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Screenshots from the upcoming WiiWare Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles photo

During Nintendo's Fall 2007 Conference, we heard a bit about a new Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles title that would kick off the upcoming WiiWare channel, and now a few more details and some screen shots have been released.

In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Young King and the Promised Land, you become the Young King named Leo. As Leo, you use a memory-based crystal power called "The Architect" to rebuild your land. This power needs spirit stones, and you'll have to quest for these powers to continue rebuilding your town.

As with most RPGs, screen shots don't usually go past characters with text boxes over their heads, but there are a few shots of a building appearing out of nowhere. There's also some newer pictures of the saucy, bespectacled personal advisor to Leo, named Chime.

The story is said to take place after the events of the GameCube Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, though this time the game comes as a download, and according to Japanese pricing, it will cost less than $15. 

Japan will get the first chance to play Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Young King and the Promised Land in March of 2008, though we're still waiting to hear about North American release dates.

[Via ITmedia] 


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KamikazeTutor's Avatar
KamikazeTutor at 10/28/2007 10:51
No nasty DS to Wii connection like that GBA + Gamecube crap from before?
AngelicLiver's Avatar
AngelicLiver at 10/28/2007 10:55
The real question is how the heck will this fit in my Wii's internal memory? Presumably it'll run off SD right? Well I hope so considering I have very few blocks left as it is thanks to Sin and Punishment and all the other VC games I own. I still wonder if we'll see a Nintendo branded external Hard Drive in future.
16bitmonster's Avatar
16bitmonster at 10/28/2007 11:14
fuck reading i enjoyed you pic too much.

lolrsk8s!
DanGale's Avatar
DanGale at 10/28/2007 11:15
I really hope they allow the use of hard drives. There's no way this can fit on the internal memory. On the topic of release dates I really hope they release it around March/Easter time over here too.
iNFERN0's Avatar
iNFERN0 at 10/28/2007 11:17
Sweet! Glad to see Square updated RPG maker to be compatible with the Wii.

Seriously, how do they crank out so many of these games? /sleep
16bitmonster's Avatar
16bitmonster at 10/28/2007 11:17
LAWL i was way too excited to post!

heres what i wanted to say! before i fail too much...

fuck reading i enjoyed youR pic too much.
LOLRSK8S!

also, i read it.
BlackDove's Avatar
BlackDove at 10/28/2007 11:18
If you're gonna photoshop text in, try to at least CLONE the bubble instead of just segmenting a selection and then just matting it out with whatever pixel you clicked on to get the reference color.

That speech bubble is made out of rectangles and failiure.

FOR SHAME!
ToiletDuck's Avatar
ToiletDuck at 10/28/2007 11:47
maybe it wasn't a photoshop, but a MSPaint. in that case, it could surely be excused, right?
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 10/28/2007 12:06
Maybe it's not a serious shoop since the Japanese name was left in anyways? Anyways I'm more interested in the full DS/Wii titles still.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 10/28/2007 12:07
Looks nice.
obby's Avatar
obby at 10/28/2007 12:11
Rule 34 on Chime.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 10/28/2007 12:14
Ain't nothing scarier than driving with a live cougar.
CaffeinePowered's Avatar
CaffeinePowered at 10/28/2007 12:26
How is this going to fit on the 512 megs of Wii memory, especially if you have the internet channel downloaded, which takes up a TON of memory.
Dutch's Avatar
Dutch at 10/28/2007 12:27
What happened to the DS Chrystal Chronicals that was supposed to happen? did it get the X or are they going to somehow incorporate both of them or is it something completely separate?
HarassmentPanda's Avatar
HarassmentPanda at 10/28/2007 12:31
I think this game looks surprisingly good. The graphics have a lot of character; even if the same character can be found in 90% of Square games.

Unfortunately, Wii games never look as crisp blown up on my HDTV.
naia-the-gamer's Avatar
naia-the-gamer at 10/28/2007 12:32
@Dutch,
The DS version came out already in Japan and is coming out in the US Q2 I believe. I think this is separate from the Wii game The Crystal Bearers, but I could be wrong.

I'd love it if they allowed USB harddrives, because we have some extra ones lying around my apartment.
grrza's Avatar
grrza at 10/28/2007 12:41
Ugh, so it looks like Square is sticking with the cute/blocky style they adopted with DS remakes for the Wii. =P

Bah, I guess it was too much to hope for a 'serious' FF game for a Nintendo system ever again.
vp360's Avatar
vp360 at 10/28/2007 12:53
nice
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 10/28/2007 13:02
That cougar is stacked.
dark_inchworm's Avatar
dark_inchworm at 10/28/2007 13:09
Damn, someone beat me to a titties comment.

Look at them titties.
XeroxMe's Avatar
XeroxMe at 10/28/2007 13:16
@grrza: Apparently you've never heard of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers.
Hiltz's Avatar
Hiltz at 10/28/2007 13:20
Wiiware Titles
Wii Channels
Virtual console titles
Game save files

It looks like Nintendo has no plans at all to release an optional hard drive. It's stupid and inconvenient and makes no sense, but we'll just have to deal with it. :(
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 10/28/2007 13:29
I really need an additional hard drive... this crap is pissing me off.
sirpalee's Avatar
sirpalee at 10/28/2007 13:34
Can't you just connect a pen drive to the wii? I mean it's not that hard to support an industry standard, out since 10 years maybe?
sirpalee's Avatar
sirpalee at 10/28/2007 13:36
Err... I mean for then years :) . BTW I red somewhere, that there's a possibilty to connect a hard drive through an external usb casing? So that means it isn't true... :( But sd cards are quite cheap nowadays...
VampireChrist's Avatar
VampireChrist at 10/28/2007 14:09
baby, i'm what they call a 'tiger'. lets do this.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 10/28/2007 14:16
That caption is hilarious.
16bitmonster's Avatar
16bitmonster at 10/28/2007 14:18
<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x39/mothsnesmonster/perrybible.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>
16bitmonster's Avatar
16bitmonster at 10/28/2007 14:18
teh failz.
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 10/28/2007 15:12
did somebody say crystal bears?

Colette Bennett's Avatar
Colette Bennett at 10/28/2007 15:46
I'm impressed, it looks good. Cheers for $15 games.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 10/28/2007 16:11
Looks pretty good, and Im all about 15 bucks for this game
braulio09's Avatar
braulio09 at 10/28/2007 16:48
I agree, we need Rule 34 on Chime

*drool*
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/28/2007 22:36
Looks great, coming from one of the few people who played Crystal Chronicles the way it was meant to be played.

That said, I'm also really concerned about hard drive space like a few other people. We really need a hard drive attachment.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/28/2007 22:36
Looks great, coming from one of the few people who played Crystal Chronicles the way it was meant to be played.

That said, I'm also really concerned about hard drive space like a few other people. We really need a hard drive attachment.
Fleet3000's Avatar
Fleet3000 at 10/28/2007 23:09
heheh, cougar. gotta love innuendos. with anime. wait what???
grrza's Avatar
grrza at 10/28/2007 23:50
@ Xerox: no, but thanks for heads up. I can't be arsed to keep up with all these damn FF titles.
Altair78's Avatar
Altair78 at 10/29/2007 00:18
rule 34? Am I that tired or just dumb?

PS - Don't answer the 2nd question ...
Scypher's Avatar
Scypher at 10/29/2007 07:07
Altair78 needs to lurk moar.
Pawn45's Avatar
Pawn45 at 10/29/2007 08:46
That comment is full of win.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 01/26/2008 23:51
Lol. Cool.
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