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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.gameinformer.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">collision236 Blog</title><subtitle type="html">collision236 Blog</subtitle><id>http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="5.5.134.12297">Community Server</generator><updated>2009-11-07T14:18:00Z</updated><entry><title>Platinum</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2010/12/08/platinum.aspx" /><id>/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2010/12/08/platinum.aspx</id><published>2010-12-09T00:49:00Z</published><updated>2010-12-09T00:49:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/610x0/__key/CommunityServer-Components-UserFiles/00-00-07-77-61-Attached+Files/3201.dragonage_5F00_logo.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre;"&gt;	&lt;/span&gt;Hello GameInformer community, I have been playing Dragon Age: Origins for quite some time now on my playstation 3. As most of you know it is developed by BioWare, who also developed Mass Effect. I must say the game is very fun especially if you love a good story and love the option to choose how the story moves forward. Anyways to the point of my blog, I wanted to share with you my experiences on getting my first platinum trophy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre;"&gt;	&lt;/span&gt;I have played countless times to achieve a few of the trophies since they are usually based around which partner you want to fight with you at the end. A lot of the trophies were easy to get but not all were and because the game did have glitches some trophies were really a pain. I have heard about people having trophy glitches where the game wouldn&amp;#39;t award you the trophy after you completed the requirements. This unfortunately happened to me in the end. I mean literally the end, when all I need was one trophy to platinum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;The Easy Trophies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align:left;"&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Last of Your Line&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Corrupted&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Conscripted&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Harrowed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Casteless&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Kinslayer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Last of the Wardens&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Standard-Bearer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Educated&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Liberator&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Pragmatist&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Heavy Hitter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Bloodied&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Pilgrim&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Grey Warden&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Tinkerer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Persuasive&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Silver Tongued&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Bully&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Menacing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Witch Gone Wild&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Easy Lover&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Wine, Woman, and Song&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Veteran&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Elite&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Hero of Redcliffe&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Rabble-Rouser&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Magic Sympathizer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Annulment Invoker&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Poacher&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Sacrilegious&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Ceremonialist&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Bhelen&amp;#39;s Ally&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Harrowmont&amp;#39;s Ally&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Master Warden&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Blight-Queller&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;Defender&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;The Ultimate Sacrifice&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;The Slightly Harder Trophies:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align:left;"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mercenary&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Recruiter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hopelessly Romantic&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Perfectionist&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;First Knight&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Slayer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;The Hard Trophies:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align:left;"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Traveler&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Master of Arms&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Shadow&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Archmage&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dragonslayer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A Dark Promise&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Reward:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="text-align:left;"&gt;
&lt;li style="text-align:left;"&gt;The Ultimate Reward&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre;"&gt;	&lt;/span&gt;I place them in the categories that I found when trying to achieve them. Obviously some of you probally got my harder trophies easier than I did. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;:)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre;"&gt;	&lt;/span&gt;Now the two hardest trophies for me to get were &amp;quot;Traveler and A Dark Promise.&amp;quot; Traveler was a pain in the butt. Being a bronze trophy I thought it would be easy but I really had to try and find all the places through side quests and making sure I didn&amp;#39;t accidentally leave any place uncheck. By achieving this trophy, I made myself feeling extremely stupid. Why, you ask? I&amp;#39;ll tell you. Did anyone know there was a tavern in Redcliffe near the top? I never ever noticed it before.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre;"&gt;	&lt;/span&gt;A Dark Promise....the hardest trophy in the whole entire game for me! Yes I know its easy to get, but remember the glitches I was telling you about? Yup, no matter how many time I completed the requirements for this trophy, it would NOT unlocked. I tried over 4 times! I had saved on the second floor right before the final battle against the Archdemon. I saved and reloaded over and over. I was starting to think it was useless, and I had tried to find someone else who might have an idea on what to do when a trophy doesn&amp;#39;t unlock. I read somewhere that the patches might be whats causing them to stop. So I deleted my game data(not my saved data), and then tried to re-install the game. When the update message came though, I canceled it and it didn&amp;#39;t let log on my psn. I tried to slay the Archdemon one last time, and surprise! It worked. I felt relieved and accomplished.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space:pre;"&gt;	&lt;/span&gt;So now you got my idea of the trophies and know what I had to go through to get my platinum. My reward was my first platinum trophy ever. Thanks for reading. Let me know what you guys think, your struggles to platinum this game, or just your first platinum experience period.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/610x0/__key/CommunityServer-Components-UserFiles/00-00-07-77-61-Attached+Files/4263.DragonAgeOriginsplatinum.