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Got my copy of the ‘VOICES - music from Final Fantasy’ DVD today. Only watched it on my computer so far, but it looks well worth it. With 16 well played tracks of classic Final Fantasy tunes, and performances from RIKKI (”Suteki da ne” [FFX]), Angela Aki (”Eyes on Me” [FFVIII] and “Kiss me Good-Bye” [FFXII]), Emiko Shiratori (”Melodies of Life” [FFIX]), and Izumi Masuda (”Distant Worlds” [FFXI]). There is also an small acapella performance by the Mogleys, which is rather shocking at first, but is very funny. And to finish it all off, The Black Mages perform an awesome Advent Children version of One-Winged Angel from FFVII, twice!

Track Listing

1. Tuning and Prelude
2. Liberi Fatali from Final Fantasy VIII
3. Fisherman’s Horizon from Final Fantasy VIII
4. Song of Prayer from Final Fantasy X
5. Suteki da ne (RIKKI) from Final Fantasy X
6. Final Fantasy Doo-wop Medley (Mogleys)
7. Melodies of Life (Emiko Shiratori) from Final Fantasy IX
8. “Final Fantasy”
9. Primavista Gakudan from Final Fantasy IX
10. The Promised Land from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
11. Distant Worlds (Izumi Masuda) from Final Fantasy XI
12. Eyes on Me (Angela Aki) from Final Fantasy VIII
13. Kiss me Good-Bye (Angela Aki) from Final Fantasy VIII
14. “Maria and Draco” Opera from Final Fantasy VI
15. Brass de Chocobo
16. One-Winged Angel (The Black Mages) from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (encore x2)

If you are a Final Fantasy music fan, then I’d reccommend grabbing this DVD. The tracks played are a great selection of Final Fantasy tunes, and the performances from the singers, and Angela Aki’s version of “Eyes on Me” (originally sung by Faye Wong) are a must have. I picked up mine from Amazon Japan, but there seem to be plenty of sites that sell and import it around the world.

I’ve added the FFXI page, and I’ll be working on the content during the next few weeks. At first, I’ll only be putting together some basic guides more for beginners to understand the various parts of Final Fantasy XI, but some of them might be helpful for more intermediate players.

Anyway, this is what I’ve got planned so far:

• Menu Guide - A guide to help navigate the menu, and understand what everything does in it. (Very basic)
• Text Commands - A guide to the various text commands in the game, what they are, and what they do. (Basic)
• Jobs Guide - A basic description of the role of the different jobs, with some stuff on forming parties, and party formation. (Basic)
• Terms - A basic run through of some frequently used terms in Final Fantasy XI. (Basic)
• Macro Guide - A basic/intermediate guide on creating macros. (Basic/Intermediate)
• Quests Guide - A walkthrough of some of the basic quests found around the starting nations [Mainly San d'Orian based].
• Missions Guide - A walkthrough of the rank 1-2 missions for San d’Oria [Possibly Windurst and Bastok too].
• Areas Guide - A small description of the starting areas, with some information of party camps.

I’ll most likely add some more once I’ve finished off all of these, but until then I’ll just work on making some good guides for the basic stuff. Also, right now all of these guides will be put onto this domain, in the FFXI page.