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Wow: Square Enix Japan's epic 'Bahamut' countdown timer photo

Remember awhile back when we pointed to a trademark for something called "Blood of Bahamut" by Square Enix? We hoped it was a Bahamut Lagoon remake. We're still not sure what the hell it is, but we now know when we will.

As of right now, this epic countdown timer at bahamut.jp show 5 days and 4 hours until ending time. We're sure that then this page will contain details behind the awesome image of a beast with city and mountain on his back. Reminds me of Shadow of the Colossus a bit, but I'm sure it has nothing to do with that.

I've heard talk of a new PSP game. Maybe that's what Blood of Bahamut is -- a PSP port or something.

I'm still pushing toward a remake of the Japanese only Super Famicom game Bahamut Lagoon, or some variant of. Check out the tiny icon for the web page where it says "countdown" in Japanese. Doesn't that look like a 16-bit sprite head to you?

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rpbowlinggod's Avatar
rpbowlinggod at 11/12/2008 10:50
I got 36days and whatever time!? You got your mind right?
NinjaElf's Avatar
NinjaElf at 11/12/2008 10:51
epic
BlindsideDork's Avatar
BlindsideDork at 11/12/2008 10:51
Wantage if off the scale here.
ParaParaKing's Avatar
ParaParaKing at 11/12/2008 10:54
The icon is definitely a 16-bit sprite.

Also the artwork looks a lot like it could fit into Bahamut Lagoon.
NotAZombie's Avatar
NotAZombie at 11/12/2008 11:03
That dude has a mountain on his shoulder. Just sayin'.
CarlCastello's Avatar
CarlCastello at 11/12/2008 11:08
That image makes my pants shrink.
superhobo's Avatar
superhobo at 11/12/2008 11:23
Sounds and looks more like a sequel than a remake to me.
Chronic Logic's Avatar
Chronic Logic at 11/12/2008 11:26
How about that cities on top of gigantic monsters. I liked it better when the earth was flat and supported by a gigantic turtle on top of another turtle on top of another turtle on top of another...
Psychomax's Avatar
Psychomax at 11/12/2008 11:36
Wow, Squenix is making a Dungeon Man game!
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 11/12/2008 11:44
^ God damn it PsychoMax, get off my brain!
NihonTiger90's Avatar
NihonTiger90 at 11/12/2008 11:44
Square Enix has a thing for doing things big, don't they?
imaginarythomas's Avatar
imaginarythomas at 11/12/2008 11:45
Check out the Favicon, that's a sprite, baby!

2D games fo' life!
Funky Goodness's Avatar
Funky Goodness at 11/12/2008 11:50
That piece of art is the single most EPIC thing I think I've ever seen..

@Reaprar: FFVI remake possibly? Of course not, but one can dream.

Anyway, I've heard nothing but good things about Bahamut Lagoon so here's hoping it's something connected to it.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 11/12/2008 11:59
Please be Bahamut Lagoon, please be Bahamut Lagoon
TewDee's Avatar
TewDee at 11/12/2008 12:06
Wow. That would make an epic wallpaper.
microwavefood's Avatar
microwavefood at 11/12/2008 12:44
UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGHHHHHHHHHH
I want this now already wtf!!! take my money hurry take it
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ShadeWithin at 11/12/2008 14:02
Bahamut Lagoon is great, and that would be awesome, provided this isn't a PSP game... which in my opinion would be a waste of the 'epic' spewing out of that page.

On a side note, in my opinion the music sounds distinctly more FFVI...
mix's Avatar
mix at 11/12/2008 14:05
I must keep an eye out for whatever this is....
Demtor's Avatar
Demtor at 11/12/2008 14:09
God damn that music is awesome.
ShadeWithin's Avatar
ShadeWithin at 11/12/2008 14:22
Indeed... I think it sounds like a mix between "Floating Continent", "Mount Koltz", and "the Veldt" from FFVI.

Severely badass.
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opeth2112 at 11/12/2008 16:01
The page icon is named "bob.ico" so it's definitely Blood of Bahamut...whatever that turns out to be :-P
TheDirtyHobo's Avatar
TheDirtyHobo at 11/12/2008 16:22
New FFXI expansion pack.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 11/12/2008 17:49
I don't know what the fuck this is about, but that artwork is bloody fantastic.
Slime's Avatar
Slime at 11/13/2008 02:49
Music is epic.
shinryu108's Avatar
shinryu108 at 11/13/2008 03:02
hmm, Square does Shadow of the Colossus with current-gen visuals? MOAR
bottled dark's Avatar
bottled dark at 11/13/2008 04:19
they're going to release a new SNES game!!!!!!!???????????!
Daynger777's Avatar
Daynger777 at 11/13/2008 15:23
Bahamut Lagoon was great from what I played of it but it was only half translated sooo... sentence fragments FTW
ShadeWithin's Avatar
ShadeWithin at 11/13/2008 18:10
... really... another DS game.

FUCKING FAIL.
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