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Tetsuya Nomura has revealed several of the cards he approved with no feedback for the Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy crossover. (MTG, 3/10) #FF7 #FF6 #MTG #MagictheGathering #FFVII #FFVI

Locke card

Tetsuya Nomura says there was a time when overseas art felt 'too intense' from a Japanese perspective. But working together with Wizards this time, he thought, 'Wow, this is amazing. And he thinks Japanese fans will really embrace this, too. (MTG, 3/10) #MTG #MagictheGathering

Asked about his illustration of Sephiroth for the project, Nomura mentions they're still in the middle of developing the FFVII REMAKE series. There are new fans who have just recently experienced FF7 for the first time, but he thinks it will be loved by both long-time and brand-new fans alike.

Nomura says it was a bit embarrassing looking at his older artwork. These are art pieces from 20 or 30 years ago, so to him it feels like someone in their 30s looking at sketches you drew when you were a toddler. He says they were meant to be blueprints for the dev teams, not finished pieces. #MTG

Despite how many times I've started a new file of FFX on PS2, PS4, and PC; I've never taken the time to beat it again. Especially since it was the 2nd FF I beat as a teen:

FFX-2 and Tactics remain as the last two Final Fantasy games in the Backlog. The goal is to have them beaten before FFVII:R3 releases (bonus points if I can do it before it's revealed 😆).

But before I jump in FFX-2, I want to finish up my FFX file that I started on the HDR.

Sixteen years to the day, but I've finally wrapped up the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. Feels good to close the book on this sub-series.

President Donald Trump of Shinra saying: We are going to build a plate over midgar and the slums are going to pay for it

Wild that this meme is 10+ years old but it could have been made last night over drinks

A woman with long blonde hair sits on a fallen tree with her hand outstretched before her and a smile on her face. She wears amber colored garb with a purple blouse and white boots.

Square Enix shares an illustration of Celes Chere (Final Fantasy VI) for her March 10th birthday. The illustration by Fumio Minagawa was used for the "Dawn of Heroes" set of the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game released back in July 2023.

[FFXIII] Happy 16th Anniversary YouTube video by Aware Wolf X

While these clips aren't quite 16 years old, they're still from what feels like a life time ago:
youtu.be/U16G4CJt7qA

Yup, I know what I was doing 16 years ago. 😂

My PS3 collection of the FFXIII Trilogy

Also, speaking of time flying by: Final Fantasy XIII's worldwide release was 16 years ago.

My wife and I were so stoked for the new FF to come along and help lift our spirits after our housing situation fell apart. It took a few years for the trilogy to grow on me, but damn those sequels are fun.

Dang time flies.

During Final Fantasy XVI, Clive and Gav find Edda, a pregnant survivor of the atrocities in Waloed. It is she who explains the Arche myth, a foretold doom that resembles the Norse Ragnarök. As it happens, the main sources of Norse lore are the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda books.

Happy International Women's Day.

Who else is ready to let women run the country instead of fascist pedophiles? 🤚

The game is fine; but if I had a nickel every time Capcom made a game where we play as a stylish white-suited lady in the future and the game ultimately becomes a hidden gem/sleeper hit... I think I'd only have 2 nickels. 😅👍

Chaos Never Sleeps.

I know, novelty of getting a new thing of 90s thing is what our generation is currently feasting on.
Hope the noise I hear is sincere and not a symptom of crass consumerism.

We even worked with TrueOdin, the developer of FFNx, to fix several graphical effects that have been broken in the PC port ever since the original Eidos port in 1998. They now work as intended on PC for the first time, with or without SAC. Here's an example:

Shinra Archaeology Cut logo image

The first battle of FFVII, using the beta textures accessible from SAC's "Sampler Disc Battle Arenas" option.

Cloud watching a Honeybee Girl greet a guest at the Honeybee Inn in an unused sequence SAC restores.

Sephiroth explaining his anime villain plan with a new and improved translation.

As of now, FFNx and 7th Heaven mod manager are fully compatible with the new Steam and GoG release of FFVII! Our mod—Shinra Archaeology Cut—is fully compatible too!

With a new translation and hours of optional restored cut content, we believe this is the best way to experience this beloved classic!

'Strange Happenings in Vana'diel' event commemorating the FFXI & FFXIV collab. will run from today to April 5, 2026. Giant monsters have appeared "where they don't belong" & upon defeat a treasure chest can appear w/ materials to reforge high-level gear.

Details:
www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/f...

I dunno. I associate Capcom risks with stuff like Onimusha: DoD, RE:ORC, DmC, Remember Me, Dark Void.

Would much prefer them to stay on course, support their current titles, and use their legacy IPs like Mega Man, Breath of Fire, and Dino Crisis as inspiration for new like Pragmata, DD, Exoprimal.

Damn, I appreciate all the Amano-era inspired outfits in Lightning Returns:

Krile, Alisaie, Urianger, Thancred, Alphinaud, G'raha Tia, Estinien, Y'shtola and the Warrior of Light are seen with the Mothercrystal in the background.

Illustration by Kazuya Takahashi for a 'Final Fantasy XIV Adventurer's Chronicle' exhibition in Japan that "celebrates the world of FFXIV."

Tokyo @ Ikebukuro Sunshine City
Apr. 25 - May 10, 2026

Osaka @ Osaka Nanko ATC Gallery
May 30 - Jun. 16, 2026

finalfantasyxiv-exhibition.com

Cold hands. Doesn't matter how well rested you are or how perfectly the stick/pad feels in your hands, if them MFers are cold you can't move naturally and it impacts reaction times.

No joke, I've thought about getting a heat lamp just for my hands when I play.

Naoki Hamaguchi says that considering that toward the end of FFVII Rebirth, we’re in the Forgotten City — and in the original you would go into Icicle Inn from there — he guesses that hints at how the third installment will begin. #FF7R #FFVII #FF7

TBH, I was hoping that places like Modeoheim and Barona would be incorporated into Icicle Inn and Mideel.

Nojima says he's approaching the scenario on the assumption that the story will essentially follow the flow of the OG, with small changes to how things are presented and the events that take place. He'd personally like to include villages that first appeared in Crisis Core: FFVII. (7RU, 2020) #FF7R

FF7R co-director Motomu Toriyama says there were times where the original version of FF7 became a hindrance. Specifically, staff members with a strong attachment to Final Fantasy VII would often hold themselves back for fear of deviating too much from the original. (7RU, 2020)

You can make a team composed of Blue, Red, Black, White, Time Mages, and/or Summoner and give them the Bare-Handed Ability to create The Buff Mages.