Square's Conference

[BreakABone]

Well figured would only do the big 3, but since Square is gonna apparently announce two Wii games at the show figured combined that news with a general Square thread.

Conf starts in about 30 mins or so.

So 4pm EST

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/705/705607p1.html

[GameMaster]

Here's to hoping for a Kingdom Hearts 3 for Nintendo Wii :beerchug:

[Dyne]

Here's to hoping for a Kingdom Hearts 3 for Nintendo Wii :beerchug:

Kingdom Hearts sucks.

<--Hoping for a new chrono game.

[DeathsHand]

<--Hoping for a new chrono game.

I'd like to add my name to the list of folks hoping for a new Chrono game...

[Typhoid]

Kingdom Hearts sucks.

<--Hoping for a new chrono game.


/follows suit.

[Teuthida]

/me hopes for...

...um, actually I don't care much for Square but I'll go along with the excitement. Might pick up FFVI for GBA.

[BreakABone]

News so far

Release Dates

Valkyrie Profile PSP: July 18

FFIII, Rocket Slime in Sept.

Valkyrie Profile 2: Sept

FFXII in October.

Some trailers of games.

[Teuthida]

http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149412 <- Live updates

So far:

1:02 pm The conference is starting with a cavalcade of announced products on video--Dawn of Mana, Final Fantasy V and VI for GBA, Rocket Slime (!), some mobile stuff. President Yoichi Wada's now taking the stage, wasting no time talking about the promise of next-gen and telling us they've got some hot secrets for us today. So let's have 'em already!

1:06 COO Daishiro Okada is now on stage discussing the upcoming lineup. Final Fantasy XII will be out October of this year. Finally. Also some mobile stuff. Space Invaders? Elevator Action? Dirge of Cerberus: Lost Episodes also on mobile this summer.

1:10 Now we're getting into the meat with a long trailer for Final Fantasy XII, all in English. Sounds like they're sparing no expense on the voice acting for this one--it's all appropriately haughty, in line with the tone of the story.

1:18 More trailers for announced, current-gen stuff like Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth and the latest FFXI expansion. Now it's Final Fantasy on mobile--I knew my nerd sense was tingling for a reason.

1:24 Looks like their mobile strategy rages unabated--Dirge is the standout since it's all in 3D. Now we've got Final Fantasy III for DS, billed as "the only Final Fantasy never to reach Western shores." They're urging us to "complete the fantasy" with this 3D remake--fine by me since it looks like the best DS RPG yet.

1:28 Final Fantasies V and VI for GBA--not the biggest news, but near and dear to many hearts for sure. Promised to have new surprises. Now it's Mana time, starting off with the sorta middling Children of. But what's this? Ten years before Children of Mana, a 3D game: Dawn of Mana, of course. More CG than gameplay, but it looks pretty good.

[BreakABone]

Here we go--Dragon Quest is coming to the Wii. Some dude is fighting a stone golem in a forest. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. Launch title for the Wii! No real footage of the game, but still, big news.

So looks like Wii will have DQ for launch and maybe FF?

[Perfect Stu]

is that like, the next DQ in the DQ series or a Crystal Chronicles type deal?

[Perfect Stu]

Final Fantasy XIII for PS3

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