Late Night Consoling

Well let me just say woo hoo! Square and Nintendo are finally burying the hatchet (or possibly the president, as the case may be). This means that we'll get to see Final Fantasy remakes for the Game Boy Advance (including FFVI, my favorite in the series), and some GameCube titles to boot. Final Fantasy XI seems like it'll probably wind up for GC now, but I have to wonder how they're going to deal with the lack of storage space. The PS2 version requires the HDD add-on, and to play the game you first install the PlayOnline software on the HDD, and then boot up the FFXI disc. Considering how pathetically small those GC memory cards are (don't even try to defend them - they're 1/3 of the size of a floppy for god's sake) Square may have to release some other solution of their own (which is a possibility, as they're shipping their own PS2 modem for the game), or require the still-unreleased SD-card adapter to play the game. Regardless, this is a great sign for FF fans. I wonder if that long-discussed Xbox agreement will ever happen...

• Speaking of Square...they're hiring game masters for Final Fantasy XI.
• Heyyy....cool. Mario Golf and Mario Tennis are in the works for the GameCube.
• It's official: a Dead or Alive 3 "booster disc" will be included with the June issue of the Official Xbox Magazine (US). If you don't own the game, it'll have a playable demo.
• GameSpot has conducted a Q&A with Hiroaki Yotoriyama, the producer of Soul Calibur II.
• Good news for hardcore fighting fans: Capcom vs. SNK 2 will be out for GameCube later this year.
• Good lord: is this a decent light add-on for the Game Boy Advance? IGN certainly thinks so.
• The latest edition of PS2.IGN's "Off the Record" column is up. In this week's edition, there's a rumor that the PS3 will be 1,000 times more powerful than the PS2, and that a behind closed doors demo of Grand Turismo 4 "absolutely blew the onlookers minds."
• Apparently Xenosaga episode 2 will include "online elements" of some kind.