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;Platinum ^&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=622201" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>collision236</name><uri>http://www.gameinformer.com/members/collision236/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="Dragon Age: Origins Platinum Experience" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Dragon+Age_3A00_+Origins+Platinum+Experience/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>GameInformer Issue 201- Collision236 Talks! Part One</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/12/15/gameinformer-issue-201-collision-s-talks-part-one.aspx" /><id>/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/12/15/gameinformer-issue-201-collision-s-talks-part-one.aspx</id><published>2009-12-15T21:40:00Z</published><updated>2009-12-15T21:40:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/2350.Dead-Space-2-Spread.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/2350.Dead-Space-2-Spread.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Issue 201 January 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Cover&lt;/span&gt;: Dead Space 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;The cover is very well done and can easily get people&amp;nbsp;excited for Dead Space 2. &amp;nbsp;I mean who doesn&amp;#39;t love kicking the enemies face in. I love how the front and back of the magazine is shown as a landscape view.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Feedback&lt;/span&gt;: Its where readers such as ourselves get to give feedback or even ask questions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Gone But Not Forgotten- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;This section 3 reader talked about some of the previous section that they loved in the old magazine such as the trivia sections and classics. I am happy that the trivia section will still be represented in the magazine as Game Over. That is one of m favorite sections even though I usually don&amp;#39;t know most of the answers and guess at them lol. One section I do miss are the editor bios. I understand that the GI Staff needs to make tough choice and yes it will be sad to seee one of my favorite sections go. But I trust the GI staff and beleive in the better GI future!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;For The Horde!- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;This section &lt;em&gt;Kevin Bockenstette &lt;/em&gt;brought up the issue of single player games not having the same replayability as multiplayer games. I think single player games are meant to be those epic games that you remember for story and play every once in a while after you beat it the first time. Those epic games that live on and on. Multiplayer games to me should have more replayability because it involves other players and even though some might not admit it every gamer has an urge to be the best or known lol.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Insert Coins- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;This section was abou developers annoucingDLC before a game even releases. I had a hard choice here because I mostly agree with &lt;em&gt;Sahir Rama&lt;/em&gt; but the GI Staff do bring up a point. I still think that developers should not rely on DLC too much but use it to add something that they couldn&amp;#39;t add before because of time restraints.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Go Harder-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;In this section &lt;em&gt;Ryan Balogh&lt;/em&gt;accuse the GI Staff of not properly rating games because he thinks they do not play the game on the hardest difficulty. I think your supposed to rate the game on the normal difficulty. Harder difficulty is just meant to up the challenge and really make things harder. just like an easier diffuclty is meant to make it easier until you get the hang of things. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Gallery&lt;/span&gt;: Where the have the picture contest.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;I personally liked number 5 by Sam Shapman the best out of the group. It is simple and done well. Follwing number 5 is number 4 by Isaac LaRussa. The only thing with number 4 thoush is the background has got to go. All of the front people with the glasses are awesome though.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Oceans Apart&lt;/span&gt;: What Our Favorite Games Look Like Over Seas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;I found this article very awesome and very educational. For many years I have wondered why do different countries have different boxarts. For years I have been jealous at some of Japans boxart for some games. Ben Reeves listed the following reasons:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Reason One: Be Culturally Relevant-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;He explains how some countries focus on a certain style in their boxart. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Reson Two: Know Your Audience-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;He brought up something I never even thought about. Do other countries like Captian America?! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Reason Three: Be Socially Sensitive-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Each country has likes and dislikes which affect the boxart for each game.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Reason Four: Match a Name Change-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Obviously we all know sometimes a game is called something else in a different country and the boxart can reflect that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Reason Five: Hide Ugly Characters-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;This really shocked me because it didn&amp;#39;t seem like a great reason but the funny part is it is true!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Example:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;img height="424" width="252" src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/6758.Naruto-Ultimate-Ninja-3-Japan-Boxart.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/0312.Narutoultnin3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img height="423" width="264" src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/0312.Narutoultnin3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;The Good, Bad, and the Ugly&lt;/span&gt;: News with a sarcastic spin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;My favorite news is in the &amp;quot;Good&amp;quot; section. It simply talks about the release date for Final Fantasy XIII being March 9th, 2010 which we should all or mostly know by now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;The Co-Op Condition&lt;/span&gt;: Talks about Co-Op gaming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;In this section Megan VanBlurkleo(Go Megan!) talks about co-op gaming and how much gamers want it to be in their games.(duh) So it shows a survery taken(where are these surveys I never see) so I will just show you my results if I was to have taken the survey!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;The Basics-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Question 1: Do you identify yourself as a social or solo gamer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Social&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Solo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Question 2: If you identify yourself as a social gamer, which do you prefer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Co-op&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Competitive Multiplayer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Question 3: What is your preferred co-op setup?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Online&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;X&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Split Screen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Shared Screen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Question 4: What&amp;#39;s your favorite co-op genre?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;First/Third-person Shooters&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Action/Adventure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Music/Rhythum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Question 5: What are your biggest co-op qualms?