One of the most iconic figures in modern role-playing, Final Fantasy‘s Cloud Strife cuts a very distinctive figure, largely due to a combination of spiky blonde hair and his ridiculously huge Buster sword. These features set him apart. They also make him ridiculously easy to twist into whatever form the fan artist so desires.
Kotaku has posted tons of cosplay over the years. Yet, I cannot remember any pieces the site did on cosplayers who cook, let alone camp. Tifa — that’s her name — does both.
OK. So there’s been a long-running mystery surrounding Final Fantasy VII and a pair of women’s underwear. For 15 years now, people have wondered what the hell these knickers — actually an unused item — were for, but some recent fan translations of Japanese-language interviews have finally solved a mystery that’s no doubt been keeping you sleepless since the ’90s.
A team of budding game designers have grabbed a copy of the Unreal Engine and decided, as a learning experience, to recreate the opening section of Final Fantasy VII with HD graphics.
Despite numerous outright denials from Square-Enix, rumours of a Final Fantasy VII remake have continued to swirl. For now, this may be the closest thing you’ll get to a proper remake — a fanmade first person remake of the opening section of Final Fantasy VII, using the Unreal 3 engine of all things!
Remember FMV – the stuff they put on television ads to make your parents buy you a Mega CD? Would you like to see it return, or should it be consigned to the garbage bin of video game history to fester and rot for all eternity? Darren Wells, Editor of OXM Australia has a soft spot for FMV; I want it to be cast into a fiery pit of sulphur until the end of days.
YouTube user counter656 (aka John Huang) is quickly making a name for himself online with his stop-motion videos. The 30-year-old likes making these videos for fun and is trying to upload a new one every two months.