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Today, Aug. 25, Square Enix announced the release date of the Nintendo 3DS game Final Fantasy Explorers to be Dec. 18. The package version will cost 5,800 yen and the download version will cost 4,500 yen (Both prices exclude tax.).
The game is a derivation of the Final Fantasy series and is an action RPG that offers multi-play for up to four players. The game is one in which players progress through the story by completing various quests, and first-release copies of the game will come with a download code for an original quest. By clearing the quest and gathering materials, players can create weapons and armor themed after the Onion Knight from Final Fantasy III. This will be valuable equipment, so fans should get the first-release bonus and challenge the quest.
Also on sale on Square Enix’s shopping site, Square Enix e-Store, is a deluxe edition called “e-Store Limited Box” that includes a soundtrack CD, artbook, multi-use pouch, and more. This is worth checking out as well. The game is being released in the best timing for enjoying it over the New Year’s holiday. Look forward to it.
Battle Together! A New FF!
**Final Fantasy Explorers Release Date and Price Announcement**
Square Enix (head office: Shinjuku, Tokyo; CEO: Yousuke Matsuda) has announced the release date and price of the Nintendo 3DS game Final Fantasy Explorers.
Release Date: Dec. 18 (Thurs.)
MSRP: 5,800 yen + tax (package ver.), 4,500 yen + tax (download ver.)
Final Fantasy Explorers is a new genre of game that differs from the standard RPG genre familiar to the long-running Final Fantasy series. The genre of the game is action RPG. The game offers four-player multiplayer through Wi-Fi functionality. The epitome of the game is working through the tactics of your party, creating a good strategy, and clearing quests. The game makes use of components familiar to the series thus far, including summons, monsters, and a job system. Of course, the game can be played and fully enjoyed either in multiplayer or in single player, so there is plenty for fans of the traditional RPG genre to enjoy as well. More information on FFEX will be released in succession from here on, so please look forward to it.
■ First-Release Bonus: Final Fantasy III Onion Knight Four-Piece Set
First-release copies of FFEX will include a download code for an original quest in which players can obtain equipment based on the Onion Knight from FFIII. This equipment can be equipped by both male and female characters. By using materials gathered from summons and monsters, players can make new armor and weapons that are even stronger. The Onion series can also be made in the same way by clearing the original quest, so be sure to try it out. Look forward to a follow-up report on weapon and armor abilities.
● Onion Sword
● Onion Set: Helmet
● Onion Set: Body
● Onion Set: Legs
■ “e-Store Limited Box” Final Fantasy Explorers: Ultimate Box Release Announcement
In celebration of the release of FFEX, a limited edition Ultimate Box will release on the Square Enix e-Store. The Ultimate Box will include the package version of the game, an originally designed Nintendo 3DS XL hard cover, a soundtrack, an artbook, and a multi-use pouch. Each of the bonuses is introduced below.
^*^ The Ultimate Box and the designs of the included items may change.
1. Final Fantasy Explorers Package
The regular edition of the package version will also include the first-release bonus.
2. Final Fantasy Explorers: Ultimate Box
Includes an original Nintendo 3DS XL hard cover featuring the series’ logo design and an image illustration created by Yoshitaka Amano.
3. Final Fantasy Explorers: Ultimate Box - Suppin Tracks
A mini album (main theme, town music, boss themes) including demo takes from early in development that serve as the origin of the background music that colors the game’s adventure. Also includes a booklet with a behind the scenes look at the game by composer Tsuyoshi Sekito!
4. Final Fantasy Explorers: Ultimate Box - Explorers Art Works
A collection of production materials and valuable artwork of the game’s jobs, locations, equipment, and more by Yoshitaka Amano, who is in charge of the game’s image illustrations and art, key art by Toshiyuki Itahana, and summons illustrations by Gen Kobayashi.
5. Final Fantasy Explorers: Ultimate Box - Multi-Use Pouch
A chic brown multi-use faux leather pouch that features a stamped impression of the main logo and a silhouette of Bahamut. It is finished off with a subtle design that makes it easy to carry around.
Since the release of its first installment in 1987, the Final Fantasy series has become a Japan-made RPG highly valued by fans the world over for its cutting edge CG technology, unique worlds, and abundant stories. It has a strong hold even in Western markets, and to date over 110 million * copies of the series have been sold around the world.
(^*^ As of March 2014, package version only.)
Product Overview
Title: Final Fantasy Explorers
System: Nintendo 3DS
Release Date: Dec. 18 (Thurs.)
Price: 5,800 yen + tax (package ver.), 4,500 yen + tax (download ver.)
Age Rating (CERO): TBA
Communication Functionality: local play, Wi-Fi
Copyright: © 2014 Square Enix Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Official Site: http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ffex/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/ffexp3
Hashtag: #_FFEX
Square Enix e-Store: http://store.jp.square-enix.com/special/ffex
Title: “e-Store Limited Box” Final Fantasy Explorers: Ultimate Box
System: Nintendo 3DS
Release Date: Dec. 18 (Thurs.)
Price: 13,000 yen + tax
Age Rating (CERO): TBA
Communication Functionality: local play, Wi-Fi
Copyright: © 2014 Square Enix Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Official Site: http://www.jp.square-enix.com/ffex/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/ffexp3
Hashtag: #_FFEX
Square Enix e-Store: http://store.jp.square-enix.com/special/ffex
© 2014 Square Enix Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Source: 4Gamer
Source article written by NY＋