FFXI to Receive HD Graphics Overhaul

One of our readers sent in this gem: A magazine scan announcing an HD graphics upgrade for Final Fantasy XI!  Adventurers will be able to traverse Vana'diel on a number of new platforms, including PS3 and Nintendo Wii.  There's also a short blurb about "hikky," a Japanese term for shut-ins who play online too much.  No need to translate that as our users are all such socially well-adjusted people here on ZAM.

I picked up Famitsu this morning, but apparently this article is from a different magazine.  I'll keep my eyes out and update you when more information becomes available.

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# Apr 01 2010 at 7:12 PM Rating: Excellent
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Credit for the *incredible* fake job goes to Estya@Ramuh. You remember him, right? He got you guys good with Project Rapture a couple years ago.
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# Apr 02 2010 at 8:27 PM Rating: Good
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I'm sad because the day I actually read this is April 2nd. NOT april fool's day. So I was extra fooled. And now I'm sad. Because my PS2 is on the fritz, so to be able to play on my PS3 would be amazing.
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# Apr 02 2010 at 3:55 AM Rating: Decent
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Credit for the *incredible* fake job goes to Estya@Ramuh. You remember him, right? He got you guys good with Project Rapture a couple years ago.


Eh? The screenshots look exactly like regular FFXI to me.
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Final Fantasy XI 12-14-11 Update wrote:
Adjust the resolution of menus.
The main screen resolution for "FINAL FANTASY XI" is dependent on the "Overlay Graphics Resolution" setting.
If the Overlay Graphics Resolution is set higher than the Menu Resolution, menus will be automatically resized.


I thought of it first:

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=130073657654872218#20
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# Apr 01 2010 at 5:00 PM Rating: Decent
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I wanted it to be true. I wanted it so bad. DX11 and SLI support would make my day.
lulz
# Apr 01 2010 at 3:44 PM Rating: Good
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Lol, XBox360, PS3, and Wii.
you got me good you f*ckers
# Apr 01 2010 at 12:10 PM Rating: Excellent
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for about 10 seconds there, I believed, now I just want to believe... its not nearly the same thing, and is quite hurtful on the inside.
already HD...
# Apr 01 2010 at 11:47 AM Rating: Good
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ffxi can already be played in HD (1080p, or even higher) anyways!
April Fools
# Apr 01 2010 at 9:28 AM Rating: Excellent
Here is a small article from USA Today. having to do with some April Fools jokes.



Starbucks, knowing no bounds, has introduced a new beverage size, the Plenta, which rivals a bucket of chicken and takes two hands to hold.


Conceding that it might be a huge headache for municipal dump sites, th eSeattle-based company suggests re-purposing as a rain hat, lampshade or yoga block.

Or, you can just try out their new tiny Micra -- also issued on April Fools' day -- that could serve afterwards as a soft boiled egg cup or paper clip holder.


If you buy that, you'll also probably believe that Google's announcement that it has changed its name to Topeka.

Or take a look of possibilities opened up by a new app for the Nokia N900 that allows ground-based cellphones users to control a helicopter. (Not recommended for use after downing a Plenta.)


The spoofs, however, pale beside offerings in Britain, where April Fools' Day is a cottage industry.

Google's British home page, for example, announces a new service, Google Animal Translate, promising to let you know exactly what your pet is thinking.

The British press, as usual, weighs in heavily:

The Sun reports it has developed the world's first flavored newspaper page and invited readers to lick a square of newsprint "to reveal a hidden taste." Just below the spot to be licked was the fine-print warning: "May contain nuts."

The Daily Telegraph says an Internet service provider plans to use tunneling ferrets to deliver broadband services to remote areas.

BBC radio's Today program ran an item claiming William Shakespeare's mother was French.

So far, none have reached the heights hit by the BBC news program Panorama in 1957 that aired a story on the unusually bountiful spaghetti harvest that year in southern Switzerland.

Straight-faced and convincing, the Associated Press (really!) calls it a classic April Fools hoax.


Edited, Apr 1st 2010 1:24pm by SHORAH
Hello Kitty was better...
# Apr 01 2010 at 9:14 AM Rating: Good
The Hello Kitty background was a hell of a lot better than this made up stuff...
Hello Kitty was better...
# Apr 01 2010 at 12:34 PM Rating: Excellent
OmegaTyrant wrote:
The Hello Kitty background was a hell of a lot better than this made up stuff...


For your viewing pleasure.

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Edited, Apr 1st 2010 12:38pm by LadyOfHolyDarkness
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# Apr 01 2010 at 8:15 AM Rating: Excellent
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Awwww, a graphics overhaul would actually make me want to play FFXI at the same time as FFXIV.

April fool's day
# Apr 01 2010 at 7:24 AM Rating: Good
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I like how April fool's day is in the image itself
April fool's day
# Apr 01 2010 at 7:46 AM Rating: Good
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Nuuuu... It's true, I want it to be true!

