New Final Fantasy Media Available

Shounen Jump has published new color images and revealed new detail on characters and events in Final Fantasy X. Mad Man’s Cafe has translated the information and posted the screen shots.

Korean site Ruriweb.com has posted the latest promotional video footage for Final Fantasy X in MPEG format. The video features extended footage of scenes previously released by Square.

Ruriweb has also posted MPEG footage of an interview with Final Fantasy music composer Nobuo Uematsu. The interview is conducted with “Pure Heart,” the vocal version of Final Fantasy VII’s Aerith theme sung by FFX singer Rikki, as background music. Uematsu states, in translation, “I didn’t want to vocalize Aerith’s theme since it would be hard, but people seemed to like it since it came out. I guess it left a strong impression… This [new arranged version] may sound Irish… Yes, I like Irish music… but I also I thought that Rikki’s voice may go well with Irish instruments.” Both the Japanese language interview and an MP3 of the vocal version of “Pure Heart” are available on the Ruriweb site.