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A new game featuring Vincent from Final Fantasy VII will join a new mobile title and Advent Children game as part of the Final Fantasy VII Compilation project.

TOKYO--Following the announcement of a computer-generated movie and mobile online game, Square Enix will continue to expand its Final Fantasy VII Compilation project, a new line of products based on the immensely popular Final Fantasy VII.

According to VJump magazine, Square Enix will announce a major game that features Final Fantasy VII’s Vincent in the near future. A promotional statement in the magazine reads, "Another intense title will be joining the Final Fantasy VII project!" This is followed by a sentence underneath that reads, "That character is going to appear in a soon to be announced major title!" Alongisde the two statements is a silhouette of Vincent, a major character from Final Fantasy VII. While Square Enix has yet to release any details on the game, some speculate that--because it is a part of the Final Fantasy VII Compilation--the game will be a spin-off of Final Fantasy VII.

Launched earlier this month, the Final Fantasy VII Compilation aims to capitalize on the success of Final Fantasy VII by releasing new games and products based on the hit role-playing game. Three products have been announced as part of the project so far: the CG movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Childen, which will be released on DVD and the PSP’s UMD format; Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, an online game for mobile phones; and a mobile phone from Panasonic, called the "Cloud Black" P900iV model (pictured). The phone, which is already available for retail purchase in Japan, will be used by the main character, Cloud, during the Advent Children film. It comes with pre-installed animated avatars of Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith. These avatars can be used when talking to other mobile phone users.

In an interview in The PlayStation 2 magazine in Japan, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children producer Yoshinori Kitase explained the reason behind launching the Final Fantasy VII Compilation project and what to expect from it in the future. "Final Fantasy VII was popular to begin with, and it still gets support from fans both inside and outside of Japan. As creators, we have a special fondness for the game, since it was our first Final Fantasy title on the PlayStation," commented Kitase in the interview.

"The worldview of FFVII is unique when compared to the rest of the [FF] series, and there's a lot that can't be explained about the characters by just FFVII alone," continued Kitase. "We created the Final Fantasy VII Compilation project as a way to expand on FFVII and its worldview. [Tetsuya] Nomura and I have a lot of ideas, but they're very rough. We don't know if any of the ideas will be turned into products, but we hope to be outgoing in doing so. We have to be prudent about making a game sequel [to FFVII], but we hope to take various approaches."

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Yeah! More rehashed Final Fantasy is on the way. It's good that the recycling of tin cans, newspaper, and plastic has stuck so much with people that even Japanese RPG makers feel the need to jump on board the recycling fun boat.

Seriously, I loved FFVII as much as anyone, but originality is lacking in the world of FF these days.

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But that is a cool phone! And heck I wouldn't mind having FF on my phone. Why not? But still... captilize... expand... product... I love it!!

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GeN

..and it all begins with FFX. Although this recent spring of FFVII stuff is more from the fans wanting it. If they really felt the need to release FFVII sequels, prequels, and side-stories I think it would've been done a long time ago. And since there is a pretty good demand in both Japan and America I'm sure they wouldn't mind making a few million dollars. I'm just hoping since Yasumi Matsuno is on this new one we'll get a fresh FF game with FFXII. From the videos I've seen it's shaping up to be a pretty good game.

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MMMmmmm, yummy fresh FF goodness would be much appreciated. Freshness is an undervalued commodity in gaming sometimes.

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Orta

i love the ff games but they really must have no clue what final means
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and if this one is on a phone then mightas well hook it up to charge for the whole time you play the game if its anything like the others

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Well, when Squaresoft released the first FF game they were at the bottom of the barrell and were damn near bankrupt. So, they backed this first project with all their money and faith. If it would fail it would've been their Final game. Hence the name Final Fantasy. Apparently it's been doing good since the late 80's. I geuss the name just stuck. I also agree with leaving your phone on the charger while playing the FF game. I'm sure running that game on your phone would use up a lot of battery life, not to mention the fact that it's online so it has to connect to something and that also uses battery life. If the game sucks though, I dont think we'd have to worry too much about the battery life. All I know is I NEED that phone.

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that phone is needed to play? thats stupid why not put the game on a computer or somthing..like ps2 the only reson i bought it was to play ff 10 and 10 2 and to play my old ff games cause the ps i had broke

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