Jump Festa 2009 - Square Enix

Now let's take a look at Square Enix's booth at Tokyo Game Show ... err ... I mean Jump Festa 2009! There were so many game booths there that I thought I was still at Tokyo Game Show! It sure felt like one!

The new Kingdom Hearts games (Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, and Kingdom Hearts coded) were playable at the event. Personally looking forward to the first two games, but the latter of which I can't play because it's on a Docomo mobile phone. I got an iPhone so here's hoping Square Enix will make a game for it!
















































Actual Final Fantasy XIII Versus dress and suit for Stella and Noctis respectively. Designed by Roen. Very classy and very VERY expensive. I don't dare ask for the price of these outfits. They're probably in the six digit yen range each.















Square Enix pretty much showed the same trailers and cutscenes from their showings at this year's Tokyo Game Show. They did however showed new cutscenes and ACTUAL gameplay for Final Fantasy XIII! Two trailers in fact! The battle system is kind of a blend of active and turn based action RPG. Not sure how to explain it or what to compare it to as there doesn't seem to be anything else released thus far that's similar to it that I know of. Definitely would make for a much better gaming experience than say FFXII, which was basically an offline MMORPG-style game play. Just found an explanation on the battle system on Wikipedia.














































































Static Arts Sephiroth due out in March 2009.















Standing right next to Sephiroth is Static Arts Cloud announced at the show. Currently no price or release date announced. I'm sure I can fit him somewhere in my collection. Sephiroth is unfortunately way too big for my shelves.

































Finally! A painted prototye of Lightning! Looking good!

































Size comparison shot of Lightning and Shiva's motorcycle. Check out my Tokyo Game Show 2008 post for more shots of the motorcycle.















Kingdom Hearts Jumbo Avatar figure based on Sora's design in Kingdom Hears coded. No price or release date announced yet.

































Halloween Town Sora. One of the best outfits for Sora in KHII IMO. Still deciding whether or not I wanna get one. Looks great but I'm saving money for a lot fo things at the moment.

































I'm so looking forward to the Kingdom Hears version of Cloud and Sephiroth!















Disney Characters Formation Arts Snow White trading figure series revealed at the event! No price or release date though.






































































































































































The next Disney/Pixar Formation Arts trading figure series will feature Cars, WALL-E, Ratatouille and possiblly a couple or three more that have yet to be revealed.















I'd love to frame this poster up on my wall but landlord does not allow people nailing things to the walls of the apartments. :-( I'll have to find a desktop wallpaper of this then.















Check out the rest of the pics in my flickr gallery.

Jump Festa 2009 coverage
Jump Festa 2009 - Cosplay
Jump Festa 2009 - Saint Seiya
Jump Festa 2009 - Toys

Tokyo Game Show 2008 - Square Enix booth

This year's Tokyo Game Show was held on 9-12 October at the Makuhari Messe convention center. The first two days were opened to industry and businesses only. I managed to get in on business day (10th) with the help of a good friend of mine. Lucky~! ^^

Alright, time to start off my two-week-late mini TGS 2008 coverage with a look at Square Enix's booths! They had the video game booth and retail booth in separate halls. I spent a good two hours checking out Square Enix's games and particularly their retail booth where they revealed upcoming new Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts figures.















FFXIII Play Arts Lightning. I'm definitely getting all FFXIII figures!
































Shiva as a motorcycle!? Hell yeah! Fell in love with the bike when it was revealed in the game's teaser trailer. Getting this along with Lightning for sure.












































Four heroes and Cloud (not shown here) from the upcoming Dissidia Final Fantasy game are planned for release as trading figures next Spring. Very impressive detail and coloring! Hope they'll make more of the hero characters with a mix of some of the villains as well particularly Sephiroth, Garland, Exdeath, Golbez, and ... well, pretty much all the characters good and bad! The character designs by Tetsuya Nomura all look great!














FFVII Static Arts Sephiroth coming out next Spring. Want! But it would be difficult to allocate sufficient shelf space in my packed collection for his long Masamune sword.














I'm getting this Kingdom Hearts Play Arts version of Sephiroth instead ...














... along with Kingdom Hearts Play Arts Cloud! Always wanted figs of them based on their designs in the KH games! Due out next Spring.
































Speaking of KH, Riku's next in the Static Arts series after Sora.
































All seven Soras in different forms.














All hail King Mickey!














Next wave of FFVII Play Arts figs.















Kuroshitsuji Static Arts Ciel & Sebastian. Interested buyers please contact me for pricing for the upcoming Ciel figure available for preorder through me. I have very limited quantities of Sebastian left and selling out quick!
















Star Ocean Play Arts Edge ...
































... and heroine. Does she have an actual name? The name on the card just says 'Heroine'. Never played Star Ocean before so I got no clue. ^^;














Stunningly gorgeous statue of Lenneth. Unfortunately, she's waaaaay out of my price range, and I won't have the shelf space for her either.















































Judge, jury, and executioner!

































































Dissidia Final Fantasy potions. Their potion drinks are always terrible. Tastes like slightly flavored water to me. Doubt they'll improve the flavor in this upcoming canned drinks. Who's buying them to drink anyway? I'm getting the whole set for my canned drinks collection for sure. Would be great if they could pack a Dissidia trading figure with each can.






I didn't manage to get into their Closed Mega Theater last year because I went on a public day and all seats were reserved as they gave out tickets for attendees to come back at a specified time to watch trailers shown only at the event. Now that I got into the event on business day, I headed straight for the Closed Mega Theater as soon as I arrived at the convention center. I had the chance to watch some truly mind-blowing trailers for all three of their FFXIII games as well as the new Kingdom Hearts games, and more Dissidia Final Fantasy gameplay and cutscenes. I didn't know what The 3rd Birthday was until I saw Aya Brea! The game will be a spin-off of the Parasite Eve series! I'll need to dust off my PSP to play that game. But then again I'll be playing Dissidia Final Fantasy in December so it probably won't be as dusty when The 3rd Birthday comes out sometime next year. ^^















Check out my flickr gallery for additional photos.

TGS coverage to continue in an upcoming post! Stay tuned!

Kuroshitsuji Static Arts Ciel Phantomhive PVC

Item: Static Arts Ciel Phantomhive PVC
Height: 19cm
Series: Kuroshitsuji
Maker: Square Enix
Retail price: 7,770 yen
Release date: November 2008
Info: Animate exclusive.

Kuroshitsuji Static Arts Sebastian Michaelis PVC

Item: Static Arts Sebastian Michaelis PVC
Height: 24cm
Series: Kuroshitsuji
Maker: Square Enix
Retail price: 7,140 yen
Release date: October 2008
Info: Animate exclusive.