[kupoartist]

Originally posted by David
but is it true that there are game cards for FFXI, I can't seem to figure it out?

hmm... I'm not totally sure what you mean by "game cards", but I will say that Tetra Master (FFIX's Card Game) is playable over Square's playonline infastracture. Its the same premise as FFIX's card game, except that you'll challenge other online players and try to win their cards. As far as I know, there is sadly no system where you could walk up to a player in FF11 and ask them to play cards with you, except if you suggested it by actually talking to them.

Tetra Master costs only a measly ammount of Yen in Japan, and is reportadly about the rate for creating a second FF11 character... perhaps about an extra dollar per month.

Edit: and FFXI is a very good idea for Square for three reasons.

1. They desperately need to expand their series into unknown territory, when so many people are becoming a little tired of very similar games.
2. "Half of their potential market" is still a very, very, very big slice of corperate pie. FF is extremely mainstream, and they therefore have a big assurance that people will buy their product. If word catches on that they've created somthing special, many people will try especially hard to miss them... not that square would be missing them anyway.