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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Square Enix announced today it is bringing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes Of Time to North America in Spring 2009, an interesting cross-platform multiplayer action-RPG that is playable on the Nintendo DS and the Wii.
With Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As a King one of the flagship titles for the highly-anticipated WiiWare launch, it’s interesting to hear co-creators Fumiaki Shiraishi and Toshihiro Tsuchida discuss the design-lite approach to WiiWare at an in-depth feature in Gamasutra.
You’d think it’d be hard for Square Enix, whose titles are known for their size and spectacle, to make such a comparatively teeny game. Was it? Says Shiraishi:
Moneybags who didn’t flinch about shell out $US 15 for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles can buy all the downloadable content for a mere $US 13. Still, not that pricey, considering how all DLC for Xbox 360 THE iDOLM@STER is easily over a few hundred bucks. According to Wired’s Chris Kohler, here’s a list of all the FF CC DLC:
Here’s the oh-so-cute-don’t-you-just-wanna-smoosh-its-squishy-cheeks trailer to the new Final Fantasy title due on the Wii Ware service. Which for now we’re calling Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Small King and the Promised Country. People will hate on the Squeenix aesthetic regardless, but I’m a little intrigued by this. If only because the whole strategy thing (you’re basically building a town) actually looks different. Well, different for Squeenix at any rate. [via Go Nintendo]
It’s been announced at Nintendo’s Fall Conference that Square Enix will be releasing a kooky spin-off of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles on the Wii. How is that kooky? Two reasons: one, it’s a Wii Ware exclusive. So it’s download-only. Second is that it sounds like it has a definite strategy vibe to it, with the player building and governing their own land. Sounds interesting. And different! At least one thing’s old-fashioned Squeenix, though. The name. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Small King and the Promised Country. Ungh. Should be out in Japan in March, with Project O comparisons to follow soon after.
Nintendo Fall Conference Live Blog [Gemaga] Nintendo Fall Conference Live Blog [Famitsu]
