Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate

A month ago Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate was released on the Nintendo DS. Continuing the tradition of Crystal Chronical games on Nintendo systems it retains the same charm previous ones had while removing some of the more tedious aspects.

For those who have played the GameCube Final Fantasy this is a prequel and thankfully they don't have the Miasma and a stupid lantern someone has to carry around. Fooling around with some of the multiplayer the games works nicely with dungoen crawling involving fast paced combat, simple puzzles, and even platforming. You can also go straight into quests by getting them from the king in town, no need to dredge back and forth from town to dungeon. Unfortunately you cannot play through WiFi, so get your friends ready to get together.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon

Another Final Fantasy release is coming, but this time covered in yellow feathers. Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon is coming to the Wii July 8, boasting a price tag of only $39.99. Take on the role of Chocobo to explore a town and dungeons created from citizens' memories.

The game will let the player choose from one of three classes for Chocobo: knight, black mage, and white mage. It is also going to tout a Wi-Fi card battle game. It will be interesting to see how well these cute and fuzzy titles do in North America as the trend in gaming seems to gravitate towards shooters. I'll probably fall into the cute and cuddly trap and grab myself a copy.