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There are, at last count, somewhere in the neighborhood of a quarter million words in the English language, and that doesn't even count all the stuff currently contained within the hallowed pages of Urban Dictionary. And yet, this does not stop Japanese developers from actively going out of their way to dig into the annals of obscure language, and even recombine words in inexplicable fashion, as if words were some malleable form, just waiting to be reshaped by the right set of hands. And thus, we find ourselves with games like Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel, and now, Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy.

Images! Depicting things happening!

What in the Sam Hell is a Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, you ask? Totally reasonable question. According to the announcement of the game featured in Japan's weekly magazine Jump (thankfully translated by Andriasang), it is a "theater rhythm" game. What in the Sam Hell does that mean? I. Don't. Know.

What Andriasang was able to ascertain from the info-lite announcement story is that the game will feature battles similar to the side-view battles in older Final Fantasy games, and that multiple popular characters from the series, including Cloud and Lightning, will make appearances--albeit in a decidedly cuter, "Chibi"-inspired form. Other stories covering the announcement have made note of the gameplay resembling something like Patapon, with rhythmic tapping tying into the game's battle system.

Whatever the heck it is, we will supposedly learn more about Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy when more info pops up in next week's Famitsu. In the meantime, I'll just go back to developing my Final Fantasy-themed cooking simulator, Final Fantasy Epicuriosity: Can This Sandwich Be a Dream?

In the mood for some strategy role-playing on the go? In the mood to be reminded of Queen album cuts every time you look at the title screen? Head to Amazon today for one-day savings on the quite well-received PSP remake of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together.

Yasumi Matsuno's classic tactical RPG is normally $40, but is available for $27.99 as Amazon's deal of the day. As always, that means the deal ends either at 2AM PST or when Amazon runs out of stock, so if your Shopper units are at a high enough level, you should tackle this challenge immediately.

Let us cling to this game.

The latest trailer for Square Enix's PSP remake of the 1995 Super Famicom strategy RPG, Tactics Ogre, is wonderfully animated -- but we can't help but reminded of the video for A-ha's "Take on me" while watching it. We tried making up new game-related lyrics to the song, but failed ... miserably.

Granddaddy of the tactical RPG genre finally heads West. Come get a taste. It's great.

Complete remake of the classic strategy RPG: significant new content, updated graphics, new characters, improved gameplay and redesigned interface.

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, the PSP remake of Quest's definitive SRPG (originally released on the Super Famicom), has been strategically dated for release on February 15, 2011. The move was made official today on the PlayStation Blog, where fans are encouraged to drop questions for the development team (to be answered in future blog posts starting in January).

In an appropriately cute tie-in, Square Enix plans to release a tarot card deck illustrated by Akihiko Yoshida, best known for his Final Fantasy art. There are allegedly details on the official Tactics Ogre site on how to get them, but it would appear Square Enix has yet to update the site with those details.

I’m happy to finally be able to share a US release date of February 15, 2011 for Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for PSP. But we all knew the game would come out at some point, right? Here’s something you didn’t know about:

This awesome Tarot Card Deck is illustrated by Yoshida-san himself! To find out where you can get your own set, visit the official site.

Also, one last thing! I thought this was the perfect time to ask you to submit your questions for the development team. How? Just post your questions here in the comments, we’ll get them over to the team and hope to start the New Year with the first round!

Choose a response and redefine your world.

PSP remake arrives in a couple of months. Can a US release be far behind?

Square Enix ups the class of its classic strategy title.

So, that RPG I’ve been Tweeting about?

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling together is coming to the PSP! We’ll be announcing the release timing later on. In the meantime, here are some screenshots for your viewing pleasure!

The reason why I am so excited about this is that the original team will be developing it. Who’s on that original team?

• Hiroshi Minagawa (Director)
• Akihiko Yoshida (Character Design)
• Yasumi Matsuno (Game Design)
• Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata (Composers)

Awesome line-up, huh? Check out the press release here and the official site.

Check out these new screenshots.

Compare the new PSP version with the 15-year-old SNES original.