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Square Enix must have really wanted me to post some Tidbits this week. Some of the emails that went out to their mailing lists came to me five times! So, to oblige their largesse, most of our news will be coming straight outta the mouths of the company this week.

The next big Final Fantasy release is Lightning Returns, coming to the West in just about two weeks (or less!). With that, the demo became available this week for both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360; remember that a version of the game has not been announced for any new-gen platform as yet. The demo has a boss monster which, if defeated and shared to social media, will get the user a new costume, namely Siegfried.

My favorite Final Fantasy and Lightning Returns news of the week, though, is the proof that Square Enix can still put out an awesome-looking 16-bit experience. To get folks up to speed who may not have finished (or even experienced!) Fabula Nova Crystallis, they marketing brains at Squenix put out a fantastic video recapping the first two games of the trilogy. It's clever and it's adorable and if you have any love for Lightning's saga it's worth the time.

Additionally, if you're willing to make a trip to southern California in March, you've got a chance to visit Alhambra and see a Final Fantasy X and X-2 exhibit in an art gallery from the 15th to the 26th. If you can get there for the opening, you might even get an early copy of the games and get it signed by members of the original production team!

Finally, in non-Final Fantasy news, there're updates on the Tomb Raider and Bravely Default fronts. For Lara Croft, the "Definitive" version of the game came out for new Sony and Microsoft consoles. For Bravely Default, though, check out this nice long piece from Kotaku about the origins and the future of this new IP. There are two really interesting takeaways, in my opinion. First, the parallels between Bravely and the old-school Final Fantasies that so many gamers love, and how Bravely could become what Final Fantasy once was, but for handhelds. The other is producer Tomoya Asano's now-stated goal of making Bravely a yearly series. Obviously that won't ever happen, but how many of you would either pick up or dust off a 3DS for something like that?

Source: Square Enix, Kotaku

Quote (Rangers51 @ 1st February 2014 04:20)

The other is producer Tomoya Asano's now-stated goal of making Bravely a yearly series.

Just wait until Bravely Default 4: Modern Warfare for this idea to seem terrible in hindsight

Still, it's nice that there's classical style FF-like games being made, since the alleged actual Final Fantasy this year is more like Barbie's Time Travelling Dressup Adventures or something. It's a nice enough idea the demo lets you get stuff but, really, even if I liked the FF13 railroad I doubt I'd be on the train for this one.

This post has been edited by Del S on 1st February 2014 15:36

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......waaaaait that 8-bit music/16-bit visuals youtube video was an official upload? I ran across it and thought it was some fan-vid...oh wow. No wonder it looked so good...

Edit: Oh, I see, I missed the ending the first time. Looks cool, I guess. And since I had my speakers turned up this time, I noticed it's not just 8-bit music.

Kinda fun being able to hear where particular sound effects used in that vid come from.

This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 1st February 2014 19:42

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