Final Fantasy Series gets Japanese Magazine

Posted on Saturday 22nd November 2014 at 23:03 by Rangers51

Well, that's pretty much the gist of it, I guess. It's not an unknown phenomenon for game franchises to have periodicals in their names, produced by their publishers; apparently Persona has already gotten the same treatment.

The first all-Final Fantasy, all-the-time magazine will be out sometime in December in Japan and will be dated as "Winter 2014," implying that it will be a quarterly magazine if published on a schedule; it's possible that it will instead be a "whenever we feel like it" sort of thing from Squenix as well.

The real question is, will these magazines have any news that isn't covered by Famitsu or its brethren well in advance? The first issue purports to have info on Type-0 HD, G-Bike, and the new mobile games, so we shall see.

Source: Siliconera

Posted in: Square-Enix News, News from Japan

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Spooniest	Comment 1: 2014-11-23 05:32
	If it's being run by Squenix, then wouldn't any and all stories simply be blatant commercials for their products, a la Nintendo Power? Kind of reduces whatever literary content might be present in the magazine to one long, flashy sales pitch, arguably.
Rangers51	Comment 2: 2014-11-23 13:21
	Quote (Spooniest @ 23rd November 2014 01:32) If it's being run by Squenix, then wouldn't any and all stories simply be blatant commercials for their products, a la Nintendo Power? Kind of reduces whatever literary content might be present in the magazine to one long, flashy sales pitch, arguably. You're right, but I wouldn't think that most people would be looking for an impartial source when they see this on the newsstand. I'd like to think that the consumers who would be looking at this would be savvy enough to realize that. But it's all about ethics in video game journalism in Japan in company materials.
Spooniest	Comment 3: 2014-11-23 18:41
	Quote (Rangers51 @ 23rd November 2014 08:21) ethics in video game journalism Which it is all about, of course. It seems odd to invest in physically printed periodicals in this day and age, but I guess people are still tactile creatures after all.
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