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Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy’s Japanese boxart. Very nice!

I’m certain Square Enix will be fighting an uphill battle trying to convince gamers to pay full price on this instead of waiting for the inevitable iOS port — not knocking the quality/content of the title, just the easy adaptability of its concept/touchscreen controls for iPhones.

That said, videos for the Japanese demo are popping up (hey, Nintendo of America, where are our eShop demos?!), and it looks tight: here’s the best demonstration video I’ve seen so far. Theatrhythm ships in Japan on February 16. No announcement for a U.S. release yet!

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Three minutes of Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, the upcoming 3DS title that takes you through the Final Fantasy series in various rhythm game formats.

Siliconera notes you’ll be able to battle an adorable Sephiroth and other villains in the game’s Chaos Tower, a boss rush that pits you against “bosses like… the Black Knights from Final Fantasy II with a special ‘dark score’.”

Japan: February 16. Everywhere else: No date announced.

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Three new Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy clips take you through a FFVIII ballroom dance, a FFXIII trek through various areas, and a party of heroes pulled from several different games battling a Fire elemental.

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Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy wallpapers, featuring really cute chocobos and other characters. More sizes are available on the site: click the button on the top right (marked “new”) and then the text on the top right.

So I really liked my demo of Theatrhythm at TGS. I think the simple rhythm-based gameplay with even the merest suggestion of RPG elements is going to be right up my alley, in a way that “normal” Final Fantasy games aren’t.

In fact, I haven’t looked forward to a Final Fantasy game this much since Crystal Bearers, a game I’m sure Square Enix would rather I didn’t mention. I liked Crystal Bearers! Deal with it!

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New trailer and stages for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. This is looking leagues better than the initial trailer we saw for this rhythm game, with its seemingly pushover difficulty — and it doesn’t seem as intimidating as the preview clip Famitsu posted, which has already convinced me that I lack the dexterity to play the harder modes.

I knew I could trust you, Indies Zero.

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First footage of Theatrhythm Final Fantasy — the music doesn’t kick in until 00:40 for some odd reason.

I don’t think this looks as terrible as some people are making it out to be, but that’s because I’m hoping that the stages get a lot more difficult as you progress. I do wish, though, that there weren’t any diagonal inputs for this; I’m terrible with diagonals. Otherwise, I am into this.

I guess what I am trying to say is, I believe in you, Indies Zero! Even if this does look like an iOS game!

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New Theatrhythm Final Fantasy screenshots and artwork (click for larger images). As others have pointed out, this rhythm-based RPG is looking a lot like DJMax Technika — which wouldn’t be a bad thing at all!

Add this to the list of upcoming DS/3DS titles that I was initially skeptical about but am beginning to get more and more excited over as new media comes out. Other titles on that list: Aliens: Infestation, Heroes of Ruin, Kirby Mass Attack, and Cave Story 3D.

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Remixed Final Fantasy theme from Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, the music-based RPG coming to 3DS from Indies Zero (Retro Game Challenge, Electroplankton).

Andriasang shared some gameplay details:

“You’ll be able to select a title, from Final Fantasy 1 through Final Fantasy XIII. Each title has three stages: ‘field’, ‘battle’, and ‘event’. Each of these stages has different different gameplay systems. You can also select difficulty, making the game suitable for beginners and rhythm masters alike…

Joining the rhythm gameplay, the game has character growth and collection aspects. When you clear a stage, your character will level up, although Square Enix did not say what getting a level up means in the context of a rhythm game. The collection aspects involve collecting music and movie scenes.”

Other songs featured in the title include ”The Sunleth Waterscape” (FFXIII), ”Clash on the Big Bridge” (FFV), “One Winged Angel” (FFVII), and “At Zanarkand” (FFX).

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Final Fantasy-themed rhythm game for 3DS

Somehow managing to create an even worse title than Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Square Enix announced Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, a Final Fantasy-themed “Theater Rhythm Action” game coming to 3DS.

As you can see in the Jump scan above, the game has familiar characters like Cloud and Lightning lining up for traditional side-view battles, except it looks like the combat portions have you tapping buttons to the beat.

No word on a ship date or plans for the U.S. yet. I have a feeling that this will also eventually release for iOS.

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Famous video game designers and their creations, by Ta2nb. The developers/works, starting from the top left:

Shigeru Miyamoto / Super Mario Bros.
Yuji Horii / Dragon Quest
Hironobu Sakaguchi / Final Fantasy
Keiji Inafune / Mega Man

Inafune isn’t actually the father of Mega Man — he’s said before that his mentor at Capcom (likely Akira Kitamura) designed the character. Inafune made Zero, though!

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Final Fantasy NES controller stickers, from the same contest that offered THE ORB. These are great, but for a $110 bid I’d never ever ever ever be able to peel one off and put it on my controller. I love the cardinal directions on the d-pad and the “Battle Commands” labeling on the buttons.

Someone with way more money than me should buy it, scan it, and have reproductions printed. I’d be so, so into paying regular sticker prices for overlays like these.

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Final Fantasy belt, available from Dealextreme for $7.30.

You know that scene in Being John Malkovich where John Malkovich goes into his own mind and it’s populated entirely by Malkoviches who say nothing but “Malkovich”? This belt is what Tetsuya Nomura would see inside his head. If only it had a couple of zippers.

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