So the beginning of the month has just gone past and I've finally updated the poll with a new question which means I'll now be collating the results of the last poll, which lasted...err a few months.

Anyway, the last question was "Favourite Final Fantasy mascot?", the results are as follows:

#1 with 40% of the votes (50) -
-- Moogle
#2 with 39% of the votes (49) -
-- Chocobo
#3 with 10% of the votes (13) -
-- Moomba
#4 (joint) with 6% of the votes (7) -
-- Cactuar and Tonberry
Total - 126 votes

As you can see, it was quite a close run between Chocobo and Moogle, the two of which kept on going ahead slightly, with Moogle finally taking the crown.

This month, as a kind of celebration to Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- finally having had its release in Europe, that the question should focus on the Final Fantasy VII universe, and thus I want to see who your favourite main character is - Cloud (Final Fantasy VII), Vincent (Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-), or Zack (Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-). Have fun voting!

Finally, there's a reason the Spotlight hasn't been updated in a while, but I won't explain it for now, just know that the format of it will change, hopefully for the better.

Until next time, see ya!
--Tony

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Just a small news post really to announce that we now have a full high quality version of the scan from the latest issue of Shonen Jump covering the announcement of Chrono Trigger DS. Many thanks to Forever Fantasy for the find.


I'm actually in two minds about this game. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Chrono Trigger, and its about time the Chrono series got some more attention, but I feel that the game will need quite a few extras and touches in order to warrant this port to the DS when they could have just released it on the Virtual Console. Its not even as if its getting a 3D graphical overhaul.

Thats about it for now. Hopefully we'll have more to tell you soon.

Source: Forever Fantasy

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As well as already having an old Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) game (Actraiser) available on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console,  and a game available to download via WiiWare (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King), Square Enix have now revealed their support of the Sony PlayStation Network, with the addition of demos from their new games (such as Space Invaders Extreme developed by their Taito studio), and upcoming releases of their "classic" PlayStation games.

So far the list of downloadable games announced for the Japanese PlayStation Store is quite short, but we can hope that if sales are successful enough, Square Enix may add more to the list.

- Astronoka (Enix)
- Einhänder (Square)
- Fighters Impact (Taito)
- Rakugaki Showtime (Enix)
- Raystorm (Taito)
- Xenogears (Square)

You may notice a clever spread there of two games per "studio" that make up the company known as Square Enix. Hopefully these games will make their way to the American and European PlayStation Stores, it'd be especially nice for some of us to be able to buy Xenogears legally without having to import it from another country.

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With Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Dungeon due in America in five days, Square Enix have finally announced that the game will be making its way to European Wiis at some point in the autumn.

For those who don't know, or don't remember, Chocobo Dungeon is a part of the game series known as Mysterious Dungeon, where your controlled character must make their way through a progression of randomly-generated dungeons in order to complete the game.

In addition to this, Chocobo Dungeon features a selection of Jobs reminiscent of the Final Fantasy series in order to customise Chocobo for optimum use.

Finally we have a selection of fifteen screenshots, and two additional wallpapers, which confirms that in a bout of lazyness, the wallpapers provided by SENA are identical to those offered by Square Enix Europe, only with the game's English logo as opposed to the Japanese one.



So that just about sums things up. Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Dungeon is already available in Japan, will be available in North America in five days, and then in Europe some time in Autumn.

Source: Square Enix

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For many years now fans across the internet have been hoping that Square Enix would deign to return to the Chrono franchise one day, maybe release the ever elusive Chrono Brake/Break that was trademarked all those years ago, but we were always disappointed.

However, it seems that fans will now have their hopes ignited once more, as the first title that united members of Square and Enix, Chrono Trigger appears to be in the process of being ported (or remade) for the Nintendo DS, and is due for a release in Japan before the end of the year.

Details are incredibly scarce, right down as to whether it'll be a full remake, or just a port of a previous version of the game due to a total lack of media. We would assume that a simple port would see a release on the Wii's Virtual Console (in a similar way to the recent announcement of games for the Japanese PlayStation Store - more on that when I get back from work in 8 hours though), so the announcement for an actual console seems to imply more. So far all we have to go on is a small snippet scan from a Japanese magazine, and two teaser sites (for Japan and North America).


>> http://www.square-enix.co.jp/ctds/
>> http://na.square-enix.com/ctds/

Chrono Trigger DS is due for release in Japan in "Winter 2008", and we can hope for a relatively rapid release in other countries due to the existence of a North American teaser site.

Believe me, Final Fantasy Insight WILL be here to tell you more when we find out.

Source: FF7AC Reunion, Final Fantasy World, Forever Fantasy

The game is not a remake as we hoped it might be, but is instead an "enhanced port" designed to keep the main bulk of the original game, but adapt it for optimum use on the Nintendo DS' touch and dual screen, although how this'll pan out still remains to be seen. Square Enix have also announced that the game will contain a new dungeon (oh god please be the famous Zeal dungeon, or the Singing Moutain), as well as some kind of network communication feature.

Finally a version of the game's news article is now available in a slightly different format, showing more of the surrounding article other than just the Chrono Trigger logo.

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