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Scans EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Famitsu confirms BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, new character 45 Holy Azure Grimore, Batman! After a confirmed new version of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger was coming to Europe with new features and characters, Japanese and North American players were left wonder... Final Fantasy XIV screens look like...FF XI screens 54 We learned a few days ago that Final Fantasy XIV wouldn't have a traditional experience point system, which sounds to me like just the wake up call the genre needs. Today we spotted some scanned ... New Star Ocean scans with anime stylings included (for now) 22 I'm not sure if the news of the change to less "anime" faces in Star Ocean 4 turned any of you off enough to keep you from buying the game when it comes out, but if that type of thing d... Resident Evil 5: El Gigante is back, and he's pissed 19 Portuguese site Revil has some spoiler-ish scans from Famitsu on Resident Evil 5. We decided to let you check them out for yourself if you'd like. If you ask me, they're nothing serious -- mostly... New Final Fantasy XIII character Sazh carries a baby chocobo in his afro? 44 The headline says it all. And that is the best thing I've heard all week.The latest issue of V-Jump has images and details on Sazh Katzroy, a two-gun wielding softie that carries a baby chocobo i... New Final Fantasy XIII and Versus trailers are pretty and uninformative 24 Let's go ahead and get this out of the way: the Final Fantasy series might be a sinking ship (or maybe not), but I'm a fan. There I said it. I love Final Fantasy, despite its (many) flaws.Jump ... Atlus sends out the best contest letters ever 52 The Etrian Odyssey II MEGA-Contest we partnered with Atlus on came and went. Prizes were handed out, and good times were had. And yes, I'm totally over the jealous fit I went through over the pr... Gears of War 2 scans show off new characters 11 Got a couple of magazine scans for Gears of War 2 here, courtesy of the fine folks at Jeux France. There's not a huge deal that will set the world alight, but of use to Gearheads will be the incl... New Resident Evil 5 scans are MORE RACIST THAN EVER! 50 Actually, they are not racist at all. Sorry for the false alarm.What they are, though, is awesome. I have to say, I am loving the look of Resident Evil 5 the more I see of it. I lov... Final Fantasy XIII and Versus scans have a clown dog in them 47 As Square Enix continues to develop its upcoming multi-release cash cow, some new images and not-so new details have surfaced of both Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Secured fro... Smash Bros Brawl's Japanese Instruction Booklet hits the Internet? 46 Well, we had to expect that this to would happen. Super Smash Bros Brawl, now set for release in Japan on Jan. 31st, has suffered it's first leak of physical evidence of proving it's actual, fact... First look: New Street Fighter IV character Crimson Viper 56 The new fighting game character news just keeps rolling in today! Courtesy of the latest issue of Famitsu, we get out first look at the newest addition to the Street Fighter world. I continue to ... A HUGE wad of Alone in the Dark details: KILL IT WITH FIRE! 31 NeoGaf is absolutely crammed with delicious details regarding the new Alone in the Dark game for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. While the series has had its fair share of problems according to most critic... Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles WiiWare scans dispel the nightmares of Pop 11 Some new scans from Famitsu (Who else?) have appeared on the ever useful NeoGAF forums, showing off some new images of Square-Enix's Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Small King And The Prom... Gallery for posterity: The complete Lair Reviewer's Guide. [Update: Contest!] 58 [CONTEST Update: Want this booklet for your very own swag collection?  Take a page from the booklet and PhotoShop (or MSPaint) something hilarious and we'll pick our favorite entry next Frid... Tekken 6 goes tubby: new character is a fat guy named Bob 40 While other next-generation fighters are shooting for sexy, busty new character designs, it looks like the team behind Tekken is shooting for the chubby chaser crowd.Namco Bandai's other fighter... I has a manual: Halo 3 manual scans for the obsessive who has everything 16 [Video removed due to a scary copyright infringement email from Microsoft. No Halo for you!] We in the 'hardcore' demographic of the gaming community might not be quite as hyped for Halo 3 a... More new Mario Galaxy images and details, more explosions of joy 25 I've played a hell of a lot of Mario over the years. A hell of a lot. From the NES to the Gameboy, to the SNES, to the N64, to the Gamecube, to the DS, I've played through virtually every game in... New Famitsu Scans: Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 13 For where there is Chocobo, evil dares not tread. The prophecy foretells of a time when the yellow-crested harbingers of Instrumentality will stride forth as heralds of joy across the marshes and... New GTA IV details and scans 28 These Grand Theft Auto IV scans are from the latest issue of the British gaming mag Games TM. The 7-page-long exclusive preview contains details about the gameplay and some brand new in-game pics... New NiGHTS screens, courtesy of Famitsu 19 It's been a while since we last saw anything of the