Game Sage – Video Game News

If you’re still reeling from the Final Fantasy VII blowout in the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, we have even more to keep you going. In the new, October issue of Official US PlayStation Magazine (with the sweet Shadow of the Colossus demo!), there’s an interview with Square Enix executive producer Yoshinori Kitase, the man overseeing all things Final Fantasy VII related these days.

Through a little bribing and late-night pillow talk, I’ve managed to wrestle the full interview transcript out of OPM, chockful of more info. about the upcoming assault of FFVII-related games and even Kitase’s current relationship with Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi.

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Square Enix has announced that Romancing SaGa will ship to US retailers on October 11, 2005. The game, a remake of the original Super Famicom game Romancing SaGa, was released in Japan under the title Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song.

Romancing SaGa will be rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older and will carry an MSRP of $39.99 USD.

Source: RPGFan

Square Enix today announced a new battle style to be featured in the upcoming action RPG sequel Kingdom Hearts II. In the series’ second PlayStation 2 installment, protagonist Sora can use “Drive” to change his form during battle. One of those “Drive” forms is called Wisdom Form. If the player chooses to use this particular form in battle, the standard (physical) attack command will be replaced by the “shoot” command, allowing Sora to attack his enemy with magical bullets rather than his Keyblade. The shoot command and other features will make the Wisdom Form the battle style of choice for magic users.

Kingdom Hearts II will be available in Japan sometime later this year.

Source: RPGFan

Square Enix today announced the main theme for its upcoming DVD movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Titled “Calling”, the song is being performed by popular artist Kyousuke Himuro. The song was originally featured on Himuro’s 1989 album Neo Fascio. Director and character designer Tetsuya Nomura highlighted the influence of Himuro’s songs on his own creations. For his part Himuro said he was happy to see that one of his songs was being used in “the best CG movie ever made in Japan”. “Calling” will also be part of the two-disc Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Original Soundtrack which is scheduled to go on sale in Japan on September 28th.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children will be available in Japan on September 14th. Following a recent delay, publisher Sony Pictures Entertainment will release both the DVD and UMD version of the movie sometime during this year’s holiday season in North America.

Source: RPGFan