{May 17, 1998 10:55 Eastern}: Ok, I have just found all the Final
Fantasy 8 pics in existence (well, on the web anyway).
{May 17, 1998 10:25 Eastern}: I have just found the first real
pic of Final Fantasy 8!!! This is not the logo, it is a real pic
of a character in FFVIII. I think it might be Ramia, but no one
can be sure.
{May 16, 1998}: A video game site has just recieved the first
Final Fantasy 8 logo directly from E3(Electronic Entertainment
Expo), which is the equivilent of the Shoshinkai show in Japan. I
think thats what they call it anyway... If you would like to see
it (and I'm sure you would),
{May 11, 1998}: This is FF9 news reposted from The Final Fantasy
VII Homepage (www.dragonfire.net/~sato/ff7hp.htm), written by Ike
Sato.
Square has started development since April of a new type of game
in Hawaii, Honolulu. They have formed a development team
consisting of about 120 staff members, mostly composed of
computer graphic technicians from the U.S. By March 2000, they
will spend about 7 - 8 billion yen (approximately $ 70 - 80
million) on development and production, and their product will be
released in the Final Fantasy series. Actual developments will be
handled by Square USA. They will have a Honolulu branch ready, an
to create a next generation game that surpass motion pictures. In
conjunction to thiand will recruit CG, movie, and game
technicians; 60 staff members each from Japan and the U.S. With
this team, they will combine movie cinematography and a great
game engine, and pls, they are also in production of a full
length CG movie based on the themes of Final Fantasy. Their
primary objective is to improve their skills in CG, as well as
scenario and performance. This new type of game will be released
as Final Fantasy IX. Meanwhile, Square of Japan and Square LA
will continue with their usual software developments.
{April 18, 1998}: A video gaming magazine called EGM2 got info
from a "reliable source" that details about FF8 could
be released around May 15. Square could not confirm anything at
this point but I am hoping that it is true. Squaresoft said that
any news before that would be for the Japanese version and
Americans would have to wait for anything else than that. All I
can say is bookmark this page and wait another couple of week or
so then come back and I will probably have some more info by
then. Once I get the game I will start building this page
immediately based on the info I gather from playing. For now if
you need to get addicted to an RPG by Square, go out and rent
Final Fantasy Tactics. You can visit Jester's Final Fantasy
Tactics site