Saturday release date sure is kinda weird...maybe they're banking on return for gift card bit?

or maybe some retailers will sell it early if it's in the paper and seeing it as a oppurtunity to make a quick buck before the pre christmas rush is over.

...really? Of all the date's to pick? Well, they must just expect it to tank.

My only experience with what Kwanzaa is was with Everybody Hates Chris, is it really all about gifting people with crappy handmade stuff and eating potatoes?

It has Final Fantasy in the game name. It will automatically sell well

I laughed out loud at the header image!

so banking on gift returns...

I'm getting it.

Oh man, that huge pile of chicken in the Kwanzaa pic is cracking me up. "Black people and chicken have a fondness for one another." Dave Chappelle

Does anyone really celebrate Kwanzaa? I've known tons of black people in my life and not one has ever celebrated it.

@mrsatan

Oh snap! I just noticed that! That's hilarious!

@ Niero
Theyshould rename Chrono Trigger "Final Fantasy 6.5"

*hands out books titled "what the hell is kwanzaa"*

Final Fantasy: Crystal Bears will rock. I'd play that.

Maybe they want to capitalize on people who get money for Christmas?

They don't know anything about kwanzaa, they do know that everyone will have tons of gift cards to use the day after christmas.

I'm with shin... seems like an intentional decision. But who gets that many bestbuy/gamestop/walmart gift cards that would use it on this game? Then again, it has the words "final" and "fantasy" on the cover in that order.

You may be forgetting that many gifts these days are in the form of money and gift cards etc. Combined with the inevitable post-xmas/new year sales, for a lot of people, christmas actually comes after the 25th. This isnt too bad an idea if they dont over-price the game, else it wont compete with the cheap stuff.

@Super Drybones

Isn't FF6.5 Treasure of the Rudras?

they should put it out on christmas- that would be awesome, to make gamestop and bestbuy employees come in on christmas for the release

This sounds like the scheming of some mad scientist.

What? Are they mad? Mad as a hatter! At that point, you might as well wait until next year. Like Jan 15th or something. Dec 26th is Stupid. It' not JUST the day after christmas, the 26th is when a lot of people return gifts back to the stores. Is that the day you want for your game release date --- the after thought, after christmas. Good luck with that.

Works for Canada. Boxing Day/Week shopping after Christmas is our biggest retail period of the year.

It would have to be shipped to stores before then and I doubt a lot of stores will bother waiting (ie break street date) given how busy they know they'll be with returns on boxing day.

this is soo getting delayed until q1 2010

If the game were a Wiiware title, I'd make some sense. That's all I have there.

Also, I have yet to meet ANYONE IRL who celebrates Kwanzaa. It looks like mostly very African-based folks are into the Holiday. When I say that, I mean people, who have actually seen, or having a living (direct) relative in Africa.

From Wikipedia (lol, I know):
[quote]1977, in Kwanzaa: origin, concepts, practice, Karenga stated, that Kwanzaa "was chosen to give a Black alternative to the existing holiday and give Blacks an opportunity to celebrate themselves and history, rather than simply imitate the practice of the dominant society."[20]

In 1997, Karenga and the community evolved, stating that while Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday, it can be celebrated by people of any race: "other people can and do celebrate it, just like other people participate in Cinco de Mayo besides Mexicans; Chinese New Year besides Chinese; Native American pow wows besides Native Americans."[21][/quote]

So, I'm getting a St. PaddiesMas (Attention Wars) vibe out of this, if truely spawned in the 70's. No wonder most people blow it off.

Wow, that happens to be my 26th birthday, hooray!

NMH 2 is going to rock!