Crisis Core heads stateside on March 25

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 17th 2007 at 11:45AM }

Square Enix's epic Final Fantasy VII prequel is coming to the US at last! Square Enix confirmed today that the PSP exclusive will arrive on March 25th. The game follows the adventures of Zack and his life as part of SOLDIER. Along the way, he'll meet familiar faces, like Cloud, Sephiroth and more. Crisis Core has been rated T by the ESRB for Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes and Violence.

Check out the official website here.

[Thanks, Joe!]

Gallery: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core

Tags: crisis-core, ffvii, final-fantasy, square-enix

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

pixelator @ Dec 17th 2007 11:52AM

Better late than never, but this would've been nice for Christmas. Hopefully, it will help bring more awareness to the excellent library of game the PSP has garnered - and perhaps boost software attachment in the USA, thus reversing the trend of PSP titles being canceled or released for 360/Wii/PS2/PS3/DS only.

I can dream, right?

Alien @ Dec 17th 2007 12:07PM

Big PSP titles are never canceled Pixelator ...

Anyways , its about time , Crisis Core is clearly a game designed with the western market in mind , not that it did poorly in Japan , in contrary , it did pretty well . It will move thousands of units in the EU and US . In March the PSP is getting 2 of its biggest games to date :D

Joe @ Dec 17th 2007 12:29PM

March is so going to be a kick butt month for the PSP. Both GoW and this game are so going to rock.

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Dec 17th 2007 4:30PM

DUDE!

I'm totally stoked for both right now. Your totally right.

March > All

Tristan @ Dec 17th 2007 12:38PM

Oh wow I might have to get this one, I just love its battle style and the graphical appeal look so amazing. As long as the prices arent going to be sky high.

Ed @ Dec 17th 2007 12:48PM

I hate trailers that don't show any gameplay.

Almadi @ Dec 17th 2007 1:18PM

Isn't that kind of stupid? Going head to head against GOW.

They should release it a month after, that way:

1- GOW would have sold loads of PSPs, increasing the installed base.
2- And everyone would have finished it. wanting a new game on their quality title starved system.

theMediaman @ Dec 17th 2007 1:25PM

It works the other way too... RPG fans who turned away from the PSP because of the lame RPGs that were first released with the system (and the current focus on SRPGs) may flock back because of an exclusive Final Fantasy game.

Personally, I'm buying both!

...and hoping they'll release FFVII on PSN. Wild Arms was re-released, so they could do the same for FFVII.

RagingStormX @ Dec 17th 2007 1:30PM

I'm getting both as well....good news!

Almadi @ Dec 17th 2007 2:02PM

I said "quality title starved".
The PSP is hardly getting any top rated games. Which is where the Wii is heading as well.

What I meant is a 'must buy game' needs to be released on the PSP every month.

Saffie @ Dec 17th 2007 2:56PM

Hmmm... I wonder who'll replace Gackt as Genesis and ruin his character with the English dub?

The Great Me-holio @ Dec 17th 2007 3:05PM

@Almadi: title starved system? Are you still maintaining perspectives that were relevant about a year ago? The PSP, at this point, is anything but title starved. There are so many great games on it that, at this point, the "no games" argument fails to hold any amount of water.

asuma08 @ Dec 17th 2007 3:14PM

Wow, two great games in the same month. I know my bank account will be hurting...

EDW @ Dec 17th 2007 3:45PM

March 25....isn't God of War coming out in March, too? i'm gonna be really, really busy this March.

Warner Young @ Dec 17th 2007 3:48PM

I hope Squenix will provide both an English and a Japanese dub track for this game. Bad English dubs is always a game-killer for me.

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Dec 17th 2007 4:33PM

I hear they're using the same English voice-actors from Advent Children and I thought they did a good job.

But yeah, it'd definitely be nice to have both audio tracks.

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Dec 17th 2007 4:32PM

3/25/07

Officially brain-stamped.

Psy @ Dec 17th 2007 4:43PM

08*

Hope you have a good stamp remover.

Also, congratulations to the PSP (a little late, I know, but the American release is significant). Personally it'll take a few more titles of this caliber before I decide to buy one, but I know plenty of people who will buy one for this alone. I suspect a very noticeable sales boost in March.

Saigon @ Dec 17th 2007 8:39PM

Good to see the March release finally being confirmed.

Probably two of the most popular games that psp will ever see, coming out in the same month. Ohh yeah.

steve @ Dec 17th 2007 10:09PM

OMG i cant wait that long, i was waiting for this game last christmas lol

zoen151 @ Dec 18th 2007 1:35AM

Cool, now I will know what the hell they were saying.

Lord Rinja @ Dec 18th 2007 1:48AM

I already own the Japanese version of Crisis Core and its safe to say that I will be getting the US version as well. Crisis Core is an incredible game and even though I do not understand Japanese, I can get a good idea of what is going on in the plot when watching the cutscenes. FOr all of you FF VII fans out there, all I have to say is that after playing Crisis Core, you will have a lot more respect for Zack and you will understand why Sephiroth is the way he is.

As to the whole God of War thing, I've played the battle of Attica demo and was floored. I personally do not think that having both Crisis Core and GOW released in March will clash with each other because both franchises pack enough punch to stand on their own two feet. Infact, I think that a lot of people will end up buying both in the same month. These are the killer apps that everyone has truly been waiting for and after playing the hell out of both of them, I know that Crisis Core and GOW go beyond the hype. March is going to be an excellent month for gamers. If you think PSP sales are doing phenomenal now, wait till these two games launch. Now if Capcom would just continue work on Devil May Cry for the PSP, things would be great. It would also be nice to see Gran Turismo Portable for once as well.