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Update: Bumped to the front page. Added more DLC and screenshots can be found below.


In Japan, Square Enix is releasing four more downloadable tracks for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call.

Here’s the full roundup of the game’s latest DLC:

Songs

BMS Romancing SaGa — “Battle! Saruin” – battle music
BMS Romancing SaGa 2 — “Seven Heroes’ Battle” – battle music
BMS Romancing SaGa 3 — “Four Noble Demons 1? – battle music
FMS Romancing SaGa — “Sewe – field music

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children – Advent: One-Winged Angel – battle music
Last Order -Final Fantasy VII- – Last Order – battle music
Final Fantasy IV – Another Moon – field music
Final Fantasy IX – Iifa, Ancient Tree of Life – field music
Final Fantasy X-2 – The Bevelle Underground – field music

Character

Final Fantasy V – Krile

Pricing is set at 150 yen for each download.

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Final Fantasy Explorers

This week’s issue of Famitsu has a followup report on Final Fantasy Explorers. You’ll find the latest information from the magazine below.

– More jobs confirmed
– Can play as the Dragon Knight, Paladin, Thief, Ninja, Red Mage, Time Mage, and Bard
– Assign a maximum of eight abilities to each button for use in battle
– Famitsu describes Final Fantasy Explorers as a “lite” version of Final Fantasy XIV or Final Fantasy XI
– Character positioning is important
– Square Enix is including an ability chaining system
– Once mastered, job-specific abilities can be used within other jobs
– Ability costs vary depending on which job a give character currently has
– Ex: Black Mage will have black magic costs halved
– Takes place on an island with various locations
– Can walk to all of its adjoining lands
– Can befriend monsters when you defeat them
– A monster training element is being included
– Since you have four max player slots, you can fill the remaining slots with monsters
– Ex: 2 human players and 2 monster players
– Said to last between 100-200 hours
– Square-Enix is said to be developing the game with intention of expanding it into a proper action-RPG sub-series for Final Fantasy
– Local and online co-op is supported

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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call represents a whole bunch of games. Square Enix probably won’t be coming out with another Final Fantasy-oriented Theatrhythm game in the future, but later entries in the series (such as Final Fantasy XV presumably) will be featured through DLC.

Producer Ichiro Hazama told Polygon:

“We wanted to make it so Curtain Call is like your base, and then you would add more songs as newer titles joined the roster and be able to accommodate for DLC or things like that and build upon it. But that would be our final form of Theatrhythm that handles the Final Fantasy songs. In terms of Final Fantasy songs, we will continue to produce new Final Fantasy titles and with that, there’ll be new songs added to the repertoire.”

“No matter where you cut and where you eat, it’s still a tasty piece of cake. With Theatrhythm, I made sure to kind of pick up the ante on the music flavor, the rhythm flavor of the Final Fantasy elements. We’re focusing on that music aspect of Final Fantasy, but we make sure to not cut corners and make it as polished as possible. That’s what I focused on in this game, and I am confident that if we continue to do that and bring a really polished product, people will enjoy it and it won’t be yet another spin-off that’s just out there. I want to continue making games like that.”

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Courtesy of the latest Shonen Jump, a few screenshots and art pieces of Final Fantasy Explorers have emerged giving us a taste of what’s to come. Additionally, the 4 of the jobs that are available in the game have been outlined:

Knight – Well-balanced in offense and defense. In addition to their offensive capabilities have specialised skills that can be used for guarding
Monk – All about physical attacks similar to past games, Monks rush down enemies with barrages of attacks, with low defensive and high health
Black Mage – Offensive magic experts, can attack enemies from a long range. Presumably ‘glass cannon’ type characters i.e. high damage but fairly low defensive options
White Mage – Heals and powers up allies

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It may not have any information pertaining to release dates or confirm much more than what we already know, but Final Fantasy Explorers now has an official website. Expect more information to come out of the site over the coming weeks. For those curious to trawl through the little information that’s been released, check it out here

Dragon Quest XI is officially in development, Square Enix has confirmed. Series creator Yuji Horii shared the news during the FM West Tokyo Radio program Mangaku N-Channel SP. This is the first time Horii officially acknowledged development of the Dragon Quest XI name itself.

Here’s what we know:

– The program featured a look back at the Dragon Quest series
– Horii recalled his personal experiences and stories
– Horii spoke about Dragon Quest’s future
– Horii mentioned Dragon Quest XI is advancing towards the series’ 30th anniversary, which is in 2016
– He also said he wants to play it on a big screen
– No specific platform confirmed

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More Final Fantasy Explorers have emerged from the latest issue of Jump. Check them out below:

– Choose from multiple Jobs
– Each Job has its own role
– Black Mage attacks using magic and specializes in long-range attacks
– The White Mage is focused on recovery spells
– The Monk is the representative for physical attacks
– Jump notes that he “overwhelms the enemy with his surging dash”
– The Knight is the party’s shield and attracts the enemy’s attacks
– Many jobs from the Final Fantasy series will be included
– Will need to use each Job effectively to take on the enemy
– Defeat the different generations of Summons
– Game will offer a large variety of weapons
– Ifrit is one of the Summons in the game
– No release date
– Square Enix listed as developer

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Final Fantasy Explorers is coming to the 3DS, according to the latest issue of Jump.

Square Enix will be releasing the new multiplayer action RPG in Japan. Final Fantasy Explorers, a game in which you take on monsters on a quest to gather crystals, supports up to four players

You can find a scan from the game above. It shows off a White Mage, Black Mage, Monk, and Knight.


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