a few other things, and decided to avoid using l’Cie and fal’Cie, as they deemed them difficult to understand. Interestingly enough, there was initially a plan to link the story of Final Fantasy Type-0 to Final Fantasy XIII-2 via Valhalla, but these plans were discarded.   Setting Up the Plot: Final Fantasy XIII-2 takes place a whopping three years after the events of Final Fantasy XIII. At this point, Sanctum has collapsed, and Cocoon’s inhabitants have moved down to Gran Pulse. Sanctum has been replaced by the technocratic government known as the Academy, run by none other than Hope Estheim. The game jumps around multiple different time periods, even including parallel versions of the same places. These are accessed via the Historia Crux. The game takes place mostly on Gran Pulse and Cocoon, but players also visit the Void Beyond, a sort of limbo between time periods, and Valhalla; the capital of the goddess Etro. Valhalla is located at the end of time where Etro stores the dark energy Chaos from destroying the timeline.   Story:   Paradoxes are popping up all across the timeline, and our heroine of Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning, has been written out of history, and only Serah remembers that she came back with the pary after Lightning and co saved Cocoon. Serah settles down in New Bodhum, but can’t shake the feeling that her sister lives on. It turns out that the mysterious energy known as Chaos, dragged Lightning to Valhalla. This was a result of Etro releasing Lightning and her friends from their crystal status as a thank you for saving Cocoon. Etro closed the gate between realms to keep Chaos out, but then fell into a deep sleep. Lightning is now Etro’s Knight, charged with protecting her from Caius Ballad, a bad man who wants to kill Etro to destroy the timeline. Caius was made immortal by Etro when she gave him her heart, known as the Heart of Chaos. Lightning, realizing that she needs a hand since she’s caught in an unending battle with Caius, reaches out to a young man named Noel Kreiss for help. Noel, who was chosen by Etro to become a time traveler, gets sent to New Bodhum to find Serah and bring her to Lightning. Noel meets up with Serah and finds out that she can see visions of the future, and is also allowed to use time gates, and access the Historia Crux. Noel and Serah travel the world to different eras solving paradoxes along the way. Their objective is to prevent the shit-tastic future that Noel comes from. He is the last man at the end of the world, after all. This happens in a timeline where the crystallized Cocoon fell from the sky. When Hope Estheim learns of this timeline, he sets out to prevent Cocoon’s eventual planet shattering fall. While our party is out and about, they learn that Snow has also become a time traveler, which is why he never returned from XIII’s ending as well. This is when the party first learns about Yeul, a seeress protected by her immortal guardian Caius, until the last Yeul died in Noel’s time period. Noel is disturbed by meeting various Yeuls throughout his adventures, since he wanted to become the Guardian to Yeul from his timeline. Yeul’s soul isn’t able to return to the chaos of the unseen world, and she is continually reincarnated with Caius as her Guardian as “blessed” by Etro. Seeing Yeul die over and over drove Caius mad, and spurred his desire to collapse the timeline in order to end Yeul’s cycle of suffering. Caius then creates paradoxes along the timeline to cultivate the perfect conditions in which to let Chaos consume the mortal realm. Our pary sets out to stop them, even after discovering that Serah also has the power of the seeress, which eats away at her very existence with every vision she has. These are triggered by the changes in the timeline through solving paradoxes. Serah and Noel finally meet up with Lightning, and move in on Caius. The party first fights him in 500 AF Academia, and then in Valhalla. Once Caius is defeated, he tells the party that he’s killed Lightning, and then impales himself on Noel’s sword, killing the already weakened Etro. The party returns to Academia in 500 af, where Vanille and Fang have been rescued from the falling pillar. We also see a very Titan AE esque new Cocoon called “Bhunivelze”. Serah then dies in front of Noel from the shock of the changes. The sky is rent asunder by dark clouds, and Chaos breaks free into the realm, and permanently warps things. Noel then realizes that they did exactly what Caius wanted by destroying the Heart of Chaos, and though Etro died, Caius is still alove and bound to the chaos. Serah’s dying spirit assures lightning that they will see each other again, and we then get a scene showing Lightning on the throne in Crystal Stasis on the throne in Etro’s temple. If you take the time to complete the additional storylines in the game, you get an additional scene showing Caius on the throne stating that the goddess is gone forever, and that he