HAY GUYS

Hantei · Local time: Mar 12, 2006, 05:22 PM

"Kiss Me Good-Bye" from Angela Aki's new single is out now, release by AznMP3! Here's a YSI for both the single and FFXII version. Pretty good song.

Angela Aki - "Kiss Me Good-Bye" (Single + FFXII version)

Torrent to the full single below.
[#aznmp3] Angela Aki - Kiss Me Good-Bye [320k][2006.03.15].zip

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hantei · Local time: Mar 17, 2006, 04:37 PM

Some high quality vids of the intro and gameplay from ruliweb!

http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/data/rul...m=14572&left=b

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hantei · Local time: May 8, 2006, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by Simo

The Square Enix conference at E3 is about to begin but in the meantime it looks like we're going to be seeing an FFXII line of figures from Play Arts/Koto:

Related note but here's a look at their Weapon line on display at E3 too:

Sweet, more Kotobukiya goodies. Man, I'm gonna go poor. Has there been an announcement as to which figures (obviously, there's only going to be 3-4 others, which appears to be the trend) they're going to be making from 13?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Hantei · Local time: May 14, 2006, 01:37 AM

Here's another picture of the Vaan figure by Kotobukiya. They're also making FF13's heroine, posted the pic in the FF13 forum.

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Hantei · Local time: May 30, 2006, 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by Spatula

Yesasia has free shipping for orders over $39 USD, and this is selling for $38.50! GRRR!! For once, I wish they made it a bit more expensive.

Actually currently it's for any orders over $25 USD, it's apart of their 8th anniversary promotion (hell of a deal, gotta import that FF7AC Reunion files book). Not sure how you missed that...

http://us.yesasia.com/en/specials/an...ary/index.aspx

I was speaking idiomatically.

Hantei · Local time: Jul 20, 2006, 08:30 PM

More FFXII Play Arts from Kotobukiya at SDCC. Now the list of characters being made is Vaan, Ashe, Judge Gabranth, and Balthier. Vaan and Balthier finished, with Ashe and Gabranth in prototype (well, unpainted anyway).

Source: SDCC 06: Final Fantasy Fans Find Paradise in San Diego

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Hantei · Local time: Jul 22, 2006, 04:56 AM

Some more clearer pictures from ActionFigs.com, Vaan turned out great. The prototype sculpt look fantastic too, especially the detail to the Judge's head/helmet.

Source: http://photos.actionfigs.com/showgallery.php?cat=1680

You can also find pictures of other FF goodies, by Kotobukiya, there as well. Eg. FFX, FFVIII, FFVII AC play arts

FELIPE NO

Hantei · 04:15 AM

Originally Posted by Simo

!!!

The finished Judge and Ashe look great! Definitely another Play Arys I will be picking up. Hopefully they won't release these till next year though, as I'm definitely gonna be short for cash thanks to Medicom's RAH MGS4 Snake.

A few images of these sweets figs, plus one miscellaneous one, I think it's for FF tactic figs.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Hantei · Local time: Oct 1, 2006, 05:11 PM

Agreed, the english dub turned out great! I'm actually forward to playing this one now. Hopefully I won't get slammed with assignments, quizzes, or labs that week. Hey, has there been any word yet on a Limited Edition guide from Brady?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hantei · Local time: Oct 1, 2006, 08:01 PM

Originally Posted by Spatula

Hantei, since we're in the same city, they say the Chinook EB is the "flagship" for our city, and they don't even have much info. Where did you preorder your copy Hantei?

I pre-ordered mine from the Westbrook location, since it's close to home. They usually get the limited guides (eg. Onimusha 3, MGS3, KH2), hopefully the case will be same for FF12 as I really wanna buy em together for the discount.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hantei · Local time: Oct 1, 2006, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Spatula

Westbrook hey, I can make there easily, however Marketmall is much more local for me. So you said you already pre-ordered? How long ago was this?

I think it was around July or August, around the time I found out that there was going to be a collectors edition at EB games.

