Wednesday, July 18, 2007 7:54 pm | 
|
The potion, the book, and the box. | Photo: (c) Square Enix Co. |
Final Fantasy anniversary to be celebrated with limited edition ‘potion’ sales
Video game developer Square Enix will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of popular video game Final Fantasy VII through a limited edition soft drink Final Fantasy VII 10th anniversary potion, to be sold in a set with an anniversary book, Game Watch reported on Wednesday.
The Final Fantasy VII 10th anniversary potion will be the first step in a series of promotional activites carried out to commemorate the release of the 1997 best-seller. Brewer and distiller Suntory Limited, famous worldwide for their whisky, will produce the drink, which will be strictly non-alcoholic. Square Enix teamed up with Suntory in 2006 for a similar venture, when they released the limited edition Final Fantasy XII potion soft drink.
The drink will be sold in a set with the book Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania.
According to the Game Watch report, the taste of the “potion” is said to be inspired by the Final Fantasy VII character Sephiroth and his “isolatedness” and “beauty”. It is set to include interesting ingredients such as dolomite (to represent “the earth crust’s energy”), royal jelly and vitamin B1.
The soft drink/book set will be sold throughout Japan from September 13, limited to 77,777 sets, at a price of 3,980 yen (US$33).
Related posts
Video game anniversary celebrated with dolomite ‘potion’ Sony releases limited edition deep red Playstation Portable Sony releases limited edition Walkman Japan-Thailand treaty celebrated with gagaku music Uematsu headlined cross-company game music eventJapan News Review
© All rights reserved
None found
While low-cost carriers have since long been successfully operating throughout the U.S., Europe, and southern Asia, Japan has seen very little of the low-price action.
The one question that goes unanswered - WHY, OH MY GOD, WHY!?!?!?
[…] set will also include a book entitled Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania, as reported by Japan News Review. According to the guys at Game Watch, the ‘potion’ is said to contain some pretty funky […]
Why don’t they bring this out in the UK?
[…] nun auch zum Schlucken. Bereits vor einem Jahr gab es ein mäßig leckeres Getränk in edel-anmutenden Phiolen, nun kommt aus Blechdosen im FF Look uringelbe Flüssigkeit. Bei Kotaku gibt es noch einen […]