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Limited Co-op Play&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt; X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;No intergrated split-screen/online Play&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:left;padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;No split screen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;There are my answers as you can now see. Maybe you would like to compare your results with mine. Now there are more parts to this section but due to the fact I don&amp;#39;t know how to make a graph on here and don&amp;#39;t want to spoil all of it for you I will be skipping the Breakdown section and some other in the entire Co-op Condition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;The next to questions are asked acompanied with some more result and info but I will just answer them out honestly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;What is your favorite Co-op tittle?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;As of right now, my favorite co-op tittle is Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Its an awesome experience working with two other people to complete the mission. Even play to last 10 rounds is amazingly fun and hard but rewarding if you manage to complete it because you get lots of money and should level up to if you do good!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Are you willing to pay to play:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;No never in my life....ok lookif it was worth it I would strongly think about it, but I am poor and I cant afford to keep paying for things like this lol. Do they know we are in the recesion too? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=126520" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>collision236</name><uri>http://www.gameinformer.com/members/collision236/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="GameInformer Issue 201 Collsion Talks Part One" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/GameInformer+Issue+201+Collsion+Talks+Part+One/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Harry Potter Theme Park</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/12/06/harry-potter-theme-park.aspx" /><id>/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/12/06/harry-potter-theme-park.aspx</id><published>2009-12-06T23:50:00Z</published><updated>2009-12-06T23:50:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/6471.owlviewsmaller.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/6471.owlviewsmaller.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;On May 31, 2007, Universal Orlando announced that it had secured the rights from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros."&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Warner Bros.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; and from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;British&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Author" title="Author"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;author&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/J._K._Rowling" title="J. K. Rowling"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;J. K. Rowling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; to bring The Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Islands of Adventure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3124.JKRowlingPA_5F00_468x461.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3124.JKRowlingPA_5F00_468x461.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The 20-acre island will feature attractions, shops and restaurants set inside such locations as the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Hogwarts_layout#Forbidden_Forest" title="Hogwarts layout" class="mw-redirect"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Forbidden Forest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Hogsmeade" title="Hogsmeade" class="mw-redirect"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Hogsmeade Village&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; and the iconic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Hogwarts" title="Hogwarts"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Hogwarts castle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;. Ground breaking began in 2007, with the official opening for Spring 2010.&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AJC0915_6-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/members/collision236/writeblogpost.aspx#cite_note-AJC0915-6"&gt;[7]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; As part of the promotion for the upcoming area, a behind the scenes documentary on production of the park section will be included on the DVD release of &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince_(film)" title="Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)"&gt;Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/members/collision236/writeblogpost.aspx#cite_note-7"&gt;[8]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5123.Hp6teaserposter.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5123.Hp6teaserposter.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Attractions at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Dragon Challenge:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The &lt;i&gt;Dragon Challenge&lt;/i&gt; is based on a component of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Triwizard_Tournament" title="Triwizard Tournament" class="mw-redirect"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Triwizard Tournament&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, an event depicted in &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet_of_Fire_(film)" title="Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)"&gt;Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. The two sides of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Dueling_Dragons" title="Dueling Dragons"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Dueling Dragons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; attraction will be renamed as &lt;i&gt;Hungarian Horntail&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Chinese Fireball&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/8750.786px_2D00_DragonChallenge.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/8750.786px_2D00_DragonChallenge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Flight of the Hippogriff:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The ride will be located in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Wizarding_World_of_Harry_Potter" title="Wizarding World of Harry Potter" class="mw-redirect"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Wizarding World of Harry Potter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; section, and is a mild alternative to the land&amp;#39;s more extreme rides. In fact, it is located adjacent to the very extreme &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Dueling_Dragons#Dragon_Challenge" title="Dueling Dragons"&gt;Dragon Challenge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; roller coasters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7206.600px_2D00_FlightoftheHippogriff.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7206.600px_2D00_FlightoftheHippogriff.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The attraction will be a signature ride of &lt;i&gt;The Wizarding World of Harry Potter&lt;/i&gt; area of the theme park, and will take riders through scenes and environments inspired by the various books and films of the Harry Potter series.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7041.777px_2D00_HPatFJ.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7041.777px_2D00_HPatFJ.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Hagrid&amp;#39;s Hut:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The attraction will be located in the new &lt;i&gt;The Wizarding World of Harry Potter&lt;/i&gt; section of the park upon its opening in 2010. The attraction will be located next to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Flight_of_the_Hippogriff" title="Flight of the Hippogriff"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Flight of the Hippogriff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; roller coaster, and is likely to be a walk-through attraction themed to a recreation of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Rubeus_Hagrid" title="Rubeus Hagrid"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Rubeus Hagrid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;#39;s hut.