Episode 175 – Young Nanamo Plays it Unsafe

In this week’s episode, Klauss and Seyrr talk about the new content from FFXIV’s Patch 6.25, including the new Manderville Weapons, Variant and Criterion Dungeons, and new Omicron Tribe quests in Ultima Thule. The pair also discuss the announced end of service for FFVII: The First Soldier, the new FFXVI trailer, and the FFXIV annual All Saints Wake event. Enjoy!

Show Notes:
FFVII: The First Soldier Mobile shooter announces end of service less than a year after release: https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/10/12/final-fantasy-vii-the-first-soldier-shuts-down-in-january written by Marcus Steward FFVII: Rebirth could deviate even more from original timeline: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-could-deviate-even-further-from-the-original-timeline/1100-6508330/ written by Darryn Bonthuys

FFXIV All Saints Wake event is live: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2022/All_Saints_Wake/34nzplu2qj
New art book “Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker – The Art of Resurrection – Among the Stars” is now available! Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3VTZBAg

New FFXVI trailer goes “Game of Thrones”: https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xvi-game-thrones-trailer-release-date-ps5-1849682063 written by Ethan Gach
New FFXVI Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtpBEfrtE1s
FFXVI Development in the home stretch: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/10/final-fantasy-16-development-now-in-the-home-stretch-on-schedule-for-summer-2023 written by Robert Ramsey

Episode 170 – Try to Grow Up!

This week, Seyrr and Klauss play through disc 3 of the Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack, talk about Yoshida’s latest interviews regarding Final Fantasy XVI, and discuss the most recent news from Final Fantasy VII and Crisis Core. We hope you enjoy!

Show Notes
Final Fantasy Crystalline Resonance Piano Concert series: http://www.wildfaery.com/info/en/our-productions-en/ffcr-en
Final Fantasy VII INTERgrade added to PS+ Extra lineup of games for July: https://blog.playstation.com/2022/07/13/playstation-plus-game-catalog-lineup-for-july-stray-final-fantasy-vii-remake-intergrade-marvels-avengers/
SE Says Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is PS5 exclusive due to PS5 SSD speeds: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-has-explained-why-final-fantasy-7-rebirth-is-a-ps5-exclusive/
Crisis Core Remake story will not be changing to align with FF7R story: https://www.cbr.com/crisis-core-wont-change-story-ff7-remake/
Buster sword design changed to link Zack to Cloud: https://gamerant.com/crisis-core-final-fantasy-7-reunion-changes-buster-sword/
SE cracks down on FC that used FFXIV IP to advertise in-game event with IRL billbords: https://www.dexerto.com/final-fantasy/square-enix-crack-down-ffxiv-event-organizers-billboards-viral-1864004/
Open-World FFXVI would have taken 15 years to make, says YoshiP: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/an-open-world-final-fantasy-16-wouldve-taken-15-years-to-make-claims-producer/
FFXVI moved away from turn-based combat to draw in younger gamers: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/final-fantasy-16-ditched-turn-based-combat-to-appeal-to-younger-generations-producer-says/

Episode 169 – Discord [PDR Version]

This week, Klauss and Seyrr dive into the second disc of the Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack. They also talk about the latest FFXIV Letter from the Producer Live, the end of service for Final Fantasy Record Keeper, and the latest news from Yoshi-P regarding Final Fantasy XVI. Enjoy!

Show Notes
FF Record Keeper announced end of service: https://noisypixel.net/final-fantasy-record-keeper-global-ending-september-2022
FFXIV Live Letter 71 Summary: https://novacrystallis.com/2022/07/final-fantasy-xiv-live-letter-71-summary-patch-6-2-coming-late-august-2022
Interviews with Yoshida on FFXVI
Gamespot: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-16-is-an-ambitious-more-mature-entry-in-the-series-says-producer/1100-6504803/
Game Informer: https://www.gameinformer.com/preview/2022/06/21/an-interview-with-naoki-yoshida-on-eikons-boss-fights-and-when-well-see-more
IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-16-everything-we-learned

Episode 168 – Street Rats and Sky Pirates

In this week’s Episode, Klauss and Seyrr return to Ivalice via disc 1 of the Final Fantasy XII original soundtrack. The pair also talk about the recent anouncements regarding Final Fantasy XVI and the multitude of games in the Final Fantasy VII universe. Enjoy!

Show Notes
Final Fantasy XVI release window and new trailer: https://youtu.be/gV5rIW1Qums
Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis trailer and release window announced: https://youtu.be/G53XnZSzRRU
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII coming out this Winter: https://youtu.be/aRBiRFM2k0I
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth coming out Winter 2023: https://youtu.be/H_4CkyOmuuU

Episode 167 – Announcing Newfound Announcements!

In this week’s episode, Klauss and Seyrr discuss the FFXIV Patch 6.1 storyline, talk about the announcement of upcoming announcements for Final Fantasy’s 35th anniversary, and go through an interview from Game Informer with Naoki Yoshida. Enjoy!

