A number of information and images on Square's upcoming "Final Fantasy XI", have been released through Shueisha publishing's Weekly Jump magazine. Five new Classes have been revealed- Bard, Trainer, Knight, Archer, and Dark Knight. In addition, the Moogle, and "fishing", have also been confirmed to be in the game.

Classes
Bard- The Bard has the ability to support battles by singing, selectable through the "magic" menu. The tone of singing changes depending on the equipped musical instrument. Its effects to battles are presently unknown.

Beast Trainer- The Beast trainer has the ability to control enemy monsters and turn them into pets. During a limited time, the pet will follow on the beast trainer's journey, and also fight together.

Knight- The knight is skilled in fighting with swords and shields, and is strong against the undead.

Archer- Archers are specialized in distant attacks, and has a high hit rate when using the bow and arrow.

Dark Knight- The dark knight possesses the powers of the dark side, and strong strength. One of the ability that the dark knight has is to drain the enemy's HP into his/her own.

It has also been revealed that some Classes can be changed, upon conditions.


Fishing
By equipping items required to fish, players can attempt to fish in FFXI. It is unknown what can be fished out. Monsters have been confirmed to sometimes be fished, in which case a battle between the fished monster and the player will take place. Likewise to fishing in real life, it is not guaranteed that something will always get caught.


Moogle
One of Square's Final Fantasy mascot, the Moogle has been confirmed to be in the game. In FFXI, the Moogle will assist the player in creating the player's house/room, and arranging the furniture around.

Japanese game news site Impress Gamewatch, has released additional images of Guilty Gear XX.

Section1 features an introduction/overview of Section 2 & 3. Section2 features clips of the animated opening, Section 3 features clear facial portraits of the GGXX characters, drawn by producer Daisuke Ishiwatari.

For the images, check Impress Gamewatch.
Special thanks to Rid Hershel for the news.

Short Comment- Half the images have already been presented, but I have to say- Bridget really does look like a man in Ishiwatari's drawing, no matter how many times you check it out. - "Madman" Henry Moriarty

This info was sent in by MMCafe BBS user NARUTO, who was keen enough to spot something most people would probably overlook. It's about the character select screen in Evoga & Noise Factory's upcoming "The Rage of the Dragons".

Notice if you will, the two character select screens from the poster in March 31st's news. Here it is [ Blown Up ] to about 4x the size, side by side. It's pretty obvious that one image seems to have more characters in the select screen than the other.

Hidden characters, usable bosses, or just images taken from the game's production stage? Time will tell, but this might possibly be a good sign.

Special thanks to NARUTO for the news. - Henry A. Moriarty