PS3 Informer

Final Fantasy 7 Arrives on PSN in Japan

This news is so awesome that it took us several days to fully process it. Square Enix has released a Japanese language version of Final Fantasy 7 on the Playstation Network (PSN) in Japan. Since it is a disk image of the original PS1 title, the game is playable on both the PSP and the PS3 home consoles. The game costs $15 and is a Japanese translation of FF7 International. This translation of the improved American version of the game adds a better inventory management system and an additional cutscene that was not present in the Japaese original.

Unfortunately, unless you can speak and read Japanese, this game is like a tempting but bitter fruit. Strangely, neither Square Enix nor Sony have commented on a possible North American localization. What is up guys? How difficult could it be to release a decade-old PS1 game and make our dreams come true?

You could be playing this on your PS3 right now... if you lived in Japan.