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Cloud’s Final Fantasy Buster Sword is now a cat scratching pad thanks to Square Enix Pets

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2025
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Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest-themed items are ready to level-up your pet supply setup.

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• Japan
• (Buster Sword • cats • dogs • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • pets • slime • Square Enix • Square Enix Pets • SQUX Pets • video games)

Final Fantasy VII cast goes to Japanese high school, and MAYBE it’s not an April Fools’ Day joke

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2025

Cloud, Sephiroth, and others reimagined as teenagers attending high school in the Japanese city of “Midogaru.”

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

Final Fantasy Fat Chocobo and Moogle chairs — perfect for when you need to recover real-world HP

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2025

Japan’s anime/video game furniture maker turns its eyes to Final Fantasy XIV.

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• Japan
• (Cellutane • chair • Chocobo • crazy • cute • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • interior • Isetan • Moogle • sofa • Square Enix • video games)

Square Enix releases a Final Fantasy fukubukuro lucky bag for New Year’s in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2025

A new adventure begins for video game fans…

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XVI • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • lucky bag • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • new year • New Year's • New Year's 2025 • SNJO • Square Enix • video games)

Final Fantasy and KFC team up for new collaboration meal, Colonel Sanders/Chocobo figure

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 6, 2024

Emotes, stickers, and exclusive merch all part of the leadup to Final Fantasy XIV’s newest expansion.

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • Colonel Sanders • fast food • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy 14 • Final Fantasy XIV • food • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • Square Enix • video games)

Beautiful new Final Fantasy T-shirt collection on the way from Uniqlo【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2024

Characters from classic and modern installments of the Square Enix series show up in both charming pixel art and amazing hand-drawn forms.

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• Japan
• (fashion • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster • Final Fantasy VI • Final Fantasy XIV • Final Fantasy XVI • shirts • Square Enix • t-shirts • Uniqlo)

Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Dragon Quest pet product line announced by Square Enix

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2024

Buster sword chew toys, Slime beds, and more.

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• Japan
• (animals • cool • dogs • Dragon Quest • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Kingdom Hearts • pets • slime • Square Enix • Tetsuya Nomura • video games)

Final Fantasy VII art team reveals old-school way they got the game’s sandwiches looking so good

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2024

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s sandwiches look good enough to eat, which makes sense considering how they were created.

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• Japan
• (clever • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • food • sandwiches • Square Enix • Square Enix Cafe • video games)

Fox-boy Sephiroth really wants Cloud to eat some noodles in new Donbei/Final Fantasy video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2024

Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival.

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• (awesome • cool • Donbei • Donei • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • funny • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • Square Enix • udon • video • video games)

Cloud makes unforgivable date mistake in Final Fantasy VII teaser video from Square Enix【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2024

That’s a good way to get yourself dolphin-punched right in the jaw, Cloud.

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• Japan
• (Cloud Strife • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • funny • Square Enix • Tifa • Tifa Lockhart • video • video games)

Final Fantasy XIV wine is here to let you raise a glass to celebrate the RPG’s 10th anniversary

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 14, 2024

Square Enix finds a kindred spirit in California.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • California • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy 14 • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • video games • wine)

We earn enough EXP to get a Final Fantasy fukubukuro from Square Enix

• Master Blaster
  Jan 6, 2024

Ikuna gets the limit break of lucky bags.

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• Japan
• (figures • Final Fantasy • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Square Enix • Tifa Lockhart • video games)

Final Fantasy XIV’s Ul’dah city-state recreated in real world in massive diorama【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 10, 2023

Starter city’s tall towers, tiny details all look amazing thanks to Shizuoka creative team.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • diorama • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • Ul'dah • video • video games)

How’s it feel to eat KFC in front of a Final Fantasy Chocobo, and how would Chocobos feel about it?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 6, 2023

Final Fantasy XIV KFC combo meal comes with special in-game items, and also a side of complex emotions.

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• Japan
• (COK • Final Fantasy • food • fried chicken • fried chicken VIX • funny • KFC • KFC Japan • SNJO • video games • weird)

You can eat a Fat Chocobo, Sephiroth macarons as part of Japan’s new Final Fantasy sweets lineup

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2023

Final Fujiya Fantasy.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cake • Chocobo • cute • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • food • Fujiya • macarons • Peko-chan • restaurants • Sephiroth • sweets • Tifa)

Puppy-face Cloud, dolphin-punch Tifa, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at Tokyo Game Show 2023【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2023

It’s been a long wait for the next chapter in the Final Fantasy VII remake, but Square Enix finally gave us a taste.

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• Japan
• (COK • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • SNJO • Square Enix • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2023 • video games)

Final Fantasy and KFC Japan team up – Colonel Sanders heads to Eorzea, and maybe Chocobo to KFC?

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2023

Is Kentucky Fried Chocobo in our fast food future?

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• Japan
• (Chocobo • cool • fast food • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • Square Enix • video games • weird)

Final Fantasy XIV fireworks show celebrates 10 years with 14,000 fireworks, drone art, and music

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2023

Second performance of video game’s 10th anniversary celebration is scheduled for this fall.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • drone art • drone show • drones • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • fireworks • Square Enix • video games)

Three Final Fantasy XIV whiskeys are on the way, with cool nods to the game’s starter cities

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2023

Show your Eorzean hometown pride by raising a glass to Ul’dah, Gridania, or Limsa Lominsa.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • video games • Whiskey • whisky)

All-female Final Fantasy musical stage play coming from Japan’s Takarazuka troupe

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 13, 2023

Excited lead actress says she’s already a Final Fantasy fan.

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XVI • Live action • musicals • Square Enix • stage plays • stage shows • takarazuka • Takarazuka Revue • video games)

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