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Post by Nester the Lark on Sept 22, 2009 14:18:52 GMT -5
The official North American box art for The Crystal Bearers has been revealed. See it here. |
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Post by Hiker of Games on Sept 23, 2009 16:40:03 GMT -5
That's a game I was fairly sure would never actually materialize. Wasn't that a game they were talking about before the Wii even launched?
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Post by Nester the Lark on Sept 23, 2009 19:06:01 GMT -5
Yeah, the first trailer was actually revealed at Nintendo's E3 press conference in May 2006. It had a much different style then; resembling the original GameCube game. The game was not mentioned or seen again until a year later in 2007. The first full trailer revealed a completely new art style, which is the one it now uses. Again, all went quiet for the rest of 2007 and nearly all of 2008. EGM's Quarterman claimed that the game had been canceled. Square Enix quickly, and conspicuously, refuted the claim, saying they had "every intention" of releasing the game. This was very reassuring considering that it's one of the few times a company did not respond to a rumor with "we don't comment on rumors or speculation." Finally, a new trailer was included with the Japanese Wii version of FFCC: Echoes of Time. An official website was launched soon after, and there's been a steady stream of info ever since. It was revealed in an interview over the summer that The Crystal Bearers was not even in production when the original teaser was shown in 2006. It was just a concept render. Furthermore, the game was apparently close to cancellation at one point. And that, in a nutshell, is the development history of FFCC: The Crystal Bearers.  |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Sept 23, 2009 23:30:53 GMT -5
Double post!
Here's the TGS trailer for The Crystal Bearers, featuring Layle in a tuxedo (humming the Final Fantasy theme music), some snowboarding, some surfing, some FFCC: Xtreme Beach Vollyball (or something), and a cute Mailmoogle near the end.
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Post by Da Robot on Sept 24, 2009 0:20:22 GMT -5
Double post! Here's the TGS trailer for The Crystal Bearers, featuring Layle in a tuxedo (humming the Final Fantasy theme music), some snowboarding, some surfing, some FFCC: Xtreme Beach Vollyball (or something), and a cute Mailmoogle near the end. This game looks so awesome . . .  Also new wallpaper from the japanese site. www.crystalbearers.jp/wallpaper/bearers_07_1280.jpg |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Sept 24, 2009 20:56:35 GMT -5
Here's an English version of the trailer, but with really bad video quality. UPDATE: Here are Jeremy Parish's impressions at 1up.com. He seems genuinely impressed by it, and mentions twice that it has some of the best graphics he's seen on the Wii. Crystal Bearers offers its own curious blend of homebrew Achievements, too: Every time Layle does something new (using a new skill, or simply interacting with enemies in a different way than before) a little Achievement-style notice pops up to congratulate the player. It seems to be one of many little touches that suggest Crystal Bearers aspires to go toe-to-toe with more powerful systems. It's simply one of the best-looking Wii games ever, and it truly stands out both on its choice of platform and within its series. |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Sept 25, 2009 23:54:29 GMT -5
Here's a round-up of Crystal Bearers articles and videos from TGS. IGN hands-onJoystiq hands-on - This article is a little bizarre. No wonder I stopped reading Joystiq. G4 off-screen walkthru - Not terribly interesting unless you're paying attention to the gameplay. The commentator doesn't have anything interesting to say. Gamespot interview with Akitoshi Kawazu - This is kind of interesting. I don't know if it was just me, but the audio was out of sync. |
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Post by Nester the Lark on Oct 1, 2009 22:18:11 GMT -5
Square Enix Music is previewing the soundtrack to The Crystal Bearers. Some songs will be selected for a sampler CD that will be used as a pre-order bonus. The preview tracks will only be available until October 15. |
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Post by Da Robot on Oct 2, 2009 21:24:08 GMT -5
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Post by Nester the Lark on Oct 13, 2009 14:01:57 GMT -5
This is interesting. According to andriasang.com, the Japanese commercial for The Crystal Bearers is going to feature the song "We Weren't Born to Follow" by Bon Jovi, off of their soon-to-be-released album The Circle. That's unusually America-centric for Square Enix, isn't it? |
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Post by Da Robot on Oct 13, 2009 14:29:22 GMT -5
Two video that appeared last week are now up on Gametrailers. Forest.Harvest.Also 'We Weren't Born to Follow' by Bon Jovi. EDIT: Is Layle the Fonz . . .   . . . With Bon Jovi's face? (Mind blown!)  |
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Post by Da Robot on Oct 14, 2009 17:30:28 GMT -5
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Post by Da Robot on Oct 16, 2009 16:59:53 GMT -5
Triple post! The Japanese FFCC blog has been updating each day with new character artwork for the game.     SE Japan has also added a video called the "Theater Bearers" a strange set of videos hosted by a Moogle and a Bomb, has footage of TCB. Layle footage. More Layle footage. Keiss and Belle footage  (You will see why, folks . . .) Two new short gameplay videos. Layle uses the power of rock! I'M FIRING ME LAZER MILK!!!!! |
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Post by Da Robot on Oct 20, 2009 16:47:44 GMT -5
Blog art update for Althea.  And cover of CD pre-order bonus.  * 01. Theme/Track 1 * 02. The Awakened Beast/Track 2 * 03. Vineyard/Track 3 * 04. Snarky Tough Guy/Track 5 * 05. Beyond the Horizon/Track 9 * 06. Moonless Starry Night/Track 10 |
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Post by Da Robot on Oct 23, 2009 16:18:49 GMT -5
Japanese commericial for TCB, with Bon Jovi's "We Wern't Born to Follow" song. Really does go quite will with the game. Also papercraft Layle from the FFCC JP blog. 
Parts needed to make it.Also includes a bunch of optional decals for it paper craft Layle's back including one of a chibi Belle riding (not the usual way) the Alexis flying criuse ship. |
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