Wii's NiGHTS: Journey Of Dreams, and it's safe to say that back then things were certainly less than arousing in the visuals depar... First images of Croteam's Serious Engine 3 are all serious and stuff 27 Croatian gaming magazine, GamePlay, has nabbed the first look at Croteam's upcoming Serious Sam 3 and the yet to be named tactical-action shooter. Thanks to space-aged image scanning technolo... Dewy's Adventure looks like a Wiiiiiiiinner 9 Kawaii overload! While some must continue to suffer from famine at the Wii's casual and cutesy game library, others will rejoice at these new screenshots of Dewy's Adventure; a spinoff pl... Final Fantasy IV DS, Dissidia, and Final Fantasy XII Zodiac Job Thang scans 34 Keeping up with Square-Enix's avalanche of Final Fantasy development in the last few years has been a handful, but very exciting for the RPG gamer. This fresh paella of scans comes from the l... More reasons to make love to your DS: new Dragon Quest IX scans 18 JeuxFrance acquired a set of scans revealing fresh details of Dragon Quest IX: a game given a new release date every time we hear about it.  The big news is the changes in the combat syste... Famitsu reveals Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles info, confirms RE 4 Wii-make 53 First the good news -- the previously mentioned Resident Evil 4 Wii remake leaked by retailers has been confirmed by Famitsu. Not surprisingly, Wii remote functionality has been added. Players wi... First screens of NiGHTS sequel on the Wii 43 We reported on this highly anticipated Wii exclusive being more or less official earlier this week, but I guess this makes it extra official. Unless this is just some (very) elaborate April Fool&... Get all touchy-feely with Ninja Gaiden Dragon Swords 12 Are you sitting down? Tomonobu Itagaki and Team Ninja have announced a new Ninja Gaiden game! Its name? Ninja Gaiden Dragon Swords. But here's the rub (*ahem*) -- it's for the Nintendo ... Forget After Burner -- Ace Combat 6 drops exclusive bombs on your 360 moms 18 While we wait for Sega to step up and bring that next-gen After Burner from behind closed doors, the Xbox 360's exclusive jet fighter franchise looks like it's seeing a nice visual upgrad... Dragon Quest and Mario characters team up in Itadaki Street DS 5 Japanese magazine Shōnen Gangan has revealed some new images of Itadaki Street DS. If you're not familiar, Itadaki Street is a computer board game designed by Dragon Quest creator, Yuji... More Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core scans 14 Tipster Crunshii is on a roll today, as he's provided some more hard to come by scans of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core and his friend has provided a rough translation of the whole Angeal/Gen... Brand new Final Fantasy 13 scans 31 A Chinese fansite has posted fresh new scans of Final Fantasy 13, one of the most anticipated games last remaining good reasons to be excited about the PS3. Also featured are the other two games... First Megaman ZX Advent Screens 14 JeuxFrance has unveiled the first gameplay images for Mega Man ZX Advent (care of Famitsu magazine), slated for release in Japan on the Nintendo DS later this year.As the story goes:...Eyed for... Bioshock coming to the PS3? No. Maybe. Probably. Yes! (update -- no) 42 [Update: 2K has just confirmed to us that OPM UK is quoting a press release from after E3 that didn't specify on a next-gen platform. In September, 2K announced Xbox 360 and PC exclusivity vi... Final Fantasy: The Lion War PSP scans 18 You've seen the trailer. You've been advised to consider buying a PSP later this year. Here's another reason to get illogically excited: seven pages of cryptic and yet mouthwatering... Revenant Wings Famitsu scan translated 2 Faithful Dtoid contributor WestCabaretDrive (yeah, the Lost Planet guy!) has translated the entire first page of this Final Fantasy Revenant Wings scan. You can see the high resolution version h... Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings scans 4 Two delicious pages of Famitsu loaded with details about the upcoming deliciously touch screen DS Final Fantasy game, but alas, we can't read a damn word of them. If you've been remotely ... Final Fantasy Tactics remake to hit PSP [Update] 24 Shonen Jump is at it again. This time with info and images on a PSP remake of a  game that some believe is better than sex, Final Fantasy Tactics. Not a direct port, the remake will feature... Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles DS screens 10   Crystal Chronicles...ah the images it brings up. A game that required four friends with four GBAs to make the game worthwhile. It was clearly fun for all. Seriously, if you&... New Final Fantasy XII: Remnant Wing scans 19 New scans of the FFXII spinoff DS title are spreading on GAF like herpes on South Beach. We brought you the details of the game yesterday along with the concept art, so if you're keeping up... UPDATE! Dragon Quest Swords scans translated by a Dtoid reader! 7 Update: WestCabaretDrive has posted translations of the scans in the comments below (Thank you *so* much!), so know you know what the Japanese know. Arm the planes! Walmart says hey to Blu-Ray: 35-page scans of PS3 launch 5 Biff Sputnik must have sore shoulders and bags under his eyes today. Why? Because while the rest of us were finishing Cliffy B's masterpiece, this crusader of the TWAIN interface opened and c...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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