and Yeul can begin a life without their curses. Gameplay: The game features many of the combat elements of its predecessor, resurrecting the Paradigm and crystarium systems. It also introduces a system that allows players to capture beasts to fight alongside protagonists Serah and Noel. XIII-2 features a modified version of the old school random battles. Enemies will randomly appear on the map, and a timer spawns. The player can attack monsters before the time runs out, starting the battle with a preemptive strike. Battles take place similarly to Final Fantasy XIII, though you do have the option to switch party leaders. A game over is obtained once all human players have been defeated. The paradigm system offers stat increases, and isn’t locked like in Final Fantasy XIII. Beasts that have been captured are also leveled up, and have their own crystarium branches, though materials purchased from Chocobolina or collected through battles. Monsters have their own form of limit breaks, known as Feral Links, and vary from beast to beast. Final Fantasy XIII-2 also originated the Wound Damage. This is where a target members max HP can only be restored through healing items (we’re looking at you, Final Fantasy XV). Final Fantasy XIII-2 also uses Cinematic Action sequences that force the player to mash buttons. Conversations also have variants, as the player gets to choose what response to give. There are also Temporal Rifts. These are puzzle-esque minigames necessary to advance.   Remixes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhODT_HsPdg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvzbPhcM2Nw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkyBeHF3vXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq_QGAAUbzE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcP6tTTcD1w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOp4hob-4oE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeiuhb36RY  

Video Game Movie Anatomy hosts break down Video Game inspired movies to answer the age old question: DO GAMES MAKE GOOD MOVIES?!?! In today's episode, hosts Mark Donica, Stacey Shuttleworth and Patrick Dees discuss the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children! Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is a 2005 Japanese computer-animated science fantasy film directed by Tetsuya Nomura, written by Kazushige Nojima, and produced by Yoshinori Kitase and Shinji Hashimoto. Developed by Visual Worksand Square Enix, Advent Children is part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series of media, which is based in the world and continuity of the highly successful 1997 role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children was released on DVD and Universal Media Discs with Japanese voice acting in Japan on September 14, 2005, and on April 25, 2006, with English voice acting in North America and Europe. Advent Children takes place two years after the events of

This time, we finish up our review of Final Fantasy x-2. We discuss the design, music, and legacy of the game. We also move on to read, and discuss some of our listener reviews, and answer their questions about the game. Enjoy the finale! FFX-2   Final Fantasy X-2 was released for the ps2 on March 13th, 2003 in Japan, on November 18th in america, and February 19th, 2004 in Europe. Later, an HD remaster would come for the Ps3 and finally the Ps4 just last year.   It was to be the first ever direct sequel to a main-series final Fantasy game. There was no plans for a sequel, but with the short video called Eternal calm (which was released with a special edition of FFX in Japan) was so well received by fans that they decided to continue X’s story. Although many people in the company were hesitant about doing a sequel to X (especially Kazushige Nojima), Yoshinori Kitase decided that his team was ready for a challenge.   Not only was their challenge to do a sequel, but to attempt to make a game centered entirely around female characters. The game was also attempting to go away from the Macho female characters most hollywood action movies star. This created a light-hearted feel for the entire game. A brain-hurting difference from the more somber Final Fantasy X.   There was also a purposeful change in theme for the game, FFX was all about gaining independence, while X2 would be about the consequences of independance.   The development time for X2 was very short compared to that of most FF games (according to Tetsuya Nomura), taking an estimated year-and-a-half less time than the development of X. This was due to all of the reuse of many character models, it’s not like they had to start from scratch.   The music would be composed by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi (composers for the much-maligned game “The Bouncer”). The most famous song from the game (one of 2 pop songs) was the ballad “1000 words” sung by sung by Kuni Koda in Japan, and Jade Villalon for the English edition.   