GameSpot's News: Square Enix announces Final Fantasy rhythm game

GameSpot's News All of the News. Can you keep up?. Square Enix announces Final Fantasy rhythm game 6 Jul 2011, 7:50 am By Jonathan Leo Toyad, GameSpot AsiaPosted Jul 5, 2011 11:50 pm PT Theatrhythm Final Fantasy for 3DS to require screen taps in sync with music pulled from long-running RPG series. Apart from being a big role-playing game franchise, the Final Fantasy series has been known for its music, compositions and live orchestra tribute performances like the Dear Friends and Distant Worlds concerts. In that context, it seems fitting that Square Enix is creating a rhythm game based on the Final Fantasy series' music is in the works for the Nintendo 3DS, according to a recent issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump (translated by Siliconera). Final Fantasy has long been known for its music. The game will be called Theatrhythm Final Fantasy and is labeled as a "theater rhythm action" title. Players will have to tap the 3DS touchscreen in accordance to the beat of a selected song while the top screen displays field scenes and side-view battle scenes set in Final Fantasy locales. The game's art style will be colorful and reminiscent of the style used in Square Enix's mobile Kingdom Hearts titles. A release date for the title has yet to be announced. For more on the music of Final Fantasy, check out GameSpot's recent Sound Byte article. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.