April 4, 2005 - We don't need to tell you that the upcoming Final Fantasy movie is must-see entertainment for any fan of the series. Part of a massive rebirth of the legendary FFVII (which has already spawned a few cellphone games, and will soon give rise to PlayStation 2 and PSP spin-offs), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children has been highly anticipated by its series' devotees for over a year now. The North American release of the DVD (and rumored UMD Video disc) was never in doubt, but it wasn't until the recent opening of the official FFVII Advent Children North American site that we've seen commitment from Square-Enix on its US release.

What we don't have from the site is news on that PSP UMD Video release. The movie was demo'ed early on the PlayStation Portable as a concept release (and was rumored to be a UMD exclusive for a short while), but has since been advertised only as a DVD release. Fine by us for the most part, as the scrumptious CG production will undoubtedly fill up every pixel of any HD screen you can run the DVD on, but we're still interested in seeing a portable version of the film as well if it's still in the cards.

As for the site, there's not much that you haven't seen before, though the promise of a solid translation is good enough to recommend a bookmark. All of the features are still marked "Coming Soon", but there is a Flash version of an early trailer in English (that narrator sounds a lot like Martin Sheen, by the by) and with the promise of character bios, downloads, news and more. Hit the link below to visit the site.

FFVII Advent Children
Official North American Site

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