Final Fantasy: Translation of the Compilation PDF

COMPILATION OF FINAL FANTASY VII

"Final Fantasy VII", released for the PlayStation in 1997, sold more than 4,000,000 units in Japan and over 9,000,000 worldwide. The world of FFVII is the basis for an expansive array of titles known as the "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII." In addition to the first part, "Before Crisis -Final Fanasy VII-", and the second, "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children", already announced so far, the third has been announced now. With the addition of "Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-", the world of Final Fantasy VII is expanded on more and more.

COMPILATION OF FINAL FANTASY VII - PART ONE
BEFORE CRISIS -FINAL FANTASY VII-
Offical service beings Friday 24th September 2004!

Square Enix (Shinjuku Bunka Quint Bldg., 3-22-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku Tokyo, representative director and company president: Yoichi Wada) has announced that the official service for "Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-" will commence from Friday 24th September 2004.

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Receiving 1,600,000 accesse on the opening day of it's beta test (31st August), anticipation for this title has risen. Starting 6 years before the story of "Final Fantasy VII", released in 1997 and selling over 9,000,000 units, "Before Crisis" sees the player taking on the role of a member of the "Turks", an elite group carrying out top secret work for the Shin-Ra Company, and will performs various mission.

It makes full use of the functions of mobile phones. Features include the "Materia* Creation" system using the digital camera function, and the "Materia Support", a system where friends can cooperate with each other over the network which proved useful even in the beta version. "Before Crisis" proposes a "completely new kind of game for mobile phones."

* Materia = a substance that enables the use of various abilities and magics when equipped.

COMPILATION OF FINAL FANTASY VII - PART THREE
DIRGE OF CERBERUS -FINAL FANTAY VII-

The third part of the "Compilation of FFVII" is finally revealed! Carrying on from the mobile phone application "Before Crisis" and the visual work "Advent Children", the next is "Dirge of Cerberus", a new title appearing on the PlayStation 2, depicting the world 3 years after "Final Fantasy VII."

(Story Outline)

After their sudden appearence, a mysterious group begin to attack towns. They are known as "Deep Ground SOLDIERS" (DG SOLDIERS), trapped underground by the Meteor disaster.
It appears the main character 'Vincent Valentine' has some kind of connection to this series of events, but what exactly is unknown. When the world is engulfed in darkness, his pistol shall play the 'dirge'.

Except to see appearences from other "Final Fantasy VII" characters as well!

COMPILATION OF FINAL FANTASY VII - PART TWO
FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN

The second part of the "Compilation of FFVII" is "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children", a visual work depicting the events 2 years after "Final Fantasy VII." We can report that having received a special invitation to the 61st Venice International Film Festival, the official exhibit was carryed out safely, and came to an end with great success.

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Despite still being in production, Advent Children received a special invitation due to the high quality of the title. The press conference was attended by Marco Muller, the general director of the festival who estabished the "Venezia Digitale [Digital Image Category]." He commented that, "From all the films I see, there is still few which show young talent. At this year's festival I estimate that Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is at the forefront. I feel that the creators have been able to see a new future for films.*"

(Image: Director Tetsuya Nomura (left) and Marco Muller (right))

BEFORE CRISIS -FINAL FANTASY VII- Service details
iMode Access Method: Menu list > Game > Role Playing > Final Fantasy i
Cost: 500 points per month (525 yen exchange)
Compatible models: NTT DoCoMo FOMA 900i series - P900i, P900iV, N900i, N900iS, SH900i

DIRGE of CERBERUS -FINAL FANTASY VII- Product summary
Release date, price: Unconfirmed
Platform: PlayStation 2

FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN Product summary
Release date: Planned for 2004
Price: Unconfirmed *DVD visual work