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Hantei · Local time: Oct 2, 2006, 01:15 AM

Originally Posted by Spatula

WHAT! You managed to preorder the LE GUIDE back then? What the hell!

Oh no no, not the guide I meant I pre-ordered the Collector's Edition of FFXII. I didn't even know you could pre-order guides as well. I usually just pick those up when I see em.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hantei · Local time: Oct 15, 2006, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by Simo

I could of swore I saw some VP prototypes on display somewhere but I guess they must of been the trading figures..
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/...00/lenneth.jpg

I get a dead link, but are these the ones you're refering to?

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-...e-70-19xe.html

I was speaking idiomatically.

Hantei · Local time: Oct 15, 2006, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Simo

Yeah that's them. I could of swore it was 6" figures from Koto but looking at the photos on Play Asia I'm pretty sure it was the trading figures now.

Heh, quality wise then look pretty good for trading figures, then again, those shots are of the prototypes.

Oh the FFXII Play Arts figures, they finally got a street date! February 28, 2007 is the release for the Japan (as listed by cdjapan anyway), meaning the NA release will probably be about 2-3 months afterwards. Which is great news for me, as I'm strapped for cash.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....EY=NEOSL-11501
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....EY=NEOSL-11502
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....EY=NEOSL-11503
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview....EY=NEOSL-11504

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Hantei · Local time: Oct 20, 2006, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Simo

Also there's a Fall Toy Fair going on in NY with Koto in attendence which means the FFXII lineup, among others, were on display:
http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/6...4resizecf8.jpg
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7...0resizecp2.jpg
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/146...7resizefl3.jpg
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/734...1resizezj7.jpg

I won't post the rest but you can see more HERE. Scheduled for a Q1 2007 US release.

Sweet, much better shots. Also these are set for Feb 28, 2007 in Japan, so we can expect to see them about a month or two after the Japanese release (probably popping up in the January issue of Previews). The Judge is definitely a must have, so detailed!

FELIPE NO

Hantei · Local time: Nov 3, 2006, 05:42 PM

Picked up my pre-order on Wednesday, along with the LE guide (cover came out to be Basch, was hoping for a Fran, Ashe or Penelo though), and finally got around to playing it last night.

Only played about 2 hours or so in the game, and liking it so far. Though the camera controls are really bugging me, they're the inverse of what I usually like to set them to be, options to switch the controls would have been nice (would it really have been that hard to add?). The battle system is interesting, I like how you can run around and try to avoid the enemies' attacks (well, try to reduce amount received), though the camera once again makes it a little frustrating (for me anyway). Not really liking the License system though, seems like a pain in the ass. So pretty much you have to get a license to use a equip or use a specific spell, and then you have to buy it? Purchasing the equip makes sense, but magic? That's just unusual, same thing with having to purchase a license to equip certain weapons/gear.

Moving on, the voice acting is outstanding! The different accents really adds to the game's universe/atmosphere. However, the audio quality is kinda bugging me, when the VA's speak it's like you can hear actually hear the static from the recording. Similar to the problem I had with RE4, it's only really noticeable for the ingame cut scenes. The scenes that I really noticed it were the ones with Vaan and Penelo, just before and after Vanye's CG intro (the consul ceremony thing). Did anyone notice this? Does it improve or become less apparent as you progress?

And another thing:

Spoiler:

BTW, anyone noticed that Vaan wanting to become a Sky Pirate is somewhat similar to the storyline of Tetsuro wanting to become a Space Pirate in Galaxy Express 999? Seems like, to me, that they had a little inspiration from Leiji Matsumoto's work. I'm guessing Balfier would kind of be like Captain Harlock.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Hantei · Local time: Nov 5, 2006, 08:56 PM

LOL, wow lousy luck for you both. Funny thing is that I didn't want my Basch cover, my eyes were set on Fran, heh, but I'll glady take him over the Vaan that seems so ever common now. The clerk picked out mine from the stack he brought in from the back storage.

Speaking of covers, anyone actually get a Fran?

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