I'm almost certain everyone here enjoys the music of Final Fantasy – midi, synth, orchestrated or otherwise, so it's high time our favourite classics actually top the charts. The Classic FM Hall of Fame is taking votes for the best pieces of classical music and we're joining in by going with Aerith's Theme from Final Fantasy VII.
Aerith's (or Aeris) Theme is a beautifully orchestrated piece scored by the legendary Nobuo Uematsu and has seen many an arrangement in a number of releases, including the original FFVII soundtrack, Crisis Core, Advent Children, Reunion Tracks, FFVII Piano Collections and as an additional vocal arrangement in RIKKI's Suteki Da Ne single, titled Pure Heart ~ Aerith's Theme.
The Classic FM Hall of Fame runs annually and selects 300 of the greatest classical music scored by amazing composers, including scores from films, but to our knowledge have yet to feature any music from video games.
Hey there bargain hunters! I know many of you may have already purchased this, but Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete is currently dirt cheap.
This is, as the name suggests, the ultimate edition of Advent Children. It's on Blu-ray, which means it's in full HD, but it also has some extended scenes so you get even more bang for your buck.
Amazon.com are currently selling it for 63 percent off, which means you can get it for only $9.99!!! - that's a serious saving. So if you haven't got it yet, what are you waiting for?
The Final Fantasy VII rumour mill has started up again, as an email from a "Square Enix" employee has been leaked to the general public. This time though, the rumour suggests it won't be for the PlayStation 3, it will be for the Sony NGP (called PSP2/Neo) in the email.
The email is written to employees at Square Enix Europe, apparently asking for linguist experts to help with the localisation. It suggests that the Final Fantasy VII remake will be titled, Final Fantasy VII: Enhanced Version.
It will feature new high-resolution graphics, with locations fully rendered in 3D. There will also be an endless world, with incredible looking cities. Characters will look like they do in Advent Children and the music will also be completely remastered, with a few new tracks being composed too.
People have been banging on about a Final Fantasy VII remake for quite some time now, but according to some recent information from Japan (via Goo Ranking), Japanese gamers actually want a Final Fantasy VIII remake more.
When queried about which games they'd want remade with PlayStation 3 visuals, Final Fantasy VIII topped the list, with Final Fantasy VII second and Final Fantasy IX third.
Does this mean there are going to be loads of petitions for a Final Fantasy VIII remake too?
Featuring Tifa, Marlene, Cloud and a host of other characters, Case of Tifa covers the events of the Final Fantasy VII universe from the eyes and ears of Tifa Lockhart, impressively voiced by Christina McBride.
It's definitely worth checking out, the production is quite impressive and Christina makes for a very believable Tifa.
Recently, Square-Enix posted on its official Twitter account asking for people's opinions on a possible Final Fantasy VII remake. Ever since the infamous tech demo shown at E3 way back in 2005, fans of the game have been begging for a remake from Square-Enix.
Of course, after the countless amounts of teasing coming from Square-Enix, the response on their official twitter was huge!
There has been a ton of speculation about a Final Fantasy VII remake ever since Square Enix showed off the Final Fantasy VII tech demo and Yoshinori Kitase, one of the minds behind Final Fantasy VII, has stoked the fire even more.
When speaking to TechDigest, Kitase said "If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare a Final Fantasy VII remake within a year, we'd very much like a go at it."
So he's essentially saying that they want to do it, but they don't want it to take too much of their time. Surely it shouldn't take too long though, all of the game design is already done! They'd just have to get a crack team of modellers, animators and programmers on board.
Fans have long been craving a remake of Final Fantasy VII, but in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, Tetsuya Nomura, the man behind the iconic character designs in FFVII, has again dashed their hopes.
Speaking on the subject, he said that there are as yet no plans for a Final Fantasy VII remake, but he hopes that Cloud Strife, will be able to make more cameo appearances in other Square Enix properties. He most recently appeared in Dissidia: Final Fantasy.
This will come as a disappointment to some, as Tetsuya recently announced that he was working on a franchise that would "give fans what they want" - it doesn't really leave many other options for what that game can be. He's also working on completing Final Fantasy Versus XIII, which he stated should see a lot more information revealed at this year's E3.
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