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Drakengard & Princess And The Legendary Ring Trademarks Filed By Square Enix
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January 29, 2013
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According to Siliconera, Square Enix has filed protective trademarks for both Drag-on Dragoon (which is the Japanese name for Drakengard) and something called Princess And The Legendary Ring.
Drakengard was a PlayStation 2 Action-RPG released in 2003 in Japan and 2004 in North America & Europe. The game was developed by Cavia (the studio that developed Nier) and published by Square Enix; a sequel followed in 2005 in Japan and 2006 everywhere else. This trademark filing seems to indicate that Square is intending on continuing the series in some way or another, though as Siliconera points out, it could simply be a digital re-release as opposed to a full sequel.
The filing for Princess And The Legendary Ring is more mysterious since it doesn't appear to be related to any known Square Enix title.
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A recent Developer's blog gave a bit of a new song from Final Fantasy XIV and announced the Final Fantasy Vocal Collection which will be on sale in Japan.
The full blog post is below.
Hello all!
Fernehalwes back again for another installment of the Developers' Blog.
Recently, I’ve seen several people on the Lodestone forums express how cool it would be if, instead of pics, I could sneak a few music clips up on the blog as well. So, I donned my ninja garb, popped open a bottle of prism powder, and slipped into the shadows of the sound department—destination: FINAL FANTASY XIV sound director Masayoshi Soken's studio.
But alas, I should have known! Soken detects his prey by sound, not sight! I never stood a chance...and now I am his prisoner, forced to translate this message...
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Greetings earthlings! I now control the horizontal and the vertical. The Developers’ Blog is mine, and by mine, I mean the personal property of one Masayoshi Soken—Japan’s number one fan of knee-socks—a.k.a. Knee-Soken!
For those of you following my twitter feed (that would be all of you, I presume), you may recall a few days back I HYPOTHETICALLY asked that if I were to HYPOTHETICALLY leak a few of the HYPOTHETICAL tracks I was HYPOTHETICALLY working on for XIV, which ones would you HYPOTHETICALLY want to hear?
Well, despite a few nay-sayers who claimed I didn't have de Balzac to follow through with my intentions, most of you were psyched about getting the chance to listen to some previously unreleased tracks. And so, I devised this über complex plan to lure project manager M into my sound lair and bend her to my will. But wouldn't you know it, Fernehalwes happened to drop by, so I guess this’ll have to do.
Now that the blog is mine and I can do whatever I want, how about I start by leaking one of the tracks for Limsa Lominsa? Oh, and while I'm at it, how about these two tracks for La Noscea? Sure, they won't be officially released in-game until the 3rd phase of the Beta Test, but who's going to stop me? Mwahahahahaha!
The soft breeze off the ocean, the endless blue sky. Ah, what I wouldn't give to escape from this stuffy office and steal away to a place like Limsa Lominsa, where I could fill my lungs with the salty air and listen to the gulls while sipping on a glass fine wine. If I close my eyes, I can almost feel the cool sea spray tickle my skin.
That reminds me!
The FINAL FANTASY Vocal Collection goes on sale tomorrow in Japan...and it will contain the full, uncut version of “Answers” sung by the lovely Susan Calloway! That's right, the version you heard in the End of an Era trailer was only half the masterpiece! But now, for the first time ever, the song will be available to the public (outside of limited-edition sets sold at private shows, etc.), and that means for the first time ever, the lyrics will be unveiled!!1!
(Um, Mr. Knee-Soken, Ferne here. I, uh, posted the lyrics on the Lodestone forums a few months back, so actually, this is technically the second time ever they will have been released to the public!)
Silence! This is my blog, and I'll have none of your insolence! I was merely saying that it was the first time the lyrics would be released in PRINTED form!
Now, where was I?
Ah yes, the CD! You can find out more about it here. But be careful before opening the site at work, unless you don't think your boss'd mind the silky smooth sounds.
And uh... I guess that's all? Very well. You can have your blog back...for now. But one day I'll return. You won't know when, and you won't know where (though it'll more than likely be here), but mark my words, you haven't heard the last of Knee-Soken! Mwahahahaha!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
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I love it when a plan comes together. ;)
(cue fanfare)
Fernehalwes.
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Source: Final Fantasy XIV Official Cite
On Facebook a new Final Fantasy Vocal Collection was announced.
Some of the tracks included are
Eyes On Me, Melodies Of Life, Otherworld, Distant Worlds -Music from FINAL FANTASY XI-,Kiss Me Good-Bye-featured in FINAL FANTASY XII-, Eternal Love（Short Ver.), and Answers
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Source: Facebook
These screenshots are taken from the Jump Festa trailer, new, but not really new. Enjoy!
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Source: Nova Crystalis
Chocobo fans unite! Square-Enix is holding a Chocobo-themed competition over on the official Final Fantasy XIV forums. If you are eligible to enter then all you have to do is post a picture of your Chocobo-themed work (including drawings, clothes, homemade stuffed animals, food, etc.) in the forum thread to be in with a chance to win.
10 winners will be chosen by the Final Fantasy XIV development team and will receive a Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn postcard set. The contest is open until February 24th in North America and February 28th in Europe. The full terms and conditions can be found in the official threads listed below:
“Chocobos Rule the World” Contest! (EU)
“Chocobos Rule the World” Contest! (NA)
Thanks to forum member affinity for the tip!
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Source: FINAL FANTASY XIV Forums
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy's producer, Tomoya Asano, has teased future developments for the series in an interview with 4Gamer. Since the original interview is in Japanese, here's Gematsu's translation:
“The official [Bravely Default] Twitter account has been in a silent state lately, partly because the consumer camp has been all out of information. However, from this year to about next year, I’m thinking there are a lot of things that I want to prepare for everyone to look forward to, so please continue to follow the Twitter account. I want to share information with everyone as soon as developments start again, so thank you in advance.”
Asano also stated that Bravely Default: Flying Fairy has shipped over 300,000 copies to date, and is expected to have sold 300,000 by the end of the month.
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy was released for Nintendo 3DS in Japan on October 11th, 2012. A western localisation has not yet been announced. The series also includes a free-to-play web browser game, Bravely Default: Praying Brage, however this too has not been announced for localisation.
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Source: 4Gamer
As we all know, Square Enix have a bit of a habit of keeping news of their localisation efforts rather close to the chest.
However, this time the English voice of Roxas, Jesse McCartney, has virtually (albeit unofficially) confirmed that localisation work on the HD Remix is underway by posting a video of himself recording battle sounds to his keek account and posting a shot from 358/2 days on his Instagram.
There has been no official word from Square Enix so far, but these images don't leave much room for interpretation.
Are you excited for KH 1.5 ReMIX? Maybe you missed out on 358/2 days on the DS? Let us know in the comments!
UPDATE:
KH13 has uploaded a video of Jesse McCartney doing a short keek clip voicing Roxas. Check it out! Thanks KH13.com!
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Source: KH Insider
