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Final Fantasy XII Details Leak Ahead Of Unveiling
Thanks to GameSpot for its coverage of pictures and details of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XII, as a Japanese print magazine released a very short preview ahead of "an official presentation of the game" on November 19th in Tokyo. According to the piece, the game "...will take place in a fantasy world where there are other races aside from humans, and flying vessels fill the sky", and "main characters in Final Fantasy XII are a boy named Van and a girl named Arche." The available media also contains a CG shot of "a soldier riding on a chocobo", for those worried their favorite winged creature would be excluded from this instalment.
Just a quick bit of info, that little pirate is the logo of all the various Jump magazines... So, not surprising that it's there, and it has nothing to do with FF 12.
While we're at it, I'll mention that several companies have invested in Square. In fact, they've been bleeding so much cash for the last few years because of their failed movie venture and sheer lack of new, hot-selling games (look at how long it has taken to release FF XI), that they've HAD to look to other sources for money.
Enix was Square's pillow. A Squareophyte like you might be blind to it, but it's the truth. Hell, even Nintendo *gave* them some money, and that is allegedly what landed the Gamecube and GBA a few exclusive Square titles.
By the way... Enix is much bigger in Japan than Square is. It's kinda the reverse in the USA, on the other hand.
I believe the Weekly Jump that provided the pages in this case is primarily a manga anthology (like the other Jump manga Shonen Jump). The same publishers also put out a mag called V-Jump, which focuses more on video games (there's also a series of V-Jump strategy guides). Thing is, I couldn't remember if the Advent Children leak came from V-Jump or Weekly Jump.