For the past quarter of a century, the main Final Fantasy games have been known for memorable stories, grandiose soundtracks, and consistently offering a difficult challenge to players. Starting 25 years ago with the original Final Fantasy, the challenge was there even in an age of games that required a lot of time and effort to complete. While some may be turned off by the difficult nature of the games, others thrive off it and praise each iteration for this specific reason
We all have had that day when a brand new Final Fantasy releases and you just start playing it as soon as you can. Then that fateful boss or sudden random encounter halts you right in your tracks and gives you a beating so quick, that you do a double take. This is a moment I like to refer to as "the wall" and you will either give up after a few tries or do whatever it takes to power through that challenge halting your progression.
Cosplaying is not a new thing. It’s been around for a while and it has evolved immensely in that time. Where it once was an activity reserved only for the highly dedicated fans of franchises like Star Trek, it has since progressed into the realm of anime, film, and video games. Final Fantasy is a huge franchise for cosplay and rightly so. With all of the gorgeous designs from the likes of Toshiyuki Itahana, Akihiko Yoshida, Yoshitaka Amano, and Tetsuya Nomura, it was only a matter of time before people began showing up as their favourite characters. It also helps that there’s about 35 games with bucket loads of characters to choose from.
There’s no real way to pinpoint when exactly the first ever Final Fantasy cosplayer appeared, but its popularity in the cosplay-universe is eminent. More often than not, you will find that Cosmode and CosplayGen will feature fantastic Final Fantasy cosplays. A beautiful Onion Knight cosplay even won 2nd place at the MCM Expo competition this past year.
If you're even remotely clued in with anything that's been going on this year, you should have noticed that Square Enix and Final Fantasy fans around the world have been celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy. Yay!
We have been pretty quiet about it thus-far in terms of our written content, although if you listen to the podcast things have been a little bit different. However, that's all going to change. There were plans at the start of the year to play through each of the main games (swapping in XIII for XI) and do extensive features, but other commitments unfortunately got in the way.
Instead, in the build-up to Christmas, we're going to try and post a different piece of content roughly each day, to try and mark what makes Final Fantasy a special franchise for us here on Final Fantasy Union. Please also feel free to share your thoughts too! To start things off, what better place than Final Fantasy I.
Near the end of the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Event in Japan, Shinji Hashimoto surprised the audience by unveiling what is known as the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box!
Today Square Enix North America dished out some details regarding their Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary event.
The event kicks off on August 31 from 1PM to 9PM PST at the ACT Theatre in Seattle (700 Union Street) and takes place in conjunction with the anniversary event that's going on in Tokyo.
Attendees will get the chance to participate in games and contests that commemorate the beloved series. The top winners will receive prizes such as character plushies and a Final Fantasy XIII-2 branded PS3 or Xbox 360.
Oh yeah, and did I mention that event goers get to receive a 25th Anniversary Poster designed by Yoshitaka Amano?
There is also a Final Fantasy XIV presentation of the demo content that is currently being shown at gamescom as well as a few additional reveals.
And lastly to top it all off, at 7:30PM Yoshinori Kitase, Motomu Toriyama and Isamu Kamikokuryo will show off a special video message that will reveal new details about the direction of Lightning's Story following Final Fantasy XIII-2.
As the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Event draws ever closer, Square Enix have launched a site to celebrate the series from the original 1987 Final Fantasy to the recently released Theatrhythm.
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