X2 would go on to sell 1.94 million copies in Japan (the highest selling game of that year) and 1.85 Million in America. It was also well acclaimed (more so in Japan) for it’s departure from the Final Fantasy form, it’s focus on side-quests, it’s political background, and it’s overall uniqueness from anything players had seen before.   But I ask you, does unique really mean good? STORY   So… The uh story starts out at a fucking terrible pop concert with the “what can I do for you?” song blaring out of our TV speakers. Someone who looks like Yuna is singing terribly and YRP comes to save...Yuna’s garment grid from a disgusting looking woman named Lablanc.   What is a garment grid? YRP stands for Yuna, Rikku, and a new smoking hot emo chick named “Paine”, and they make up the Gullwings (y’know, not enough nicknames for the group). They are a group of sphere hunters searching the world for rare spheres… and stealing them from people who they think shouldn’t have them.   When Yuna finds a sphere with what looks like Tidus on it, she sphere hunts even harder for the missing pieces. Also on the sphere, a dangerous weapon, the vegnagun, is shown to be hidden somewhere in spira. A weapon powerful enough to destroy Spira, apparently.   In the midst of all the sphere hunting and the Leblanc Syndicate (functioning like a lame team rocket) attempting to snatch the spheres from under our heroes noses, are the political factions of the Youth league and New Yevon. The Youth league, young ruffian sphere hunters looking to educate the world about the past; New Yevon, holding onto the teachings of the faith that failed them in FFX. THese two fractions never really do any harm to one another or fight for power in any real world sense, but hey, that’s ffx2.   With the new threat of Vegnagun, Nooj (leader of the Youth League), sets off to destroy the Vegnagun, but is possessed by Shuyin (the Tidus-looking dude). Chasing after him, Yuna falls into the farplane where the Spirit of Shuyin reunites with whom he thinks is “Lenne”, apparently a famous popstar Shuyin was unable to save with the power of Vegnagun from the Zanarkand he belongs to… 1000 years in the past.   A quick aside, who is this shuyin guy and why does he look like Tidus? (not actually explained in this game, but we can figure it out)   The reason Shuyin mistakes Yuna for Lenne is because Yuna is wearing her dress sphere. Soon Yuna begins to relive Lenne’s memories, and eventually uses her singing ability and songwriting skills to bring the people of Spira together for…… a concert.   After this, Yuna, The Lablanc syndicate, members of The Youth League, as well as members of New Yevon, team up to finally destroy Vegnagun and the spirit of Shuyin who tries to control it.   After all is said and done, Spira is saved, and The Youth League compromises with New Yevon.   The end?   Taken from neoseeker.com:   Good Ending As Yuna is walking in the flower field in the Farplane, press "X" and Yuna will hear a whistle. She looks around to hear where it's coming from. That little Fayth guy will appear and tell you that he's heard your wish to see Tidus again. He will then ask you if you want to see him again and you have to answer. If you really hate Tidus and answer "I'm fine with the way it is," Yuna will tell the Fayth that she doesn't need to see him because he's in her heart. The Fayth will disappear and you'll just get the Normal Ending. Assuming that you chose "I want to be with him" the Fayth will tell you that he'll try to bring him back, but there's no promises. Yuna will walk away and you'll see the cut scene for the Normal Ending. After the credits run through, you'll see the scene at the end of FFX where Tidus is in the water. This time, he'll emerge outside Besaid Island. He whistles and swims towards the shore, at which time the Celsius comes roaring in, and Yuna jumps out and embraces Tidus. Yuna asks if he's the real thing to which he answers, "what do you think?" Yuna nods in agreement. Paine and Rikku look on, smiling for their friend from the Celsius. As they're hugging,Wakka shouts out from the shore. Most of the population of the Island is there witnessing their reunion, including Lulu and the new baby Vidina. Yuna and Tidus agree to go meet them and start running towards the shore. Tidus tells Yuna that she's changed. She responds by saying that a lot of things have happened. Tidus yells out that he wants to hear about it. The camera zooms out to a fade. Explanation? (a guy from reddit)   I think it's because the fayth felt indebted to Yuna because she released them from their dreaming at the end of X, and she also saved them at the end of X-2. Because the little boy/Bahamut asks Yuna if she wants to meet someone, and that's how you unlock the "Good" ending. So maybe he and the rest of Yuna's aeon's fayth dreamed up Tidus again? As kind of a thank you and compensation for Yuna's work. I'm not too sure. This is just my theory of it.

