Square Enix has announced that it is releasing an adorable new picture book from its Final Fantasy IP called Chocobo and the Airship: A Final Fantasy Picture Book.
Launching on March 21st, 2023, the 40-page book is written by Chocobo's Dungeon 2 scribe Kazuhiko Aoki and ilustrated by Toshiyuki Itahana, the character designer for Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon. It will cost $17.99 in the US and £14.99 in the UK.
Here's the lowdown from Square-Enix itself:
Follow the adorable Final Fantasy character Chocobo in a brand-new picture book adventure!
When their town is beset by monsters, tireless inventor Cid and brave little Chocobo work together to build an airship to help save their home. But there’s just one problem: how do you make a ship fly? The answer is, with a magic Flying Stone! So the plucky duo set off on a perilous journey to find this rare prize. Along the way they’re joined by a group of heroic adventurers, friends of a feather to help them on their kwehst!
Written by the director of Chocobo’s Dungeon 2 and illustrated by the character designer for Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon, this heartwarming story is a treat for Final Fantasy fans of all ages.
The book itself seems to be in Japansese, regardless of its release in the west, so it's unknown as to whether the text inside is also in Japanese at this point.
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Is this something you'd like to display on your bookshelf? Let us know in the comments!
[source squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com, via gonintendo.com]
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I feel like Square Enix releasing an insidious moneygrubbing game like Chocobo GP makes me want to have nothing to do with the Chocobo IP going forward. ...
@Olliemar28 The link takes you to a page where it describes the Language to be in English ^_^
Are the pages dlc? Buy the cover but the story within is a paid extra kind of deal
This looks like the best thing SE has done for FF's 35th Anniversary
Just waiting on Square Enix to somehow work an NFT into this picture book.
You mean it's not an NFT PDF but an actual physical product?
I'm shocked.
Argh. Okay, £15, I pre-ordered.
cloud and squall are my boyfriends and I was so mad about not getting them in chocobo gp. I mean its like square likes money and is a company. I saw others posting this same comment so I just had to repeat it so u guys would like me.
any money you like it's better than chocobo gp, hopefully the book has an ending included and you don't have to pay extra for it??
Aside from the Final Fantasy 7 remake series, there's not much that excites me from this IP these days. The news of this product is about as exciting to me as a kid's Super Mario comic.
This art style looks so good. Kind of reminds me of the Ni No Kuni watercolour concept art.
Yep the artstyle looks great.
So cute! Too bad only the first two pages are free, the rest will be a season pass with DLC.
Bring back Chocobo extensive & comprehensive breeding, racing, riding, colours & cosmetics... along with Moogles, Moombas, card & mini-games... to all future Final Fantasy games. Thank you in advance.
... Wun can only hope.
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