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With VanaFest fast approaching I thought it would be fun to throw my hat into the ring and make some predictions about what news, and announcements will be forthcoming out of Japan next week. Now, I would like to remind everyone, that this is just wild speculation on my part and by no means am I limiting my creativity, in fact, I think it would be more fun to say the most outrageous ideas just for a good laugh, but on the other hand, I would also like for my real predictions to be right. Who wouldn't, right? Thus I have decided to have two categories, one for what I think, and another for what I just wanted to post for fun. So on to my VanaFest 2010 predictions!!!

Regarding Final Fantasy XI (Think)

• Square-Enix will keep trying to prove that FFXI will continue after XIV launches by promising more add on content as well as preview more to come with the Wings of the Goddess expansion.
• Once more it will be a series of three add on packs that will be released over the year for $10 each.
• New job updates for Black Mage and Bard will be forth coming this year, adding new spells, traits and abilities for those two jobs.
• Square-Enix will announce a cross promotion between FFXI and FFXIV where users can play both games for a single price (this depends on if they announce FFXIV pricing)

Regarding Final Fantasy XI (Fun)

• Square-Enix will announce a full expansion pack for the game which will introduce new jobs, new zones, and raise the level cap for the first time since Rise of the Zilart.
• The level cap will be raised to a staggering level one-hundred.
• New jobs include the time mage(Green Mage), and berserker.
• New magic and weapons will be introduced to account for the new job classes.
• New zones will challenged the most seasoned players as well as give people a place to level from seventy-five to one-hundred.
• New abilities, weapons, armor, etc will be included in all current jobs
• This new expansion will be released in April of this year.

Regarding Final Fantasy XIV (Think)

• It will be no surprise that they will announce information related to their upcoming MMO
• They will talk about single Square-Enix account that allows you to play both FFXI and FFXIV
• They will demo the game live, showing off the "level" progression system
• The start date for the beta will be announced, and will start sometime in March if not April, there will be several rounds of beta selection leading up to the open beta in September
• They will announce that the game will launch in November of this year.
• During the demo they will show off the crafting, battle, and GuildLeve ("Quest") system.

Regarding Final Fantasy XIV (Fun)

• They will announce that the game is for sale in April, and no beta is needed as they have already tested the game in Japan.
• They will introduce (a) new race(s)
• You will be able to play as a moogle
• Arena style PvP will be announced
• The game will be released for handhelds for no other reason but to sell you another copy of the game
• FFXIV will support add ons via a submission system for both the PS3 and PC

 

(Just for fun)

• Square-Enix will announce that FFXIV will auto update to your twitter account, youtube and facebook.
• The game can be bought in the store, or downloaded off of PSN, and other game download services.
• The game will be released on Xbox360

Well folks, there you have it, my predictions for VanaFest 2010. Feel free to comment on your favorite ones or add your own, and perhaps we'll use this as a topic in our next podcast set to record on March 13^th.