I REJECT YOUR REALITY AND SUBSTITUTE MY OWN!
Okay...
# Apr 01 2010 at 5:28 AM Rating: Decent
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PS3 version I would have fallen for... it's after all possible on SOME PS3 with PS2BC, SquareEnix has been re-releasing FF7&8 and a considerable amount of PS2 players (mostly JP) had to convert to a PC or 360 when their PS2 died...

A PS3 version might even been partially funded by Sony...
#REDACTED, Posted: Apr 01 2010 at 7:12 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Since when did Wii have quality graphics to begin with? PS3 I woulda believed a little better but Wii? /facepalm
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# Apr 01 2010 at 5:23 AM Rating: Excellent
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Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.

Fool me not at all, and it's April Fools day.
Nice try guys....
# Apr 01 2010 at 3:15 AM Rating: Good
Nice try guys, nice try. Not falling for it.
Says I need to enter a subject; that's what *it* said
# Apr 01 2010 at 2:01 AM Rating: Excellent
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What, no Hello Kitty Online this year?

Or unveiling the tier 5 VNM- Krabcake, a giant crab with a 3 layer cake on its back, or Queen Behemoth, with pink skin, a magenta mane, and lipstick on its snarling lips, or the Headless Hydra, a lol-hydra walking around with no heads.
Now it's gonna happen.
# Apr 01 2010 at 1:10 AM Rating: Good
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In before SE releasing a graphics upgrade sometime in the future just because zanier crap used as April Fools fodder has actually happened (I'm looking at you, level 99!).
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Giveaway...
# Apr 01 2010 at 1:08 AM Rating: Decent
Doesn't help the dead giveaway in the scan... For those too lazy to check just view the spoiler.


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In the lighter grey text box found in the lower left hand section of the magazine it reads [April Fool's Day] admist the japanese text.
Giveaway...
# Apr 01 2010 at 6:12 AM Rating: Decent
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Doesn't help the dead giveaway in the scan... For those too lazy to check just view the spoiler.


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In the lighter grey text box found in the lower left hand section of the magazine it reads [April Fool's Day] admist the japanese text.
More like knowing for a fact that it's already hogwash, than being lazy. FFXI related April Fools might fool people outside of FFXI, but it doesn't us.. not most of us anyway.
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# Mar 31 2010 at 11:43 PM Rating: Good
Really? Nintendo wii?... Stretched a little too far with this one guys.

Edited, Apr 1st 2010 12:52am by Byxfluzba
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# Apr 01 2010 at 12:28 AM Rating: Good
Pretty much that, yeah. That and posting it at midnight/close to midnight. That the Wii would be incapable of running regular FFXI(due of course to lack of a hard drive), let alone an 'HD' version(lack of power), kills a lot of potential for this to catch anyone.
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# Apr 01 2010 at 1:17 AM Rating: Decent
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Pretty much that, yeah. That and posting it at midnight/close to midnight. That the Wii would be incapable of running regular FFXI(due of course to lack of a hard drive), let alone an 'HD' version(lack of power), kills a lot of potential for this to catch anyone.


Not to mention Nintendo's online policy makes MMOs basically impossible anyway.
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Final Fantasy XI 12-14-11 Update wrote:
Adjust the resolution of menus.
The main screen resolution for "FINAL FANTASY XI" is dependent on the "Overlay Graphics Resolution" setting.
If the Overlay Graphics Resolution is set higher than the Menu Resolution, menus will be automatically resized.


I thought of it first:

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=130073657654872218#20
ZOMGWTFBBQ!!!!111
# Mar 31 2010 at 11:38 PM Rating: Decent
Wow! I can't believe it! This is awesome news! I need to go tell my tap-dancing cat about this...

If the "Nintendo Wii" bit doesn't tip it off, take a close look at the scan, lower left portion of the image...
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# Mar 31 2010 at 11:27 PM Rating: Good
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teehee.

-.- they need a ps3 version... I got a ps3 for xmas and I still has to play xi on my olde ps2. Should the HDD die again, I will be ffxi-less...and pisst.
april fools
# Mar 31 2010 at 11:22 PM Rating: Good
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more like april FAILS amirite :O O:
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# Mar 31 2010 at 11:19 PM Rating: Decent
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Goodness gracious! What exciting and exhilarating news!
Fool me once...
# Mar 31 2010 at 11:16 PM Rating: Default
April fool's already eh...
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# Apr 01 2010 at 12:21 AM Rating: Default
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April fools joke sadly.
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Final Fantasy XI 12-14-11 Update wrote:
Adjust the resolution of menus.
The main screen resolution for "FINAL FANTASY XI" is dependent on the "Overlay Graphics Resolution" setting.
If the Overlay Graphics Resolution is set higher than the Menu Resolution, menus will be automatically resized.


I thought of it first:

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=130073657654872218#20
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