Square Enix has just released their planned game line-up for this year's E3. While Final Fantasy XIII didn't pop up anywhere in the list, Square's PR indicates that the PSP's two Star Ocean titles are due for an English port. Details are available in the full article.

Parading down the QJ.NET blog avenues is our very own Fourth of July flotilla of Weekend Warriors! If you weren't able to catch the full coverage of all editions, here's QuickJump QuickPeek 54 to give you a recap of all them juicy recaps. We got some disappearing firmware updates, Chrono Trigger time-warping to current-gen handhelds, a meteor causing... dun-dun-dunnn! a 30-megaton blast, and holy frakkin' screenshots, Batman! Are those pics for MK vs. DC or what?

Finally, some love for Nintendo DS fans: compared to last week, the domain of all things Ninty (at least, the smaller Ninty device) is now getting some action in the form of exciting game release announcements, like Chrono Trigger for the DS (yay!) and some possibility of brickage for R4 users (nay!). Get the full skinny of what you might have missed this week in the full article.

I was browsing along my merry way in the Net when I happened upon this little treasure from Blik. They have a line of super large Super Mario stickers for walls and such. If I had my way, I'd have the QJ office decked out with these Mario decals. Plain awesome. Check out pictures of awesome walls after the link.

No, this is not a joke. Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 has been revealed, and Atlus wasn't shy of sharing details pertaining to the surgeon drama sequel for the Nintendo DS. Meanwhile, Square Enix unleashed screenshots of Final Fantasy IV's remake in English which pretty much confirm a western release. Hit that jump for more details!

 The video game industry is undoubtedly dominated by males, but we do know that gaming is not just a big frat house. Female gamers do exist, and like the opposite gender, they come in different shapes, sizes and forms. If you do your homework, you'll also notice that girl gamers have distinct traits which allow us to divide them into several types (just like guys). In this QuickList, we'll give you a rundown on what these types are. Hit that jump!

Let's face it: Square Enix' current lineup of games is made up of entries to known franchises that promise good sales.  Sure, we're still waiting for Last Remnant and Infinite Undiscovery, but aside from those big names, the rest of Squeenix' promising games are either of Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest lineage.

In this list, we'll take a look at games that deserve their sequels Sit tight, and prepare to ride the nostalgia train! Find the list at the full article.

When a series in Japan gets popular, whether video game or anime or manga, it's bound to get a huge variety of merchandise. Blue Dragon, developed by the same dream team that created the very popular Chrono Trigger, also got its following of different items that fans would be churning out money for.

Capsule toys (gashapon), accessories, soundtrack CDs - you name it. Mystwalker also included a trading card game to their wide inventory of stuff with Blue Dragon on it. Half of Xbox 360 owners in Japan have the game in their libraries, so it's no surprise that this would sell pretty well. Since Viz Media licensed television, home video, and non-video game merchandising rights of the title, expect these to reach the US.

There's still quite some time to wait for its August and September release in US and Europe territories respectively, so you might want to check this TCG out (if you can find a way to import, of course).

For those who haven't booked a flight to Australia yet, then the people from Eminence Orchestra would like to remind you that you still have some time left to go ahead and do so. After all, one of the most popular video game orchestral performances is headed for Sydney and Melbourne in merely a week. That's right, in case you forgot, Eminence Symphony Orchestra's A Night in Fantasia 2007 - Symphonic Games Edition, will be making waves in the Land of the Koalas, via their proven musical talent as well as their skill in performing the music from video games that we know and love.

Set to make an appearance in Sydney on April 20 and 21, then in Melbourne on April 27, the 60-piece orchesrtra will be accompanied by a 30-piece choir and will be conducted by Philip Chu. Meanwhile, tunes that fans can look forward to will include classic video game themes from titles such as Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy XII, FF Tactics and the rest of the FF series, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Shadow of the Colossus, Tales of Legendia, Metal Gear Solid, WoW: The Burning Crusade, Super Mario Brothers and Legend of Zelda, to name just a few.

Those who want a seat for the show can either order their tickets online via TicketMaster, or those who will be seeing the Sydney performance can simply drop by the local Kinokuniya store.

Now, there's just one song request that I'd like to make... please, please, please play Radical Dreamers from Chrono Cross. Either that, or I'll be happy with whatever Chocobo theme that they put in there. So with the days ticking away until the performance begins, what song would you want to hear the Eminence folks play?

 

"Crono. Crono! Wake up, Crono!" psp_jono has released his NeoFlash entry in this year's spring coding compo. And y'know what, for a Lua homebrew game (an RPG built on Lua, no less - would you believe?!), it's quite impressive. You can really see the effort he's put into Legacy RPG.

To the SNES kids, you might find the sprites in this 'brew familiar. Some of them are from classic RPG Chrono Trigger. But that's where the similarity ends. For one, your character is named Chrono, not Crono. Whether that was deliberately done or not, we don't know. The game is actually strange; it took me quite a while to get used to the fact that it's something built like a chop suey dish of the Chrono- and Evangelion-universes.

You'll be meeting characters from both fandoms. But as to how it's possible for a Marle battle sprite to equate to an Asuka Langley map sprite (not to mention, the same character having a Rei Ayanami look-alike dialogue icon), it just totally escapes me. If what I just said doesn't make sense to you, you'll just have to see it for yourself. It's actually interesting, in a comical sort of way, to see how it all plays out in the end.

Notes from the developer for Legacy RPG include:

• This is my submission to the contest.
• It is a rpg engine call legacy, the art and content have been quickly added to show what it can do.
• The controls are:
• X - to move forward in the menus and accept.
• Y - to move back in the menus.
• SELECT - save screen shot.
• DIRECTIONAL PAD - move around.
• The graphics are created by me, except for chono, the battle background and the battle character sprites.
• There is a battle demo down in the lower right corner of the town map.
• Screenshots are included in the attached .rar file.
• The game files are in firmware 1.5 format.

Download: Legacy RPG