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Final Fantasy XIII Artbook Lands On iPhone

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by Andrew Reiner on March 17, 2010 at 06:55 PM
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I use my iPhone for practically everything (even gauging how I sleep), but I never thought I would use it to view artwork. After downloading Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII: Larger-Than-Life Gallery to my iPhone, which just released today for a shocking $8.99, I probably won't use it for art again.

The Larger-Than-Life Gallery only offers 24 images, and many are of the characters against white backdrops. Zooming in on the images works to a point, but when I tried to frame a character's face in the iPhone's screen, I often ran into pixelization. The images are too small to bring out the fine details in crystal clear clarity. You can assign the images to a calendar that can only be viewed in this application (meaning it takes two clicks to view it), or take a snapshot to save the image to your iPhone's photo gallery and make it your wallpaper.

Since this application weighs in at a hefty 53.4 MB, you'll have to be connected to Wi-Fi or iTunes to download it. If you heed my advice, steer clear of doing so until it plummets in price, unless you really need new wallpaper.

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  • by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 06:46 PM
    cool! I ll be getting this soon!
  • by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 07:16 PM

    Wow seems like a waste of money to me.

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 07:21 PM

    Indeed, it seems to be a waste of money.

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 07:23 PM

    who cares?

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 07:57 PM

    hm, cool concept but theres some thing a mobile phone cant do better than paper.

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 08:25 PM

    I may get it if the price goes way down.

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 09:13 PM

    wow, not bad i might get this cuz the game is really awesome except for barthandelus cuz hes really tough to beat (ok ik random)

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 09:23 PM

    thats way too much money

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 09:33 PM

    Looks like a great idea! Not too sure if I'll pick it up as $60 is enough to spend on FFXIII, but I nonetheless appreciate the promotion here

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 09:39 PM
    really!!!!
    $9 for 24 low res pics!
    BOOOOO!
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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 09:42 PM

    Hmmmmm.... it sounds nice, but i think i'll pass for now.

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 09:57 PM

    sounds awesome, but  a price like that is just ridiculous

  • by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 09:58 PM

    final fantasy has amazing art.

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    by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 10:12 PM

    Haha... I feel you Reiner. I actually considered buying that Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock. I was discussing with some friends whether or not it works. Do you think it does? Anyway I use my iPhone for about everything but 9 dollars for a virtual artbook is highway robbery.

  • by Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 11:38 PM

    Wow

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    by Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 12:22 AM

    really...?

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    by Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 12:27 AM

    Why didnt you just google FFXIII wallpapers?

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    by Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 01:15 AM

    boooooo now where is the windows 7 phone

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    by Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 04:20 AM

    I'd rather wait until the real artbook comes out.  This seems like a complete waste of money.  

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    by Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 04:42 AM

    Good for them I guess.

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