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Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest Christmas celebration coming to Yokohama next month

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2026
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A Christmas Slime appears, with a Chocobo buddy too!

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • Christmas • COK • cool • cute • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • Final Fantasy • Landmark Plaza • Mark Is • Minato Mirai • slime • Square Enix • stamp rallies • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games • Yokohama)

Final Fantasy Fat Chocobo Curry coming to fill up fans, even if they can’t attend Fan Festival

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 11, 2026

Instant curry endorsed by the heftiest of Final Fantasy’s avian mounts.

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • curry • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • food • instant curry • Square Enix • video games)

Final Fantasy VII’s Buster Sword gets real-world practicality as a giant towel [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2026

The fantasy of using Cloud’s sword every day can now become a reality.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Buster Sword • cool • crazy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • interior • Square Enix • towels • video games)

Final Fantasy plushie shoulder bags are fuzzy and functional [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 5, 2026

Chocobo, Moogle, and two more Final Fantasy mascot creatures want to go with you on your outside-the-house adventures.

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• Japan
• (bags • Cactaur • Chocobo • cool • cute • fashion • Final Fantasy • Moogle • Square Enix • video games)

Official Final Fantasy beers are going on sale in Tokyo this month, giant Aetheryte appearing too

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 30, 2026

Two brews, inspired by the world of Final Fantasy XIV, are joining the taps at an Akihabara craft beer bar.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • alcohol • beer • COK • craft beer • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • video games)

New Square Enix Cafe reveals Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Nier, and Fullmetal Alchemist menu items

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2026

Tokyo’s new video game/anime eatery has a lot to love (and eat).

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• Japan
• (anime • cafes • Chocobo • Dragon Quest • drinksSquare Enix Cafe • Final Fantasy • food • Fullmetal Alchemist • manga • Nier • Nier: Automata • restaurants • slime • Square Enix • sweets • themed cafes • video games)

Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa’s bar pops up in real-world Tokyo, and we stop by for drinks[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  May 7, 2026

Seventh Heaven arrives in Roppongi with a twist on its name and another for its cocktails.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • canned cocktails • chu-hi • cocktails • COK.Tifa • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • Future Lemon • Roppongi Hills • Sacre Lemon • SNO • sours • Square Enix • taste test • video games)

Final Fantasy Chocobo cookies have galloped into Tokyo’s Square Enix pop-up shop

• Casey Baseel
  May 6, 2026

Beloved Final Fantasy mounts are Japan’s newest bird-themed sable sensation.

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • cookies • cute • Final Fantasy • food • sable • Square Enix • sweets • video games)

Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth finds happiness in a canned cocktail[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2026

Hero-turned-villain enters the celebrity endorser stage of his character arc.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Asahi • canned cocktails • canned sours • chu-hi • crazy • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • funny • Future Lemon • Sephiroth • Square Enix • video • video games • weird)

Tifa’s Final Fantasy VII bar is going to pop up in real-world Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2026

Seventh Heaven becomes Lemon’s Heaven.

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• (alcohol.chu-hi • canned cocktails • cocktails • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • Future Lemon • Roppongi Hills • sours • Square Enix • video games)

The dream of riding Final Fantasy Chocobos is coming to Tokyo VR centers

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2026

Final Fantasy XIV VR experience will give you the chance to prove you’re the kweh-kist Chocobo jockey around.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Chocobo • Chocobos • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • Tyffon • Tyffonium • video games • VR • XR)

Final Fantasy invites you to adventure in Fukushima with Fukushima Fantasy Chocobo fun[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2026

A cool/kweh-l reason to visit fantastically beautiful Fukushima.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • Final Fantasy • Fukushima • Fukushima prefecture • Japan travel • Square Enix • stamp rallies • stamp rally • travel;tourism • video games)

Final Fantasy and Shinkansen announce collaboration with in-train audio play, SD art and merch

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 17, 2025

There ain’t no gettin’ offa this bullet train we’re on, till we get to…Nagoya.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • shinkansen • Square Enix • Tokaido Shinkansen • tourism.Japan travel • trains • travel • video games)

Final Fantasy Chocobo and Dragon Quest Slime street sweets on sale in Tokyo【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2025

We head to Shinjuku to encounter these Square Enix video game mascots turned tasty treats.

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • COK • cool • cute • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • Final Fantasy • food • Pasela • slime • SNO • Square Enix • sweets • taiyaki • taste test • video games)

Giant real-world Kingdom Hearts Keyblade plays music and magic sound effects from the game【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 9, 2025

Recreation of Sora’s sword produces lights and sounds for all tiers of seven classes of spells.

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• Japan
• (cool • Disney • Final Fantasy • keyblade • Kingdom Hearts • Premium Bandai • Square Enix • video • video games)

Final Fantasy furniture, Monster Hunter pieces too, coming from Japanese houseware company

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 18, 2025

Nitori wans to provide everything you could need for your home, including your gaming space.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • furniture • gaming furniture • interior • Monster Hunter • Nitori • Square Enix • Street Fighter • video games)

Final Fantasy IX gets its own pop-up store in Osaka and Tokyo for 25th anniversary

• Master Blaster
  Jun 19, 2025

Final Fantasies grow up so fast, don’t they?

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• Japan
• (Daimaru • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy IX • Marunouchi • Osaka • pop-up stores • role-playing games • shopping • Tokyo • Umeda • video games)

Real-world, real-big Final Fantasy Black Mage hat on sale for fans of magical fashion and Vivi

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 28, 2025

Square Enix brings the hat of Final Fantasy IX’s fan favorite sorcerer to our reality.

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• Japan
• (Black Mage • fashion • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XI • hats • Square Enix • video games • ViVi • Vivi Ornitier)

Japanese high school Final Fantasy VII not an April Fool’s Joke, is playable this month【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2025

Cloud, Sephiroth, Tifa, and more are headed to high school in Youth Fantasy Evecri Academy VII inside Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis.

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis • Square Enix • video games • Youth Fantasy Evecri Academy VII)

Final Fantasy roomwear sets transform you into Moogle or Chocobo【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2025

Cozy cosplay pajamas from Square Enix are just the thing for fans who want to mix in some kupos and kwehs when catching Zs.

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • cosplay • fashion • Final Fantasy • kigurumi • Moogle • pajamas • roomwear • Squae Enix • video games)

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