Final Fantasy New-Old Releases

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Get ready guys because Squenix has quite a few new-old games in store for you. Don't bother reading on unless you have a PSP, GBA, or Nintendo DS, because these babies aren't coming out on anything but handheld. The following quotes are taken directly from the August 2006 issue of the Official Playstation Magazine, page 60:

Crisis Core
Final Fantasy VII
PSP
So far Squenix has been superquiet about Crisis Core, the first game in the Final Fantasy VII Compilation to be developed from the ground up for the PSP. What we do know, however, is that Zack, the character Cloud idolizes in the original Final Fantasy VII, plays a huge role--and that it'll probably explain a lot of the backstory behind SOLDIER and how Sephiroth wasn't always a total jerkface.

Dealing with this quote, they gave three pictures. One was of Zack and Sephiroth talking to each other, but facing opposite directions. The next (under) was of Zack engaged in a conversation with a black-haired man in a suit. The final showed Zack reaching for his sword off his back and being stared down by a Bahamut. Never in the sample pictures did they show Cloud, which leads me, personally, to assume that Zack is going to be the main character of Crisis Core. On to the next quote though.

Final Fantasy III, IV, V, VI
GBA, Nintendo DS
Wow, that's a whole lot of Final Fantasy. Of the four re-releases, the most noteworthy of which is Final Fantasy III (Pictured above). The original Famicom version never made it to North America, but the game is being redone in full 3D on the DS. We just ask that Squenix consider bringing it to the PSP as well. Final Fantasy V and VI were released for the PS1 in Final Fantasy Anthology, but this version of V will include some new content not found in that version. Final Fantasy IV, originally known as Final Fantasy II in the U.S., has already been released on a wide variety of platforms--including the PS1 when it was included in Final Fantasy Chronicles. The recently released GBA version features updated dialogue and a new arena mode where you just fight the bosses.

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