Show notes
Upcoming Final Fantasy 35th Anniversary announcements may be coming in June: https://gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasys-35th-anniversary-what-announcements-can-we-expect/1100-6503703/
Game Informer interview with Naoki Yoshida: https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/05/12/becoming-yoshi-p
Uniqlo x Final Fantasy crossover issues: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-35th-anniversary-uniqlo-merch-now-available-xiv-shirt-already-sold-out/1100-6503504/

Episode 148 – I Airship it!

After a month-long break, Klauss, Seyrr, and Taliz discuss ALL THE FF NEWS, and there is a ton! So much, in fact, that we had to push our discussion of the FFXIV 14-hour broadcast to the next episode! We also go through the entries to our Final Fantasy video game genre contest. We received some amazing entries, we hope you like them as much as we did. Enjoy!

Show Notes
FFVII News
Final Fantasy VII Remake directors say INTERmission points directly to the sequel: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/07/02/final-fantasy-7-remake-sequel-intermission/
Why Yuffie Was Chosen Over Vincent for INTERmission: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/07/06/why -yuffie-final-fantasy-vii-remake-vincent-valentine-episode-intermission/
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 2 will feature an open world: https://www.thegamer.com/open-world-final-fantasy-7-remake-part-2/ FFVII The First Soldier Survey results: https://www.ffviifs.com/cbt_en/report/

FFIX News
Fans working on an homage to FFIX: https://www.thegamer.com/final-fantasy-9-memoria-project-remake/
Upcoming FFIX Animated Series could expand the world of Gaia: https://sea.ign.com/final-fantasy-ix/174053/news/how-the-upcoming-final-fantasy-ix-animated-series-can-expand-the-world-of-gaia
FFXI News New “We are Vana’Diel website launches in preparation for FFXI’s 20th anniversary: https://we-are-vanadiel.finalfantasyxi.com/

FFXIV News
Free Login campaign: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/freelogincampaign/
FFXIV Official cookbook on the way: https://gamerescape.com/2021/07/09/a-final-fantasy-xiv-cookbook-is-on-the-way/
Asmongold plays FFXIV, Breaks Cactuar, is surrounded by idiots: https://www.pcgamer.com/streamers-first-final-fantasy-14-experience-ruined-by-idiots/
FFXIV breaks Steam concurrent player record of 42000+: https://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-14-just-broke-its-concurrent-player-record-on-steam/

FFXVI News
MSQ completed, English VA almost finished: https://novacrystallis.com/2021/07/final-fantasy-xvi-main-scenario-complete-no-information-planned-for-tokyo-game-show-2021/

Other FF News
New FF Pixel Remaster trailer shows additional in-game footage of all 6 games: https://novacrystallis.com/2021/06/new-final-fantasy-pixel-remaster-footage-shows-more-from-final-fantasy-i-through-vi/
FF Pixel Remasters look good, but are terrible to read: https://www.denofgeek.com/games/final-fantasy-pixel-remaster-font-controversy-explained/
Final Fantasy Needs a musou-style game: https://www.thegamer.com/final-fantasy-needs-a-dynasty-warriors-game-already-/

Episode 133 – Those Who Talk Further!

This week’s episode takes place live during Extra Life Game Day 2020! We are joined by friend of the show, and host of Playstation Unchained and Moogle-Go-Round Radio, Chille! As Final Fantasy VII was his first foray into the series, we felt it would be nostalgic to have him join us as we talk about Disc 1 of the FFVII Original Soundtrack. The gang also discusses the new Final Fantasy XVI website and world lore included with that. Enjoy!

Show Notes:
Donate to Extra Life: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.Participant&participantID=401368#donate
Final Fantasy XVI Website: https://na.finalfantasyxvi.com/

Episode 131 – What?!?

Klauss, Seyrr, and Taliz continue their discussion of classic Final Fantasy music. This episode, the trio wax nostalgic on Disc 2 of the Final Fantasy VI Original Soundtrack. They also discuss the latest news from Final Fantasy XIV and XVI. Enjoy!

Show Notes:
Final Fantasy XIV News
Archie Lyndhurst, NA voice of Honoroit has passed away at age 19: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54365778
Yoshda hopes for a December release of Patch 5.4, Oct 13 scheduled for Patch 5.35: https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fantasy-xiv-a-realm-reborn/patch-54-release-date
Final Fantasy XVI News
Yoshida says FFXVI won’t take forever to release: https://www.dualshockers.com/final-fantasy-xvi-tgs-2020-naoki-yoshida-yoko-taro/

Episode 130 – Protect The Espers!

This week, Klauss, Seyrr, and Taliz get back into our exploration of Final Fantasy music, with disc 1 of Final Fantasy VI. We also discuss the release of the Final Fantasy XVI trailer from TGS, talk a bit about the final two Tales from the Shadows stories from Final Fantasy XIV, and Taliz tells us about the new Thancred card from the upcoming Opus XII release of the FF TCG. Enjoy!

Show Notes:
Final Fantasy XIV Tales from the Shadows
– Story 7 – Ere our Curtain Falls: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/tales_from_the_shadows/sidestory_07/#sidestory_07
– Story 8 – An Unpromised Tomorrow: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/tales_from_the_shadows/sidestory_08/#sidestory_08

Final Fantasy XVI has been announced: https://na.finalfantasy.com/news/1488 Final Fantasy XVI Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tBnBAkHv9M