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Hogwart&amp;#39;s Express:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The attraction is a recreation of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Hogwarts_Express" title="Hogwarts Express" class="mw-redirect"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Hogwarts Express&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; from the popular &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Harry Potter series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, and it will be located between recreations of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Hogwarts" title="Hogwarts"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Hogwarts Castle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Hogsmeade Village (page does not exist)" href="http://gameinformer.com/w/index.php?title=Hogsmeade_Village&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Hogsmeade Village&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;. It is planned to debut with the new section of the park in 2010. Currently, it has not yet been stated whether the attraction will be a walkthrough attraction touring Kings Cross or Hogsmeade stations and the interior of the train cars, or if it will simply be an exterior set.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/0602.783px_2D00_Hogsmeadeattraction.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/0602.783px_2D00_Hogsmeadeattraction.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Ollivander.27s_Interactive_Experience"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Ollivander&amp;#39;s Interactive Experience:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The attraction will be a recreation of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Ollivander%27s" title="Ollivander&amp;#39;s" class="mw-redirect"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Ollivander&amp;#39;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Harry Potter series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, and will be an interactive experience attraction using the fictional premise of &amp;quot;the wand chooses the wizard&amp;quot;. Also located in the building of the attraction will be a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Gift_shop" title="Gift shop"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;gift shop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; of the same name selling recreations of wands from the &lt;i&gt;Harry Potter&lt;/i&gt; series.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3051.530px_2D00_Ollivanders.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3051.530px_2D00_Ollivanders.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shopping:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Filch.E2.80.99s_Emporium_of_Confiscated_Goods"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filch&amp;rsquo;s Emporium of Confiscated Goods:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;A &lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Toy_store" title="Toy store"&gt;toy store&lt;/a&gt; themed to an emporium owned by the &lt;i&gt;Potter&lt;/i&gt; character &lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Argus_Filch" title="Argus Filch" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Argus Filch&lt;/a&gt;. It will be located in the recreation of Hogwarts castle.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Dervish_and_Banges"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Dervish and Banges:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;A toy store located in the recreation of Hogsmeade Village&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Ollivander.27s"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Ollivander&amp;#39;s:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;A shop selling recreations of wands from the series, located in the building for &lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Ollivander%27s_(theme_park_attraction)" title="Ollivander&amp;#39;s (theme park attraction)" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Ollivander&amp;#39;s Interactive Experience&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Honeydukes"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Honeydukes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;A &lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Candy_store" title="Candy store" class="mw-redirect"&gt;candy store&lt;/a&gt; which will sell recreated candies found at &lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Honeydukes" title="Honeydukes" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Honeydukes&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;i&gt;Potter&lt;/i&gt; series.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Zonko.E2.80.99s"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Zonko&amp;rsquo;s:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;A joke store, also to be located in a recreation of Hogsmeade Village.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dining:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Hog.E2.80.99s_Head"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Hog&amp;rsquo;s Head:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;A bar and restaurant based on the &lt;i&gt;Potter&lt;/i&gt; location The &lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Hog%27s_Head" title="Hog&amp;#39;s Head" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Hog&amp;#39;s Head&lt;/a&gt; Pub.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="The_Three_Broomsticks"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;The Three Broomsticks:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;A dining establishment to be located in the recreation of Hogsmeade Village.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Warning: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;This blog will contain spoilers about Shiva from the Final&amp;nbsp; Fantasy Series.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Info is on Final Fantasy III through Final Fantasy XIII&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;I tried my best and will most likely try to update it as I go along. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;If you find pictures and videos I could use, message me about hem so I can update.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Physical Appearance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva&amp;#39;s basic physical characteristics are that of a willowy human female with extremely pale skin and long, blue hair to invoke an image of ice and cold. This image is reinforced in later summon sequences by the addition of arctic winds, freezing temperatures and large ice crystal formations. Despite the cold, Shiva invariably wears only enough clothing to conceal her modesty, along with boots and other minor aesthetic pieces.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Appearances&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy III:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5618.FFIII-Shiva.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3276.FFIII-Shiva-Sprite.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;This is the first Final Fantasy to introduce Shiva and the ability to summon. She can be acquired by purchase of the Level 2 Summon Magic spell Icen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Summon Video:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva Summon from 20 seconds - 23 seconds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Attacks:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Mesmerize: casts Sleep on all enemies &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Icy Stare: deals Ice damage to one enemy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Diamond Dust: deals Ice damage to all enemies &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy IV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/6685.FFIV-Shiva.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/6303.FFIV-Shiva-Sprite.