We have finally completed Final Fantasy X-2. Here are our thoughts on the game. FFX-2   Final Fantasy X-2 was released for the ps2 on March 13th, 2003 in Japan, on November 18th in america, and February 19th, 2004 in Europe. Later, an HD remaster would come for the Ps3 and finally the Ps4 just last year.   It was to be the first ever direct sequel to a main-series final Fantasy game. There was no plans for a sequel, but with the short video called Eternal calm (which was released with a special edition of FFX in Japan) was so well received by fans that they decided to continue X’s story. Although many people in the company were hesitant about doing a sequel to X (especially Kazushige Nojima), Yoshinori Kitase decided that his team was ready for a challenge.   Not only was their challenge to do a sequel, but to attempt to make a game centered entirely around female characters. The game was also attempting to go away from the Macho female characters most hollywood action movies star. This created a light-hearted feel for the entire game. A brain-hurting difference from the more somber Final Fantasy X.   There was also a purposeful change in theme for the game, FFX was all about gaining independence, while X2 would be about the consequences of independance.   The development time for X2 was very short compared to that of most FF games (according to Tetsuya Nomura), taking an estimated year-and-a-half less time than the development of X. This was due to all of the reuse of many character models, it’s not like they had to start from scratch.   The music would be composed by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi (composers for the much-maligned game “The Bouncer”). The most famous song from the game (one of 2 pop songs) was the ballad “1000 words” sung by sung by Kuni Koda in Japan, and Jade Villalon for the English edition.   X2 would go on to sell 1.94 million copies in Japan (the highest selling game of that year) and 1.85 Million in America. It was also well acclaimed (more so in Japan) for it’s departure from the Final Fantasy form, it’s focus on side-quests, it’s political background, and it’s overall uniqueness from anything players had seen before.   But I ask you, does unique really mean good? STORY   So… The uh story starts out at a fucking terrible pop concert with the “what can I do for you?” song blaring out of our TV speakers. Someone who looks like Yuna is singing terribly and YRP comes to save...Yuna’s garment grid from a disgusting looking woman named Lablanc.   What is a garment grid? YRP stands for Yuna, Rikku, and a new smoking hot emo chick named “Paine”, and they make up the Gullwings (y’know, not enough nicknames for the group). They are a group of sphere hunters searching the world for rare spheres… and stealing them from people who they think shouldn’t have them.   When Yuna finds a sphere with what looks like Tidus on it, she sphere hunts even harder for the missing pieces. Also on the sphere, a dangerous weapon, the vegnagun, is shown to be hidden somewhere in spira. A weapon powerful enough to destroy Spira, apparently.   In the midst of all the sphere hunting and the Leblanc Syndicate (functioning like a lame team rocket) attempting to snatch the spheres from under our heroes noses, are the political factions of the Youth league and New Yevon. The Youth league, young ruffian sphere hunters looking to educate the world about the past; New Yevon, holding onto the teachings of the faith that failed them in FFX. THese two fractions never really do any harm to one another or fight for power in any real world sense, but hey, that’s ffx2.   With the new threat of Vegnagun, Nooj (leader of the Youth League), sets off to destroy the Vegnagun, but is possessed by Shuyin (the Tidus-looking dude). Chasing after him, Yuna falls into the farplane where the Spirit of Shuyin reunites with whom he thinks is “Lenne”, apparently a famous popstar Shuyin was unable to save with the power of Vegnagun from the Zanarkand he belongs to… 1000 years in the past.   A quick aside, who is this shuyin guy and why does he look like Tidus? (not actually explained in this game, but we can figure it out)   The reason Shuyin mistakes Yuna for Lenne is because Yuna is wearing her dress sphere. Soon Yuna begins to relive Lenne’s memories, and eventually uses her singing ability and songwriting skills to bring the people of Spira together for…… a concert.   