Final Fantasy Potion to restore your own hit points

21 Comments by James Ransom-Wiley Dec 1st 2005 12:15PM
Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 2, RPGs

Square Enix has announced its latest partnership, this time with Suntory, a beverage company that will introduce the Final Fantasy XII Potion drink next March. The Potion is a "mystical" brew of herbs and nutritional supplements said to relax and energize its drinker. Six prototype bottles where on display at the unveiling, as well as the character art cards that will be featured in the Final Fantasy XII Potion Premium Box. No price has been set.

[Thanks, Timmeh]

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Not Impressed (Dmitri): Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

"Six prototype bottles"

The picture provided shows 9?

And I would rather see an idea like this come from Blizzard... Don't know why.

Can't wait til some n00b drinks one of these and jumps off a building because he thinks he is using 2x mana on his "Mana Cloak" spell.

Ebola: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

For relaxing times ... make it Suntory time.
I had to say it!!
:D

Nmaster: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Waiting for the Phoenix Downs so I can bring back the dead...

CorrectingTheStupid: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Hmm...I see 9 bottles too, but I guess you didn't see that of the 9 bottles, there are only 3 different types?!

Jon: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

the bottles will have wireless communication to the game so when you take a swig, you get heath/mana in-game. wanna be a leet ffxii player, you're going to have to get all the attachments. oh crap which bottle is the fenix down again? imagine keeping a real life inventory for your games. in related news, smoking and drinking will become interactive in the next-gen GTA, and make sure you get the dildo for the hot coffee mod.

Jon: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

oh, and dont forget, without using a PSP as a controller, you wont get full function.

Matt: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

EFF YOU EBOLA YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!JERK hahahaha

man thats a great movie

Anyways I wouldnt mind having one of these just for a collectors item or something haha. Thats so funny though.

White Rose Duelist: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Nmaster - it only works if the dead in question are not annoying, useless tramps whose name millions of people insist is spelled differently than it really is just to be cool.

Matt Hayes: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Just for the record, that would be "make it Santori time."

This is a fairly lame cross-promotion in my opinion, but then I'm not a big fan of obnoxiously overpriced elixir-type drinks either. I'll take Mountain Dew over Monster every day.

Eran Hawke: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Square has gone total sellout ever since their merger with Enix.

I remember someone blogging back when Advent Chilren came out (in japan) about how the movie plays as a giand Panasonic advertisements with more than 5 min of product placement.

How low can they sink?

Ebola: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Matt Hayes, there is no Japanese company called Santori. At least know your facts before you try to bring me down, child.

Sophia Coppola: My dad [Francis Ford Coppola] and Kurosawa did a Suntory whiskey commercial in the "70s, which was part of the inspiration for your character doing the Suntory ads.

mat: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

"...representatives from Suntory and SqaureEnix have stated that not only will the drink provide a refreshing and relaxing experience, it also doubles as a stimulating dildonic device..."

Man, the Japanese think of everything...

Captain James Skull: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

"No price has been set."

I expects about 10gil

DigitalDept: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Freakin weirdo Dorks

Reeve: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Eran Hawke - Gackt's presence in Dirge of Cerberus strikes me as the turning point where Square (Enix) jumped the shark... and when they really didn't need to.

city: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Nice!
These will come in handy when I'm leveling up.

FFXII Dude: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Huh, why would we need potions, make the swords we could put those to use and then we'l need potions.....better yet make the moggles so we can slay them and steal their fuzzy balls that float on their heads.

Balablebaldo: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Alright I'll buy a few and test them out in the real world. I'll get into a fight out in the forest with a bear and see if they help me survive in a battle.

driftkid: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Omfgsh I'll find out the bug in "Final Reality" that let's me dupe potions so i can resell them so I can buy more products of square fagdom ! Hooray!

x23: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

this will be great to increase your real life "hit points" cause face it... if you are drinking Final Fantasy Potion in public... you're going to get hit. a lot. freaking nerds.

Sarah: Dec 18th 2005; 10:01PM

Oh this will be good. I've wanted something like this to happen for years
(seriously, I was one of those strange little kids who called pennies GP and I still jokingly call them gill).

As for Square selling out, one could almost say that it started back when Spirits Within came out. Frankly I like the idea of food related items for FF. Next it could be jerky called dried meat like in FF6.

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