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva appears as a summon for the character Rydia after she rejoins the group in the Underworld. She is also a boss in Rydia&amp;#39;s trial in the Lunar Ruins in the Advance release. Shiva returns in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years as one of the Eidolons being controlled by the Mysterious Girl. She can be permanently killed and lost forever as a summon unless the player stops attacking her after she stops attacking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Summon Video:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva Summon 23 seconds - 42 seconds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Eidolon Library:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dd style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;quot;Shiva, the Ice Queen...To incur her wrath is to feel your very heart freeze in your chest, for cold is her anger and swift her vengeance.&amp;quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy V:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/0383.FFV-Shiva-Sprite.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The Summoner job class has ability to call her. She is obtained in a tower behind Walse Castle. This was the first time Shiva appeared as a boss and must be obtained by defeating her. Along with her are three Ice Soldiers who also must be defeated. &lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva Battle:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Summon Video:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva Summon 31 seconds - 47 seconds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy VI:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7888.FFVI-Shiva-Sprite.png"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7888.FFVI-Shiva-Sprite.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Appears as an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Esper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, first encountered by the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Returners&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Magitek&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; Factory of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Vector&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;. After being drained of her power, she and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Ifrit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; are disposed of by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Kefka Palazzo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; in a waste chute. Believing they mean the two Espers harm, Ifrit attacks the group. Shiva soon senses &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Ramuh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;#39;s power within them, and halts the battle. They then grant their abilities to the Returners. Her attacks&amp;#39; Spell Power is 52, and she costs 27 MP to summon. She is unblockable. She teaches the following spells: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Blizzard x10 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Blizzara x5 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Osmose x4 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Rasp x4 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Cure x3 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy VII:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;materia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; is obtained from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Priscilla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; of lower &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Junon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; after &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Cloud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; and company defeat the boss &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Bottomswell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;. She can then be assigned to a weapon or armor, and called upon in combat. This marks the first time Shiva has been seen in 3D.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Summon Video:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy VIII:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Guardian Forces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; (GF) are the summonable creatures of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy VIII&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, used by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;junctioning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; them to a character. The GF govern major stat growth, elemental/status offense and defense, and the commands a character may use during battle. Each GF has a preset list of abilities they can learn, but through the use of certain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;items&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, the GF can learn additional abilities and forget those that were previously learned. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva is available as one of two &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Guardian Forces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; assigned to protagonist &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Squall Leonhart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; at the start of the story. In keeping with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy VIII&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;#39;s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Junction System&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, Shiva may be assigned freely to any party member throughout the game. If Squall attempts to exit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Balamb Garden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; before accessing the tutorial where he obtains her, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Quistis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; will present both Shiva and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Quezacotl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; to him before reaching the world map. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Summon Video:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy IX:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/1641.FFIX-Shiva.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/1641.FFIX-Shiva.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva is an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Eidolon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; that can only be summoned by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Princess Garnet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Opal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; is the jewel through which she learns Shiva and her &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Diamond Dust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; attack. Shiva was first discovered by summoners in the form of a small child. As years passed she eventually grew into her more familiar and adult appearance. &lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Summon Video:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy X:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/2275.FFX-Shiva.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/2275.FFX-Shiva.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Aeon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; Shiva&amp;#39;s manifestation in this game is the result of dream-imagery provided by a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Fayth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; (the sentient spirit of a dead person). Summonable entities in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; came under player control for the first time in the series, and replaced the player&amp;#39;s own party members when called into battle. Aeons possessed a number of new unique attacks alongside the ability to attack and use magic and abilities, and could carry out their traditional main attack via the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Overdrive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; system. Shiva is acquired at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Macalania Temple&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; and can be used in the battle against &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Seymour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; even before she is named by the player. When &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Lulu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; receives and charges her &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Celestial Weapon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, Onion Knight, Shiva will be able to break the damage limit of 9,999 HP. Shiva&amp;#39;s fayth is that of a priestess of Macalania. In the International and PAL versions of the game, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Dark Shiva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; will appear as an exceptionally hard optional boss when the party attempts to re-enter Macalania Temple after escaping from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Bevelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;. &lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Summon Video(Includes attacks):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy XI:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/8424.Shiva_5F00_ff11.