After this, Yuna, The Lablanc syndicate, members of The Youth League, as well as members of New Yevon, team up to finally destroy Vegnagun and the spirit of Shuyin who tries to control it.   After all is said and done, Spira is saved, and The Youth League compromises with New Yevon.   The end?   Taken from neoseeker.com:   Good Ending As Yuna is walking in the flower field in the Farplane, press "X" and Yuna will hear a whistle. She looks around to hear where it's coming from. That little Fayth guy will appear and tell you that he's heard your wish to see Tidus again. He will then ask you if you want to see him again and you have to answer. If you really hate Tidus and answer "I'm fine with the way it is," Yuna will tell the Fayth that she doesn't need to see him because he's in her heart. The Fayth will disappear and you'll just get the Normal Ending. Assuming that you chose "I want to be with him" the Fayth will tell you that he'll try to bring him back, but there's no promises. Yuna will walk away and you'll see the cut scene for the Normal Ending. After the credits run through, you'll see the scene at the end of FFX where Tidus is in the water. This time, he'll emerge outside Besaid Island. He whistles and swims towards the shore, at which time the Celsius comes roaring in, and Yuna jumps out and embraces Tidus. Yuna asks if he's the real thing to which he answers, "what do you think?" Yuna nods in agreement. Paine and Rikku look on, smiling for their friend from the Celsius. As they're hugging,Wakka shouts out from the shore. Most of the population of the Island is there witnessing their reunion, including Lulu and the new baby Vidina. Yuna and Tidus agree to go meet them and start running towards the shore. Tidus tells Yuna that she's changed. She responds by saying that a lot of things have happened. Tidus yells out that he wants to hear about it. The camera zooms out to a fade. Explanation? (a guy from reddit)   I think it's because the fayth felt indebted to Yuna because she released them from their dreaming at the end of X, and she also saved them at the end of X-2. Because the little boy/Bahamut asks Yuna if she wants to meet someone, and that's how you unlock the "Good" ending. So maybe he and the rest of Yuna's aeon's fayth dreamed up Tidus again? As kind of a thank you and compensation for Yuna's work. I'm not too sure. This is just my theory of it.

Development History: Dirge of Cerberus was born during the development of Advent Children. It was part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, along with Before Crisis, and Crisis Core. Yoshinori Kitase had decided that Dirge of Cerberus would be a shooter, based on his love for the series. They threw in some role-playing elements, due to the lack of appeal for a pure action game among developers.   Square chose Vincent due to the possibilities for expanding his backstory, which we all know was very limited in Final Fantasy VII. Before the team started working on Dirge of Cerberus, they considered using other gun toting characters from Final Fantasy, such as Barret Wallace, Irvine Kinneas or Yuna from X-2.. I feel like we all dodged a bullet there. They eventually settled on Vincent, once they solidified the expansion of the Final Fantasy VII universe.   Dirge of Cerberus was anounced in September of 2004, and was scheduled for release in Japan in 2005. The game originally had an online version, but they removed the multiplayer support due to the popularity of PLayOnline, and a lack of PS2 HDD support. The missions that were originally part of the multiplayer mode were turned into secret unlockable missions in our version of the game. There was also an EASY MODE available in Japan that was removed. The game was released on January 26th 2008 in Japan, and August 15th, 2006 in North America. It has sold around 1.5 million copies worldwide, and has a 57% on Metacritic.   Story Dirge starts out with Vincent and Yuffie helping to evacuate Midgar, just before it is destroyed by Meteor. We find Hojo unconscious over the controls, stuff blows up, and we move three years in the future where Vincent is chilling in Kalm. Kalm is attacked, and we meet up with Reeve, who is now part of the World Regenesis Organization, whose main goal is recovery after the events of FF VII. The unknown enemies capture and kill some citizens.   