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There is a new Radiata Stories trailer available on the Official Site, with spiffy new footage and Nami Tamaki's "Fortune", the main theme. You'd better see it soon though, as it's only online until December 7th.1

Square-Enix disclosed some problems that have arisen with the beta testing of Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII. Namely, people can't stop playing it, to the point that the servers are frequently overloaded. According to Square-Enix, there have been over 1.6 million accesses since August 31st. At most, there are around 16,000 users in an hour.1

Square-Enix wants your Egg Monster designs. To enter, all you have to do is send a drawing of your Egg Monster and describe it's skills and other information by September 17th. Details on the prize are currently unknown.1

Square unveiled further cellphone plans which included no further details on FFVII: Before Crisis, but they did announce plans to keep you in touch with your pals in Final Fantasy XI's world of Vana'diel, such as chatting and other features that are currently undergoing development.1

Kensuke Tanaka (general producer of the anime Final Fantasy Unlimited, and also involved with Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy XI) was revealed as Mist Walker's new Vice President. Sakaguchi announced that Mist Walker was founded over three years ago, and also said that they will soon be making a major announcement. Well, that was kinda underwhelming.1

Square Enix announced that Full Metal Alchemist: Demon of the Red Elixir Will hit Japan on August 27th. Not to be left out of a possible merchandising opportunity, Hori plans on releasing a special edition memory card to be released at the same time as the game.1

For addicts of Final Fantasy XI, Hori is bringing you an alarm clock that not only tells the real time and date, but also the time and date inside the world of Vana'diel. It will also offer four BGM tracks to set as the alarm. The clock will have a price of 4980 yen ($44.84) and will be available on June 24th in Japan.1

Basshe, a new playable character, was recently unveiled. He is a popular general of Dalmaska who, unlike most of the other generals, worked his way up from being a commoner. It is not yet known if he will be a permanent member of the party or merely a guest.1

Today Square annonced the long awaited sequel to the sleeper hit Brave Fencer Musashi, entitled Samurai Legend Musashi. The game will follow its predecessor as a 3D platformer but with more expansive levels, Cel-shaded graphics, and a completely re-designed hero.1

In January, Square-Enix USA registered the title 'Samurai Legend' with the US Patent Office. Currently there is no other information as to what Samurai Legend might be, but it's this reporter's guess that it might have something to do with Samurai.1

On January 20th, Square Enix announced that since it's North American release in the fall, FFX-2 has sold over 1 million copies. Worldwide, over 6.6 million copies have been sold, and this is before it's Europe release. Between the two, both FFX and FFX-2 have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Together they account for 20% of the entire series' sales, making them the most successful titles in the franchise, in terms of sales.1