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/8424.Shiva_5F00_ff11.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva appears in Final Fantasy XI as one of the 6 celestial avatars. She represents the ice element. The job class Summoner can unlock the &amp;quot;spell&amp;quot; Shiva upon completion of the quest &amp;quot;Trial By Ice.&amp;quot; Alternatively, a brave low-level summoner may go on the quest Trial Size Trial By Ice and defeat Shiva in a battle alone rather than in a group. She has the highest magic attack of the six celestial avatars in the game thus far, making her merited blood pact &amp;quot;Heavenly Strike&amp;quot; a popular choice. Shiva is also the name of one of the Games Servers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy XII:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5657.266px_2D00_RW_5F00_Shiva.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5657.266px_2D00_RW_5F00_Shiva.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva is the rank 3 Water Ranged summon, and costs 20 affinity points to summon. Her normal attack, Triple Slap, deals water damage to one foe with three successive hits. Her special, Diamond Dust, deals heavy water damage to all enemies in range, and causes stop. She is one of the unique water types in that she is really an ice-type. Therefore, she is weak to fire instead of thunder. There are two other weaker Yarhi which are also named after Shiva which are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shivan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shivar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;, which are stated to be her child and lover respectively. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shivar:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/6874.D_5F00_Shiva.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/6874.D_5F00_Shiva.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shivar (Darling Shiva) is an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Esper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;. The Rank 2 Water Ranged summon, he costs 18 Affinity points to summon. His normal attack, Blizzard, deals Water damage to one foe. His special, Absolute Zero, inflicts Stop on one foe. He is one of the unique Water-types in that he is really an Ice-type. Therefore, he is weak to Fire instead of Thunder. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shivar is described as being Shiva&amp;#39;s lover, but has not made any other appearance in series thus far. He is similar to Shiva in terms of appearance and powers, the only major difference being that he is male. This is likely a reference to the Hindu God Shiva&amp;#39;s dual gender. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shivan:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/1602.B_5F00_Shiva.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/1602.B_5F00_Shiva.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shivan (Baby Shiva) is an &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Esper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;. The Rank I Water Ranged summon, she costs 11 affinity points to summon. Her normal attack, Blizzard, deals Water damage to one foe. She is one of the unique Water types in that she is really an Ice-type. Therefore, she is weak to Fire instead of Thunder. &lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Shiva Airship:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7288.800px_2D00_Final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_12_2D00_08a.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7288.800px_2D00_Final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_12_2D00_08a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;A LOOK INTO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy XIII:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7360.ShivaXIII.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7360.ShivaXIII.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;In Final Fantasy XIII Shiva appears as two sisters, one light blue in color with a dark patch around one eye, and the other dark blue with a light patch. These two sisters become a motorcycle in their &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Gestalt Mode&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; which &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#002bb8;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Snow Villiers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; arrived on in the Jump Festa 2006 trailer to come to Lightning&amp;#39;s aid. Although she is a recurring summon featured in most of the previous titles in the series, this time around Shiva isn&amp;#39;t limited to just the ice element but can apparently wield many of them. According to the Japanese Shonen Jump Magazine released after E3 2009, their names are Styria and Nix. Styria is the dark-skinned one who is the elder sister, while the white-skinned Nix is the younger. &lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Snow and Gestalt Mode:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/1106.FFXIII_5F00_Snow_5F00_with_5F00_shiva_5F00_Large.jpg"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/1106.FFXIII_5F00_Snow_5F00_with_5F00_shiva_5F00_Large.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Snow and Gestalt Mode Shiva Summon Video:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial black,avant garde;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Well I hope you all enjoy checking out Shiva. Stay tune for more coming from Dethmatic and I.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=94168" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>collision236</name><uri>http://www.gameinformer.com/members/collision236/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="History of the Eidolon Shiva" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/History+of+the+Eidolon+Shiva/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>New Final Fantasy XIII Theme Song: Leona Lewis- My Hands [Music + Lyrics]</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/11/16/new-final-fantasy-xiii-theme-song-leona-lewis-my-hands-music-lyrics.aspx" /><id>/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/11/16/new-final-fantasy-xiii-theme-song-leona-lewis-my-hands-music-lyrics.aspx</id><published>2009-11-17T00:14:00Z</published><updated>2009-11-17T00:14:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5367.FFXIII-Logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5367.FFXIII-Logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I wake in the morning &lt;br /&gt;Tired of sleeping &lt;br /&gt;Get in the shower &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And make my bed alone &lt;br /&gt;I put on my make-up &lt;br /&gt;Talking to the mirror &lt;br /&gt;Ready for a new day &lt;br /&gt;Without you &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And&amp;nbsp;I walk steady on my feet &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I talk my voice obeys me &lt;br /&gt;I go out at night &lt;br /&gt;Sleep without the lights &lt;br /&gt;And&amp;nbsp;I do all of the things &lt;br /&gt;I have to keeping you off my mind &lt;br /&gt;But when&amp;nbsp;I think i&amp;#39;ll be alright &lt;br /&gt;I am always wrong cause &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;Don&amp;#39;t wanna