We later learn that the people who attacked Kalm are part of a covert Shinra organization called Deepground. These are, once again, genetically altered soldiers. Vincent finds out that he’s on their chopping block, due to the Protomateria that he carries within himself. He uses this materia to control the Chaos within. Deepground wants the materia to control Omega. Chaos is described as “Omega’s squire to the heavens.” The Chaos gene was injected into Vincent thirty years prior, by Lucrecia Crescent, a research assistant to Hojo. Vincent had the hots for this one.   Searching for more info, Vincent goes to Nibelheim, where Lucrecia studied Omega and Chaos. While checking out the manor, Vincent get’s jumped by Rosso, a super hot ruskie chick that rips the Protomateria out of Vincent’s chest. She is a member of Deepground, but is in an elite group called the Tsviets. Weiss is the leader, then Nero, Shelke, and Azul are also members. She would have given him a “happy ending”, but Yuffie came in and saved him last minute. The two return to the WRO headquarters and find that Deepthroat has launched an assault on the base. The WRO end up capturing Shelke, a member of Deepthroat that is synaptically connected to Lucrecia’s memories, which will allow the WRO to complete the research on Omega. Shelkes sister Shalua Rui, high ranking scientist and catastrophic money shot survivor, discovers that Omega is a WEAPON. Omega is supposed to absorb the Lifestream and move to another planet, leaving everyone and everything behind to die. Deepthroat’s endgame is to kill a bunch of people in order to trick the planet into activating Omega early. Vincent and the Dubya Arr Oh attack the Deepground headquarters in Midgar. Reeve and friends battle soldiers and attempt to destroy the Mako reactors, currently feeding Omega, Vincent dives straight into the heart of enemy territory to battle Weiss. He finds Weiss dead, but as Omega stirs, so does Weiss. We then find out that Weiss is being possessed by Hojo, who uploaded his consciousness into the Worldwide Network, and then took possession of Weiss' body while he was attempting to find a cure for a virus. Nero, an enemy fought earlier in the game, emerges from the Lifestream and destroys Hojo. He then “merges” with his brother to fuse with Omega. Vincent then transforms into Chaos to destroy Omega Weiss. Shelke finds more info on Lucrecia’s Protomateria, and Vincent takes on Omega. Omega sprouts Lifestream wings and tries to leave the planet, but Vincent destroys it. He’s seen alter visiting the tomb of Lucrecia, stating that Chaos and Omega have returned to the planet.   REMIXES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3wvbTMcitw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtcxmG2sha8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31vEvY1oX8Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLPy7CMs87Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xFY_MPHQq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Id7inOneM&index=20&list=PL3D098A642BA0CC60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRTbXmt0M0o&index=7&list=PL3D098A642BA0CC60

This week, Kaleb and Joe discuss the long awaited Final Fantasy VII Remake announced at this years E3 conference. We discuss our concerns about the upcoming remake, and delve in to the hilt on what we feel will happen with the games direction. We talk about the involvement of the original development team, including Yoshinori Kitase, Nojima, and of couse, Tetsuya Nomura. We rain on everyones parade a bit in terms of the remake, but also hold out hope that this will be a solid entry in the series. We do a few reaction videos to the FFVII Remake trailer, as well as the announcement of World of Final Fantasy. We discuss the few articles of news involving Kingdom Hearts 3. We also announced a Twitch based contest, where I will ask a trivia question, and the winner will either win a copy of FF VII on PSN or Steam, or a one month gift card for Final Fantasy XIV. This will be up for vote on our site. Enjoy the episode!

