Final Fantasy Advent Childern Blu-Ray Big Seller at Play-Asia

After having seen the Advent Children Blu-Ray movie with Final Fantasy XIII demo as the best seller in the PlayStation 3 category for a while now, I've decided to follow up on the previous article about the demo. It's now obvious to me that the sales aren't a fluke and that the idea of bundling the FFXIII demo is likely why the movie has sold so well.

Let's face it, Advent Children is no Hollywood blockbuster and will definitely only appeal to Final Fantasy VII fans. Case in point, I showed the movie to someone who hadn't played the game before and the reaction after 20 minutes was "What is this crap?". Anyway, I'm sure that just as Zone of Enders sold well because of the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo, Advent Children did the same because of the FFXIII demo.

I thought the movie was great fan service and enjoyed it, but there was some terrible dialogue and English voice acting in spots ("Shilly, Shally" anyone?). A friend of mine received his copy of the movie yesterday from Play-Asia, along with Soldner-X, get your copy now!

Anyway, I discussed the release with him and I trust his opinion, but I should have you know this is third hand information and unverified. There's a lot of extra footage which makes the movie better and explains more of the polt, about 10 mins or more. This new footage is in native 1080p. Apparently, the movie is upscaled to 1080p and not native, so it doesn't look as good as the new footage. I don't know if it was just for the action scenes or the whole movie. There's extra footage from the Crisis Core PSP game and since it was low resolution to begin with, it looks the worst. Finally, some of the bad voice acting bits have been redone (yay), but not the cringe worthy "Shilly, Shally" bit. Overall he's happy with it.

Now for the demo. It's apparentlyvery good  and the graphics rival Killzone 2 in overall amount of impressiveness. The demo is a lot of fun and that's all I know, sorry. That's all for now.

Final Fantasy XIII Demo Available

Remember back in the PS2 days, a whole lot of people bought Zone of Enders for PS2 just so they could play the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo bundled with it? Well, I'm sure hardcore fans of Final Fantasy will be doing the same with Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete on Blu-Ray, which just so happens to bundle a demo of Final Fantasy XIII.

Unlike the Zone of Enders incident, at least this time round you get a product which is related the demo offering. So if you're a Final Fantasy fan and you want the movie and the demo, what are you waiting for? Just hold up one minute and read on to see what else I have to say about it.

First thing to realize is that this is the Japanese version, but the movie also has English language options, but it doesn't seem to have English subtitles. Be aware that the demo is in Japanese. Also, it's Region A, so if you're Blu-Ray player (most likely a PS3!) is not Region A, then this is not for you. The demo however, is region free. It's also around 4GB in size, so make sure to have room for it on your HDD!

Apart from that, I must admit I'm not a big Final Fantasy fan, but I thought the Advent Children movie was quite good and enjoyable. It's great fan service, that's for sure. There's probably a heap of neat extras too. If you meet all the requirements and you want it now, then go grab it!

Akira Available on Blu-Ray

One of the coolest animated movies ever is now available on Blu-ray. Known for its fantastic hand drawn animation and interesting plot, Akira is a must see movie for anyone even mildly interested in animated movies.

The new Blu-Ray version features newly remastered footage at glorious 1080p HD resolution, trailers, 32 page booklet, storyboards and more. Don't miss out on this 80's classic, now in HD.