Crystal Guardians Goes All Console On Us

If you live in Japan, there's a good chance that you've heard of Crystal Guardians. It's kind of a simplified SRPG set in the Final Fantasy Tactics universe that was made for mobile phones over there.

But what if you don't have a Japanese cell phone? Well, Square Enix is happy to announce that they will now be willing to take your money for the game even if you only game on consoles. How nice of them!

Ported as Crystal Defenders R1, Crystal Guardians will be making its way to WiiWare on January 27, 2009 in Japan, for 1000 Wii Points.

Meanwhile, Square Enix has also announced that their iPod Touch/iPhone port of the game, called Crystal Defenders, will be ported to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network sometime this spring. It features widescreen support and better graphics.

Well, uh, I'm not sure what to say about this. Yay? I guess it's better than not being able to play it, right?

Anyone looking forward to playing cell phone games on your consoles?

E3 2008: Square Enix Portable Round-up

Over the course of E3 I tried to focus mostly on new information and spotlights, and tended not to post much media for games that had no new information. Well, here is part 1 of me making up for that. Below you will find trailers for each of Square Enix's upcoming portable games (DS & PSP) along with whatever release information I happen to have.


Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS)


Developed by Matrix
Published by Square Enix
Available July 21st, 2008 in North America


Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (Nintendo DS)


Developed by ArtePiazza
Published by Square Enix
Available September 15th, 2008 in North America


Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)


Developed and Published by Square Enix
Available Holiday 2008 in North America and Japan


Star Ocean: First Departure (PSP)


Developed by tri-Ace
Published by Square Enix
Available October 21st, 2008 in North America


Star Ocean: Second Evolution (PSP)


Developed by tri-Ace
Published by Square Enix
Available January 6th, 2009 in North America


Song Summoner (iPod)


Developed and Published by Square Enix
Available Now

Note that I had read somewhere that the Star Ocean ports on PSP were not actually handled by tri-Ace directly. Unfortunately, I can't seem to track down the name of the company that worked on them. I will update this post if/when I find them.