  Final Fantasy VIII   Final Fantasy VIII was released for the PlayStation in 1999; February 11th in Japan, September 9th for North America, and October 27th for Europe.The game arrived on PC for Windows in 2000. It has also been available in the PlayStation Network since 2009. The game was developed and published by Square. Final Fantasy VIII’s development began in 1997, while Square was working on the English localization of Final Fantasy VII. The beloved and treasured Hironobu “The Gutch” Sakaguchi served as the games executive producer, while primarily working on his own demise; which takes the form of 2001’s Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. This lent the position of director for the game to Yoshinori Kitase. The battle system for Final Fantasy VIII was designed by Kitase and none other than Hiroyuki Ito. For the visual design, Kitase knew he wanted a combination of fantasy and realism. He aimed to create a cast of characters who appeared to be ordinary people. Tetsuya Nomura and art director Yusuke Naora worked tirelessly to achieve this feel by creating realistically proportioned characters. Naora also attempted to enhance realism by bright lighting effects while creating appropriate shadows. They also used motion capture technology to give the games characters more lifelike movements in the FMV sequences. The designers felt compelled to invert the atmosphere of the previous games, which were themed as light emerging from darkness. This decision was easy for the team, since they almost all worked on Final Fantasy VII, and felt a new direction was a good idea. The world designs were improved from the last title, due to the experience the team had working within their graphical boundaries. Another part of the “realism” theme that Kitase so desired, was noted with the realistically inspired architecture for the areas. This is noted with the Ancient Egyptian and Greek architecture. We also see a nod to Paris, while throwing a super high tech city in the mix to give it a different, futuristic feeling as well. In an attempt to maintain a foreign atmosphere, the characters designs were predominantly European in appearance. The first Final Fantasy VIII character to be developed was Squall. Nomura gave squall a fur jacket as a challenge to the games FMV designers. Thankfully, they accepted the challenge, and the jacket looks super realistic. Even if it seems slightly out of place… Nomura also found a place for some previously designed characters, such as Edea, Fujin, and Raijin. Nomura designed Edea based on the style of Yoshitaka Amano. Final Fantasy VIII also featured the series’ first lyrics based song. This took the form of Eyes on Me, by Faye Wong.   The game received positive reviews, and was also commercially successful. In just two days after the North American release, Final Fantasy VIII became the top selling video game in the US, and would remain in that spot for over two weeks. As of March 31, 2003 the game had shipped 8.15 million copies worldwide. This was the fastest selling Final Fantasy title at the time. Remix: BENZYH - Find Your Way (Final Fantasy VIII) (Nobuo Uematsu) REMIX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4X8BUtPK3g

This episode, we discuss the immense importance of Final Fantasy Director Yoshinori Kitase, and his role on the progression of the Final Fantasy series into what we experience today. We discuss Kitase's film origins and the effect they had on the Final Fantasy series' evolution. We also have our question segment where we decide on our Ultimate....Final fantasy Party, as well as discussing our favorite Final Fantasy artwork styles. We also discuss how Xenogears was initially submitted as a storyline for Final Fantasy VII, and how we're glad they were split up, thus creating two excellent games rather than one.

We invite you to join us in celebrating the music from one of the greatest RPGs of all time. Final Fantasy VII. Directed by: Yoshinori Kitase Written and Produced by:Kazushige Nojima, Yoshinori Kitase, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Tetsuya Nomura Composed by: Nobuo Uematsu Art by: Tetsuya Nomura and Yusuke Naora Songs played in order: PRELUDE MAIN THEME OPENING BOMBING MISSION STILL MORE FIGHTING ANXIOUS HEART AREITH’S THEME RED XIII’S THEME CAIT SITH’S THEME FIGHTING   MAIN THEME OPENING BOMBING MISSION STILL MORE FIGHTING ANXIOUS HEART AREITH’S THEME RED XIII’S THEME CAIT SITH’S THEME FIGHTING   SENDING A DREAM INTO OFF THE EDGE OF DESPAIR YOU CAN HEAR THE CRY OF THE PLANET THOSE CHOSEN BY THE PLANET THE BIRTH OF A GOD JENOVA Please let us know what you think of the new series and don't forget to send us in your requests for game soundtracks for us to feature. We hope you enjoy this weeks Musicast. You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes

With GamesCom a few weeks ago, the crew take the chance to discuss some of the information that was prised out of Yoshinori Kitase. Topics discussed are Versus XIII's release date, Final Fantasy XV's development time and a banned Final Fantasy XIII advert in the UK. Darryl is joined by Colin and KHU co-host Fozzie for this episode. Also be sure to check out the questions segment for some interesting responses.