Square Enix has announced a compilation soundtrack titled Love SQ (album art can be seen here). It will contain arrangements by various musicians from classic Square titles such as Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, and will be released on November 25th.
Tracklist
Final Fantasy – Main Theme (PE'Z)
Final Fantasy III – Yuukyuu no Kaze (De De Mouse)
Chrono Trigger – Chrono Trigger & Toki no Kairo (Novoiski)
Chrono Trigger – Harukanaru Toki no Kanata e (livetune)
Chrono Trigger – Kaeru no Theme & Sentou Shori (Sexy-Synthesizer)
Final Fantasy – Chocobo no Theme (Good Luck Heiwa)
Romancing Saga – Medley (note native)
Seiken Densetsu Legend of Mana – Medley (muZik)
Final Fantasy – Battle Medley (Pia-no-ja)
Final Fantasy – Prelude (no.9)
The official site for the upcoming album can be found here. There's a requirement to get in too, and I'm not talking about the Japanese!
In the vein of "Potion" before it, a promotional new softdrink called "Elixir" after the Final Fantasy item was revealed at the FFXIII premiere party. Take a look:
With the upcoming remake of SaGa 2 coming to Japan (and hopefully the US), Square-Enix is pimping the game with a Limited Edition and Limited Edition soundtrack. Also monster plushes... I want a pink one... kinda.
Just a bit of an update on the merchandising side of FFXIII, Square-Enix has added lighters to it's repertoire of stuff for the upcoming title. It sure is sexy, but I don't see much use out of it if you're willing on picking up a few nasty habits.
Not picured: Gunblade-shaped spoon to melt your heroin, buster sword syringe, and one of Squall's belt's to tourniquet your arm.
Yes, that's right Theodor: with the weeks winding down before the North American release of Dissidia, many different retailers have offered a few different preorder gifts with the purchase of the game. Among them are GameStop, Best Buy, and Amazon. While Gamestop as of late has been the only retailer to furnish Final Fantasy games with preorder gifts (the metal tin FFXII collector's edition box is delicious), two competitors have jumped in line with gifts for you as well.
Starting things off, GameStop is offering a different coverslip for the game. This is nice, because the cover we're getting is absolutely butt awful and generic. The GameStop coverslips feature Amano's designs for Cosmos and Chaos and are reversible for either one. I am enjoying this greatly, as we've never had a Final Fantasy cover for an American Final Fantasy game that has Amano's artwork on it other than the logo. I know I'll definetly be getting this. Take a look:
Next, Amazon. They're offering a preorder gift as well, a bonus CD with various selections from the game's soundtrack. Now, I'm sort of a completionist and if I'm getting music for a game, I usually downlo... buy the entire thing. Most of the people, in my honest opinion who would really want the soundtrack have already bought it during the Japanese release last December 18th or obtained it through other means...
Lastly, we have Best Buy. They are offering a calendar set with the game which is all well and good but, it actually comes with the Japanese import of Dissidia. And I'm not too keen on having two except for maybe bumming it to a lazy friend. Luckily though, I can tell you first hand that if you don't have it, it's pretty nice. It comes in a plastic case, that flips downward so that you can display it at your bedtable or the like. The calendar cards inside can be taken out and shuffled. The artwork is crystal clear, and features four characters per card along with the Cosmos and Chaos murals by Yoshitaka Amano. I'd say that if you don't have this already, and don't give a butt about the game cover and you have the soundtrack, to go this route so that your bases are covered.
At Japan Expo 09, Play Arts displayed some of the new Final Fantasy figurines they've been working on along with a few non-painted prototypes of tarutaru (Shantotto among them). Characters from Final Fantasy VII, IX, and XIII were also displayed.