start again &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;No they don&amp;#39;t wanna understand &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;They just shake and try to break &lt;br /&gt;whatever peace&amp;nbsp;I may find &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;They only agree to hold &lt;br /&gt;Your hands &lt;br /&gt;And they don&amp;#39;t wanna be without &lt;br /&gt;Your hands &lt;br /&gt;And they will not let me go &lt;br /&gt;No they will not let me go &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I talk about you now &lt;br /&gt;And go a day without crying &lt;br /&gt;I go out with my friends now &lt;br /&gt;I stay home all alone &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&amp;#39;t see you everywhere &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can say your name easily &lt;br /&gt;I laugh a bit louder &lt;br /&gt;Without you &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And&amp;nbsp;I see different shades now &lt;br /&gt;And I&amp;#39;m almost never afraid now &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But when&amp;nbsp;I think i&amp;#39;ll be okay &lt;br /&gt;I am always wrong now &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;Don&amp;#39;t wanna start again &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;No they don&amp;#39;t wanna understand &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;They just shake and try to break &lt;br /&gt;whatever peace&amp;nbsp;I may find &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;They only agree to hold &lt;br /&gt;Your hands &lt;br /&gt;And they don&amp;#39;t wanna be without &lt;br /&gt;Your hands &lt;br /&gt;And they will not let me go &lt;br /&gt;No they will not let me go &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes&amp;nbsp;I wake and see them reaching out for you &lt;br /&gt;Quietly breaking whatever shields &lt;br /&gt;I spent so long building up &lt;br /&gt;I cannot fake, cause when they cry i&amp;#39;m unspoken &lt;br /&gt;They miss holding my baby &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;No they don&amp;#39;t wanna understand &lt;br /&gt;They just shake and try to break &lt;br /&gt;whatever peace&amp;nbsp;I may find &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your hands &lt;br /&gt;They don&amp;#39;t want to be without &lt;br /&gt;Your hands &lt;br /&gt;They will not let me go &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not they will not let me go &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;They don&amp;#39;t wanna start again &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;No they don&amp;#39;t wanna understand &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;They just shake and try to break &lt;br /&gt;whatever peace i may find &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands &lt;br /&gt;They only agree to hold &lt;br /&gt;Your hands &lt;br /&gt;And they don&amp;#39;t wanna be without &lt;br /&gt;Your hands &lt;br /&gt;And they will not let me go &lt;br /&gt;No they will not let me go &lt;br /&gt;No they will not let me go&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;For more information on this new theme song please look at Meagan VanBlurkeo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/11/13/Square-Enix-Reveals-FF-XIII-Release-Date.aspx" title="blog"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=82894" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>collision236</name><uri>http://www.gameinformer.com/members/collision236/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="Fabula Nova Crystallis" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Fabula+Nova+Crystallis/default.aspx" /><category term="Final Fantasy 13" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Final+Fantasy+13/default.aspx" /><category term="Final Fantasy XIII" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Final+Fantasy+XIII/default.aspx" /><category term="My Hands" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/My+Hands/default.aspx" /><category term="Leona Lewis" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Leona+Lewis/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Final Fantasy XIII Theme Song [Lyrics + Music]</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/11/07/final-fantasy-xiii-theme-song-lyrics-music.aspx" /><id>/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/11/07/final-fantasy-xiii-theme-song-lyrics-music.aspx</id><published>2009-11-08T02:14:00Z</published><updated>2009-11-08T02:14:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;h2 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7853.logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7853.logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dilly-shilly.blogspot.com/2009/11/final-fantasy-xiii-theme-song-because-i.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Final Fantasy XIII Theme Song Lyrics&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;quot;Because I Have You&amp;quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;You suddenly said, &amp;ldquo;You can cry if you want&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;Somehow it made me happy, instead of tears I smiled&lt;br /&gt;My words so clumsy, they hurt you&lt;br /&gt;But I don&amp;rsquo;t want you to leave me, I want you to stay beside me always&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wishes and dreams I want to come true&lt;br /&gt;The feels I wish I could tell you&lt;br /&gt;A miracle created from the things I&amp;rsquo;ve always believed&lt;br /&gt;Is connected to the future&lt;br /&gt;Always, always I want you to watch over me&lt;br /&gt;Dear My Friend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You said, on leaving &amp;ldquo;You&amp;rsquo;ll be able to do it&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;The loneliness I felt was wiped clean with those words&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m opening a new door, anyone would be frightened&lt;br /&gt;All I had to do, was remember you, and the strength flowed through me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I won&amp;rsquo;t give up my feelings&lt;br /&gt;If I can make voice to all these words&lt;br /&gt;Then the future will open up wide&lt;br /&gt;Because always, always you are in my heart&lt;br /&gt;Dear My Friend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Interlude-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I vow that&lt;br /&gt;No matter if I stop, or if a forget&lt;br /&gt;I will keep moving forward&lt;br /&gt;Light is shining down, when I look up at the sky&lt;br /&gt;Until the day when I can see you again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I won&amp;rsquo;t give up my feelings&lt;br /&gt;If I can make voice to all these words&lt;br /&gt;Then the future will open up wide&lt;br /&gt;Wishes, the dreams I want to come true&lt;br /&gt;The feelings I wish I could tell you&lt;br /&gt;A miracle created from the things I&amp;rsquo;ve always believed&lt;br /&gt;Is connected to the future&lt;br /&gt;Always, always I want you to watch over me&lt;br /&gt;Dear My Friend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vocals: Sayuri Sugawara&lt;br /&gt;Music: Masashi Hamauzu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japanese lyrics transcribed by enjirube on the GameFAQs forums.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h4 style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=71236" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>collision236</name><uri>http://www.gameinformer.com/members/collision236/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="Final Fantasy" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Final+Fantasy/default.aspx" /><category term="Fabula Nova Crystallis" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Fabula+Nova+Crystallis/default.aspx" /><category term="Lyrics" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Lyrics/default.aspx" /><category term="Final Fantasy 13" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Final+Fantasy+13/default.aspx" /><category term="Theme Song" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Theme+Song/default.aspx" /><category term="Final Fantasy XIII" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Final+Fantasy+XIII/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Final Fantasy Agito XIII [Info + Pics + Trailer Inside]</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/11/07/final-fantasy-agito-xiii-info-pics-trailer-inside.aspx" /><id>/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/2009/11/07/final-fantasy-agito-xiii-info-pics-trailer-inside.aspx</id><published>2009-11-07T19:18:00Z</published><updated>2009-11-07T19:18:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/4075.060508_5F00_4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/4075.060508_5F00_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Final Fantasy Agito XIII&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is a Role-Playing game, developed and published by Square Enix, scheduled to be released in 2010.