Square Enix announces Echoes of Time DSi bundle
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Nov 25th 2008 at 3:00PM }
Square Enix can barely release a game nowadays without also producing a matching limited edition console, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time will continue this trend when it ships with customized hardware in Japan on January 29th.
For ¥23,940 (just under $250), buyers will be able bag a copy of Echoes of Time and a "Crystal Chronicles Edition" Nintendo DSi system. Square Enix has yet to release images of the console, but states that it will be a white DSi with the game's logo and the cat-in-a-bowtie motif that features in the boxart. There will also be a pre-order bonus for the game, a CD featuring four tracks from the Crystal Chronicles series.
The race to become the first special edition DSi just heated up, and is now between Square Enix and ... Square Enix!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rokashi @ Nov 25th 2008 11:58PM
They are making it really hard for me because I want to import that DSi bad boy to Canada.
Phil @ Nov 25th 2008 3:57PM
Ohhhhhh, this makes the wait for this title more antagonizing. .-.
Maybe I'll finally upgrade, since I never use the GBA slot anymore. >.
atastysammich @ Nov 25th 2008 5:49PM
Another game, another special-edition DS. Business as usual at SquareEnix.
leonus11 @ Nov 25th 2008 6:53PM
just another great reason for me to buy the DSi! i'll definitely be picking up this bundle so square has my support ALL THE WAY! so does Nintendo!
Synch @ Nov 25th 2008 9:46PM
Here we go again. *sigh* I wonder how long it'll be before we can make houses out of entirely different DS limited edition systems. They're almost more commonplace than the basic-color system. What is this, Neopets a la Nintendo?
hvnlysoldr @ Nov 26th 2008 2:17AM
I had a random thought. What if the Square tax is because they can't make a bundle outside of Japan?
TJF588 @ Nov 27th 2008 4:07AM
I wish they would, hvnly, but I also wish they'd damn cut it out with the all-white mumbo-jumbo. I'd be hopeful for the unconfirmed in-company contender, but given the game focuses on Nobodies, creatures that are, at darkest, grey, it'll be more blindingly white plastic. I don't want shiny, even a subdued gold-ish thing (DFF), distracting my eyes from the screens it's bordering, and you can surely get away with something nice on the top cover that I'd be fine with oogling over when I'm not playing your games with the device itself. So far, the limited edition I'd want most is the Pokemon one (the most recent, mind). However, if the Days rumor stands, and a GBA slot/port is retained, I could totally work over my preference... OK, maybe work over it.