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Final Fantasy Agito XIII&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is a video game for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/PlayStation_Portable" title="PlayStation Portable"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;PlayStation Portable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; &lt;sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Famitsu_0-0"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/members/collision236/writeblogpost.aspx#cite_note-Famitsu-0"&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; which, alongside &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_XIII" title="Final Fantasy XIII"&gt;Final Fantasy XIII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Versus_XIII" title="Final Fantasy Versus XIII"&gt;Final Fantasy Versus XIII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, makes up the compilation &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Fabula_Nova_Crystallis:_Final_Fantasy_XIII" title="Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIII&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; so far. The game is not a sidestory to &lt;i&gt;Final Fantasy XIII&lt;/i&gt;; it is part of one story which will have shared themes and myths around which all the &lt;i&gt;Final Fantasy XIII&lt;/i&gt; games will be centered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Characaters:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3554.01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3554.01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Twelve characters have been revealed so far, all appearing to be students. Their weapons include a longsword, a katana, handguns, a shotgun, a mace, a bow and arrow, a spear, a scythe, an extending flail, martial arts, a flute, and a deck of Tarot cards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;Trailer:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Please visit the site to view this media)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align:left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Plot:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;The game&amp;#39;s plot is thought to be &amp;quot;massive&amp;quot; and is still being finalized as of June 2009.&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;The game is set in a magic school named &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Academy" title="Academy"&gt;Akademeia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and will gradually expand to the larger world outside of the school. It is described as an online RPG, but not &amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/wiki/Mmorpg" title="Mmorpg" class="mw-redirect"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;massively multiplayer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&amp;quot;.&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;It&amp;#39;s been recently revealed that Orience is the name of the world, and the antagonizing military country is called Milites. A peace treaty is supposed to be in effect with the four countries, but Cid of Milites has sent his l&amp;#39;Cie soldiers to war with the neighboring countries. Other areas have been revealed recently called Rubrum, Anaze, and Kogai.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;From the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://psp.ign.com/articles/896/896052p1.html" class="external text"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;IGN Impressions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; of the trailer that was debuted at Square Enix&amp;#39;s closed door party, DK&amp;Sigma;3713, it was revealed that there is a militaristic nation that, due to the machination and rallies of their leader, began conquering all of its neighboring nations. The nation went unimpeded until they came across a lone island kingdom isolated from the rest of the continent that was apparently being protected by a giant crystal and is also said to worship a god named Suzaku. However, for reasons unknown, the crystal shatters, seemingly leaving the nation vulnerable to be attacked. The kingdom&amp;#39;s fear is realized when a cloaked woman, wielding a &amp;quot;whip sword&amp;quot; along with other blades, appears with a massive army in formation behind her. The trailer continues with random bits of fighting in CG along with gameplay, and ends with the main character sticking a flag in the ground, which is most likely that of the kingdom nation, rallying her allies. It is also confirmed that the nation&amp;#39;s military has been destroyed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Pictures:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5444.e3_2D00_2006_2D00_final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_agito_2D00_xiii_2D00_20060508094841033.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/5444.e3_2D00_2006_2D00_final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_agito_2D00_xiii_2D00_20060508094841033.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7317.final_5F00_fantasy_5F00_agito_5F00_xiii_5F00_screen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7317.final_5F00_fantasy_5F00_agito_5F00_xiii_5F00_screen.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3056.final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_agito_2D00_xiii_2D00_20080826034123080_5F00_640w.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3056.final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_agito_2D00_xiii_2D00_20080826034123080_5F00_640w.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3683.final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_agito_2D00_xiii_2D00_20080826034121080_5F00_640w.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/3683.final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_agito_2D00_xiii_2D00_20080826034121080_5F00_640w.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7585.new_2D00_final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_xiii_2D00_agito_2D00_screen_2D00_shots_2D00_3.gif"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/7585.new_2D00_final_2D00_fantasy_2D00_xiii_2D00_agito_2D00_screen_2D00_shots_2D00_3.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/4666._2D00_Final_2D00_Fantasy_2D00_Agito_2D00_XIII_2D00_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.07.77.61.Attached+Files/4666._2D00_Final_2D00_Fantasy_2D00_Agito_2D00_XIII_2D00_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Sources:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Wikipedia.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Gamefaqs.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Google.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Youtube.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Ign.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=70777" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>collision236</name><uri>http://www.gameinformer.com/members/collision236/default.aspx</uri></author><category term="Final Fantasy Agito XIII" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Final+Fantasy+Agito+XIII/default.aspx" /><category term="Final Fantasy" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Final+Fantasy/default.aspx" /><category term="Final Fantasy Agito 13" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Final+Fantasy+Agito+13/default.aspx" /><category term="Fabula Nova Crystallis" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/Fabula+Nova+Crystallis/default.aspx" /><category term="FFAXIII" scheme="http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/collision236_blog/archive/tags/FFAXIII/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>